Starfield voted most innovative gameplay by community in 2023 steam awards
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Riggers gonna rig. (tl;dr I don't accept this as a legitimate award - money changed hands)
Yeah, I gotta lean this way. Starfield is at mixed overall and mostly negative for recent reviews. Plus, even if it was done well it's the same formula as the last 5+ Bethesda game releases, so what's so innovative about it?
The Float is on the ship, rather than the player, so you have to have loading screens to go exploring to prevent critical errors. That's the innovation.
If I wanted to steel-man, I'd say writing a space game with okay graphics in a 20 year old engine is pushing the boundary. I'd still ask 'why' that boundary needs to be pushed... but eeking performance out of outdated software is somewhat innovative. It's just not necessary.
It's probably innovative because of muh Creation Engine 2
They put a 2 at the end, it's been innovated.
It's been this way since Valve started doctoring review statistics to insulate tranny developers from an audience sick of their shit.
Awards do be like that. Not just in video games.