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Starfield - Fallout fallout that isn't ES6
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For me it was going from Morrowind to Oblivion that was jarring. I was sorta on the hype train that Todd and Pete built prior to release, and most of what they said was just bullshit. They have had zero goodwill from me, ever since.
New Vegas was good, but Bethesda had hardly anything to do with it. Skyrim was only made great by the modders, since the base game is mediocre, at best (I feel sorry for all the kids that only played it on a console).
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yeah sure morrowind is the best but Oblivion was great especially Shivering Isles. Fantastic story with Sheogorath and Jyggalag.
Skyrim is great especially in VR with mods. If you want look up my VR mod posts VR thread. Pure insanity with high Rez and 3090. Easily top-five greatest gaming experiences I’ve ever had.
I hear you on the way the company went down the shitter though I just think it was a bigger leap from Skyrim to 76.
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Ya, FO76 in particular to me was just borderline irredeemable. At least FO4 was playable and worth the time you spent on it (imo).... Not sure how good a studio Bethesda even is anymore, as the days of Skyrim, Morrowind, FO seem like a lifetime ago, created in a far different world than we find ourselves in today. Not sure I'd call them Blizzard yet, but a lot hangs on the quality of Starfield and give them about a 50/50 chance to stick the landing.
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For Oblivion, I think I got through closing 3 or 4 of the same-ish portals (into the realm of boredom), quit, read on the net that they were all RNG bullshit, and never played it again.
I am sure part of it was just the sheer disappointment over the ill fated hype-train that the two chuckle-fucks spun, but I also disliked the level scaling, the lack of flying, pruned abilities, and the fact that you could lead the Mages, Warriors, and Thieves at the same time (at least from what I remember about it, as I am sure I have forgotten things after 15 years).
Base Skyrim had the same-ish problems (no RNG shenanigans), but I liked the world and story better; which in turn gave me enough motivation to sift through the modding scene. The mods fleshed out the story, made the war actually work, removed level scaling, and changed a slew of other issues.
I don't have VR, but the one review I watched of the half-life game basically said that VR makes even the simplest gameplay an awesome spectacle to behold.
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Never played at release, but right now FO76 is pretty decent as a stand alone Fallout game even if you discount multiplayer. But the multiplayer makes it all that much sweeter. How many times did you say to yourself man it would be great to play FO3 or FO4 with buddies as co-op.
Honestly the game is not bad today. Has about 100+ hours of story and side quests, tons of events etc.. If youre talking about FO76 when it released youre really doing the game a disservice now when they added in a slew of content since.
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Yeah, FO76 is definitely underrated. I never played release, but played it several months ago and couldn't help but have the thought, "People hated this? It's basically FO4, but multiplayer".
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It got shit on in the beginning for sure. But like I said its pretty fucking solid right now. world is huge with different biomes. Same enemies as FO4 and some new ones. Boss battles, rare elite enemies dungeons, they added in ops like content recently started the brotherhood quest line which will be finished this summer with more content. etc...etc... Plus shit is farmable as it respawns. Which is kinda cool because I always hated that majority of stuff never respawn in standalone FO games. They also have a vendor type system where you can sell shit to other players, things like rare recipes, rare weapons, sought after armor, etc...
Building module is pretty nuts too. Way more than FO4 had. You can build some really cool shit in FO76 if youre into that sort of thing.
Its definitely not a budget Fallout game, lol. Might be still a bit lacking in end game content type stuff, but they are constantly adding to it.
If you like the fallout games like FO3 FO4 FONV, this should definitely be on your list.
Plus I love the music in this game. top notch.
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Welcome to AAA gaming maybe, and so, AAA gaming can go fuck itself. AA gaming and indies are making plenty of good games; I don't need those shitheal companies.
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Thats cool, never said you had to buy it. Just speaking from my experience of about 130 hrs last spring playing with my kid. (when covid first hit and we were all stuck at home). Dont buy it, dont play it. I really dont give a shit lol.
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Would you mind elaborating on that a bit? I thought when the game came out there wasn't much of a story other than it just being a big sandbox, and I think some more items you could find.
Did they patch in quest NPCs and some sort of main storyline?
If that's the case I'll probably pick it up and rope a couple of friends along with me.