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The latest major update adding new display settings, improved surface maps, and much more, has seen Starfield's Xbox player numbers boosted by 72%.

Per figures gathered by outlet True Achievements, Starfield has climbed nine places in the latest Xbox gameplay charts - now breaking into the top 20 games played on the platform.

More players are firing up their ships to chase down the Starfield achievements following the arrival of its big update 1.11.36, with Starfield's Xbox player numbers seeing a boost of over 70%.

via TrueAchievements

 

[SEGAvangelist]

It's a good patch, but I'm waiting for the DLC release to let myself sink back into this game.

 

[Aguero9320]

I've been playing it again. The surface maps are really helpful (and absolutely criminal they were missing at first) - they are really well done too.

 

[TintoConCasera]

Seems like the kind of game in which the longer I wait before playing it, the better. Kinda like Cyberpunk.

 

[tommib]

Shame they had to compromise on their artistic decision for this:

Starfield At 30FPS Is A Creative Decision, Says Xbox's Phil Spencer

"I don't want to force specs on every game..."

www.purexbox.com

"At some point, not to get all geeky about it, but there's render time per-frame and teams can either want to go horizontal or go kind of deep on a frame, and it's a creative choice. We obviously have games that are running at 4K/60 on the platform. It’s not a platform issue, it’s a creative decision. I trust the decisions Bethesda Game Studios makes, and I trust what I'm playing.“

 

[rodrigolfp]

72% over which number?

 

[LordBritish]

Glad I waited, will try it out

(really want to try that mando mod lol)

 

[splattered]

72% over which number?

72% more than five times the number of Playstation fans that play any of their games for longer than 8 hours.

 

[Ulysses 31]

Waiting for the DLC for a serious playthrough but performance patch took me by surprises how well the game still looks at 60 fps(or higher with uncapped + VRR) on XSX.

 

[HL3.exe]

Did the fix the boring ass fetch quests without any suspense or the inoffensive sitcom style character writing?

No?

Edit: tried the patch on PC. Performance is definitely up, but got reminded how boring it's world, mechanics and quest structure are. It would be awesome if you get incentived to be more mischievous in the social hubs or something, but no.

 

[TintoConCasera]

72% more than five times the number of Playstation fans that play any of their games for longer than 8 hours.

 

[TehGoomba7s]

Thats weird the Internet tells me people don't care about fps in games. Almost like a higher fps allows for better gameplay and visual quality. Who woulda thought.

 

[Inuteu]

Im currently enjoying a lot

The game should be like this at launch

 

[Mr Moose]

72% more than five times the number of Playstation fans that play any of their games for longer than 8 hours.

Huh? We don't have Hellblade II.

 

[adamsapple]

Can't wait for the expansion.

 

[systemr123]

72% over which number?

1, so now there’s 1.72 players. 1 player is Probably missing some limbs or having some handicap since it’s counted as 0.72 persons.

Very inclusive though.

 

[Varteras]

Now that's what I call a creative decision to boost player counts!

 

[JohnnyFootball]

60 fps is a welcome change. Too bad it won't fix the larger gameplay issues.

If you like Bethesda games, have an Xbox Series X and Gamepass, then by all means you should check it out. It is worth playing and seeing.

Whether you find it worth finishing and getting a full 1000 gamerscore is completely up to you.

 

[lh032]

ps5 pro version probably will launch next year

 

[ahtlas7]

% make those numbers work %

 

[DonkeyPunchJr]

Seems like the kind of game in which the longer I wait before playing it, the better. Kinda like Cyberpunk.

Kinda like almost every game nowadays. I swear almost every big game I bought day 1 in the last few years got some very significant improvements, bug fixes, and expansions in the ~year after launch. And every time I wished I’d waited.

I’m done buying games day 1, all it means is you paid the highest price to play the worst possible version of the game.

 

[KellyNole]

60 fps and the map got me back in. I am enjoying it much more now.

 

[sendit]

30 FPS defense crew are in shambles.

 

[Xion_Stellar]

72% over which number?

Yeah this was my immediate thought if the player base went from 100 players to 172 players that's still a 72% increase so without the context this % is meaningless

 

[sendit]

ps5 pro version probably will launch next year

It will be a launch title for the PS5 Pro.

 

[Kilau]

60 fps and the map got me back in. I am enjoying it much more now.

How much more enjoyment, 72% more?

 

[PnCIa]

72% over which number

An engaged player is a happy player - dont ask questions.

 

[SoloCamo]

Seems like the kind of game in which the longer I wait before playing it, the better. Kinda like Cyberpunk.

Exactly my game plan. I check in every few months and it's better each time.

 

[kikkis]

60 fps is a welcome change. Too bad it won't fix the larger gameplay issues.

If you like Bethesda games, have an Xbox Series X and Gamepass, then by all means you should check it out. It is worth playing and seeing.

