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Our Starfield: Shattered Space Review Is HERE - Did It Deliver?! | Defining Duke, Episode 196

Starfield faced a mighty amount of criticism throughout its 2023 launch. In today's gaming climate, this set the stage for what could be a big comeback for Bethesda Game Studios with the Shattered Space expansion. So, did it deliver? Matty has played 16 hours and finished it with Cog just getting his adventure started, so they both have much to say! Get early access to Defining Duke and all Last Stand Media shows at: https://www.patreon.com/LastStandMedia Get some Defining Duke merch! https://laststandmedia.store/ Follow the hosts! https://x.com/G27Status https://x.com/LordCognito 00:00:23 - Introduction 00:25:13 - Xbox has expanded its Research Initiative 00:29:54 - YoshiP on Final Fantasy 16 coming to Xbox 00:33:40 - Krafton opens up on Hi Fi Rush 2 00:41:23 - Todd Howard on the scale of their games 00:47:09 - The Alters has been delayed to Q1 2025 00:49:05 - Tekken 8 DLC Controversy 00:59:33 - Context around the Assassin’s Creed Shadows delay 01:12:26 - AEW considering new development partner 01:20:12 - An update on Larian's next game 01:24:09 - What We’re Playing 02:33:39 - Game Pass Pick Of The Week 02:38:57 - Outro

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Edward Walton

Man, it's nice hearing Cog finally arrive at this "come to God" moment to understand how these turn-based MegaTen games have been for ages. He has his foot in the door now.

Directional Joy

I am not at all in defense of Yukes, with the AEW game, but it makes me think about a constant conversation within podcasts… annual releases & crunch. It looks like Yukes had some time to figure out what to do with AEW, but this is a company that had been $#!TT!N@ out WWE games, on the regular. The lack of momentum/progress, is a factor (looking at you Madden!). I was once a wrestling fanatic (attitude era) but short of NJPW and revisiting nostalgia, I stick to WWE YT clips (ain’t got time for the full show, an older man with added responsibilities). No longer a TRUE fan of wrestling, but appreciate the craft. 🫡

Directional Joy

Excellent show, as always. Matty, I truly appreciate the reserved stance you take in releasing your reviews (taking in account potential emotional reaction, that may require time to digest). A true pro, that does his best to be honest to consumers and decent to the makers of what we love. ❤️ 🫡

Daniel Thompson

Hi, Matty. For the heirloom quest, you can actually get the quest giver's unique spacesuit and even a unique weapon afterward. Spoilers: You have to persuade the lady's dad to give her the armor. You don't get it through at this point, though. You have to travel to one of the randomly generated POIs (It's called Va'ruun Camp) in the expansion. There, there's a chance you'll encounter the lady fully decked out in the unique spacesuit and using the unique weapon. You'll either have to kill or pickpocket her to get both items. Now, in my opinion, the way they added this armor is both interesting and dumb. It's interesting in that whoever designed the quest probably wanted to channel how Morrowind did uniques where some of the best uniques were very well-hidden and required the player to actually explore and investigate. However, to make it so that the only way to get these items is through doing something most players wouldn't even consider thinking about is very strange. 'Cause yes, while there barely any uniques in this expansion, there are a few uniques that can be acquired through specific means. It's just that the designers added them in the most weird way possible.