Sure, but to put that into proper context, you also had more fun as child playing with the box your toys came in than you do today with your TV or home appliance box.
Everything is better as a kid.
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Everything is better as a kid.
That's why it is so important that people back away from the toxic salt mines that is the gaming internet community. I finally unplugged from most of Reddit and I couldn't be happier. The problem is that live service games have introduced this feedback loop, and that ultimately goes toxic. Either people love the game and want way more content, or they hate it and want to fix it. Either way it turns into constant attacks on companies and even people (the latter is completely unacceptable).
Kotaku's headline is "Starfield Sounds Way Too Big". It is typical click-baity nonsense meant to make people "pre-angry" at a game. Is Starfield going to be amazing or crap? Are these planets going to be barren or fun? I don't know, but you know what, pre-pooping on it is lame. In reality the game is still probably almost a year away if it isn't delayed further. Honestly I don't even get the point of discussing it much. I have no idea if it will be good or not. Gameplay looked fun. I'll pre-load it on Game Pass when the time comes.
People are arguing about a game that isn't even close to fully coded yet. Most of us know to ignore it but there's no way people aren't impacted by it.
Kotaku's headline is "Starfield Sounds Way Too Big". It is typical click-baity nonsense meant to make people "pre-angry" at a game. Is Starfield going to be amazing or crap? Are these planets going to be barren or fun? I don't know, but you know what, pre-pooping on it is lame. In reality the game is still probably almost a year away if it isn't delayed further. Honestly I don't even get the point of discussing it much. I have no idea if it will be good or not. Gameplay looked fun. I'll pre-load it on Game Pass when the time comes.
People are arguing about a game that isn't even close to fully coded yet. Most of us know to ignore it but there's no way people aren't impacted by it.
I am going to remove all gaming people I follow on Twitter. It's just a cesspool now.
I use Twitter as a news feed. Only accounts followed are those of things I want news/updates on. Any body follows me they get blocked.
Yes, several youtube channels with large followings have mentioned that as well as people on forums and social media. What difference does it make if you have over a thousand planets you can land on if they don't have real content on them? it's just a number. Execution would be key in something like that and I don't think any developer out there could make a game that big with a thousand planets that have enough variety and crafted content to keep the exploring fun.
There's no way all 1,000 explorable planets in Starfield are actually interesting
I'd rather play a Starfield with 10 planets than 1,000.
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"Yes, Elder Scrolls 6 is in pre-production," he said, "and, you know, we’re going to be doing Fallout 5 after that, so our slate’s pretty full going forward for a while. We have some other projects that we look at from time to time as well."
Howard said the game's main story is longer than normal due to the sheer number of quests: "This one’s ending up a little bit longer [than our previous games] and we may tune that some still," he said. "It’s more quests, so it might be 20% more than our previous ones."
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Howard was asked if Starfield had a step-out moment, and how it would create a grand reveal of its world considering it includes 1,000 different planets: "There is. Look, the way the game starts is pretty set for everybody, so we definitely have what we call the 'step-out moment'. And we probably have a few of them given the scale of the game."
"It has all the services you would expect, and you can work on your ship there, the factions touch that," Howard said. "But that’s also the headquarters for Constellation, which is the faction that you join that is the last group of space explorers – kind of this NASA-meets-Indiana Jones-meets-The League of Extraordinary Gentleman [group]."
"People have asked, ‘Can you fly the ship straight down to the planet?’ No. We decided early in the project that the on-surface is one reality, and then when you’re in space it’s another reality."
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Howard said "there's been a lot space sims that we're fans of, and space shooters from the '90s," but the team wanted Starfield "to feel [like] something unique". He went on to explain how both indie darling FTL and classic shooter MechWarrior were unlikely touchstones for the game.
During the Xbox and Bethesda Games Showcase, Howard revealed the game will have more than one thousand planets for players to explore, what feels like just as many customisation options, and Star Wars-esque dogfighting in space.
Players are also speculating whether our own Solar System will be a plot point in the game but Bethesda has at least confirmed some story details thanks to a new trailer, though fans will no doubt continue analysing and speculating about Starfield until it is finally released in 2023.
Todd Howard Confirms Fallout 5 Is Coming After Elder Scrolls 6
Todd Howard has confirmed to IGN that Fallout 5 will be Bethesda Game Studios' next game after The Elder Scrolls 6, which itself will follow on from 2023's Starfield."Yes, Elder Scrolls 6 is in pre-production," he said, "and, you know, we’re going to be doing Fallout 5 after that, so our slate’s pretty full going forward for a while. We have some other projects that we look at from time to time as well."
