Bethesda's Starfield

[Max Peck]

I don't think they've said anything about pets one way or the other. There was some chatter about it a while back, but that was just wishful thinking due to a piece of concept art that included a cat.

[Punisher]

and mining for sandwiches

I’m naming my character The Earl of Sandwich.

….or Sloppy Joe.

Not sure yet.

How about The Earl of the Sloppy Joe Sandwich?
Or first name Sloppy last name Joe. Actually...if I remember I might do that.

[Blackhawk]

At least make an effort to respect the fantasy!

Slaw P. Joh
Slaugh Peejough
S'la P'i Jo

or

Pastrah mi'on Rhye
Dagwood san Dwitch
Bea Eltee
Patricia Melt (her friends call her 'Patty')
Chi Staik

[Daehawk]

I thought he would be Captain Monte Cristo the way he goes on about them

[hepcat]

I thought he would be Captain Monte Cristo the way he goes on about them

Not just me, my friend. There's a reason the Monte Cristo is often referred to as "God's Sandwich" by most culinary aficionados.

If I come across a Monte Cristo shipment in Starfield, I will consider the game a rousing success and will never play anything else ever again.

[Smoove_B]

If I come across a Monte Cristo shipment in Starfield, I will consider the game a rousing success and will never play anything else ever again.

You're thinking too small. Imagine a planet where the Monte Cristo grows on trees...

[hepcat]

This would also require advanced raspberry jam hydroponic farms. We’re not heathens.

[Carpet_pissr]

If I come across a Monte Cristo shipment in Starfield, I will consider the game a rousing success and will never play anything else ever again.

You're thinking too small. Imagine a planet where the Monte Cristo grows on trees...

You're thinking too small. Imagine a planet made entirely out of a Monte Cristo.

[Max Peck]

These are all fine ideas, but none of them address the objective fact that Monty Crisco is funnier than Monte Cristo as a character name.

[Carpet_pissr]

These are all fine ideas, but none of them address the objective fact that Monty Crisco is funnier than Monte Cristo as a character name.

Monthly Crisco.

[Isgrimnur]

[Brian]

Going back to Oblivion, it was our youngest daughters goal to steal every loaf of bread in the game.
She filled up an entire house with nothing but bread. To the point where the framerates would drop so low as to be nearly unplayable every time she entered that house.
We started calling her the "Bread Thief of Bruma"

[Fardaza]

Monty Crisco

I love that! Can I use it?

[Max Peck]

We don't need to worry about duplicate names until they release Starfield Online.

[Jaymann]

But I can use it in BG3.

[Max Peck]

You can...

Spoiler:

...and it will be extra funny there when you have bear sex with the druid companion. #BannedOnTiktok

[jztemple2]

For those wondering, Green Man Gaming is offering an 18% discount on the Standard and Premium Editions, the latter including:

Premium Edition includes:
• Starfield Base Game
• Shattered Space Story Expansion (upon release)
• Up to 5 days early access*
• Constellation Skin Pack: Equinox Laser Rifle, Spacesuit, Helmet and Boost Pack
• Access to Starfield Digital Artbook & Original Soundtrack

* Actual play time depends on purchase date and is subject to possible outages and applicable time zone differences

[Carpet_pissr]

For those wondering, Green Man Gaming is offering an 18% discount on the Standard and Premium Editions, the latter including:

Premium Edition includes:
• Starfield Base Game
• Shattered Space Story Expansion (upon release)
• Up to 5 days early access*
• Constellation Skin Pack: Equinox Laser Rifle, Spacesuit, Helmet and Boost Pack
• Access to Starfield Digital Artbook & Original Soundtrack

* Actual play time depends on purchase date and is subject to possible outages and applicable time zone differences

Not showing any discount that I can see. Link?
Wish I would have looked for a similar EA discount for BGIII.

[Smoove_B]

The 18% discount is for XP (gold?) members, I believe - people that are repeat/frequent customers.

https://www.greenmangaming.com/xp-offer ... p-program/

[coopasonic]

Wish I would have looked for a similar EA discount for BGIII.

I couldn't find BG3 on any of the third party sites before release so don't feel too much regret.

[Carpet_pissr]

Wish I would have looked for a similar EA discount for BGIII.

I couldn't find BG3 on any of the third party sites before release so don't feel too much regret.

The way I am justifying not buying BGIII Day One, which is one of my top 3-4 game franchises of all time, is that another top 3 franchise dropped at the same time (JA3) so by the time I play through that a bit, hopefully I will be ready to play a patched BGIII.

Huh...this is harder than I thought.
CIV
FO
JA
BG

[jztemple2]

Not showing any discount that I can see. Link?

I'm a Gold level member, that must be it.

https://www.greenmangaming.com/games/starfield-pc/


https://www.greenmangaming.com/games/starfield-premium-edition-pc/

[malchior]

I'm a gold level member and I'm not seeing it.

Edit: Scratch that. I had to click through the XP tab first and then it showed up. I closed my browser and tried it again...same behavior. If I click through the link above, no discount. Weird. The XP tab might create a cookie or something.

[jztemple2]

I'm a gold level member and I'm not seeing it.

Edit: Scratch that. I had to click through the XP tab first and then it showed up. I closed my browser and tried it again...same behavior. If I click through the link above, no discount. Weird. The XP tab must create a cookie or something.

Yup, it's probably a cookie setting. I'm running Firefox and have a zillion cookies in memory .

