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Re:No Man's Sky just keeps getting better by huytersd on Thursday November 09, 2023 @08:22PM (#38213825)
Starfield is fun but it has no gravitas because they’ve taken anything with edge out of it (sex, nudity, drugs/junkies, extreme violence etc.) it feels like one of those bleh G rated Disney “horror” movies.
Re:No Man's Sky just keeps getting better by GaggiX on Thursday November 09, 2023 @08:25PM (#38213856)
Does sex, nudity, drugs/junkies, extreme violence make a game better? Anyway I think there are more fundamental problems with the game.
Re:No Man's Sky just keeps getting better by huytersd on Thursday November 09, 2023 @08:33PM (#38213946)
I think so, especially when you’re trying to represent a sizable part of the known universe. It also severely restricts the stories you can tell.
Re:No Man's Sky just keeps getting better by wkat4242 on Thursday November 09, 2023 @10:52PM (#38214849)
Absolutely, it's more realistic.

Unless you like playing hello kitty :)

Re:No Man's Sky just keeps getting better by GaggiX on Thursday November 09, 2023 @11:15PM (#38214973)
Yeah no, I think I can easily play a game without.
Re:No Man's Sky just keeps getting better by wkat4242 on Thursday November 09, 2023 @11:28PM (#38215043)
Compare the videos linked elsewhere in this thread, the CP scenes are just so much richer. The starfield ones feel really fake imo.
Re:No Man's Sky just keeps getting better by GaggiX on Thursday November 09, 2023 @11:50PM (#38215177)
I'm speaking more in general, not as a comparison between cyberpunk 2077 and starfield, there are plenty of games that do not have dark themes, and I don't think that any of that is required to make a good game.
Re:No Man's Sky just keeps getting better by junon on Friday November 10, 2023 @05:15AM (#38217127)
I think you're intentionally missing the point being made.
Re:No Man's Sky just keeps getting better by allarm on Friday November 10, 2023 @07:22AM (#38217993)
None of games without these elements feel real. Not everybody prefer polished Disney-like worlds, thank you very much.
Re:No Man's Sky just keeps getting better by GaggiX on Friday November 10, 2023 @08:09AM (#38218356)
I mean if you only play games that needs to feel real than you are really limiting yourself.
Re:No Man's Sky just keeps getting better by ChoGGi on Friday November 10, 2023 @11:24AM (#38220772)
Todd was the one saying Starfield was going to be realistic.

Instead you're Buck Rogers

Re:No Man's Sky just keeps getting better by allarm on Friday November 10, 2023 @06:50PM (#38226118)
I have more than 200 games in my Steam library, I’m good, thank you.
Re:No Man's Sky just keeps getting better by GaggiX on Friday November 10, 2023 @09:58PM (#38227240)
Yeah and I imagine that all of them have sex, nudity, drugs/junkies, extreme violence in it otherwise they would be polished Disney-like worlds.
Re:No Man's Sky just keeps getting better by allarm on Saturday November 11, 2023 @01:44AM (#38228106)
Yeah, that’s right. Do you have any other questions? It’s going to be a fun discussion with your desire to reduce everything to absurdity.
Re:No Man's Sky just keeps getting better by GaggiX on Saturday November 11, 2023 @05:06AM (#38228939)
A man of his word but no I don't believe that.
Re:No Man's Sky just keeps getting better by allarm on Sunday November 12, 2023 @09:23AM (#38240292)
Who cares?
Re:No Man's Sky just keeps getting better by GaggiX on Sunday November 12, 2023 @02:58PM (#38243567)
You evidently ahah
Re:No Man's Sky just keeps getting better by allarm on Monday November 13, 2023 @01:13AM (#38247496)
Ok let’s play a game - whoever leaves the last comment wins. You didn’t win by using “reduce to absurdity”, maybe you’ll win now? Let’s find out.
Re:No Man's Sky just keeps getting better by huytersd on Thursday November 09, 2023 @11:50PM (#38215176)
Definitely not every game but a space rpg? It’s basically cutting out anything that humans genuinely find interesting on a primal level.
Re:No Man's Sky just keeps getting better by drexlspivey on Thursday November 09, 2023 @08:42PM (#38214029)
These two short videos compare two similar scenes in Starfield and Cyberpunk, the difference is astounding.

https://youtu.be/ws0ufhrgWJw

https://youtu.be/K4ADco41g9s