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what made it so mediocre

Modders didn't show up to fix it.

But I kept being told by Starfield fans that the game has so much support from the modding community and that it was going to be incredible!

:P

That's what was suppose to happen.

I stopped the moment I realized that it was meant to be replayed. I wanted to chill explore and build a base. However the fact lots of gameplay elements were locked for subsequent replays seemed to contradict the rest of the game design. So I just dropped it

I don't think anything was locked behind subsequent replays except for a specific ship that you get towards the end.

There are certain story elements or variations to the universe in subsequent playthroughs but it's not necessary to experience the game in its entirety imo. Not that I enjoyed it -_-

But I kept being told by Starfield fans that the game has so much support from the modding community and that it was going to be incredible!

:P

Modders didn't show up to fix it.

Exactly. They've been modding Bethesda games for decades to suit their personal tastes and forgot what the games are like out of the box.

Exactly. They've been modding Bethesda games for decades to suit their personal tastes and forgot what the games are like out of the box.

...no?

people got into modding Skyrim(and other ES games) because they enjoyed them and knew they could be made better. Skyrim definitely had some flaws out of the box, but for 2011 that was a good game.

Starfield just wasn't a good game to build on, and modders were right in not bailing Bethesda out because they basically would have had to redesign the entire game.

Really? Because every time I've heard somebody say they don't care for Skyrim, the response is to use *list of mods* so they'll understand why its a great game.

Really? Because every time I've heard somebody say they don't care for Skyrim, the response is to use *list of mods* so they'll understand why its a great game.

I seem to remember an extremely prominent Skyrim modder announcing that they weren't going to be doing anything for Starfield because it was so fuckin' boring.

It's also confusing to me because it's the same bullshit bethesda has been churning out since the 360 era but for once people saw it for the dull copy paste empty gameworld it is.

The lack of dungeon variety was the greatest hindrance for me.

Locked to 30fps on the XSX which I understand is actually a detriment given the gameplay?

Like no option to drop the resolution down like you can on PC if you want to boost the fps

What are you talking about? The Oblivion remake just dropped and people are lapping it up. Including me.
Starfield just doesn't hit the same.

yeah that's what I mean, y'all enjoy that slop pretty consistently so it was surprising to see

yeah that's what I mean, y'all enjoy that slop pretty consistently so it was surprising to see

Modders didn't show up to fix it.

So you know how in open worlds, part of the appeal is going to an objective and finding a dozen things on the way there that you check out first?

Now imagine all of that relegated to hitting an icon on the map and just going straight to the objective without any opportunity to explore (and when you do explore, there just isn't anything). That's where Starfield fucked up. "It's outdated" "It uses Creation Engine" these just don't matter at all, given how people ate up Oblivion: But Now With Unreal 5 Graphics. Starfield cut out the part everyone likes in Bethesda games and replaced it with nothing.

Really? Because every time I've heard somebody say they don't care for Skyrim, the response is to use *list of mods* so they'll understand why its a great game.