I know they said you can fast travel back to the ship in the Direct. I'm not sure you can summon

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I know they said you can fast travel back to the ship in the Direct. I'm not sure you can summon

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Ah... yeah that makes more sense, thanks for the info.

I've been playing Elite Dangerous for a long while now and when you land on a planet / moon and explore out with your Rover you can remotely summon your ship. It's a really cool process to watch you ship coming from a distance... land... and then you drive up to the cargo hatch so that you can re-enter the ship and take off back into space.

It's interesting that in some ways I'm going to wish Starfield were more sim like.... but in other ways Starfield blows away the limitations of a game like Elite. Targeting subsystems to disable enemy ships and then being able to board those ships, fighting the crew, etc. That's way more than I expected this game to deliver with regards to space flight/combat.

Man, that's one of the better live action trailers I've seen. Great job marketing and really hits on why I, and I assume many others, are excited for this game.

Outside of the story, factions, quests... I really just want to blast off and see what's out there. This is like the Skyrim "I wonder what's in that cave" hook X 1000.

I'm not going to have enough time for this, am I!?!

If we get a SpaceX orbital flight test around the release of Starfield, space nirvana

jr15aggie said:

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I'm not going to have enough time for this, am I!?!

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Between this and Baldur's Gate 3.... my free time for the foreseeable future is spoken for. I still need to finish Tears of the Kingdom and Remnant 2 as well, but those are on the back burner for a while.

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jr15aggie said:

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I'm not going to have enough time for this, am I!?!

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Between this and Baldur's Gate 3.... my free time for the foreseeable future is spoken for. I still need to finish Tears of the Kingdom and Remnant 2 as well, but those are on the back burner for a while.

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Add in Cyberpunk's expansion and I'm pretty much booked for the fall.

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zip04 said:

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jr15aggie said:

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I'm not going to have enough time for this, am I!?!

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Between this and Baldur's Gate 3.... my free time for the foreseeable future is spoken for. I still need to finish Tears of the Kingdom and Remnant 2 as well, but those are on the back burner for a while.

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Add in Cyberpunk's expansion and I'm pretty much booked for the fall.

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I was "this" close to starting a new Cyberpunk campaign this summer in anticipation of the upcoming expansion (I missed a lot during my first play though, the game is pretty huge).

But I quickly realized that wasn't close to practical with Starfield releasing. It will probably be a good year or so before I'm able to re-engage into that game. But that's OK, always good to have game on the backlog.

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jr15aggie said:

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I'm not going to have enough time for this, am I!?!

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Between this and Baldur's Gate 3.... my free time for the foreseeable future is spoken for. I still need to finish Tears of the Kingdom and Remnant 2 as well, but those are on the back burner for a while.

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With current replay of Skyrim and then BG3, and then this I'm easily booked out until 2026. Big games like this take me about a year to get through.

I'm ready to go, early access with my $100 premium edition downloaded. It's been a long while since I shelled out $100 for a game.

Funny thing was it reminded me that Neo Geo games cost $200 or more back in the 90s. Crazy!

By the way, there is a $35 premium upgrade bundle you can buy if you have Game Pass that gives you the premium bonuses with Game Pass. That includes early access. Not sure if that was mentioned, but just came across it.

Most of the early review leaks have been gushing over the graphics. Apparently it's quite the looker.

jr15aggie said:

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dcaggie04 said:

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zip04 said:

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jr15aggie said:

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I'm not going to have enough time for this, am I!?!

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Between this and Baldur's Gate 3.... my free time for the foreseeable future is spoken for. I still need to finish Tears of the Kingdom and Remnant 2 as well, but those are on the back burner for a while.

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Add in Cyberpunk's expansion and I'm pretty much booked for the fall.

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I was "this" close to starting a new Cyberpunk campaign this summer in anticipation of the upcoming expansion (I missed a lot during my first play though, the game is pretty huge).

But I quickly realized that wasn't close to practical with Starfield releasing. It will probably be a good year or so before I'm able to re-engage into that game. But that's OK, always good to have game on the backlog.

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I still haven't finished Cyberpunk. Had issues with it at launch and put it down while they worked on it and just haven't gone back to it.

