Don't get me wrong, I'm not a hater. I actually was really excited for the game. But so far I am just not having fun.
For a little bit of reference, I just finished playing thru Cyberpunk 2077 and then jumped right into Starfield. Maybe that was a mistake because I kinda just want to go back to Cyberpunk (and I will in a few weeks when the DLC comes out).
But I'm noticing two really big issues with Starfield: first, the gunplay/combat is... let's call it underwhelming. I realize it's quite probably a skill issue and I need to just git gud, but holy crap, everything is a bullet sponge and I don't have that many bullets! Stealth seems to be pretty worthless at early levels as I don't have any high-alpha guns that can take advantage of it and, most of the time, I'm detected before I even see the bad guys. I'm just not enjoying this aspect of the game at all.
The second big issue for me is that there's a loading screen every five seconds! Again, probably a me thing, but OMG, it's driving me nuts. Get into ship, loading screen. Launch from planet, loading screen. Fly to next planet, loading screen. Land on planet, loading screen. Leave ship, loading screen. I just want to go shoot things! Let me shoot things!
Okay, found some spacers, time to... oh shit, out of ammo. Let me swap to a worse gun that still has ammo. Sigh. Okay, they're dead. Let me just heal up... oh shit, out of med packs. Sigh.
Oh and wrestling with the UI is exhausting.
Anyways, I realize that this probably isn't the place to find a lot of like-minded people. But I really do want to like this game. Any tips on maybe at least ways to make the combat less of a chore?
The game mechanics and worldbuilding are underwhelming for what they were touting it as. Its going to take a few years to be good.
but question is cyberpunk actually good now?
I am one of those weirdos who enjoyed Cyberpunk when it first came out. I don't know if I'd say it was "good" back then, but it was already fun. Now with a couple years of bug fixes and QoL features under it's belt, yes, it's a very good game. I just played through the entire game, doing all the gigs and most of the side jobs, and I'm really pumped to do it all again when the DLC comes out. Using a different build will change the entire play style of the game, and there is enough choice in the role playing that I can see different stories in the same quests.
It's a very good game and anyone who avoided it before because of the bad press (but normally would like this sort of thing) should really give it a shot now.
It's WAY better than Starfiield so far... :-/
Ill tell my brother to play it, he'd love it
I loved Cyberpunk. I didn't pick it up until 1.3, but I ran into only one major bug. And that was only preventing progression on a sidequest.
As it stands, I don't see how I don't ditch Starfield for Phantom Liberty in a couple weeks.