Why couldn't this game have taken place DURING the interstellar War?

[Tentacule Un Seigneur]

It would have been so much more fun, huge space battles happening, big mecha fighting, experimental weapon tech.

Instead of a Outpost maybe being able to make a planetside Fortress, or a orbital fort.

~sighs~ Instead, you get to play when all the excitement is over.

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that would require innovation and passion for what they do.

[Zeno]

If not during the war, then have the current relationship between the UC and the FC be much more tense, more of a cold war than an actual peace.

Then, you could twist the terrormorph side-story to be about covert efforts by a faction with in the UC to restart the xenowarfare program - perhaps led by (the presumed-dead) Vae Victus, setting up a dramatic show-down with his daughter.

Meanwhile, a faction in the FC has secretly contracted Ron Hope to restart production of mechs, with the First Mercenaries recruiting and training new operators. That would make the whole Freestar Ranger mission sequence much more interesting and relevant, as contrasted with whatever hare-brained scheme Hope had come up with. (It was so inane, I've actually forgotten what he was trying to do. Something something farmers. Something something forced labor. Whatever.)

At some point, you'd have to decide which side - if any - of the cold war you want to be on. If you go with the FC, you could train to be a mech operator.

(At which point the creaky old Creation Engine finally seizes up and stops cold . . .)

[~ Fabulous ~]

want sarcastic answer?

Because that will make it like Fallout New Vegas

[Zeno]

Originally posted by ~ Fabulous ~:

want sarcastic answer?

Because that will make it like Fallout New Vegas:lunar2019laughingpig:

You mean: interesting and fun to play? Nothing wrong with recycling elements of an old plot - some tropes just work - as long as you recycle good ones.

[giftedfox]

I think if there was some high stake drama like the interstellar war then I would be a lot more invested. But instead we have clones and the same world we can experience for all eternity.

[~ Fabulous ~]

Originally posted by CrookedTimber:

Originally posted by ~ Fabulous ~:

want sarcastic answer?

Because that will make it like Fallout New Vegas

You mean: interesting and fun to play? Nothing wrong with recycling elements of an old plot - some tropes just work - as long as you recycle good ones.

It is made by Obsidian Todd have his pride you know

[Mountain Man]

I personally like the fact that there isn't some great conflict going on for which you're expected to be the savior of the universe. This is probably the first open world game I've played where taking on mundane side quests actually makes sense, because there is no sense of urgency for you to solve the "Big Problem".

[Zeno]

Originally posted by giftedfox:

I think if there was some high stake drama like the interstellar war then I would be a lot more invested. But instead we have clones and the same world we can experience for all eternity.

NG+ would be a lot more engaging if there were real stakes in the story, and lots of decision points that actually change how things turn out. Then, there would be a point to starting over, to try out different paths.

[Zeno]

Originally posted by Mountain Man:

I personally like the fact that there isn't some great conflict going on for which you're expected to be the savior of the universe. This is probably the first open world game I've played where taking on mundane side quests actually makes sense, because there is no sense of urgency for you to solve the "Big Problem".

You wouldn't have to be "The Chosen One." Consider how the big conflict was handled in Kingdom Come: Deliverance, where poor Henry is kind of just along for the ride, even if he does end up working with and for the people who are actually important. Something like that could be possible here, where your choices affect how you make your way through the story, but have only a minor influence on the outcome.

But without something at stake, the game is just running errands. I do that in real life, and really don't want to waste my leisure time having the same experience I could have going to the supermarket.

At least if I go to the supermarket, I can get actual food.

[alanc9]

I was not impressed with the way Skyrim did a war. I'm not sure why a Starfield version could be expected to improve.

[lizzo(overturned bans x 69)]

Originally posted by Tentacule Un Seigneur:

It would have been so much more fun, huge space battles happening, big mecha fighting, experimental weapon tech.

Instead of a Outpost maybe being able to make a planetside Fortress, or a orbital fort.

~sighs~ Instead, you get to play when all the excitement is over.

that would involve innovation and creativity. bethesda clearly lacks this as they went the ez mode route on this game.

[Dr. Sinister]

Originally posted by Lizzo:

Originally posted by Tentacule Un Seigneur:

It would have been so much more fun, huge space battles happening, big mecha fighting, experimental weapon tech.

Instead of a Outpost maybe being able to make a planetside Fortress, or a orbital fort.

~sighs~ Instead, you get to play when all the excitement is over.

that would involve innovation and creativity. bethesda clearly lacks this as they went the ez mode route on this game.

Starfield's landing animation is cool tho, right?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Pd-DW_hOMo

[CurrySpirals]

I’ve read somewhere that is one of the pitches Microsoft is considering for a Starfield 2.

[pike]

Originally posted by Tentacule Un Seigneur:

It would have been so much more fun, huge space battles happening, big mecha fighting, experimental weapon tech.

Instead of a Outpost maybe being able to make a planetside Fortress, or a orbital fort.

~sighs~ Instead, you get to play when all the excitement is over.

They could have made that game , but that’s not the game they wanted to make , if Starfield isn’t the game you want there are plenty of others out there , don’t torture yourself, just play something else

[AbientAle]

NG+ Could've made this cool imo. Variants like... the UC won, war is still on, Terrormorphs everywhere, Va'Ruun in power, bombed out cities ( Akila or new atlantis missing on that ng+) , mechs still legal & in use, so many variant universes and stories could've been told but nope. Pretty much just find some temples and zero-g through some light! Fun content! :s