🌏 Get NordVPN 2Y plan + 4 months free here ➼ nordvpn.com/shoddycast It’s risk-free with Nord’s 30-day money-back guarantee! ✌ What did you guys think of the ending of Starfield? Am I way off base?
Haven't watched the vid, but I have played the game. Yes. Yes you are. You have never been more wrong. Starfield is bad, end of story. It's lazy, it's broken, it's out of date. I'm disappointed you've been hoodwinked by Bethesda, like so many. Edit: watched the video now. And I can't stop laughing. I can *guarantee* Bethesda did not put that much thought into things. You only have to look at how little thought they put into every other aspect of the game to know that.
Going to say NG+ was a missed opportunity in my opinion. It felt like a half measure or an after thought they tacked on. Almost like it was a mod someone made when there part of game development was finished. Saving constellation is the only meaningful change you can make in NG+. I felt icky romancing Andreja again and when ever a starborn dialogue option came up it was always I know what happens next and it happens. It never felt like it had meaning nothing changed most of the time I sounded like a lunatic. So for me NG+ was one of the worst parts of the game and it actively stops me from wanting to touch the main quest in any new playthroughs.
I liked the video. I think you’re not wrong in terms of NG+ being a continuation of the story but star-field could have made it a bit more interesting and have higher chances of variants
Honestly in my eyes, the Starfield Ending can be interpreted as... horrifying. If you choose not to go into the Unity, the objective changes to say "Go to the Unity when you're ready" And something Sarah says at once point... sticks with me when I think about that objective. She says something about how curiosity will win eventually. You'll go the Unity one day. You'll take the leap. Because you can't ignore that curiosity forever. And she's probably right. And then you go through it, and... your in another universe. Your friends, your loved ones, your family. All those memories, those moments. Gone. Your personal items, your home, your weapons and tools. Gone. You can re-live it all. You can either use your knowledge of future events, or go through it all like you know nothing about it. Then there are the variations. There are several where all of Constellation is murdered. Confirmed at least, 5 variations. One even, where another version of You is the murderer. There are a few where Constellation is missing or disbanded. There's even one where Constellation is just a bunch of... You. And think about what that would do to your psyche. Seeing versions of the people you know dead. Seeing another version of yourself killing them. Seeing other versions of people you've known, killing others and/or having become so different from what you knew them as. 5 out of 10 unique variations literally kill off Constellation. 2 out of the remaining 5 have them go missing. 2 Out of the last 3 have them disbanded, 1 from old age, the other from being bought out. And then just 1 where you meet a normal version of yourself that just dropped off the artifact with Constellation. Out of 10, only 1 of those variations is... good.
I believe there was never an explanation about why the Starborns are at war with each other, what if some of them actually regret became Starborn and the reason they try to get the artifacts and enter Unity again is so they can have a chance to return to their original universe?
When i turn back i want the alternative to tell Sarah i would never go through with that kind of crap, and now i am on the quest to find mount doom to toss the whole armillary in.
That statement of the Emissary on the next universe once you start NG+... "A life should be only lived once!". The Emissary says this with barely contained anger, practically telling you that you are some kind of monster for wanting to live everything all over again. After that, you slowly begin to realize you are now becoming another Hunter.
@rsh4599 Only because the spacefaring mechanics are...not fully implemented? If you think about the ramifications of simply changing fuel to be expendable, you realise where so much of the game's design decisions come from. If fuel is expendable, not just a jump distance limit, then suddenly outposts become *very* important. They become vital refueling stations that you have to spiderweb outwards in order to reach the more distant systems, including Masada I might add.
I love the rambling, it’s part of your style which feels contrary to current channels which no longer have episode opener styles. So you having a letter style is the intro, is a minute that you welcome us through your rambling to ‘prime’ us for the video ahead. It also means your rambling makes the episode feel more authentic and more interesting. I get that retention is important, but your style is unique to your videos and a breath of fresh air. Not to mention I feel like you’re authentic with the small details you put in like your struggles you faced and still face with mental health.
Honestly conceptually I do love it but I also really wish they could had gone all in on the alternate universe stuff where all faction quests/casts members had variations to keep thing fresh across each universe instead of the small one off scenes happening in place of the main quest.
Hell yeah, even just a universe where the Crimson Fleet are blue instead would have been a cut above the alt universes you get. To put it into perspective, if you are in a universe where constellation members are dead/incapable/retired or only vasco is alive (and cant be your companion... for some reason) it's virtually identical to a "starborn at the start of introductions" playthrough because either way you barely interact with constellation at all. You don't even really meet Andreja or Barrett you just get all the pieces and go. The fact is, the only thing alt universes really alter is one room :( which is sad. Personally I dont think anyone should have to repeat the temple or artifact quests ever, either. and sadly, most of the upgrades from +1 to +10 for the powers is just reduced stat requirements or extended effect length. Which can be... bad, in some cases, like with the slow time one.
