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After Starfield: Shattered Space's mixed reviews, Todd Howard wondered if Bethesda should "have waited to put buggies out" (www.gamesradar.com)
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[โ€“] BananaTrifleViolin@lemmy.world 25 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (6 children)

Nah Todd. The base game was boring, and the expansion sounds mediocre. The buggies aren't the problem.

They should play The Witcher 3 or Cyberpunk 2077 or Baldurs Gate 3 - they all show what can be done with RPGs now.

Bethesda haven't evolved enough since Skyrim. Starfield would probably have been seen as a great game 10 years ago. But the best description I've seen is that's its as wide as an ocean but as deep as a puddle.

An expansion on one world doesn't address the fundamental problem with the game. I don't see this game having a No Man's Sky ark. Please move on to Elder Scrolls 6 - it's been 13 years already and it seems Betheasa have a lot to learn from the competition.

[โ€“] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 6 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

As much as I love BG3, it isn't really an example of what RPGs can do now. I mean, it's not much different from how BG1 and 2 play. Different base rules, prettier graphics and presentation. RPGs have been able to be as good as BG3 since pretty much always. It's just, companies don't spend time on the writing, logic, or QA and focus entirely on pretty pictures and marketing.

I think with today's level of computing power, RPGs could be even more than all of these examples, even if they are already good.

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