Why Starfield's ending is SECRETLY GENIUS | Rethinking Starfield
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It took me a good long while to get into Starfield, but now that I am, I'm freakin' hooked and I think it might be BGS's best game since Fallout 3--maybe. Here's a long explanation as to why I think the ending of Starfield is brilliant.
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What did you guys think of the ending of Starfield? Am I way off base?
Haven't watched the vid, but I have played the game.
Yes.
Yes you are.
You have never been more wrong.
Starfield is bad, end of story. It's lazy, it's broken, it's out of date.
I'm disappointed you've been hoodwinked by Bethesda, like so many.
Edit: watched the video now. And I can't stop laughing. I can *guarantee* Bethesda did not put that much thought into things. You only have to look at how little thought they put into every other aspect of the game to know that.
Going to say NG+ was a missed opportunity in my opinion. It felt like a half measure or an after thought they tacked on. Almost like it was a mod someone made when there part of game development was finished. Saving constellation is the only meaningful change you can make in NG+. I felt icky romancing Andreja again and when ever a starborn dialogue option came up it was always I know what happens next and it happens. It never felt like it had meaning nothing changed most of the time I sounded like a lunatic. So for me NG+ was one of the worst parts of the game and it actively stops me from wanting to touch the main quest in any new playthroughs.
Full bullshit.
Yes, you are.
I liked the video. I think you’re not wrong in terms of NG+ being a continuation of the story but star-field could have made it a bit more interesting and have higher chances of variants
That part about the Adhd dopamine chasing rabbit felt like a personal attack
I don't do the specific thing of letting CZcams autoplay but I am, in fact, an ADHD dopamine chasing rabbit on the regular
Same
Same
thats cause for many of us that watch austin it very well could be
Ditto
I think Austin is the one person whose rambling intros I actually enjoy lol.
I enjoy someone's else witty banter too
I thought that was why we watched his video's.
Seriously, his rambles cause me such joy
I also like when he yells. The neurodivergent in me recognizes him as one of us when he does it.
Austin is to rambling intros as TheRussianBadger is to sponsorship sections
Honestly in my eyes, the Starfield Ending can be interpreted as... horrifying.
If you choose not to go into the Unity, the objective changes to say "Go to the Unity when you're ready"
And something Sarah says at once point... sticks with me when I think about that objective.
She says something about how curiosity will win eventually. You'll go the Unity one day. You'll take the leap. Because you can't ignore that curiosity forever. And she's probably right.
And then you go through it, and... your in another universe.
Your friends, your loved ones, your family. All those memories, those moments. Gone.
Your personal items, your home, your weapons and tools. Gone.
You can re-live it all. You can either use your knowledge of future events, or go through it all like you know nothing about it.
Then there are the variations.
There are several where all of Constellation is murdered. Confirmed at least, 5 variations.
One even, where another version of You is the murderer.
There are a few where Constellation is missing or disbanded.
There's even one where Constellation is just a bunch of... You.
And think about what that would do to your psyche.
Seeing versions of the people you know dead. Seeing another version of yourself killing them. Seeing other versions of people you've known, killing others and/or having become so different from what you knew them as.
5 out of 10 unique variations literally kill off Constellation.
2 out of the remaining 5 have them go missing.
2 Out of the last 3 have them disbanded, 1 from old age, the other from being bought out.
And then just 1 where you meet a normal version of yourself that just dropped off the artifact with Constellation.
Out of 10, only 1 of those variations is... good.
I believe there was never an explanation about why the Starborns are at war with each other, what if some of them actually regret became Starborn and the reason they try to get the artifacts and enter Unity again is so they can have a chance to return to their original universe?
When i turn back i want the alternative to tell Sarah i would never go through with that kind of crap, and now i am on the quest to find mount doom to toss the whole armillary in.
That statement of the Emissary on the next universe once you start NG+... "A life should be only lived once!". The Emissary says this with barely contained anger, practically telling you that you are some kind of monster for wanting to live everything all over again. After that, you slowly begin to realize you are now becoming another Hunter.
Game ending makes building spaceships and settlements pointless...
@@rsh4599 Only because the spacefaring mechanics are...not fully implemented? If you think about the ramifications of simply changing fuel to be expendable, you realise where so much of the game's design decisions come from. If fuel is expendable, not just a jump distance limit, then suddenly outposts become *very* important. They become vital refueling stations that you have to spiderweb outwards in order to reach the more distant systems, including Masada I might add.
When I started grinding for ng+10 I slowly realized that I was basically becoming the Hunter. I had stopped caring for anyone or anything because I knew they would eventually be left behind and 'wouldn't matter anyway'. So once I went through 2 or 3 loops all that mattered was reaching the unity as fast as possible so I stopped caring about who lived or died and became jaded and pragmatic myself, just like he did. At first I was pissed of the grinding I was forcing myself to do and that nothing I did mattered, then I realized that's probably how the Hunter became what he is. I think that's a brilliant way to 'show, not tell'.
