This makes sense, while I am having fun with Starfield, no mans sky offers an experience that I felt that Starfield promised and did not provide.
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This is exactly what I heard on a podcast today (unfortunately I can’t play starfield) and basically boils down to the fact, that starfield really doesn’t offer anything more than mass effect did like 15 years ago - gameplay wise.
Which for me is absolutely fine. I’d much rather spend my time doing quests in detailed cities and occasionally going out to explore over the painfully empty universe of NMS. And I love NMS just for difference reasons. NMS is like a relaxing sandbox game for me, but Mass Effect and Starfield brings the characters, story, worldbuilding, quests, factions.
Apple to oranges then?
I agree with both of you. I was hoping Starfield would be a mix of both, but sadly, it isn't
Exactly! The problem comes when you overpromise and overhype stuff and then don’t deliver on that front - which is a shame.
And yes, you really can’t compare NMS and starfield, as you mentioned.
I asked the question(last night on Team Fortress 2, the people's forum), if Starfield isn't a good space game, is it still a good Bethesda game?
And the answer? Mostly yes. I've added it to my wishlist. I'll get it whenever I can mod in 500 different improvements to shit they'll never fix.
The question now is, how does a good Bethesda game compare to all the other games released?
I've added it to my wishlist. I'll get it whenever I can mod in 500 different improvements to shit they'll never fix.
Same here, but I definitely need to upgrade my PC first haha But by then it should run fine and there should be mod support as well.
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starfield really doesn’t offer anything more than mass effect did like 15 years ago - gameplay wise
As a day1 NMS player who is getting a bit bored with the game, if you said to me hey there's a new game and it's pretty similar to mass effect... I'd be very interested in that!
Not every game is for everyone, I know quite a few people just don't seem to get NMS. I often take breaks from it now but each expedition / update brings me back; it's amazing how far the game has come and it still surprises me how addictive I find it after 7 years. It's awesome when a game comes out that reinvents the wheel but maybe not every game has to do that, it can just be a decent game to spend some time forgetting about our worries in?
I've not played Starfield yet but looking forward to trying it out, guess I should keep my expectations low then I'll be less likely to be disappointed.
I’m a Day 1 NMS player too and I’m really glad and impressed how much the turned the ship around. I also come back for the expeditions/updates!
It's awesome when a game comes out that reinvents the wheel but maybe not every game has to do that, it can just be a decent game to spend some time forgetting about our worries in?
You’re right, nobody excepts a new invention of the wheel every time, but to keep with your analogy, I would be nice if the at least used the newer/updated wheel instead of hanging on to 15 year old ones - sure they still work, but the newer ones offer a lot of things I’ve got used to. Or in other words, the standards have changed quite a bit.
I really don’t want to hate on the game, it’s definitely on my list and if I can justify a small PC upgrade I will definitely play it. But I’m just a bit… disappointed, that Starfield didn’t live up to the hype/promises - this is also on me, I got again caught a bit by the hypetrain.
guess I should keep my expectations low then I'II be less likely to be disappointed.
I really hate that this has become a trend now… I really don’t know why and how, but at least in my opinion, this changed drastically over the last view years. I can remember when I rode the hypetrain until the release and wasn’t disappointed… but nowadays you really have to keep your expectations low to end up not disappointed (there are of course expectations).
I really hate that this has become a trend now… I really don’t know why and how, but at least in my opinion, this changed drastically over the last view years.
Agree 100%. To borrow a phrase that's popular atm, I think it's the 'enshittification' trend at work in games just like social media. Games used to be made by comparatively-smaller teams, devs often had a very deep passion for what they were creating. I'm sure that's still the case for many devs now but with so many big developers now being owned and controlled by publishers... it's becoming less and less a passion project, and more a "how much juice can we squeeze out of this lemon" scenario. Then you've got stuff being outsourced massively to lots of little providers in order to deal with the scale of modern games, which causes fractures and lack of cohesion in the overall vision (imo).
TBH, NMS taught me a valuable lesson, not to overhype anything. And that's not to say I'm now a pessimist, more I'd say I'm a realist... prepare for the worst, hope for the best kinda thing. Then CP77 reinforced that, the one studio I still had faith in did exactly what all the others did by releasing a half-baked game that didn't live up to their claims (though I'm definitely looking forward to the new update, tempering expectations as always now).
Yeah, it really feels like enshittification… gaming just got so big over the last few years. It really is not as niche as it was.
Oh yes, NMS was actually the first game I pre-ordered (digitally as well) and played it at midnight - hyped beyond the stars… to be disappointed. Then I was stupid enough to run across town to a shop that sold CP2077 a day early - to be massively disappointed again. Do you think I’ve learned my lesson - no, I also pre-ordered with a group of friend BF2042, because “they cannot possibly drop the ball” - we all now how that turned out.
At least with NMS, they really turned it around and added so much free content. With CP2077, we will see with the new 2.0 update and the DLC, but I wait for sure for reviews this time. And yeah BF2042 is now in the state it should have launched in… this is the one I regret the most.
