Starfield - Teaser Trailer and Release Date

Originally Posted by Farflame
Yes, I think that initially (long time ago now) they said something like that. It should be about exploration of space, not just planets.

And Howard said it should be huge, right? Whole galaxy or something? Im not sure.

They probably delayed the game because of Star Citizen - to release comparable game in terms of graphics or gameplay etc. They didnt want the idea that Starfield will look clearly inferior. :-)

I doubt Bethesda is worried about Star Citizen since that's not even the same genre, (Sim vs RPG). I'm still not convinced that Star Citizen will ever actually get released.

As far as the size, I hope they don't go overboard. The larger the game world the more they're going to rely on procedurally generated content.

Lol, yeah - I really don't think any game is organising its release schedule around Star Citizen.

Originally Posted by JDR13
I doubt Bethesda is worried about Star Citizen since that's not even the same genre, (Sim vs RPG).

I think it would be suprising if Bethesda would not watch Star Citizen at all IMHO. That's what devs usually do. Its not important that the genres are not exactly the same. Both games have a lot in common. They will be different in some areas, its not direct competition but I think that Bethesda wanted to show something that would look "competent" compared to what Star Citizen team released.

Originally Posted by JDR13
As far as the size, I hope they don't go overboard. The larger the game world the more they're going to rely on procedurally generated content.

I agree but its Bethesda. To "go overboard" doesnt exist in their language. :-)

Originally Posted by Farflame
I think it would be suprising if Bethesda would not watch Star Citizen at all IMHO. That's what devs usually do. Its not important that the genres are not exactly the same. Both games have a lot in common. They will be different in some areas, its not direct competition but I think that Bethesda wanted to show something that would look "competent" compared to what Star Citizen team released.

Yeah, devs do keep tabs on other dev, especially those working in their genre. Star Citizen, however, is not in their genre. It's also a pyramid scheme, not a game, and probably won't ever be released.

They will have almost nothing in common. Have you played a Bethesda game?

Originally Posted by JFarrell71
It's also a pyramid scheme, not a game, and probably won't ever be released.

Really? Do you get some reward for selling stuff to other gamers?

Originally Posted by Morrandir
Really? Do you get some reward for selling stuff to other gamers?

https://robertsspaceindustries.com/referral-program

That would be disturbing if there was nothing else, but there is a game that we can already download and check, which is being developed further, so it's not a pyramid scheme. We often had referral programs to hire people in companies I've worked for, those were not fake companies, it's just a different way to advertise. And quite usual too.

Originally Posted by Redglyph
That would be disturbing if there was nothing else, but there is a game that we can already download and check, which is being developed further, so it's not a pyramid scheme. We often had referral programs to hire people in companies I've worked for, those were not fake companies, it's just a different way to advertise. And quite usual too.

It's not a 1:1 comparison, no. But it's more than just having referrals. Pyramid schemes do have tangible product, for one thing, so the existence of a game doesn't obviate the comparison. It's just that in a pyramid scheme the company makes money by selling the product to its own employees, and employees make money by getting new employees to buy product from them, and on and on.

Star Citizen is its own form of scam. I don't know if there's a name for it, but I know a scam when I see one.

Originally Posted by JFarrell71
https://robertsspaceindustries.com/referral-program

Haha!
But yeah, it's not exactly a pyramid scheme.
However I have no idea if it still is scammy. I don't follow too closely.

My (somewhat uninformed) fear is that they run out of funds because of perfectionism before having a playable game.

Originally Posted by Ripper
Lol, yeah - I really don't think any game is organising its release schedule around Star Citizen.

@Ripper Pretty sure Grimoire 2 will beat Star Citizen to production, though Cleve said it may have a longer dev cycle than the original