@@ShoddyCastYT. This is a scam.
um the only benefit to ng+ is getting the star powers cd decrease. anything else is useless the ship and armor are trash and there is no weapons you get so its kinda stupid
Personally, I see that as a mark *against* the game. As you approach the end, the game makes a big deal about choosing between The Hunter and The Emissary... or choosing neither. The problem with this cycling ng+ system is that The Emissary can never be right. The game only has so much for you to do and eventually, reaching The Unity is all that matters.
@@JetZV your kind of trying to justify that grinding being the good guy thing to do, in the name of power.
The point the poster here is making is, when your just grinding like mad, you lose care for the npcs. Because whats really driving you other than more personal power? Nothing.
Think also of the rick and morty series, rick began to care less for others in his persuit of the rick who killed his family, even other versions of his family, nothung meant anything to him. Its nihilism, effectively, brought on from dealing with the same people but knowing you can meet copies later.
@@JetZV. The emissary likewise, DISCOURAGES you from persuing the Unity. Your companions discourage it. Because they dont want you to potentially become a monster.
Honestly conceptually I do love it but I also really wish they could had gone all in on the alternate universe stuff where all faction quests/casts members had variations to keep thing fresh across each universe instead of the small one off scenes happening in place of the main quest.
That’s gay asf
Hell yeah, even just a universe where the Crimson Fleet are blue instead would have been a cut above the alt universes you get. To put it into perspective, if you are in a universe where constellation members are dead/incapable/retired or only vasco is alive (and cant be your companion... for some reason) it's virtually identical to a "starborn at the start of introductions" playthrough because either way you barely interact with constellation at all. You don't even really meet Andreja or Barrett you just get all the pieces and go.
The fact is, the only thing alt universes really alter is one room :( which is sad. Personally I dont think anyone should have to repeat the temple or artifact quests ever, either. and sadly, most of the upgrades from +1 to +10 for the powers is just reduced stat requirements or extended effect length. Which can be... bad, in some cases, like with the slow time one.
Agreed. I'd like to see a universe where Vae Victis is actually plotting to escape and take over and the UN becomes a hostile authoritarian faction. And on the other hand some universes are as simple as there being a fast food chain named Spheres instead of Chunks.
Yah like a univers were one factions won the war over the other ectra
I hate to say it.. but I'm looking forward to the modding community fixing that and adding in more content like they have for Fallout 3, 4 and New Vegas. I have been replaying Tale of Two Wastelands (combination of FO3 and FONV with extra content and quests) and Fallout 4 with Sim Settlements 2 (all 3 chapters) and it greatly changes those games. That along with the new graphics textures and reshade/ENBs and the old Fallout games become basically new remakes.
I am absolutely looking forward to the same thing from Starfield. There will be new/different faction quests and new radiant missions with new models and exploring will be necessary.. outposts will get better, etc. Hell, you will even be able to put doors and ladders where you want on your ships 😂
That is not to give Bethesa a pass.. But modders will make this game better just like they have for the rest. I don't support that Bethesda releases trash that others have to fix.. However I do accept that it will happen and I am looking forward to it happening as I will get great enjoyment from it.
I love the rambling, it’s part of your style which feels contrary to current channels which no longer have episode opener styles. So you having a letter style is the intro, is a minute that you welcome us through your rambling to ‘prime’ us for the video ahead. It also means your rambling makes the episode feel more authentic and more interesting. I get that retention is important, but your style is unique to your videos and a breath of fresh air. Not to mention I feel like you’re authentic with the small details you put in like your struggles you faced and still face with mental health.
I feel like with Starfield, "The Science" series could use a resurrection. "Hey..Bethesda, it's me...Austin!!!"
the ending was the final nail for me in starfields immersion. if you want to know why answer me these questions:
if you get loredump at the unity anyway, where is the yes man route even on the first loop?
if you get doovers, why does finishing crimson fleet as a murdering psycho not put you permanently on the wanted list in all settled systems, locking up new atlantis etc?
why is the same so afraid of letting the player fuck up in general? no say the wrong thing to the wrong person and you are just out of a questline.
The Crimson Fleet conclusion is absolutely bonkers silly, probably worse than the Ron Hope/Rangers questline. You become basically an infamous pirate who betrayed SysDef and get almost no consequences other than SysDef will attack your ship on the rare occasions you run into them in space. Absolutely silly.
one of the most interesting parts I believe, is that the hunter isn't keeper aquilis, keeper aquilis is the hunter.
Keeper aquilis is a variant of the hunter who has retired from the race to Unity. So we never really find out who the hunter actually is, and since he has no equivalent that we can find, he is presumably someone who did the armillary *before* constellation formed, presumably one of the first scientists who discovered the first artifact.
Something tells me the original Hunter could be Sebastian Banks, founder of Constellation.