Starfield Includes More Handcrafted Content Than Any Bethesda Game, Alongside Its Procedural Galaxy
Amid a huge amount of new information on Starfield from the Xbox-Bethesda showcase, likely the most-discussed detail was Todd Howard's announcement that the upcoming sci-fi RPG will include 1,000 fully explorable planets. Howard told us more about the game's approach to procedural generation, what it offers, and assured us that players can ignore them in favour of a huge amount of fully handcrafted content, if they want to.Starfield’s Main Quest Is About 20% Bigger than Previous Bethesda Games, Around 30-40 Hours Long
Starfield's main quest is about 20% bigger than previous Bethesda games such as Skyrim and Fallout 4, with Todd Howard saying that means it should take around 30 to 40 hours to complete – without stepping away to do side content.Howard said the game's main story is longer than normal due to the sheer number of quests: "This one’s ending up a little bit longer [than our previous games] and we may tune that some still," he said. "It’s more quests, so it might be 20% more than our previous ones."
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Yes, Starfield Will Begin With a Classic Bethesda 'Step-Out Moment'
Bethesda's open world RPGs may vary wildly in setting and tone, but they very often share one thing – what Bethesda calls the 'step-out moment', the scene in which your character steps into the world properly, and sees its sheer scale. Starfield won't be bucking that trend.Howard was asked if Starfield had a step-out moment, and how it would create a grand reveal of its world considering it includes 1,000 different planets: "There is. Look, the way the game starts is pretty set for everybody, so we definitely have what we call the 'step-out moment'. And we probably have a few of them given the scale of the game."
Starfield Has 4 Main Cities, and New Atlantis Is the Biggest City Bethesda’s Ever Made
Starfield will have four major cities for players to explore, including New Atlantis, which is the biggest that developer Bethesda has ever made. Howard said that New Atlantis, capital city of the United Colonies, is not just the biggest in this game but bigger than anything in Skyrim, Fallout 4, or any of the developer's previous games."It has all the services you would expect, and you can work on your ship there, the factions touch that," Howard said. "But that’s also the headquarters for Constellation, which is the faction that you join that is the last group of space explorers – kind of this NASA-meets-Indiana Jones-meets-The League of Extraordinary Gentleman [group]."
Starfield Doesn’t Let You Fly Seamlessly from Space to Planet: ‘That’s Really Just Not that Important’
Todd Howard has said that Starfield won't allow you to fly seamlessly from space to its 1,000 explorable planets, saying the feature is "really just not that important to the player" to justify the engineering work involved."People have asked, ‘Can you fly the ship straight down to the planet?’ No. We decided early in the project that the on-surface is one reality, and then when you’re in space it’s another reality."
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Starfield’s Space Combat Is ‘Unique’, and Inspired By FTL and MechWarrior
Todd Howard said Starfield features a unique take on space combat, and that was partly inspired by FTL and MechWarrior. And yes, you can steal ships that you board.Howard said "there's been a lot space sims that we're fans of, and space shooters from the '90s," but the team wanted Starfield "to feel [like] something unique". He went on to explain how both indie darling FTL and classic shooter MechWarrior were unlikely touchstones for the game.
During the Xbox and Bethesda Games Showcase, Howard revealed the game will have more than one thousand planets for players to explore, what feels like just as many customisation options, and Star Wars-esque dogfighting in space.
Players are also speculating whether our own Solar System will be a plot point in the game but Bethesda has at least confirmed some story details thanks to a new trailer, though fans will no doubt continue analysing and speculating about Starfield until it is finally released in 2023.
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Todd Howard Confirms Fallout 5 Is Coming After Elder Scrolls 6
Todd Howard has confirmed to IGN that Fallout 5 will be Bethesda Game Studios' next game after The Elder Scrolls 6, which itself will follow on from 2023's Starfield.
"Yes, Elder Scrolls 6 is in pre-production," he said, "and, you know, we’re going to be doing Fallout 5 after that, so our slate’s pretty full going forward for a while. We have some other projects that we look at from time to time as well."
Starfield Includes More Handcrafted Content Than Any Bethesda Game, Alongside Its Procedural Galaxy
Amid a huge amount of new information on Starfield from the Xbox-Bethesda showcase, likely the most-discussed detail was Todd Howard's announcement that the upcoming sci-fi RPG will include 1,000 fully explorable planets. Howard told us more about the game's approach to procedural generation, what it offers, and assured us that players can ignore them in favour of a huge amount of fully handcrafted content, if they want to.
Starfield’s Main Quest Is About 20% Bigger than Previous Bethesda Games, Around 30-40 Hours Long
Starfield's main quest is about 20% bigger than previous Bethesda games such as Skyrim and Fallout 4, with Todd Howard saying that means it should take around 30 to 40 hours to complete – without stepping away to do side content.
Howard said the game's main story is longer than normal due to the sheer number of quests: "This one’s ending up a little bit longer [than our previous games] and we may tune that some still," he said. "It’s more quests, so it might be 20% more than our previous ones."
