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Don't get me wrong, I'm not a hater. I actually was really excited for the game. But so far I am just not having fun.

For a little bit of reference, I just finished playing thru Cyberpunk 2077 and then jumped right into Starfield. Maybe that was a mistake because I kinda just want to go back to Cyberpunk (and I will in a few weeks when the DLC comes out).

But I'm noticing two really big issues with Starfield: first, the gunplay/combat is... let's call it underwhelming. I realize it's quite probably a skill issue and I need to just git gud, but holy crap, everything is a bullet sponge and I don't have that many bullets! Stealth seems to be pretty worthless at early levels as I don't have any high-alpha guns that can take advantage of it and, most of the time, I'm detected before I even see the bad guys. I'm just not enjoying this aspect of the game at all.

The second big issue for me is that there's a loading screen every five seconds! Again, probably a me thing, but OMG, it's driving me nuts. Get into ship, loading screen. Launch from planet, loading screen. Fly to next planet, loading screen. Land on planet, loading screen. Leave ship, loading screen. I just want to go shoot things! Let me shoot things!

Okay, found some spacers, time to... oh shit, out of ammo. Let me swap to a worse gun that still has ammo. Sigh. Okay, they're dead. Let me just heal up... oh shit, out of med packs. Sigh.

Oh and wrestling with the UI is exhausting.

Anyways, I realize that this probably isn't the place to find a lot of like-minded people. But I really do want to like this game. Any tips on maybe at least ways to make the combat less of a chore?

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

I truly dont understand the "everything is a bullet sponge" argument.

I havent skilled any combat related skills and I am doing just fine in combat. Also I dont expect enemies in an RPG to get down in a single shot. Especially when they are armored like tanks or some weird giant alien creature. People have weird expectations tbh.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I'm liking it more than Cyberpunk 2077 currently. I couldn't even bring myself to finish CP2077 and yet I'm playing multiple hours of Starfield every day.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Out of curiosity, when's the last time you played Cyberpunk? There's been a TON of bug fixing and QoL in the least couple years. And the 2.0 patch coming with the DLC is gonna be huge even you don't get the DLC.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Couple of months ago maybe. I don't have any technical issues, just find that the world, characters, and gameplay to be uninteresting. The game ran great when I played it.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Well to each their own, I guess. If you don't like it, you don't like it., just glad you at least got to try it with all (or most) of the updates.

[–] [email protected] -5 points 2 years ago

git gud n3wb!

Jk i couldn't resist

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