CordanWraith

@CordanWraith@aussie.zone
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I've been having a ton of fun with it. I've only played 4 hours so far, but it's definitely the smoothest Bethesda game in terms of performance and animations, also in my experience not many bugs. Playing on a 1440p monitor with a 7900XT and I get pretty consistent 100fps (my monitor freaks out if I raise the hz higher than 100 so can't tell how high it'll go).

In terms of gameplay, space combat is reasonably entertaining and flying the ship is fairly well thought out. Whilst you can't fly directly between planets like in Elite Dangerous, the primary purpose of ship control is combat and it does fairly well. On my computer, loading screens are pretty much instant, so travelling between planets isn't a problem. Combat is fairly fun, and the AI behaviour has been much improved from previous Bethesda games. Still not always perfect but they do behave more naturally. Environmental storytelling also has a much larger presence again, with a lot of interactions and things to read. Also, this really fulfils my fantasy of being just a citizen in a sci-fi world. Walking around my ship, seeing the little bathroom and crew chambers, it's really cool, it feels very lived in and really makes it feel like you're an explorer on the fringes of space, living out of a ship.

There are a lot of comparisons with No Man's Sky, but honestly I feel they're completely different games, by design. Starfield is more Bethesda's take on a Mass Effect style game.

Anyway, people have a lot of mixed opinions, but I've been loving it!

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Hell yes. Second best star wars games ever made after the Kotor games. Instant buy for me.

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To be fair to Starfield, if you're playing on the recommended hardware it runs incredibly well. I'm running a 7900xt and a Ryzen 7600X and the lowest fps I have with everything on ultra at 1440p is 80, don't need any mods.

Edit: also Diablo 4 sucks because they turned it into another MMO with a battlepass that nobody wanted.

Yeah for me personally it's not a subtractor to the experience. For one, they make those menus super convenient.

But then, as somebody who's played quite a lot of Elite Dangerous, I don't really feel there's that much missing. I know lots of people will disagree with me here, but whilst I agree it'd be awesome to be able to fly from planet to planet, most of the other games that do this it's just flying at a dot in space, waiting until the number next to it gets smaller. Space is big, and really really empty. And while I would still enjoy having that aspect in the game too, I think it's not a bad tradeoff for having much more immersive planets, cities and gameplay. Also most of Elite Dangerous is sitting in a ship traversing menus, selecting a planet and then jumping there. While you can't directly fly between, Starfield has that same game loop. You can just select a planet, mark it as your destination, then jump into the cockpit, line it up and turn on the grab drive to jump to that place. So I feel that it lives up to my personal expectations.

I don't want to invalidate anyone else's feelings or expiriencds though. I'm having a ton of fun playing and seeing the Starfield universe. However I'll leave an update if that changes.

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I don't say this to be edgy or confrontational, but it's not like that for everyone. I am 26 and have no idea how to empathise with people, it's not an innate thing for me and I have to put a lot of effort into learning it.

Not really here to argue any point, just food for thought.

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It's kinda hilarious to me that you think people would possibly revolt anymore. Noble goal, never gonna happen.

Gates will keep living the long, rich life of luxury he's lived and corps will keep getting more powerful.

People are just too apathetic, and governments are too powerful.

All excellent choices from the ones I know. I particularly love galactic battlegrounds (also you're the first person I've met that's ever heard of it!) And Episode 1: racer.

You seem to have good taste, so I'll check out Rogue Squadron and Phantom Menace!

And obviously these are just my opinions, I can't fault anyone else for what they prefer.

My personal overall fav is Kotor 2. It's so good.

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Personally I don't like SkyUI, I prefer the base game UI. But I have to use it because so many mods require it :(

Oh my god, you are a legend. Thank you so much for letting me know about these mods. I didn't even think to check for them.

Going to have an insane amount of fun with it again!

And yeah. So many people that I recommended it to thought it was just AoE 2 again. But as you say, it actually has a ton more complexity. And the map editor and storylines were pretty awesome too.

