Home life has been too busy to play much.
At this rate this will be the only game I play for the next 5 years lol.
I have wanted to get back into it.
My short played like 8 hour review so far.
Pros:
Writing seems better than Fallout 4 so far.
The art direction is simply wonderful
Gunplay is the best its been
So much detail with all the different items and set pieces
Cons:
Loading screens everywhere, nothing is seamless
The menu is just absolutely awful to navigate and use, which is magnified with how much time you spend in it
Too many ammo types, ammo doesnāt seem abundant eitherā¦just gotta constantly buy ammo
Missing the thrill of exploration for me so far
UX is very busy
Everything to do with the space ship (outside design) is just a let down
This definitely doesnāt quite feel like the game they sold me in that extended look but I am still enjoying itā¦when I am not in menus or my spaceship. I keep hearing how great the later quests are and I am excited to explore that.
What this a thing in Fallout? I only played 76 for a bit. The ammo situation for lasers and particle beams in Starfield is solid (iirc there are two types of ammo for each), but the huge variety of ballistic ammo types is a bit much. Although, I appreciate that old Earth weapons require specialized ammo types that are more rare (for lore reasons). I want to use an AK47 all of the time, but the ammo is just too scarce.
I didnāt notice it as much in fallout.
I went Ballistic and its like oh I found 4 different pistols that all use different ammo but the only ammo I find is for this other gun but not enough. Oh now I am completely out of ammo and have to either leave the planet to buy some OR just use whatever crap gone this random mob has cause it uses the ammo they are dropping.
I understand the rare weapons have scarce ammo but I am early in the game and have to constantly use different guns that I donāt even like just to have ammo. I spent literally all my money the last time I played on ammo for the guns I actually liked cause it was getting frustrating. Especially cause I ENJOY the gun play.
I also enjoy the gunplay a lot. Iāve been avoiding buying ammo because itās too expensive imo. Mobs use certain ammo types way more than others, so I try to always carry some guns that accept those types. For example, Iāve gathered a huge store of ammo for the Orion laser rifle, the Lawgiver? (takes .50 cal iirc), and the Grendel. Imo this issue can be solved by just making ammo super abundant and dirt cheap from vendors. Yeah it sucks to be unable to use your favorite weapon. Maybe keep heavy weapon ammo scarce though. My grenade launcher is OP.
Absolutely. But like, I have a rifle I like but I would land on a planet and I would be out of ammo quick. I guess it forces you to try different guns but likeā¦then I have to GO BACK INTO THE CRAP MENUS.
The ammo issue just makes me have to spend more time in the part of the game I dislike lol.
IF mods come to Xbox I hope one of the first is just doubling ammo drops.
Iām playing on hard and I have ammo coming out the ass to the point itās made the game too easy, if you spend anytime exploring POIs youāll never, ever have to purchase any ammo whatsoever
I agree on the menuās, it feels like thereās too many to navigate and it just feels too clunky doing all of it
I disagree about what they sold people though, itās exactly what they showed us, people just let their imaginations get the better of them including myself to an extent
For me itās a great game that could/will be an amazing game once more content/updates are added and mechanics are tweaked, whether thatās by Bethesda themselves or modders
Sounds more like a you-problem though. Have a couple of different guns, assign them to the quickmenu, pick up ammo everywhere, even invest in the scavenger skill.
Maybe itās just cause Iām early on.
Iāve seen a bunch of people complain about it as well so itās not just a me problem but probably not a huge deal.
My overarching thought so far is that the game COULD be great. I donāt hate the loading screens landing on the planet but needing one to go into a building or something just feels so dated.
The user interface is an abomination and I canāt believe that even after all the delays they said āthis is fineā.
Itās just annoying that the actual gameplay and story itself is good but there is so much in the way of getting to that.
And yeah I think peopleās imaginations go the better of them but that was on Bethesda a little bit too.
That and space exploration being non existent and space combat being really just not fun either is a let down.
Unless the game has Souls in the title of course, then itās all good when mechanics arenāt explained in-game and the player has to figure stuff out on their own.
Like I said I donāt mind the ones to go from space to the planet. I just hate how many loading screens there are in cities and stuff. Entering a small building? Loading screen.
Outside of space combat, flying your ship is pointless and thatās a bummer.
The excitement of Fallout and Skyrims exploration was finding things while walking from place to place. With Starfield being so big and space being so empty etc, the game is objectively better fast travelling everywhere, so it definitely seems to be missing that fun but thatās to be expected moving to this scale so itās mostly just misplaced expectations.
Itās weird the more I play the more I can see why people love it, but I can also see why the ign guy and others didnāt.
I know, which is why I said itās a bit of misplaced expectations.
I was so incredibly excited after their gameplay showcase but actually playing it hasnāt felt as wow as it did then. Maybe when the story opens up more I will enjoy it or maybe unlike the rest of their output itās just not a game for me. Which is fine too.
I can just now see why not everyone or every outlet (except the obvious biased ones) donāt see this game as amazing.
Itās about the same, there are a lot of ammo types because thatās just how the world works(our world as well) when they have so many different guns.
One thing I hope can be done to mitigate this in the future, is allow for ammo type change for all weapons, that way we could just make every ballistic weapon use the same ammo type and focus on only that one.