@@ivanwm2513 Ah, but the Constellation of your starter universe, or a previous iteration of reality? Other hand, I'm pretty sure the Sebastian Banks of your universe vanished because he found the Unity.
@@DeaconBlues117 Yes, good point. Perhaps a previous iteration indeed. If anything, his speech indicates he probably became another Starborn.
I dont see enough people talking about this, but that is probably also because of how many say they do not want to NG+ so they are missing part of the story. You HAVE to pass through the Unity at least once to get the full picture.
I have had similar thoughts that The Hunter is much older than anyone is aware of. He could be even one of the first space fairing humans. Sebastion is one of the only loose threads though, and the Hunter would tie a nice bow on it.
@@AHungryHunky I need to take a closer look at Banks' portrait in the Lodge at some point, but perhaps Aquilius is a Banks variant who showed up in this universe after Banks left, and decided to take the Pilgrim's advice about staying in one place and making it better by his presence?
Haven't played the game, but the fact they seemed to hide the New Game + being new stuff is an interesting choice, since that's by far the most interesting part of everything I've seen so far.
but the thing is the new game + sucks the only actual benefit you get is the powers having less cool downs. the ship sucks and is literally impossible in space combat if you play on very hard and the armor sucks. i dont care that it looks decent (atleast some of the versions do) if the actual armor you get is less and instead of getting 9 perks you get 3 and they are the exact same perks you get from the other armor you have. not to mention you literally have no weapons no cutter and if you cant remember the exact location of the starting planet well your up shit creak
Even if i would at some point get the game for free, high chance i would not play it to newgame+ Story is just not very interesting, characters seem very bland, its even low chance i would install it. I just cant see it as better than Fallout 4, as there is not even the FATS System i enjoyed quite a bit in the Fallout series and that one (Side) Quest alone with the Silvershroud missions, really did it for me, i liked it even more than the Main Quest, because Characterwise it was a perfect fit, as my Character looked like a old Veteran General, pretty much in its silver years lol.
@@TakahiroShinsakuyou say you haven’t played the game and then act as if you knew more about it than the people who’ve actually played it 😂😂😂
Your loss lmao
@@iap7597 Maybe you just didnt understand my Point? I never statet that i know more about the Game as People that playd it. I just know, its not a Game for me, thats all there is. If you know yourself, then you also know what Games are a match for yourself, without even playing them.
Also meaning, even at the Time where the Hype was high, for me it didnt seem like a Game i would like to play, especially because i do not like most sci-fi settings in Space, wearing Spacesuits and stuff.
I wonder if you understand my point a bit better now?🤔
For me personally the part that stung the most was the ship I lost from my first playthrough. I dove quite hard into the shipbuilder and the starborn ship you get does not really compare to what you can make yourself. Also I am annoyed that the starborn ship does not have a bed. I am sort of roleplaying the NG+ thing in way that my character wants the powers sure but he wants to make every universe better place than when he arrived there
dont forget how the armor sucks also. you only get three instead of 9 perks and the actual value of the armor is significantly less
I was so disappointed that I couldn't carry on with my companions. I was married to Andreja and when I went trough the unity, realizing that I lost her, I was instantly un-immersed from the game. I thought it was so odd, that the unity ending was baked into the narrative and you couldn't really choose "no".
When visiting the multiverse, seeing those people who used to know me and I used to know them. When I saw the person who used to be my wife, to whom I was now completely alien, I was somehow reminded that the most valuable part of my playtrhough was lost, when I enterd the unity. Yet entering the unity is baked into the story in a way, that forces you to lose it.
I don't know. I love the concept. Probably best "NG+" style of mechaic we've seen yet. But the alienation from everything in the subsequent "spaces" completely devalues the game itself.
I felt the same way. Once I found out that you lose everything. Companions, your ship, all your loot, it really killed the game for me. It left me feeling like "what's the point?". Maybe thats the point? That everything we do is futile but it doesn't make for a compelling game to render all my progress as null and void. Sure you do a few cycles of Ng+ and level up your powers but to what end? There's no greater challenges awaiting you in any subsequent NG+. The whole thing is a pointless time sink with no rewarding outcome.
@@DuggyDarko I feel like this type of ending tries to appeal to people who experiment with subsequent playthroughs "to see what would happen". The problem, is that it alienates everyone else. Especially those, who like to experience the games they are part of.
You experience your adventures trough your ship which you customize to your specific liking. You experience it with someone you attached yourself to and who felt the same way to you. You experience it trough the way you act, and interact and make decisions.
And all of this experiential stuff is atomized the moment you step into unity and only those who wish to experiment can enjoy the game from then on in my opinion. And that's a shame.
@DuggyDarko It rewards you with saving one of companion you had lost in your first playthrough, and it could be your spouse. Narrative speaking I think it's very good, asking if you are willing to give up everything for a second chance. Personally I think the best ending is just everyone step away from the unity, and lives the best life as they could.
