The thing is, if you look at the graph they were discussing it seems impossible that they could make their targets, especially as they’ve been missing them already for the last several years. Maybe their upcoming games could change their fortunes a bit but whilehas done well it hasn’t blown the doors off, and that was the most interesting of the games they’ve unveiled so far.
Someone wrote in saying they had hit a wall with Baldur’s Gate 3 after 10 hours and were going to take a break from it, I sympathise. I’m in over my head and making it up as I go, but so far it seems to be working a treat. I stuck with it because it is without any doubt the most stunningly pretty, hypnotically jaw-dropping game I’ve ever played. I’ve always been one for good looking games but this is on a whole other level. The detail surpasses even Elden Ring, the voice-acting is the best I’ve ever come across; Brendan Gleeson, what’s-his-name from Being Human/Hobbit/Poldark… The voice cast is absolutely stellar, Raphael is especially good.
But i can see how this game divides opinion. It’s an odd game, where sometimes I was playing it jumping from colony to colony and forgetting I was in a supposed outer space epic. It’s like it’s pulling in different directions and isn’t sure what type of game it really wants to be. This game has potential though and Bethesda has stated their intention to support it. So, who knows what surprises they have in store. But as I have stated, I can understand why people are either hating it or loving it. But right now I’m enjoying it and I have only scratched the surface and so I’m eager to visit more star systems in the future. I would rate it a 7 out of 10 and maybe a 9 after the updates and DLC.We don’t hate Starfield; we’re not sure we’ve heard from anyone that does.
How much these matter to the average gamer is probably a lot less than people think right now, but as the generation rumbles on I think we are going to see more and more Baldur’s Gates that struggle to offer parity of gameplay features between the systems. Then as Unreal Engine 5 games start to land the graphical differences could get larger and larger, becoming more noticeable.