Agreed. I'd like to see a universe where Vae Victis is actually plotting to escape and take over and the UN becomes a hostile authoritarian faction. And on the other hand some universes are as simple as there being a fast food chain named Spheres instead of Chunks.
I hate to say it.. but I'm looking forward to the modding community fixing that and adding in more content like they have for Fallout 3, 4 and New Vegas. I have been replaying Tale of Two Wastelands (combination of FO3 and FONV with extra content and quests) and Fallout 4 with Sim Settlements 2 (all 3 chapters) and it greatly changes those games. That along with the new graphics textures and reshade/ENBs and the old Fallout games become basically new remakes. I am absolutely looking forward to the same thing from Starfield. There will be new/different faction quests and new radiant missions with new models and exploring will be necessary.. outposts will get better, etc. Hell, you will even be able to put doors and ladders where you want on your ships 😂 That is not to give Bethesa a pass.. But modders will make this game better just like they have for the rest. I don't support that Bethesda releases trash that others have to fix.. However I do accept that it will happen and I am looking forward to it happening as I will get great enjoyment from it.
one of the most interesting parts I believe, is that the hunter isn't keeper aquilis, keeper aquilis is the hunter. Keeper aquilis is a variant of the hunter who has retired from the race to Unity. So we never really find out who the hunter actually is, and since he has no equivalent that we can find, he is presumably someone who did the armillary *before* constellation formed, presumably one of the first scientists who discovered the first artifact.
@@ivanwm2513 Ah, but the Constellation of your starter universe, or a previous iteration of reality? Other hand, I'm pretty sure the Sebastian Banks of your universe vanished because he found the Unity.
I dont see enough people talking about this, but that is probably also because of how many say they do not want to NG+ so they are missing part of the story. You HAVE to pass through the Unity at least once to get the full picture. I have had similar thoughts that The Hunter is much older than anyone is aware of. He could be even one of the first space fairing humans. Sebastion is one of the only loose threads though, and the Hunter would tie a nice bow on it.
@@AHungryHunky I need to take a closer look at Banks' portrait in the Lodge at some point, but perhaps Aquilius is a Banks variant who showed up in this universe after Banks left, and decided to take the Pilgrim's advice about staying in one place and making it better by his presence?
When I started grinding for ng+10 I slowly realized that I was basically becoming the Hunter. I had stopped caring for anyone or anything because I knew they would eventually be left behind and 'wouldn't matter anyway'. So once I went through 2 or 3 loops all that mattered was reaching the unity as fast as possible so I stopped caring about who lived or died and became jaded and pragmatic myself, just like he did. At first I was pissed of the grinding I was forcing myself to do and that nothing I did mattered, then I realized that's probably how the Hunter became what he is. I think that's a brilliant way to 'show, not tell'.
um the only benefit to ng+ is getting the star powers cd decrease. anything else is useless the ship and armor are trash and there is no weapons you get so its kinda stupid
Personally, I see that as a mark *against* the game. As you approach the end, the game makes a big deal about choosing between The Hunter and The Emissary... or choosing neither. The problem with this cycling ng+ system is that The Emissary can never be right. The game only has so much for you to do and eventually, reaching The Unity is all that matters.
@@JetZV your kind of trying to justify that grinding being the good guy thing to do, in the name of power. The point the poster here is making is, when your just grinding like mad, you lose care for the npcs. Because whats really driving you other than more personal power? Nothing. Think also of the rick and morty series, rick began to care less for others in his persuit of the rick who killed his family, even other versions of his family, nothung meant anything to him. Its nihilism, effectively, brought on from dealing with the same people but knowing you can meet copies later.
@@JetZV. The emissary likewise, DISCOURAGES you from persuing the Unity. Your companions discourage it. Because they dont want you to potentially become a monster.
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I was so disappointed that I couldn't carry on with my companions. I was married to Andreja and when I went trough the unity, realizing that I lost her, I was instantly un-immersed from the game. I thought it was so odd, that the unity ending was baked into the narrative and you couldn't really choose "no". When visiting the multiverse, seeing those people who used to know me and I used to know them. When I saw the person who used to be my wife, to whom I was now completely alien, I was somehow reminded that the most valuable part of my playtrhough was lost, when I enterd the unity. Yet entering the unity is baked into the story in a way, that forces you to lose it. I don't know. I love the concept. Probably best "NG+" style of mechaic we've seen yet. But the alienation from everything in the subsequent "spaces" completely devalues the game itself.
