M.W.
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That FOV looks a bit rough. I hope there's a slider.
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The hype around Starfield is massive, and growing.
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That FOV looks a bit rough. I hope there's a slider.
vaibhavpisal
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Fail
Am expecting some corners to be cut to make it work. A whole planet is way too big to put interesting content everywhere.
I imagine each planet could be Skyrim sized map with most quests around area you landed.
MidGenRefresh
*Refreshes biennially
LB + RB = power. Space magic. 
FoxMcChief
Gold Member
Even the photo of the manual is blurry.
DeaDPo0L84
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Starfields native XSX resolution.
FoxMcChief
Gold Member
Arsic
Loves his juicy stink trail scent
Pay $35 to play on Friday ? Pretty slick deal.
My worry is the Xbox gamepass pc version won’t be moddable like steam version.
Without DLSS I’m scared to do pc gamepass version because this game seems poised to suck without it.
sono
Gold Member
If the parts are available at a great price at a holiday destination for you both that may be easier
MMaRsu
Member
Fail
Even if it is a bummer,.still inconsequential in the long run
Midn1ght
Member
So you can't seamlessly travel around the planet either by foot or with your ship.
If I understand well, when you land somewhere, you have a definite radius of land available to you for traveling until you reach the boundary. So if I want to travel to another part of the same planet, I'll have to take my ship and land somewhere else on that planet. Am I getting this right?
It's fine by me and I understand that Starfield is a very different game than NMS, but man, one of the coolest thing in NMS is actually transitioning from space to planet and just freely flying around the planet and finding a beautiful spot to land on. I hope the gameplay in space is good and that there's a lot of things to discover outside of planets (huge spacecraft, battles, space stations, etc...) cuz in NMS flying in empty space gets old fairly quickly.
If I understand well, when you land somewhere, you have a definite radius of land available to you for traveling until you reach the boundary. So if I want to travel to another part of the same planet, I'll have to take my ship and land somewhere else on that planet. Am I getting this right?
It's fine by me and I understand that Starfield is a very different game than NMS, but man, one of the coolest thing in NMS is actually transitioning from space to planet and just freely flying around the planet and finding a beautiful spot to land on. I hope the gameplay in space is good and that there's a lot of things to discover outside of planets (huge spacecraft, battles, space stations, etc...) cuz in NMS flying in empty space gets old fairly quickly.
vaibhavpisal
Member
If you don't have a narrative structure, you can do whatever the hell you want.
Midn1ght
Member
Of course, I know it's a bad comparison, I'm just talking about what made me love NMS in the first place, the feeling of freedom and seamless travel between space and planets. I would sometimes spend hours just traveling between systems to find the one super beautiful planet, fly around and find a spot to build a small base. Very relaxing.
I wonder if something similar would have been possible had they chose to limit the scale of the game to say 20-50 handcrafted planets instead of a thousand generated one.
Still, I'm sure the feeling of immensity and discovery will kick in when I'll finally play the game. Oblivion, Fallout 3 and Skyrim are among my favorite game of all time so I'm not too worry.
vaibhavpisal
Member
I guess once you get into planet scale, even a single one will be too big to create a narrative structure and unique content.
I recently played Skyrim, it's not biggest world out there, but everything feels perfectly distanced. You feel the calm of exploration between landmarks but it's not distant, and doesn't take you out of combat or npc interaction for too long.
GymWolf
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Does the game remain in your library if you use gamepass to play but then buy the upgrade and don't renew gamepass again?
Fess
Member
Yeah, long time No Man’s Sky player, dabbled some with Star Citizen too. I am so NOT bothered by getting from planet to space in seconds! Doing the entry through the atmosphere was fun the first 20 times or so, after that it became annoying.
But I know I’ll miss flying over the planet surface to scout for cool stuff. I think it can be annoying to have to go back and forth between space and landing spots or have to traverse on foot or with the jetpack. Could’ve done it like in og NMS when you couldn’t crash into the planet, and maybe also have the space ship fly slowly, don’t have to go full blast like some Star Wars dogfight scene if the engine can’t keep up.
Oh well. Maybe they’ll give us some planetary exploration vehicle in an expansion in the future.
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Topher
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Pretty sure it still shows up in your library since it is installed on the device, but it isn't playable until you renew GP.
MMaRsu
Member
they have way too many points of interest to do on 20-50 planets.
DenchDeckard
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I'm gonna buy armoured core for the fuck of it and play some missions to tide me over.
I'm too hyped.
Just finished outer worlds which gives me a week break. Watching interstellar tonight.
I'm too hyped.
Just finished outer worlds which gives me a week break. Watching interstellar tonight.