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zip04 said:

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jr15aggie said:

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I'm not going to have enough time for this, am I!?!

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Between this and Baldur's Gate 3.... my free time for the foreseeable future is spoken for. I still need to finish Tears of the Kingdom and Remnant 2 as well, but those are on the back burner for a while.

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Add in Cyberpunk's expansion and I'm pretty much booked for the fall.

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Armored Core VI comes out soon too, same company that made Elden Ring. Looks like a mecha version of Elden Ring except with blazing fast movement.

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Most of the early review leaks have been gushing over the graphics. Apparently it's quite the looker.

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Yeah they apparently took a year to polish it, which is something they did not do for Fallout or Skyrim.

Based on what little footage they've shown, one of the best graphical effects they do is with the space helmets. The lighting and illumination of the character's faces inside the helmets just looks really well done.

In particular, when they are in a dark environment, that interior helmet lighting trick really pops!

LOL:

https://www.gamespot.com/articles/ridiculous-starfield-gaming-chair-is-equipped-with-a-screen-cockpit-style-setup/1100-6517129/

Talk about a masturbation station!

V8Aggie said:

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Talk about a masturbation station!

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all plastic, so it can be hosed off.

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LOL:

https://www.gamespot.com/articles/ridiculous-starfield-gaming-chair-is-equipped-with-a-screen-cockpit-style-setup/1100-6517129/

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Tempurpedic being a sponsor. Ain't no one sleeping in that thing lol

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javajaws said:

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LOL:

https://www.gamespot.com/articles/ridiculous-starfield-gaming-chair-is-equipped-with-a-screen-cockpit-style-setup/1100-6517129/

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Tempurpedic being a sponsor. Ain't no one sleeping in that thing lol

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Lots of impressions coming out of Gamescon from interviews and the game preview at the event.

In a nut shell... lots of gushing over this game. 1 more week.

I read about some gameplay today, most of it was already known or suspected, but in regards to planetary flight You cannot fly between planets in the same system. Say you want to fly from Venus to Mars, its the same as flying between the star system. Open map, plot the course and then grav jump.

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I read about some gameplay today, most of it was already known or suspected, but in regards to planetary flight You cannot fly between planets in the same system. Say you want to fly from Venus to Mars, its the same as flying between the star system. Open map, plot the course and then grav jump.

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My guess on how it works (no spoiler tags because I have not read/seen anything about this other than trailers). When navigating the stars you will first select your system and then select which planet you want to jump to. In a game like Elite Dangerous you always jump to the star and from there you cruise to your planet or starport. But that's just extra steps and doesn't make sense in a non sim game like Starfield.

So whether it's in the same system or a different one, your grav jumps will always be planet-to-planet. Once you are "in orbit" around your plant you can fly around (if there is anything worth seeing/doing) or you can select a landing zone on the planet. I'm thinking this same screen will also allow you to choose a landing spot on any of the surrounding moons.

In other words, for simplification and to avoid over cluttering system map screens, you never grav jump to a moon... you choose your planet and from there you can get to anything that is in orbit around that planet (moons, space stations, etc.).

I'm also curious about that. I hope you can move across the ship freely, including vertically. Don't make me use a cutscene/load screen to climb a ladder in the ship up to the next module.

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I'm also curious about that. I hope you can move across the ship freely, including vertically. Don't make me use a cutscene/load screen to climb a ladder in the ship up to the next module.

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Ladders in Starfield will be used sparingly. It is a Bethesda game, after all.

jr15aggie said:

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wangus12 said:

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I read about some gameplay today, most of it was already known or suspected, but in regards to planetary flight You cannot fly between planets in the same system. Say you want to fly from Venus to Mars, its the same as flying between the star system. Open map, plot the course and then grav jump.

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My guess on how it works (no spoiler tags because I have not read/seen anything about this other than trailers). When navigating the stars you will first select your system and then select which planet you want to jump to. In a game like Elite Dangerous you always jump to the star and from there you cruise to your planet or starport. But that's just extra steps and doesn't make sense in a non sim game like Starfield.