Whether you find it worth finishing and getting a full 1000 gamerscore is completely up to you.

What are the larger gameplay issues?

 

[damidu]

let me guess from 1000 to 1700

 

[Cyberpunkd]

Seems like the kind of game in which the longer I wait before playing it, the better. Kinda like Cyberpunk.

Can’t wait for the PS5 version.

 

[Men_in_Boxes]

72% over which number?

 

[JackMcGunns]

Why did you post this? Hold on to your butts!

 

[Cyberpunkd]

Ah, Stalin and Yezov, good old times.

 

[Dr. Samuel Hayden]

I thought 60 FPS didn't matter.

 

[WhamBamThankYouMaam]

So, I read this as the numbers having been really low? Is that it?

 

[AngelMuffin]

This game had/has a bevy of issues baked into the game that have already been discussed as nauseam. The FPS was towards the bottom of that list imo.

 

[diffusionx]

72% more than five times the number of Playstation fans that play any of their games for longer than 8 hours.

It's going to be impossible to play Hellblade 2 longer than that tho

 

[Saber]

I mean its good for the people who like this game.
But makes me wonder, what about the artistic vision or creative bullcrap they said at the start?

 

[thismeinteil]

72% more than five times the number of Playstation fans that play any of their games for longer than 8 hours.

Now, is that Sony games or Xbox games that had to port over that we're talking about here?

Huh? We don't have Hellblade II.

Yet.

 

[iHaunter]

You make fun, but that's Xbox's CFO.

 

[JohnnyFootball]

What are the larger gameplay issues?

Shitty exploration ruins the experience. It completely removes any incentive to wander off the beaten path, which was what made Skyrim and Fallout great. There was nothing like wandering around, running into a settlement in those games and then entering into a full blown quest line., Starfield has not of that. Just a bunch of procedurally generated planets. A complete waste of time.

 

[Mortisfacio]

Shitty exploration ruins the experience. It completely removes any incentive to wander off the beaten path, which was what made Skyrim and Fallout great. There was nothing like wandering around, running into a settlement in those games and then entering into a full blown quest line., Starfield has not of that. Just a bunch of procedurally generated planets. A complete waste of time.

Would be great if they improved this aspect, but this is ultimately why I won't revisit the game until they implement land vehicles. You can run from point A to point B on one of these planets and after 5 minutes of doing nothing except running, you find some outpost with a box of salvage items and maybe 3 enemies that you've also seen on every other procedurally generated area.

There is no reward for your time spent. At least if they made the travel quicker (with ground vehicles) then maybe I could stomach this, but it's awful in its current state.

 

[JerryinSoCal]

Would be great if they improved this aspect, but this is ultimately why I won't revisit the game until they implement land vehicles. You can run from point A to point B on one of these planets and after 5 minutes of doing nothing except running, you find some outpost with a box of salvage items and maybe 3 enemies that you've also seen on every other procedurally generated area.

There is no reward for your time spent. At least if they made the travel quicker (with ground vehicles) then maybe I could stomach this, but it's awful in its current state.

Yep, I haven't played since October and don't plan to until they add land vehicles. I ran around on foot for an hour on a planet doing nothing but scanning things, that nearly put me to sleep and it's an area that's related to the story so I can't skip it.

 

[ReBurn]

Opinions on the overall quality of the game aside, that 60 FPS performance mode makes a really big difference in how this game feels to play.

 

[salva]

I'm hooked, back into the game now, I fken love it.
Just started my 3rd NG+. Going to spend this one doing ship builds and outposts. Haven't even done either of those once in my 100hrs so far

 

[Aguero9320]

Shitty exploration ruins the experience. It completely removes any incentive to wander off the beaten path, which was what made Skyrim and Fallout great. There was nothing like wandering around, running into a settlement in those games and then entering into a full blown quest line., Starfield has not of that. Just a bunch of procedurally generated planets. A complete waste of time.

That's not really true? I've been playing this a lot recently (got back into it after the update, which has improved things a lot) - I decided to press on a bit with the main storyline by doing a mission. Had to make a stop at another system on the way because it was too far and received a distress call from the surface. Considered ignoring it, but decided to check it out - three hours later I was finishing up a really enjoyable series of tasks defending a research station from the Spacers which included both surface stuff and my first real experience of space combat (which I enjoyed a lot). Hadn't moved the main story on a bit. I'm now keen to start upgrading my ship ASAP. So much here I haven't even touched yet.

I wasn't exactly off the beaten path as I was heading to a main quest marker, but it successfully waylaid me with a quest I had no intention of undertaking...

Game is way better than its reputation now.

 

[RoboFu]

 

[DeepEnigma]

There goes the creative decision™

 

[rhodesianshepard]

Waiting for the "definitive" edition on PS5. Maybe by then it will be closer to the experience most expected