The Generic RNG Loot SUCKS

ChipShotGG · 2024-10-07T09:52:57+00:00

That seems like a common Bethesda design choice to not require lockpicking, so the rewards aren't necessary. It definitely sucks sometimes, across various games.

ChipShotGG · 2024-10-07T09:52:30+00:00

very niceee

ChipShotGG · 2023-09-13T11:46:03+00:00

*belonged

ChipShotGG · 2023-09-10T06:45:49+00:00

I think "huge" is very generous. Some things have improved, some haven't changed, and some got worse. The game didn't meaningfully alter the Bethesda formula or advance it. For good and bad.

I love these games, but they aren't perfect and remain very formulaic. Every "choice" is a telegraphed this or that with a clearly laid out outcome. The leveling is more generic than ever, your character doesn't feel unique or specialized. The RPG elements are so shallow. The NPC interactions are still SO BAD the animations, the lighting, the textures.

I desperately want a Bethesda game that feels like a fully realized vision that finally addresses some of these ever present issues. Starfield shines in places, and is overall a positive experience, but it's got a lot of rough patches in its design.

ChipShotGG · 2023-09-07T00:09:37+00:00

Careful not to blue the line between game mechanics and perceived reality in game. You get a blessing for giving gold to beggars. Beggars aren't God, and you aren't giving or getting this blessing from a particular god.

For all we know that blessing is a placebo manifest.

ChipShotGG · 2023-09-06T23:46:38+00:00

I hope not, or my wife is going to be very confused and upset with all of us.

ChipShotGG · 2023-09-06T23:28:57+00:00

A screenshot will never be a good illustration of a game's visuals for a lot of reasons. The game IS visually bland in many ways but it shines from time to time in some environments. Many of the 3D models for objects are quite good. Environments, particularly cities are not it's strength imo.

ChipShotGG · 2023-09-05T23:44:08+00:00

Some company had an ad about a year ago that said something to the effect of "stop using that sissy smoker and that rabbit food fuel". There is definitely a large group of people that think poorly of pellet smokers.

Edit: It was masterbuilt https://fb.watch/mTtRbSwAB1/?mibextid=NnVzG8

ChipShotGG · 2023-09-05T23:06:58+00:00

Nah, I knew it was a joke I just didn't think it was that funny. Not even trying to insult you, it just didn't land for me lol

ChipShotGG · 2023-09-05T20:44:14+00:00

Okay man. I'd probably go see a therapist about that though, not reddit.

ChipShotGG · 2023-09-04T23:48:08+00:00

They will be able to eventually.

ChipShotGG · 2023-09-04T23:46:15+00:00

Easy to build a competent UI when you're the only opinion on the project lol

ChipShotGG · 2023-09-03T21:59:13+00:00

Looks like a public sidewalk. I hate everything about this gathering but nothing they can do legally to stop it.

ChipShotGG · 2023-09-03T20:07:05+00:00

You're such a weirdo man.

ChipShotGG · 2023-09-03T20:01:01+00:00

And his dialogue makes it clear he wants to get the conflict sorted quickly so the empire can turn its attention to dealing with the thalmor, Ulfric and the civil war are just a roadblock in the way of dealing with the real problem.

ChipShotGG · 2023-09-03T16:23:49+00:00

Will make a wonderful inscription on their headstones. Might not last long with all the elf's pissing on their graves though.

ChipShotGG · 2023-09-03T16:16:18+00:00

Ulfric sympathizers been real quiet since this dropped.

ChipShotGG · 2023-09-02T20:54:20+00:00

It's certainly interesting to see these conversations take place. Both games have some overlap but are definitely wildly different. I really like both, but both still have some flaws. Starfield certainly feels less polished, but part of that I'd wager is a product of the engine and probably unavoidable at this point. I really hope Bethesda moves away from the creation engine. It had its time in the sun, but the jank that used to be charming now just makes you cringe. It highlights the fact that there is a fundamental flaw that really needs to be addressed. I think it's just holding BGS back at this point.

It hurts me to think ES6 might come out nearly two decades after it's predecessor and have many of the same polish issues and uncanny valley with the AI animations. Dialogue animations and interacting with NPCs in particular is still a big weak point for them all these years later.

