Starfield - Fallout fallout that isn't ES6
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Mist
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This is all that I ever really wanted from Star Citizen, a game about boarding ships and looting them.
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Sludig
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2d top down but the escape velocity series of games back in the day of magazines with games on cd was amazing. I believe you can still buy the last game Nova, which is a shame as I liked the earliest ones best. had more of the cut throat board and pillage what you can. could risk getting 1 shot by stray fire in capital ship battles between factions , trying to board a crippled battleship before the enemy fleet finished blowing it up.
Mist
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Yeah I played a shit ton of Escape Velocity on some old Mac that was in one of the labs or club offices back in college.
I fucking LOVED those games. Nova doesn't quite scratch the itch like the originals.
Sludig
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I need to look again for like an emu.
Forget the name there was a steam game that was kinda a copy.
I did a little googling - apparently you can play the originals as an add-on scenario in the EV: Nova engine? Escape Velocity
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Sludig
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Uriel
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If they're Skyrim level DLCs, that's not a big deal (not counting hearthfire). Dawnguard and Dragonborn were both big additions to the game and high quality.
spronk
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review embargo ends 8/31
game will be available 9/6 for normies/gamepass and 9/1 for people who buy the premium thing
nice thing is you can preload ANY game on xbox, you don't need to own it, so you can wait till 8/31, read the reviews, see if its more Redfall or Baldurs Gate 3, and still have 24 hours to buy the premium version for 9/1 play. Or just wait till 9/6 and regular gamepass
game will be available 9/6 for normies/gamepass and 9/1 for people who buy the premium thing
nice thing is you can preload ANY game on xbox, you don't need to own it, so you can wait till 8/31, read the reviews, see if its more Redfall or Baldurs Gate 3, and still have 24 hours to buy the premium version for 9/1 play. Or just wait till 9/6 and regular gamepass
Scooby
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Let me rephrase ... The base game is included with Game Pass, so for $30 5 days early access with the 1st expansion included was a no-brainer for me =P
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Same. Maui leg of our trip got canceled... Sucks, but 4 days of Starfield will be nice before returning to Hell.
Tuco
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Including the first expansion in the initial game is weird. I can't remember any other game doing that.
For BGS games I typically go hard at release then replay a couple years post-release with a bunch of mods, and there are typically a bunch of expansions I don't like all that much. Am I going to pay $100 for the game + expansion only to come back a couple years after Starfield releases, and buy all the expansions for $30? Maybe...
For BGS games I typically go hard at release then replay a couple years post-release with a bunch of mods, and there are typically a bunch of expansions I don't like all that much. Am I going to pay $100 for the game + expansion only to come back a couple years after Starfield releases, and buy all the expansions for $30? Maybe...
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Talos
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That's the only way to play Bethesda games. I'll give it a playthrough, then go back to BG3.
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It's actually unusual the other way around - having a 'deluxe' release bundle that includes a 'season pass' isn't unusual these days, they are just being stingy by only including one DLC.
Of course, maybe this DLC is a huge far-reaching game-changing one that adds hundreds of hours of content and not a cynical cash-grab consisting mostly of a few skins. I am not holding my breath though.
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Ambiturner
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rhinohelix
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How can you have a "season pass" for a single player RPG? Like Ambiturner indicated, that's a GAAS feature to maintain engagement and keep you playing. There aren't any rewards to earn here. BG3 doesn't have a season pass and no one said a thing but IIRC hey had a deluxe as well? I don't remember now. I was scared I wasn't going to get finished with it before Starfield came out as we had some vacations planned and I wasn't feeling well and now it seems I would have been able to do it pretty easily. Basically they are just going for the upsell on the box copy and already have main-quest DLC planned/already in the can.
What I really intended to post was that I am ready; I am preloaded, have my Xbox and my PC ready; I upgraded to 64GB of RAM and a 7900XTX and plan on playing primarily on the PC but have the Xbox as a back up just in case. I can't remember being this excited for a game since some of the big MMO Launches 15+ years ago. Maybe GW2 in 2012? That was great.
If it doesn't live up we still have Armored Core 6 and BG3 to fall back on. I am doing a run of Deus Ex Human Revolution to keep me busy while I wait.
What I really intended to post was that I am ready; I am preloaded, have my Xbox and my PC ready; I upgraded to 64GB of RAM and a 7900XTX and plan on playing primarily on the PC but have the Xbox as a back up just in case. I can't remember being this excited for a game since some of the big MMO Launches 15+ years ago. Maybe GW2 in 2012? That was great.
If it doesn't live up we still have Armored Core 6 and BG3 to fall back on. I am doing a run of Deus Ex Human Revolution to keep me busy while I wait.
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Talos
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