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MMaRsu
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Armored Core 6 is very cool so far, I really like it. Problem is nothing is holding my interest lmao
GymWolf
Gold Member
So it's not really a good deal imo, you pay 35 dollars to no even own the game, in some key sites it doesn't cost that much more, but it is the standard edition.
Not that i'm telling people how to spend their money, after buying the absolute shitshow that was ff7repuke in digital at full prices so i can't even re-sell it, i'm the last person who can speak really
spons
Member
Yeah the premium upgrade stuff in Game Pass is kinda stupid, you can also buy Forza Horizon premium addons without owning the game, but when you decide to stop paying for Game Pass you're left with only the upgrade and not the game to play it with. If they want to get serious with Game Pass they should at least have a tier to pay for where you get everything a game offers, like Ubisoft+ has (which includes the ultimate editions for every game they offer).
twilo99
Gold Member
Yes that’s what I did but I keep forgetting about the modding situation. I think you can do some modding with the gamepass version but is limited?
mansoor1980
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Punished Miku
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There is a separate spoiler thread.
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
That's a wallpaper worthy picture.
Beautiful.
The Premium bundle also includes the first story DLC whenever it launches, it's a good deal.
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Agent_Nobody
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It could go way over 10-15 minutes. The Hutton orbital run in Elite Dangerous was notorious for taking well over an hour, and there were other systems that dwarfed that.
Hutton Orbital
Poor, Small population Extraction economy (Independent, Confederacy) — In-Game Description Hutton Orbital is an Outpost located in the Alpha Centauri system. It orbits Eden, which orbits the star Proxima Centauri. Hutton Orbital is notorious for being extremely far from the system's hyperspace...
elite-dangerous.fandom.com
Vitter.
Member
well, first lie confirmed then.
MMaRsu
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It literally says open the map to explore another region. This was a 40 minute walk in one direction, which is twice the size of Skyrim.
You can also land on the part where you ended up and explore another 40 minute, the geography lines up.
SmurfMustard
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What lie?
twilo99
Gold Member
I think that you can’t walk in a straight line forever
clarky
Gold Member
Nobody said that. Just that you could explore the entire planet.
Even if you could why?
DenchDeckard
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Is there a straight line forever comment?
GnomeChimpsky
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I bet someone will manage to mod this. Maybe not to have a seamless transition but at least skipping the space part and simply getting a popup saying loading new area and letting you walk on after a short load.
SmurfMustard
Member
I don't think that was ever said. Is there a quote? The only thing I recall being said was that you can explore the whole planet and land anywhere.
DenchDeckard
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It was probably never said but someone's gotta try and be concerned.
SmurfMustard
Member
Why did you mention concern? Now I feel verrry concerned. These feelings go straight into the diary.
FoxMcChief
Gold Member
Someone on Twitter did the math. If you went to every planet, and only explored one region on each of them, it would take 650 hours to walk them.
This game is so small!
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Fess
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Pete Hines said it in an interview at Gamescom…
I’ll try to find it and timestamp it if possible, iirc he said something like - Hmm I haven’t actually tried to walk around a planet but sure you can do that if you do have the time for it, just walk on haha
Was in the Bethesda interview with two women where the sound drop out early on.
Sounded like he actually didn’t know for sure, which was a little odd. Not sure how much dev work he actually do though.
Interestingly he also talked about the exact same funny bug as Todd about getting caught in the cargo hold when he was on foot shooting some baddies who blasted out into space.
So they both stumbled into the exact same bug… or someone was lying.
Can’t wait to play the game for myself so I can judge the game properly. I don’t trust anyone but myself at this point. Too much PR, shilling, concern and console war. 5 more days.
Edit: was probably in this live stream, no idea how to replay it
Bethesda Softworks - Starfield - Facts with Pete Hines | gamescom
Check out videos by Bethesda Softworks, packed with the latest news and information -- now on gamescom!
www.gamescom.global
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ManaByte
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He’s not a dev at all. Never was.
that isn’t a bug. It is just something that can happen in the game.
Topher
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Don't recall him saying you could walk in a straight line forever. He did say....
Topher
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charles8771
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The PS3 came out on November 2006, while Oblivion came out in March 2006
However Oblivion was supposed to be released as a launch title for PS3, but got delayed to March 2007
Fess
Member
That’s the quote I was thinking of!
Idk to me it says you can walk around the entire planet.
Either way, likely too much busy work and for no reason just like in NMS.
Fess
Member
Just thought it was interesting that it happened to them both. If it’s common then how does the engine and gameplay mechanic react to that? When you fly off a planet the normal way you start in the cockpit after the take-off sequence. If he’s in the cargo when taking off, does he start in the cargo after a baddie take-off sequence and can fight his way through the spaceship into the cockpit?