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Starfield, is it getting review bombed? (youtu.be)
submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by c0mbatbag3l@lemmy.world to c/games@lemmy.world
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Seems kind of like the game is just suffering from reactionaries, but I definitely don't put that much stock in critic reviews these days either.

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[โ€“] tal@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Huh. I was just watching a review for No Man's Sky that made virtually the same point about that game, down to the 50 hours. The review said that the first couple hours were very boring, but once the intro and early game was out of the way, it got way more interesting. His pinned comment reads "I have now sunk in 50+ hours into this game. It keeps showing new stuff. Please help me. My family hasn't seen me in days. "

Maybe open-world game developers need to see if they can streamline the intros somehow. Even if the intro isn't a large percentage of the time you play the game, it does make the first impression.

[โ€“] Redditiscancer789@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

I made a post like this sentiment elsewhere in this thread but I agree 100%. I was kinda forcing my way through some parts because I was just barely interested enough to continue. Then I had a few ohhh shit moments like taking over my first varuhn great serpent fanatic pirate ship and some of the UC Vanguard missions. I don't know how they could improve/streamline it but they should work on it for sure.