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doleo, do games w A quarter of Starfield players couldn’t even be bothered to finish the first mission

For what it’s worth, I am one of these people. I’d already watched a couple of streamers play random sidequests, but when I saw the early game I just couldn’t stomach playing any further.

circuitfarmer, do games w Starfield gets low-spec PC mod for those gaming on potatoes
@circuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.org avatar

Sad that the article focused on this particular mod. It’s aimed at textures for low-end systems, yes, but there are 2-3 others that are aimed at systems across the board and use stock textures with simple config file changes. They’re all tweaks with options that are in the game but unavailable on the menu, and they do vastly improve performance without a drop in quality.

A better headline could have been “Modders fix in days what Bethesda didn’t do with years”.

atlasraven31, do games w Having sex in Starfield is OP

Skyrim had the same thing “lover’s embrace.” It is not new.

InEnduringGrowStrong,
@InEnduringGrowStrong@sh.itjust.works avatar

It’s a Bethesda classic that’s also in Fallout.
Breaking news: Bethesda game made by Bethesda has classic Bethesda mechanics from pervious Bethesda games also made, you might be surprised to hear, by Bethesda employees.

Fuck this AI sharticle

bitsplease, do gaming w Starfield topped 230,000 concurrent players on Steam, and it’s not officially out yet

Concurrent players on launch is really only a metric of hype - from what I’ve seen so far in discussions, the game itself is shaping up to be a pretty big let down

wolfshadowheart,
@wolfshadowheart@kbin.social avatar

Kinda seems like people hating just to hate. It's a Bethesda game in space, albiet with slightly more menu travel.

It's a fine game. I wouldn't say it's a let down unless you're expecting fully fledged landing and docking systems. I've actually been pleasantly surprised.

essellburns,

Hype inevitably produces that feeling of let down for some people.

Gorejelly, do gaming w PlayStation Project Q leak offers a very rough look at the handheld in action
@Gorejelly@kbin.social avatar

Why couldn't this device have been the one to have "360" in the name? It would have worked (for once!).

"Why do they call it the PieceShyt360? Because you throw it away and it boomerangs right back to you!"

Seriously, though, how am I going to catch the Joker with this thing?

For reals: looks like it has bad ergonomics, the software (just stock Android?) looked to be performing poorly in that one video, it will be super overpriced probably, and we don't know how locked down it will be. If it is cheap and we have play store services, it might be an ok emulation device?

malchior, do gaming w Alan Wake 2 sales figures are letting Remedy feel confident about Control 2 - even if the game hasn't made any profit yet

Yeah waiting for a steam sale.

woah135, do gaming w Alan Wake 2 sales figures are letting Remedy feel confident about Control 2 - even if the game hasn't made any profit yet

I’d love to pay full price for a physical version of this game if they would release one. Weakening physical sales will only increase the power held by the digital storefronts.

all-knight-party, do gaming w Highly anticipated indie Sims 4 rival Paralives sets early access release window for 2025
@all-knight-party@kbin.run avatar

Stating that all future content and expansions will be free even outside of early access is a powerful idea. I'm not sure how it'll pan out for them financially, but as long as the core game is good and runs well I think that the incredible wall of paid content in the Sims and that immediate feeling of "I'm not getting the whole thing" when considering only buying the base game is definitely something that's basically stopped me from moving on from Sims 3.

Why go to 4 if I have a content robust game already, and getting a similar amount of content there would cost a small fortune? If a well playing competitor arrives with one base game price and a promise that future content comes free, I think that could be a real foot in the door for this genre.

umbrella, do gaming w Netflix might add in-app purchases and ads to its games no one plays
@umbrella@lemmy.ml avatar

told ya

Computerchairgeneral, do gaming w It's taken nine years, but Daggerfall, the huge second Elder Scrolls game, now has fan-made remaster

Glad to see this project finally release. Played it on and off while it was in beta and it is definitely one of the best ways to experience Daggerfall, especially with the modding community that has sprung around the Unity version.

off_brand_, do gaming w Starfield will be getting a bunch of fresh features including "new ways of traveling" next year

Despite Bethesda being kinda weird and shitty, I remain excited about the game myself. It still blows me away they decided to release without modding tools. But I’m looking forward to that quite a bit

djidane535,
@djidane535@kbin.social avatar

To be honest, I really enjoyed my run (100 hours in). If you omit the bugs, it’s a nice alternative to Skyrim with a very different setting (space) and some quality of life improvements (eg: having your ship to store shit anywhere you go, instead of traveling back and forth to your house if you have any).

But I admit the game feels very old in general (especially because of those loading screens, which should be a thing from the past in 2023), and is not original at all on its FPS mechanics. There is also this odd feeling that the game does not want to block you access to anything (while the new game plus, which is a very good idea and introduced in a clever way, should have been enough to be more « punishing » with the player).

As an « old » gamer, it was not a big issue (especially because I play ton of retrogaming games, along with recent releases), but I totally understand what a player expecting a modern SF RPG game might feel.

averyminya,

I enjoyed the first playthrough too but I just got so tired of everything the second go around. Not much had changed so I was just redoing quests I’d done but now I “knew” things and made it go by faster. Yay?

It’s so dull, I did everything the first time around so now I just get to watch it again, but it’s “fun” cause there’s one changed dialogue option? Meh. The game has an incredible philosophy, a terrible philosophy for its relationship to the gameplay.

In regards to gameplay, it was fine. I liked the flying, ship building was fun, gunplay felt okay. Walking around areas is mostly pretty. But like everyone else my issue was all the menu diving, and I found a few ways to mitigate how often I used it but man was it frustrating to have to menu dive so much, sometimes in situations where it doesn’t even make sense, like arriving and landing on a planet.

And then again, to lose everything about your character that makes the game interesting (built ship, weapons, etc) during NG+ is just disheartening. I understand why, that doesn’t make it easier lol.

djidane535,
@djidane535@kbin.social avatar

Yeah, I didn’t bother with a second playthrough because of this. It’s strange because the idea is great, so why not encourage the player to do a second playthrough by not allowing him/her to see everything on a single run ?

Computerchairgeneral, do gaming w Squash all those irritating Starfield bugs with this essential community patch mod

Glad to see Starfield reach another Bethesda game milestone: outsourcing your bug-fixing to modders. More seriously, I'm excited to see what modders end up being able to do with Starfield once they get used to making mods for it.

Hyperreality, do gaming w Squash all those irritating Starfield bugs with this essential community patch mod

Is the game 'finished' yet or should I wait till the modding community has had some more time to work on mods?

Pratai, do gaming w Baldurs Gate 3 (That's crazy commitment.)

It doesn’t say he learned blacksmithing specifically for the game, just that he pulled the knowledge from having learned blacksmithing.

Destraight, do games w As the WGA writers' strike looks set to end, a massive video game strike could be just around the corner

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