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Bethesda Is Responding to Negative Reviews of Starfield on Steam (www.ign.com)

submitted 10 months ago by Goronmon@lemmy.world to c/games@lemmy.world

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[-] e-ratic@kbin.social 61 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Some of Starfield’s planets are meant to be empty by design — but that's not boring. “When the astronauts went to the moon, there was nothing there. They certainly weren't bored." The intention of Starfield's exploration is to evoke a feeling of smallness in players and make you feel overwhelmed.

May as well boot up SpaceEngine then.

[-] HeavyRaptor@lemmy.zip 26 points 10 months ago

It really evoked a feeling of smallness in me. Namely how small and devoid of content the universe feels.

This is made worse because every inhabited planet I go to has some elaborate situation just waiting for me to solve it. For example: I land on the landing pad, walk 30 meters through a gate and am greeted by a hostage situation in a bank where the hostage negotiator is going to let me, some random, go do his job instead of him, trusting me with the lives of everyone involved without even blinking.

[-] Carighan@lemmy.world 26 points 10 months ago

Starfield, the epitome of scientifically correcty simulations. Why would I expcet my Starship Travel Simulator 2000 to be a fun-focused game after all, durr.