Starfield

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  1. Scorpio_Arete
    Sep 9, 2023
    4
    This is somehow worse than Fallout 76 while being fully functional. Mods will save this game, but it's ridiculous that's the expectation at launch.
  2. Ersinker
    Sep 8, 2023
    0
    Epmty world ,uninteresting same game same old engine. Bad graphics unoptimized game. Copy of cyberpunk abd no man sky
  3. Skyblade799
    Sep 8, 2023
    5
    60 hours in, and it may be the first Bethesda game I don't finish. It's... unfortunately just average. So average I'd call it often boring.

    Exploration is disjoint, and all of the planets require you to walk 300-1000 meters (minutes of walking) with absolutely nothing to do but hold move, press jump, and occasionally scan or use a random tree. Most of the areas you find are empty caves    60 hours in, and it may be the first Bethesda game I don't finish. It's... unfortunately just average. So average I'd call it often boring.

    Exploration is disjoint, and all of the planets require you to walk 300-1000 meters (minutes of walking) with absolutely nothing to do but hold move, press jump, and occasionally scan or use a random tree. Most of the areas you find are empty caves or abandoned buildings with no one in them, or random "nature" structures (which while neat, get old quick with nothing to do with them). This is just what you do in No Man's Sky, which isn't a good thing. You can't avoid this; all too many mainline quests, side quests, and all power/ability unlocks require you walk these barren planets. No longer will you go from point A to B and find C,D,E,and F in-between or as a branch from that... you'll go from A, find nothing for minutes except "random" ore plants and fauna (No Man's Sky style "random" — basically just copy pastes), and reach B, and that's it.

    Combat is decent, and the weapons are plentiful and entertaining, but unfortunately enemy variety is very poor. There are other types of enemy than bandit or regular human, but you will almost never see them. Even when you do, most enemies have awful AI. I rarely ever see the robots, and I've only seen alien enemies in dungeons a total of.... once so far. None of the human enemies have any special abilities or items; just skin and weapon damage type changes (you don't even get the variety spells provided skyrim mages/summoners). It's a huge drop in variety from Fallout or Elder Scrolls so far, and while there "may" be more, they are far too rare for no reason. The lack of variety makes it become stale.

    Tutorials are awful, and menu guidance is bad. Did you know you could switch which direction you rotate items you are dragging around with shift? I didn't. You know what I bet? I suspect that most people don't even realize that the cover aim system from fallout 4 still exists. It was not explained there either, and 99% of people online don't seem to know that either Fallout 4 or this even has cover shooting mechanics (hint: get right behind the flat cover... now aim at it). The tutorial story also last very long compared to Skyrim (it's over after the dragon) or fallout (out of the vault/intro shack? Feel free to leave). Here I'm multiple main story missions in and I don't have powers, and I'm only pushing it now just to unlock them at some point.

    Ship combat is not very good (and its issues show when playing on very hard). Effectively just a stat check if there are no asteroids for cover (do you have the piloting/thruster.lock-on skills in the passive tree required to make the ship combat actually work? Do you have a good enough ship?). With ground combat you can take enemies well above your level or area, but in ship combat that is not the case with many fights. A lot of limits here too: Got a ship crew? Want to assign them? Need more crew space. Got more space? Still need a higher level social perk. Want to have them in a second ship for a fleet? Not possible. Also costs the most credits for the part of the game with the least content so far, as though you can steal ships, you can't seemingly swap their parts to other ships like you can just equip new guns on the ground.

    See this massive skill tree? You're going to spend a lot of time taking basic requires game perks to even play, such as: security/lockpicking level, basic ability to use ship movement mechanic (required to use better ships too), basic ability to use ship aiming/vats mechanic, basic carry weight (you start with the least of any Bethesda game), the stealth meter (seriously, the stealth meter at all). Mix this in with boring or completely useless perks like without flavor like "scanner range, mine extra ore, environmental resistance, grav drive fuel so you have to go through less fast travel menus... etc, and it gets frustratingly boring. Basic upgrades to crew member cap or the ability to put outposts on most special planets is locked behind over 12 skills points in the social and science trees... I just don't understand how we got there. Any of the fallout games legitimately have better perks and don't take basic mechanics and pretend they are perks. The basic mechanic ones could be fine if there were a ton of new special mechanics to unlock later on, but no, it's primarily disabled or limited existing mechanics. At least half of the tree is nonsense.

