FoxMcChief
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Firefly is a great idea!
My plan for my main character is to create a Han Solo variant, not the typical hero and some scummy side jobs but still good-hearted. Maybe I can name the droid Chewie and let him wear a fur wig
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Starfield | What aspect of Starfield excites you the most?
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UnravelKatharsis
Member
I'm really looking forward to the first hour or so, so that I know exactly how every Starfield game will begin going forward into eternity.
Ribi
Member
I mean... It's probably exactly that with space in between each location.
A playable area/map broken up in segments across the "planet" with all the Bethesda goodies. I don't expect this to be anything other than a Bethesda game with space to break up each time you wanna go to a new playable area
FoxMcChief
Gold Member
Yup. I’m curious what those Jetpack rank increases look like.
Fredrik
Member
If you’re going to compare it to other games, choose No Man’s Sky, no Fallout 4.
Going by pre-release videos Starfield honestly has enough similarities with No Man’s Sky that Hello Games could probably try to sue Bethesda if they so wanted.
Parts of them look close enough that I wonder if some key people has jumped from one team to the other at some point during the development. Or maybe they both has evolved from the same NASA space civilization paper or something idk
But neither company has talked about the other company’s game though so I’m thinking they both realize it’s good PR for them to be compared, at least right now.
Things Starfield do almost identical to No Man’s Sky:
* universe with procedurally generated planets
* planets are created when you are close
* jet pack traversal
* mining resources with laser
* automatic resource mining machinery
* use resources you gather to earn money
* base building with modules
* base modules crafted from resources
* do research for new base and gear parts
* rewards for scanning creatures on a planet
* rewards for scanning all fauna on a planet
* get a call from other spaceships
* looks like you can harvest plants in the base too and have a round bio-dome with plants
Either way, as a No Man’s Sky fan I just see this as good things, I get a more slimmed down AAA No Man’s Sky RPG and I realize I’ll never get one good enough through Hello Games.
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Fredrik
Member
Besides all the things I mentioned…
Really, it’s going to be like a AAA No Man’s Sky RPG. And anyone who think that’s a bad thing haven’t played No Man’s Sky in a long time. It’s going to be awesome.
Ribi
Member
Ok odah
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I’m giving No Man’s Sky another chance tonight. I need something to play between now and September 1st.
Fredrik
Member
It’s great, they’ve added a ton of content and new mechanics, once upon a time people asked what you do in the game, now the problem is to decide what to focus on among all the gazillion things you can do.
Robbinhood
Banned
Honestly, the combat.
I really grew to dislike Skyrim and Fallout games, after really loving Oblivion. Part of that is the abysmal combat.
Starfield looks much improved on that front, even the running superman punch I saw made the melee nice as well.
I'm not huge on space games, I would rather have TES6 with these improvements but if its more like interstellar than Star Wars (exploration, crazy unexpected stuff in distant planets) than I can dig it.
I really grew to dislike Skyrim and Fallout games, after really loving Oblivion. Part of that is the abysmal combat.
Starfield looks much improved on that front, even the running superman punch I saw made the melee nice as well.
I'm not huge on space games, I would rather have TES6 with these improvements but if its more like interstellar than Star Wars (exploration, crazy unexpected stuff in distant planets) than I can dig it.
93xfan
Banned
These are common to games and also sci fi.
You forgot to mention:
-Has achievements
-Let’s you create a human character
-Has you press a button at the title screen to proceed
-has progression
-has futuristic gear
-has space ships
-Has living creatures
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Fredrik
Member
Okay could you list another game that does what No Man’s Sky does?
93xfan
Banned
Any game will use procedural generation for such a large amount of content. Procedural generation is nothing new for both large and also massive games.
Tech limitation likely, but many hand crafted places in Starfield
Halo Reach, some Rare game from the 90s
Common sci fi theme. Metroid Prime has it in one of its puzzles
Common sci fi theme. Metroid Prime has it in the phasing mines.
Skyrim, Diablo, etc
Not exclusive to No Man’s Sky
Fallout 4
Metroid Prime Remaster.
Metroid
Firefly, and any other sci fi show
Sounds a lot like green houses
There’s many things this game does that No Man’s Sky wishes it had. It will be quite different in many, many ways. Sure there will inevitably be overlap, but this will be a very fresh and whole different experience that you can’t get anywhere else.
didn’t mean to come off as critical. Glad we’re both excited for this game. I just think the description was selling this game short.
