StarfieldAnalyst

  I have talked a lot about Starfield and how people are always criticizing it. It seems that the negativity online is more important than doing something constructive. People will always find time to attack something and as I stated in my previous articles, Starfield is going to get a lot of criticism because its another triple AAA title that the YouTube aristocrats love to hate for the sake of hating a game. It is not really that surprising that they would be attacking this game constantly while harping about some game that was made 20 years ago that no-one knows about. I am not saying that game that came out some time ago was terrible or that it is not worth playing but people have to stop using nostalgia as way of criticizing recently made games. There are going to be haters who love to attack video games. I believe that Starfield is a great game. However, people are just so cynical now, that they are more interested in criticizing. Starfield had more than 500 people making the gam

  There have been many comments made on the Starfield subreddit recently that I generally find rather interesting to see. People have been saying that the game is barren and lacks content. I am not surprised that people are still constantly complaining about this game. With YouTube and Reddit being the way that they are, there two approaches that they take to talking about a game. One, they decide to attack the game even if the game has positive attributes to it. This happens often with games that have a lot of hype built into them. Cyberpunk 2077 was heavily hyped up on social media in the many years leading up to its release. There were even some YouTubers who were making money off the hype. However, as soon as the game came out, the negative publicity and the many bugs and glitches allowed for people to start making money off the negativity. This happens with almost every triple A game that is released by a big studio.  The other approach is the nostalgia approach to video game crit

  Starfield and the Issue of High Expectations Starfield has had to deal a lot with people having unrealistic expectations about it. People thought this was going to be next GTA or Red Dead Redemption 2 and yet Starfield is supposed to have its own identity separate from those games. People have to understand that Starfield is a new IP that is going to have some rough edges around it. This is Bethesda's first foray into the realm of Science Fiction that isn't retro like the Fallout series. Starfield has broken ground with its amazing procedural generation software has allowed for a greater variety of maps to be made. While this isn't a seamless model, its probably the best that I have seen. While it has its issues, Starfield is one of the best games of the year with incredible potential and possibilities for stories. People say that the game is boring, and the stories are lackluster; I disagree with this sentiment. Starfield doesn't have the best story but at least it&#

  Oblivion was better than Skyrim in many ways The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim was released some 12 years ago this year and yet it seems to be no less than relevant than today. The game has sold millions upon millions of copies, putting it up there as a gaming phenomenon that can hold its own with Street Fighter and Super Mario Brothers. It has been truly a game of the Millennials who have often been in the shadow of the Gen Xers. However, unlike the games in the 1990s, the games today seem to be taking longer to have sequels. The length of time between sequels is getting longer and longer and it is taking a toll on video game development. Some of my favorite games are taking so long that I am wondering whether these games will ever be released before being cancelled by executives who are trying to show their stockholders that the company will actually make money. This is the great dilemma that all big video game companies face. While smaller companies can make quirky games that enhance th

 There has been much criticism surrouding Starfield over the past couple of weeks. The average review score for Starfield has continued to get more and more mediocre over time. While the overall rating is still mostly positive on Steam, the recent reviews are what are causing for the review score to continue getting less stellar. The Metacritic reviews are mostly positive and the non-gamer outlets are giving rave reviews of the game. In the post-release marketing of the game, Bethesda has emphasized the reviews of legacy, often elite magazines. It's as if they are trying to get non gamers to play this game.  While players have criticized Starfield's realism, I feel that the game has very interesting stories. However, one of the one most important aspects of Starfield that often does not get mentioned enough is that the game feels similar to Oblivion more than Skyrim. Moving Away from Skyrim The thing that Skyrim had that made it so great was that it was able to appeal to many g

  Starfield: The Devil is in the Details One of the greatest strengths of Starfield is that the game is focused on giving the most innovative and immersive experience possible. This is why this game isn’t simply just another space game but something more. While other space games are simply content enough to just let the game let explore space, Starfield is doing something that most games do not do; it is removing all the impediments to being an explorer of Constellation in this game. This is one of the reasons that the game really resonates with me and why I continue playing it and enjoying it. It is more than a video game, but it is really an experience that transcends the medium and allows for a variety of spectrums of people to enjoy it. One of the aspects of that experience that really makes the game shine is its attention to detail. In so many games that I have played, there is distinct lack of care given to the ordinary objects in the game and people are always taking scree

  Venus is a very strange planet.   Venus is a strange planet with a great deal of similarity and differences to Earth. It is called the evil twin of Earth and yet it is a planet that has for many years captured the attention of humanity. It is a planet that has very much be seen as a sibling to man’s civilization and could be a future area of colonization despite its harsh atmosphere. In the 2300s, mankind managed to build better spacesuits and ships that can handle the harsh environment quite well. Landing on Venus is a trivial pursuit, and it seems that mankind has already placed important structures on the planet Venus. The planet has not been terraformed as it seems that humanity doesn’t have that technology yet, but space travel has greatly advanced over our reliance on chemical-based rocketry. Venus in Starfield is not a planet like Mars with its established cities and factories. What is generally on Venus is remnants of the Sol-centric Human Civilization before the capi

  Shipbuilding is the strongest aspect of ships in Starfield. Starfield's greatest strength is the expansive environment the developers have given us in order to increase the longevity of this game. I believe that it was be as successful as Skyrim was. The community is already energized and ready to continue supporting this game. That is a testament to the support that Bethesda has given their previous games and it has paid off and gives their games a second life that goes beyond the original release.  Modding is really one of the strongest aspects of Starfield and that's not just for the mods that can be added to the game. There are multiple modes that allow for the player to modify their ships to their liking and allow them to go crazy with their creativity. Much like the Settlement system in Fallout 4, this system will prove to be incredibly popular with people. Even in comparison with the Settlement system, I believe that the shipbuilding aspect will be even more popular th

  Cydonia: The Essence of Starfield's Nasapunk Aesthetics Starfield is one of those kinds of games that seems to be attracting lots of attention from many people. Over the past couple of weeks, there has been alot of interest in talking about this game, even from people who do not ordinarily talk about video games. Generally speaking, the YouTube aristocracy has been very harsh on this game. They have talked about the generic nature of the game and that it lacks the flavor or character of games such as Outer Worlds or Mass Effect. These are all valid points. I can understand where they are coming from when they are talking about the generic nature of the game. However, one has to understand that the game was meant to have this sort of realism. Real-life is not always interesting in its style and Starfield has this in spades. However, we can get some incredible insights into what it means to live in space through using more realism in such games. There is no better place to understa

The current state of modding for Starfield  It has been a month since Starfield released in stores and Steam. It has made waves across the video gaming industry. However, the real strength of the game, beyond its amazing procedural generation and the amazing worlds to explore, is the modding community.  The modding community has been incredibly useful in helping Skyrim and other games that Bethesda has made to continue being successful long after they were released to the public. It is important to remember that Bethesda, despite being criticized for its worlds having little character and being too big, has devoted time towards making sure that modding was supported throughout their games. Instead of other companies out there that tend to drop games within a couple of months, Bethesda has standing by their games, helping to grow and succeed. They have done this with their older Elder Scrolls titles like Arena and Daggerfall, releasing them as freeware on the interent for the community