Apparently there are Skyrim shouts in the game. How did it come to this? Does Bethesda have no creativity left that they had to make a game that's Fallout 4 and Skyrim reskinned? Except it has less features than both?
What happened to the cool gore explosions from using Vaat's or just getting good critical hits on enemies? Now you just get a red word that says you crit but it doesn't feel like you crit.
Remember stealing a guards armor and leaving them in nothing but their underwear? Can't do that in this game, wonder why that is?
The magic system is tied to temples that are random so you can't power up your favorite spells you just have to hunt down temples and pray you get what you want, that's cool.
There are only 10 weapon types in the game, and every weapon you find will just be a modified version of one of them. That's cool.
There is only one enemy type in the game, two if you count ships. That's cool.
There are no intelligent aliens in the galaxy. That's super creative for a space game. Nothing says SPACE more than fucking humans and only humans.
You can't kill "important" NPC's even if they are bad guys because the game will force a boss battle with them later. You can however knock them out as much as you want.
The more I learn about this game the worse it gets.
Starfield has its issues but you're just doing the whole "I JUST WANT TO BE ANGRY" thing.
Slinging powers alongside gunplay is hardly the newest concept. System Shock had Psi powers from way back then, which then developed into Plasmids and Vigors in Bioshock. Dishonored did magic shit. Wolfenstein 2009 which nobody remembers also had some magic amulet powers.
How dare Starfield have powers like Skyrim?! Then... how dare Starfield not have VATS like Fallout 4? I mean it technically does in the form of starship targeting but y'know, make up your mind.
Anyway I think why people do put up with Bethesda games despite all sorts of stagnation and shortcomings is that nobody else makes a Bethesda game.
Yes another game has better gunplay, but it's a linear shooter.
Yes there's other 'open world' games but they are Ubisoft style where they obnoxiously lock you into areas for missions and are essentially just a linear game cut up and scattered about the place.
Bethesda games are a buffet. It's going to be worse than all those restaurants out there but it is only here I can dump that defrosted salmon sashimi on my rubbery steak with a side of fried rice and ice cream. And there's a drink fountain.
