I watched some streams of Starfield, and I just can’t understand how they made a game that looks so dull and boring. Skyrim had some soul to it, I remember being wowed by the trailer. The world and music in Skyrim are really beautiful too. Yeah it’s a janky Bethesda game in many ways, but it is also more than that.

[–] DeriHunter@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

I think you can't see starfield the same way you saw skyrim is because several years past and this level of dullness and jankiness is unacceptable

[–] ahzidaljun@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

My thoughts exactly. Whatever issues were in Morrowind, Oblivion, New Vegas, Skyrim etc there was still a uniquely engaging game there.

I've been poking around and their lead concept artist died before he got to work on Fo4, and the two main writer producer guys Emil & Pete(?) have basically admitted on game dev talks that they're no longer trying to tell a coherent story or create a world anymore, just keep a player playing. Maybe this is why?

[–] Littleyush@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

For all the Bethesda games I've played (barring Starfield), I've been instantly hooked and wanting to play more. There's always been something to keep me playing. But in Starfield I feel like there's just nothing there, I'm not feeling any sense of wanting to explore and find out more. I'm glad I didn't pay for my copy, would have been a waste of money imo