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adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
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And exactly 0 is wasted (and yes, I mean it: WASTED) on our player character. It looks like dialogue role-playing is back on the menu, boys and girls!
Fredrik
Member
You’re just listing games that are doing one or two things. I’m talking about games that are doing ALL that. That’s why the No Man’s Sky comparisons are brought up in Starfield discussions, it’s doing all that, and possibly more things. I don’t know any other game that does all that. But maybe you do?
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To be honest, all similarities to No Man's Sky were unavoidable. This is a natural evolution of Fallout 4 explore-loot-build formula but set in space.
93xfan
Banned
I don’t other than maybe that PC game that slips my mind.
Do you think both games will play similarly and have a similar experience? If that’s a definitive “no”, then we’re on the same page.
Fredrik
Member
Well, no. That’s why I say it looks like AAA No Man’s Sky RPG. There is no real roleplaying in No Man’s Sky, just some simplistic quest mechanics. But the gameplay loop where you explore a somewhat procedurally generated universe with tons of planets and gather resources to build your base and new gear etc is all there. Seems a lot more evolved compared to Bethesda’s previous games, and for some reason evolved to look very much like in No Man’s Sky.
Again, this is not a dis, I have 500+ hours clocked on NMS, any game are free to do things like NMS as far as I’m concerned.
93xfan
Banned
I’m in regardless.
Exploring large futuristic cities. Enjoying beautiful worlds and seeing the time of day changes, modding weapons and building bases. Can’t wait!!
Umbasaborne
Banned
I really just wanna be a space trucker. Go to a planet, get materials, go to a port, sell them. Rinse and repeat. Thats what I like doing in no mans sky
I'm assuming some time in August because of the whole play 5 days early with the limited edition.
But to answer the OP, definitely looking forward to exploring and meeting the factions of the game.
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Hibs
Member
Yup, there just isn't anything else like it.
Umbasaborne
Banned
Eh, I think this gets one last delay to november
GymWolf
Member
Have you ever played elex?
Thick Thighs Save Lives
Gold Member
Does anyone know what's going on at PC Gamer? 
LiquidMetal14
hide your water-based mammals
The biggest downfall of this game is that it's almost too good.
Zannegan
Member
I have not. It's a PC game, right? Recommend?
93xfan
Banned
Does anyone know what's going on at PC Gamer?
That first one especially sounds foolish as no one has played the game yet or seen extended gameplay.
MrTroubleMaker
Member
Making mods.
amigastar
Member
It depends, most people enjoying Elex have played the Gothic games in their youth. But i like Elex 1 and 2 which has jetpacks. It's also available on consoles.
I would say if you can get it for cheap then do it, its really worth it.
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nemiroff
Gold Member
PC Gamer urinalists have been major twats and weirdoes for a while, it didn't start with Starfield.Does anyone know what's going on at PC Gamer?
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GymWolf
Member
If you like bethesda rpg and don't mind very janky combat (2 is better combat wise) and being a bitch for the first 10-15 hours (also depend on how much you explore and what loot you find) then the games are decent\ok.
It's on pc and console.
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MMaRsu
Banned
Preordered the premium edition on Steam through Cdkeys, although it only cost me 74 euro's.
I can do Gamepass on PC but I want to use mods eventually, and I assume the GP version won't support real mod support
Very excited!!
Just hope my 3070 + Ryzen 5700x + 32gb ram will be good enough for a nice fps @1440p
I can do Gamepass on PC but I want to use mods eventually, and I assume the GP version won't support real mod support
Very excited!!
Just hope my 3070 + Ryzen 5700x + 32gb ram will be good enough for a nice fps @1440p
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Does anyone know what's going on at PC Gamer?
Clickbait trash. Clearly it works since you’re reporting that garbage.
Sw0pDiller
Member
How much do you guys get paid for making these kind of threads? Do you really have nothing else to play or be exited about on xbox?
Sw0pDiller
Member
Well, clearly starfield is a high budget version of no mans sky so i understanding the comparison.
MMaRsu
Banned
Lmao what pathetic shit is this. This is one of the best devs out there. Making RPG's like noone else.
Lmao its nothing like NMS.
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Yes and no, Starfield is combination of all previous Bethesda games starting from Arena. But casuals see mining laser and think No Man’s Sky because that’s the only space game they ever played.