Re: Starfield - bored already.

On 9/10/2024 7:05 PM, PW wrote:

I didn't get as far as you did Justisaur, but I too got bored with it
quickly.  Then I read a review that I need to meet my in-laws made me
quit immediately.  That is not what I expected Starfield to be like.
And I preordered it!

In laws?  I don't think so.  There's the Kid Stuff trait which means your parents are alive. It's pretty banal, but you do get gifts from them if you visit them. (I got a gun which so far better than anything else I had, but limited/very rare ammo, apparently one of the top 5 guns in the game, and a backpack that increases carrying capacity, which seems to be pretty well down the research/crafting trees)  That's entirely optional, and you have to choose it.
I think it's funny that you have to use one of your 3 starting traits to have your parents alive.  A joke about how most games/heroes your parents are dead.
I've got a little bit of a want to play it again, I think it might be a game that's better in small doses, and not one where you should expect to make much if any progress in a session.
It really feels like a game Spalls would like, especially on easy mode. Just tooling around seeing the sites with a bit of RPG/ground and space combat. :)
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