I understand a lot of your points here but the thing is, you actually DON'T have to go through the Unity, that is your choice, just like the game doesn't FORCE you to join any factions you don't want to. It's perfectly valid to say "NO" to the unity and not become starborn.
It took getting to the end to be unimmersed? No wonder Bethesda stays afloat.
I did invest and used the ship building aspect of the game a lot. And the fact we cannot save ship designs for later use is really irksome
I just wrote them down😂, piece by piece and how to build it, and where exactly to get the pieces and the final cost
My favorite thing about it is the companion reactions: they openly acknowledge that you are going to go into a new universe because you're an explorer and you just want to see what'll happen. Not a lot of games with new game plus have canon reasoning behind doing it other than the player wanting more loot and xp (although i recall The Presequel's explanation being the characters wanting Athena to tell the story again)
God i love having a drip feed of Austin back. Shoddycast and Austin content really helped me push through the last years of highschool when I was thinking of quitting and having both back for my last years of college when Ive considered quitting is borderline poetic. Thanks and Ill see you Starside Austin
It would be great if the multiverse time loop concept was cranked to 11! Like, "Hey, Sarah, can you take 2 steps to the left please" and some environmental event that would cause personal injury or some rescue quest would be derailed completely, causing completely new experience… or some interaction that would take 4 multiverse attempts to make right, each one unlocking some sort of new development you'd have to consider next time.
Or some calamity that is hidden from 2 factions having a tussle, and their problems would feel miniscule in the grand scheme of things… like a planetary disaster… solar flare or meteor strike, that you know of ahead of time.
Except it isn't a pure time loop, you're actually entering a new reality each time. So you ask Sarah to take two steps to the left, and she gets shot by an automated turret that wasn't there in your previous universe because the person placing turrets in that timeline ran out of funding first.
@@DeaconBlues117 Multiverse travel is like a game of Jenga. It might look the same as the last one, but that same block that was loose last time could actually be holding the whole tower up.
Your first minutes are iconic, I love them
It is my favorite part of his videos
I will say i had to add more story in my head than i normally have to. But it made the experience even better. My character fell in love with Sarah. Helped save her friends kid. I also really started collecting books for sams daughter. I was left with the decision. Go save sarah or protect sam and his daughter. My character had to jump into another universe just to see Sarah again. Come to find out a version of Sarah was the emissary. I jumped from universe to universe coming to realize my Sarah ia dead and the rest are jumping from universe to universe. Most of us looking harder for the things we left behind than the mysteries of the multiverse. 10 out of 10 story for me. It gave me the room to make the story myself
I wish they would add more multiverse, like a universe where terrormorph wins and it's like post-apocalypse, all major city collapse and destroyed, or maybe a universe where there are intelligent aliens like a talking cat-like or lizard-like or muscled green-skinned elf-like beings...oh wait...nevermind...
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To me, Starfield seems to turn the multiverse trope into a new game plus mechanic, rather than the other way around. It doesn’t feel right to call the playthroughs multiverses when the vast majority of the reality is immutable. The overarching idea was great, but the amount and depth of content simply doesn’t realize the potential. Mods will do the job eventually, of course.
"The overarching idea was great, but the amount of content simply doesn't realize the potential." That's Starfield in a nutshell.
I find Starfield espouses the Central Finite Curve idea really nicely. I noticed there v are certain Criteria of universe that the Unity sends you back to, and they're is objectively fine Time Travel going on too.
@@epsilon3569 still doesn't make it interesting or fun to play through though.
@@DuggyDarko I mean, I'm really enjoying it. I see why others might not, but I don't presume to speak on behalf of others the way you seem to like to. I'm sorry you're not enjoying it, but it's a really good season to be a gamer rn. Lots of amazing games
@@epsilon3569 I'm not speaking for anyone but myself. You're the one trying to come across all high and mighty. I'm just giving my opinion on why I think the squandered the multiverse NG+ idea. I haven't once said you shouldn't be enjoying it. I'm just explained why I don't.
In previous Bethesda titles (at least since Oblivion I think), it always bugged me you could join every factions. NG+ solves this in a neat way. Each time through I focus on a faction and the associated sidequests.
But not really cause you can join all the factions before you start NG+
@@pubertypie6913 not all the factions there are 2 that is an actual choice between the pirates and the spies. i dont remember the faction names
I love the long rambling openings. You speak very well and it's satisfying how you do so.
Always loved the random rants that is one of the things that always made your videos stand out
I’m so glad you’re back and doing well. I can’t remember the last time i heard the SCIENCE with the enthusiasm with you can deliver :)
2:13 And then dying from asphyxiation, only for your son to come back as an old man, find your corpse, and try to make a Gen III synth with what few memories he could salvage from your preserved brain, only for you to then go on a journey to track down Kellogg for revenge and then the Institute that he now is the head of. And that’s all the while your son’s kid, whose reconstructed their face and body so many times no one knows what they originally were, is now tailing them, while acting like a wig and a pair of sunglasses is enough to disguise them. And then on top of that, them encountering the young brat turned mercenary from Little Lamp Light who still hasn’t forgotten them.
