Sunday, September 3rd 2023
This Week in Gaming (Week 36)
This coming week, one of the most hyped AAA games of the year will launch and early previews of the game suggests it might just manage to mostly live up to the hype. However, the rest of this week is rather slow, maybe because all of the other publishers know most people will be busy playing their fancy new space game and won't be interested in what else might launch this week, although some appear to be riding on the wave of said space game. That said, there are still some minor releases this week, with at least a couple that might appeal to some of you.
Starfield / This week's AAA title / Wednesday 6 September
Starfield is the first new universe in over 25 years from Bethesda Game Studios, the award-winning creators of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim and Fallout 4. In this next generation role-playing game set amongst the stars, create any character you want and explore with unparalleled freedom as you embark on an epic journey to answer humanity's greatest mystery. In the year 2330, humanity has ventured beyond our solar system, settling new planets, and living as a spacefaring people. You will join Constellation - the last group of space explorers seeking rare artifacts throughout the galaxy - and navigate the vast expanse of space in Bethesda Game Studios' biggest and most ambitious game.
Kobold Castle / Monday 4 September
Kobold Castle is a 2D arena survival game that takes place on the wall of a besieged castle. As one of 4 kobold defenders, you must hold the line against dangerous waves of attackers, collect upgrades and powerups, and defeat a variety of enemies and bosses. Try to survive as long as you can!
Rune Factory 3 Special / Tuesday 5 September
Bridge the divide of an ancient schism between humans and monsters in Rune Factory 3 Special as half-human, half-wooly protagonist Micah. Farm, fight and fall in love as you revisit a classic in the series that perfected the blend of RPG & Life-sim genres.
Chants of Sennaar / Tuesday 5 September
Legend says that one day, a traveller will reunite the Peoples of the Tower who are unable to communicate with each other. Observe, listen, and decipher ancient languages in a fascinating universe inspired by the myth of Babel.
Wildstrive / Wednesday 6 September
Wildstrive - is an open-world first-person survival game. Craft tools, build a camp, harvest crops, explore the land, tame and fight wild animals. Challenge nature and solve the mystery of the lost island!
Void Crew/ Thursday 7 September
In space, no one can hear you scream … except your friends! Rally your crew, man your spaceship, and prepare for an epic adventure. Battle fearsome foes, salvage valuable loot, die repeatedly - while reclaiming humanity's lost territory together.
NBA 2K24 / Friday 8 September
Experience hoops culture in NBA 2K24. Enjoy loads of action and limitless personalized MyPLAYER options in MyCAREER. Build your perfect lineup in MyTEAM. Feel more responsive gameplay and polished visuals while playing with your favorite NBA and WNBA teams in PLAY NOW.
Starfield / This week's AAA title / Wednesday 6 September
Starfield is the first new universe in over 25 years from Bethesda Game Studios, the award-winning creators of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim and Fallout 4. In this next generation role-playing game set amongst the stars, create any character you want and explore with unparalleled freedom as you embark on an epic journey to answer humanity's greatest mystery. In the year 2330, humanity has ventured beyond our solar system, settling new planets, and living as a spacefaring people. You will join Constellation - the last group of space explorers seeking rare artifacts throughout the galaxy - and navigate the vast expanse of space in Bethesda Game Studios' biggest and most ambitious game.
Kobold Castle is a 2D arena survival game that takes place on the wall of a besieged castle. As one of 4 kobold defenders, you must hold the line against dangerous waves of attackers, collect upgrades and powerups, and defeat a variety of enemies and bosses. Try to survive as long as you can!
Bridge the divide of an ancient schism between humans and monsters in Rune Factory 3 Special as half-human, half-wooly protagonist Micah. Farm, fight and fall in love as you revisit a classic in the series that perfected the blend of RPG & Life-sim genres.
Legend says that one day, a traveller will reunite the Peoples of the Tower who are unable to communicate with each other. Observe, listen, and decipher ancient languages in a fascinating universe inspired by the myth of Babel.
Wildstrive - is an open-world first-person survival game. Craft tools, build a camp, harvest crops, explore the land, tame and fight wild animals. Challenge nature and solve the mystery of the lost island!
In space, no one can hear you scream … except your friends! Rally your crew, man your spaceship, and prepare for an epic adventure. Battle fearsome foes, salvage valuable loot, die repeatedly - while reclaiming humanity's lost territory together.
Experience hoops culture in NBA 2K24. Enjoy loads of action and limitless personalized MyPLAYER options in MyCAREER. Build your perfect lineup in MyTEAM. Feel more responsive gameplay and polished visuals while playing with your favorite NBA and WNBA teams in PLAY NOW.
36 Comments on This Week in Gaming (Week 36)
Then again par for the course with Bethesda.
Was more referring to bugs, I went looking on youtube to some compilation videos and what I saw was just minor stuff, nothing truly crazy like some of the Elder Scrolls and Fallout (especially 76) stuff.
Sadly, in attention economy childish whining sells, so there's always a lot of it coming from social media "influenzas"
**Disregarding the annoying minority who find issues with everything
"Beta-testing" argument also does not apply. It is necessary to collect data from vastly diverse systems globally in order to craft further optimizations and discover any new bugs.
As they say, practice to perfect.
Game releases these days are more about milk people for money, before they realize they have board another pile of hot mess of a game.
This is exactly why i droppet preorders, a long time a go and read reviews before even thinking on buying a game. They never change. Earn my trust, before you earn my money douchebags.
Me playing Cyperpunk for the first time
Also me in a near future playing Starfield for the first time
Starfield seems to be quite a different situation, just the sad beta state games are released in now.
The dev's of STARFIELD on the other hand created the illusion that it's the ultimate space sim you where dreaming of since ages. Turns out the spacecraft is just a teleporting machine, only a handful of planets have hand crafted cities and the rest of the 1000 planets is just AI generated wasteland. Also what is up with the combat system, is there actually any challenge? From what I've seen it's dead boring, like shooting drunken bots. Do they even shoot back? I wish it had a combat system like f.e. Tom Clancy’s The Division® 2 where you have to use cover and move more tactical:
There are already more than 200,000 concurrent players with early access.
Allow them to enjoy it.