Starfield

[NoName 16349]

since there wasn't a thread specifically for this thought i would start one

 

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When can I play Starfield early access?

Here’s how that breaks down:

• On September 1, assuming you bought one of the special editions or upgraded your copy, you can start playing Starfield at 12:00 UTC. (Click here to convert to your time.)
• For those with early access who are currently living in the United States, Canada, or South America, that actually means you’ll be able to play on August 31. In California, players will be able to start exploring Starfield as early as 5:00 p.m. PDT.
• On September 6, Standard edition owners or Game Pass subscribers can start playing at 12:00 UTC. (Click here to convert to your time.)
• And because of timezones, if you live in the United States, Canada, or South America, you’ll be able to start playing on September 5. As before, Californian players can start as early as 5:00 p.m. PDT.

https://bethesda.net/en/article/3h1TjGoUfi3nthncK1jo15/starfield-launch-details-pc-specs-and-more?linkId=100000215350740

release tiems:

SKU info:

 

Edited August 29, 2023 by NoName

[SimonBolivar 10957]

Already downloaded on the Xbox for the regular release not the special edition.

[CurlyDumps 4466]

This game looks like what I wanted No Man's Sky to be.

[Hawndoh 2386]

I've predownloaded whichever version is on Gamepass.

I've stayed away from almost all information so I'm going in totally blind. All I know is it's Space Skyrim.

Edited August 29, 2023 by Hawndoh

[NoName 16349]

i've just seen so many people in games media talking about it. it's going to BLOW UP tomorrow.

Edited August 30, 2023 by NoName

[trza-hawk 269]

So since Microsoft bought Bethesda the people above them have made the developers finish the game before releasing it?

[Hawndoh 2386]

oh I'm sure there will be the typical Bethesda bugs, but that doesn't mean it can't be fun.

[Radical Larry 28539]

It’s downloaded and ready to go.

[NoName 16349]

there is going to be a LOT of content that drops today at 11a when the embargo drops. i will share some links but will spoiler everything link wise just in case.

if you want to go in on this blind, don't click these obviously...

if you want to poke around with a character builder: https://nukesdragons.com/starfield/

here is the underlying information that leaked in the last few days, in a pretty PDF: https://acrobat.adobe.com/id/urn:aaid:sc:VA6C2:92839905-8997-4e99-bad2-d398c33b761a

[Anton Chigurh 3319]

From Reddit:

From the reviews, it seems that the score from any given reviewer is contingent entirely on how willing the reviewer was willing to forgive the slow start. Reviewers that were frustrated by the slow start gave it scores in the 7-8 range. Reviewers that didn't mind the slow start gave it scores in the 9-10 range.

It apparently takes like 10-12 hours to “get going”.

[ztejas 43411]

2 minutes ago, Anton Chigurh said:

From Reddit:

From the reviews, it seems that the score from any given reviewer is contingent entirely on how willing the reviewer was willing to forgive the slow start. Reviewers that were frustrated by the slow start gave it scores in the 7-8 range. Reviewers that didn't mind the slow start gave it scores in the 9-10 range.

It apparently takes like 10-12 hours to “get going”.

Why the fuck would you play this game if you aren't committed to sinking considerably more than that into it?

[Hozz 1017]

It's got an 88 on Metacritic with 50ish reviews and none lower than 75.  

 This dude is a machine.  He says it is less buggy at release than FO4 and Skyrim are now.

Edited August 31, 2023 by Hozz
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[NoName 16349]

ive been watching Cohh and Nextlander on and off today. it is a slower start but who cares. haven't seen much jank, which seems like great news?

[Laxtonto 12078]

I played it for about 5 hours yesterday and still haven't got around to fighting the first boss guy to get off the planet. It seems to be a slow burn from a progression standpoint and the fact that I can essentially fast travel anywhere seems a bit odd, but im having a blast.

Biggest issue I have had is that since I am still just fucking around on the first planet, ammo is in short supply and there is a level 10 alien that keeps kicking my level 3 ass without a ton of ammo...

 

Loot tetris is still a thing with a bunch of time being spent running back to the ship to drop off random stuff. I have pretty much researched everything I can, but am still soft-locked from crafting.. might just have to say fuck it and fight the crimson fleet guys and move off world to progress more. I am enjoying trying to completely scout and explore all the points of interest on the first world before doing so, but I might need to move on and come back.

