It feels like when Fallout 3, 4 and Skyrim came out you couldn't escape people posting about them for weeks, especially with Skyrim. Now the most I've seen are complaints about how disappointing Starfield was.

Is the game that much blander or does Internet culture just move on that much faster these days? On the other hand, I do feel like there was a lot more enthusiasm for other games like Elden Ring, and sometimes you get an Among Us that just completely take over the Internet.

  • HiImThomasPynchon [des/pair, it/its]
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    1 year ago

    Fallout and Skyrim had the benefit of being part of a much beloved franchise. Among Us didn't really take off until two years after release because kids were playing it during lockdown. Elden Ring got major hype for being a collaboration between the creators of some of the biggest franchises in TV and video games in the 2010s.

    Starfield certainly has the benefit of being the new thing from a well-known studio. However, it's also a "new" IP from a studio that isn't known for making their own IP and is known for crummy writing on the IP they own. Not to mention that there's just...so many more video games these days.

    None of this is to say I think Starfield is any good. I haven't played it, but I have seen others play it and it looks real boring. Being the next big thing just wasn't in the cards.

    • KarlBarqs [he/him, they/them]
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      1 year ago

      I've also not seen anyone that can give me an elevator pitch for the game. It looks exactly like any other bland Sci-Fi Game (tm).

      Mass Effect is a space opera where humans are the newcomers to the greater galaxy and are trying to carve a niche.

      No Man's Sky is about infinite exploration on an infinite number of worlds, and the joy of discovery.

      Outer Worlds is what if Fallout New Vegas was in space, and corporations literally owned entire worlds.

      Meanwhile Starfield has nothing like this. It's just Space Game.