YurtFreak wrote on May 12, 2022, 18:27:
Elden Ring is now a shoe-in for GOTY. The only potential competition was Starfield.

Elden Ring... holy shit. Every time I think I'm getting close to the end of content, I find another gigantic area with its own bosses and unique drops and so forth. Obviously the game is light on role playing, but by the Fingers, does it deliver on exploration, combat, and gorgeous visuals and audio!

Although, fuck those giant Gargoyle guys, seriously.

meh, it gets here when it gets here. its not like my backlog is going anywhere.

They have shown exactly nothing from Starfield. No gameplay footage, no RPG systems or mechanics, apart from a very short cgi video and some very very sparse bits of lore, nothing about the actual game. Gamers have short memories, and I'm actually appalled but not surprised with the trust that people keep putting into developers that have screwed them over and over again. Fallout76 anyone? Todd Howard's lying antics? No one remembers, and no one actually cares.

Now Starfield might end up being the best thing since sliced bread. But it's probably best to reserve judgement until it's out in the wild. This sudden "delay" despite a previously "solid" release date is not exactly confidence inspiring. But hey, you guys keep on giving Bethesda the thumbs up, and don't forget to catch that hype train when it comes round the bend.

HorrorScope wrote on May 12, 2022, 16:04:
It sucks but it's also good.

I still feel all these delays are because of the market these days, not that delays didn't happen before but now it's like a given.

I'm still giddy I'll get to play these under gamepass. Assuming at this time Starfield/Gamepass will be modifiable, maybe wrong.

They've confirmed Starfield will have full mod support like previous titles.

It makes sense, given how many bugs modders fix that they just can't be bothered to deal with.

Either way I'm stoked for this game. I can wait an extra year.

Elden Ring is now a shoe-in for GOTY. The only potential competition was Starfield.

Delay it until the end of the generation

Verno wrote on May 12, 2022, 14:24:
Buggy Bethesda games at launch are bad enough, this must've been Cyberpunk 2077 levels of jank to get delayed.

Nearly every big game is being delayed since covid.

It sucks but it's also good.

I still feel all these delays are because of the market these days, not that delays didn't happen before but now it's like a given.

I'm still giddy I'll get to play these under gamepass. Assuming at this time Starfield/Gamepass will be modifiable, maybe wrong.

Overon wrote on May 12, 2022, 13:16:
They must be in a really sad state for them to be delayed since Bethesda has no problem launching half finished broken games in the past. It must even fall below their already low release standards.

I assume final approval is going to Microsoft who just "Oh no girlfriend, you're not going out like that." on the Zenimax gameplan.

Bill Borre wrote on May 12, 2022, 12:33:
I'm surprised. Since they were advertising a 11/22/2022 date for Starfield I thought they were reasonably confident they could make that date. Maybe marketing just liked how the number looked?

Actually if you look back at all of the Skyrim and other Elder Scrolls games, they have all mostly had a November release date. But, Covid changed all of this.

Fion wrote on May 12, 2022, 14:13:
Considering the 11/22/22 release date and the absolute dearth of information on Starfield aside from a few images & a short video on alpha footage (mostly of the ship and the character. I cannot say I'm surprised.

Well, that's been their usual pre-release plan ever since excessively hyping Oblivion and getting bitched at incessantly for the game not living up to every single one of their promises. The pandemic has drawn out this dev cycle and forced them to remind people they're still alive and making games, but they don't show gameplay until it's ready.

It's not like there is any competition in the genre...

Buggy Bethesda games at launch are bad enough, this must've been Cyberpunk 2077 levels of jank to get delayed.

Hrm, what the hell is Redfall? I have heard of Starfield, at least.

*EDIT* Oh nevermind, that multiplayer vampire game. I remember watching this trailer before, after finding it online.

Considering the 11/22/22 release date and the absolute dearth of information on Starfield aside from a few images & a short video on alpha footage (mostly of the ship and the character. I cannot say I'm surprised.

Overon wrote on May 12, 2022, 13:16:

Bill Borre wrote on May 12, 2022, 12:33:
I'm surprised. Since they were advertising a 11/22/2022 date for Starfield I thought they were reasonably confident they could make that date. Maybe marketing just liked how the number looked?

They must be in a really sad state for them to be delayed since Bethesda has no problem launching half finished broken games in the past. It must even fall below their already low release standards.

Exactly. If they're delaying it for a year that means it needs at least 2 more years work.

Overon wrote on May 12, 2022, 13:16:

Bill Borre wrote on May 12, 2022, 12:33:
I'm surprised. Since they were advertising a 11/22/2022 date for Starfield I thought they were reasonably confident they could make that date. Maybe marketing just liked how the number looked?

They must be in a really sad state for them to be delayed since Bethesda has no problem launching half finished broken games in the past. It must even fall below their already low release standards.

Right !.... I know....
If we are going to wait for a Bethesda game to be bug free , we might be playing StarCitizen before StarField ...

Bummer, between this and BOTW2, I dunno what I'm looking forward to for the end of the year now. Pokemon, I guess.

Kxmode wrote on May 12, 2022, 13:24:
Both games only have 10x the detail, and the player cannot "climb that mountain" in the distance.

Climbing mountains is for shouting neanderthals, in Starfield you're hopping in your spacecraft and flying to that celestial body you see up in the sky. Presumably.

Both games only have 10x the detail, and the player cannot "climb that mountain" in the distance.

Bill Borre wrote on May 12, 2022, 12:33:
I'm surprised. Since they were advertising a 11/22/2022 date for Starfield I thought they were reasonably confident they could make that date. Maybe marketing just liked how the number looked?

They must be in a really sad state for them to be delayed since Bethesda has no problem launching half finished broken games in the past. It must even fall below their already low release standards.