Worth It Now?

[Red Duke]

Sank about 40 hours into it on Gamepass last year. Eventually it felt like I was doing more 'work' than playing an enjoying a game so I gave it a break. Nearly a year of updates later is it worth a purchase on sale? Will I have more fun?

[Diernayr]

Maybe. I only tested it for about ten minutes and it was the first time I felt a sense of exploration. So thats good. Gonna jump back in in a bit when real life settles down.

Id say yes, its worth playing now.

[76561198013077829]

I wouldnt bother until shattered space has been released, tested and patched.

[Stoowox]

You won't have more fun if you are in the same headspace. The game did not change. Starfield explore space through stories, this is what it's all about. Talk to every named NPC's, 250h of stories maybe more.

[Vlad 254]

Originally posted by Red Duke:

Sank about 40 hours into it on Gamepass last year. Eventually it felt like I was doing more 'work' than playing an enjoying a game so I gave it a break. Nearly a year of updates later is it worth a purchase on sale? Will I have more fun?

You haven't played for a year? Oh my. By all means go for it.

[Diernayr]

Wow, me and Vlad are agreeing. Todd has brought peace and harmony to Starfield. Thats another good sign.

[Vlad 254]

Wow, is Diernayer saying yes? I'm impressed. Ok peace and harmony brought to you by Todd. Who'd a thunk? Wonders never cease.

A good sign indeed

[Buttflap]

It's the same dam game as it was a year ago, same buggy pile of crap. They've squashed a few bugs but it's Bethesda so there are MANY more. They just added a land rover so you can travel from one generic procedurally gerated POI to the next identically generated POI. Loading screens will NEVER go away because it's a limitation of the engine/physics. Game was built wrong from the ground up and that is what's holding it back. I had such high hopes...

[CurrySpirals]

Originally posted by Vlad 254:

Wow, is Diernayer saying yes? I'm impressed. Ok peace and harmony brought to you by Todd. Who'd a thunk? Wonders never cease.

A good sign indeed

I’m in shock, myself. Beware the long con.

/s

[Diernayr]

I think what makes it fun is that it takes away the commitment to go in a straight line all the time. It feels good just to turn in another direction without feeling obligated to get back on track, if that makes sense.

[Aerisana]

A little over 300 hours in and its ok, but for it to be where it needs to be, maybe some kind of crowdfunding - where they can sell ships and... oh.

[Red Duke]

Thanks for the updates guys.

[Soldner42]

I started again today after i stopped playing like 7 Days after release.

To me, nothing changed.


The UI is still cluttered as hell.
The HUD is just tedious. having 2 Bars, that depend on each other, on opposite sides of the Screens makes zero Sense and is just annoying.
Too many Loadingscreens.
Too many Menus in Menus in Menus in Menus.
Nothing feels natural.
Companions are annoying.
And nothing really seems very human-like. The Story Writers either must be new in the Business or just Bad.
The Story itself isnt good, and the side-Quests and generative Quests are often boring and at worst tedious.
Also, the Performance of the Game still isnt good, even tho the Game doesnt look good enough to justify that horrible Performance.

Battlefront 2 from 2016 ran Butter smooth with 120FPS and looks by far better than Starfield. Theres no excuse for the Game to run so poorly.

Also, the new Car that they made available, drives Horrible.
The Maps just arent made for Cars, too much clutter.. too many Trees, too many big Rocks. too many Holes.

All in all, its still the same Game.
Like others said, wait for the DLC.
If they dont write a Patchnote that reads like they just made Starfield an entirely different Game, dont bother starting the Game up.

[Mattee]

I'd at least wait for the expansion. Just a little over a month away.

[NerV]

I am in the same mindset as OP. Played on Game pass and I did enjoy it but got busy. Thinking of buying on steam while it is on special. My biggest gripe was the huge amounts of walking on planets but the buggy sounds good.

[AdahnGorion]

The core gameplay loop is the same.
Make of that what you want