Is that a personal theory or do you have evidence?
Genuinely curious
@@rileyevans2989 The scene of your spouse dying, if no-clipped, shows those memory strands like in Kellogg’s memories. The pod set up doesn’t match what you see before entering and when leaving, damaged memory. The terminal lists your pod’s occupant status as diseased from asphyxiation, same for all others except your spouse. You can use VATs without the pipboy, a feature of Gen 3 synths per the synth fabrication lab’s terminal. DiMa’s dialogue alludes to your true nature. Dr. Li comments on having worked on a water purifier with Father in the Capital Wasteland (where we do see her). The Institute didn’t know Sean’s name when we call him such and in the flashback only refer to him as a young male infant, likely they’d give him a different name while raising him. She also mentioned that he was exposed to high levels of radiation there which led to his cancer developing. When talking with Sean, most assume he refers to the child synth as his greatest project, despite his attention being towards you. With Deacon when you get him to cut his crap, you learn that he came to the Commonwealth following a lead about someone he thought was dead. McCready and him do have unique dialogue and he calls him by the same insult he says to the Lone Wanderer when you first go there. The railroad agents comment on Deacon’s heavy use of surgeries to change his appearance. Also you got Deacon’s knowledge of information only privy to the Lone Wanderer during your playthroughs.
I for one like the rambling intro. It gives me time to fall into the groove of watching ur vids. They've got a very specific rhythm.
I LOVE rambling intros! You go right on ahead and ramble all you want, sir. It's honestly part of what I've lived about your videos since I found you back on Game Theory. :3
I love you rambling, they're one of my favorite parts
Love your vids man. Please keep it going.
First off, thanks for the warning. I didn’t read the title. I noticed you posted a video and started watching it. I’m putting this off till I finish the game.
Definitely agree the ending made the game much better. The fact that you unlock more quests and dialogue options going into new game+ felt very rewarding
Upvoting and commenting because the rambling intros are why i love your videos
Keep at it Austin
Looking forward to seeing more of your work. Really enjoy your videos
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I'm 127 hours in and STILL on the first universe. I've deliberately put off completing the main quest because I'm still having fun finding new things and experiencing 'first times'. I'm still building my skill tree, still surveying systems... and loving every minute of it. I suppose there will come a point when I've had enough and want to go to the Unity, but that moment feels like a long way off yet.
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Ey Austin Glad to see you're on your own channel now. I wasn't aware you left game theory but I'm glad you're still making content. Keep up the good work.
So happy to see this here after not checking in for a while
NAH MAN I LOVE YOUR INTRO, THE VIGOR THE MADNESS AND THE FACT THAT YOU DID IT SO SEAMLESSLY
I'd take it even further and note that the 'strange universes' also offer BGS a way to integrate story DLC in rly neat ways that let them retcon anything they want to in service of exploring alternate timelines such as to recontextualize things in the 'main' timeline. They also now have openings for story mods to slot into neatly without it upsetting canon. There are major meta themes in the end game/NG+ too. Like, at first the decision to go w/Hunter seems comically evil but if you play thru NG+ a few times you find that you too are just accruing power for the sake of power and you likely aren't fretting the 'evil' decisions you make en route to that goal, which is precisely the situation the Hunter is in.
There is also a neat thread about the maternal effort to steer fate in one universe only to have your efforts be entirely upset and discarded in the next. There could be some DLC or mods down the road that have us exploring things like starting our own religion and following in the shoes of the Pilgrim (which reflects a lot of the themes that the Emissary espouses). Plus, in an effort to guide or enlighten ppl in some new Universe, what do those decisions we make even rly mean?
Questions remain too. What happened to the crew we had that went thru the Unity w/us? Will we learn more about the Creator(s)? Can we find our lost crew by somehow reaching across the universes to find them (maybe this is what Shattered Space will be about?)...could we meet the Pilgrim one day?
For as incredibly strong as the ending was wrt closure and reflecting back on our various decisions, it's pretty incredible there are still so many deep, lingering, compelling questions left to explore and resolve. In a way, the 'bazookas and golden lugers' are the knowledge of how things can play out from previous playthrus. In an industry where everything revolves around serving players a mindless power fantasy, especially wrt NG+, I loved the story of Starfield and emphasis on exploration and its themes about free will and choice/consequences and exploring mysteries for the sake of the question and not just some loot as a reward.
