Thinking of buying starfield

[hikiko]

How comfy is starfield? I see all the ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ about it but i've watched a few videos on yt of gameplay and i seem to dig that a lot. People who have played the game, what did you like or dislike about the game? Is it worth it on sale? Is it any comfy?

[Wade]

It's a very boring game with tons of issues. I don't think it's worth it even at a big discount, let alone full price. Besides, you have Steam reviews so you can read what real players have to say about the game.

[Defective Dopamine Pez Dispenser]

I can only offer my subjective opinion, like anyone else. YMMV according both to taste and your hardware environment. I enjoy it, I find it very chill, and it's funny you ask about it being "comfy" as I've occasionally described it as cozy. In that Morrowind sort of way. Just, you know. In space.

My opinion is no more valuable or valid than anyone else's, but if you care to read it, it includes a long list of caveats and critiques and reasons why someone might not enjoy it as well, if that's helpful at all:

https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198040600970/recommended/1716740/

[Cephei]

It's not worth it. I endured 50 hours and walked away with gaming PTSD. Check the reviews, only the initial launch had positive ratings boosted by paid reviews. Now it’s sitting at mostly negative. Save your money.

[hikiko]

Originally posted by Defective Dopamine Pez Dispenser:

I can only offer my subjective opinion, like anyone else. YMMV according both to taste and your hardware environment. I enjoy it, I find it very chill, and it's funny you ask about it being "comfy" as I've occasionally described it as cozy. In that Morrowind sort of way. Just, you know. In space.

My opinion is no more valuable or valid than anyone else's, but if you care to read it, it includes a long list of caveats and critiques and reasons why someone might not enjoy it as well, if that's helpful at all:

https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198040600970/recommended/1716740/

This is exactly what i was asking for, i love cozy games and i think one of the reasons Starfield gets so much hate is because of no challenge, but i enjoy that.

[Defective Dopamine Pez Dispenser]

Originally posted by hikiko:

Originally posted by Defective Dopamine Pez Dispenser:

I can only offer my subjective opinion, like anyone else. YMMV according both to taste and your hardware environment. I enjoy it, I find it very chill, and it's funny you ask about it being "comfy" as I've occasionally described it as cozy. In that Morrowind sort of way. Just, you know. In space.

My opinion is no more valuable or valid than anyone else's, but if you care to read it, it includes a long list of caveats and critiques and reasons why someone might not enjoy it as well, if that's helpful at all:

https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198040600970/recommended/1716740/

This is exactly what i was asking for, i love cozy games and i think one of the reasons Starfield gets so much hate is because of no challenge, but i enjoy that.

I mean, I don't want to give you the idea it's devoid of challenge. Though, you can disable the survival stuff, put everything on easy, and then it kind of is. But there's some jank and learning curve, like any game, which some of the challenge derives from just on its own lol. But nothing, personally, for me, that has taken me out of the game. (And other people swear it's such a cakewalk there's something wrong with me for it being at all challenging so... you know... again YMMV lol.)

[hikiko]

Originally posted by Defective Dopamine Pez Dispenser:

Originally posted by hikiko:

This is exactly what i was asking for, i love cozy games and i think one of the reasons Starfield gets so much hate is because of no challenge, but i enjoy that.

I mean, I don't want to give you the idea it's devoid of challenge. Though, you can disable the survival stuff, put everything on easy, and then it kind of is. But there's some jank and learning curve, like any game, which some of the challenge derives from just on its own lol. But nothing, personally, for me, that has taken me out of the game. (And other people swear it's such a cakewalk there's something wrong with me for it being at all challenging so... you know... again YMMV lol.)

Yeah, people on 4chan just told me you can adjust the difficulty to your liking...which for me is gonna be easy mode lol. I'm probably buying tho judging from your post...i enjoy bethesda games a lot and at least visually Starfield looks stunning. Now, i don't care about minor bugs as long as it's not game breaking...

[Cephei]

The game looks far from stunning to be honest. It feels like it's stuck in the 2010s in terms of visuals and design. If you're expecting something groundbreaking or even remotely modern looking you might be disappointed.

[hikiko]

Originally posted by Cephei:

The game looks far from stunning to be honest. It feels like it's stuck in the 2010s in terms of visuals and design. If you're expecting something groundbreaking or even remotely modern looking you might be disappointed.

