Yoshi
* 12-Aug-2023(#1)
I was surprised to not find an existing thread for this one (though if I missed one, feel free to merge).
I've been on media blackout on this other than
the definitely-not-E3 showcase back in June. Time flies when you're
having fun old, so the imminent release date snuck up on me a bit.
This was probably going to be the game that would be a significantly suboptimal experience on my aging PC, so I remedied that today with a large parts order. In fact, I'm going to wind up with two "free" codes for the Steam version if anyone is interested and has an AMD 7000 series CPU or GPU to register the extra. Ironically, given that I pulled the trigger for a first-party Microsoft game, I went with an AMD CPU and GPU for the first time in a couple builds because of the better Linux compatibility. I'm definitely going to dual boot now that Valve has significantly accelerated Linux gaming with the Steam Deck.
Who else is looking forward to this and plans to drop everything to play it in less than a month?
brian9824
12-Aug-2023(#2)I have a new PC built for it, and the premium version pre-ordered and the day off on Sept 1st to play it
Bleed_DukeBlue
12-Aug-2023(#3)I’m definitely going to give it a shot. I loved the Fallout and Elder Scrolls games, and it’s hard to beat “free” on Game Pass. I probably won’t drop everything, though, as I suspect I’ll still be playing Baldur’s Gate 3 too.
Kommie
12-Aug-2023(#4)Gonna wait the year plus so it's playable and no save game corruption, etc
Damian254
13-Aug-2023(#5)Soooo pumped for this game. I made the jump and got a 4K TV and the Xbox Series X just for this title! Also, picked up the Starfield controller the day after the direct over the summer -- had to go to four different websites before I found one that had it in stock.
thatfootballguy
14-Aug-2023(#7)As a Series S gamer, I'm excited to have access to play, but my expectations are low on performance haha
sa330206
15-Aug-2023(#8)Kommie wrote:> Gonna wait the year plus so it's playable and no save game corruption, etc
Great idea, these games are never ready for prime time day 1. Might as well save a huge headache and some cash and just wait a year. There's plenty of other stuff out there to play in the meantime.
Kommie
15-Aug-2023(#9)Given the recent track record of Microsoft first party releases of "release it now, fix later. No one actually buys our crap with Gamepass" it's a good strategy to wait it out.
brian9824
15-Aug-2023(#11)I mean I played Fallout 4 at launch and never had any issues. Think the worst i had was a quest get borked and used console to fix it.
I mean i'm sure bugs happen, but its not as bad as many people make it out to be.
nonamesleft
15-Aug-2023(#12)For the sake of a friend of mine who's been looking forward to Starfield for a long, long time, I hope they release it well polished, not need any major fixes. In general, better for a studio to take longer to develop a game and have a great final product.
Bleed_DukeBlue
15-Aug-2023(#13)I loved Fallout 4, but, when I played it, there were a ton of glitches with trophies (one of which made a quest objective unobtainable and required me to replay like 10 hours of progress). Fortunately for me, I don’t actually care about achievements on the Xbox side, so I’ll probably just play Starfield on day one anyway.
brian9824 wrote:> I mean I played Fallout 4 at launch and never had any issues. Think the worst i
> had was a quest get borked and used console to fix it.
>
> I mean i'm sure bugs happen, but its not as bad as many people make it out to be.
>
bumsplikity
15-Aug-2023(#14)I plan on getting this on day one unless the reviews scare me away. I got a new PC in anticipation of Baldurs Gate 3 so I hope I can brute force my way through any performance issues. I'll probably buy on steam but if reviews aren't great I'll just play on gamepass instead.
brian9824
15-Aug-2023(#15)Bleed_DukeBlue wrote:> I loved Fallout 4, but, when I played it, there were a ton of glitches with trophies
> (one of which made a quest objective unobtainable and required me to replay like
> 10 hours of progress). Fortunately for me, I don’t actually care about achievements
> on the Xbox side, so I’ll probably just play Starfield on day one anyway.
>
> brian9824 wrote:
>> I mean I played Fallout 4 at launch and never had any issues. Think the worst
> i
>> had was a quest get borked and used console to fix it.
>>
>> I mean i'm sure bugs happen, but its not as bad as many people make it out to
> be.
>>
Ah I played it on PC and TBH I wouldn't have even noticed if any achievements were bugged, although to be fair that is a pretty small issue. I've had worse bugs playing games with years of support.
Kommie
23-Aug-2023(#16)FYI, this is gonna be 30 FPS on console.
brian9824
25-Aug-2023(#17)Less then 1 week to go for Premium users
Yoshi
26-Aug-2023(#18)I kicked off the preload for my wife on the Series X last night, but I have to wait until the 30th for my Premium version on Steam.
Shane12m
26-Aug-2023(#19)Yoshi wrote:> I kicked off the preload for my wife on the Series X last night, but I have to wait
> until the 30th for my Premium version on Steam.
You can preload it now on steam no?
brian9824
26-Aug-2023(#20)Shane12m wrote:> Yoshi wrote:
>> I kicked off the preload for my wife on the Series X last night, but I have to
> wait
>> until the 30th for my Premium version on Steam.
>
> You can preload it now on steam no?
