I will come back to this post in September to see if I was right lol
Biggest concerning signs:
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30 FPS lock on xbox, there’s no way to spin that positively, absolute fail
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Predatory pre-order bonus skins to get people to buy before they know what they’re actually going to experience (buggy shitshow)
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Countless attempts to hype up the game and huge random assurances from the devs
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Preemptively admitting the game has jank and trying to make it seem okay lol
At least the bugs will be absolutely hilarious I think.
Nah, I think you’re way overblowing this. Starfield is going to be a success, it’ll be the least buggy release they’ve ever had and people will love it. Monetization? Sure. 30fps? Yeah that’s standard for consoles. It’s not going to be a perfect game, it’s just going to be a damn good one. Enjoy it in the sea of mediocrity we have right now
Yup. It’s easy to be cynical about the current state of video games, but Bethesda seems to still be made up of people who are genuinely excited about what they are building, all the way up to management.
It’s not a perfect indicator for success, but I think it’s a pretty damned good one.
it’s an rpg not forza. 30fosnisnt that important in the context.
It’s also the first game they’re making with Microsoft resources, and by what they’re showing, they really seem to be learning with their mistakes and improving.
I agree with OP that Starfield is going to make a lot of people unhappy, mostly because of their own unreal expectations, but it is not going to be a blunder, let alone a massive one. However, it could be the most perfect game ever made and yet gamers/redditors that won’t even bother playing the game will find something to complain about and hop on the hatewagon because they’re just that miserable
It’s probably going to be the game of the year, maybe beaten by TOTK. Certainly it’ll be one of the best selling games of all time.
This is such a neckbeard take.
Maybe somewhere in the middle, honestly. Highly publicized bugs at launch, people complaining they’re under-delivering on what we all knew was marketing bullshit, then bugs get fixed under the radar and the game turns out to be amazing by the time they release their first DLC.
People always harp on about not pre-ordering, but you know what’s even better? Ignoring launch hype. I mean, look at Cyberpunk.
Yea, single player games, on consoles, can be 100% enjoyable even at 30fps. BotW and TotK are perfect examples of it. I haven’t seen any trailers or reviews or content of Starfield, btw, so don’t anyone date call me a coper.
It’s a bit rougher in an FPS, but not a deal-breaker if the game is good.
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I mean literally the first-person camera.
Like you the fact you’re moving a crosshair makes it much more noticeable. It’s the same on desktop for 60Hz vs. 120+Hz too.
I don’t care so much though, I doubt I’ll even hit 30 FPS on my potato.
Wow that is way more of a neckbeard take. There is no way in hell starfield is going to beat totk. It’s going to be janky shit, but outside of specific communities nobody cares about starfield in comparison.
Do not pre-order games.
Do not buy AAA games at launch, especially Bethesda games.
Preordering is dumb for digital releases.
It’s dumb for physical too.
Used to be that you might not get the game for quite a while if you didn’t pre-order. Not sure if that’s still the case with physical.
It’s better to wait than to get scammed.
I’m not arguing that it’s not better to wait, just saying that there used to be a reason for it.
Well it was -20% on greenmangaming lately, -15% now. I can see a point there at least 😄
No need to preorder/buy it, since the game will be on gamepass on release.
What point is there to not try the game for 10€ for a month? You can cancel it anytime.
If it’s shit, you still have a huge library of big name games you can play. You can also get gamepass keys for much cheaper on ebay or key resellers but there you might get scammed. Also if you have friends with gamepass ultimate, they can give you free 14 day trial keys.
If the game turns out great, you can still just buy it later on sale
I don’t like gamepass because it requires me to install games through the Microsoft store. I’d rather buy them from anywhere else or pirate them.
i can respect that, I myself avoid blizzard, riot, EA and Ubisoft and only install stuff if forced by friends for coop.
The games themselves though install through the xbox app and not directly from the shitty Microsoft store. In the end it all runs through the same service probably, but the xbox app is at least a better user experience.
My point was simply that people can avoid throwing money on shitty games like redfall if they just try it out on gamepass instead.
It’s the same service wearing a different costume. They sometimes install multiple copies of themselves, for example, the Fallout games will install a copy of the game for each language they support with no option to only install the language you want. Attempting to install mods in most games will cause it to reinstall the entire game, preventing the use of mods. Sometimes when you uninstall them, it doesn’t actually delete the files so it continues to use space on your drives until you reformat or use third party programs to remove them.
In my opinion, it’s an absolutely terrible way to install games, even if the value is good.
Join House Biscuit! We do not pre-order.
Yes!
I think it’ll be just like every other release. If it’s not absolutely perfect people are gonna shit all over it, but the reality will be that it’s fine. There’s no such thing as a perfect game. Either play and enjoy it or don’t. It’ll be on GamePass day one, so your monetary investment in trying it doesn’t have to be $70. Hell, you can probably find a free trial somewhere to try it with. So who cares if it’s not perfect or not. I bet just like all of their other games it’ll be a load of fun.
This post reads as if you’re a PlayStation player that still obsessed over the cOnSoLe WaRs and is just salty.
- Countless attempts to hype up the game and huge random assurances from the devs
You mean… marketing?
Pretty much everything you said is dumb or just not true, but that one was especially hilarious.
I don’t own a playstation
30 FPS lock on xbox
This is factually true
reads as if
Didn’t say you did
pretty much everything
And I didn’t say everything wasn’t
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I’m 100% expecting this game to crash and burn in the most outrageous manner possible. I’ll be surprised if it turns out to be a good game.