I felt the same way. Once I found out that you lose everything. Companions, your ship, all your loot, it really killed the game for me. It left me feeling like "what's the point?". Maybe thats the point? That everything we do is futile but it doesn't make for a compelling game to render all my progress as null and void. Sure you do a few cycles of Ng+ and level up your powers but to what end? There's no greater challenges awaiting you in any subsequent NG+. The whole thing is a pointless time sink with no rewarding outcome.
@@DuggyDarko I feel like this type of ending tries to appeal to people who experiment with subsequent playthroughs "to see what would happen". The problem, is that it alienates everyone else. Especially those, who like to experience the games they are part of. You experience your adventures trough your ship which you customize to your specific liking. You experience it with someone you attached yourself to and who felt the same way to you. You experience it trough the way you act, and interact and make decisions. And all of this experiential stuff is atomized the moment you step into unity and only those who wish to experiment can enjoy the game from then on in my opinion. And that's a shame.
@DuggyDarko It rewards you with saving one of companion you had lost in your first playthrough, and it could be your spouse. Narrative speaking I think it's very good, asking if you are willing to give up everything for a second chance. Personally I think the best ending is just everyone step away from the unity, and lives the best life as they could.
I understand a lot of your points here but the thing is, you actually DON'T have to go through the Unity, that is your choice, just like the game doesn't FORCE you to join any factions you don't want to. It's perfectly valid to say "NO" to the unity and not become starborn.
Haven't played the game, but the fact they seemed to hide the New Game + being new stuff is an interesting choice, since that's by far the most interesting part of everything I've seen so far.
but the thing is the new game + sucks the only actual benefit you get is the powers having less cool downs. the ship sucks and is literally impossible in space combat if you play on very hard and the armor sucks. i dont care that it looks decent (atleast some of the versions do) if the actual armor you get is less and instead of getting 9 perks you get 3 and they are the exact same perks you get from the other armor you have. not to mention you literally have no weapons no cutter and if you cant remember the exact location of the starting planet well your up shit creak
Even if i would at some point get the game for free, high chance i would not play it to newgame+ Story is just not very interesting, characters seem very bland, its even low chance i would install it. I just cant see it as better than Fallout 4, as there is not even the FATS System i enjoyed quite a bit in the Fallout series and that one (Side) Quest alone with the Silvershroud missions, really did it for me, i liked it even more than the Main Quest, because Characterwise it was a perfect fit, as my Character looked like a old Veteran General, pretty much in its silver years lol.
@@TakahiroShinsakuyou say you haven’t played the game and then act as if you knew more about it than the people who’ve actually played it 😂😂😂 Your loss lmao
@@iap7597 Maybe you just didnt understand my Point? I never statet that i know more about the Game as People that playd it. I just know, its not a Game for me, thats all there is. If you know yourself, then you also know what Games are a match for yourself, without even playing them. Also meaning, even at the Time where the Hype was high, for me it didnt seem like a Game i would like to play, especially because i do not like most sci-fi settings in Space, wearing Spacesuits and stuff. I wonder if you understand my point a bit better now?🤔
My favorite thing about it is the companion reactions: they openly acknowledge that you are going to go into a new universe because you're an explorer and you just want to see what'll happen. Not a lot of games with new game plus have canon reasoning behind doing it other than the player wanting more loot and xp (although i recall The Presequel's explanation being the characters wanting Athena to tell the story again)
For me personally the part that stung the most was the ship I lost from my first playthrough. I dove quite hard into the shipbuilder and the starborn ship you get does not really compare to what you can make yourself. Also I am annoyed that the starborn ship does not have a bed. I am sort of roleplaying the NG+ thing in way that my character wants the powers sure but he wants to make every universe better place than when he arrived there
It would be great if the multiverse time loop concept was cranked to 11! Like, "Hey, Sarah, can you take 2 steps to the left please" and some environmental event that would cause personal injury or some rescue quest would be derailed completely, causing completely new experience… or some interaction that would take 4 multiverse attempts to make right, each one unlocking some sort of new development you'd have to consider next time. Or some calamity that is hidden from 2 factions having a tussle, and their problems would feel miniscule in the grand scheme of things… like a planetary disaster… solar flare or meteor strike, that you know of ahead of time.
Except it isn't a pure time loop, you're actually entering a new reality each time. So you ask Sarah to take two steps to the left, and she gets shot by an automated turret that wasn't there in your previous universe because the person placing turrets in that timeline ran out of funding first.
@@DeaconBlues117 Multiverse travel is like a game of Jenga. It might look the same as the last one, but that same block that was loose last time could actually be holding the whole tower up.
