Starfield's Marketing Is Making Space Skyrim Sound Boring

From The Gamer: "I’m really excited for Starfield, along with the rest of the world. I’m a big Bethesda nut and played hundreds of hours of Skyrim when I was supposed to be studying for exams in school. Don’t do that kids. I mean, it worked out for me but it won’t for you. Stay in Skyrim, don’t do school. Wait. You know what I mean.

I must admit I haven’t bought all the Skyrims that have been released, but I’ve got at least three of the 567,398 versions that have launched. Since playing Skyrim I’ve also gone back and visited older Elder Scrolls titles like Oblivion and Morrowind. I like the vibes of the Fallout series, too, even if Bethesda’s entries have never lived up to the stellar post-apocalypse of Obsidian’s New Vegas. So when I heard about Starfield - Skyrim in space, a star-faring RPG from one of the best developers in the business - I couldn’t wait to get stuck in. But the more I hear about the game, the less excited I am for it."

[LordoftheCritics]

Lame.

[SullysCigar]

So use the report function. I'd be interested to hear your reasoning.

[LordoftheCritics]

Frustrated fan lacking patience writes an opinion piece.

As if Bethesda will listen and react xD

My guess is Bethesda wants it to reach a point where the game looks and feels exactly like it would on release.
No downgrades etc. To clean up their act and repair their past blunders.

Also its their new IP in a loong time and it might not be Space Skyrim.

[Terry_B]

reasoning? It's a thegamer opinion piece. Those exist only for the clickbait headline and to generate as many clicks as possible.

[KyRo]

@Lord Bethesda clean up their act? FO (minus 76 which still had hundreds off issues the mainline games have) and ES win game of the year anyway despite being in the terrible states they're in. If any other company release a game with half of the issues Bethesda's do they are scrutinized for it.

[TheProfessional]

This article wouldn't exist if this was a Sony exclusive or even multiplatform.

[WillyC009]

@LordoftheCritics,

You don’t know Bethesda very well do you? Expect a largely broken game with underwhelming visuals mixed with watered down gameplay like Skyrim. Their last truly good game was Oblivion IMO and that still had bugs galore.

[DeathTouch]

@TheProfessional What? The Order, Days Gone and Deathloop were all victims of this.

[Flawlessmic]

Dont know why your getting worked up over yhe article for, the writer makes very valid points.

I mean starfield is my most anticipated game of the year hands down but marketing has been terrible, i dont see how that can be denied eapcially when the game is just 7-8 months away.

[RaidenBlack]

Well, read somewhere, both Skyrim and Fallout 4 (and I think FO76 as well) were showcased at E3, just few months before the launch. So the same trend here with Starfield.
The only difference this time is that, the initial announcement was done a few years ago, becoz of some reasons, one of them being, fans complaining Bethesda is slowly turning into live service focused developer after FO76.
So they announced Starfield and ES6 pre maturely to ascertain the long time fans, that traditional single-player focused projects are still a priority and are in active development.

[Thegr81]

Giving the guy that write the article the benefit of the doubt cause he may be too young to remember saying Skyrim launched when he was in college but Bethesda has ALWAYS done this for their own releases. Skyrim and fallout 4 only showed gameplay at e3 mere months before it released and nothing before that. I feel like this is a lose lose. If they start doing things a diff way than they always have the narrative is then oh Microsoft is now forcing them to change their culture. But seriously this is no diff than all their other big releases. Look it up.

[shinoff2183]

Its definitely getting delayed

[gamer9]

shinoff, zero chance this gets delayed. Already got pushed to this fall because they had halo last year. Game is probably done already

[CorndogBurglar]

@gamer9

Lol there's no chance this game is done already. Bethesda is known for releasing games full of issues. If this game is done, and they're still waiting 7-8 more months to launch, then it better be in an absolutely flawless state. But it's Bethesda, so we know that won't happen.

[Eonjay]

Actually I think their marketing is full of too much exposition and what they actually need is just gameplay.

[CaptainHenry916]

After hearing about that too realistic approach it actually does kinda sound boring. I hope it doesn't take the fun factor away from it.

[gamer9]

Yup, release info too early you get cyberpunk. Release info too late you get complainers. They can't win. I think their marketing has been great, assuming that they end up doing a full Fallout4 style reveal at E3 this year. The Fallout 4 full E3 reveal was fantastic

[CorndogBurglar]

" zero chance this gets delayed. Already got pushed to this fall because they had halo last year. Game is probably done already"

Lol there's no chance this game is done already. Bethesda is known for releasing games full of issues. If this game is done, and they're still waiting 7-8 more months to launch, then it better be in an absolutely flawless state. But it's Bethesda, so we know that won't happen.

