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I had no idea that the game is that bad. Now I really have no interest in playing it anymore.
It really isn't, which is funny. It does many things far better than Skyrim or Fallout 4, such as quest design and role playing, it just can't rely on fantastic lore written by people that either no longer work for the company or never did. Now that they are given the opportunity to be wholly original, the issues they've been having ever since Morrowind are shown at full force.
Interesting. As I haven't played the game, I have to rely on other opinions. Have you seen the video? He gave examples of quests that were in the game. Simple fetch quests (go to A, return to B, sometimes go back to A). They seemed to be designed in a very uninspiring way. Combined with the fact that you basically have to fast travel everywhere there's little to catch your attention during such quests. In Skyrim, for example, you might stumble across a cave or some ruins. To me, those are the really enjoyable moments. You just explore and start to wonder what you might find next. Is that even possible in Starfield to a similar degree? Because without that im not sure I can enjoy a Bethesda game. It's not a good shooter, the mechanics are wonky and the UI sucks. Would you disagree?
Fallout 4 was even worse, that's kind of a point I raise, that Bethesda has been riding the coattails of better lore. There are dumb fetch quests in every Bethesda game.