Garfield!! I mean.. STARFIELD

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Re: Garfield!! I mean.. STARFIELD

by Ice Cream Jonsey » Tue Jan 02, 2024 2:52 pm

Jizaboz wrote: Mon Dec 04, 2023 10:24 pm I see you reviewed it as "boring" after 6 hours. I think a lot of people have!
I thought I wrote a reply to this but I don't see it.

Bethesda employees were going around and arguing with people that left reviews. One of the things they said, and I can't find it, was along the lines of "Starfield is certainly not boring! Was Neil Armstrong bored when he stepped foot on the moon? I think not!"

I think it's pointless to argue with reviewers and the smug, shitty way Bethesda was doing it was pretty damn cringeworthy too. I want to say they figured out some way to close these discussions on Steam so that they got the last word, which is pretty bitchmade. In reality, Starfield was no more or less than most anything else I played in 2023. If I pick it up again, it's just because the gameplay flow of Fallout 3 and 4 where you go to a new Bethesda area and everyone inside the new Bethesda area is trying to kill you, so you shoot them and they try to eat you is .............................. acceptable. Sometimes I am just in the mood for it. But it's also the same thing over and over again and Starfield does not have VAPS.

But nobody from Bethesda wanted to argue with me. :(

Re: Garfield!! I mean.. STARFIELD

by Jizaboz » Tue Jan 02, 2024 2:24 pm

lol RealNC
Da King wrote: Tue Jan 02, 2024 1:08 pm Sounds like No Man's Sky when it first released.
I've been hearing that a lot!

Re: Garfield!! I mean.. STARFIELD

by Da King » Tue Jan 02, 2024 1:08 pm

Sounds like No Man's Sky when it first released.

Re: Garfield!! I mean.. STARFIELD

by RealNC » Tue Jan 02, 2024 12:13 pm

Meme going around in various places:

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Re: Garfield!! I mean.. STARFIELD

by Jizaboz » Mon Dec 04, 2023 10:24 pm

Ice Cream Jonsey wrote: Thu Oct 05, 2023 10:21 am
Ice Cream Jonsey wrote: Wed Oct 04, 2023 1:05 am It is not the game I'd pick, no.
Ok. It's fine. If I had to grab one game I'd go Jagged Alliance III. But Starfield is fine, CO.
I see you reviewed it as "boring" after 6 hours. I think a lot of people have!

I think the only people that really enjoyed this game were nerds. Like nerds in the respect of they like the boring aspects of space. People complained about how barren most of the worlds were.. whereas I spent hours just wondering around looking at fucking rocks to see what all elements they contained. Staring at various aliens and seeing what all I could harvest from them. Thinking about what all was going on.

That's probably part of the problem. Unless you were like me and spent hours just staring at things on the screen and thinking about them I can't see how it would be a very enjoyable game. Shit, Star Citizen looks cool and is completely dynamic rather than having loading screens between areas.. but it can be pretty damn boring too unless you are super into dog-fighting or whatever.

As dumb as it sounds.. I kind of view Starfield as a "playable space opera" rather than a traditional game. I would say there are some concepts and depictions of outer space in the future cooler than were presented in most Star Wars movies. The "Grav Drive" concept for example is based on a real scientific theory. Stress on theory, but still.. it's cool to think about. It has a wild story and TONs of stuff to do on the side as meaningless as it as; like building up planetary or lunar outpost bases. I think it has potential to have a lot more going on like Skyrim as far as more detailed and meaningful content if more is released for the game as promised by the company.. but we'll see.

For now, after slightly 100 hours on my first play through I beat the game earlier tonight, backed up my saves for another day, and uninstalled the game.

Re: Garfield!! I mean.. STARFIELD

by Jizaboz » Fri Oct 06, 2023 10:32 pm

Starfield is excellent, but a major time sink.

Re: Garfield!! I mean.. STARFIELD

by Ice Cream Jonsey » Thu Oct 05, 2023 10:21 am

Ice Cream Jonsey wrote: Wed Oct 04, 2023 1:05 am It is not the game I'd pick, no.
Ok. It's fine. If I had to grab one game I'd go Jagged Alliance III. But Starfield is fine, CO.