I wish they would add more multiverse, like a universe where terrormorph wins and it's like post-apocalypse, all major city collapse and destroyed, or maybe a universe where there are intelligent aliens like a talking cat-like or lizard-like or muscled green-skinned elf-like beings...oh wait...nevermind...
To me, Starfield seems to turn the multiverse trope into a new game plus mechanic, rather than the other way around. It doesn’t feel right to call the playthroughs multiverses when the vast majority of the reality is immutable. The overarching idea was great, but the amount and depth of content simply doesn’t realize the potential. Mods will do the job eventually, of course.
I find Starfield espouses the Central Finite Curve idea really nicely. I noticed there v are certain Criteria of universe that the Unity sends you back to, and they're is objectively fine Time Travel going on too.
@@DuggyDarko I mean, I'm really enjoying it. I see why others might not, but I don't presume to speak on behalf of others the way you seem to like to. I'm sorry you're not enjoying it, but it's a really good season to be a gamer rn. Lots of amazing games
@@epsilon3569 I'm not speaking for anyone but myself. You're the one trying to come across all high and mighty. I'm just giving my opinion on why I think the squandered the multiverse NG+ idea. I haven't once said you shouldn't be enjoying it. I'm just explained why I don't.
2:13 And then dying from asphyxiation, only for your son to come back as an old man, find your corpse, and try to make a Gen III synth with what few memories he could salvage from your preserved brain, only for you to then go on a journey to track down Kellogg for revenge and then the Institute that he now is the head of. And that’s all the while your son’s kid, whose reconstructed their face and body so many times no one knows what they originally were, is now tailing them, while acting like a wig and a pair of sunglasses is enough to disguise them. And then on top of that, them encountering the young brat turned mercenary from Little Lamp Light who still hasn’t forgotten them.
@@rileyevans2989 The scene of your spouse dying, if no-clipped, shows those memory strands like in Kellogg’s memories. The pod set up doesn’t match what you see before entering and when leaving, damaged memory. The terminal lists your pod’s occupant status as diseased from asphyxiation, same for all others except your spouse. You can use VATs without the pipboy, a feature of Gen 3 synths per the synth fabrication lab’s terminal. DiMa’s dialogue alludes to your true nature. Dr. Li comments on having worked on a water purifier with Father in the Capital Wasteland (where we do see her). The Institute didn’t know Sean’s name when we call him such and in the flashback only refer to him as a young male infant, likely they’d give him a different name while raising him. She also mentioned that he was exposed to high levels of radiation there which led to his cancer developing. When talking with Sean, most assume he refers to the child synth as his greatest project, despite his attention being towards you. With Deacon when you get him to cut his crap, you learn that he came to the Commonwealth following a lead about someone he thought was dead. McCready and him do have unique dialogue and he calls him by the same insult he says to the Lone Wanderer when you first go there. The railroad agents comment on Deacon’s heavy use of surgeries to change his appearance. Also you got Deacon’s knowledge of information only privy to the Lone Wanderer during your playthroughs.
As someone who loves starfield, they dropped the ball HARD with the temple "puzzles" (yes they call them puzzles in game). Like, word walls in skyrim were perfectly done. They either were a cool reward for a difficult dungeon, or they were in the open with a tough boss fight stopping you. Later in the game you fight starborn AFTER you get them. I dont understand why they went with this decision to make it so tedious when they had a winning formula RIGHT THERE.
I will say i had to add more story in my head than i normally have to. But it made the experience even better. My character fell in love with Sarah. Helped save her friends kid. I also really started collecting books for sams daughter. I was left with the decision. Go save sarah or protect sam and his daughter. My character had to jump into another universe just to see Sarah again. Come to find out a version of Sarah was the emissary. I jumped from universe to universe coming to realize my Sarah ia dead and the rest are jumping from universe to universe. Most of us looking harder for the things we left behind than the mysteries of the multiverse. 10 out of 10 story for me. It gave me the room to make the story myself
In previous Bethesda titles (at least since Oblivion I think), it always bugged me you could join every factions. NG+ solves this in a neat way. Each time through I focus on a faction and the associated sidequests.
the ending was the final nail for me in starfields immersion. if you want to know why answer me these questions: if you get loredump at the unity anyway, where is the yes man route even on the first loop? if you get doovers, why does finishing crimson fleet as a murdering psycho not put you permanently on the wanted list in all settled systems, locking up new atlantis etc? why is the same so afraid of letting the player fuck up in general? no say the wrong thing to the wrong person and you are just out of a questline.