    It's just... so aggressively flawed. It's not a terrible game and I do enjoy various parts of it, but this year is filled with so many excellent games it's absurd. There's no reason to pay so much for something that's this average (unless you are or are in dire need of an open world game I guess). Just get one of those other games and skip this for a steep sale.    … Expand
  4. MSB1
    Sep 7, 2023
    5
    Starfield wanted to be Fallout 4 and Skyrim mixed with No Man's Sky and completely failed at all of it. Instead you get an average, soulless game that gets the bad parts of all three of those games and nothing of what made them good/great. And this is on top of classic Bethesda bugs, glitches, and performance issues that they will never fix. The modding community is literally the only hopeStarfield wanted to be Fallout 4 and Skyrim mixed with No Man's Sky and completely failed at all of it. Instead you get an average, soulless game that gets the bad parts of all three of those games and nothing of what made them good/great. And this is on top of classic Bethesda bugs, glitches, and performance issues that they will never fix. The modding community is literally the only hope this game has, because it's a massive flop at this point in all ways.… Expand
  5. Sparkness1179
    Sep 7, 2023
    1
    Graphics performance is disappointing, especially with such poor optimization, such as water bodies, vegetation, etc. The procedural terrain has greatly affected the enthusiasm for exploring the outdoors, and the severe black screen loading has affected the continuity of the game. If you are a typical b-RPG user, you can give it a try, otherwise I strongly don't recommend it!
  6. Balderhb
    Sep 7, 2023
    1
    That Game is a Joke . When you played fallout or Skyrim don’t bother to even touch this boring piece of loadingsim . -Dialoge with no Impact . It doesent matter what you chose you will always get directed to the right answer - Engine from 2006. Ai is so dumb they never take cover or even try to avoid demage . Literally stand there to get shoot at like a sponge - NO SPACE EXPLORATION, youThat Game is a Joke . When you played fallout or Skyrim don’t bother to even touch this boring piece of loadingsim . -Dialoge with no Impact . It doesent matter what you chose you will always get directed to the right answer - Engine from 2006. Ai is so dumb they never take cover or even try to avoid demage . Literally stand there to get shoot at like a sponge - NO SPACE EXPLORATION, you have a ship where you can fly in a box of universe with literally nothing intersting happen , you can’t even explore a Planet because everthing looking the **** same . The only way you can land on a planet is to fast travel there .

    -Worst Story ever experienced in a AAA Game , Mainstory boring as hell and just 20 hours long . Side quest always the same **** Go collect/kill/steal and come back after fast travel and loading screen to hell . This game is utterly garbage and when you compare something like this to a Game like RDR2 and the immersion it gave you with his open World I can only say Starcitizen is a peace of Grabage and not worth the title of a good Game .
    It’s literally a reskinned Fallout with small improvements and even downgrades    … Expand
  7. Riot
    Sep 9, 2023
    0
    Bugfesda strikes again, this time with a poorly executed wannabe mashup of No Man's Sky and The Outer Worlds. Todd "The Most Gigantic Lying Mouth Of All Time" Howard's arrogant boasting of spending a $200 million budget on a 500 people team for 25 years of development is yet another blatant lie considering the game doesn't have the sandbox infinite universe that NMS provides, nor theBugfesda strikes again, this time with a poorly executed wannabe mashup of No Man's Sky and The Outer Worlds. Todd "The Most Gigantic Lying Mouth Of All Time" Howard's arrogant boasting of spending a $200 million budget on a 500 people team for 25 years of development is yet another blatant lie considering the game doesn't have the sandbox infinite universe that NMS provides, nor the excellent storytelling, character development and narrative content that TOW managed to deliver, not to mention the humor. Hell, Starfield doesn't even have a proper ship-flying mechanic built into the game, considering it's a damn space FPS/RPG.