It’s possible that they’ll get around to making it good eventually but I’m betting it’ll be total garbage at launch
Bethesda jank is what brought us the Giant Space Program in Skyrim so I’m definitely fine with some jank. They’ve also said it’s the least buggy Bethesda game they’ve made. It feels like you’re just picking bad points to shit on the game.
Jank is partially the result of allowing for emergent gameplay where various forms of simulated systems can interact with each other in novel or unpredictable ways.
That being said I have no clue how people tolerate playing these games on console. Can’t even count the number of times I’ve had to use console commands to fix something myself.
The fact they are priming people to expect this is pretty bad.
They’ve also said it’s the least buggy Bethesda game they’ve made.
They have also said the exact same thing every single time they have talked about a new game. Literaly EVERY SINGLE TIME. Jesus christ please stop…
Are you arguing against it? Has anyone actually done an in-depth analysis to prove that the games are not getting less buggy? I know Bethsda has a vested interest in us thinking it’s true but without any evidence I’d trust them over random people on the internet.
I am pretty damn sure Fallout 76 was the buggiest game they ever released. And Todd literally said: dont worry no bugs this time. It just works.
Fallout 76 is extremely different technically from their single player games so of course it’s going to be more buggy. I’d be more interested in a comparison between Skyrim, Fallout 4, and Starfield after it releases. Also the “It just works” quote comes from Fallout 4 talking about the settlement builder. I don’t know what claims they made about FO76 since I wasn’t interested in it but I doubt he would use the same phrase again after it backfired so bad (and I also can’t find any evidence he did say it for FO76). So no, Todd did not “literally say” it just works. In fact for FO76 he said “sometimes it just doesn’t work”.
He said that as a joke while announcing the BETA of Fallout 76. And after the beta they announced they would fix everything, which they obvioulsy didn’t.
Honestly I could not care less about console FPS locks. If you don’t play Bethesda RPGs on a PC then I don’t even know what you’re doing with your life.
https://sh.itjust.works/c/patientgamers
For the win. It’s helped me avoid wasting money on most game purchases I’ve done.
We actually got a decent Cyberpunk 2077 experience. I think. I still haven’t gotten around to playing it, plus I’m more hyped to play Slime Rancher 2… after I finally beat Slime Rancher 1.
I finally bought Cyberpunk recently, as it reached a pricepoint I liked. Now with the news of the overhaul, I’ll just wait until after that to play it.
With the DLC announced I will eventually get CP2077 when the complete edition gets a bigger discount down the line. I sure hope there’s lot of quality of life improvements by then which the DLC is looking like it’ll do.
Not everyone got a “decent” Cyberpunk 2077 experience. The game was released prior to it being playable on every device to which they sold it.
Patient gamers unite!
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This is why I am going to wait for reviews before I pull the trigger. It hope it runs reasonably okay on PC but the required specs don’t give me confidence.
Same here. No trigger pulling as I don’t have the funds for that behaviour. Leave that to the YouTubers.
If you do in the end decide to pull the trigger, remember the game is on gamepass for a fraction of the price. If it ends up running badly for you, you still have a huge choice of other games to play
With the abysmal state of most AAA releases, I just hope they manage to give the game some soul to it. I’m tired of clones and Elden Ring has been the only recent AAA title that feel like creativity was still put into it.
Is it going to be horrible ? No. Just from the gameplay I’ve seen I can tell you I’m going to have a good time. Will it live up to my personal expectations? Absolutely not. But neither did cyberpunk and anytime someone asks me for a good cyberpunk game I don’t hesitate to tell the cp2077 is in a league of it’s own, despite all the shortcomings.
Off topic but I am SUPER STOKED for the upcoming Cyberpunk overhaul.
I’m hoping it will be decent, but the official trailer made it look empty and boring. It did not inspire confidence for me.
Not sure if you’ve seen it, but there was also a 30 minute deep dive where they showed off most of the different features of the game.
Point 5) No games are released finished anymore an no gamer is ever happy.
Diablo 4 seems finished on release. Also Hogwarts and Elder Ring
But someone will always unhappy.
Yeah but D4 also had a known issue, where when you log off with your hardcore character it just dies because of a server bug (error code 316009).
Was this fixed?
I wasn’t actively tracking it, but the latest find in the blizzard forums was six day ago. The last patch note I stumbled upon was on June 9th. So my educated guess would be no.
But hey, at least they fixed some issues with the in-game shop. ( ͡~ ͜ʖ ͡°)
I’m looking forward to FFXVI myself, loved the demo, it’s shaping up to be a pretty good release.
Outlast Trials also released finished and polished (even if it is still Early Access). Though i guess that game is not big enough to count
Predatory pre-order bonus skins to get people to buy before they know what they’re actually going to experience (buggy shitshow)
Countless attempts to hype up the game and huge random assurances from the devs
Preemptively admitting the game has jank and trying to make it seem okay lol
none of this is particularly different from their other releases, and 2 & 3 arent even out of the ordinary for AAA gaming in general, regardless of quality or reception
Plus number 4. It’s a Bethesda game, if you don’t expect jank/bugs then I have a bridge to sell you…
Ofc it will be broken at launch but the amazing modding community that comes with Bethesda games will have that shit sorted in no time
There is likely going to be loading screens when entering buildings like in past games built on basically the same engine.
“Our tech is cutting edge as far as I can tell, the Creation Engine’s aging very well! We’re not planning on doing anything about it”
most engines used by AAA studios are just upgraded versions of engines that games were running on 20 years ago
Yes but Gamebryo’s always been somewhat trash since fallout 3.
Hell, it was already considered outdated and clunky in 2008.
very few of the issues people have with bethesdas engine are actually issues with the engine