[MrDead]

Starfield's marketing team must be having a great time trying to sell a game that was 10 years in development for a multiplatform release now having it's new owners ban it from competing platforms.

Lets see how it makes back any cash for Bethesda as they'll have to push MT's and DLC's right out of the gate to support it's cost, or will MS just make them take the hit as all they want is customers locked into a subscription service?

[Lightning77]

Still goin on this narrative huh. You're right it is incredibly frustrating that FF7 Remake has no release date im sight for Xbox. Sony outright "banned" that game according to you. What makes it worse is that Sony doesn't own the IP or the publisher. Same will be said about FF16 as well. At least in MS case they own the publisher.

[DnBSkillZ]

Realistically speaking Final Fantasy was always a PlayStation exclusive so the IP is just going back to where it started

[IRetrouk]

It started on nintendo in 87

[porkChop]

@DnB

Just was to point out that Final Fantasy started before PS was a thing, so it wasn't "always a PlayStation exclusive". Very few games in the franchise were even exclusive to PS at all. Many were either multiplat on consoles, or released on PC as well.

[HardKnockKid24]

@Lightning77 Thank for making this point. Like I can’t think of a better example of digital hypocrisy/crying.
@DnBSkillZ
By this logic we can apply the same to KOTOR remake as well right? Tell me more….

[MrDead]

@Lightning77

It's not really a narrative when MS has banned platforms from PUBLISHERS games, but you seem to think a single game that Sony has been teasing since 2005 and will be coming to other platforms is the same as banning gamers from PUBLISHERS.

Unknown release date for 1 game compared to 2 multiplatform PUBLISHERS worth of content that is at risk and already seeing titles pulled... yeah, identical.

[thesoftware730]

@MrDead
Do you mean like GT7 MT?

@DnBSkillz,
Wrong FF was originally a Nintendo exclusive. They even had a prototype demo of a new FF(featuring Locke) at the launch of the N64 that looked great btw.

[FGHFGHFGH]

It will for sure have a bunch of dlc. It's their new space marine game. Master chief looking suit $20, and it will sell a bunch lol

[gangsta_red]

It's still having a multiplatform release with PC, Xbox, cloud devices and Steam. The only platform it won't be on is Playstation, unless you know of other platforms and publishers MS is banning this game from?

[pietro1212]

dnbskillz

The Final Fantasy franchise was not a PlayStation exclusive and never was.

[gamer9]

It's on 2 major platforms, they'll survive. Any Bethesda fan will get a PC or an xbox and play the Bethesda games they enjoy.

[CorndogBurglar]

I'm a Bethesda fan, but I'm not buying either of those things. At least not anytime soon.

[Lord_Sloth]

The very idea of Space Skyrim is already boring. They need to work on their combat somehow.

[isarai]

Not to mention the absurdly generic art direction we've seen thus far. I would love to be proven wrong, but so far i just don't see or hear what is supposed to be so great about this game.

[Lightning77]

That's valid. For the past year they just been talking about concepts and direction that they want in the game. Even the most hyped game can sound boring when devs keep talking about potential pipe dreams for the game.

So rather bored, but I'm more bored about the devs chatter over this game.

[porkChop]

How is Nasa Punk generic? It's a form of retrofuturism based on the space race of the Cold War. What are all the games that use that style? Basically from the start they said that it was based more in realism than Fallout or TES. Were you expecting first person Mass Effect?

[HardKnockKid24]

Lol so don’t buy the game? People are hyped for the game most probably because they’ve enjoy Bethesda’s previous work. We have not even seen gameplay yet for folks to say, combat needs work or you don’t see what’s great about the game. It’s because you haven’t seen the game!!! Lol Sheesh

[mostarr]

How come people are calling it skyrim in space? Wouldnt it be closer to fallout in space?

[Lord_Sloth]

Oh my bad. I forgot because Fallout is totally leagues different from a gameplay standpoint than Skyrim. My b.

[gamer9]

But we don't know what the combat will be yet. It won't be Skyrim because there are guns.

[porkChop]

It won't just be Fallout either because there's no V.A.T.S.

