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Westernwolf4 posted...

This is where I see the disconnect in the discourse around Starfield (both in my life and on the internet). People who wanted a big exploration game with diverse planets and such are disappointed. People who want Bethesda style questlines with a space skin on it really like the game. I am in the latter camp, so I am having a blast with it.

Bethesda never set out to create a No Man's Sky or an Elite Dangerous. They have some responsibility for the fact that their advertisements made it seem like it might be that kind of game, but that is not what it is. It really is Skyrim in a space setting. The ideas are not in the flora and fauna you uncover-those are pretty incidental. The ideas are in the questlines and the main quest, which may be the best main quest line they have ever done.

I can see why people who wanted a space exploration game are disappointed, because this game is not that. I wanted and expected Bethesda quests in space, so I am quite happy.

Yeah, the game is exactly as advertised. It was never meant to be a space sim, it's just that people expected it to be one. It's just a Bethesda game in space, and that's okay.