Game Discussions Bethesda Softworks Starfield Space RPG

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Ladder climbing confirmed.

View:

https://imgur.com/F4gdPmL

Source: https://imgur.com/F4gdPmL

We get jetpacks, so ladders shouldn't be much of a thing.

 

[Cosmo]

1 hour stream footage by /u/coheedme : https://filemoon.sx/d/kinijx45rarg (spoilers)

Some blade weapons:

Spoiler: Blade weapons

We get jetpacks, so ladders shouldn't be much of a thing.

I think jetpacks are better for outdoors or spacious areas. It requires a special skill to use.

 

[Agony_Aunt]

Preloading now, almost 4.5 hours to go

Will do it later in the week, still 7 days to go.

 

[wrmiller]

I read that I would be able to pre-load tomorrow. I started pre-loading on Steam about 20 minutes ago. 19% complete.

Elite destroyed any desire I have/had to explore, with their wandering around on one dead rock after another. If true, the fact that I can travel for about 10 minutes in a given direction (while running?!) is more than enough for me. Exploring is worth zero point sheot to me. I get plenty of walking around on stations and my ships in X4, so if I can do that much, and maybe a little more. I'm good. Bring on the storylines.

30% downloaded. Weird, but Steam says I'm preloading 86.5 GB?

 

[wrmiller]

My ability to immersed in a game must be more robust than others, because it depends upon consistency of setting, good gameplay, and ideally interesting stories… not the capacity to pull “because it was there” stunts. I doubt I’ll ever have the time to circumnavigate even a tiny world in Elite Dangerous in a ship, let alone an SRV or on foot. And that goes double for Starfield.

Realistically, I don’t see much functional difference between surface exploration in ED, and surface exploration in Starfield: in both cases, I’m landing on a part of a planet I’m hoping will be interesting, and exploring a small region around my ship.

Only in the case of Starfield, I get to explore not just barren worlds, but the worlds I’ve been denied landing on for nearly ten years now: life bearing worlds. Worlds I used to to be able to land upon in previous games of the franchise. Furthermore, it is likely I won’t be landing at that site on a whim, but as a result of an exploration mission. And it’s equally likely that this mission will gained directly for an NPC in the world, not a faceless bulletin board.
And that is something I’m willing to sacrifice a technically possible but something I’d never do stunt for. It’s a pity I also have to sacrifice manual landings for that as well, but I knew that would be the case long ago.

So much this! ^^^^^

 

[amigacooke]

Alright, screw it. I gave in, spent my birthday money and pre-ordered the premium deluxe edition At the very least I can keep you updated over the weekend, if I think the game is worth 70/100 bucks

Happy Birthday!

 

[Cosmo]

30% downloaded. Weird, but Steam says I'm preloading 86.5 GB?

That's the compressed version. So the full install takes more space.

 

[wrmiller]

That's the compressed version. So the full install takes more space.

Thanks. Over 60% now, which isn't bad considering I only have a 300 Mbps pipe.

 

[wrmiller]

Well, this could be bad: I was reading a couple of days ago that the game requires a NVME drive.

This morning I started the preload, and it is loading onto a 2TB spinner that I have Steam and all it's games installed on. We'll see how/if it works come Friday I guess.

 

[yianniv]

Well, this could be bad: I was reading a couple of days ago that the game requires a NVME drive.

This morning I started the preload, and it is loading onto a 2TB spinner that I have Steam and all it's games installed on. We'll see how/if it works come Friday I guess.

I'm afraid it's a requirement. Not nvme, just ssd.

 

[Cosmo]

Neon video:

Mirror: https://streamable.com/d631hu

 

[Chevy66]

Preloading now, almost 4.5 hours to go

I'm preloading now, My PC is actually slightly below min spec though, I might need to spend money if it's unplayable

 

[Morbad]

I'm afraid it's a requirement. Not nvme, just ssd.

Unless it's actually checking and refusing to launch if it detects non-solid state media, it should run off a sufficiently large stack of 8" floppies or a million miles of audio cassette tape.

That said, an SSD that is ten times the size the game requires costs half what the standard edition of the game does, so there is really very little reason for anyone to not be putting it on an SSD.

 

[Star Wanderer]

1 hour stream footage by /u/coheedme : https://filemoon.sx/d/kinijx45rarg (spoilers)

Some blade weapons:

Spoiler: Blade weapons

I think jetpacks are better for outdoors or spacious areas. It requires a special skill to use.

My Anti virus got triggered after clicking that link.
Type: Trojan
Name: HEUR:Trojan.Script.Generic
Precision: Heuristic Analysis
Threat level: High

So carefull with them links

 

[yianniv]

Unless it's actually checking and refusing to launch if it detects non-solid state media, it should run off a sufficiently large stack of 8" floppies or a million miles of audio cassette tape.

That said, an SSD that is ten times the size the game requires costs half what the standard edition of the game does, so there is really very little reason for anyone to not be putting it on an SSD.

I don't know if/how they'll enforce it, I just read it's a requirement.
And you're right on the second paragraph.

 

[Chevy66]

I suspect it will work on a HDD but you'll get ugly pop in or laggy performance as it tries to stream assets in.

 

[Cosmo]

Starfield 2 hours of gameplay with Q&A audio (spoilers). Credit to /u/CoheedMe.

Part 1 https://gofile.io/d/pV0IUo
Part 2 https://gofile.io/d/rS15G2

Part 1 - Loading between the surface of Neon city and space takes 19.7 seconds on Xbox.

 

[Ralph Vargr]

Are not all computer games non-persistent illusions?

And the wild-arsed speculation by the ignorant continues....

Come on Friday. Hurry. So we can then listen to many cry about how the game isn't what they wanted (this from all the game design experts online).

I'm just restarting No Man's Sky. Better use of time.

 

[Ralph Vargr]

People gave such hard time to Elite Dangerous, critisising on every corner, about every tiny detail since Odyssey hit, but now we should just sweep it all under the rug, cause its Starfield?

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Not under the rug- the roaches object to that.

 

[Ralph Vargr]

Me too in the long run...I'll perhaps even dust off my modding hat once the creation kit appears

I would buy a MoleMod.