I don't see it scoring a 94. Skyrim was a long time ago. A completely different gaming landscape when open world design was still relatively novel, and limited to only a handful of studios. They have been surpassed by virtually every other studio out there in terms of gameplay, animations and modern game engines. I wrote this a few years ago.Not at all.
Skyrim was pretty great and scored dozens of 10/10s. It's still sitting at 94 MC. So unless we expect a significant drop in Bethesda's quality, we should at least expect the same -- if not an improvement that's gained with experience and tech improvements.
And Starfield is expected to have RTX ray-tracing, so it's not unrealistic to expect at least one RT mode on Series X (even if it is the 30 FPS mode) and then have a non-RT 60 FPS mode (which has been the norm for most big developers this generation so far).
94 is achievable but tough, for sure.I don't see it scoring a 94. Skyrim was a long time ago. A completely different gaming landscape when open world design was still relatively novel, and limited to only a handful of studios. They have been surpassed by virtually every other studio out there in terms of gameplay, animations and modern game engines. I wrote this a few years ago.
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I'd be shocked if it scores a 94. I'm expecting around an 88 personally. Fallout 4 is an 84. Fallout 76 is 53. Part of the reason Bethesda was interested in acquisition is because they've been surpassed by almost everyone in their one niche - open world design. They're playing catch up, and after the gameplay reveal we know they're not going to have radical changes to animation or graphics quality. The game looks like Fallout 4 on a bigger scale.
The only real hope for the game is that the writing and story are great. I am surprised they're even considering RTX, so I guess we'll see how that goes.
90 is higher than I expect, but I guess we'll see how it goes. Even action games now are basically open world, while having Naughty Dog levels of polish. Bethesda just isn't that kind of studio right now. That's my main argument though - everyone caught up on open world design and retooled their engines while Bethesda basically stood still for 10 years. This game wont be a radical reinvention for them, but hopefully it's fun and has a cool story.94 is achievable but tough, for sure.
Even a 90, to be honest, is pretty much a 10/10 because sometimes, a game gets bad reviews (Returnal got a 6) that bring down the average. So even a 90 is near a 10/10 experience.
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It is going to score 90 on hype alone. I agree with you about Bethesda. I have had a love-hate relationship with them going back to the days of falling through the world in Sea Dogs. Still, one of my favorite developers.90 is higher than I expect, but I guess we'll see how it goes. Even action games now are basically open world, while having Naughty Dog levels of polish. Bethesda just isn't that kind of studio right now. That's my main argument though - everyone caught up on open world design and retooled their engines while Bethesda basically stood still for 10 years. This game wont be a radical reinvention for them, but hopefully it's fun and has a cool story.
In the year 2021, they announced the 2022 date. Thats what I saidIt was never dated for 2021, It was dated for this November, 2022.
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On the other hand... you can end up with Duke Nukem Forever..."The decision to give the team the time to build the game that they feel they should be building is just the right thing to do."
Nice. Wish this was the same attitude with all big publishers.
I can understand the small dev teams that release stuff half done or in Early Access but really no excuse for the "big guys"
. If he had previously fucked two of my girlfriends behind my back and then said he wouldn't do it again I would completely believe him.
I'm not even sure I could handle a Bethesda game released without jank. Like what would that even look like?they can delay it all they want. we all know how bethesda releases games.
After Fallout 76 I can never trust Bethesda again. Theres been one gameplay showcase in 2 years lmao.
Why?Boy, this game is going to break a lot of people mentally. Especially if your a one console minded person.
His job is just to hire as many fucking betatester he can to squash as many bugs as possible, triplicate the number that bethesda usually hire, they are clearly not even close to be enough.Hopefully, Phil is staying the hell out of his way.
So shocked you would guzzle cum?I'd be shocked if it scores a 94. I'm expecting around an 88 personally.
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Why do people insist on calling it Xbox exclusive? Was the PC version canceled?Starfield is the first Bethesda game to be released as an Xbox exclusive
I hear over half the games are being released on Unreal. And they still can't pull it off.Absolutely unreal that MS hasn't reached a point where they are releasing 2-3 big exclusives a year. Absolutely UNREAL.
Forza Motorsport and RedfallWhat are some new game coming out before starfield for Xbox?
I think Redfall is supposed to come out before Starfield, other than that, I'm not sure.What are some new game coming out before starfield for Xbox?
I’m just expecting this game to come out and be absolutely mediocre and not deliver on its premise. I just have zero faith in these newly purchased studios. Hope I’m wrong for once
Skyrim and Fallout 4 were excellent and I probably put more time into those two games than any other single player game I've ever played. The only real gripe about the work they do would be with Fallout 76 and that was simply a case of releasing way too early, because the game as it exists today is pretty fucking good and it delivers on their original promise and then some.Bethesda's track record has eroded a lot. It's a cautiously optimistic outlook. I hope it's good. This isn't 2008 Bethesda though.
I was confident in a fart once, didn't go as planned.
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This isn't 2008 Bethesda though.