# Starfield - November 11, 2022. How excited are you? **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Tags:** video-games-e-games\ **Created:** [August 22, 2021, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starfield-november-11-2022-how-excited-are-you/949328 "2021-08-22T21:23:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2022, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starfield-november-11-2022-how-excited-are-you/949328/41 "2022-06-13T17:43:07Z")
> [@Palooka](#): > > I don’t know what I was picturing all these years for Starfield, but it wasn’t that. Now that I see it though, I don’t know what else you’d expect from them. That was definitely a Bethsoft game. I also was…honestly concerned they were wasting time making something new that wasn’t in their wheelhouse. This looks like Skyrim-Fallout…in space! I’m fine with that. ---
**Author:** ![Lightnin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lightnin/32/180_2.png) [@Lightnin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightnin)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2022, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starfield-november-11-2022-how-excited-are-you/949328/42 "2022-06-13T19:54:50Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > Were you able to find another job? Still in the gaming industry? Oh yeah. I’m a veteran at this point- I moved from there to Utah to work with Disney, and now I’m with Inflexion up in Canada. We just announced our project- [Nightingale](https://www.playnightingale.com/). ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2022, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starfield-november-11-2022-how-excited-are-you/949328/43 "2022-06-13T20:08:14Z")
> [@Lightnin](#): > > We just announced our project- [Nightingale](https://www.playnightingale.com/). That’s been getting good buzz. I’ll definitely be following it. ---
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2022, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starfield-november-11-2022-how-excited-are-you/949328/44 "2022-06-13T20:10:37Z")
> [@SenorBeef](#): > > A lot of games save to the documents directory, in which case they are platform agnostic. The more evil ones save games locally to %LOCALAPPDATA%, which I find annoying as shit. I moved documents and appdata\roaming to my data drive, but left appdata\local on the system drive because it’s more of a headache to move. 90% of my gaming time since getting my computer has been spent on two games: City Skylines and Subnautica. Both of them save to local appdata. Rat bastards. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2022, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starfield-november-11-2022-how-excited-are-you/949328/45 "2022-06-13T21:09:56Z")
No voiced main character! Let’s hope this allows for more creative and interesting dialogue choices for the main chracter. > ---
**Author:** ![Gorsnak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gorsnak/32/7587_2.png) [@Gorsnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorsnak)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2022, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starfield-november-11-2022-how-excited-are-you/949328/46 "2022-06-13T21:28:59Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > No voiced main character! This is the right call, I think, but I will say it was kinda fun role-playing the female protagonist in Fallout 4 as Jack from Mass Effect and having the voice match. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2022, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starfield-november-11-2022-how-excited-are-you/949328/47 "2022-06-13T21:59:55Z")
> [@Gorsnak](#): > > This is the right call, I think, but I will say it was kinda fun role-playing the female protagonist in Fallout 4 as Jack from Mass Effect and having the voice match I actually played Mass Effect 1-3 after I played Fallout 4. Had no idea Jack was the voice of female main character. Did you play her personality, too? I think the main thing about not being voiced is they can feel free to type whatever fun responses they want and not worry about having to record it. I hope it has a fun personality and so forth. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2022, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starfield-november-11-2022-how-excited-are-you/949328/48 "2022-06-15T01:25:02Z")
I believe Todd Howard has either said or come very close to saying that indeed, there are procedurallly generated areas. It has more “handcrafted” content than any previous game. > **[Starfield has more ‘handcrafted’ content than any previous Bethesda game](https://www.polygon.com/23168000/starfield-bethesda-new-details-procedural-generation-interview)** > > Yes, there’s a lot of procedurally-generated content — but Starfield isn’t only that, game director Todd Howard said ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2022, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starfield-november-11-2022-how-excited-are-you/949328/49 "2022-06-15T02:00:57Z")
FWIW the release date has been pushed back to the “[first half of 2023.](https://www.theverge.com/2022/6/12/23162369/starfied-gameplay-trailer-bethesda-xbox-showcase-2022)” That’s fine and not a surprise (few if any AAA games I can think of ever released on time). While I have no clue when it will release my sense is when they say “first half” or “third quarter” devs usually will push it to the back end of those ranges. So, I would not expect Starfield until about a year from now (give or take a week or two). ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2023, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starfield-november-11-2022-how-excited-are-you/949328/50 "2023-03-08T17:13:07Z")