[Blackhawk]

Wish I would have looked for a similar EA discount for BGIII.

I couldn't find BG3 on any of the third party sites before release so don't feel too much regret.

Don't hold your breath - Divinity Original Sin 1 and 2 also aren't on third party stores (with the exception of DOS1 on Humble at one point.)

Larian doesn't do third party.

[Carpet_pissr]

Wish I would have looked for a similar EA discount for BGIII.

I couldn't find BG3 on any of the third party sites before release so don't feel too much regret.

Don't hold your breath - Divinity Original Sin 1 and 2 also aren't on third party stores (with the exception of DOS1 on Humble at one point.)

Larian doesn't do third party.

Those are both on eneba.com and cdkeys. BGIII is also listed, but sold out currently.

[Isgrimnur]

The steam forums automatically censor references to [cdkeys]. Take it for what it's worth.

Not anymore, apparently.

[Blackhawk]

Wish I would have looked for a similar EA discount for BGIII.

I couldn't find BG3 on any of the third party sites before release so don't feel too much regret.

Don't hold your breath - Divinity Original Sin 1 and 2 also aren't on third party stores (with the exception of DOS1 on Humble at one point.)

Larian doesn't do third party.

Those are both on eneba.com and cdkeys. BGIII is also listed, but sold out currently.

I'm talking about authorized retailers, not resellers or gray market keys that are innately risky (as a general rule, if Is There Any Deal doesn't include a site as an option, it's probably unsafe.) Larian does not offer keys to third-party retailers. If a store has keys, they didn't get them through the proper channels, which makes them risky (inevitable anecdotes aside.)

[jztemple2]

Just in case you guys haven't seen this:

This is a Deep DIve into gameplay and shows a ton of actual gameplay footage. I'm getting pretty excited at this point!

I hadn't watched that video before and so I took a few minutes and just watched part of it. And now...

[Scraper]

Just in case you guys haven't seen this:

This is a Deep DIve into gameplay and shows a ton of actual gameplay footage. I'm getting pretty excited at this point!

I hadn't watched that video before and so I took a few minutes and just watched part of it. And now...

I'm going to do my best to clear my backlog prior to this releasing, because I can see it taking up several months of my gaming time.

[coopasonic]

Yeah, I could potentially seeing it rolling into a second weekend!

[jztemple2]

Starfield preload date and download size, according to PC GamesN. Seems weird that the pre-load date is almost a month before release.

Starfield preload date

Starfield preload is available now for Xbox Game Pass on PC, and the preload release date for other platforms is on August 9, 2023.

This information comes from a few online storefronts, including Amazon, which is offering an Xbox Series S bundle that comes with Starfield standard edition. The code states that the version is the combined Xbox and Windows 10 release.

How big is the Starfield download?

The Starfield download size is 125GB, but this may not reflect the total size of the game at launch, depending on day one updates and other unknown factors.

[coopasonic]

gamepass always does super early pre-loads. Possibly because their download speeds suck.

[Max Peck]

My assumption these days is that it would take longer to decrypt the preload and then download the day 0 patch than it would be to simply wait and download the game after it goes live.

[jztemple2]

From PC GamesN, Microsoft slashes Game Pass trial ahead of Starfield

Starfield is coming next month, and Bethesda’s RPG game is launching day one on Microsoft’s Game Pass service. This means that if you have an active Game Pass subscription, you can play Starfield immediately upon its release. If you don’t have Game Pass right now, you sadly won’t be able to check its benefits out for a dollar anymore, at least not for as long. Microsoft has just cut its trial period for the subscription service in half.

Microsoft's free trial offer for Game Pass Ultimate, which is now 14 days long

For prospective players looking to expand their game libraries, Microsoft offers a $1 / £1 trial for its Game Pass Ultimate subscription. The trial used to last a lengthy month, giving potential subscribers a decent opportunity to explore the service’s benefits. Microsoft has now halved that time, meaning that any new Game Pass Ultimate trial will last you just two weeks.

It isn’t the first time Microsoft has cut its Game Pass trial time, as noted by reporter Ethan Gach in a social media post. Nothing else is changing, though, as the dollar price will get you the same full catalog as before. You can check Microsoft’s website here to verify the new trial length or to grab Game Pass if you haven’t yet subscribed and want to. Despite the shorter trial period, you may find the service worth its price, especially with Starfield coming this fall.

[jztemple2]

I saw a few days ago an article where the devs said they expected the main campaign of Starfield to last about 40 hours. Does anyone remember how long the main campaign was for Fallout 4? My memory is hazy

[Max Peck]

I saw a few days ago an article where the devs said they expected the main campaign of Starfield to last about 40 hours. Does anyone remember how long the main campaign was for Fallout 4? My memory is hazy

The internet says about 30ish hours if you focus on the main story, and as many hours as you want to throw at the game if you don't.

[coopasonic]

I saw a few days ago an article where the devs said they expected the main campaign of Starfield to last about 40 hours. Does anyone remember how long the main campaign was for Fallout 4? My memory is hazy

https://howlongtobeat.com/game/26729

Main Story
27 Hours
Main + Sides
81 Hours
Completionist
158 Hours

[jztemple2]

Thanks for the replies and for that website. I should remember I can search for that stuff myself

[Tampa_Gamer]

Appreciate that link as well, thanks coop

I do hope Starfield can be modded similar to FO4/Skyrim, to bring longer life to it. That same website had Skyrim SE at 26/115/206 respectively. So about +34 hours for all storylines compared to FO4.