No, not to the 30th
jgrant78
27-Aug-2023(#21)I'm a huge Bethesda fan boy and even though I said I wasn't going to do the premium upgrade just to get to play it early, I'm probably going to end up doing it anyway. My wife and daughter are going to be busy all of Labor Day weekend, so that's some prime playing time and I think they've forced my hand.
brian9824
31-Aug-2023(#22)So far a 88 on metacritic which is pretty damn good
Yoshi
* 31-Aug-2023(#24)Mine is installing as I type, but I won't be able to play until after work tomorrow. Looking forward to the holiday weekend though!
Well, I might play with settings a bit tonight if that counts...
thenadz
31-Aug-2023(#25)Big Bethesda fan here but I think I’ll wait until launch day before playing. Very tempted to get the premium edition for early access but I don’t think I’ll have enough time this weekend/backlog
Yoshi
* 31-Aug-2023(#27)It defaulted to Ultra. I turned off V-Sync, so it won't screw up Variable Refresh, and Motion Blur, because it's awful. Here. We. Go.
edit: Film Grain Intensity needed to go too.
Shane12m
31-Aug-2023(#28)Kinda lame that it’s a space sci fi game and you can make only a human. Pretty boring in that regard
Yoshi
1-Sep-2023(#31)Kommie wrote:> FYI, this is gonna be 30 FPS on console.
How quaint. I'm averaging 126.4 thus far.
Stepping out onto the surface for the first time wasn't quite like witnessing the bombs go off in Fallout 4 in VR, but it definitely was impressive, and I suspect that's a pretty lame environment relatively speaking.
Kommie
1-Sep-2023(#32)Yoshi wrote:> Kommie wrote:
>> FYI, this is gonna be 30 FPS on console.
>
> How quaint. I'm averaging 126.4 thus far.
>
> Stepping out onto the surface for the first time wasn't quite like witnessing the
> bombs go off in Fallout 4 in VR, but it definitely was impressive, and I suspect
> that's a pretty lame environment relatively speaking.
Not on console though
thenadz
1-Sep-2023(#33)Playing through just the wee beginning right now and love it, minus one big glaring negative : the maps when you land on a planet. Holy crap this is the worst ‘map’ system I’ve ever seen in a video game and can’t believe it’s really there by design. I wonder if they’ll patch it due to fan request or leave it as is. Once you land on a planet, the local map is pretty useless and devoid of markers, the markers it does have are…directionless. Very hard to get around and know if I’m going the right way
Yoshi
* 1-Sep-2023(#34)From a mission standpoint, turn on your scanner, and there will be arrows on the floor to tell you where to go.
Bleed_DukeBlue
2-Sep-2023(#35)Yikes. That sounds like what I hated about Star Wars: Fallen Order.
thenadz wrote:> Playing through just the wee beginning right now and love it, minus one big glaring
> negative : the maps when you land on a planet. Holy crap this is the worst ‘map’
> system I’ve ever seen in a video game and can’t believe it’s really there by
> design. I wonder if they’ll patch it due to fan request or leave it as is. Once
> you land on a planet, the local map is pretty useless and devoid of markers, the
> markers it does have are…directionless. Very hard to get around and know if I’m
> going the right way
>
>
thenadz
2-Sep-2023(#36)I hated Star Wars Jedi: fallen order’s map with a passion, and maybe I overreacted with Starfield. It’s not really explained how the map works but I figured out that fast travel is the name of the game in Starfield when navigating certain planets and waypoints.
Bleed_DukeBlue
2-Sep-2023(#37)I’m glad it’s not as bad as it initially seemed.
thenadz wrote:> I hated Star Wars Jedi: fallen order’s map with a passion, and maybe I overreacted
> with Starfield. It’s not really explained how the map works but I figured out that
> fast travel is the name of the game in Starfield when navigating certain planets
> and waypoints.
Shane12m
6-Sep-2023(#39)So far my impression:
The land combat early on (level 5) feels like a generic shooter with nothing interesting about it. At least with the VATS there was something unique there and with Skyrim you had a shield to block or magic to heal. Maybe it’s meant to be this way to create major sense of growth?
Ship combat is frenetic and frustrating but I have not spent time doing any modifying or upgrading yet so I can see the potential for it to get better especially when I improve turn speed
Kommie
6-Sep-2023(#40)A Bethesda game with generic combat? Blasphemy! They've never had generic combat!
Archer
6-Sep-2023(#41)Shane12m wrote:> So far my impression:
>
> The land combat early on (level 5) feels like a generic shooter with nothing interesting
> about it. At least with the VATS there was something unique there and with Skyrim
> you had a shield to block or magic to heal. Maybe it’s meant to be this way to
> create major sense of growth?
>
> Ship combat is frenetic and frustrating but I have not spent time doing any modifying
> or upgrading yet so I can see the potential for it to get better especially when
> I improve turn speed
The starting ship is a piece of crap. Ship combat gets way better when you have a decent ship. You can get some good free ones early. I completed a quest a line for one of the factions (rangers), and they give you a top tier ship. Its ridiculous how powerful it is and that you can get it so early.
But yeah, the gun combat feels very generic Ubi shooter (watch dogs, any of the tom clancy trash) and little like Cyberpunk 2077. Just generic open world shooter combat. The jump pack does nothing for combat at all. It does get somewhat better when you get better guns after you go to higher level areas. And there is a story thing that happens fairly early on in the main story line that opens up other options for combat. I haven't tried melee yet, but I can't image its very good. Trying to rush close enough to enemies who are shooting you is probably not good for staying alive.