    The game is constantly cockblocking your immersive experience with loading screens in places where you would not expect to see one since Mass Effect 2 was released in 2010, a testament that Bugfesda doesn't care to update their gaming engine to modern standards and prefers to dump those resources in creating 100 variations of coffee mugs, books and cafeteria trays, or writing and incessant amount of completely pointless NPC dialog lines and an absurd amount of meaningless errands disguised as quests.

    Speaking of technology and its implementation, the game was released without Ray Tracing and DLSS, which took the community 1 day to create a mod for (go figure), with UI animations and interactions capped at 30 FPS on console and 60 FPS on PCs, which the community again took 1 day to increase to 120 FPS. On the UI part, the menus are convoluted and difficult to navigate with a 2-page list of shortcuts that change from one menu screen to the other. The main game UI, even though it is minimalistic and beautiful to look at, is badly designed with everything on the screen having the same white color and no animations. Clearly whoever worked on this, had no idea about color theory, visual perceptions such as depth and contrast detection, and generally how human vision and perception work. They tried to copy the UI of Elite: Dangerous, but again failed, hopefully, someone will create a mod to fix this in the near future.

    Last, but not least: the bugs. There are a lot of bugs: from NPCs flying in the air, to ships ejecting you in the middle of space, to NPCs talking with their back at you, to items disappearing from your inventory, this game has it all. I don't think any amount of additional development could have fixed it, the game could've been released in 2025 and still would've had the same issues. The problem is with internal resource allocation, feature prioritization, and technological innovation and implementation.

    In all honesty, Microsoft cannot save this company no matter how hard they try. The only way to bring Bugfesda on track is to completely reset and restructure them, starting with removing Toad Howard from any decision-making position. Every game he spearheaded in the last decade ended up a complete failure at launch and a blatant cash-grab during its roadmap, which sparked constant controversy and PR backlash.    … Expand
  8. Pecone
    Sep 7, 2023
    5
    Where do I begin? I was so excited when I saw the last gameplay presentation and I thought, finally! It's a good space exploration RPG! Boy, was I wrong.

    After spending about 20 hrs with this trash, I gotta say, this is the worst game I have played in a while. Boring fetch quests that don't make any sense. Time consuming boring tasks for the sake of extending the boring, uninspired,    Where do I begin? I was so excited when I saw the last gameplay presentation and I thought, finally! It's a good space exploration RPG! Boy, was I wrong.

    After spending about 20 hrs with this trash, I gotta say, this is the worst game I have played in a while.
    Boring fetch quests that don't make any sense. Time consuming boring tasks for the sake of extending the boring, uninspired, empty gameplay. Did I mention that there are no vehicles while exploring planets!???!?!?!? That’s right, we don’t have the technology to have a vehicle to move around and explore when landing on a different planet. Insane! You have run on foot, your O2 runs out in 30 sec and you have to walk everywhere, it is beyond dumb! You walk for 10-15 min until you see something or find something useful. Major waste of time, just to inflate their gameplay numbers.

    Horrible NPCs and enemy/friendly AI.
    NPCs would get stuck in the environment all the time. They would float and clip through the floors or ceilings. Glitches, bugs and crashes all the time. Missing basic PC features, such as HDR support, FOV slider, Texture quality setting. Outdated graphics/animations.

    The lighting appears to be broken in most closed spaces, especially the ones underground. It will get dark, almost gray/tan and then when you move a bit it will get very bright. It is definitely broken.

    And there is the matter of the loading screens, oh boy. Pretty much every door you open will result in a loading screen. I am not joking. Let me tell you, you open a lot of doors in this game and pretty much every single one would trigger a loading screen.

    The sound design appears to be pretty good, but that's about it.

    The game was misrepresented in a huge way. They basically lied to us when they said you can go anywhere, explore everything...that's not true at all. You only have a set of points where you can jump with your ship, and for planet exploration, they are empty worlds with 5 randomly created creatures here and there...all buildings you encounter are all copy/paste the same design, no deviation whatsoever. Horrible.
    On top of everything the game will constantly CTD, with no errors. This game took them how many years to make???? What a joke.

