Starfield is Bethesda's Least Buggiest Game to Date, Say Sources

Man, "15 hours in and not a single bug." I love Bethesda, but I feel like that's an incredibly bold claim to make and that his definition of bug is probably a bit loose. I wish they wouldn't make this big of a hubbub about it and just let the game speak for itself if it's really that solid.

That's such a low bar that it's clipped through the floor.

Least buggiest? Are we just giving up on English, "journalists?"

The author is basing this claim on feedback from FIVE people who have been playing the game. If Bethseda are only expecting a similar number to play it once it's released, then this is a useful metric. Otherwise it's meaningless.

"Redfall is looking awesome, it has Arkane's best gunplay yet."

"You won't find any bugs if you don't do any QA"

-Todd Howard probably

I have like zero hype for this game, and absolute bangers of games have dropped recently. I'm definitely going to put this on the "maybe" list and let other people test it out for me, I'm in no rush.

Your daily reminder to not preorder. Least buggiest is not a high bar, TBH.

That's a really low bar NGL

I'm going to wait for launch and reviews for sure

I'm a little disappointed I was looking forward to Skyrim bugs in Space

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What a sales pitch!

That title hurts my eyes!

Least buggy*

IIRC didn't Microsoft hold the game back specifically to ensure it didn't launch in a horrific state? Bethesda games are known for being a nightmare at launch, and even with these assurances, I'm still expecting the first few weeks to be a mess. That being said, if any Bethesda game was going to launch well, it would be this one.

I don't believe you.

No fatal accidents in this workplace in over 30 days!

That's not much of a brag. Just because the monsters in this game won't mysteriously fly off into space only to reappear right behind you seconds later, doesn't mean we should celebrate.

I'll believe it when I see it.

I mean even Skyrim ran pretty nice, till you started playing it long enough to start finding the bugs and jank. Of course, it helped that it had all the familiar jank from the previous games.

Just love the pre-release reviews being all "this is shit" when the game hasn't even released yet.

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I see the npcs still have the signature Bethesda empty stare… is that a stylistic choice or do they just suck at face mocap?

Least buggy?

Guess journalists are forgetting how to grammar.

Do the NPCs in this game give anyone else a sort of uncanny valley feel

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For anyone who may have forgotten or may not know: the game is a day 1 launch on game pass. I already have it preloaded and I didn't preorder. You can easily see how buggy the game is for yourself next week.

I think we've all learned our collective lesson at this point (or at least, we should have) not to over-hype games, nor to pre-order them.

I'm going to have to temporarily move in with my dad in October potentially for a few months, should be some decent reviews in by then so I'm looking forward to killing time with this game!

I sincerely don't mind their balance between bugs and ambition, but all this shit has me terrified.

Oh no, what'd they break this time?

It's hilariously sad when you require a headline like that because of your previous games.

I feel bad for the teams that had to go into "double crunch" mode after BG3 came out. Just so they can get the game into not embarrassing shape for launch.

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In the case they are actually being honest, they could just be speaking relatively - which still doesn't inspire a lot of confidence in me that Starfield is going to be seamless and smooth at launch, or even a few months past launch.

In the case that they are just clearly lying, it's an intentional strategy: they're counting on the fact that they will gain more money from this than they will lose from people discovering it was a lie after the game launches.

Well then im not interested

What a ringing endorsement.....

As in no giant bug beasts?

Based on their other games, that's the bare minimum we should expect

Todd Howard should spend more time debugging and less paying for positive articles.

Yeah, because when you've used the same engine for the past 15 years, I'd expect you to iron out most of the issues by now.

I kid because I love. I'll play the fuck out of it regardless, but I'll almost be disappointed if this game isn't a glorious mess at launch.

Not gonna lie, that makes me less confident

Lucky to receive it for free. No way am I trusting those who made 19 versions of Skyrim and didn't fix bugs present in the first ver.

Probably the result of Bethesda having to answer to Microsoft who gives final approval.

Good for them. Where the hell is the next Elder Scrolls already? That poor old woman who plays Skyrim is gonna die before it comes out.