[PhillyDillyDee]

He’s not wrong about their marketing so far but I’m sure that will change as the date draws closer. MS spent a lot of money on zenimax so they could have some blockbuster exclusives; I doubt they will drop the ball on their first, maybe most anticipated exclusive.

But we will see!

[CBaoth]

I agree. MS won't drop the ball, they know how to market. But Bethesda might. All we've seen is a cockpit, some control panels, and a door. Todd and Pete haven't shown us anything other than living off Ken Rolston's ready-made formula (Morrowind). Far more excited for Avowed

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[rlow1]

Everyone is entitled to their opinions. But I’ll be bored out of mind jetting across the galaxy when it launches.

[Fonsecap]

It just works...

[Godmars290]

What marketing? One or two teaser trailers are suppose to be "marketing"?

[Snakeeater25]

Is there a release date of that game ?
I am just curious, I feel that since fallout new Vegas this studio quality drop each year

[kikicub]

11/11 I believe

[Vanfernal]

Regular Skyrim is boring so...

[lucian229]

To all the idiots paying for an incomplete game...... Haha

[kikicub]

Haha...LOL...Game Pass...ahahaha

[sourOG]

I agree. If it wasn’t BGS I’d have very little to no interest at this point. It is BGS though so I’m hyped.

[jambola]

Yeah
Not like they're very messed up....

[z2g]

disagree.

[Christopher]

Personally, I feel this is a push by Microsoft to put out these talks stuff. Howard is the type who likes to have a presentation two or three months before full release and go "This is everything, enjoy." Now, Microsoft wants them to keep people entertained and attached, so they do these things where they talk about stuff but don't show anything because Howard likes to show it once it's about ready for release.

[BrainSyphoned]

After Cyberpunk's false marketing and being No Man's Sky part 2 I'd be pretty weary about saying anything about the product. Besides they really don't need to. Reviews will either push it to legendary status or BGS's legacy will be a thing of the past. Going to play it on gamepass regardless of how it is received so 10/10 best Bethesda game ever please.

[ARESWARLORD]

The fact that this "opinion" article was approved says a lot about N4G unfortunately. :{

[jambola]

Are you saying it's not an opinion?

[Bobertt]

I lost faith in Bethesda after Fallout 4. The fact they keep talking about the game with generic buzzwords instead of showing us something tangible makes me think the game itself is boring and they are just telling us the original idea they had when they first thought of making the game or it's a bug fest and it's not ready.

[ITPython]

Isn't Starfield a top-down game?

I certainly wouldn't call it Skyrim in space since it's not a FPS.

Top-down = mobile game. No thanks. Xbox can have this one 🤣

[gamer9]

Lolol you just called Starfield a top down game and called Skyrim a first person shooter

[CorndogBurglar]

What are you talking about, bro? Lol

[MegaLogic]

We all know what opinions are like?!

[FanboysKiller]

It's your opinion , why you're not mentioning it as an opinion topic ? You can't claim facts at this moment unless you are so jealous that you couldn't stand the community eyes staring at this masterpiece.

[jambola]

You're saying jealousy is the only possible reason someone could claim facts?

Also it very clearly says opinion piece

[jambola]

I don't understand why anyone would be excited for a Bethesda game
They haven't released anything consider led great in over 10 years

[2moda5gamer]

Probably not shown anything because they are working hard on making the game engine not suck full of bugs this time around. Their amazing world building is one thing, but they will for sure get ripped a new one if the game play sucks as much as the last main fallout release - it was passably fine for skyrim (even though it actually wasn't) back then but today people are far less forgiving.

[SpineSaw]

Why is anyone taking about this game a game that may or may not release in 2022 and even if it does the scheduled release day is 8 months away does Microsoft have no other First Party game releasing in the next 8 months or do they have nothing else worth talking about? I myself have a Xbox Series S I would like to use but with everything running and looking better on the PS5 I do my gaming on that. I need Microsoft First Party to deliver some great games or at least.....some games.

[Yui_Suzumiya]

I put more time in Fallout 3 than any other game. This is the only game not coming to Switch that I'm actually excited for.

[Fearmonkey]

This reviewer doesnt seem to remember how things are regarding Bethesda and their gaming reveals. They tease and tease and then finally release a gameplay video close to the time of release. They havent shown us anything yet, so how can it be boring? Its frustrating, I agree, but until I see the game in action, I cant make a determination its boring. I suspect its going to be great. but probably disapoint some who just want TES 6 already.