Cold Hard Truths About Starfield
Warning: The following presentation contains cold hard truths that might change the way you think. Viewer discretion won’t do you any good now.
It’s been 6 months since Starfield was released, and pretty much the entire Gaming Community has turned on it. People have been crying over Starfield even before its release. Some hyped it up way too much, while others hated on it because it wasn’t Elder Scroll 6.
The truth is, Starfield really is the most polarizing game I’ve ever played. I don’t mean that people are polarized by it; I’m polarized by it, bouncing back and forth between thinking it’s one of the greatest games ever to not.
If you’re familiar with my channel, you’ll know that I don’t care about the same things as other game reviewers. I’m not going to complain about frame rates being capped at 30 or graphics not being mind-blowingly amazing. I don’t even care about people not having eyelids. I think it’s just funny because of the way they look.
I definitely don’t care about whatever this guy is crying about. Sorry, did you want to get immersed in our world? Well, guess what, pronouns, gender ambiguity, current-day California. I wonder how far this guy actually got in the game… If you think the pronouns are frustrating, how are you going to get through the missions or the bugs?
Now, I am not saying Starfield is perfect. Trust me, I have gotten very annoyed at this game. But hating on Starfield has clearly become the cool thing to do, with corny memes about obvious graphical hiccups or just the amount of people trying a little too hard to pin negative things onto the game. Like the recent story that went viral about Walmart selling copies of Starfield for 3 cents. No, that’s not because of how much people hate Starfield; Walmart is known for doing that with all their physical games that don’t sell. It’s a pretty weird phenomenon.
One area where Starfield falls short is the fact that dogs are nowhere to be seen. Really? That’s the game’s biggest crime? The lack of dogs is a good example of the turn away from the typical whimsy that can be found in Bethesda games. What turn away? There’s plenty of whimsy in this game. I mean, you can drink beer out of a juice box. I think that sets the tone perfectly. The Starfield NASA Punk aesthetic can also feel somewhat limiting as the benefits of taking a grounded approach sacrifice some flights of fancy and creativity that might have filtered in otherwise.
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