So whether it's in the same system or a different one, your grav jumps will always be planet-to-planet. Once you are "in orbit" around your plant you can fly around (if there is anything worth seeing/doing) or you can select a landing zone on the planet. I'm thinking this same screen will also allow you to choose a landing spot on any of the surrounding moons.

In other words, for simplification and to avoid over cluttering system map screens, you never grav jump to a moon... you choose your planet and from there you can get to anything that is in orbit around that planet (moons, space stations, etc.).

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In games where you have to travel between planets (using alternate drive mechanisms) it always just seems to slow down the action/gameplay so this sounds good to me.

My only concern might be is do they have things like asteroid belts, etc that you can go to that aren't in orbit around a planet? And can you fast travel to them?

If you Tweet/X, you can enter for a chance to win a limited edition AMD GPU by following the official Starfield X account and retweeting the below tweet

https://x.com/starfieldgame/status/1694378974548242470?s=46&t=-Qqh6EFuMqNr0diV7xzPZw

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dcaggie04 said:

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zip04 said:

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jr15aggie said:

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I'm not going to have enough time for this, am I!?!

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Between this and Baldur's Gate 3.... my free time for the foreseeable future is spoken for. I still need to finish Tears of the Kingdom and Remnant 2 as well, but those are on the back burner for a while.

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Add in Cyberpunk's expansion and I'm pretty much booked for the fall.

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Armored Core VI comes out soon too, same company that made Elden Ring. Looks like a mecha version of Elden Ring except with blazing fast movement.

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I'd be weary about approaching Armored Core as "Elden Ring with mechs". They're very different games

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Nanomachines son said:

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dcaggie04 said:

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zip04 said:

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jr15aggie said:

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I'm not going to have enough time for this, am I!?!

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Between this and Baldur's Gate 3.... my free time for the foreseeable future is spoken for. I still need to finish Tears of the Kingdom and Remnant 2 as well, but those are on the back burner for a while.

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Add in Cyberpunk's expansion and I'm pretty much booked for the fall.

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Armored Core VI comes out soon too, same company that made Elden Ring. Looks like a mecha version of Elden Ring except with blazing fast movement.

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I'd be weary about approaching Armored Core as "Elden Ring with mechs". They're very different games

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I know that, but from what I have read they did incorporate some aspects. It's pretty clear the atmosphere is similar and the boss fights will be difficult.

Gameplay is massively different obviously.

Spoiler tags because I'm going to give a summary of what reviewers are saying... no specific game details, just a thumbs up or thumbs down of Starfield.

People are loving this game, big time. Hearing it from multiple sources. I'm watching (youtube) Colt Eastwood's latest podcast in the background while I work. His co-host, Gaz, cannot contain his excitement. He's not saying anything directly, but he's giddy and it's written all over his face.

He also made a slip when talking about how it was Sony's fault in the first place that MS purchased Bethesda. In a nutshell he said it was Sony's constant grabbing at 3rd party timed/full exclusive deals that spurred MS on and this was going to bite... he did a dead stop here and they both started laughing. He is trying so hard not to violate his NDA.

But it's easy to fill in the blanks where he left off... this is going to bite Sony in the ass because Starfield is flipping awesome!

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Spoiler tags because I'm going to give a summary of what reviewers are saying... no specific game details, just a thumbs up or thumbs down of Starfield.

People are loving this game, big time. Hearing it from multiple sources. I'm watching (youtube) Colt Eastwood's latest podcast in the background while I work. His co-host, Gaz, cannot contain his excitement. He's not saying anything directly, but he's giddy and it's written all over his face.

He also made a slip when talking about how it was Sony's fault in the first place that MS purchased Bethesda. In a nutshell he said it was Sony's constant grabbing at 3rd party timed/full exclusive deals that spurred MS on and this was going to bite... he did a dead stop here and they both started laughing. He is trying so hard not to violate his NDA.

But it's easy to fill in the blanks where he left off... this is going to bite Sony in the ass because Starfield is flipping awesome!

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Appreciate how you prefaced that. I don't want any gameplay spoilers, or info at all past what we got in the long presentation a couple months back. I do enjoy hearing general reactions, though.