The Crimson Fleet conclusion is absolutely bonkers silly, probably worse than the Ron Hope/Rangers questline. You become basically an infamous pirate who betrayed SysDef and get almost no consequences other than SysDef will attack your ship on the rare occasions you run into them in space. Absolutely silly.
Yeah NG+ kinda made me feel like I got through a journey just to get rewarded by getting put back at the start. less fulfilling, more just filling with fan service.. Idk I've only put the first 100 hrs in it, but I can't justify spending the same 100 on doing the same thing just yet. Playing rdr2 for the first time tho. TLDR: I think the M1899 is the best pistol, even thought it doesn't have the highest damage. 10/10 cowboy sim.
Definitely agree the ending made the game much better. The fact that you unlock more quests and dialogue options going into new game+ felt very rewarding
the first ng+ kinda hurt, I had a badass mother of a ship that I had upgraded from the base hyena that I took over. Had a complex outpost network for the occasional power level session making nuclear fuel rods, which I used to barter for bullets, guns and other items. Didn't say no to any side quests, except the pirate one. Had bank in terms of credits. Everything I had equipped was modded out the wazoo. Once I stepped through the unity, having nothing I became laser focused on collecting the artifacts. I sided with the emissary every time, mainly because it made sense to me, hunter=chaos emissary=order and the way the unity explained that choice actually made it feel like it was the right choice. I haven't seen one of the alternate realities where constellation has been changed yet but I'm only on ng+ 6 as of now.
First off, thanks for the warning. I didn’t read the title. I noticed you posted a video and started watching it. I’m putting this off till I finish the game.
I'm 127 hours in and STILL on the first universe. I've deliberately put off completing the main quest because I'm still having fun finding new things and experiencing 'first times'. I'm still building my skill tree, still surveying systems... and loving every minute of it. I suppose there will come a point when I've had enough and want to go to the Unity, but that moment feels like a long way off yet.
I think people especially longterm gamers need to understand that studio's have a *vision* that they keep to. Its like when you play this game, you know its a bethesda game. THat is something that a gamer / dev would be diffrerent on though (in some aspects) because they understand more of whats under the hood. The thing is, everything that your explaining isn't a *problem* I'd say save the quest thats bugged. That is the only thing that needs *fixing* from what your saying. So when *modders* go into the game and make their creations, its their visions of what THEY think a combat system should be. Thats the thing *gamers* don't really understand, is the difference between something that is an opinion of a change and something that actually affects whether or not you can play the game at all (the difference between being ready for shipping and not being ready) You listed a bunch of opinoins of what you don't about the game, which is cool. The problem, is when you think that the modding community is *fixing* things. They are interms of lets say day 1 bug fixes, but stealth overhauls, *flying everywhere in space* things that are very subjective (like pretty much everything you said in your video is) So they are injecting their vision of mechanics (which again is fine, thats literally why its made in that way) You said the stealth is broken right? Thats not a fact at all, I did the ryugin industries line with not even max level stealth and it felt like I was playing dishonored. Once I took off my gear and just kept to being plain clothed things made sense. Does it work like it did in past titles? Not really, but that doesn't make it *broken*. All games do not have or share the same vision of eachother. Its the reason why Cyberpunk is such a great game, but all games do not have to feel or even look like it.
I'd take it even further and note that the 'strange universes' also offer BGS a way to integrate story DLC in rly neat ways that let them retcon anything they want to in service of exploring alternate timelines such as to recontextualize things in the 'main' timeline. They also now have openings for story mods to slot into neatly without it upsetting canon. There are major meta themes in the end game/NG+ too. Like, at first the decision to go w/Hunter seems comically evil but if you play thru NG+ a few times you find that you too are just accruing power for the sake of power and you likely aren't fretting the 'evil' decisions you make en route to that goal, which is precisely the situation the Hunter is in. There is also a neat thread about the maternal effort to steer fate in one universe only to have your efforts be entirely upset and discarded in the next. There could be some DLC or mods down the road that have us exploring things like starting our own religion and following in the shoes of the Pilgrim (which reflects a lot of the themes that the Emissary espouses). Plus, in an effort to guide or enlighten ppl in some new Universe, what do those decisions we make even rly mean? Questions remain too. What happened to the crew we had that went thru the Unity w/us? Will we learn more about the Creator(s)? Can we find our lost crew by somehow reaching across the universes to find them (maybe this is what Shattered Space will be about?)...could we meet the Pilgrim one day? For as incredibly strong as the ending was wrt closure and reflecting back on our various decisions, it's pretty incredible there are still so many deep, lingering, compelling questions left to explore and resolve. In a way, the 'bazookas and golden lugers' are the knowledge of how things can play out from previous playthrus. In an industry where everything revolves around serving players a mindless power fantasy, especially wrt NG+, I loved the story of Starfield and emphasis on exploration and its themes about free will and choice/consequences and exploring mysteries for the sake of the question and not just some loot as a reward.
