I did everything I wanted to do and played it quite a bit but I’m done until the Creation Kit drops and the mod scene goes crazy. It’s probably similar for a lot of people.
Starfield’s player count slips below Skyrim on Steam, just two months after Bethesda’s ‘biggest launch ever’
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Vant@lemm.ee 11 months ago
Pheonixtail@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I like Starfield, but there being no way to play it aside from being a member of constelation is an RP killer, plus the lack of a survival mode
rhacer@lemmy.world 11 months ago
That’s kinda like saying “but there being no way to play it aside from being a Dragon Born…”
Arcane_Trixster@lemm.ee 11 months ago
Seriously limits the amount of RP enjoyment I get from RPG’s.
Pheonixtail@lemmy.world 11 months ago
To an extant, once you complete Helgan you can go do what you like
PapaStevesy@midwest.social 11 months ago
And there being no way to play it aside from buying an Xbox is a straight-up G killer.
essellburns@beehaw.org 11 months ago
I’m not sure what point the title is making.
“Old games should be dying” ?
Skyrim has had a long time to build that player base, over generations of systems and thousands of mods.
Of course it has more players. McDonalds has more customers than this new cafe down the road from me but I still prefer them to fast food 🤷
Seasoned_Greetings@lemm.ee 11 months ago
Here’s the thing though: Skyrim is an anomaly. Dev companies don’t care if you’re still playing their games after you buy them. It was Bethesda’s biggest launch ever, and that’s all they care about because just having players play the game doesn’t make them money.
It’s a sad pattern, but eventually all aging game dev studios take this path.
Also, I’ve only ever heard that starfield is a buggy mess with ironically limited options for the scope of the universe it’s in, and the philosophy the studio took of “yeah not everything is supposed to be interesting, there’s plenty of empty space” seems a lot like shooting themselves in the foot.
Knusper@feddit.de 11 months ago
I agree that lots of game companies do only have to care about the launch, but I disagree that this applies for Bethesda, because:
psmgx@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Aye, the SE and Anniversary editions made them non-trivial money. Can’t understate how that helped float them through the disaster that was Fallout76
Seasoned_Greetings@lemm.ee 11 months ago
I agree with you on those points, as the pertain to Skyrim specifically. Bethesda was a different company 12 years ago.