    There is literally nothing of substance here. Boring, uninspired quests, ugly characters, horrible face animations, bad PC performance...and I can go on and on.

    Bottom Line, don’t buy this game! It isn’t worth your time or money. If you get on gamepass, I would say try it and see if this is your cup of tea. But as it stands, it has a lot of issues, horrible bugs/glitches, bad performance, boring, time consuming, unfun gameplay, fetch quests that don’t make any sense, except to waste your time.    … Expand
  9. AlfaMode
    Sep 7, 2023
    5
    "I, like many gamers, thought of a game where we could look up at the sky and fly into space where you could view the galaxy with complete freedom. In this space RPG, you can create any character and explore the universe the way you want."
    - Todd Howard
    7 years of development. Budget 220 million dollars. 500 developers. Huge support from Microsoft. We got it... The worst Bethesda Game    "I, like many gamers, thought of a game where we could look up at the sky and fly into space where you could view the galaxy with complete freedom. In this space RPG, you can create any character and explore the universe the way you want."
    - Todd Howard

    7 years of development. Budget 220 million dollars. 500 developers. Huge support from Microsoft. We got it... The worst Bethesda Game Studios game.
    There is no spirit of exploration and adventure because there is no open space, and the same research points are very similar on planets. In Elden Ring, like Zelda, has a spirit of adventure and exploration. Those games don't have "thousands" of lines of dialogue, "thousands" of planets. You are always wondering "what is there?". And starfield can't offer you that. CTRL+C location that you have already cleared. All of the Bethesda games, this game has the most boring main story and sometimes illogical. It's 2023 and the studio still hasn't gotten rid of loading screens in 7 years of development. Almost every action is a loading screen. Maybe in the future the game will become more interesting with a survival mode and mods. Now, this is a boring grind on empty planets.

    Only for good shooting, excellent interior design and equipment I put 5/10    … Expand
  10. JahirtRuiz
    Sep 7, 2023
    5
    I'm a lover of RPGs, and Fallout... but I have to admit that this game is unplayable, The loading screens are just stupidly annoying... I couldn't continue playing after 1hr... is just impossible for me.

    the only good thing is that I can go back to No Man´s Sky, and enjoy a real space game, without the **** LOADING SCREENS.
  11. Bloubul1
    Sep 7, 2023
    6
    The more I played the worse it got. I initially gave it an 8 out of 10, now I am down to 6 out of 10. It is just...empty. I think if they added more (intelligent) alien races to discover, vehicles like hover craft or dune buggies to explore planet surfaces, and flying in the atmosphere - the exploration part would have been much better. Also, why can't I swim under water? It is soThe more I played the worse it got. I initially gave it an 8 out of 10, now I am down to 6 out of 10. It is just...empty. I think if they added more (intelligent) alien races to discover, vehicles like hover craft or dune buggies to explore planet surfaces, and flying in the atmosphere - the exploration part would have been much better. Also, why can't I swim under water? It is so immersion breaking.… Expand
  12. JohnyOakman
    Sep 7, 2023
    5
    Instead of innovating the Bethesda formula, they stick to what they know and don’t add any new ideas. Almost all features are things that have been seen in Fallout and Skyrim. Main story is boring, where missions are repeating the same action over and over. Special powers you get are rehashed shouts from Skyrim. Combat is slightly improved with gun handling but also lacking features thatInstead of innovating the Bethesda formula, they stick to what they know and don’t add any new ideas. Almost all features are things that have been seen in Fallout and Skyrim. Main story is boring, where missions are repeating the same action over and over. Special powers you get are rehashed shouts from Skyrim. Combat is slightly improved with gun handling but also lacking features that other Bethesda games have had in the past (sneak takedowns, executions, and guards being alerted to gunfire/attacks). The gameplay is pretty much Fallout 4 without VATS.
    The exploration in this game in my opinions fails in comparison to their other games. In Skyrim or fallout you can see something in the distance and walk there. In starfield, every planet might have 3 or more locations that are worth going to but to get there you need to fast travel between those locations and fast travel between planets. Everything feels segmented to where it shouldn’t even be called an open world.
    Facial animations are dated and companions are lifeless and seem to have no personality.
    The Choices you make seem to have little impact to the world around you. Everything just seems boring and bland.
    The side quests are hit and miss with some having genuinely interesting stories and lore. For a Bethesda game it is passable as a good rpg where you can sink a lot of time into. But they seem stuck in the past. Since Fallout 4, we have had other game studios make more interesting games where the rpg genre boundaries are pushed (Witcher 3, Baldurs Gate 3, and even Cyberpunk). I loved Skyrim and Fallout 4, but in 2023, Bethesda doesn’t seem like the industry pushing company that they used to be.    … Expand
  13. Vorlog
    Sep 7, 2023
    5
    I'm not a fan-boy. I play on all platforms. This game is just not enjoyable. Hopefully, modders can salvage it in a year or 2.
  14. CptnKR4KEN
    Sep 7, 2023
    4
    Not sure how Bethesda managed to make discovering the universe so lifeless and monotonous, but most of the exploring plays out like this:

    enter your ship - > loading screen -> sit at console and "take off" -> loading screen -> choose new planet -> loading screen -> select landing site on planet -> loading screen -> exit ship -> loading screen -> "explore" procedurally generated planet    Not sure how Bethesda managed to make discovering the universe so lifeless and monotonous, but most of the exploring plays out like this:

    enter your ship - > loading screen -> sit at console and "take off" -> loading screen -> choose new planet -> loading screen -> select landing site on planet -> loading screen -> exit ship -> loading screen -> "explore" procedurally generated planet (kill a few bugs and scan some plants/rocks) -> fast travel back to ship -> loading screen -> go back to step one

    . . . sure, you can skip a few of these steps by traveling directly to another planet thousands of light-years away without even entering your ship - but at that point, why do the planets and galaxy systems even exist if they are simply options in a menu?

    I've played over 300 hours of Fallout 76 because I love the Fallout universe so much, but Starfield just feels so sterile and devoid of the same heart and character that is so present in their other universes. I can even usually ignore the Bethesda "jank" that often accompanies the launch of their games - but something about Starfield's core mechanics seem inherently flawed as well, and I'm not sure I could even explain why. Whether it was the underdeveloped enemy A.I., the poorly designed base building (a giant material storage container can only hold 150 lbs of items, while the safebox in my bedroom can hold infinite), the emotionless (and ugly) character models, the lackluster main story quests, or just the general lack of adventure - Starfield ultimately proves to be an underwhelming RPG that fails to deliver on most of the promises Todd Howard and the marketing team pushed.

    That is not to say that there's nothing good here, the weapon design and shooting mechanics are a vast improvement over their past games, the ship-building is very intuitive, and the scenic landscapes of distant planets and galaxies can be absolutely gorgeous! I just wish I had more of a reason to explore them . . .    … Expand
  15. coltsr2
    Sep 12, 2023
    7
    Starfield has some great moments BUT... has some major and glaring issues that often spoil the game.. First off...How is this supposed to be a space based adventure with your own spaceship, when you cant even fly the spaceships properly? We are unable to fly on and off, or even over the surface of the planets? Hell even the far lower budget indie developers 'No mans Sky' at least lets youStarfield has some great moments BUT... has some major and glaring issues that often spoil the game.. First off...How is this supposed to be a space based adventure with your own spaceship, when you cant even fly the spaceships properly? We are unable to fly on and off, or even over the surface of the planets? Hell even the far lower budget indie developers 'No mans Sky' at least lets you land and take off from planets and fly around them! But Starfield's space exploration is a bit of a scam, a gimmick, a fake, a charade, a thin veneer, its pure snake oil sold to us by Todd Howard the snake oil salesman.
    Starfield has no real space exploration at all, just one base/mine/space station per planet, with fast travel cutscenes and loading scenes masquerading as space travel, the whole space exploration element is all a giant let-down!. instead we get the same irritating repetitive over and over cutscenes of the landings and take-offs..and that's it! Awful!
    Why even bother with the planets anyway if that's the best they could do with all the money they had and giant dev team? Its a joke, an insult to our intelligence and betrayal of what Todd Howard promised! They should of just kept it all on one planet, with different biomes and simply called it Planetfield! Whilst i enjoyed some of the planets in starfield, most are barren and continued nothing much to the game.

