Strange way to say it's just not good enough to get awards. I'm not "ghosted" by the Michelin guides every year, my cooking just isn't that good.
this post was submitted on 13 Nov 2023
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The fact that awards are just assumed for any big title in spite of a decidedly lacklustre reception says a lot about the industry.
The Game Awards is by no means innocent of this, but it has glimmers of sincerity at times and this is one of them.
According to the article, Starfield was still nominated for best RPG… so, not really ghosted. More like they got the participation award for the unfinished, under-baked game they put out.
It would have been insulting to the other devs if they were nominated for GOTY, because Starfield isn’t even in the same league as the other nominees and Bethesda should play those to see what an actual polished game feels like.
Because they ghosted us when we asked where the rest of this “25 year dream” game was
I mean, the best thing about Starfield for me was that watching the trailer inspired me to fire up No Man's Sky again after a couple years away.
But I guess sensational headlines get more clicks.
It's just not an exceptional game... I get that some like it, it has some great bits like the ship builder and the improved gunplay since Fallout4, but overall it falls short. Starfield's greatest flaw isn't the constant loading screens, the limited role playing mechanics, the dated engine, the empty planets, or the 10 other things people were dunking on it when it came out. You can definitely feel the death by a 1000 cuts, but it's major flaw for me is that the game is just bland, boring, and safe which in 2023 (especially for this type of story driven game) is unforgivable.
I think it could be a massive playground for modders if they release the creation kit. But it used to be that modders fixed Bethesda games. Now they have to create all the content as well because Starfield is empty.
"ghosted" lmao, maybe it just didn't make the cut.
Was it because... It was a steaming plate of nothing? Hilarious that Bethesda used to be the gold standard for gaming, but they're still stuck in 2011
I honestly do love the game but like, this year was stacked lol. I had a blast with it but other stuff was better
Likewise, I'm enjoying it but it just doesn't deserve any awards in a year when other games that are just better came out. It's a firmly mid tier game and it was (not) awarded accordingly.
Lol because it was not a good game.
Bethesda tactic: Half-ass your game development and let the modders finish the work without having to pay them!
Bethesda tactic: Half-ass your game development and let the modders finish the work without having to pay them!
Even better: Those modders pay for the privilege to mod the game in the first place!
Then re-release it for the next several decades.
Maybe they'll kill gamebryo now.
Oh who am I kidding, they'll just say they made it better for ES6
Gamebryo is the least of their problems, making soulless triple A games is what is plaguing Bethesda and Arkane now.
Man, I wish Todd would invite himself just like EA did with their starwars battlefront 2 ads in the middle of the event. It would be fun to see everyone deflecting questions such as "what did you like about starfield?"
Will it's unfinished. So yeah.