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For those who have pre-ordered it is already here, the rest have to wait a little longer. Starfield is finally here! Have you bought it, why or why not? If you’ve already played it, what do you think of it? We are very curious!
Discuss all things Starfield below!
Watched a streamer play for quite a while and my primary takeaway is that I wish Bethesda would just scrap their engine and start fresh.
It’s got the same stiffness, gliding movement, butt-ugly NPC’s, and just the general feel of 15 year old Bethesda RPGs. I expect I wouldn’t be able to enjoy it for the same reason I struggled with fallout 4.
Careful. The last time I spoke ill of Gamebryo+++++++ I was the subject of a short-lived harassment campaign. Bethesda fans are bizarrely protective of this Frankenstein engine. Get this: you still can’t climb ladders! It’s fucking 2023.
It’s called understanding that not everything can be done.
If they don’t think it’s not worth the time adding ladder climbing to their engine, that’s their choice. You can obviously make a scene and complain, but that’s their choice.
Imagine getting this upset over someone not adding something you want to their engine lmfao.
It’s not like being able to climb a ladder actually adds all that much immersion. Arguably most 3d games with ladders are immersion breaking in the end anyway, they are janky, usually done with clipping all over the place, hard to line up and causes multiple deaths because of these issues.
What a hill to die on.
I’ve never understood this argument, most game engines are based on 20+ year old technology and have been updated throughout the years. Can the creation engine be improved upon? Definitely yes, but the engine’s age has almost nothing to do with it.
Their point is that the engine doesn’t show signs of being improved upon during that time and is still stuck feeling like a 20 year old engine.
Old or not it’s clear it needs a fundamental reworking if the same complaints persist across literal decades.