    And why so many Cutscenes? they are everywhere, Take off your ship = animated cutscene,...land your ship = animated cutscene, Fly to the nearest planet = animated cutscene, get out of your space ship chair = animated cutscene, get out of your spaceship = black screen cutscene, get back in your ship = black screen cutscene, get back into your chair = animated cutscene cutscene, Walk through a door black screen cutscene, Everything is cutscenes! I half expected a nice trip on the monorail/metro, looking out of the windows as I travelled between districts, but no...all i got was..you guessed it another fast travel black screen Cutscene! Compare that to the awesome real monorail in Star citizen!
    As for the planets, they may as well be non existent like ive said.., often just empty barren and nothing to do, with simplistic graphics, its a pointless waste of time even wanting to explore them!..there is nothing to explore! They are ultimately as fake as the games title. Fast travel to a planet you are presented with a few options, land on the designated area with the base, city, mine etc, or land on the planet somewhere miles away and be presented with zero options other than to mine pointless materials. So in effect each planet is just a staging post/backdrop for the missions. No exploration at all.
    Procedurally generated worlds can be boring and repetitive, even when done well. They need Procedurally generated bases, cities, missions etc. Now that would of been cool.
    No HDR options or even basic gamma or brightness options, so for me at least many of the interiors ended up looking very bright, foggy and often felt like I was in a smoke filled night club in most of the interior spaces! But thankfully the modding community was soon able to offer fixes for this on day one of official release! BUT Why should it be left up to the modders to sort these blaring issues out on day one of release?
    I've also added a custom ini to increase the field of view to 90, instead of the restrictive default of 70. As for the cities in the game, they are cartoon looking, low textured, like New Atlantis, which is a very basic, cartoon looking, small city with a scattering of useless NPC's walking or sitting around, and whats with the odd looking fake trees, and rubbish pools of fake looking water with cartoon water lily's in? As for all the cafe's, and shops, they are just empty facades with no real life in them.
    Missions are often ridiculous and boring.
    ive given it a 7..due to the effort put into some of the bases and ideas. It could of been a 10 if they kept to their promises. Its a real shame because you can see a lot of effort HAS gone into certain parts of the game.
    If Todd Howard was a used car salesman, he would walk you around an amazing Ferrari at his car showroom, waffle off all the great specs to get your interest level up, then quickly get you to sign the paper work for the expensive purchase, then when you are walked to the handover room, you would be given an old clapped out pickup truck with a Ferrari badge 'sticky taped' to the bonnet!    … Expand
  16. DavidFCorreia
    Sep 7, 2023
    5
    5/10
    In resume: This game is souless.
    How can a game that has been in development for more than ten years (they market more, don't they?) be a science fiction space adventure and the first thing we notice is that they don't include "space travel" or "space exploration"? Are you kidding me? You can't take off or land on a planet. Loading Screens everywhere. Even the advertasing    5/10
    In resume: This game is souless.

    How can a game that has been in development for more than ten years (they market more, don't they?) be a science fiction space adventure and the first thing we notice is that they don't include "space travel" or "space exploration"? Are you kidding me? You can't take off or land on a planet. Loading Screens everywhere.
    Even the advertasing exploration is not true, you can't explore fully a planet, an invisible wall and a message appears after you walk some Km.
    The planets being proceedal generated is acceptable (at some point) but the copy and past of outposts and caves and bs on a planet is abismal. And I'm not talking about 5 occasions, is dozens apon dozens... Don't forget there are thousand of planets...