My character got sucked into a different universe in the original quest and wasn't going to seek Unity for themselves until then. Now they're seeking their original universe a la Sliders in hopes of one day seeing their real parents, while trying to do good deeds along the way because the Hunter doesn't get that the people in these universes, while not MY group of people, are still people and don't deserve to have their lives interrupted by people agreeing like they're game pieces. I also don't vibe with the Emissary because who tf does he think he is to Gatekeep a gift meant for all mankind? He could be doing his plan already but instead he's no better then the Hunter. I almost always manage to talk them both out of violence. God, I missed being able to doing that in Fallout 4, they never let you silver tongue your way out of shit in that one.
I really like the hunter as an antagonist because he isn’t “evil” in any way, he’s just very efficient, and *very* old (he was an earthling before becoming starborn)
I love the rambling at the start especially in the science.....it feels like getting on a roller coaster about to do the first drop....you know it coming but the anticipation is almost better
Austin, I'm here for the rambling intros, I stay for the excellent breakdown.
For me, the rambling was part of all your videos and your intros made me stay back in GT. Found your channel and explanation today. Gotta stay. About this video, haven't play these videogames xD
Wouldn't trust Matt to tell me the time, let alone advice
... y'okay
Why?
@@julian4286 mostly because Matt feels less genuine with each passing year. His videos aren't written by him anymore, it's just another job. It feels like he lost the passion for it, but he fakes it for the cameras.
@@NemFXplus he has like 6-7 different channels. Film theory? Food theory? Who cares
@@Sypitz oh, no, those make perfect sense to me. He's trying to find something to be passionate about again. It just doesn't help that he gets other people to write his content for him. It's like he's the main character from that game, beginners guide.
Had to wait till I FINALLY got to watch Jon from Many a True Nerd to finish his playthrough till I watched this video.
I'm SO GLAD I WAITED!!!
I enjoyed how your take on the ending is so very very different than his. And seeing different points of views is a thing that I thoroughly enjoy!
I think people especially longterm gamers need to understand that studio's have a *vision* that they keep to. Its like when you play this game, you know its a bethesda game. THat is something that a gamer / dev would be diffrerent on though (in some aspects) because they understand more of whats under the hood.
The thing is, everything that your explaining isn't a *problem* I'd say save the quest thats bugged. That is the only thing that needs *fixing* from what your saying. So when *modders* go into the game and make their creations, its their visions of what THEY think a combat system should be.
Thats the thing *gamers* don't really understand, is the difference between something that is an opinion of a change and something that actually affects whether or not you can play the game at all (the difference between being ready for shipping and not being ready)
You listed a bunch of opinoins of what you don't about the game, which is cool. The problem, is when you think that the modding community is *fixing* things. They are interms of lets say day 1 bug fixes, but stealth overhauls, *flying everywhere in space* things that are very subjective (like pretty much everything you said in your video is) So they are injecting their vision of mechanics (which again is fine, thats literally why its made in that way)
You said the stealth is broken right? Thats not a fact at all, I did the ryugin industries line with not even max level stealth and it felt like I was playing dishonored. Once I took off my gear and just kept to being plain clothed things made sense. Does it work like it did in past titles? Not really, but that doesn't make it *broken*.
All games do not have or share the same vision of eachother. Its the reason why Cyberpunk is such a great game, but all games do not have to feel or even look like it.
Nice to see a new video
I love your videos Austin! Thanks for bringing so many hours of good contact! And bring back The Science please… Please? 😊
Fun video, interesting perspective!
Lol, a minute twenty for that intro, truly Iconic Austin😌
Keep up the good vids! Sciency and gaminess’s; best mashup. Even better with your sense for passion for it too!
Im here for that ramble minute! You go Austin
Love the hunters sense of humour, him and emissary arguing and he turns to you and goes “this isn’t even the first you’ve seen this argument is it? Hehehe oh you are in deep now aren’t you” loved it
Have you ever played rogue-likes(lites)? You should try Hades if you haven't. It uses narrative loop very well and it isn't a buggy mess :D
The narrative loop of Hades is very much different from what is being discussed here. The closest roguelike equivalent would be Into The Breach, but it doesn't really have much of a plot.
@@HunterTracksinto the breach is awesome! Glad one other person knows about it
Yeah NG+ kinda made me feel like I got through a journey just to get rewarded by getting put back at the start. less fulfilling, more just filling with fan service.. Idk I've only put the first 100 hrs in it, but I can't justify spending the same 100 on doing the same thing just yet. Playing rdr2 for the first time tho.
TLDR: I think the M1899 is the best pistol, even thought it doesn't have the highest damage. 10/10 cowboy sim.
Had to wait a while to watch this one to avoid the spoilers, turns out the play time screenshots you post shows your last played at time of screenshots was my birthday xD
Amazing video Austin, I was wondering if you would ever do a video on a show called undead unluck- only because o guy with crazy regeneration uses his feet and arms to propel himself through the air and I was wondering what kind of force would be necessary to achieve something like that!
So nicely done. First compelling case for NG+ I've heard. I'm just running two parallel games pre-NG+, but I did get into outposts and ship building so my current games are a little sticky. That said, there's little that can't be replaced and once I've established the skill points I want each NG+ should be fun.
