The Video Game Thread

[ghostrunner]

I’m probably way too hyped for Starfield for a man my age, but I guess I am what I am. Skyrim/Fallout in space is enough but I hope there’s some improvements and surprises in there too.

[mikechamp]

Did someone say, "Starfield"?

Starfield creator on 'choice anxiety', long games and exclusive titles

Todd Howard, game director of Skyrim and Fallout 4, is speaking to the BBC ahead of the launch of his most ambitious project to date. Starfield is a sprawling space epic, giving players the freedom to navigate the stars in search of action and adventure. Howard admits candidly that this new release, "ended up being much larger than anything we've done. At times we thought, 'are we in over our heads?'"

It's not surprising, given the scope of the game Howard and his team were aiming to create. Starfield promises players unrivaled freedom. As a member of a space exploration group trying to uncover the story of a mysterious artifact, players can choose to travel to more than a thousand different planets, customize their ships and weapons in an immeasurable number of ways and experience hundreds of different stories, missions and side-quests.

https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-66703504

[thrill]

Buying an xbox, just for starfield.

[Jocephus]

[mikechamp]

That looks like a movie or TV show, not a game. Wow.

[ghostrunner]

I always wanted them to do another one of those in 60s or 70s London, and pattern it after some of the old British crime movies from back then. One of the very early 2-D games was, but I read a few years ago they've said they're not doing other countries or time periods anymore.

[heyzeus]

Wait did that trailer say "Coming 2025." Holy [expletive] that's a long time still.

[BottenFieldofDreams]

For a lapsed gamer 25 years ago with no patience for learning anything or wandering endlessly around maps looking for [expletive] ([expletive] you, Zelda, no one has time for this). Mario Wonder is truly fantastic. Super fun. Familiar but new all the time.

Maybe Mario games are my thing. Odyssey was the last game I got into. Wonder is Odyssey meets NES Mario. I tried NBA 2K, Zelda and some other stuff in the time since. Didn’t go.

Oh, and Mario Kart—but my kids are getting disrespectful.

[heyzeus]

For a lapsed gamer 25 years ago with no patience for learning anything or wandering endlessly around maps looking for [expletive] ([expletive] you, Zelda, no one has time for this). Mario Wonder is truly fantastic. Super fun. Familiar but new all the time.

Maybe Mario games are my thing. Odyssey was the last game I got into. Wonder is Odyssey meets NES Mario. I tried NBA 2K, Zelda and some other stuff in the time since. Didn’t go.

Oh, and Mario Kart—but my kids are getting disrespectful.

Mario Odyssey was so [expletive] great. Just endlessly creative and fun. Why the hell isn't Nintendo making a sequel?

We have Wonder too. It's pretty wild and imaginative. I haven't made it too far yet, been too busy.

[BottenFieldofDreams]

For a lapsed gamer 25 years ago with no patience for learning anything or wandering endlessly around maps looking for [expletive] ([expletive] you, Zelda, no one has time for this). Mario Wonder is truly fantastic. Super fun. Familiar but new all the time.

Maybe Mario games are my thing. Odyssey was the last game I got into. Wonder is Odyssey meets NES Mario. I tried NBA 2K, Zelda and some other stuff in the time since. Didn’t go.

Oh, and Mario Kart—but my kids are getting disrespectful.

Mario Odyssey was so [expletive] great. Just endlessly creative and fun. Why the hell isn't Nintendo making a sequel?

We have Wonder too. It's pretty wild and imaginative. I haven't made it too far yet, been too busy.

This is exactly why I can’t game in the modern era. Too busy. When I left there were four buttons and usually two actions. So if a game has 85 different mechanics and I play once a week at most I have to relearn everything it just isn’t fun.

These Mario games keep introducing new things, but it’s all so intuitive yet fun and challenging enough, mostly, that they’re perfect for me.

I’d like to learn how to navigate Mario Maker to find the stuff I’d like. But again, I get frustrated quickly and think I could be playing guitar or the shaming of my youth haunts me and I find a chore to do. Mostly, however, I can’t play if my kids are playing, and they won’t not play if I’m playing (and I try to have some screen time limits) so it’s hard to get a free Switch without letting my kids play games all day.