Bethesda lead designer says Starfield is "hardest thing Bethesda has ever done" and the best game they ever made
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ChorizoPicozo
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Toxic Positivity. is one hell of a drug
StereoVsn
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If this is their best effort and if they think it's the best game they have made, honestly it's just sad.
Like how can you say that shit with straight face and if you actually believe it…
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diffusionx
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Interfectum
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analog_future
Resident Crybaby
I agree with the "best game they've ever made" part
PauloRoberto
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What the hell is happening? Did we simply unlearn the definition of constructive criticism ?! Because a phrase like "the best game we've ever made" after the lack of gameplay variety and/or the pitiful number of loading screens is stupidity, pure and simple.
Mister Wolf
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He is lying to himself.
Luipadre
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Im so sorry for those who expect anything decent out of that game, let alone hyped for it
mindfreak191
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Tbh, the moment they ditched Jeremy Soule as the composer, the future review score dropped by 30% lmao.
StereoVsn
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Touch fuzZy. get BizZay
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Emil Pagliarulo says "we pushed ourselves to make something totally different"
Topher
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I'm not sure this guy's work at Bethesda makes him qualified to say what the "best game" they have ever done is.
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cash_longfellow
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Homeboy on all the drugs 
midnightAI
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You see, now that is why I am worried about ES6
Angry_Megalodon
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DeepEnigma
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Seriously.
An exercise in humbleness and humility will go a long way in making you not only a better person, but better craft at your job.
JohnnyFootball
GerAlt-Right. Ciriously.
And eliminated the best thing about their previous games: fun exploration
Topher
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Would have been a hell of a lot better had they included the vehicle day one. I might have actually wanted to explore. But having to literally run for 5 to 10 minutes just to get to main quest objective sapped away whatever desire I had for exploring. So many things in this game were close to being great. If the game had been released today, I think reception would have been a lot better.
Complistic
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Must be an awful place to work. Constructive criticism is how mediocre things become great. Acting like everythings rainbows and butterflies all the time is stagnating.
vaibhavpisal
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A lot of effort went into it and must be hard to make - I agree with this.
Their best game, its not there yet. Maybe in some ways if it clicks.
Their best game, its not there yet. Maybe in some ways if it clicks.
StereoVsn
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The issue goes a lot further.
Most of the planets have small and empty exploration areas that are at best populated by content that's pretty much the same down to enemy placement.
So vehicle or not you hit that "wall" pretty quick. It kills off the major bonus of past Bethesda games, which is organically encountering interesting quests and locations.
This doesn't really exist on randomly generated planets.
Nonehxc
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Miyazaki’s Slave
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Good 'ole Trollpher at it again.I'm not sure this guy's work at Bethesda makes him qualified to say what the "best game" they have ever done is.
Emil Pagliarulo - Ashton, Maryland, United States | Professional Profile | LinkedIn
Location: Ashton · 500+ connections on LinkedIn. View Emil Pagliarulo’s profile on LinkedIn, a professional community of 1 billion members.
In what reality does a 22 year career at a studio NOT give you a crazy amount of insight on the products that company makes?
You can disagree with their opinion...you shouldn't dismiss it.
ShadowkillXNA
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Starfield design director Emil Pagliarulo knows the sci-fi RPG isn't "everyone's cup of tea", but he still reckons it's one of Bethesda's most ambitious projects as well as its best in a lot of ways.
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ShadowkillXNA
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Topher
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I mean.....that's a fair counter point, but "trollpher"? What the hell is that all about?
To me, Oblivion and Morrowind are their two best games ever and he didn't work on either of them based on his profile. That's my point.
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Lucifers Beard
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Well Oblivion is the best game they made in my opinion. Starfield isn't even a good game, let alone their best.
Miyazaki’s Slave
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HA!
Its just a joke, for whatever reason that name popped into my head one day when you were taking the piss out of some of the fresh meat. Just made me laugh, so I look forward to using it every so often!
Nah, don't get it twisted I am not offended...just want to point out the person has been there for 22 years...yes they may be "sniffing their own farts" or whatever but they have plenty of old war wounds I am sure.
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DonkeyPunchJr
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The ship building/combat was genuinely cool. Trying to disable enemy ships, then board/loot them and either hijack the ship or blow it to pieces, was really cool.
Base building also seemed pretty interesting and in depth, like there's a lot of cool stuff you could do, although I didn't even experiment with that in my first play through.
For better or worse Starfield felt like a middle-of-the-road Bethesda RPG but with a new setting and a couple fun new gameplay systems to experiment with.
What I'd really like is some better writing/characters and more impactful choices. That would've taken Starfield from like a 7/10 to a 10/10 for me.
Base building also seemed pretty interesting and in depth, like there's a lot of cool stuff you could do, although I didn't even experiment with that in my first play through.
For better or worse Starfield felt like a middle-of-the-road Bethesda RPG but with a new setting and a couple fun new gameplay systems to experiment with.
What I'd really like is some better writing/characters and more impactful choices. That would've taken Starfield from like a 7/10 to a 10/10 for me.
AyraSutoraifu
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Yes.
Bethesda has riding a long time on it's pedigree and now it is crumbling.