Official Starfield Hype Train Thread Choo Choo (9/6/23)

[Simple Torture]

but they’re all over TikTok so they’re kind of hard to avoid

Who wants to tell him?

You can pry TikTok out of my cold, dead hands.

[Ello Sailor]

Weirdo

[Revelator]

Review embargo lifts in 14 hours. I bet this settles in the low 90s on Metacritic. A very good score!

This is my prediction, too. 'Amazing, gorgeous/vast open world with some overused/outdated RPG elements, etc.'

Something like that...

[CopperTom]

Professional reviews are a tad lower than I expected. I expect this to get review bombed like no other. Still a day one purchase.

[scrub12]

ACG’s review got me hyped. I couldn’t imagine reviewing a game like this in a time frame. Wouldn’t want to crush through it, would want to take my time.

[tree_]

Honestly this game doesn't appeal to me. Maybe I'm just getting old and chafed.

[Ensign9]

I played for a couple hours last night. I'm enjoying it but it does feel a little dated and Bethesda needs to stop with the slew of interactive objects in their games. I don't want to pick up a dinner plate or a squeeze bottle. And I'd love to be able to kill that hulking robot who is constantly getting in my way. I will give him praise for carrying all my crap, though.

Overall, way too early for any sweeping conclusions on the story, gameplay, etc.

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So that Constellation guy lands on the mining planet and just decides to give up his exploration career and ship for life as a miner? Hunh?

[Simple Torture]

Nothing I’ve read or seen makes me worry about the game overall, but the lack of maps and the inventory UI sound frustrating.

[tree_]

Based on reviews, I'm getting serious No Man's Sky de ja vu.

[psychobain]

i wont start it until Sea of Stars is done
looks like a decent game, but not THAT good
it may get better with time, for sure, like SKYRIM did (and no mans sky also)

[BurtReynolds]

Based on reviews, I'm getting serious No Man's Sky de ja vu.

That game was pretty much broken at launch. I don't think this is nearly as bad.

[Ello Sailor]

NMS looks kinda badass now though. Plus 65daysofstatic did a post-rock OST for it. Also, Bethesda kinda sucks.

I'll see y'all in the No Man's Sky thread.

[E.H. Ruddock]

NMS looks kinda badass now though. Plus 65daysofstatic did a post-rock OST for it. Also, Bethesda kinda sucks.

I'll see y'all in the No Man's Sky thread.

I need to get back into NMS. Lots of updates since I last played.

[tree_]

there you have it, NMS is officially better than Starfield

[Revelator]

I wasn't aware of the lack of an actual map until reading the reviews. That is a shockingly bad oversight to me. Maybe not so much when you're in space, but to not have access to a map in one of the many 'sprawling' cities is baffling. The inventory system sounds like it could be frustrating too. Will try to give it a spin this weekend, but will admit I'm taken back by the reviews though I had some doubts about this one for a while.

Makes me even more excited for Spider Man 2 cause that's pretty much guaranteed to be an open world blast, even if it's 'more of the same'.

[psychobain]

people are complaining that the planets are empty, not a lot to do...is that right?

[scrub12]

people are complaining that the planets are empty, not a lot to do...is that right?

They told everyone that would be the case, so it shouldn’t have been a surprise. A lot of planets are just for mining materials.

I can’t boot up until Monday, but sounds like it starts a little slow and then gets going. Lots of side stuff to stumble upon.

[tommy]

NMS looks kinda badass now though. Plus 65daysofstatic did a post-rock OST for it. Also, Bethesda kinda sucks.

I'll see y'all in the No Man's Sky thread.

I need to get back into NMS. Lots of updates since I last played.

It's a completely different game now. I really enjoyed my time with it.

[Ensign9]

IM GOING TO MURDER YOU, VASCO. PIPE DOWN AND GET OUT OF MY WAY!

[Monkey_Driven]

Some of the reviews have confirmed my greatest fears about this game.