Re: Garfield!! I mean.. STARFIELD

by Casual Observer » Thu Oct 05, 2023 9:53 am

Anyone heard of crossout.net? Vehicle building then race/fight game. Saw a Youtube ad about it, looks cool. Right up my alley of building my own stuff but looks like you can get right into the action.

Re: Garfield!! I mean.. STARFIELD

by Ice Cream Jonsey » Wed Oct 04, 2023 1:05 am

It is not the game I'd pick, no.

Re: Garfield!! I mean.. STARFIELD

by Casual Observer » Tue Oct 03, 2023 2:50 pm

My wife says I can buy an Xbox game for my birthday. This thing looks amazing but is it worth getting if I only have a couple of hours a week to play it?

Re: Garfield!! I mean.. STARFIELD

by Jizaboz » Mon Sep 25, 2023 6:41 pm

Man, there is just sooo much to do and explore! Here are a few more recent pictures:

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Here I am on Mars after being wrapped into an interesting mission regarding alien DNA.

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Here I am consulting my robot friend NPC after finding ruins and encountering more weirdness. (This aspect of the game reminds me of an latter part in my Lunar Base I text adventure game)

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A propaganda photo I took for a flight manual cover of me in the same starting ship despite finding "the mantis" and stealing a bad ass pirate ship I didn't like for OCD reasons and sold. I still need to build a truly customized ship.

Re: Garfield!! I mean.. STARFIELD

by Jizaboz » Mon Sep 18, 2023 8:49 pm

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Where my first outpost I built lies!

Random screenshot:

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I really feel like my Space Camp training is paying off here. The game has made me talk about gravity drive concepts in real life to the point of nerds starting to get angry.

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Re: Garfield!! I mean.. STARFIELD

by AArdvark » Sat Sep 16, 2023 11:52 am

Will there be Wormasaurs in these moon caves? Or those things that almost ate the Millennium Falcon?

Re: Garfield!! I mean.. STARFIELD

by Ice Cream Jonsey » Sat Sep 16, 2023 9:07 am

Cave ins! I am gurgling with pleasure and anticipation at finding one!

Re: Garfield!! I mean.. STARFIELD

by Jizaboz » Sat Sep 16, 2023 4:43 am

Nice. The moons are cool with the lack of gravity and all. I've yet to find a cave in one, but I keep looking.

I went to build my own habitat on a moon yesterday and was told I needed to train my habitat building skills more in areas without extreme conditions. Off to find a more suitable place!

Re: Garfield!! I mean.. STARFIELD

by Ice Cream Jonsey » Fri Sep 15, 2023 9:59 pm

I went to Charon, moon of Pluto, the other day.

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I would like to go to all of the moons.

Re: Garfield!! I mean.. STARFIELD

by Ice Cream Jonsey » Sat Sep 09, 2023 9:34 pm

Jizaboz wrote: Sat Sep 09, 2023 9:10 pm Yeah man I’m like 13 hours in and mainly just doing side quests having a lot of fun with it. Working on pistol certification as my main gun then rifles.

Space combat is great. Some ground battles can get a bit deadly for you once they start using different tactics. Some are smarter than others. Some lob grenades when they’ve had enough of your shit lol
It makes sense that jumping into the air like a cartoon werewolf and come back down to the planet's surface, shooting downwards the entire time was not going to be a sustainable tactic, but I shall be sad to see them counter it!

Re: Garfield!! I mean.. STARFIELD

by Jizaboz » Sat Sep 09, 2023 9:10 pm

Yeah man I’m like 13 hours in and mainly just doing side quests having a lot of fun with it. Working on pistol certification as my main gun then rifles.

Space combat is great. Some ground battles can get a bit deadly for you once they start using different tactics. Some are smarter than others. Some lob grenades when they’ve had enough of your shit lol

Re: Garfield!! I mean.. STARFIELD

by AArdvark » Sat Sep 09, 2023 1:49 pm

Have you been to Tequila City on your birthday?

Re: Garfield!! I mean.. STARFIELD

by Ice Cream Jonsey » Fri Sep 08, 2023 9:35 pm

pinback wrote: Thu Sep 07, 2023 3:17 pm I don't like RPGs. If a game starts with a bunch of "character creation" screens, I'm out.
Understood, but imagine my surprise when I saw this exchange tonight.

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They are really, really trying to gain your love and affection, my friend. They are trying.

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