> [@Whack-a-Mole](#): > > FWIW the release date has been pushed back to the “[first half of 2023.](https://www.theverge.com/2022/6/12/23162369/starfied-gameplay-trailer-bethesda-xbox-showcase-2022)” Nope. It’s now coming out September 6, 2023. Six more months. [https://www.msn.com/en-us/entertainment/gaming/bethesda-s-starfield-will-now-be-released-on-september-6th/ar-AA18mX81](https://www.msn.com/en-us/entertainment/gaming/bethesda-s-starfield-will-now-be-released-on-september-6th/ar-AA18mX81) ---
**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2023, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starfield-november-11-2022-how-excited-are-you/949328/51 "2023-03-08T17:22:38Z")
I suspect that the old Bethesda would have released it as-is in 2022, but their new owners are forcing them to actually finish it before release. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2023, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starfield-november-11-2022-how-excited-are-you/949328/52 "2023-03-08T20:59:55Z")
I’m looking forward to it. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2023, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starfield-november-11-2022-how-excited-are-you/949328/53 "2023-03-08T22:29:06Z")
That puts it into direct conflict with Baldur’s Gate 3, which is releasing on August 31. I hope neither game suffers from being released too close to another hotly anticipated RPG. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2023, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starfield-november-11-2022-how-excited-are-you/949328/54 "2023-03-08T22:35:47Z")
I expect they’ll be different enough to not be in direct conflict. ---
**Author:** ![RayMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e495f1/32.png) [@RayMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RayMan)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2023, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starfield-november-11-2022-how-excited-are-you/949328/55 "2023-03-08T23:16:13Z")
I’m disappointed–though definitely not surprised–that the game will only be released on XBox and Steam. When Microsoft bought Bethesda, I hoped that wouldn’t happen. I am almost entirely a console gamer, and my modern consoles are all Sony. I will buy Starfield on Steam and set things up so I play it on my TV with an XBox controller connected via Bluetooth to my desktop PC. The Elder Scrolls and Fallout franchises are some of my favorite, so Starfield is a must play for me. And since this is coming from Bethesda, I expect the game to be totally buggy on release before they put out a bunch of patches. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2023, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starfield-november-11-2022-how-excited-are-you/949328/56 "2023-03-09T00:24:21Z")
> [@RayMan](#): > > And since this is coming from Bethesda, I expect the game to be totally buggy on release before they put out a bunch of patches. Maybe better than in the past since they’re delaying it, but that could also be feature creep which might make it **more** buggy. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2023, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starfield-november-11-2022-how-excited-are-you/949328/57 "2023-03-09T00:27:58Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > I expect they’ll be different enough to not be in direct conflict. They’re both big, long-awaited RPGs. There’s going to be plenty of overlap even though they’re very different games. Though to be fair, there are two reasons there may not be much conflict. BG3 has been in early access and so has sold a bunch of copies already, and Starfield will be on Game Pass which means a lot of people won’t have to buy it at all. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2023, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starfield-november-11-2022-how-excited-are-you/949328/58 "2023-03-09T00:43:48Z")
> [@Johnny\_Bravo](#): > > Starfield will be on Game Pass which means a lot of people won’t have to buy it at all. Oh that is awesome, I have Game Pass. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2023, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starfield-november-11-2022-how-excited-are-you/949328/59 "2023-03-09T01:12:46Z")
> [@Johnny\_Bravo](#): > > That puts it into direct conflict with Baldur’s Gate 3, which is releasing on August 31. I hope neither game suffers from being released too close to another hotly anticipated RPG. It also pushes it well away from Tears of the Kingdom, which is most likely going to dominate the video game world for a couple months and is also open world exploration, something it looks like Starfield is doing as well. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2023, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starfield-november-11-2022-how-excited-are-you/949328/60 "2023-03-09T06:40:20Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > It also pushes it well away from Tears of the Kingdom, which is most likely going to dominate the video game world for a couple months and is also open world exploration, something it looks like Starfield is doing as well. Except that there’s no overlap between the devices that can play those games. Yes, there are plenty of people with both an Xbox/PC and a Switch, but are there enough to have a major impact on the market? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starfield-november-11-2022-how-excited-are-you/949328.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starfield-november-11-2022-how-excited-are-you/949328.md?page=4)