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Topic Starfield (September 6, 2023 on PC and Xbox Series)

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?

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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.

Shane12m

6-Sep-2023(#42)

Archer wrote:

> 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.

Cool cool, I’ll give it a bit more time. Is it pretty natural/easy to find the different factions? The first one was super natural and the main story led you to it

Archer

6-Sep-2023(#43)

Shane12m wrote:

> Cool cool, I’ll give it a bit more time. Is it pretty natural/easy to find the

> different factions? The first one was super natural and the main story led you to

> it

Without spoiling anything or giving you too much info. Not sure how you feel about that stuff. Yes. The main story missions will lead you to all four major factions just by doing main story missions. There are also a bunch of side quests on New Atlantis that will lead you to them as well.

Shane12m

6-Sep-2023(#44)

Archer wrote:

> Shane12m wrote:

>> Cool cool, I’ll give it a bit more time. Is it pretty natural/easy to find the

>> different factions? The first one was super natural and the main story led you

> to

>> it

> Without spoiling anything or giving you too much info. Not sure how you feel about

> that stuff. Yes. The main story missions will lead you to all four major factions

> just by doing main story missions. There are also a bunch of side quests on New Atlantis

> that will lead you to them as well.

I’m weird about spoilers so thanks that was perfect :)

Yoshi

* 16-Sep-2023(#45)

I'm at 48 hours and 14/50 achievements. I know that's not a great measure of progress, but it's the most objective thing I have. I've finished one faction's quests and started a couple others but have barely scratched the main story.

I finally put my finger on what is holding the game back for me. It's Fallout without Power Armor, so inventory management is a near constant pain in my ass. The fact that crafting and research only checks your and your ship's inventory and not any storage in your housing compounds this. I will say that when I upgrade my ship this will relieve it a bit, but I prioritized some other skills over Piloting, so I'm not there yet.

brian9824

17-Sep-2023(#46)

Yoshi wrote:

> I'm at 48 hours and 14/50 achievements. I know that's not a great measure of progress,

> but it's the most objective thing I have. I've finished one faction's quests and

> started a couple others but have barely scratched the main story.

> I finally put my finger on what is holding the game back for me. It's Fallout without

> Power Armor, so inventory management is a near constant pain in my ass. The fact

> that crafting and research only checks your and your ship's inventory and not any

> storage in your housing compounds this. I will say that when I upgrade my ship this

> will relieve it a bit, but I prioritized some other skills over Piloting, so I'm

> not there yet.

Outposts let you create near infinite storage, and crafting/research works with outpost storage as well.

Yoshi

18-Sep-2023(#47)

brian9824 wrote:

> Yoshi wrote:

>> I'm at 48 hours and 14/50 achievements. I know that's not a great measure of

> progress,

>> but it's the most objective thing I have. I've finished one faction's quests

> and

>> started a couple others but have barely scratched the main story.

>> I finally put my finger on what is holding the game back for me. It's Fallout

> without

>> Power Armor, so inventory management is a near constant pain in my ass. The fact

>> that crafting and research only checks your and your ship's inventory and not

> any

>> storage in your housing compounds this. I will say that when I upgrade my ship

> this

>> will relieve it a bit, but I prioritized some other skills over Piloting, so I'm

>> not there yet.

> Outposts let you create near infinite storage, and crafting/research works with outpost

> storage as well.

D'oh! Well, that's what I get for trying to ignore those for this long. I also got a ship that has 2,000+ storage, so that made a huge difference.