Seasons of Jason
There's a curious lack of guidance in #Starfield. I appreciate that some folks prefer minimal UI & no hand-holding, but there are some surprisingly glaring omissions.
Example: Your ship has 6 power systems (with 3-letter abbreviations in the UI), and the 1st time you get in the cockpit you're instructed to toggle between them & add/subtract power. But you're not told WHAT those systems do.
Also, how on earth do you toggle weapons on the fly? This just doesn't feel polished.
Seasons of Jason
Also, I'm just gonna say it: Pressing a button to travel to a distant planet, and then pressing another button to land REALLY sucks the fun and discovery out of space travel...
Seasons of Jason
@raptor85 YES, and having that "feel" is important to the overall experience. Especially for a game that should have a strong sense of discovery to it.
It should be a little simpler than Elite, but not "press a button" simple.
Raptor :gamedev:
@killyourfm as bleak as most planets/moons are in elite dangerous (i mean, they really should be so it's definitely realistic) I love how elite handles descent to surface/landing/taking off, it's all very manual and has that "feel" to it. the space game i've played the most of by far, with my VR + HOTAS setup.
Seasons of Jason
@slembcke I'm only a few hours in, so take my gripe with a grain of salt: But this doesn't feel like a space game yet. It feels like a sprawling Bethesda RPG that uses space for traveling.
I'm not giving up on it yet, though.
slembcke
@killyourfm Nooooo! Piloting is the best part of space games. Augh!
Seasons of Jason
@slembcke Oh my gosh, E:D is a rabbit hole! And I think they've added so much content in the last few years that it's probably twice as expansive as it used to be.
Dive in!
slembcke
@killyourfm Fair enough. It's possible that the game I really want is Elite Dangerous, which I bought several years ago and haven't dared to play yet... It sounds like the sort of thing I would get sucked right into. >_>
Seasons of Jason
@slembcke Elite: Dangerous hooked me so hard that I spent hours just making a "space trucking" playlist for it. https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6lD1HBlKrAFhwgI0xhfpPP?si=b83a2437a3444aa0
Seasons of Jason
@slembcke Go ahead, that's fine. I'm used to being a bad influence 😂
slembcke
@killyourfm Peer pressure! Though if my wife asks where I disappeared to for several months I'm going to tell her you said it was ok. >_>
Seasons of Jason
Starfield also has another thing working against it: releasing one month after Baldur's Gate 3.
Sorry, but #Starfield's dialogue writing, conversation system, and voice acting can't hold a candle to BG3. We've been spoiled, and Starfield is worse for it.
Seasons of Jason
@mcromao Well said! And I have to add that it barely constitutes a starting tutorial...
Miguel
@killyourfm I haven't played BG3 yet (I was saving for Starfield) and Starfield's starting quest doesn't hold a candle to Skyrim or fallout New Vegas, you don't need to go that far to spot disappointing writing. "Here take my ship" after 20 min of tutorial is just very lazy, outer worlds had a much better starting and starfield is making me want to play it again. That said, I'm sure that starfield will evolve (also with mods) into a great game on its own
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