Prediction: Starfield is going to a massive blunder and people are going to be unhappy

3 years ago by TendieMaster69 to c/games

Bethesda boss Todd Howard has explained why Starfield is going to be locked to 30fps on Xbox Series X|S consoles.

I will come back to this post in September to see if I was right lol

Biggest concerning signs:

  1. 30 FPS lock on xbox, there's no way to spin that positively, absolute fail

  2. Predatory pre-order bonus skins to get people to buy before they know what they're actually going to experience (buggy shitshow)

  3. Countless attempts to hype up the game and huge random assurances from the devs

  4. Preemptively admitting the game has jank and trying to make it seem okay lol

https://www.msn.com/...

At least the bugs will be absolutely hilarious I think.

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Derproid 24 points 3 years ago

Bethesda jank is what brought us the Giant Space Program in Skyrim so I'm definitely fine with some jank. They've also said it's the least buggy Bethesda game they've made. It feels like you're just picking bad points to shit on the game.

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FlamingHot 3 points 3 years ago

They’ve also said it’s the least buggy Bethesda game they’ve made.

They have also said the exact same thing every single time they have talked about a new game. Literaly EVERY SINGLE TIME. Jesus christ please stop...

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Derproid 2 points 3 years ago

Are you arguing against it? Has anyone actually done an in-depth analysis to prove that the games are not getting less buggy? I know Bethsda has a vested interest in us thinking it's true but without any evidence I'd trust them over random people on the internet.

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Toribor 3 points 3 years ago

Jank is partially the result of allowing for emergent gameplay where various forms of simulated systems can interact with each other in novel or unpredictable ways.

That being said I have no clue how people tolerate playing these games on console. Can't even count the number of times I've had to use console commands to fix something myself.

The fact they are priming people to expect this is pretty bad.

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