All posts by Arasaka Netrunner

Get lucky with random loot drops. Trust I've been there.

Exodus is definitely on my list as well. I can't wait to see that.

I mean this in the best way possible, that's just cope. Which don't get me wrong I did that as well for Starfield when it first launched.

I really wanted a Sci-fi RPG I feel like recently, aside from Cyberpunk 2077 (which is a sub-genre of Sci-fi) is the only one. But Larian Studios did mention they're next game is a Sci-fi.

Personally, I have lost all faith in Bethesda for Elder Scrolls 6 and this 30$ expansion didn't convince me they will do right with Starfield.

Starfield took heavy inspiration from Battlestar Galactica ('70s and '00s).

So I'm pretty sure they're in the same boat as that, where they want to make it more about the human drama rather than human vs alien drama. Problem is that Battlestar Galactica had a solid main story of the humans trying to find the lost colony of Earth after Cylons wiped out their colonies. And Starfields main story just doesn't have any drama in it and the characters aren't complex.

Even when diving into the stuff like the UC Vanguard and Crimson Fleet questlines, it's pretty one-note and bland. So before they entertain the idea of adding aliens get solid characters and human drama going first.

I just let Sam die because his duaghter has the most emotional and powerful reaction. Plus it just makes sense.

I don't know man, that you get a free shop from the Ranger questline maybe.

Alright so based on this pole it appears Cydonia is the worst thing ever made by human hands. Let's break it down.

- Cydonia: While I actually think it's a cooler idea than Akila City, it's size somehow is the worst in the entire game. To think 100s of years on probably the oldest colony, and that's all Mars has to show.

Okay I'll agree that if the writing and overall quality of the quest were better the format wouldn't bother. But with the lack of quality control it's much more noticeable that this is dated.

The Vanguard questline is fun and I enjoy it. The museum is great, but what else is there aside from that questline?

Really, so critics and gamers saying the dishing of the story information being boring and dated, they're wrong?

I get that you don't mind it, but doesn't mean it's not an issue. I don't mind radiant quest but a lot of people hate them.

Elighten me though exactly what is great about Starfield's world building. I'm interested. Again I've played Starfield for over a hundred hours and I've done I believe almost everything that the game has to offer. We might actually agree on some aspects but I'm curious.

Look, I don't think you're understanding the problem here. The issue isn't that there isn't cutscenes, the issue is that Bethesda's method of providing the story is stiff, unemotional, and dated. It's the same method from Oblivion from over 15 years ago. They also just have the characters blurt out so much information it gets boring especially if you don't understand the universe. Their constant long unbroken sentences just don't feel natural and the body language is basically robots.

If they want to do live cutscenes then take a page out of Cyberpunk 2077 and have mocapped movement and blocking so it feels more real. Now again there's multiple problems here with their design philosophy.

But at the same time if the universe interesting then maybe I'd forgive it.

@Timgretio So mocap cutscenes isn't a modern system used?

The engine they use is dated and old. Of course if the story was good and worldbuilding I wouldn't care as much.

So you're telling me if Starfield launched with cinematic camera angles like Baldurs Gate 3 and have pro mocap animation for the characters and seamless space to planet transitioning instead of so many loading screens. You're telling me you wouldn't sing it's praises?

Press F to doubt. At the end of the day, I wanted to love Starfield and it didn't happen.

@Timgretio No, that's not true. I played Cyberpunk 2077 at launch on console. I'm not gonna argue it was great, it was a mess, but it's npc designs and variety was not a problem. Yeah you'll get duplicates every game that's an open world has that.

I play Starfield enough to see the exact same npcs in New Atlantis. Night City has variety and they react to the player character actions. If you look suspicious in front of the police and don't leave when they ask you to, they open fire. I've had plenty homeless beggers ask me for money on Night City and I give them money, gangs will be fighting randomly and I join in.

We need to acknowledge the fact that going up against the current competition which is Cyberpunk 2077 Phantom Liberty and Baldur's Gate 3, Bethesda is lagging behind. Their design philosophy is dated, their engine is dated, and if their gonna compete they need to step up their game.

Night City still wins. Because the npcs actually look good and like real people.

I'm gonna die on the hill that Oblivion is Bethesda's best game. It's dated AF and I'm biased cause it's the first one I played. But I just preferred the story, the worldbuilding was terrific and at the time I never experienced anything like it.

Now a days I have Baldur's Gate 3 and I'm looking forward to Avowed, but would really like to see an Oblivion remake.

Wouldn't compare Cyberpunk 2077 to Starfield or any Bethesda. They did a thousand times better in making the world believable and tons of quality side quest that weren't radient quest. And tbh, the radient quest in Cyberpunk are much better than Starfield by a long shot.

What Bethesda needed to do was simple, give use handcrafted interesting quest and a world that feels like it's real that you can get lost in. Bethesda isn't good at role-playing games, heck their not even good at storytelling, they're strength is in creating a world that's a vibe to explore and that's what they failed to capture with Starfield.

I can walk in Night City for hours admiring the architecture, the environmental story-telling, the random gang fights you come across, the police chases that happen, the hallway you never noticed before that leads me to a huge underground section that was apparently a drug hideout and I find a cool gun. Cyberpunk actively rewards you for stopping to smell the roses and Starfield doesn't.

And as someone who's put over 100 hours into this game and explore over 100 planets, I can confidently say no matter how much I want to love the game, it's impossible because exploring and clearing out the same Anbandoned UC Listening base with Crismon Fleet pirates for the 24th time... it just gets old and I gain nothing new. I wish Starfield had as much variety as Night City, but it doesn't and that sucks because I really wanted to love Starfield.

It makes no sense. There's need to be a planet with another city outside the laws of the Settle Systems.