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For those who have pre-ordered it is already here, the rest have to wait a little longer. Starfield is finally here! Have you bought it, why or why not? If you've already played it, what do you think of it? We are very curious!

Discuss all things Starfield below!

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[–] tal@kbin.social 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I'm not going to wait two years -- though I'm opposed to preordering -- but there are other benefits too. Two years down the line:

  • A bunch of bugs are patched. Even if Starfield is relatively free of bugs, there will be some.

  • The wikis for the game have been written up. Some obsessive person will have sat down and figured out the quirks of game mechanics and documented them. Understanding stuff like the relative merits of armor-piercing, bleeding, and so forth in Fallout 4 was complicated.

  • Starfield's expansion packs will be out.

  • Mods will be out, and there will probably be some pretty "must have" ones.

  • You'll have more hardware oomph to throw at the game, make it smoother/higher res.