4/28/2023 0 Comments Starfield gameplay![]() I also wouldn’t judge those No Man’s Sky comparisons too harshly. It’s kind of hard to fault a company for sticking to a successful formula that nobody else seems entirely capable of delivering. Even in what we have to assume will be its most basic form, Starfield is poised to offer just that. There are times when you want to lose yourself in a massive single-player open-world filled with traditional RPG elements, a ton of quests, many secrets, and Triple-A design qualities. Games like Kingdom Come: Deliverance, Greedfall, The Witcher 3, and even Elden Ring feature elements of that BGS formula, but few games properly replicate it. Part of the reason that Bethesda can get away with all those Skyrim re-releases over the years is that there really aren’t a lot of other games out there that offer what Skryim offers. Yet, I still find it difficult to not get excited about most of what I know about Starfield, even if the game doesn’t turn out to be much more than that blend of somewhat familiar experiences it is shaping up to be.įirst off, it’s been a long time since we’ve gotten a proper Bethesda RPG, and there aren’t exactly a lot of studios out there who have been willing and able to fill that void. Even those who accept its apparent “No Man’s Skyrim” pedigree could obviously end up being disappointed by the things the game does or doesn’t do. In short, if you’re someone who got burned out on Skyrim/Fallout 4 (or never got into those games in the first place), hate the basic No Man’s Sky experience, crave fast-paced shooter action, or demand the absolute best modern visuals and performance possible, Starfield will probably not be the game for you. Again, that’s hardly surprising or even a bad thing, but I do find it funny that some of the most popular jokes about Starfield are the ones that call the game some kind of variation of “No Man’s Skyrim.” The joke itself is obviously pretty great, but what’s really funny is that there seem to be quite a few fans who think that’s inherently a bad thing. You can’t share anything in the modern age without thousands of people finding some way to turn that reveal into an easily digestible joke ready to be spread. ![]() ![]() The Starfield reveal has also inspired an overwhelming amount of memes, because of course it has. However, there are at least as many reasons to be a little worried about what we’ve seen of the game so far and what we’ve heard about its troubled development. At this point, there are legitimately good reasons to be optimistic about Starfield. Others couldn’t help but focus on the game’s obvious technical issues, familiar gameplay ideas, and their fears that Bethesda may be putting themselves in a prime position to overpromise and underdeliver. Many were impressed by Starfield‘s RPG elements, customization options, and massive size. It just means that the biggest reveal of the Xbox and Bethesda Showcase drew wildly different reactions from quite a few people. To be clear, “mixed” isn’t necessarily a negative. While such a reveal likely would have torn the house down in front of a live E3 crowd, the fans watching the first Starfield gameplay footage via Twitch, YouTube, and Facebook at home had a more…mixed initial reaction. We still don’t know the game’s new release date (it’s coming to Xbox Series X/S, PC, and Game Pass in 2023), but our first real look at Starfield‘s gameplay at least answered a lot of questions about what kind of game it really is. During the 2022 Xbox and Bethesda Showcase, Bethesda’s Todd Howard finally revealed a substantial amount of new Starfield gameplay footage.
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