Starfield Pre-Release Thread [GAME RELEASED, GO TO NEW THREAD]

[DraQ]

But even I have to admit Starfield's probably just going to be a "See that moon? You can land on it" Fallout 4 clone.

28 years late.

 

[DraQ]

I think I'm actively biased against this game because it means the Todd Howard Broadcasting Company isn't working on another Elder Scrolls or Fallout. Space exploration is probably our most exciting occupation, as a species, but a hard sci-fi take likely won't make for a very compelling "another orbital station needs your help", and soft sci-fi a la Star Trek or Mass Effect never gelled with me. That leaves Star Wars-style space fantasy, which a) this is not gonna be, and b) isn't really about space exploration.

Honestly, if they actually make it a proper, respectful hard Sci-Fi, then even with Beth's jank it's going to be massive .

Spoiler

If.

 

[Gargaune]

Some guy posted a compilation of info on their engine update. Doesn't look like he's knowledgeable on the subject matter.

It's been scrubbed from Reddit, by the way. But since I missed it...

And he's right. They did....alot. Like I said they now have an entire dedicated team to engine related work.

Tech updates and the requisite staff expansion were a given, this is just marketing fluff to appease all of those braindead YouTube-jockeys screeching that Bethesda needs to move to a new engine "right naaooo!"

bone scaling (which personally has me hyped for modding purposes)

I'm sure it does.

You will be able to see entire cities filled with lots and lots of NPC's on screen.

Infinite NPCs!

I do not believe they are going into the direction of Cyberpunk but more like what we are used to from them just with more npc's.

Good.

Voice modulation tech for NPC's. With this you can add lots of variety to npc's voices without needing a bazillion different voice actors.

Very good.

They never really had real 3D-traversal environments in a BGS game

You don't say.

Ladders, yes ladders will be in the game

Much like Larian inventing the revolutionary ability to target portraits, it's good to see Bethesda hard at work innovating.

 

[ERYFKRAD]

respectful

Beth's

What a grand and intoxicating innocence.

 

[DraQ]

respectful

Beth's

What a grand and intoxicating innocence.

Should I have made the If bigger?

 

[ERYFKRAD]

respectful

Beth's

What a grand and intoxicating innocence.

Should I have made the If bigger?

What a moderate and intoxicating innocence. Happy?

 

[KnightShadePrime]

They're too busy arguing with the other camp of boneheads about which weak hardware platform is "better".

Their platforms are not weak currently. Try buying a gaming computer with 8 zen 2 cores, 16gb of fast ram, 1 terrabyte ssd and 11 terraflops of rdna2 gpu for 400 euros.

Yes, because the fucktards at Microsoft and Sony sell the hardware at a loss.
In Microsoft's case, in an attempt to literally corner the gaming market.
If Sony goes under, which is looking likely, Microsoft will run amok and literally rape and ruin the games market, fucking the PC platform over pretty much completely for AAA level and as deep as they can go.

And they want all games to be on their shitty subscription model. Easier to control and therefore squeeze games for every cent they can.
Gamepass is only a good value now because they are using it to wreck Sony and get people used to the idea that you will own nothing and be happy.

 

[vibehunter]

They're too busy arguing with the other camp of boneheads about which weak hardware platform is "better".

Their platforms are not weak currently. Try buying a gaming computer with 8 zen 2 cores, 16gb of fast ram, 1 terrabyte ssd and 11 terraflops of rdna2 gpu for 400 euros.

Yes, because the fucktards at Microsoft and Sony sell the hardware at a loss.
In Microsoft's case, in an attempt to literally corner the gaming market.
If Sony goes under, which is looking likely, Microsoft will run amok and literally rape and ruin the games market, fucking the PC platform over pretty much completely for AAA level and as deep as they can go.

And they want all games to be on their shitty subscription model. Easier to control and therefore squeeze games for every cent they can.
Gamepass is only a good value now because they are using it to wreck Sony and get people used to the idea that you will own nothing and be happy.

We already don't own anything. Physical game media is pretty much dead on PC.

