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[Bernoulli]

Our first public comment about Starfield being a polished game came from journalist Tyler McVicker, who’s currently under an embargo for the title. Despite being under the embargo, McVicker took to Discord to say, “Also, 15 hours in and not a single bug”.

Taking one person’s comments at face value is never enough, so I reached out to my contacts to delve a little deeper.

Speaking with several sources under the condition of anonymity who are currently under embargo and couldn’t speak publically about the game, McVicker’s comment is the same sentiment given by everyone I’ve spoken to. Five individuals, who have a varying amount of time put in the game have all said that the amount of bugs they’ve experienced can be counted on one hand. In fact, most said one or two at most, with everyone I spoke to having put dozens of hours into the game. In addition, it was also said that almost all the bugs that were found have already been listed to be fixed in the Starfield Day 1 patch.

Starfield is Bethesda's Least Buggiest Game to Date, Say Sources

With Starfield in the hands of media and creators, there's been one question I've wanted answered for months - Is Starfield full of bugs?

insider-gaming.com

 

[Kuranghi]

Our first public comment about Starfield being a polished game came from journalist Tyler McVicker, who’s currently under an embargo for the title. Despite being under the embargo, McVicker took to Discord to say, “Also, 15 hours in and not a single bug”.

Taking one person’s comments at face value is never enough, so I reached out to my contacts to delve a little deeper.

Speaking with several sources under the condition of anonymity who are currently under embargo and couldn’t speak publically about the game, McVicker’s comment is the same sentiment given by everyone I’ve spoken to. Five individuals, who have a varying amount of time put in the game have all said that the amount of bugs they’ve experienced can be counted on one hand. In fact, most said one or two at most, with everyone I spoke to having put dozens of hours into the game. In addition, it was also said that almost all the bugs that were found have already been listed to be fixed in the Starfield Day 1 patch.

Starfield is Bethesda's Least Buggiest Game to Date, Say Sources

With Starfield in the hands of media and creators, there's been one question I've wanted answered for months - Is Starfield full of bugs?

insider-gaming.com

Forget about Bethesda bug memes, that just sounds like a total bollocks statement for an open world game, let alone one of this scope. Does he mean major bugs like progress stopping or where you have to reload? Then I could believe it.

If true though... thats awesome! I'm getting more excited every day for this game.

 

[Slicker than your average]

How many more starfield threads you gonna make bud? They made this comment ages ago and was already discussed here.

 

[M.W.]

 

[Guilty_AI]

Cancelling my pre-order now, thats not the Bethesda i know and love

 

[Kuranghi]

Cancelling my pre-order now, thats not the Bethesda i know and love

Yes I will boycott this title now:

"I demand more bugs, Mr Howard!"

 

[Puscifer]

Just wait till gamers get it and thousands of combinations of playstyles for a free form rpg start breaking shit like always.

 

[Robb]

In a game like this 15h is what, 0.00001% of the game?

Big grain of salt on this one for me.

 

[ReBurn]

Caps lock is cruise control for cool

 

[ProtoByte]

Maybe people will finally stop pretending like bugs are a source of "charm" in any capacity now.

 

[j0hnnix]

15 Hours left on pause. No bugs encountered.

 

[LoveCake]

Interesting indeed.

 

[MMaRsu]

Easily believable, when they had 2 years delay including an 10 month polish phase.

Very hyped.

 

[Mr Wonderstuff]

Caps lock is stuck.

 

[Cert.in.Death]

The least buggy lineup in Xbox history.

Wait, that’s not right…

 

[Pop]

 

[Little Mac]

I clearly see two bugs in this clip alone.

 

[Dr.brain64]

I'll be the judge of that

 

[semiconscious]

oh, well - progress always takes its toll, i guess...

 

[Pallas]

I guess I’m with others, I’ll believe it when I play it myself but it’s a good sign that there are reviewers who are mentioning that there aren’t many bugs and the least amount from any Bethesda RPG.

The delays, extra polishing and support from Microsoft is paying off it would seem.

 

[Rentahamster]

I'll believe it when I see it.

 

[mrcroket]

To be fair it's not hard to have the bethesda game with the least bugs, I mean the bar was pretty low.

 

[thicc_girls_are_teh_best]

Never once heard of this dude. It's like my niece or nephew saying Starfield is the least buggy Bethesda game ever. Holds the same weight.

 

[SomeGit]

>Tyler McVicker

Opinion discarded

 

[adamsapple]

THAT IS GOOD to hear, can't wait for THE EARLY ACCESS.

 

[Buggy Loop]

That’s not a really high target to achieve, is it?

 

[Ozriel]

In a game like this 15h is what, 0.00001% of the game?

Big grain of salt on this one for me.

To be fair is not difficulty to have the less buggiest bethesda game, I mean the bar was pretty low.

Never once heard of this dude. It's like my niece or nephew saying Starfield is the least buggy Bethesda game ever. Holds the same weight.