Comment for the algorithm. Thank ya again Austin. Ramble all you want in the beginning, the hey it's me Austin always makes my brain ping with joy.
Austin, personally? I LOVE your rambling intros and wouldn't trade them for anything else! It adds a human touch to contrast the many other videos on this site with soulless intros
Keep up the great work! (Hope your cold's gotten better by now)
As someone who loves starfield, they dropped the ball HARD with the temple "puzzles" (yes they call them puzzles in game). Like, word walls in skyrim were perfectly done. They either were a cool reward for a difficult dungeon, or they were in the open with a tough boss fight stopping you. Later in the game you fight starborn AFTER you get them. I dont understand why they went with this decision to make it so tedious when they had a winning formula RIGHT THERE.
Only managed to make it through New Game Plus version one, as someone who tries to do all the submissions, the starboard option appearing as the trek across the universe is something very rewarding. Wonder if not going to the lodge until I have their completion may effect my initial entrance to the lodge since the universe definitely will feel the affects haha. I think your video here was what made me pull the trigger on getting the game.
Glad to see you making content on things you love. Keep up the great work and I look forward to your SCIENCE! video when you get the ability to get it out.
I actually love your openings
The worst part for me was losing my ships. I spend HOURS building ships and I hate having to throw them away.
now that I am actually interested in starfield having gotten to 8:47, I'll be watching this once I get around to playing it. Thanks for making this!
Good to see a familiar face on youtube. Good to see you again Austin
Wow! I’m subscribing right now, because finally I’m seeing a video that not only doesn’t trash or whine about the game.. but you full on understand what I understood about Newgame plus, and appreciate it. Thanks for this!
Your long rambling intros are what DO get me hooked on your videos 😂
Your rambling is part of what makes Austin a cool, funny dude. Keep doing what you're doing. I like it. And the Barret joke got me laughing so hard my family got worried XD.
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I love your ramblings, dude. Keep going.
My only issue with starfield is that no NPC should be unkillable, after the first playthrough at least. so if you kill everyone in new Atlantis it will be a ghost town until you go into a ng similar to souls games. It's so annoying thinking you know screw it I'm not mixed up in this faction I'll wipe em out only to see like 10 people just crawling around before getting back up only to act like nothing happened.
I think that’s something everyone can agree on. There’s way too many essential NPCs in this game
@@windebiesteultima3317 should make the emissary and the hunter essential to keep progress moving forward but everyone else fair game.
I'm feeling called out for my ADHD dopamine chasing self...
FYI, I personally appreciate the opening rambling, it’s actually why I keep coming back.
A solid minute and 23 seconds!!!! Thank you!
My biggest conflict with starfield is my self insert character I make in every rpg is the only one I need.
In fallout 4 especially after my first run I would love making new characters, responding differently and killing different faction leaders at different times. The alternate timelines are cool and if you haven't spoiled them for yourself it its a fun spin of the dice to see what comes up but, theres no reason to write a character who hates corperations cause she was just keep ignoring Ryujin which is like 10% of the game. Meanwhile in Fallout 4 I had an ex-cop who paired up with Valentine grew extremely sympetitic to synths. So he went undercover, joined the BoS and as soon as he saw Maxon he shot him in the face, took his jacket and jumped off the prydwen surviving the jump with the power armor he was just gifted. I can't shoot up mast cause I'm a decendant of the war with the freestar collective and make a permenant enemy against the vanguard. So I deleted my 2nd and 3rd character as whenever I played Jill or Claire I felt progress towards the next universe was being wasted not playing on my self insert. She's level 60+ now on universe 3 and while I'm having fun I'm going to miss having a reason to roll a new character.
Hey Austin, hope you and your family are doing well!
I love the rambly intros. Don't change
I love the rambling intros. Never change, man.
As someone who had very little interest in this game, I can say your video has made me a lot more interested in it. Making gameplay tropes part of the story is one of the things that makes From Software games so good.
I enjoy your rambles :P
Also, not sure I can agree, but I find the bethesda formula zzzz even if something might be interesting about it.
And, yea, as I've said "if mods are needed to make a game good, then it was not a good game" lol
Why is this the first video notification I’ve got for this channel? It’s a little sad 😢
I love Austin
This intro....??? I forgot what this video was about but I'm Lovin it!
I loved it. Beyond the bugs and glitches it was a great game. Looking forward to Shattered Space.
The writing might be all over the places, but the emotional impacts of losing one of your companions and the ending are hard.
i hated the game. honestly the concept isnt bad but it was so poorly just because they want everyone else to mod it into something decent i hate this game
Starfield is the first game I've ever played that actually made a new game plus system that not only was fun to me, but also made sense in context.
The balancing of enemies after each new game mostly stays very solid too which is great.
Just fantastically done, and no I do not mean the entire game, there's flaws of course, but the new game system is compelling, makes sense, and is fun so bravo Bethesda.
