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Is it just me or is Starfield kinda meh? (lemm.ee)

submitted 2 years ago by Stillhart@lemm.ee to c/starfield@lemmy.zip

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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?

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[–] quinkin@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

I'm a social pariah for not even enjoying old Bethesda rpg games. So much loot fatigue.

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[–] Stillhart@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

there doesn’t seem to be a lot of narrative freedom in the quests

I've been playing more since I originally posted this and I'm enjoying myself more but the game still feels pretty meh. But this point above I think is the biggest sin the game commits. It's an RPG but it doesn't really feel like my decisions effect anything other than my companion's view of me. I don't think there are branching storylines or anything like that.

Hate to do it, but gonna compare to Cyberpunk again. In Cyberpunk, there are multiple ways to solve quests and multiple endings with multiple endings! BG3, of course, also has branching quests that effect the state of the world. The lack of a feeling of agency in this game feels like the biggest fault.

I can get used to the loading screens EVERYWHERE (a loading screen to enter a tiny store? really??), the weak gunplay, the watered down mechanics and wide but shallow world. But this game is an RPG first and if the RPG mechanics are bad, what is left??

[–] Canadian_Cabinet@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I've only watched someone play it, but it does seem like it is super superficial, like a puddle that looks deep but is only a few inches

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[–] regbin_@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I'm liking it more than Cyberpunk 2077 currently. I couldn't even bring myself to finish CP2077 and yet I'm playing multiple hours of Starfield every day.

[–] Stillhart@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Out of curiosity, when's the last time you played Cyberpunk? There's been a TON of bug fixing and QoL in the least couple years. And the 2.0 patch coming with the DLC is gonna be huge even you don't get the DLC.

[–] regbin_@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Couple of months ago maybe. I don't have any technical issues, just find that the world, characters, and gameplay to be uninteresting. The game ran great when I played it.

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[–] JohnnyLX91@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 years ago

I truly dont understand the "everything is a bullet sponge" argument.

I havent skilled any combat related skills and I am doing just fine in combat. Also I dont expect enemies in an RPG to get down in a single shot. Especially when they are armored like tanks or some weird giant alien creature. People have weird expectations tbh.

[–] thisbenzingring@lemmy.sdf.org -5 points 2 years ago

git gud n3wb!

Jk i couldn't resist

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