 

I found an abandoned mine and explored it and need to kill some raiders attacking a building site. Found a geological formation that has a lvl 10 alien that kicks my ass...

 

Biggest performance issue I have is some stuttering sometimes in cutscenes, but that might be my fault due to settings and needing to restart my machine after I downloaded my new drivers.

[NoName 16349]

1 hour ago, Laxtonto said:

I played it for about 5 hours yesterday and still haven't got around to fighting the first boss guy to get off the planet. It seems to be a slow burn from a progression standpoint and the fact that I can essentially fast travel anywhere seems a bit odd, but im having a blast.

Biggest issue I have had is that since I am still just fucking around on the first planet, ammo is in short supply and there is a level 10 alien that keeps kicking my level 3 ass without a ton of ammo...

Loot tetris is still a thing with a bunch of time being spent running back to the ship to drop off random stuff. I have pretty much researched everything I can, but am still soft-locked from crafting.. might just have to say fuck it and fight the crimson fleet guys and move off world to progress more. I am enjoying trying to completely scout and explore all the points of interest on the first world before doing so, but I might need to move on and come back.

I found an abandoned mine and explored it and need to kill some raiders attacking a building site. Found a geological formation that has a lvl 10 alien that kicks my ass...

Biggest performance issue I have is some stuttering sometimes in cutscenes, but that might be my fault due to settings and needing to restart my machine after I downloaded my new drivers.

re: Fast Travel - it's this games version of exiting a cave or the vault door opening. you are out there and can do whatever.

after hearing some podcasts about it, i think it's going to make sense to beeline some of the main story quest and open things up before screwing around with side quests and exploring.

im ~2 hours in and my only issue is the first companion you have is having weird visual issues - nothing else. they move around but the animation gets stuck sometimes? i saw this on one of the streams from yesterday too so not unique to me. but outside that the level of jank that hasn't been there seems positive.

the ammo issue is a problem, but wonder how much of that is tied to being this early?

[SimonBolivar 10957]

I'm doing my best to read absolutely nothing and just waiting for the official release on Wednesday but damn it's hard to do knowing for less than $100 I could be playing right now.

 

(Fallout 3/NV/4 are my GOAT along with Outer Wilds)

Edited September 1, 2023 by SimonBolivar

[seven 1367]

Is there a way to use the same license on pc and Xbox? I can't decide which platform I want to buy it for. 

I think that's what the play anywhere thing is but I'm not sure. Does that work with steam or is there a special Microsoft launcher you have to use? 

Edited September 1, 2023 by seven

[Hawndoh 2386]

Not sure, but there is a PC XBox App, that's how I do Gamepass PC titles.

And most everything I've tried on Gamepass swaps between the console and PC no problem.

I've even been playing something on the PC while my daughter played something else on XBox and one of her achievements popped up on my screen on the PC.

[rivin 199]

So many games! I am still deep in Baldur's Gate 3...

[Celery Man 20929]

Ok, so I love every fallout since 3 (all of the ones I’ve played), I love Skyrim, I have very little gaming time these days, this year I’ve done revisits of fallout 3 and new vegas and that’s it. Is this a game for me?

[ztejas 43411]

14 minutes ago, Celery Man said:

Ok, so I love every fallout since 3 (all of the ones I’ve played), I love Skyrim, I have very little gaming time these days, this year I’ve done revisits of fallout 3 and new vegas and that’s it. Is this a game for me?

Edited September 1, 2023 by ztejas

[SimonBolivar 10957]

21 hours ago, Celery Man said:

Ok, so I love every fallout since 3 (all of the ones I’ve played), I love Skyrim, I have very little gaming time these days, this year I’ve done revisits of fallout 3 and new vegas and that’s it. Is this a game for me?

Uhhh, yes.

 

Also I couldn't wait until Wednesday so I upgraded and played about 5 hours. I've done 0 main mission stuff since getting to New Atlantis and I'm still have a good time.

[Celery Man 20929]

1 hour ago, SimonBolivar said:

Uhhh, yes.

