▲ 1153 ▼ Anon is disillusioned about Starfield (sh.itjust.works) submitted 3 years ago by Early_To_Risa@sh.itjust.works to c/greentext@lemmy.ml 386 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[+] Fluid@aussie.zone 18 points 3 years ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] MostlyHarmless@sh.itjust.works -1 points 3 years ago (3 children) Very different design philosophies. Bethesda try to create dynamic worlds to explore where every npc has a schedule they follow over the course of the day and you find new things organically, but end up not having the resources to create much depth in their quests. Larian put a lot of work into their quests, but have a very static world where there is no day/night cycle and npcs repeat the same path and barks every few minutes. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] Derproid@lemm.ee 4 points 3 years ago every npc has a schedule they follow over the course of the day except they don't in Starfield find new things organically I mean maybe you can argue you can still do this but it's less "stumble on ancient tomb" and more "click on a interesting looking marker on the map" permalink fedilink source parent [–] UnverifiedAPK@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 years ago (1 child) npcs repeat the same path and barks every few minutes. Man you really haven't played a Bethesda game since Skyrim permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] MostlyHarmless@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 years ago* I have played them all. Although I only played the first 10 hours of starfield. Stand in one place in the middle of Baldur's Gate and listen to the same barks repeat every minute. Larian do not have the tools and experience to build a Skyrim game. Bethesda do not have the tools or experience to build a Baldur's Gate game. A cyberpunk developer made the exact same point when people were comparing them to Starfield, two games with far more in common than Baldur's gate. https://www.gamingbible.com/news/cyberpunk-2077-developer-defends-starfield-against-fan-criticism-664007-20231005 It is fine to criticise starfield for it's faults. It's rediculous to imply they should have built a Larian game instead. They can't permalink fedilink source parent
[–] MostlyHarmless@sh.itjust.works -1 points 3 years ago (3 children) Very different design philosophies. Bethesda try to create dynamic worlds to explore where every npc has a schedule they follow over the course of the day and you find new things organically, but end up not having the resources to create much depth in their quests. Larian put a lot of work into their quests, but have a very static world where there is no day/night cycle and npcs repeat the same path and barks every few minutes. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] Derproid@lemm.ee 4 points 3 years ago every npc has a schedule they follow over the course of the day except they don't in Starfield find new things organically I mean maybe you can argue you can still do this but it's less "stumble on ancient tomb" and more "click on a interesting looking marker on the map" permalink fedilink source parent [–] UnverifiedAPK@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 years ago (1 child) npcs repeat the same path and barks every few minutes. Man you really haven't played a Bethesda game since Skyrim permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] MostlyHarmless@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 years ago* I have played them all. Although I only played the first 10 hours of starfield. Stand in one place in the middle of Baldur's Gate and listen to the same barks repeat every minute. Larian do not have the tools and experience to build a Skyrim game. Bethesda do not have the tools or experience to build a Baldur's Gate game. A cyberpunk developer made the exact same point when people were comparing them to Starfield, two games with far more in common than Baldur's gate. https://www.gamingbible.com/news/cyberpunk-2077-developer-defends-starfield-against-fan-criticism-664007-20231005 It is fine to criticise starfield for it's faults. It's rediculous to imply they should have built a Larian game instead. They can't permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Derproid@lemm.ee 4 points 3 years ago every npc has a schedule they follow over the course of the day except they don't in Starfield find new things organically I mean maybe you can argue you can still do this but it's less "stumble on ancient tomb" and more "click on a interesting looking marker on the map" permalink fedilink source parent
[–] UnverifiedAPK@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 years ago (1 child) npcs repeat the same path and barks every few minutes. Man you really haven't played a Bethesda game since Skyrim permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] MostlyHarmless@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 years ago* I have played them all. Although I only played the first 10 hours of starfield. Stand in one place in the middle of Baldur's Gate and listen to the same barks repeat every minute. Larian do not have the tools and experience to build a Skyrim game. Bethesda do not have the tools or experience to build a Baldur's Gate game. A cyberpunk developer made the exact same point when people were comparing them to Starfield, two games with far more in common than Baldur's gate. https://www.gamingbible.com/news/cyberpunk-2077-developer-defends-starfield-against-fan-criticism-664007-20231005 It is fine to criticise starfield for it's faults. It's rediculous to imply they should have built a Larian game instead. They can't permalink fedilink source parent
[–] MostlyHarmless@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 years ago* I have played them all. Although I only played the first 10 hours of starfield. Stand in one place in the middle of Baldur's Gate and listen to the same barks repeat every minute. Larian do not have the tools and experience to build a Skyrim game. Bethesda do not have the tools or experience to build a Baldur's Gate game. A cyberpunk developer made the exact same point when people were comparing them to Starfield, two games with far more in common than Baldur's gate. https://www.gamingbible.com/news/cyberpunk-2077-developer-defends-starfield-against-fan-criticism-664007-20231005 It is fine to criticise starfield for it's faults. It's rediculous to imply they should have built a Larian game instead. They can't permalink fedilink source parent