    It's awful how little immersion there is. developed for more than ten years, but where? What did you do with the money and time?
    Why is this game so empty? We know that most of space is empty, therefore I won't discuss about the planets, which are assumed to be empty. The cities, though? The cities are deserted, dead, and devoid of life. No one is concerned if you shoot. Police won't intervene. This is advertising has a RPG. An RPG should, at the very least, have strong exploration, be immersive and soulful.
    There are nothing in this game that will pull you to this world. The first missions I did after I was "released" in space were the most ridiculous missions, you know that ones that are there to fill the game with bs? Yeah... My thought was "this is going to be the entire of the game will it not?". Ridiculous.
    I will not talk about bugs of course...

    Man, this is bad. This people need to stop with this bs, for real.

    (The 5 out of 10 is because the game is a good shooter, the graphics are ok, city design and "zones" are good and ship costumization is good).    … Expand
  17. Vashiro
    Sep 7, 2023
    3
    Starfield 44h+ in -> VERY HARD (SPOILER FREE)

    The game has a nice start but gets really slow. Due to the extreme nonsensical bullet sponge nature of the game, you are heavily relying on your "LUCK" with drops when killing enemies to get a dope weapon early ortherwise you're in for a tedious time not dealing a lot of damage. I've had an encounter that was part of the main quest where    Starfield 44h+ in -> VERY HARD (SPOILER FREE)

    The game has a nice start but gets really slow. Due to the extreme nonsensical bullet sponge nature of the game, you are heavily relying on your "LUCK" with drops when killing enemies to get a dope weapon early ortherwise you're in for a tedious time not dealing a lot of damage.

    I've had an encounter that was part of the main quest where I've had dropped a Legendary weapon that was incredibly good, however since I didn't save.. during that same encounter I had died. When the game reloaded the last save, I obviously went to the exact same enemy BUT was rewarded with a blue weapon of a different type instead. Obviously that is fine, however my point is, that it is very RNG heavy to get a good playthrough.

    I've not felt underleveled, in fact I was undergeared. I ended up taking a different route in the game, exploring a ton of Level 1 or 5 plantets in hope of getting decent gear and/or "infinite" AMMO to combat those bullet sponges. Imagine, a Humanoid taking 100+ bullets to actually DIE?? Then getting an upgrade that uses 20-30 bullets instead? Wild. I know, it's a bethesda game but I hoped they would have improved in this department.

    While the search and exploration was tedious... the game made up for it with it's nice worlds and content to explore, I decided to take up on a few side missions which were deep. Some are cool, some have a broken or stupid or braindead plot to them. Over all, I avoided the main story because it was rather mid/boring after retrieving the 2nd or 3rd artifact (I don't remember lol). I had also encountered a ton of bugs in every single quest, also main quest which forced me to reload my previous saves.

    Another huge chunk of my hours into the game was the leveling of perks. These were super weird too. If you look for pirates that are easier to kill with your starter ship, it might be hard as you'd not know where to find them. You need to destroy ships in order to get your piloting skill up. After many hours, I figured out that there is a simulator, that in fact COUNTS your kills toward to the perk system. So you can just level up your perks with no risk in mind. I ended up spamming that for many hours to be ble to buy myself a better ship.

    Let me tell you, the majority of my hours were me trying to find a way to play this game in an enjoyable way, I did enjoy quite a few things, but those things can't outshine the issues the game has. The bugs, the balancing of difficulties, the way drops work towards to your progression, getting enough credits, having to do the crimson fleet quests to get contraband to not be detected on scans and and and. The game can be GOOD but there are flaws in the way.

    Now imagine the vast amount of issues other players and/or creators are talking about. Such as the amount of menu management in the game or always being encumbered, immersion breaking mechanics and and and. The game is totally unfinished and not ready for launch but it was released anyway. It's like we're all BETA testing the game.

    So yes, I will keep playing the game because I spent 100 EUR on it. I want to believe my money wasn't wasted and the further I get into the game I still do not enjoy it. I might at this moment be overleveled, however, with all those bugs and "broken" mechanics, I doubt I'll have much fun. The game can challenge me to change my opinion, until then my verdict is very clear:

    Starfield = messy with lots of bugs ruining a game that could have had potential, maybe one day it deserves a 7+ rating from me.

    I am still playing the game to beat it, if something changes I will edit my review.