So by now, I have learned my lesson and am proud to say that I’m pre-order free and never in my life will pre-order something again. As you said, keep the expectations low and wait for reviews and the feedback of people here on lemmy. I any don’t have so much time to play games anymore and a few days longer also don’t hurt.
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I don’t understand where they promised space sim. I think people are getting confused with what was promised and what was hoped for.
Probably because it was compared with Elite Dangerous and Star Citizen a lot. I saw a lot of talk about it in those communities. And the YouTubers who cover those games posted a lot of videos about Starfield too. So at least from that perspective, I can understand why folks would. I certainly thought there was going to be some element of space sim in it.
But they were very clear about what you could and couldn't do.
Yeah, but people don't listen and make up their own headcanon, only to be sorely disappointed.
We've seen that time and time again.
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NMS is one of my most played games with over 500hours. What experience does it offer better than Starfield? Outside of seamless planet travel, NMS is a lot less compared to Starfield. Everything is proc gen, the variety is pretty low.
Your first 100 hours in No Man's Sky will be packed to the brim with discovery, holy shit, random thing, stuff you didn't even know existed, three or four ships you didn't even know you could get, giant space cruisers, black holes on an almost never repeating dispense to your face.
Generative Aliens and planets aside, NMS is full of surprises.
True, but once I went through my first black hole, I came out somewhere in the middle of the great unknown, and I thought ok, now what? Do I just go back and diddle around in my own area, or what is this endless vast space even for? I kind of had an existential crisis making me wonder why I was doing anything in the game at all, why did anything I do matter? Never felt that one on a game before, haven't gone back yet because I'm not sure what to do.
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Jokes on you guys... I expected dogshit from Bethesda. So a half baked space skyrim is actually more than I expected. 22 hrs in and I'm enjoying it. Solid 7/10 if you weren't over hyped
I have a backlog full of 7/10 that are left untouched in my library. I'm not paying 70€ for 7/10 that i have to manage expectations. In fact, i'd rather buy outer wilds for a second time.
Day one on gamepass so I have no monetary investment 🤷♂️
I totally get your point though. And outer wilds was amazing
Better than Fallout 4 but no where near as good as Skyrim basically. it's obvious Bethesda needs new ideas. It's crazy to me how many gameplay concepts haven't evolved at all since Skyrim.
I was going to get it and then I remembered that Bethesda games are best purchased 5 years after they're released once all the models have had an opportunity to actually fix the game.
I expected better from the hype, but early reviews made it clear it was just another Bethesda game and I adjusted my expectations accordingly. I'd say 7 or 8/10 depending on how much you like Bethesda's style.
It's honestly 8.5 for me but I didn't want to get ripped to shreds for saying I'm a fan of Bethesdas half assed rpgs
Perfectly understandable, and nothing wrong with being a fan of them.
Can confirm, I bought No Man's Sky the day of the Starfield launch. I'm a patient gamer, I don't pre-order, I don't play anything on launch, I don't buy microtransactions, I don't buy season -passes. It's the most healthy and fun my relationship with video games has ever been. I haven't payed full price for a game in years. Somehow publishers keep throwing free games at me, I now have way more entertainment that I could enjoy for the rest of my life.
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It's a hell of a lot more polished now. I enjoyed it quite a bit for the 40 or so hours I played. I will probably be back at some point considering they have added a ton of content since I stopped playing. They should probably just work on a DLC at this point. I appreciate the hell out of them for making the game a lot deeper than what was initially promised but I also want to see them make some money for doing so.
They got my $60 at launch :grumble
Consider it a Kickstarter campaign which was only released recently.
I tried NMS because of Starfield, but my instinct to avoid it all these years was right. I can tell it's a good game for what it is, it's just not my thing.
I tried NMS because so many people said it was good. It's not for me unfortunately. Sure they've fixed a lot of bugs and added a bunch of features, but none of those changes made it any more fun for me. :|
Yeah, I'm just not a "make your own fun" kinda guy when it comes to games, I want more structure.
Got this on 50% sale and it's the best purchase I've made in a while. The game is so vast and well executed I'm absolutely in love. All aspects - ships, exploration, attachments, tools, bases, stations, freighters and enemies are so well done.
It also seems like a spiritual successor to the Galaxy On Fire series because that's the first thing I thought of while playing this. If you've played any game of that series, imagine that being made into an open world, multiplayer legendary AAA title. That's what this game has become in 2023.
It's a must buy in my opinion, one for the books and the 50% off deal is an absolute steal.
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I didn’t end up buying starfield since I know I won’t finish a Bethesda game and have been finally trying NMS out a few years after I bought it. It’s scratching the space exploration itch quite well.
I think I am going to play some too. Starfield looks like mostly a flop so I won't even buy it.
Starfield is enjoying massive success. You're just in toxic echo chambers.
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Returned Starfield after an hour and a half of no fun. Been playing No Man's Sky all week. It's really good, they've just kept adding content to this game for years. It's still the same old NMS game at heart, but there's new things to explore and do, new quests and items. I'm enjoying it more than Starfield, which felt very much like a poor imitation with Bethesda assets.
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