Tag: Space Simulations

Todd Howard and the ”upgrade your pc” comment

Starfield has only been officially out for a single day and the game is already making waves across social media. It is clear that the game has made a great amount of money for Bethesda. Some five million copies have already been sold and the game is selling like hot cakes. This is a testament to the Bethesda’s ability to actually ship a game on time instead of being like Star Citizen and milking the funders for the project by having people buy spaceships that do not have any real purpose outside of giving the creators more of your hard-earned for no reason.

However, there seems to be some controversy surrounding a comment that Todd Howard made about the game. He stated that people who are having trouble playing the game should upgrade their computer. Now, I understand what he is trying to say. Starfield is a very demanding game and people should not expect miracles when trying to play it on poorly optimized or outdated hardware. 

I have a MSI laptop when playing this game and I am getting 40 to 60 fps with this game at High settings. It is one of the best experiences that I have ever had with a gaming computer. I totally agree with Todd Howard that in order to play this game properly, you are going to need some reasonable specs. The Steamdeck is too weak to play this game so I recommend trying it out on the Xbox and the PC. I believe that both experiences will greatly meet people’s expectations.

Thoughts on the Release of Starfield on September 6th, 2023

Starfield has been officially released to the public and the sales have been brisk. According to several sources, the game managed to achieve more than 250,000 concurrent players on Steam alone. This is very impressive considering that Starfield is a space game with a more niche subject matter than that of Skyrim. Though fans of space exploration may always consider themselves to be in the majority of the population, the truth is that the many people are not that interested in the genre of space sims. 

However, as I have stated before, Starfield is probably going to be the most mainstream space game that will ever be released and we are going to have to pay attention to how the game does in sales. It has already gotten 2 million people to pay for the Premium Editions, which is highly impressive and already recoups the cost of the game, which is estimated at 200 million dollars. Bethesda Game Studios has much to proud of with the success of this game. Hopefully their additional content that they release will be of the same quality and attract even more players. 

My thoughts on the RTX 4050’s performance

I have played through Starfield enough to see what the performance is like on my PC. At first, I believe that I was slightly apprehensive about the performance on my PC, but it is clear that this game is going to work just well on my computer.     

My CPU is a i7-12650H running at 2.30 GHz.

I have 16GB RAM.

My laptop is a MSI model that has a Geforce RTX 4050. It is considered to be a mid-range video GPU, but it is one of the best workhorses that I have seen. In comparison with other computers that I have owned, the performance is outstanding. It isn’t the best video GPU, but it certainly gets the job done and allows for me to play the game. 

On High Settings, the game seems to run very well. It runs okaty at Ultra settings, but that seems to be limit for this computer. I am overclocking my graphics, so that’s probably why its running well as it is. 

Unlike other games like Fallout 4, which was notorious for its loading screens, Starfield seems like it has loading screens that don’t take alot of time on my system. Overall, I would say that the RTX 4050 is a great GPU for people who are looking for something that has teeth and a great price to it.