That’s what happens when your staff is comprised of non-gamers. Same issue with Obsidian.Bethesda have been behind the trends for over a decade. They put a turret sequence in Fallout 4 after everyone had been tired of shooters doing that for 5 years. I'm honestly surprised they didn't ask Inon Zur for Hans Zimmer WHOMP WHOMPs every other track.
-chunky 60s style spacesuit design is a mistake. NMS was going for old scifi book covers that worked better.
That’s what happens when your staff is comprised of non-gamers. Same issue with Obsidian.
If you want realism then throw all your guns away, one bullet and that balloon you are wearing explosively decompresses.I’ll take my realism where I can find it.
When marketing starts to decide what products to create vs marketing selling the products. It's a common shift in companies the past 2 decades, plenty of business literature that tries to sell the concept to you.That’s what happens when your staff is comprised of non-gamers. Same issue with Obsidian.
As predicted by the main menu analysis, with only a picture of someone's nose and you can accurately estimate their IQ and morality, look at a picture of a main menu and you already know what the game will be like.The heavy gun animations both in use and putting away are lifted from Fallout 4
- The quickmenu is lifted from Fallout 4 in general design and function.
- NPC death animations are from Fallout 4
- The use of health regen functions the same as Fallout 4 and uses a very similar sound to that of the Stimpack
Feels like a fell off the back of a truck somewhere edition.
Why are they marketing this to 90s kids who want to grow up to work as an accountant for NASA?
Where's my big-titty alien wenches shooting 40k plasma guns?
Everything in modern year is destined to be lame.
You mean... when you get shot... ... you die?If you want realism then throw all your guns away, one bullet and that balloon you are wearing explosively decompresses.I’ll take my realism where I can find it.
I don’t identify “gamer” with “pop culture consumer”. What games do larian devs play? I snooped the obsidian steam group a few years ago and I noticed nearly all of the accounts were unused. I doubt Bethesda is better, and I would argue this is the difference between Western and Japanese devs; the latter are actually active gamers.-chunky 60s style spacesuit design is a mistake. NMS was going for old scifi book covers that worked better.
NMS is just a cartoon, like everything now is a cartoon. I’ll take my realism where I can find it. Even the mine in the leaked footage was passingly authentic, which I was surprised by.
That’s what happens when your staff is comprised of non-gamers. Same issue with Obsidian.
I don’t think I will get games I like more from people who are up on all the latest pop culture trends. In fact, I suspect the lingering fumes of the long-dead ‘Frat Bro School of Game Development’ are the only thing separating Bethesda from Obsidian and Larian in any meaningful sense.
It would help if any of their project leads actually played video games. I can’t imagine Todd Howard playing Elden Ring, although he should have since that game more or less filled the TES hole.I liked Bethesda games when I was 15 and my brain wasn't fully developed yet. I've been watching their progress for over a decade and they're still making games for young teenagers but somehow the creative minds behind this product are in their 50's. Bizarre. Starfield feels like a theme park you're going to with your parents that you are starting to feel too old for. There isn't any hint of danger or mystery. I somewhat admire Todd's vision and passion but the execution is way off. I suspect that Emil buffoon may be the main culprit. Bethesda desperately needs to poach a Creative Director from Rockstar or FROM and bump up their games up from a PG-13 rating.
*gorillalights out
guerilla marketing
turn that shit up
Here we go.
I guess programmers at those studios are the only ones playing video games. Shame they have so little input in storytelling these days. Tim Cain was both a programmer and a writer afaik.I don’t identify “gamer” with “pop culture consumer”. What games do larian devs play? I snooped the obsidian steam group a few years ago and I noticed nearly all of the accounts were unused. I doubt Bethesda is better, and I would argue this is the difference between Western and Japanese devs; the latter are actually active gamers.-chunky 60s style spacesuit design is a mistake. NMS was going for old scifi book covers that worked better.
NMS is just a cartoon, like everything now is a cartoon. I’ll take my realism where I can find it. Even the mine in the leaked footage was passingly authentic, which I was surprised by.
That’s what happens when your staff is comprised of non-gamers. Same issue with Obsidian.
I don’t think I will get games I like more from people who are up on all the latest pop culture trends. In fact, I suspect the lingering fumes of the long-dead ‘Frat Bro School of Game Development’ are the only thing separating Bethesda from Obsidian and Larian in any meaningful sense.
Now that everyone is doing open world, Bethesda’s approach is not good enough. They need creative visionaries who participate in their own industry, not businessmen who spend more time golfing.I guess programmers at those studios are the only ones playing video games. Shame they have so little input in storytelling these days. Tim Cain was both a programmer and a writer afaik.I don’t identify “gamer” with “pop culture consumer”. What games do larian devs play? I snooped the obsidian steam group a few years ago and I noticed nearly all of the accounts were unused. I doubt Bethesda is better, and I would argue this is the difference between Western and Japanese devs; the latter are actually active gamers.-chunky 60s style spacesuit design is a mistake. NMS was going for old scifi book covers that worked better.
NMS is just a cartoon, like everything now is a cartoon. I’ll take my realism where I can find it. Even the mine in the leaked footage was passingly authentic, which I was surprised by.
That’s what happens when your staff is comprised of non-gamers. Same issue with Obsidian.
I don’t think I will get games I like more from people who are up on all the latest pop culture trends. In fact, I suspect the lingering fumes of the long-dead ‘Frat Bro School of Game Development’ are the only thing separating Bethesda from Obsidian and Larian in any meaningful sense.
Holy shit. This looks so bad.https://gofile.io/d/NU1YWR backup someone else posted
The AI looks completely brain dead, and its clearly biasing the player over allied NPCs just standing the middle of a gun fight and not even crouching or taking cover. Spaceship AI also looks pretty dumb as well, it just moves towards something and doesn't factor in things like strafing.Holy shit. This looks so bad.
They've been making the same game except incrementally more retarded for like 20 years. If you're speculating about how it's going to be, close your eyes and imagine the game "Fallout 4" except slightly more retarded and in space. There, saved you from having to watch any more trailers and youtube personalities.
Why are they marketing this to 90s kids who want to grow up to work as an accountant for NASA?
Well bro I've noticed in life that the more lame, low quality and retarded something is, the more people seem to buy it. So don't let that type of stuff factor in to your sales predictions.They've been making the same game except incrementally more retarded for like 20 years. If you're speculating about how it's going to be, close your eyes and imagine the game "Fallout 4" except slightly more retarded and in space. There, saved you from having to watch any more trailers and youtube personalities.
My thoughts exactly. I don't know why people expect innovation from companies historically resistant to change.
It's Fallout in space, full stop.
People get this game so they can throw on 20,000 porn mods and competely rehaul game mechanics so it plays like Tekken or whatever. Almost nobody but diehard Todd fans are gonna buy this to play generic space cringe RPG.