Each to their own i guess. It's just that what people describe as boring is actually really comfy if played well. Also, my only complaint about graphics are the NPCs which look somewhat soulless, everything else graphically, i like.

[Wade]

There is nothing "comfy" in Starfield, not even the Outpost building which is very tedious. But if you want to play the game go ahead. You asked for advice, you got advice, decide for yourself.

[Neo]

OP, ignore the naysayers, they told me not to play it too, i went ahead and tried it and loved it. Try it on gamepass if you're not sure.

[hikiko]

Originally posted by Neo:

OP, ignore the naysayers, they told me not to play it too, i went ahead and tried it and loved it. Try it on gamepass if you're not sure.

I'm inclined to believe i will like it as well. I've played many "mixed" or even "negative" reviewed games and i liked them a lot. From the few videos i've seen about it, i thought it would be really enjoyable. Is NG+ worth it?

[Neo]

Originally posted by hikiko:

Originally posted by Cephei:

The game looks far from stunning to be honest. It feels like it's stuck in the 2010s in terms of visuals and design. If you're expecting something groundbreaking or even remotely modern looking you might be disappointed.

Each to their own i guess. It's just that what people describe as boring is actually really comfy if played well. Also, my only complaint about graphics are the NPCs which look somewhat soulless, everything else graphically, i like.

The NPC'S which walk around do look kinda weird but all the npcs you deal with on quests are fully fleshed out and look pretty good. The npcs which walk around cities are just meant to be background people.

[Cephei]

Originally posted by hikiko:

Originally posted by Cephei:

The game looks far from stunning to be honest. It feels like it's stuck in the 2010s in terms of visuals and design. If you're expecting something groundbreaking or even remotely modern looking you might be disappointed.

Each to their own i guess. It's just that what people describe as boring is actually really comfy if played well. Also, my only complaint about graphics are the NPCs which look somewhat soulless, everything else graphically, i like.

If boring is what you want, oh well… if you apparently like boring games, it might be for you. Anyway, it seems like you've already made up your mind, looking forward to the day you come back to the forums to share how dull the game turned out to be.

[Defective Dopamine Pez Dispenser]

Originally posted by hikiko:

Originally posted by Defective Dopamine Pez Dispenser:

I mean, I don't want to give you the idea it's devoid of challenge. Though, you can disable the survival stuff, put everything on easy, and then it kind of is. But there's some jank and learning curve, like any game, which some of the challenge derives from just on its own lol. But nothing, personally, for me, that has taken me out of the game. (And other people swear it's such a cakewalk there's something wrong with me for it being at all challenging so... you know... again YMMV lol.)

Yeah, people on 4chan just told me you can adjust the difficulty to your liking...which for me is gonna be easy mode lol. I'm probably buying tho judging from your post...i enjoy bethesda games a lot and at least visually Starfield looks stunning. Now, i don't care about minor bugs as long as it's not game breaking...

So far, in an unmodded vanilla game at least, I haven't run into any major bugs. I guess I've been fortunate in that I haven't had any crashes at all either, on two different systems (a Ryzen 2600 RTX 2070 rig, and now on this Ryzen 7600 and RTX 4070 rig. Knock on wood.) The only issue I had was, at launch, a weird shader bug related to Anisotropic Filtering. Leaving it to "Application Controlled" in nVidia Control panel fixed that for me.

I feel like, if you like Bethesda games, and don't mind the turned down Radiant AI and more mindless crowd NPCs (there's still some Radiant AI, just nowhere near as much) and don't mind loading screens and, like me, are someone who finds "boring" games relaxing, you might enjoy it. But again everyone's different. I try never to be definitive when telling people what games are like because experiences can be so individual. Some people have had horrible times so. 🤷‍♂️

[Neo]

Originally posted by hikiko:

Originally posted by Neo:

OP, ignore the naysayers, they told me not to play it too, i went ahead and tried it and loved it. Try it on gamepass if you're not sure.

I'm inclined to believe i will like it as well. I've played many "mixed" or even "negative" reviewed games and i liked them a lot. From the few videos i've seen about it, i thought it would be really enjoyable. Is NG+ worth it?

It's a lot of fun :) Yes ng+ is enjoyable, although I'd only recommend doing it once you wish to move on and try new things because you lose all your money, ships, outposts, companion affinity. But if you wanted to start a new play through and not lose your levels and perks, then it's ideal. And also gain a few other things, which I won't say because I don't want to spoil anything.