videogames is one word

the good: starfield has crashed a grand total of two times when playing it
the bad: the only thing that can make me stop playing this bad game is it crashing

the encumbrance system in this game is flat out possibly one of the worst I've had to deal with. basically

• everything but ammo has mass
• things seem generally more heavy than in other bethesda games
• there also seems to be more loot than in other bethesda games
• resources are extremely important to have in large quantities
• resources are extremely heavy

now, those are just the contributing factors of why this shit sucks, because let's get into what happens when you're over encumbered

• you can not fast travel when over encumbered
• personal storage space is at a premium unless using a companion as a pack mule
• when over encumbered, your O2 levels start to drop
• when your O2 levels drop to 0, your CO2 levels start to rise
• when your CO2 levels reach max, you start taking damage
• the scale at which these things happen increases the more over encumbered you are

it is exhausting, pun maybe just a little intended. a fun solution to this would be to have land vehicles when doing exploration and stuff. just a little buggy! a rover with some boost packs on it so you can jump over obstacles! given how bethesda hasn't even implemented mounts in post-daggerfall elder scrolls games outside of skyrim and outright never implemented vehicles in fallout, I get the feeling this is less about "oh, there's a fixed map size for landing sites" and more about "this would be a technical nightmare"

but like, it sucks! and outposts kinda solve this, but it feels like 5 hours in to playing it, I'm constantly running into encumbrance issues! and it's a fucking slog!! and this game isn't very good in general!!! I'm really glad I'm not paying for this!!!!