Comparing Starfield and Cyberpunk 2077 is “actively harmful” says CD Projekt Red dev
The Cyberpunk 2077 designer says the “fake criticism” is hurting the way players interact with games
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CD Projekt Red’s senior quest designer Patrick K. Mills has said that it’s “actively harmful” to compareStarfieldandCyberpunk 2077.
Following the official release of Bethesda’s sci-fi RPG, one player shared a short video on Twitter showing the creative difference between the game andCyberpunk 2077.
More specifically, the user compares how some roleplay elements inStarfieldare less immersive toCyberpunk 2077, like being unable to fully submerge into the water after jumping from a high point, aiming your weapons at NPCs - which garners no response or reaction - and other environmental design choices like no bullet spray on water surfaces.
In response, Mills shared the video, saying that comparing these two games is harmful to the games industry (viaNME).
How times have changed(Tbc this fake criticism is actively harmful to the way the audience interacts with the medium and I hate it, but it’s very funny to see after how many hundreds of these were made to ridicule cp2077) https://t.co/lvtAGDawfvSeptember 5, 2023
“How times have changed,” Mills said. “[To be clear] this fake criticism is actively harmful to the way the audience interacts with the medium and I hate it, but it’s very funny to see after how many hundreds of these were made to ridicule [Cyberpunk 2077].”
WhenCyberpunk 2077launched back in 2020, it waslargely received negativelyfor its poor optimization, as well as similar criticism for the game’s animation and environment design like those things pointed out in theStarfieldvideo.
Another Twitter user argued the developer’s point, saying that both games' aims are different and the criticism ofStarfieldis fair becauseCyberpunkdoesn’t offer an exploration of a galaxy, while “Starfieldnot having any attempt at swimming/submersion while exploring planets is extremely questionable.”
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“Is that the point?” Millsreplied. “There’s no commentary, just a handful of features being compared. What’s the meaning of this comparison? How does this relate to how I should feel about or experience these games? Useless criticism.”
Starfieldis now available onXbox Series X|SandPC, as well asXbox Game Pass. After leaving early access on September 6, the gamesurpassed one million players across all platformsbut quickly went on to pass6 millionas of September 7, making it Bethesda’s biggest launch of all time.
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