My character got sucked into a different universe in the original quest and wasn't going to seek Unity for themselves until then. Now they're seeking their original universe a la Sliders in hopes of one day seeing their real parents, while trying to do good deeds along the way because the Hunter doesn't get that the people in these universes, while not MY group of people, are still people and don't deserve to have their lives interrupted by people agreeing like they're game pieces. I also don't vibe with the Emissary because who tf does he think he is to Gatekeep a gift meant for all mankind? He could be doing his plan already but instead he's no better then the Hunter. I almost always manage to talk them both out of violence. God, I missed being able to doing that in Fallout 4, they never let you silver tongue your way out of shit in that one.
I really like the hunter as an antagonist because he isn’t “evil” in any way, he’s just very efficient, and *very* old (he was an earthling before becoming starborn)
@@julian4286 mostly because Matt feels less genuine with each passing year. His videos aren't written by him anymore, it's just another job. It feels like he lost the passion for it, but he fakes it for the cameras.
@@Sypitz oh, no, those make perfect sense to me. He's trying to find something to be passionate about again. It just doesn't help that he gets other people to write his content for him. It's like he's the main character from that game, beginners guide.
I love the rambling at the start especially in the science.....it feels like getting on a roller coaster about to do the first drop....you know it coming but the anticipation is almost better
For me, the rambling was part of all your videos and your intros made me stay back in GT. Found your channel and explanation today. Gotta stay. About this video, haven't play these videogames xD
Had to wait till I FINALLY got to watch Jon from Many a True Nerd to finish his playthrough till I watched this video. I'm SO GLAD I WAITED!!! I enjoyed how your take on the ending is so very very different than his. And seeing different points of views is a thing that I thoroughly enjoy!
My biggest conflict with starfield is my self insert character I make in every rpg is the only one I need. In fallout 4 especially after my first run I would love making new characters, responding differently and killing different faction leaders at different times. The alternate timelines are cool and if you haven't spoiled them for yourself it its a fun spin of the dice to see what comes up but, theres no reason to write a character who hates corperations cause she was just keep ignoring Ryujin which is like 10% of the game. Meanwhile in Fallout 4 I had an ex-cop who paired up with Valentine grew extremely sympetitic to synths. So he went undercover, joined the BoS and as soon as he saw Maxon he shot him in the face, took his jacket and jumped off the prydwen surviving the jump with the power armor he was just gifted. I can't shoot up mast cause I'm a decendant of the war with the freestar collective and make a permenant enemy against the vanguard. So I deleted my 2nd and 3rd character as whenever I played Jill or Claire I felt progress towards the next universe was being wasted not playing on my self insert. She's level 60+ now on universe 3 and while I'm having fun I'm going to miss having a reason to roll a new character.
Starfield is the first game I've ever played that actually made a new game plus system that not only was fun to me, but also made sense in context. The balancing of enemies after each new game mostly stays very solid too which is great. Just fantastically done, and no I do not mean the entire game, there's flaws of course, but the new game system is compelling, makes sense, and is fun so bravo Bethesda.
I had no intention of playing because I'm a Elderscroll Bethesda only, and I didn’t want Fallout in space but now...kinda interested cause it's Elderscroll meets Star Trek instead
Started at pre-release and haven't been playing anything else since there is so much to do.... FPS, sniping, going on random kill fests at the main settlements, space dogfights, hunting for specific ships to commandeer.... selling them or customizing them, searching for specific crew members for my ships and outposts, maxing out crew cap, collecting resources, collecting loot, guns, and gear, selling guns and gear, modding guns and gear, building and experimenting with outposts, space trading with rando ships, building and customizing ships, hunting for derelicts, scaring spacers, terrorizing the pirates at Kryx, exploring planets, quests, experimenting with powers... deep freeze power is hilarious, checking out ng+... currently only +1... I didn't think I would like it but it's actually pretty cool so far, pick pocketing, trying to not get caught as a shoplifter, bounty hunting, creature hunting, etc.... almost at the 400hr mark.
