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What's the last game that was anticipated as much as Starfield?
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Laptop1991
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Yeah same, it was just looking forward to the game to just play it and at the time i had no issues about it working fine on PC, shame we can't say that now
Elder Legend
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I don't know man. I respect Skyrim for what it was and did for the gaming industry, but every time I tried playing it I would just get bored. I don't know what it is, but something is off for me with the way Elder Scrolls is. The only Bethesda game I've ever finished was Fallout 3. However, this was a very very long time ago and back then I didn't really have much patience, Elder Scrolls is a very slow paced and the combat for me also felt slow. However, now that I am older I think I may have the patience now for more slow paced titles.
I am excited to play Starfield though cause it's something completely fresh and new.
Evil Calvin
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New IP's will give that feeling. Especially if there are a ton on unknowns.
Kings Field
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Elden Ring for me and it’s not even close. I’m looking forward to playing Starfield but keeping expectations in check.
analog_future
Resident Crybaby
You make some agreeable points here, particularly the last paragraph, but the idea that no one is actually excited about this game and that it's all just "manufactured" hype is silly.
It's just as you said. Bethesda RPGs have historically been cultural phenomenons. And really, it's an inarguable truth that BGS is pushing far outside of their comfort zone with Starfield and attempting many, many things that they've never attempted before. It's clearly their most ambitious game to date. Does that mean everything is going to pan out? Who knows. But they're clearly putting all their chips forward with this one. It's not an FO4 or FO76 situation.
Maybe you're not feeling that particular level of excitement, but that doesn't mean that others' anticipation isn't genuine. No need to try to throw a wet blanket over other people's excitement.
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DryvBy
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There's plenty not anticipating Starfield like those on Xbox exclusively. This is the Xbox big game that is going to make/break it for some (so they claim). This is why you're seeing as much as you are about it. You have hardcore Xbox people that will claim it's the best game they've ever played. You have the hardcore PS people that will say it flopped even if it's a solid game. You have hardcore Nintendo people that are awaiting Super Mario Wonder and have no idea what a Starfield is.
On top of that, this is the big Bethesda RPG regardless of a system. People have fond memories of Skyrim and Fallout 3 so they have trust in Todd to deliver after the meh Fallout 4 and atrocious 76.
Because 2023 has been such a great gaming year, I'm hoping this is great just for gamer's sake. But that's why you're seeing so much about it. But I am not anticipating like most. I have had a solid year and way bigger games come out this year. Like Super Mario Wonder.
On top of that, this is the big Bethesda RPG regardless of a system. People have fond memories of Skyrim and Fallout 3 so they have trust in Todd to deliver after the meh Fallout 4 and atrocious 76.
Because 2023 has been such a great gaming year, I'm hoping this is great just for gamer's sake. But that's why you're seeing so much about it. But I am not anticipating like most. I have had a solid year and way bigger games come out this year. Like Super Mario Wonder.
DenchDeckard
Moderated wildly
Elden Ring?
By replying to it? Makes sense.
Kiraly
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And who is seething now?
DenchDeckard
Moderated wildly
All hype is manufactured...its called marketing.
The new Bethesda game is not "fake" hype at all...Its Bethesdas next game after Skyrim....Something plenty of people have been trying to say but we got threads of "theres no hype" and "where's the marketing"
Plenty of people said, hang fire and wait. Now the hypes going astronomical and people are saying its "fake" "Manufactured hype". Think about that.
analog_future
Resident Crybaby
Super Mario Wonder has to be my 2nd most anticipated game for the year after Starfield. Can't freaking wait for that one.
Fredrik
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Been thinking about this and for me there is nothing that surpass it.
But The Last Ninja 3 comes close, loved the previous games and System 3 was like Naughty Dog for the young Commodore fanboy I was.
The Zelda BOTW release was special too since it came with a new console, while waiting I made my own version of the cover art that hangs on the wall in the kitchen now.
But The Last Ninja 3 comes close, loved the previous games and System 3 was like Naughty Dog for the young Commodore fanboy I was.
The Zelda BOTW release was special too since it came with a new console, while waiting I made my own version of the cover art that hangs on the wall in the kitchen now.
diffusionx
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nobody, we can also play this on PC and I'm glad Xbox gamers don't have to pretend ReCore and The Medium are good games anymore.
Giallo Corsa
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Thanks for being a normal human being and responding in a normal, polite way brother
See ? people can disagree without being assholes to each other !
As for the hype Analog, the last Bethesda game I enjoyed was FO3 on the X360, I had over 250 hours in it and it's one of the nicest Beth games I've ever played.
Skyrim (X360)...I dropped it after the 20 hour mark, I just couldn't do it anymore due to the copy-pasted dungeons, idiotic A.I and general repetition.
FO4...bought it 3 years ago on PS4 and...fuck man, dropped it after not even 10 hours - the buggy-ness, (again) idiotic AI, dumbed down dialogue choices , terribad animations etc etc were just too much for me.
I'm not "hating" bro, all I am saying is that no game deserves this kind of hype IMO, the push this specific title is also receiving...yes, I do find it to be weird.
Cheers
Schmendrick
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every other hyped game before it.
Diablo 4, Zelda, CP2077, Horizon, RDR2, TLoU2 etc etc.
Several every year but especially this year which seems to have gotten GOTY contenders every few weeks. Hype comes and goes in an intensity dependent on your subjective bubble and interests.
