Ever since I was burned by Fallout 4 I've been incredibly skeptical of Bethesda games and so watching the Starfield showcase and it really just looks like Fallout 4 in space. Yet I'm seeing praise being heaped on it. I'm not crazy am I?

  • Frank [he/him, he/him]
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    2 years ago

    “1000 full planets”

    Yeah, Todd's full of shit. If there are thousand planets then each one is going to be a 1km x 1km procedurally generated area with no hand placed assets and nothing to make them interesting.

    • SerLava [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      Yeah you could see little icons showing where actual cities and outposts were on the planets. I remember one planet had like 2 of those.

      So if you count the areas with actual content, it's likely between 2-4 times the size of their previous game, which is pretty normal for Bethesda. Then after that, you have 1000x or 2000x more area tied up in procedurally generated plains and moonscapes. And then like a dozen unmarked easter egg areas in absolutely random spots.

    • SocialistWombat [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      It was there that any hopes I had for this game died.

      1,000 full planets? Fuck off. Give me a solar system, not a galaxy. Not even an MMO could stretch out its content that wide let alone a single player game.