Watched the Starfield gameplay, when Todd Howard pulled out his space laser to mine iron ore it was like my soul left my body and i watched the rest of the trailer in a dissociative state.

I like Minecraft. It's a good time. I also really like Satisfactory. But every single other game that has resource mining would be better off without it. It's like hacking and lockpicking minigames, the only thing it can possibly offer to the player is a minute of annoyance - but with mining it's often hours of annoyance.

    • UlyssesT [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      Lockpicking happens in real time in Elder Scrolls Online. It does add some tension if you're looting an occupied building.

      • blobjim [he/him]
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        2 years ago

        It can be a time-based cost to make sure you can't just run into an occupied building with enemies shooting at you and loot the whole thing without fighting at all. It would be pretty lame to just make them a long animation in most cases.