>Tyler McVicker

Opinion discarded

Reading the article is that hard?

They didn’t rely on Tyler’s comments. Opinions were sampled from 5 people with review codes who have each spent dozens of hours in the game.

That’s not a really high target to achieve, is it?

Article says “we can count the number of bugs we encountered on one hand”.

For an open world RPG, that’s quite a good sign.

 

[Robb]

dozens of hours

That still sounds like nothing.

 

[mrcroket]

Reading the article is that hard?

They didn’t rely on Tyler’s comments. Opinions were sampled from 5 people with review codes who have each spent dozens of hours in the game.




Article says “we can count the number of bugs we encountered on one hand”.

For an open world RPG, that’s quite a good sign.

Relax just kidding... still true though

 

[newtypepilot]

"least buggiest" still means it's buggy. it's not something to be proud of.

 

[Brigandier]

All the journalists who gave Cyberpunk 11/10 and best game ever but never mentioned anything about the state of the game???

I'm supposed to take a journalists word that this game is bug free?

 

[Ozriel]

That still sounds like nothing.

That can easily be 72 hours. Or 60. Or 96.

Either way, few bugs with a substantial amount of playtime.

 

[Gavon West]

I guess I’m with others, I’ll believe it when I play it myself but it’s a good sign that there are reviewers who are mentioning that there aren’t many bugs and the least amount from any Bethesda RPG.

The delays, extra polishing and support from Microsoft is paying off it would seem.

No doubt here. With Microsoft backing them and this being the first RPG from Bethesda in over a decade, and it's a 1st party title - I predicted this would be the case long ago. Phil is havin' none-of-it!

 

[Ozriel]

‘Least buggiest’ is just poor grammar for a journalist to use. How did that even get published as a title in bold font without anyone there picking it up?

 

[Robb]

That can easily be 72 hours. Or 60. Or 96.

Either way, few bugs with a substantial amount of playtime.

It can also be 24h.

Anyway, I’m just assuming even 120h is basically nothing in this game.

 

[SomeGit]

Reading the article is that hard?

They didn’t rely on Tyler’s comments. Opinions were sampled from 5 people with review codes who have each spent dozens of hours in the game.




Article says “we can count the number of bugs we encountered on one hand”.

For an open world RPG, that’s quite a good sign.

Don’t care, Tyler McVicker = ignore article.

 

[owandeseis]

Least buggiest means it can still have bugs

I expected a bug free experience not gonna lie, kinda disappointed..

 

[Mr Hyde]

Bethesda did it the other way around this time. The bugs aren't appearing until you've put in at least 100 hours in the game. That's when it all falls apart, with game breaking glitches, save corrupting, progression hindrance, Series S bricking. You know, the true Bethesda experience.

 

[Majukun]

which limits its amount of game breaking bugs to the several dozens number

 

[SJRB]

How embarrassing must it be to be a Bethesda upper level manager and see websites report that your new game isn't a complete technical dumpster fire.

The bar is so fucking low with Bethesda games.

 

[ByWatterson]

And the least grammaticalliest correctusest

 

[Dice]

Some people want bugs on this game so bad they'll be grinding like speedrunners to get video of them. Pretty sure if you just play it normally you won't encounter much. I don't remember any from my time playing 110 hours of Skyrim in its launch year and I didn't even install community fixes.

 

[Alexios]

And that could still be a game with more bugs than all the other releases of the year put together :d

 

[FunkMiller]

 

[JohnnyFootball]

I dont care so much about bugs, I care about performance on my PC. Will it run at at least 60 fps with good specs? This year has had such piss poor PC optimization that I can't say I have faith.

 

[ShadyAcshuns]

Exceptions are always fun.

 

[Saiyan-Rox]

Cancelling my pre-order now, thats not the Bethesda i know and love

Exactly

If shit isn't broken it won't be a bethesda experience. Especially if there's no infinite money bug.

 

[Mr Moose]

How embarrassing must it be to be a Bethesda upper level manager and see websites report that your new game isn't a complete technical dumpster fire.

The bar is so fucking low with Bethesda games.

Starfield has "fewest bugs that any game from Bethesda has ever shipped with", Microsoft says​

 

[pasterpl]

Some people want bugs on this game so bad they'll be grinding like speedrunners to get video of them. Pretty sure if you just play it normally you won't encounter much. I don't remember any from my time playing 110 hours of Skyrim in its launch year and I didn't even install community fixes.

Certain part of this forum wants this game to be full of bugs, undelivered promises and fail miserably. It will not happen By the looks of it so we have got lots of trolls, fud I people complaining about the game they will never play.

 

[pasterpl]

How embarrassing must it be to be a Bethesda upper level manager and see websites report that your new game isn't a complete technical dumpster fire.

The bar is so fucking low with Bethesda games.

Yes, so embarrassing selling millions of copies of Skyrim etc. winning multiple goty awards. Their gameplay loop is one in a million. Starfield seems to be a sure bet again and game that will last for decades with modes etc.