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#3131724 25-Sep-2023 19:15

For those playing, is it better to go PC or Xbox for it? My pc is easily capable of playing, however im leaning to the Xbox as I often can’t be faffed booting up the pc. Looking for something as a break from Diablo on the ps5. Cheers

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#3131725 25-Sep-2023 19:20

Loismustdye:
For those playing, is it better to go PC or Xbox for it? My pc is easily capable of playing, however im leaning to the Xbox as I often can’t be faffed booting up the pc. Looking for something as a break from Diablo on the ps5. Cheers

Depends if you want to use mods or not.
Mods use PC,
Otherwise use Xbox.

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#3131779 25-Sep-2023 21:55

Doesn't really matter since the save game exists between both PC and Xbox, so you can play on both if you want.

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#3131908 26-Sep-2023 07:22

Loismustdye:

For those playing, is it better to go PC or Xbox for it? My pc is easily capable of playing, however im leaning to the Xbox as I often can’t be faffed booting up the pc. Looking for something as a break from Diablo on the ps5. Cheers

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PC for mods.

Nexusmods - Starfield

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#3131930 26-Sep-2023 08:16

Update 1.7.33 has been released today. Not a huge update in terms of content (or size 2.6GB) but addresses glitches like some NPCs not being where they should be. I experienced one of these - David Barron was not where he should have been in Sabotage which prevented me finishing the Ryujin Industries missions. I have just downloaded it but have yet to see whether he’s back in place.

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#3131936 26-Sep-2023 08:38

100% PC for the MODs way improves the gameplay to how you want it to be and remove the annoying aspects

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#3131940 26-Sep-2023 09:05

PC if you want higher than 30fps, along with any mods to make the game better. For example any time you spent booting your machine up is saved if you get the mod to skip fast travel/takeoff/landing scenes which you will be doing a lot of and can’t hit esc to skip by default.

Also get the DLSS mod if you have nvidia and can use it for performance boost.

I believe saves only transfer if you have the xbox game pass version? Or does the Steam version force you to log in to your MS account? Steam does have Workshop integration.

Edit: realised Starfield has xbox play anywhere so if you buy it on xbox you can play on PC xbox app for free.

I’ve also played Starfield remotely but not using Moonlight. I use Steam’s remote play to get to desktop and play game pass version at 1080p 120fps. I use Steam simply because I play externally from my network and haven’t bothered setting up vpn/tailscale since Steam has relays that just work already.

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#3135897 28-Sep-2023 12:48

A small side-story on Starfield here.

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#3136161 28-Sep-2023 22:47

I’m about 30 hours in and starting to lose interest.

I’m not usually the biggest fan of open world games and this one is kind of following the same direction. It’s all just a bit repetitive and not interesting enough. I’ve done the Free Star collective plot line which was ok but the main story isn’t really grabbing me.

I think I’ll play a bit more over the weekend and if I can’t get re engaged I might move on.

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#3144211 8-Oct-2023 08:56

I’m at 100+ hours and L36. Really enjoying the game - sometimes it’s a bit slow but then something happens to renew my interest. Probably sounds like slow progress but, for example, I recently spent many hours searching the Groombridge System for (on separate quests but done jointly) a ‘turbulent lithosphere’ and an ‘aeroform life’. Eventually successful and it was satisfying but I’m sure that may not appeal to a lot of players.

I think it’s a very good game but not necessarily a brilliant one. Nevertheless I’ll be in for long time to come - I haven’t really yet got properly into crafting, research, outposts, ship mods etc. I’ve been doing a lot of side missions and concentrating on cleaning up faction quest lines otherwise the quest list can get unruly and long.

I just saw this story - made me laugh.

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#3144387 8-Oct-2023 21:26

Handle9: I’m about 30 hours in and starting to lose interest.

I’m not usually the biggest fan of open world games and this one is kind of following the same direction. It’s all just a bit repetitive and not interesting enough. I’ve done the Free Star collective plot line which was ok but the main story isn’t really grabbing me.

I think I’ll play a bit more over the weekend and if I can’t get re engaged I might move on.

I finished the game in the end. The UC faction questline was really good and the Crimson fleet was good too. I’m glad I finished it but I’m also glad it was on Gamepass rather than I bought it.

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#3144429 9-Oct-2023 09:01

Handle9:
Handle9: I’m about 30 hours in and starting to lose interest.

I’m not usually the biggest fan of open world games and this one is kind of following the same direction. It’s all just a bit repetitive and not interesting enough. I’ve done the Free Star collective plot line which was ok but the main story isn’t really grabbing me.

I think I’ll play a bit more over the weekend and if I can’t get re engaged I might move on.

I finished the game in the end. The UC faction questline was really good and the Crimson fleet was good too. I’m glad I finished it but I’m also glad it was on Gamepass rather than I bought it.

I should probably add I crafted nothing. I researched nothing. I had no outposts.

I hate homework when I play video games. I just don’t see the point.

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#3144794 10-Oct-2023 08:17

Just noticed that a new update 1.7.36 has been released overnight. There do not appear to be any major changes apart from introduction of a Field of View setting.

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#3144823 10-Oct-2023 10:05

Handle9:

I should probably add I crafted nothing. I researched nothing. I had no outposts.

I hate homework when I play video games. I just don’t see the point.

RDR2 was like this. A bunch of chores like feeding animals which was walking from one side of your camp to the other with a container, filling it, and walking to the animals. It totally killed the game for me. I have enough tedious chores in real life, I honestly can't for the life of me understand why anyone thought it was a good idea. A chore simulator, brilliant. /s

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#3157290 8-Nov-2023 15:43

I downloaded this the other night and started it. Spent a stupid amount of time designing what my character would look like, and then got thoroughly confused with what "background" and "traits" I should choose.

As a VERY casual gamer, I found it frustrating to have to make choices that apparently have an impact throughout the entire game before I even know what the game is all about.

I Googled what I should choose, and there's no real consensus. Some of them come down to whether you like playing with NPC companions or not... how should I know, I haven't played it yet?!

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