I like to roleplay as my characters and try to make decisions they would make. I love how my character turned out. I made John Starfield, a 40ish year old veteran with long unkept hair and beard. I had no intentions on romance for my first playthrough. He took Sarah as his companion for the first quest and decided to keep traveling with her. While playing I realized it made sense for them to grow closer romantically so he cut his hair and trimmed his beard, and they slowly fell in love, together confronted Sarahs past, and got married. Soon after he was faced with the decision to return to The Eye or defend the artifacts. What made the most sense to him was to stay with the artifacts. The Hunter was already on his way, he would do no more damage to The Eye, and the man with military training would be the best chance of stopping him from stealing the artifacts. So he stayed and saved the artifacts, only to find that his wife was murdered. Vengeance for his wife became his only mission. He rejected both the Hunter and Emissary, deciding that no one should have this power, that all starborn should be eliminated, and killed both. With nothing left for him in his own universe, he enters the unity, and finds himself in another universe, saddened upon discovering that Sarah's gift to him was lost. He returns to Constellation in a change of clothes, does not reveal himself to be starborn, and saves Sarah from dying. He however remains distant and cold, this is not his wife, but it is some consolation that he could save this version of her. He continues to enter the unity, initially killing all starborn he comes across. After finding peace with himself and the multiverse he makes it his mission to stop the Hunters' rampage, not by killing every version of him, but by persuading them to give up their hunts for the artifacts like the Keeper did. This in turn, gives the Emissary a new mission to stay in that universe and act as a guide for any starborn they come across, hopefully ending the Starborn desire for power, one starborn at a time. I installed a mod that lets me pick which universe variant to spawn in. After I see each version and max out the star powers, John Starfield will settle down in a universe, possibly the one with multiple versions of himself. Content that his mission to tame the other starborn will eventually succeed with the help of countless Emissaries. That's when he will get to shipbuilding and outpost making, set on molding this final universe how he sees fit, using his knowledge of all the factions to create the perfect universe to live in.
What I really liked about Starfield's starborn mechanic is really that it's such a good meta-commentary on how people play Bethesda games. Like, I literally got chills when the Hunter told me he let me go because he "wanted to see what would happen." I did a lot of playthroughs of FO4 with different character backgrounds specifically to justify making different choices just because I also wanted to see what would happen. In that game, it never really felt like a big deal, because any decision I didn't feel good about would just be gone on my next playthrough, like it never even happened. But couching those choices in a continuous trip through a multiverse, where every decision your character makes in each cycle is part of their history, that makes it hit different.
I actually did still start a new playthrough rather than go through the unity. If I established that this first character was a good person, it felt awful to try and be an absolute bastard in the next universe. An actual quote from me trying that: "Why did I do that? She would never do that. She'd kill anyone else that did do that!"
I'm RPing my starborn like Sliders: in that one mission, I was removed from my home universe by the machine, so I keep reaching the Unity in hopes that i eventually return home.
While I really do want to like this game, it has problems. So NG+ not allowing you to bring back anything hurts. Like in my original world, I did a lot of the quests and did the good endings. I left the universe in a pretty good state. In my first NG+, I wanted to see the other endings (so the evil ones) and realized how shitty it is to be a pirate. On top of all this, being a starborn kinda sucks. Like yeah you have cool magic powers but like all you can really do is skip the annoying sidequests in the main story. Like here I am doing the crimson fleet again in another evil universe run and I can't be like "Yo, there is a ship called legacy, we need this and this to get it, and sysdef is waiting to attack." I have to do all the missions again and be like sure let me do all this instead of making my life easy.
What they did accomplish is a setting and story element that doesn't make you feel like you're losing sync in an assassins creed game when you randomly go on a murderous rampage. The gamers every action and eccentricity is expressed through gameplay and this starborn function that makes you both more and less than human. You never feel like you're betraying your characters motivations. They're just your motivations. Your faintest whims. It's just a game. It's actually very immersive.
I'm literally watching the rambling intro trying to decide if i want to be spoiled for this game I haven't wanted to play again since launch. I choose yes so good job on the intro. 👍
So nicely done. First compelling case for NG+ I've heard. I'm just running two parallel games pre-NG+, but I did get into outposts and ship building so my current games are a little sticky. That said, there's little that can't be replaced and once I've established the skill points I want each NG+ should be fun.
heres an idea for you. in insomniacs spider man, spiderman can be seen slamming people against the concrete and bouncing them off said concrete so how hard would you have to throw someone to do this
I have to agree with you Austin. Although for me, I’m BOTH really into story and character driven plots so Starfield instantly hooked me. Plus I love space and astronomy. This game combined my love and interest of those things plus the BGS game format I’ve grown so fond of. I’m sure other game companies could’ve done it better but I love Starfield as is and it’s my favorite BGS title. Starfield for me got even better after NG+, especially with how I role played my character. I also hit NG+10 and I’m now richer and more powerful than my pre-Unity character and created a better primary than the one he had.
Amazing video Austin, I was wondering if you would ever do a video on a show called undead unluck- only because o guy with crazy regeneration uses his feet and arms to propel himself through the air and I was wondering what kind of force would be necessary to achieve something like that!
