Quad Damage 1,766 Posted September 8, 2023 Share Posted September 8, 2023 Baldur's Gate 3 has ruined Starfield for me Bethesda's latest can't help but feel shallow by comparison. On the face of it, Starfield's pitch is even more the stuff of childhood daydreams: an RPG where you can jump in a spaceship, fly anywhere in the galaxy, and set foot on hundreds of different planets. A hugely ambitious prospect—but if any studio has the resources and the experience to make something so enormous, it should be Bethesda. What we've got in Starfield, however, is an oddly bland and compromised version of that idea—and where Baldur's Gate 3 is a huge step forward, Starfield feels deeply stuck in the genre's past. … It's disappointing compared to a revelatory experience like Baldur's Gate 3, but it's not even really living up to Bethesda's own standards either. 15 years ago, Fallout 3 had more interesting environments than this, full of computers to hack, turrets and robots to take control of, unique notes and audiologs to find, traps to subvert, and factions to side with. I've made fun of Bethesda's approach to environmental storytelling before (we should aspire to greater subtlety than two posed skeletons with a note next to them) but at least it was storytelling. Starfield is a world of repeating rooms full of angry bandits and randomised loot. … It's not just a game set in a vacuum, it feels like it was created in one too—completely isolated from the last decade or more of RPG design, and not even in enough of a dialogue with Bethesda's own past games. What should be one of the most exciting games in years instead just feels behind the times, and at this point every encounter I have just makes me wish I was back in Faerûn. @DynamiteCop @JonDnD @MalaXmaS @RaniK_ @Remij @Spicalicious @Substatic @Tears of the Cows 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Remij 4,720 Posted September 8, 2023 Share Posted September 8, 2023 They're completely different games Easy click bait title for dummies. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Substatic 422 Posted September 8, 2023 Share Posted September 8, 2023 (edited) Baldurs Gate 3, best on PC . So glad I can actually play both SF and BG3, as well as Zelda. GOAT'd platform winning every gen. Edited September 8, 2023 by Substatic Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Popular Post Quad Damage 1,766 Posted September 8, 2023 Author Popular Post Share Posted September 8, 2023 21 minutes ago, Remij said: They're completely different games Easy click bait title for dummies. true, one is a genre/generation defining game that met and exceeded the hype, and the other is sevenfield 1 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Quad Damage 1,766 Posted September 8, 2023 Author Share Posted September 8, 2023 28 minutes ago, Substatic said: Baldurs Gate 3, best on PC Starfield, flop of the forever 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Remij 4,720 Posted September 8, 2023 Share Posted September 8, 2023 21 minutes ago, Quad Damage said: true, one is a genre/generation defining game that met and exceeded the hype, and the other is sevenfield Sevenfield Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tears of the Cows 1,238 Posted September 8, 2023 Share Posted September 8, 2023 Turn based games Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Playstation Tablet 1,747 Posted September 8, 2023 Share Posted September 8, 2023 Lol Starfield isn't even the best RPG this year with BG3 and FFXVI. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
-GD-X★ 7,823 Posted September 8, 2023 Share Posted September 8, 2023 25 minutes ago, Tears of the Cows said: Turn based games own word 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
sugarhigh 519 Posted September 8, 2023 Share Posted September 8, 2023 I love BG3, definitely agree Starfield role playing is a step backwards. But if you want a first person action RPG, and you want sci-fi, BG3 ain't it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Substatic 422 Posted September 8, 2023 Share Posted September 8, 2023 2 hours ago, Quad Damage said: Starfield, flop of the forever BG3, Starfield, Zelda. No other system can do all 3 baby! PC can't stop winning! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Quad Damage 1,766 Posted September 8, 2023 Author Share Posted September 8, 2023 2 hours ago, Tears of the Cows said: Turn based games ff16 > bg3 -ghostz Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tears of the Cows 1,238 Posted September 8, 2023 Share Posted September 8, 2023 2 minutes ago, Quad Damage said: ff16 > bg3 -ghostz You’ve played none of the above Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Quad Damage 1,766 Posted September 8, 2023 Author Share Posted September 8, 2023 31 minutes ago, Substatic said: BG3, Starfield, Zelda. No other system can do all 3 baby! PC can't stop winning! starfield is a bland, shallow, tired disappointment. stop trying to group it with actual bangers. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mr. House 3,371 Posted September 8, 2023 Share Posted September 8, 2023 3 hours ago, Tears of the Cows said: Turn based games Lol this fucking retard. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
lynux3 2,166 Posted September 8, 2023 Share Posted September 8, 2023 Sevenfield 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
-GD-X★ 7,823 Posted September 8, 2023 Share Posted September 8, 2023 5 hours ago, Quad Damage said: true, one is a genre/generation defining game that met and exceeded the hype, and the other is sevenfield god damn LOL 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Hot Sauce 2,743 Posted September 8, 2023 Share Posted September 8, 2023 FF16 fucking sucks. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mr. House 3,371 Posted September 8, 2023 Share Posted September 8, 2023 Sevenfield! Don't worry, Bethesda will promise that one day it will be good like Redfall, Elderscrolls Online and Fallout 76 with years of updates. 2 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jehurey 3,299 Posted September 9, 2023 Share Posted September 9, 2023 12 hours ago, Substatic said: Baldurs Gate 3, best on PC . So glad I can actually play both SF and BG3, as well as Zelda. GOAT'd platform winning every gen. LOL their platform is so bad, they have to talk about CONVERTING their PC into a Switch in order to pretend that they have good games I'm pretty sure the Switch has a game that scored 7 to pair up with their exclusive of Zelda. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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