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For those who have pre-ordered it is already here, the rest have to wait a little longer. Starfield is finally here! Have you bought it, why or why not? If you've already played it, what do you think of it? We are very curious!

Discuss all things Starfield below!

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[–] SuperSleuth@lemm.ee 49 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Unfortunately it isn't what I wanted out of this game.

Loading screen to land on a planet, loading screen to leave my spaceship, no seamless entry into caves or buildings. Planets and space having boundaries. Can't use my spaceship to traverse.

Glad people enjoy it, but I was looking for something more akin to NMS or Star Citizen.

[–] c0mbatbag3l@lemmy.world 25 points 2 years ago (1 children)

This is exactly why I didn't pre order or buy this game, I knew it was going to fall severely short of the expectation.

A bunch of non connected areas and gameplay loops.

[–] rDrDr@lemmy.world 20 points 2 years ago (1 children)

They specifically said there were going to be loading screens and no user driven landings. I agree with not preordering games, but I also think you need to actually look at what the dev is saying before you set your expectations.

[–] c0mbatbag3l@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Good strawman, notice how I never specified planetary landings? Cause I already knew that it was going to be a loading screen.

I'm talking about the fractured nature of the surface and the inability to fly from place to place in space. Or transition from locations in atmosphere. Everything is its own tiny location and fast traveling the rule of thumb. It seems like they kept as little information on this specific aspect as possible until the preorders were in. Probably so that the nature of the game wouldn't drive away people looking for something with more of an interconnected holistic model of travel. They knew the truth would severely reduce their consumer base so they pretended it was "Star Citizen (with severe limitations)" instead of "Mass Effect: Andromeda (but you can customize and fly the tempest yourself)"

Someone in here said it best, "I have no idea what the purpose of including space ships and space travel even was." If that's a legitimate question in your space game, you failed.

[–] kmkz_ninja@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

At this point, what is functionally the difference between this and The Outer Worlds?

[–] c0mbatbag3l@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

There really doesn't seem to be one, honestly.

[–] Pink_Champagne@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

Oh no I was afraid of reading something like this. I love the concept of Star Citizen and got used to never seeing a loading screen and love the flight mechanics and ships (when it's stable). I was hoping that Star Field could give me a similar experience. Didn't have to be exactly like SC. I just wanted a stable, beautiful space game with game loops lol.

Guess I'll wait on this one till there are more mods.

[–] dylanTheDeveloper@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

Could give space engineers a go