Starfield - Xbox and Bethesda Games Showcase 2022
56 IMAGES
Yes, Starfield Will Begin With a Classic Bethesda 'Step-Out Moment'
Bethesda's open world RPGs may vary wildly in setting and tone, but they very often share one thing – what Bethesda calls the 'step-out moment', the scene in which your character steps into the world properly, and sees its sheer scale. Starfield won't be bucking that trend.
Howard was asked if Starfield had a step-out moment, and how it would create a grand reveal of its world considering it includes 1,000 different planets: "There is. Look, the way the game starts is pretty set for everybody, so we definitely have what we call the 'step-out moment'. And we probably have a few of them given the scale of the game."
Starfield Has 4 Main Cities, and New Atlantis Is the Biggest City Bethesda’s Ever Made
Starfield will have four major cities for players to explore, including New Atlantis, which is the biggest that developer Bethesda has ever made. Howard said that New Atlantis, capital city of the United Colonies, is not just the biggest in this game but bigger than anything in Skyrim, Fallout 4, or any of the developer's previous games.
"It has all the services you would expect, and you can work on your ship there, the factions touch that," Howard said. "But that’s also the headquarters for Constellation, which is the faction that you join that is the last group of space explorers – kind of this NASA-meets-Indiana Jones-meets-The League of Extraordinary Gentleman [group]."
Starfield Doesn’t Let You Fly Seamlessly from Space to Planet: ‘That’s Really Just Not that Important’
Todd Howard has said that Starfield won't allow you to fly seamlessly from space to its 1,000 explorable planets, saying the feature is "really just not that important to the player" to justify the engineering work involved.
"People have asked, ‘Can you fly the ship straight down to the planet?’ No. We decided early in the project that the on-surface is one reality, and then when you’re in space it’s another reality."
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Starfield’s Space Combat Is ‘Unique’, and Inspired By FTL and MechWarrior
Todd Howard said Starfield features a unique take on space combat, and that was partly inspired by FTL and MechWarrior. And yes, you can steal ships that you board.
Howard said "there's been a lot space sims that we're fans of, and space shooters from the '90s," but the team wanted Starfield "to feel [like] something unique". He went on to explain how both indie darling FTL and classic shooter MechWarrior were unlikely touchstones for the game.
During the Xbox and Bethesda Games Showcase, Howard revealed the game will have more than one thousand planets for players to explore, what feels like just as many customisation options, and Star Wars-esque dogfighting in space.
Players are also speculating whether our own Solar System will be a plot point in the game but Bethesda has at least confirmed some story details thanks to a new trailer, though fans will no doubt continue analysing and speculating about Starfield until it is finally released in 2023.
Starfield Includes More Handcrafted Content Than Any Bethesda Game, Alongside Its Procedural Galaxy - IGN
Starfield will include 1,000 fully explorable planets.Todd Howard has now told IGN more about the game's approach to procedural generation, what it offers, and assured us that players can ignore them in favour of a huge amount of fully handcrafted content, if they want to.
Being that taking off and landing are cut scenes and that you don't control the ship going into space or when entering the atmosphere to land but instead have to choose pre-determined spots for you to land on the planets I wonder how much of these planets are actually explorable? I keep seeing headlines from no name sites saying they are fully explorable and most of them quote a polygon article that doesn't even say that.
I was disappointed to see that. I know they said it wasn't important, but it kind of was to me. Although I can see how it would take up an enormous amount of resources.
People are just making a big deal out of nothing. Even in the reveal, they showed interest points on the planets.
Yeah, I’m sure that sure can explore empty spaces, if you want to. Just like Skyrim. Travel to where you’re going by horse of by foot, or fast travel to interest points.
Bro, wha?? You're not impressed and got nothing from the reveal, but you're going to check it out on Gamepass but aren't looking forward to it????
WTF?
This game got a lot of yous tripping big ass balls! Lol
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Why would I not at least give the game a chance when it releases? I usually play every big game that comes to GP (Halo & Gears) even though I've never really liked any of the previous games. I'm not a fan of futuristic or sci-fi stuff, so what was shown did absolutely nothing for me to change that.
Yeah I don't know enough about game development to say one way or the other how hard it would be. I do think it could make it more immersive then again if you really can only go to certain parts of each planet (which makes sense) how could they let you fly in from space? Hopefully the space combat is fun, that looked better to me than anything on the ground.
Todd Howard can make anything sound good, he almost had me buying fallout 76 and I hated fallout 4 and don't care for most multiplayer games lol but the execution of the things he describes rarely hits the mark. This is very ambitious so it sounds impressive, visually it doesn't look very good.
But that is the issue, isn't it, empty spaces. What is the point of a whole planet being explorable if most of it is filled with nothing, and then have a thousand of them. It is essentially quantity over quality.
Exploration is a key component to an RPG.
Hard disagree. It's the best looking Bethesda game ever made. I was actually shocked at how good it looked. Their games typically aren't lookers.