Damn, our hardware is so similar. I'm running a (single) 7900 XT and a 7600X. I'm also running on an nvme ssd, but presumably with your hardware you are too.

I wasn't trying to be an ass with my question about your specs, it's just that my hardware isn't particularly high end, so I was confused at why so many people are having performance issues.

Logically this is a solid move for them, but I always hate to see more games on Unreal. Consolidation of the industry into one engine is not good overall, and any company that still works with its own engine I have a lot of respect for.

if you like how those mods are opinionated. I personally hate SkyUI as it's hideous and would take the base game anyday.

What hardware are you running on? Pure vanilla and I've gotten a stable 100fps since release with everything on Ultra at 1440p.

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Graphene is cool but such a process. Stock pixel is great on its own.

From all I've seen, this is a very cool game, I've just never had the opportunity to play through it for myself other than a demo on the original Xbox.

I think it's available on Steam. I'll pick it up and give it a go!

Thank you for the recommendation.

Thank you!

Thank you for the advice!

Unfortunately I've tried a number of very expensive cables, as well as multiple graphics cards. The monitors used to be fine, but over time they started getting all these horizontal lines across the screen if I go above 100hz. I've also tried Mac and Windows and same problem with both.

I've looked it up though and seems to be a common problem for AOC Agon monitors, so my fault for cheaping out, even though they still cost me $550aud per monitor :(

Thank you! Unfortunately I've tried multiple cables with different lengths, as well as DP and HDMI, different GPU's and different OS's, iGPU vs discrete, the only common failure is the monitor. Unfortunately it's happening on both of them, same model of monitor and seems to be a common flaw. They are about 6 years old now though

Amazing song. Decemberists change with every album, yet they're all incredible.

Not a shame, imo. Any remake would ruin it by changing things, I'm glad this has happened as you are right that the games are the best star wars stories. They're also my favourite games in general, especially TSL.

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No, I doubt it. Because they wouldn't keep it true to the originals. They'd change the characters and the story and cut out sections and add in new things and replace the combat and make it fundamentally not the same game anymore. Especially when it's not being made by the original makers.

Also, graphics aren't a selling point for me in games.

Barely anything was left in the library by the time it burned down. It's quite a myth that all that much was lost at all. By the time of its destruction, most of its books and knowledge has been moved elsewhere due to decades of reduced funding and support.

Furthermore, the burning did not destroy the entire library. It was a gradual process over a long period of time. What destroyed far more of the books is a lack of care to copy them. Paper and papyrus don't last that long, so the only way to permanently maintain them was by copying them out again. Which is a lot of work.

I mean... Ants farm Aphids. Why couldn't bees farm flowers?

You may be confused with "That time I got reincarnated as a slime". "I've been killing slimes for 300 years and accidentally maxed out my level" is fairly different

I've never heard of anything like this in Australia, and I live next to a castle lol

Does Jellyfin have the credit and intro skips? Also how does it handle music?

Just spending time with them without drinking? It's not a difficult concept. Why do you require alcohol in order to interact with others?

But why do I need to spend time with others at all? Work is for working, I don't go to work to make friends or socialise.

I'm also autistic and I have tried saying yes to things, but I just don't enjoy it.

Friends are mainly just extra effort that I don't have the time or energy for. I have one, and my dogs, and I don't feel I need anything more than that.

Now I just work from home and only have to see coworkers every six months or so for an office visit. It's pretty great.

Whilst I respect your experiences, they're not a universal truth for everyone.

For what purpose though? Socialising seems like a waste of time.

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As someone in their 20s who detests that kind of thing and wouldn't ever say yes, what's the reasoning behind saying yes?

Drunk people are awful, and going out is loud and annoying. Is it just that it's a good skill to be able to do things that make you miserable?

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Oh, I used to like Krita. That's disappointing that they're yet another on the AI train

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