• Survival mode - fuel and hazardous environments
• Star Atlas - list of systems with
  • distance
  • whether visited
  • Any outposts
  • a shortcut to bring up the map
• Use the outpost builder to decorate ship interiors. Auto-scrap anything built or store it as the shipyard so we can place it again.
• A way to cancel the blue magnifying glass search tags from the inventory list.

Rhymes with "gone"

She really needs to get her head in the game.

Ha! Yes!

Something that looks like it's been welded together in space from bits of random derelicts. Sort of a Watchmaker's City aesthetic :)

I've been surprised by how much of a good guy I've been in my gameplay so far. Generally I tend towards the antihero, but my diplomat character is turning out pretty much heroic, albeit with occasional moments of pragmatism.

I'm intrigued by the NG+ setup. It closely mirrors the way many people to play the game anyway: finish the game and then play it again with more or less the same character, but leveraging foreknowledge of how events will play out. It's as if the reality of the game reflected the structure of the game and the Starborn had learned to exploit that. (I also think they did something similar with Septimus Signus' description of Elder Scrolls in TESV, but I nearly got burned at the stake for suggesting that on /r/teslore :) )

Not so keen on Constellation. For an eclectic mix of backgrounds and viewpoints, they are a preachy, self righteous bunch. Spare some poor sap who was set up to take the fall in some corporate power-play? Sarah doesn't like that. He did the crime so he should do the time. And Heaven forbid you should fire at a pirate and accidentally tag a UC or FC ship. You'll get the whole of them shouting at you to get out of the pilot ship and talk to them RIGHT NOW and never mind that you're busy fighting for your life. I tell you, next time I spec a new character, I'm taking introvert and leaving Constellation at home.

Not mad keen on the companion quests either, which is odd since that's one of the few things in Fallout 4 that I thought they did really well. Sarah is a clingy drip, at least when she's not channeling the Daily Mail editorial staff; I'm not interested in hearing about Barret and his dead husband; and Sam Coe's cute softy cowboy with adorable daughter show ... I'll pass, thanks. Andreja is at least interesting, but for all her tough talk, she's just as straight laced and judgemental as Sarah, the minute you do anything that smacks of coloring outside the lines.

Then again, I'm generally happiest as a solo act anyway, so it's no big deal.

I do like most of the moral dilemmas posed so far. The opportunities for corruption have been lucrative enough that I'd at least consider them, and laced with enough justification that you could take them and tell yourself you're doing the right thing. (Not that I have, admittedly). One NG+ it might be fun to take all the morally questionable choices and see just how mad can Barret can get. Will Sarah chuck me out of Constellation if I continue to abuse my power? Or will it all work out just the same anyway in classic Bethesda style. In any case, if I'm going to keep getting lectured, I might as well do something to deserve the lectures.

150 hours and still playing. Having a lot of fun. But it took a while.

I think, like a lot of Bethesda games, learning how to play the game is a big part of the game, it's taken me a while, but I'm finally at the point where I can look at a a fight, ground side or space, and think "this is going to be fun". Would have probably been there sooner, but I hit the bug where you sell a ship on a station and all the ground disappears in New Atlantis and ended up restarting.

It's not without it's flaws. Bugs aside (and there are a few of those) I think my biggest gripe is the lack of a fuel economy. They gave us a space exploration game, and then removed the one mechanism that made exploration at all challenging. We don't have to work to visit a new system, and so we don't value the discoveries we make. I have high hopes for a survival mode.

That said, the number of things there are to do in the game is astonishing, even by Skyrim standards. I'm not even close to having done everything in New Atlantis, much less been everywhere. I can see this keeping me going for a while yet.

I was thinking I might do some custom modules and cowling, maybe some variants with different furnishings. A whole company sounds like a lot of work though.

What? Shocker!

Next thing you'll be telling me Starfield isn't Real Life at all, but just some elaborate computer game.

Fucking Bethesda, what happened?

Speculating, I'm guessing this is a side effect from adopting The Forge for rendering and animation. I'll bet those missing formids are now stored somewhere else, possibly outside the esp itself. Apparently something similar happens in the NIF format.

I don't believe the formids are missing or the game wouldn't run. They're just stored somewhere a little counter-intuitive.

First time through, it was a bloodbath and I got told off back at Ryujin HQ.

Second time I did it, I sniped the turret and took the guards down with EM weapons. No problem after that and no complaints at HQ.

Actually, the article linked is pretty much making the point that the player numbers don't matter that much. Or at least that all the trolls using those numbers as evidence are at the very least, premature.

No regrets here :)

Yeah, the whole thing seems like they ran it past some focus group at the last minute, and someone said "ewww, I don't like fuel. ewww." and so they scrambled to rip out the offending code in an effort to appease the lowest common denominator.

Then again, the fact that so much supporting code was left in makes me think maybe they were leaving the foundations to replace the missing systems once the game was established/ I have hope :)

Depends on how much you explain them, really. In TES the Dwemer ruins first appeared in Redguard (if I remember right) but Morrowind massively expanded their lore, but managed to do so without diminishing their central mystery.

I'm hoping for some similar treatment for the Temple creators. Or at least an explanation that raises more questions than it answers.

Boost and Boost Assault can be good too. Take off as they approach, and with a bit of luck knock them down and set them on fire on the way up. Then slow time in mid air and shoot them from on high.

Failing that, get some Duelling skill and put that Painblade to proper use. I'm usually the one charging the enemy :)

It's kind of new thinking in the games world. Todd Howard has said that if they'd anticipated Skyrim's enduring popularity, they'd have released a lot more DLC for the game. Instead, they put out two DLC plus a home-builder addon and then moved everyone to Fallout 4. Which probably seemed like the best use of resources at the time.

Here’s a brief review

$100

Still playing at NG+3 after 200 hours. Still finding new things daily. Having a whale of a time.

Consensus: but no man sky instead

Consensus: No Man's what now?

Take Dueling skill. Melee is effective, you save on bullets, and when you do need to shoot someone, you absolutely can.

I'm seriously thinking of doing a mainly physical build. Maximum hand-to-hand tanky-ness. (I'm thinking "File Not Found" and play her like River Tam in Firefly). It could be fun to spend the start of the game hunting and scavenging outside of New Atlantis.

Wanted: It's OK. I was expecting more ground attacks rather than ship encounters and it can be a bit challenging at first, but you can generally jump out when first hailed, so it's not too bad. Later it's a useful source of combat opponents.

Alien DNA: I like the buffs and I've never noticed the healing penalty. I suppose I did have trouble keeping a supply of medpacks at the start, but that's not been an issue for a while. Would take again.

Serpent's Embrace: little surprised to see if paint me as an active worshiper rather than someone merely raised in the religion. That said, it's not a big deal, and the buff is nice so long as you're on the move a lot.

In another character:

Empath: All very well if you take care to suck up to Constellation. It gets to be a pain if you do something they don't like, or if you're not sufficiently goody-goody for their strict morality. Took for RP reasons, probably would not take again.

Extrovert: Well, I do tend to travel with a follower in this game, but Constellation are annoying. I'm seriously considering Introvert if I do another character.

Dream Home: Rubbish. You don't pay a mortgage so much as rent by the week. There's no financial pressure and while the house is nice, it's easier to use the Lodge or my ship. Would not take again.

I don't recall the biome saying "coast". Maybe I was unintentionally a couple of hundred miles inland or something.

I shall try again.