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Honestly, the rambling at the beginning of the videos is one of the things I like from your style XD
That and talking about sciency stuff to proof things nobody ever questioned
WOW was not expecting to be attacked about my viewing habits that hard so early in the morning 😂😂😂
Started at pre-release and haven't been playing anything else since there is so much to do.... FPS, sniping, going on random kill fests at the main settlements, space dogfights, hunting for specific ships to commandeer.... selling them or customizing them, searching for specific crew members for my ships and outposts, maxing out crew cap, collecting resources, collecting loot, guns, and gear, selling guns and gear, modding guns and gear, building and experimenting with outposts, space trading with rando ships, building and customizing ships, hunting for derelicts, scaring spacers, terrorizing the pirates at Kryx, exploring planets, quests, experimenting with powers... deep freeze power is hilarious, checking out ng+... currently only +1... I didn't think I would like it but it's actually pretty cool so far, pick pocketing, trying to not get caught as a shoplifter, bounty hunting, creature hunting, etc.... almost at the 400hr mark.
I love your intros. keep them in.
Ay! First time seeing in you in your own CZcams channel! 🥳🍻😁
2:03 - "- Oblivion is happening above you."
Ahhh crap. We wrong warped into a different game! Who knew that Massachusetts connected to Tamriel hahaha!
Please Austin your the best, take up mat's throne! become the one who might show the world all the theories that mat couldn't get to.
the first ng+ kinda hurt, I had a badass mother of a ship that I had upgraded from the base hyena that I took over. Had a complex outpost network for the occasional power level session making nuclear fuel rods, which I used to barter for bullets, guns and other items. Didn't say no to any side quests, except the pirate one. Had bank in terms of credits. Everything I had equipped was modded out the wazoo.
Once I stepped through the unity, having nothing I became laser focused on collecting the artifacts.
I sided with the emissary every time, mainly because it made sense to me, hunter=chaos emissary=order and the way the unity explained that choice actually made it feel like it was the right choice.
I haven't seen one of the alternate realities where constellation has been changed yet but I'm only on ng+ 6 as of now.
Why the heck am I not getting notifications for these?! I miss them!
I like to roleplay as my characters and try to make decisions they would make. I love how my character turned out.
I made John Starfield, a 40ish year old veteran with long unkept hair and beard. I had no intentions on romance for my first playthrough. He took Sarah as his companion for the first quest and decided to keep traveling with her. While playing I realized it made sense for them to grow closer romantically so he cut his hair and trimmed his beard, and they slowly fell in love, together confronted Sarahs past, and got married.
Soon after he was faced with the decision to return to The Eye or defend the artifacts. What made the most sense to him was to stay with the artifacts. The Hunter was already on his way, he would do no more damage to The Eye, and the man with military training would be the best chance of stopping him from stealing the artifacts. So he stayed and saved the artifacts, only to find that his wife was murdered.
Vengeance for his wife became his only mission. He rejected both the Hunter and Emissary, deciding that no one should have this power, that all starborn should be eliminated, and killed both. With nothing left for him in his own universe, he enters the unity, and finds himself in another universe, saddened upon discovering that Sarah's gift to him was lost.
He returns to Constellation in a change of clothes, does not reveal himself to be starborn, and saves Sarah from dying. He however remains distant and cold, this is not his wife, but it is some consolation that he could save this version of her.
He continues to enter the unity, initially killing all starborn he comes across. After finding peace with himself and the multiverse he makes it his mission to stop the Hunters' rampage, not by killing every version of him, but by persuading them to give up their hunts for the artifacts like the Keeper did. This in turn, gives the Emissary a new mission to stay in that universe and act as a guide for any starborn they come across, hopefully ending the Starborn desire for power, one starborn at a time.
I installed a mod that lets me pick which universe variant to spawn in. After I see each version and max out the star powers, John Starfield will settle down in a universe, possibly the one with multiple versions of himself. Content that his mission to tame the other starborn will eventually succeed with the help of countless Emissaries. That's when he will get to shipbuilding and outpost making, set on molding this final universe how he sees fit, using his knowledge of all the factions to create the perfect universe to live in.
Found you!!! missed ya Austin!!!!
Let's goooooo! I found some austin content after the purge on game theory.😊
The rambling is your style it works for you
I'm literally watching the rambling intro trying to decide if i want to be spoiled for this game I haven't wanted to play again since launch. I choose yes so good job on the intro. 👍
Love the MatPat shade at the start. Screw him.
how did you get to new game plus 10 in less than 140 hours? it took me more almost 90 to finish my first playthrough, did you skipped all the side quests and faction quests on NG+?
You mean all the low effort boring shit that Bethesda didn't even care about.
You have the choice to skip the MQ in any NG+, and if your goal is to see as many variants as possible, you’ll skip most side quests. You can complete a NG+ in about 45 minutes.
Nice video