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[-] t3rmit3@beehaw.org 39 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Haha, PCG really hates Starfield. Calling it worse than FO76 and ES:Arena? Lmao.

Before it released I remember their articles about how it wasn't going to be as good as BG3, despite no one inviting that apples-to-oranges comparison but them themselves, and now they're out to do their best to convince everyone they were right.

Personal note: in that last linked article, they compared BG3 vs SF to Disco Elysium vs Outer Worlds, and I think this is hilariously just showing how much this is about their predilection for narrative-core games.

  • I like Disco Elysium. I like BG3. They are much better narrative RPGs. I also feel absolutely no desire to go back and replay them.
  • I go back to Outer Worlds and Starfield. They are much better open world RPGs.

Like, chill PCG. It's a good game, enjoyed by lots of people. If your staff is more into narrative-core RPGs with linear progression, that's cool, but you don't need to demonize Starfield to enjoy BG3. The worst Bethesda game? Worse than '76? Come on.

[-] lemillionsocks@beehaw.org 13 points 11 months ago

Lol yeah this is suffering from a lot of recency bias.

[-] Vodulas@beehaw.org 2 points 11 months ago

FO76 had a rocky start for sure, but they have made a ton of updates. It is easily better then Starfield now. If you compared them release to release then FO76 would be worse, but I think they are comparing current state.

[-] Renacles@discuss.tchncs.de 10 points 11 months ago

Fallout 76 is a lot better than what it was at launch but it's still nowhere near close to Starfield. It's a weird mesh of ideas that don't really fit together but are still enjoyable separately.

[-] Vodulas@beehaw.org 6 points 11 months ago

See that is how Starfield felt to me. Different strokes I suppose

[-] t3rmit3@beehaw.org 6 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Personally, hard disagree. I don't find FO76 fun at all. The world feels small, the characters are boring, and finding zany houses sprinkled around breaks any versimility of the world, which is the cornerstone of Bethesda's games.

[-] Vodulas@beehaw.org 1 points 11 months ago

I think the houses fit in the world, but the world is definitely small. I still enjoyed my time in it a lot more than my time in Starfield, which is mostly open fields with the occasional settlement/work site/lab dropped in. I don't think Starfield is a bad game, just not an exciting one.

[-] ampersandrew@kbin.social 1 points 11 months ago

despite no one inviting that apples-to-oranges comparison but them themselves

Eh, Larian invited it by counter-programming Starfield's release date with BG3 on PS5.

[-] Ashtear@lemm.ee 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

I like Disco Elysium. I like BG3. They are much better narrative RPGs. I also feel absolutely no desire to go back and replay them.

Really? This is crazy to me. I get Disco, but outside of intentionally regenerative games (such as roguelikes/lites), I don't think I've had my hands on a more replayable game than BG3 in years. There's so much you don't see in a given playthrough.

[-] t3rmit3@beehaw.org 2 points 11 months ago

I don't doubt it has new events, new ways that things can pan out, etc... but it's the same characters, the same goblin camp, etc.I am very big on exploration, and without a world large enough to find places I haven't seen, or at least places that it's been so long since I saw that I don't remember it, I bounce off games very fast.

[-] Ashtear@lemm.ee 2 points 11 months ago

Yes and no. My second play had countless new characters--three of them playable--several new zones, and a ton of new gameplay. I was constantly finding new places, new encounters, new conversations. I know there are still several zones I haven't poked around in.

The main story beats don't change much but there are still a lot of branching paths to get to them. Hell, you could even completely skip the goblin camp if you wanted.

Game studios just don't do the kind of extra work to cover player choice like Larian did here. It's why the game made waves in the industry. I'd say unless you really went over it with a fine comb the first time around (125 hours or more), it's absolutely worth revisiting at some point.

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