It sure feels impossible to have an honest conversation about Starfield online right now.

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    1 year ago

    There felt like a lot of people who really wanted CP to be GTAV and were extremely upset that it wasn’t.

    There was also a lot of angst from people who saw the words “open world” and expected it to mean some Second Life-esque escapist experience, rather than the actual meaning of open world, as in there is a big environment where you are free to roam around and do stuff in.

    Misled expectations from the marketing hype absolutely played a key role in all of that furor, but at least for me, I tune out most of it since I like making my own opinions on things.

    There’s a TON more that could be said but those are the three standout points from my perspective.

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      Yes that was the loudest portion of the complaints for sure.

      Marketing also hit the create overhype button one too many times. Maybe given the topic, genre and time of release it would have create overhype anyway, but its a moot point at this point.