Artorias said:
Tex117 said:
Claude! said:
What I think falls a little flat is the free-form planetary exploration. The cities are great, and the pre-set places are generally okay, but the randomly generated points of interest aren't really compelling, and there's not really a whole lot to do or see between them. I know it's an unfair comparison, but I haven't come across any of the random fun or interesting non-marked environments like I did in Skyrim or Fallout. Makes that piece of the game, which has heretofore been a hallmark of Bethesda games, not incredibly engaging, and makes surveying a planet a chore more than anything. Especially when I need to survey aquatic fauna but can't find the coast despite landing on a tiny island.
For a game that was billed as a space exploration game...there was little of it.
They should have just gone for like 20 (or so), hand designed planets where you could fly and land between them.
The quests are in fact pretty good. Better than usual Bethesda fare.
I cant help but think they just missed the mark with this one a little bit.
Fewer planets with more content is the number one criticism I have been seeing from people about the game. The quests only send you to a dozen or so different planets, of the 1000+ in the game. There is little to no reason to visit 95% of the planets in the game.
I completely disagree.
I think the problem is the Bethesda fans who created their own expectation of what this game is.
I get that many of us are fans of the Elder Scrolls and Fallout games, but this is not those games. This was never billed as "Skyrim in Space" or "Fallout in Space". This was billed as a completely different kind of game, with room to grow, be modded, and be played for years to come. I think they hit the mark very well.
Static locations to stumble upon? I think there are just as many of these as any other of their games, if not more. However, they aren't all within 1 square mile of each other. It's a freaking space game where you are supposed to explore the entire galaxy. And yes, there will be many barren planets out there, but that's more realistic.
I'm level 40, have around 60 hours invested in this game, on to NG+, and still am looking forward to exploring and starting other questlines to see what's out there. I'd say the game did it's job very well, for me.
I guess I just don't understand the criticism of there being too many empty planets. So? Don't go to them. If they had only created 20 densely populated planets, it would feel like this game was too small for one billed as a space exploration game.