Diablo 4, Zelda, CP2077, Horizon, RDR2, TLoU2 etc etc.
Several every year but especially this year which seems to have gotten GOTY contenders every few weeks. Hype comes and goes in an intensity dependent on your subjective bubble and interests.
owandeseis
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I was very hyped for BG3 too, so that might count, but before that, it's been years, actually probably Divinity 2 in 2017.
GymWolf
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Extremely subjective.
If we only consider this year:
For bethesda fans, no other game was close in hype most probably, maybe bg3 was the closest thing.
For everyone else i think it can battle with all the big titles we had this year, hell i was more hyped for rem2 than starfield because i don't particularly like bethesda titles.
If we only consider this year:
For bethesda fans, no other game was close in hype most probably, maybe bg3 was the closest thing.
For everyone else i think it can battle with all the big titles we had this year, hell i was more hyped for rem2 than starfield because i don't particularly like bethesda titles.
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Hugare
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Where is all this hype? I've seen much more people talking about BG 3 pre release than I'm seeing about Starfield
What I really see are 4-5 users creating threads for anything Starfield related for reasons unknown. It got tiresome 10 threads ago.
"Bethesda is putting Starfield billboards all around the world" was the latest one created just now
Why is this news? Why making a thread for it?
Shifty1897
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No one cares at all in my gaming group chat. I should say though, the chat is almost all Switch/PS5 gamers.
RiccochetJ
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I think it was probably Cyberpunk. I mean CDPR's stock dropped 75% when they completely botched the launch so even non-gamers were highly anticipating that one.
Represent.
Represent(ative) of bad opinions
Elden Ring, God of War 2018, CyberPunk 2077, Zelda BOTW and TOTK, GTA V, Red Dead Redemption 2, The Last of Us: Part II, Modern Warfare 2019, all come to mind.
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German Hops
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FFVII Remake.
diffusionx
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Yea but everyone hates Diablo 4 now
tmlDan
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true, im one of them, but it was def hype lol
Trogdor1123
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Zelda maybe?
kvltus lvlzvs
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Not before they reeled in millions of sales from people who failed to realize that trusting blizz is always a mistake. I only hope that somehow they managed to fail to recoup production costs and D4 remains a net negative for blizzard.
That being said, my personal hype levels for Starfield aren't that high, because I've never managed to "get into" an Elder Scrolls game (excluding Morrowind), despite giving it a good try.
I am seeing a few semi bs threads on here about it (like this one), and a good number of legit ones as well. So, uh, they are definitely putting in the advertising money to generate hype for it, thats for sure.
edit: also i have recently come to the soul crushing conclusion that I can no longer play long games because other life circumstances have eaten so much of my vidya time, and the growing realization inside of me may have contributed to a kind of internal hype immunization towards starfield.
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DaleinCalgary
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Last 30 fps game would be Cyperpunk on ps4 and Xbox one.
analog_future
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Where is all this hype? I've seen much more people talking about BG 3 pre release than I'm seeing about Starfield
What I really see are 4-5 users creating threads for anything Starfield related for reasons unknown. It got tiresome 10 threads ago.
"Bethesda is putting Starfield billboards all around the world" was the latest one created just now
Why is this news? Why making a thread for it?
There's 9 threads on Starfield on the front page of NeoGAF alone. 7 on Era. Dominating virtually every gaming subreddit on Reddit. Trending on Twitter.
Are those "4-5 users" accounting for the 84k views on the gameplay leak thread here? The 63k on the Starfield hype thread?
If you're claiming you're not seeing any hype for Starfield you're either lying or burying your head in the sand.
When it comes to BG3 the hype is everywhere, even people that barely game bought it and I play with coworkers who don’t otherwise game. Starfield seems more in line with a major niche game so far. It’s like if Medieval 3 Total War was released.
Huge hype but amongst those PC gamers who know the series and those on the fringes. Typically such games build post-launch hype as word of mouth spreads value.
Games this year with more hype are Zelda, BG3, Diablo 4 for sure and maybe Hogwarts Legacy due to the surrounding drama.
Huge hype but amongst those PC gamers who know the series and those on the fringes. Typically such games build post-launch hype as word of mouth spreads value.
Games this year with more hype are Zelda, BG3, Diablo 4 for sure and maybe Hogwarts Legacy due to the surrounding drama.
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EruditeHobo
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Punished Miku
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That one baffled me. Seemed super obvious that it would likely follow a similar path as Diablo III. Launching with abominable monetization and balance issues. Finally great a few years after release.
Matsuchezz
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The last of us part 2.
People were trying to ruin the experience for all the fans. That game was is huge.
People were trying to ruin the experience for all the fans. That game was is huge.
Lokaum D+
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yeah, this "i need to self-affirmation from everyone that the game i like it ll be great and review well, creating threads all the time about an "antecipation" that isn't high as u are thinking" and then complain about people who don't agree with you is not "childish" at all, it's a very mature personality trait.
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Infested Goblin
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Stealth release Half life 3 on September 1 will beat it
Hugare
Member
I'm not saying there's no hype at all. But seems much more "niche" than other big releases this year (Zelda or BG 3, for example)
We are one day from release, so naturally, there will be an increase in people's curiosity for it, hence some big numbers. But it's felt only in gaming forums and etc., nothing like Skyrim was at the time, for example.
Dont think I'm alone with my opinion, looking from this thread's replies
I'll be playing it on day zero, btw
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