 

[Gargaune]

We already don't own anything. Physical game media is pretty much dead on PC.

GOG. Where applicable. For now.

 

[vibehunter]

We already don't own anything. Physical game media is pretty much dead on PC.

GOG. Where applicable. For now.

True, they're the only place right now. Unfortunately their catalog suffers for it.

 

[Caim]

Reminder that we'll likely see the event where Steam shuts down and all our games are lost forever in our lifetimes.

 

[TemplarGR]

Reminder that we'll likely see the event where Steam shuts down and all our games are lost forever in our lifetimes.

You could pirate them then.

 

[Gargaune]

Reminder that we'll likely see the event where Steam shuts down and all our games are lost forever in our lifetimes.

I plan to buy another bajillion terabyte drive this summer to back up all my GOG titles, and my old Windows 7 PC is squirreled away in a box. Short of the anti-fun commissars coming in to confiscate my gear, I'll still be able to play great videogames after the inevitable Cloud Incident. Cleve may have a bunker, but he'll fly to me to trade a copy of Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition for his can of baked beans. And his asshole.

 

[DraQ]

respectful

Beth's

What a grand and intoxicating innocence.

Should I have made the If bigger?

What a moderate and intoxicating innocence. Happy?

Moderately.

 

[vortex]

I wish you start as an alien on Earth who crashed and apprehended to Area 51. But something happened. Another alien race came and destroyed Area 51. You escaped. And barely alive. You need to return to you home planet. Upon arriving to SpaceX Texas launch site you doze off and awakened by Elon Musk asking you: 'Stand up. There you go. You were dreaming. What's your name?'

 

[KnightShadePrime]

We already don't own anything. Physical game media is pretty much dead on PC.

But at least you can download and install and run your games offline. Even Steam allows that.
With the exception of some games from some trash companies that require you to be online and connected to their servers for single player.
What I mean is that Microsoft's future would have games completely reside on their server, with nothing except a small client on your machine. Just like MMOs, but for every mode. Even offline single-player.
That way they control everything and can threaten to turn off the tap at will, which puts them in quite the power position re: monetization.
You can sense them salivating in their corporate offices at the thought.

 

[Gargaune]

You can sense them salivating in their corporate offices at the thought.

They all are. Microsoft's starting off slow with their Gamepass program, Sony rolled out a PS5 version with no disc drive, Google tried going straight for the cloud with Stadia. Abandon ye all hope, for Robin Williams, bless him, called it ages ago:

 

[Drakortha]

Remember to be a good consumer and do not lubricate your asshole for the coming ass rape. Don't expect any kind of reach around, either.

Now, repeat after me;

"My Body is Ready!"

"Shut up and take my money!"

That's a good little monkey!

 

[Jenkem]

Todd will deliver.

 

[Drakortha]

Todd will deliver.

The presentations from the other Livestreams haven't exactly raised the bar very high. Todd could take a walk out on the stage, and deliver a fresh dump on the floor then walk away without saying a word and it would probably be more exciting than any of the garbage we've seen so far.

 

[KnightShadePrime]

As Todd walks off, he says:
"See that turd? You can eat it!"

(get it? )

 

[Drakortha]

As Todd walks off, he says:
"See that turd? You can eat it!"

(get it? )

They will eat it without a second thought. It's a disturbing thing to witness, truly.

 

[Joggerino]

Remember to be a good consumer and do not lubricate your asshole for the coming ass rape. Don't expect any kind of reach around, either.

Now, repeat after me;

"My Body is Ready!"

"Shut up and take my money!"

That's a good little monkey!

If you pirate the game you're basically raping yourself??

 

[JarlFrank]

We already don't own anything. Physical game media is pretty much dead on PC.

GOG. Where applicable. For now.

Steam games are also yours if they're installed. It's super fucking easy to crack Steam's own DRM (just paste a generic steam api dll into your install folder and it's cracked), and many games don't even come with any DRM at all and you can just copypaste the install folder to another computer without Steam on it and play the game there.

 

[Readher]

Trailer leak. November 11th, 2022. PC and Xbox Series exclusive.