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"Starfield's lead quest designer had 'absolutely no time' and had to hit the 'panic button' so the game would have a satisfying final quest" (www.pcgamer.com)

submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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""We were finally at a state in the project where we could play through the whole [game]. And it became very clear that we were missing the large final location that was going to tie the story together and have a satisfying action-filled payoff," Shen said. "I was both implementing the main quest and leading the quest design team, so I had absolutely no time. The entire quest design team was already overbooked.""

The quest design team being overbooked and not having time certainly explains a lot.

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[–] [email protected] 53 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

Starfield was in development for 7 years, which seems like a fair bit of time to figure out main storylines etc. Baldur's Gate 3 is said to have taken 6 years to make. Did Bethesda only hire the quest design team in the last year or something?

[–] [email protected] 36 points 9 months ago (1 children)

That's, oddly, a common feature of modern production. Narrative still plays second fiddle to mechanics.

Which, in this case is doubly weird since the mechanics have existed since the age of Skyrim.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 9 months ago

That argument makes sense for games with enjoyable mechanics. You can’t make an incredibly dull game and then use that excuse.