I LOVE rambling intros! You go right on ahead and ramble all you want, sir. It's honestly part of what I've lived about your videos since I found you back on Game Theory. :3
Personally, the rambling intros is what got me into your vidoes. And into the game theory vidoes. Not really interested in game theory anymore, but love your style of intros. Feels... down to earth? I think, if feels real. Not like a persona to grab viewers. Feels full of passion.
Sneaking is alright but what most people fail to realize is that it's hard to sneak with your spacesuit on. If your in a breathable area trying to sneak. Take your spacesuit, helmet, etc off and sneaking becomes WAY more easier. Obviously investing in concealment helps/
The narrative loop of Hades is very much different from what is being discussed here. The closest roguelike equivalent would be Into The Breach, but it doesn't really have much of a plot.
It's genuinely exhausting that Bethesda is chronically incapable of making anything that isn't Skyrim. This is literally just a rehashing of the plot of Skyrim with a random dragon break thrown in with a sloppy veneer of 'SPAAAAAACE' over the top - and they STILL can't be bothered to learn to optimise their products and fix their bugs that the modding community has fixed for them 1000 times over by now. I mean come on. "Starborn"? Seriously? They couldn't even be bothered to come up with a unique player character so instead they just put the Dragonborn in a space suit? Like at this point it's just weaponised incompetence. They know full well they can just get the modding community to clean up after them so they don't bother to try. How embarrassing.
Hey I wasn’t listening without looking because of ADHD. I’m about to clean my house and organize some board games and I thought spending that time enjoying the Shoddy cast stuffs was the greatest way to stay on task! And now look at me here I am defending why I didn’t see the title! 😂 love you guys Also after hitting start on the video again and hearing a bit of the strife you had with MatPat I’d like to say Since you left GameTheory I have literally maybe only watched two of their videos in that entire time. I was basically only watching them because of you and your long intro rants. I only haven’t unsubbed from GameTheory because I’m a YT hoarder. But my point is that I’m here because I like how you do it and my attention span is longer than 15 seconds. So Austin, keep being you and keep doing it how you do it.
One guy got to the lodge and found only multiple copies of himself one for each faction . Another found a group of children " playing " as members of constilation .
Bro. Bro. I chose this video walked away for two minutes and SPOILER ALERT BRO. Honestly the rambling minites are the best part. Matpat does kids. You doesn't. Keep your pace. Been here before Game Theory and still here after. Keep running to that goal Austin, you're one of my Top 10, that said i miss the profanity but I get it. That one Swede ruined it for all us grown ups. "You can pretend to have sex with a prime bottle but you can't say you're having sex with a prime bottle." -what I assume he was told by his team/RU-vid because seriously, that's the video my kid watched, and YT is worried about hearing a hundredth of the words I say daily, or they hear on cable or a thousandth of what they hear at school.
Only managed to make it through New Game Plus version one, as someone who tries to do all the submissions, the starboard option appearing as the trek across the universe is something very rewarding. Wonder if not going to the lodge until I have their completion may effect my initial entrance to the lodge since the universe definitely will feel the affects haha. I think your video here was what made me pull the trigger on getting the game. Glad to see you making content on things you love. Keep up the great work and I look forward to your SCIENCE! video when you get the ability to get it out.
I didn't get to keep Sarah. She became a star born, with me, and then she's gone. I was hoping for some game play around that. Like, what if your actions in + affected hers? Like you became the emissary and she became the hunter. Having an antagonist would have been cool
I just reach the ending today, and my god what a heart punching ending this is. I can give up everything in the game but not my Sarah, the best ending to me is just everyone step away from the unity. I would like to have an update or DLC later where you actually regret to became a Starborn and tried everything you can to find your spouse again, and maybe your spouse are having the same thought and doing the same thing and tring to find you across the multiverse.
I missed this video because I was too busy playing Starfield. I'm glad you, one of the OGs, has something good to say about the game. Obviously people have their valid reasons to not like the game, but we are in dire need of more positive/constructive videos for this game.
I love Austiiiiiin You make such great videos and I love your rambling :3 Also if you like character-driven stories, you should check out Brandon Sanderson or Brian McClellan. They are both genuinely good authors who are VERY good at making realistic characters
Just to share my thoughts on FO4, I've always considered it low tier as FO goes. There is, however, one amazing touch that did more for world building within the game than any other FO. You got to see a little piece of the world before and after the bombs. It adds a very powerful perspective on what was lost in a way that you just don't get in any other FO game.
Had to wait a while to watch this one to avoid the spoilers, turns out the play time screenshots you post shows your last played at time of screenshots was my birthday xD