 

Also I couldn't wait until Wednesday so I upgraded and played about 5 hours. I've done 0 main mission stuff since getting to New Atlantis and I'm still have a good time.

Thanks, yeah seems like it would be I just wasn’t even really aware of it until I started seeing a whole bunch of stuff about it.

[NoName 16349]

it's an incredible game. it's exactly what i wanted.

wow. i'm like 10 hours in, it's incredible.

[Captainant 27619]

I'm almost done with BG3, really looking forward to playing this

 

On a related note, I'm also excited to get Moonlight set up to stream my PC to my TV and get full PC power without moving the damn thing around. If you've got a gaming PC, a nice TV, and good network connectivity between them I'd strongly recommend it!

[SimonBolivar 10957]

42 minutes ago, Captainant said:

I'm almost done with BG3, really looking forward to playing this

 

On a related note, I'm also excited to get Moonlight set up to stream my PC to my TV and get full PC power without moving the damn thing around. If you've got a gaming PC, a nice TV, and good network connectivity between them I'd strongly recommend it!

I use Greenlight to stream my XBox to Steamdeck for Starfield and it works like a charm. 

 

On Starfield, I haven't done any of the mainline missions after getting to New Atlantis as the UC Vanguard mission line is too good to stop (16 hours in the game total). 

Edited September 5, 2023 by SimonBolivar

[Buzzrock 14901]

I don’t have a PC and haven’t upgraded to the Series X but I played this on the Cloud Gaming platform for a few hours tonight and it was fun. I suck at the combat (but I’ve always sucked at using a game controller for FPS). I kind of feel like I don’t know what I’m doing but it’s fun anyway. Can you store stuff somewhere on your ship? Can you sell all your extra stuff at that little trade kiosk thing? Also I can’t figure out how to read the weapon and equipment stats. Is DMG damage? If so I can’t figure out why a pistol does way more damage than a rifle.

[NoName 16349]

7 hours ago, Buzzrock said:

I don’t have a PC and haven’t upgraded to the Series X but I played this on the Cloud Gaming platform for a few hours tonight and it was fun. I suck at the combat (but I’ve always sucked at using a game controller for FPS). I kind of feel like I don’t know what I’m doing but it’s fun anyway. Can you store stuff somewhere on your ship? Can you sell all your extra stuff at that little trade kiosk thing? Also I can’t figure out how to read the weapon and equipment stats. Is DMG damage? If so I can’t figure out why a pistol does way more damage than a rifle.

i will say the onboarding/tutorial in this game is NOT GREAT.

you can sell your stuff at the trade authority kiosk there.

on the ship, you have the captains locker to the right of the cockpit you can use (its on the floor i think) and the ships hold on the left on the wall, straight across from the locker.

DMG is damage, but things like rate of fire and perks do matter to overall damage

[Buzzrock 14901]

Helpful, thanks

[The Dude 1244]

You can also access the cargo hold from the menu by going to the ship section

[Buzzrock 14901]

That main theme song is an ear worm ain’t it? Very Star Trek.

So far I think this game delivers. I’ve had to look some things up to figure out some game mechanics and a little bit of what-do-I-do next, but the scale is amazing. I get a little Half-Life vibes from the character interactions, and even though I’m sure the Cloud visual detail is greatly reduced it’s still pretty good. No real issue with the controls either. I still might end up upgrading the Xbox.

Can’t believe it’s included in Game Pass. Good timing too, Diablo IV was getting boring.

[Buzzrock 14901]

Oh and my character is a trucker named Jack Burton so I navigate all the conversations with Kurt Russell’s voice in my head.

[Constant 6723]

I’m about 20hrs in and the game is opening up so well. I’m loving every minute of it. I love Bethesda and all their quirks. I’ve done enough main story to have some significant things unlocked, but I am having a blast doing the other one million things to do. I did run into a bugged quest though- hopefully it’s patched up soon because I am kind of stuck in this factions quests til it is.
 

 

Quest: On the Run.

[Buzzrock 14901]

I did the Mantis mission and I probably wasn’t ready for it but I was able to scamper past some of the worst enemies. The rewards are very much worth it.

[Capn81 372]

Two things. One, the POV is killing me so I am having to use 3rd person which I am not a fan of. Two, I can never find any damn ammo that I need.

