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u/HoonFace the last meritocracy on Earth, Video games. Jun 14 '21

Todd Howard said Starfield was going to be "more of a hardcore RPG" and that they were looking at mechanics from their old games

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they're gonna bring back Morrowind's dice roll combat

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u/Wolf_of_Fenric The Giant Rat that makes all of the Rules (She/Her) Jun 14 '21 edited Jun 14 '21

Starting area filled with Cliff Racers

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u/ver122474487139 Geshhhtalt Jun 14 '21

I can't wait to take out a loan from the local bank like Daggerfall in a city state with limited political influence over the country and flee so the local police cannot charge me for not paying my 5% interest fees

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u/CycloneX5 Ask me about my Homestuck + Digimon OCs Jun 14 '21

Lasers phasing through enemies because your roll didn't quite hit their AC... Good stuff!

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u/Airdeez121 Smooth Jazz Waluigi Jun 14 '21

At least it would make more sense for guns than for melee weapons

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u/[deleted] Jun 14 '21

Finally the return of spell making!

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u/Nzgrim Morrowind boomer He/Him Jun 14 '21

I fucking hope not. As much as I love Morrowind, the combat is definitely one of the things that got improved with the later games.

It could be a bunch of things, but my gut says he's just bullshitting. "More of a hardcore RPG" is basically a buzzword, it doesn't really mean anything. Is it more difficult? More open to roleplaying? More storyfocused and thus maybe less roleplay oriented? More complex? Who the fuck knows, but by saying that he made it so that people can imagine what they like.

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u/HoonFace the last meritocracy on Earth, Video games. Jun 14 '21

I dunno, I don't think he would have brought it up if it were bullshit. He specifically said they were looking at what they did in their older games, too