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PaperclipPerfector  10mo ago (text post)   2739 thread views

Friday Fun Thread for June 16, 2023

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Skyrim had an incredible landscape, the first time you had to walk from point A to point B it surprised you at every turn of the road. Fallout 4 was less breathtaking, but still one of the best open worlds.

The main quest in Fallout 4 was better than in Skyrim, even though both were meh.

I totally expect Starfield to iterate on what Skyrim and F4 did well, padded with a whole bunch of radiant quests:

  • lots and lots of open world environments full of enemies and pretty vistas: they have a good pipeline for that, so I believe they can actually pump out these 1000 planets

  • the main quest will be better than in either Skyrim or F4, but incrementally so

  • weapon and armor crafting from F4 will come back with a vengeance

  • settlement building will come back with a vengeance and will make more sense than in F4

  • lots and lots of radiant quests to keep you venturing towards the next monster cave or bandit outpost

People who loved Starbound will love Starfield, except Starfield really, really needs coöp multiplayer.

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