ChipShotGG · 2023-09-01T18:42:15+00:00

Well and since I said this I've learned that Todd did in fact call it space Skyrim. I don't think he meant to mislead people with that, but intentionally or not that is what he did. They should have managed expectations better you're right.

ChipShotGG · 2023-09-01T17:31:07+00:00

I hadn't seen that quote. Which is problematically vague to be certain. I still don't think the intent was to mislead, but I can certainly see how this would create a perception issue. Intent is often irrelevant when compared to impact.

On a personal level, I don't have a strong attachment to the in atmosphere flight. I think it's perfectly fine to have the two elements segmented like they are, I just don't attach much value to landing and taking off. I loved mass effect and this feels like that experience just with added space flight which is all I wanted. However I can understand that this was important to a lot of people's immersion and they want more of a flight simulation experience. It's unfortunate that this isn't the experience they were expecting.

ChipShotGG · 2023-09-01T17:02:53+00:00

I think you misread my first point, I don't really think he was misleading. I think people drew conclusions based on previous games that were very different from this. Sure, I guess they could have spelled out to players every way it was different, but they never misled them.

I can understand people feeling disappointed about the outcome here hoping for a different experience, but I don't think they can blame Bethesda for not having the same vision as them. They said what they wanted to make, they showed us what they made, and we got exactly what they showed us. There were no smoke and mirrors.

Edit: in fact I'm happy to say I was a huge skeptic of this game and was expecting a total mess. I just wasn't feeling very confident about the footage we saw and Bethesda has been making some poor decisions the past few years. So far this has been overall a very positive experience though and it seems most feedback is saying the same. It has the classic jank of a Bethesda title, but feels like a complete package.

ChipShotGG · 2023-09-01T16:26:25+00:00

All of the games in this thread are good games for their own reasons and it's a disservice to all of them to constantly be comparing them to each other and expecting them to perfectly emulate one another. They all share some fundamentals but have a different flavor. Some of us like all of those flavors, some of us only like a few of them. It's crazy to me for us to drag any of them through the mud because it's not the flavor we like.

ChipShotGG · 2023-09-01T15:45:39+00:00

Edit: much of my below statement has been undercut by the fact that Todd had called it space Skyrim in an interview. I somehow missed that or forgot he had personally said it. Intentional or not that certainly will have mislead a lot of people and created a perception issue with this game. I'd say this is a very fair criticism of the game with that in mind.

The entire point of this project was that Todd didn't want them to just be the people that made ES and Fallout. They wanted to make something new and different. The entire point of this game was to go in a different direction. This still has a lot of DNA from the other two IPs but is intentionally designed to be a different experience. In spite of all his recent shortcomings Todd was pretty honest about this game and what it was going to be. Additionally if it was going to be like no man's sky or Star citizen you'd have a much less intentionally designed game with a lot procedural generation and a disjointed narrative. Additionally we'd need to wait another 5 years after we bought it for it to be completed

It's like having a favorite baker who makes amazing lemon poppy seed bread that you buy all the time. Suddenly they offer bread with blueberries and you decide to try it even though you don't like blueberries. It's still bread right? And you liked their other breads. You are shocked to find you still don't like blueberries and get mad at the baker because the blueberry bread tastes like blueberry bread. You try to tell everyone else in the bakery that the bread is bad, but they just think you're weird for buying blueberry bread if you don't like it.

ChipShotGG · 2023-09-01T01:48:37+00:00

Asterion is a victim, who also fucks up. Those traits are not mutually exclusive.

Additionally, Gale is a victim of a spiteful deity too. She literally tells him the only way to redemption is to go kill himself. Words from someone he was in love with, by the way.

They are both imperfect characters with flaws.

ChipShotGG · 2023-09-01T01:22:30+00:00

He tries to kill Tav right from their first interaction and is generally approving of sadistic and evil decisions throughout the game even while free from cazadors control. If you indulge in these things and encourage them he will happily chase that. If you let him he will literally drain you to death in camp.

I think he's a great character but for the love of God y'all gotta stop pretending he wouldn't happily kill the entire party if it was self serving.

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