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Bethesda responding to negative Starfield reviews on Steam

Bethesda's customer support team has been responding to negative Starfield reviews on Steam.

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__y2jb152d ago

That's pretty pathetic but also kind of the standard expected from XBox these days.

Why struggle to create compelling content when you can just tell users they are wrong?

notachance152d ago

currently people flocked to the comment section of those reviews to mock the AI template response lol

probably used their "advanced" engine to procedurally generate those comment 🤣

OtterX152d ago (Edited 152d ago )

Someone should do a YouTube video of Starfield NPCs reading these "developer" responses, with their bland awkward faces. 😂

OtterX152d ago

Most small indies don't even grovel this much for approval. It sounds kind of unprofessional really, "oh you didn't play it right", like a teenage employee at Gamestop. Usually developer responses on Steam thank the person for their feedback, tell them that they'll consider this feedback towards future improvements to the game. This just comes across as, "our product is fine as it is, you're just not playing it right". Man, I'm starting to read these in a snarkyTodd Howard voice. 😩

anast151d ago

"Man, I'm starting to read these in a snarkyTodd Howard voice. 😩"

This means it's time to get out of this relationship.

MrBaskerville151d ago

Maybe they saw how much goodwill New Blood got from being snarky in Steam reviews. Just reads different when you aren't funny and you are writing on behalf of a trillion dollar company.

Michiel1989151d ago

ofc it's unprofessional because they get trained in customer support, not in game design. I worked in customer support for a bit over a year and often you just get presented with questions or problems that you don't have much to do with or knowledge about, but still have to answer. It doesn't take away that the person gave probably the most awful response they could have, but its also not such a drama that this twitter Karen makes it out to be. It's funny though.

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Ra3030151d ago

Naw....this is just Microsoft out trying to collect that Xbox tax! A Trillion Dollar Corporation out there working them streets bullying, intimidating gamers, maybe paying that actual tax of other former friendlies but naw not pathetic its Microsoft being Microsoft doing what Microsoft do there's no level they won't stoop to.

0hMyGandhi151d ago

Me: I tried the bike but it seems to fall apart when I try to ride it: the brakes stop working, the tires keep rapidly deflating, the handlebars turn in place, and the seat pops off when going over small bumps.

Bethesda: You're just riding it wrong.

Abracadabra151d ago

Gamers are entitled little shits... always complaining about something.

Godmars290151d ago

Standard for Bethesda you mean. Fallout 76 aside for having as many issues, failing to live up to official hype, not even Tod Howard could simply brush them off.

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anast152d ago (Edited 152d ago )

I also heard they were going to heavily monetize the modding scene.

crazyCoconuts152d ago

These responses are so Microsoft - lean into the fail.
"I don't like this game"
"Are you sure you don't like this game? Could you perhaps actually like this game? I think you might! You do like this game after all!"

OtterX151d ago (Edited 151d ago )

"TELL ME YOU LOVE ME!!!!!" ((growled in a deep sinister voice)) 😭🤬👹

https://i2.wp.com/www.nerfe...

MrBaskerville151d ago

You can't find it boring, it's fun!

gold_drake151d ago

its just so wild to me that they actually defend the loading screens and empty planets.

we've see other games that have more complex infrastructure with less loading time in this gen.

dumahim151d ago

The funny thing is that some of those loading screens aren't even needed. There's places you can trigger the loading screen with a door but then go around where there isn't a door, and there's no load screen. I can't remember the exact example but I did run into one of them in my playthrough and I think Alex mentioned it in one of the DF videos.

sweendog151d ago

@dumahim
Yeah there's a building in akila city where you have to load to go through the door but you can get to the roof and jump back into the open city with no loading screen

mudakoshaka151d ago (Edited 151d ago )

The entirety of New Atlantis is like that. Loading screen after loading screen. Imagine my surprise when I was able to jump down from like the Commercial District to one of the other districts without any loading screens. This entire game was made by a retarded person with intellectual impairments. The map should be enough proof. Not even the cities have a proper map. Really liked the game for like 30 hours but then the make-up started to wear off and Starfield showed its true and ugly nature. They should have focused on a solar system and not the entire universe. Quality and not quantity! Not following this philosophy will be the end of Xbox and Playstation seem to be heading the same path with their GaaS. The future of gaming will be Doodle Jump and Candy Crush unless this bastardisation of gaming stops.

frostypants151d ago

Freaking No Man's Sky has better procedurally generated planets (by a massive factor) and it was made at a fraction of the budget.

Good-Smurf151d ago (Edited 151d ago )

Pathetic of a response lol.
I just read some of the responses and never cringe this hard before.

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Bloober Team Working On 2 New Games Already

Discover the latest news from Bloober Team: they are working on 2 new games, including a new IP in partnership with Private Division.

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Steam’s Refund Policy Change Won’t Affect You Unless You’re A Lowlife

Steam is changing its refund policy, but you probably won’t be affected

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thorstein1d 1h ago

Should have happened a long time ago. People wanting refunds after 50 hours in game.

fsfsxii21h ago

Pc gamers will take this as an excuse to pirate things

KyRo20h ago

I'm not sure why you're getting disgrees. Whilst not all PC gamers are petty, an awful lot of them are lol

Crows9020h ago

Entirely untrue. Not any more petty than console gamers. The only large difference is console gamers don't have much of a choice.

Michiel198911h ago

Not sure why you're getting agrees. an awful lot of console gamers are overemotional twinks ready to go to war over a plastic box, I'll take being a pc gamer then.

Speaking about overgeneralizing much.

Nooderus2h ago

"X" type of gamer conversations are cringe

qalpha20h ago

Daily reminder that 'TheGamer' is a corporate-generated, anti-gamer, anti-consumer, clickbait web site. They are mostly A.I. generated articles that villainize gamers. They provide nothing positive and actively try to provoke and divide the community through extreme view points and politics. Do not give them any clicks.

Inverno20h ago

Only scumbags? As if people don't play their games on console put in the most amount of hours and return it to GameStop and trade it in for another game. But also how many people are actually do this? And what games have been allowed to be refunded?

DustMan20h ago

You can refund any game you've purchased as long as it hasn't been longer than two weeks, and you've played less than 2 hours. I wish they would change it to 3 hours because some RPG's have so much exposition that you may only get an hour total of complete gameplay. That's my only knock on it. I've refunded plenty of stuff I was just curious to try. I typically stay away from Early Access titles which are the only ones affected by this policy change.

Inverno19h ago

Apparently early access doesn't count, only complete games with a play early preorder bonus.

Gaming4Life198120h ago

I definitely know if I want a refund in 2 hours.

SegaSaturn66911h ago

I never liked refunding anything. Even if a film is bad, i dont want my money back. Sometimes things just aren't for me, and it's not the creator's fault necessarily.

Gaming4Life19816h ago

I feel you and i have never walked out on a bad movie cause I payed my money. I also don't refund games cause I'm a gamer and I know what to buy lol. I think having a digital refund is great.

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Media Molecule’s Next Game is Going to be a New IP

A job listing published by the UK studio reveals that its next project will be another entirely new IP.

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Inverno1d 16h ago

The only PlayStation dev I care about tbh.

Inverno20h ago

Dayum did I hit a nerve. Sorry for not liking most of this gens games coming from PS, not really doe.

Cacabunga1d 16h ago

Hopefully doesn’t take them a complete gen to release it

TheColbertinator1d 10h ago

Good. Something not boring, not one of those "make your own game" crap and also on Steam would be nice.

Stopac1d 8h ago

I too like to look for things in the wrong places.