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Starfield Playthrough Discussion
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I've been waiting for Starfield since the trademark filing in 2013. I wasn't going to wait any longer than I had to for the sake of a few quid.
Brian Boru
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No surprise that those with no willpower couldn't hold off, delighted y'all will be in your own thread. The adults thread is only a week away now!
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Welcome to the kiddies thread!
Thread suitability check:
Q. Been waiting a decade, can't wait a week?
A. Yup.
Q. Password?
A. Impatient.
Welcome to the kiddies thread!
With my 40th birthday coming up next week I could not be happier to be described as a kiddie again hahaha
I have the early access version. I can't play until after work tomorrow though (5pm BST). Looking forward to it despite PCG's lacklustre score.
I just this evening lost a contract worth several thousand pounds. I'm consoling myself that at least I will now get to play Starfield straight away when I wake up.
Zloth
Community Contributor
Don't be mocking the games gamma testers! I need those folks!!
I do wonder if there will be a big zero-day patch on September 6.
Colif
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Game needs a patch for Nvidia GPU as right now AMD GPU are better suited to game.
I played 80 minutes last night and had a good time. Performance is definitely not the greatest lol. Zero bugs so far, though.
Frindis
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2,7 hours so far divided between character creation and roaming around harvesting minerals. The first area I have landed at has been pretty cool. Looks and sounds great and so far no performance issues. The scanning tool is working nicely, can see myself spending a lot of time using that tool. Should probably have taken the harvester option, but I decided I wanted to be a space pilgrim with a focus on space salvaging and piloting. The ship is easy enough to maneuver and what impressed me the most is how nice the interior is looking. It looks and feels like a ship! The robot Vasco is also cool looking and he calls me by my last name: Captain Peterson
Captain Joe Peterson:
Captain Joe Peterson:
It might be worth updating your drivers if you haven't already.
I've played for several hours so far and am having a great time. It is a slower-paced game, more like Morrowind. Your stats and your actions are more important: no more suddenly being an expert in something without working at it. Basically it's more like a proper RPG again and I am here for it.
I did update my GPU driver last night, but it seems like Starfield doesn't perform particularly well right now, especially on Nvidia GPUs. @Colif posted a video above. The RTX 4060 is barely averaging 60 FPS at 1080p Low.
Oh and worth mentioning: no bugs of note so far (only fools care about items glitching slightly into the floor occasionally, IMHO). A little laggy when loading a save but otherwise smooth.
I'm on a 30-series Nvidia GPU and it's going fine for me. Given the bizarre ranting screed that Colif posted on the other thread, shrieking that it is “Star Failed” and comparing it to Cyberpunk of all things, when it's working fine for nearly everyone, you probably want to ignore them on this.
FWIW, I am playing at 4k on a 3080, so I didn't expect brilliant performance, but I think it should absolutely be better than it is. It could definitely use some performance patches, especially on the Nvidia side. The 3080 being 20-25% slower than the 6800 XT is preposterous.
Colif
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lol. that is based on Bethesda's record of releasing buggy games. I am slightly annoyed they seem to have gotten it right for once. I guess once in 10 years isn't a bad record?
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Hoping for a big day-zero patch and Nvidia drivers on standard release. My computer might melt trying to play this game…
Glad to hear early adopters are having a good time!
Glad to hear early adopters are having a good time!
Based on reading everything on the Internet (I'm a speed reader), the game seems to be playable in 3 ways (and is good at each).
1) As a shooter: Most people are being positive about its combat and main story progression.
2) As a massive, sandbox RPG: For those who want this, it's apparently available. Just head out and do your own thing.
3) As a creative building game: People are complementing both the base building and the ship building. You have 1000 planets to fill with bases, so I assume this is a valid way for some to play the game.
I have seen a few people disappointed in the exploration, but they are mostly talking about the planets having boundaries. That's not a problem for me. I don't need the map to be a certain size for me to enjoy exploring it.
The main complaints are about performance. I've seen a bunch of those. But almost every game has complaints about performance, and I'm not someone who stares at an FPS counter while playing.
1) As a shooter: Most people are being positive about its combat and main story progression.
2) As a massive, sandbox RPG: For those who want this, it's apparently available. Just head out and do your own thing.
3) As a creative building game: People are complementing both the base building and the ship building. You have 1000 planets to fill with bases, so I assume this is a valid way for some to play the game.
I have seen a few people disappointed in the exploration, but they are mostly talking about the planets having boundaries. That's not a problem for me. I don't need the map to be a certain size for me to enjoy exploring it.
The main complaints are about performance. I've seen a bunch of those. But almost every game has complaints about performance, and I'm not someone who stares at an FPS counter while playing.
Brian Boru
Moderator
That's a good summary.
I've also seen a few about mapping and inventory pain—but latter would of course be part of the legit RPG experience, so that's okay. Needn't concern those of us who want an enjoyable game.
Brian Boru
Moderator
Missing Person Alert
Please join my posse to locate a local baseball hero, apparently he's their star fielder.
Not seen in over 24 hours:
Do not approach! Disarming and RPGish.
Please join my posse to locate a local baseball hero, apparently he's their star fielder.
Not seen in over 24 hours:
Do not approach! Disarming and RPGish.
Playthrough going well so far. Encountered one significant bug (a character who was supposed to be accompanying me got side-tracked by a radiant conversation and then didn't continue accompanying me) but was able to reload a recent save. Companions in general seem to be where the game is straining most, with them not quite being synched to the player's actions and taking a long time when they're supposed to do something. There are also quite a few typos but sailor vee.
The inventory is definitely designed for consoles, but I think it's pretty good compared to Bethesda's other recent games. I don't know why they didn't hire the SkyUI guys though.
I've only got 52mins in up to now but so far really enjoying it. There was a second of slowdown once, but apart from that not experienced anything negative on the performance side. Hopefully I'll continue to enjoy it.
Zloth
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