Overall, I am enjoying the game though.

[Buzzrock 14901]

You can buy some ammo in the big spaceport in Alpha Centauri.

[NoName 16349]

14 hours ago, Constant said:

I’m about 20hrs in and the game is opening up so well. I’m loving every minute of it. I love Bethesda and all their quirks. I’ve done enough main story to have some significant things unlocked, but I am having a blast doing the other one million things to do. I did run into a bugged quest though- hopefully it’s patched up soon because I am kind of stuck in this factions quests til it is.
 

 

Quest: On the Run.

this is about where i am time wise. time to screw around in the universe and have fun.

11 hours ago, Capn81 said:

Two things. One, the POV is killing me so I am having to use 3rd person which I am not a fan of. Two, I can never find any damn ammo that I need.

Overall, I am enjoying the game though.

re: ammo - saw a video that talked about basically having a "daily driver" for a weapon. for me it ended up being a grendal that is silenced and has some other perks on it. he recommended looking at modified grendals for one that is semi automatic, which seems awesome. i've burned through SO MUCH AMMO with this one being basically a silenced zip gun.

i also am just buying ammo for what i use at every vendor that has it when selling stuff.

Edited September 8, 2023 by NoName

[Capn81 372]

Thanks for the suggestions all

[Hozz 1017]

The gun shop in the residential area of New Atlantis sells a fantastic blue 11mm rifle.  It is pricey but I am the type that does all the quests and I was able to buy it and loads of 11mm ammo before I left the planet on the main quest line.  There is also a mini gun you can steal fairly easily from the UC Surplus shop in the Well.  It runs 7.7mm baseless which seems more common than 11mm but it burns through ammo, being a mini gun and all.

[Buzzrock 14901]

It’s annoying that the kiosk and shops only have limited credits. I’m sitting on loot I can’t sell.

[The Dude 1244]

10 minutes ago, Buzzrock said:

It’s annoying that the kiosk and shops only have limited credits. I’m sitting on loot I can’t sell.

Sleep 24 hours and their credit will be restored

[Buzzrock 14901]

Sleep 24 hours and their credit will be restored

You can sleep?

[The Dude 1244]

If you don’t have a place yet I’m pretty sure there’s a bed on your ship 

Edited September 9, 2023 by The Dude

[Constant 6723]

49 minutes ago, Buzzrock said:

You can sleep?

You can sit in any chair and wait 24hrs too. Most shops have a chair somewhere. 

[Buzzrock 14901]

1 hour ago, The Dude said:

If you don’t have a place yet I’m pretty sure there’s a bed on your ship 

You can get a place?

[Constant 6723]

11 hours ago, Buzzrock said:

You can get a place?

You’ll earn some through certain quests and you can purchase places. 

[Buzzrock 14901]

Crafting seems too complicated. I never have all the ingredients that are needed to upgrade weapons, etc. I’d have to start a spreadsheet and then figure out where to get it all. Is it me?

[Buzzrock 14901]

The gun shop in the residential area of New Atlantis sells a fantastic blue 11mm rifle.  It is pricey but I am the type that does all the quests and I was able to buy it and loads of 11mm ammo before I left the planet on the main quest line.  There is also a mini gun you can steal fairly easily from the UC Surplus shop in the Well.  It runs 7.7mm baseless which seems more common than 11mm but it burns through ammo, being a mini gun and all.

This is a good tip. That rifle is great for taking down humans in a couple of shots. Much better than the Grendel which appears to shoot frozen peas as many shots as it takes to kill someone.

[Hozz 1017]

22 hours ago, Buzzrock said:

Crafting seems too complicated. I never have all the ingredients that are needed to upgrade weapons, etc. I’d have to start a spreadsheet and then figure out where to get it all. Is it me?

Yeah I am level 15 and crafting, outposts and ship building are unlocked but have yet to be explained and seem like a nightmare with how many resources and parts there are.  Also the whole base/outpost concept...I hated it in FO4.  Is it better here?

[MonkeyDoughnut 10226]

Just jumped in yesterday... looking for something I can play periodically and this should fit the bill, so far so good.  Only a few hours in and already liking more than Hogwarts Legacy (last attempt) as far as quickly getting into the game without feeling "grindy"