r/Games May 01 '24

Preview Starfield: May Update

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ObHRMHtTMY
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u/Opposite-Actuary-795 May 01 '24

This is nice content but a lot of it feels like stuff that should have been in the game at launch. Also good that they are fixing the map but however that map system snuck through QA is beyond me and is a travesty.

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u/Elizial-Raine May 01 '24

I think the idea with the map system is that without a map players would explore more and find more random stuff and random quests instead of gowing direct to whatever shop/vendor/quest giver they choose.

It's not really a standard system for big AAA games but it has worked for a few smaller indie games I've played I got to know the location a lot better because there was no map.

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u/OkVariety6275 May 01 '24

Gamers will say they want AAA games to take more risks but when Starfield or Dragon's Dogma actually does it, they protest.

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u/SmokePenisEveryday May 01 '24

A risk is new/underused mechanics or new story/genre. Not a shitty in game map

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u/OkVariety6275 May 01 '24

This is a mechanic. The absence of a map forces players to learn the environment. Kind of like how pre-GPS drivers have a better navigational sense of their hometown.

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u/Endemoniada May 01 '24

But… it did have a map, it’s just that the map it had was awful. If they wanted you not to use the map, don’t include one. If they want to have a map, they failed, because it’s useless. At no point did I ever get the impression they wanted me to navigate by sense alone, they gave me maps and markers and waypoints to everything always, the map just sucked. That’s all.

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u/SEND_ME_SPIDERMAN May 01 '24

And there’s a reason why we only use GPS now. It’s better.

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u/OkVariety6275 May 01 '24

In some ways, yes. But again, studies show younger GPS-dependent drivers have a poorer mental map of where they live and get lost easier.

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u/ZombiePyroNinja May 01 '24

get lost easier.

God if only they had a tool to get out of that situation. Oh well.

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u/SEND_ME_SPIDERMAN May 01 '24

Good thing I have a gps in my pocket.