Ah the classic “customers are just greedy assholes standing between me and my money!” school of games development, very popular with the tripple As as of late
I’ve never bought this game. When I see shit like this, I think “I shouldn’t buy this game”.
I think I was initially interested in the game provided I could get it for < $20, now I think my time is just more valuable than this game is worth.
Its a sad realisation, as a huge fan of the Oblivion/Fallout 3 era of Bethesda.
Starfield - not even once, kids.
The Starfield shitshow continues.
Let’s keep giving them free marketing though, taking up space because Big developer, rather than moving on. The game has and continues to fail because they develop in a bubble, they won’t get better on their own accord.
I am confused why they think people would not see this as a great excuse to pirate the single player game. Like at what point does this cross over from not paying for the game though gamepass into just not paying?
The Creation Store is definitely way too predatory. The Tracking Alliance faction definitely seems tailored for future “elite bounties”, and so far does not seem to have any singular faction questline with a conclusion. The quality is better than I expected and I suspect they will continue expanding it through the free patches as they also release new bounties Creations to go with it. If you don’t purchase them, you are left with the empty space on the board reminding you of it, and paying for plushies? Decorations? Greed upon greed, but no different from what they did with Skyrim.
If Bethesda had any brains they would force developers to only post those as free and only as hooks and essentially free promotion for the content rich expansions they could be involved with, but instead they’ve been trying to push for MMOesque purchases for their singleplayer games for a while now, additions which I wouldn’t even want because of how grossly they intrude upon the game universe. Sudden overpowered suit or base for no reason ahoy! The Anniversary Edition spoiled the Skyrim experience so much …
Starfield was on its lasts legs and needed something that would revive it, not greed, but then again this sort of shit is why Bethsoft isn’t one of the studios Microsoft has shut down. Makes you wonder just how much whales spend on this practice. Judging by the Sims and looking through posts regarding Skyrim, quite a lot, so move over traditional market and let the whales pass. Shame there’s so little competition, I love this particular niche of a genre.
I am not going to look forward to TES6, although I doubt the MMO will curtail its development much. After all, they are already turning singleplayer into MMOs without the service cost.