    Thanks for reading.    … Expand
  18. p0k3m0n
    Sep 7, 2023
    1
    Outdated game, outdated engine, outdated dev team, outdated CEO.

    Let me start: I am owner of premium edition so I have been familiar with this production for a few days. First at all I will honestly state that I feel cheated out of $100. And just to be clear, I based my decision to buy not on hype or rumors, but on carefully following official information from the developer, publisher,    Outdated game, outdated engine, outdated dev team, outdated CEO.

    Let me start: I am owner of premium edition so I have been familiar with this production for a few days. First at all I will honestly state that I feel cheated out of $100. And just to be clear, I based my decision to buy not on hype or rumors, but on carefully following official information from the developer, publisher, including their CEOs. So I don't feel like a dumb sucker, but like a person who was deliberately lied to. I want nothing to do with future products with the Microsoft and Bethesda logos. But about that in the summary at the end.

    I begin with technical aspects, because it is easer. In a nutshell: primitive port from consoles. Therefore, VRAM does not exceed 6 GB, and RAM oscillates around 6-8 GB (although on PC 24-32 GB today is not surprising). Hence the constant loading screens, even though the whole thing should sit in memory even though everything works in small instances. And I'm not even mentioning such technical nightmares as the lack of support for proper anti-aliasing in 2023, no DLSS, no Intel ARC GPU support or problems with textures not fully loading, exactly the same as in Forspoken. And that embarrassing performance even on extremely strong configurations with graphics dating back 7 years! How about AI of NPCs and enemies? What AI? What faces animations? What is it? A joke? The whole thing done as off-putting as possible. 3D engine is terrible, I mean terrible outdated and you feel it literally everywhere. Fatal engine, fatal port. And yet, these are only core technical issues, on top of that there is the content, and this content is as if from 2010-2013. It is unacceptable. This way of giving gameplay even comes from the 90's and has nothing to do with current standards. And this applies to the content as well as the form of its delivery, i.e. UI/UX. And it's hard to believe that this is a product released in the year 2023, there are such is the coarseness of everything, feel so cheap, so... lame. Use of Creation Engine while owning the rights to use the id Tech engine. This is lunacy!

    Now we move deeper, and you know what? No alien races, whole Galaxy is open, but there are NOT any other vivid civilizations. The narrative in this game is reminiscent of the work of a 15-year-old for a contest entitled "The story of the world. How I imagine life in 100 years". But, on the other hand, the entire Galaxy we've come to know is purely American: from the architecture, to the disgusting mass culture, to the customs. Where are the cultural differences between the different worlds? Hey, you creators of this carcass without imagination, do you really think that in the future everyone will live in the same cesspool as you today? This is not the 1980s! What is it I ask? WHAT IS IT?! It insults intelligence. Where is the plot? Where do choices matter? It is unbelievable how infantile everything is conveyed and would require an looong and deeep elaboration, but I just don't want to rummage through this rubbish, simply: this is total mess.

    This should be groundbreaking Crysis for the year 2023, not a horribly optimized, archaic product in form and content. This game is in much worse state them Cyberpunk on release because Cyberpunk at least had a good, modern 3D engine and a contemporary gameplay concept.

    This game should never have been released in this state - this is not an indie developer, but the largest software publisher in the world. You can see right through, Microsoft and Bethesda have real problem with internal management, because it is not first blunder this year. Maybe next year something will come of it, if MS does not abandon the project and rebuild this game from the ground up - and I write this completely seriously. For now it is unplayable. This product is a complete mess at this point, it's a beta version, and situations like this gives Microsoft a terrible reputation - again. Something really bad is going on there. Their recent actions resemble management at a market stall, not a multinational corporation. If Microsoft wants to stay in this market as a major player, needs to change something, because the Activision-Blizzard purchase won't help anything if you don't release good products. Of course, in the short term you can count on profits from an uninformed or undemanding customer, but this is a marathon, not a sprint. I am sure, that Starfield discredit will only confirms this.

    And looking at the above I would give a summary rating of 4/10, but in this case I in good conscience give 1/10. Why? Because, let me repeat myself, for months the developer and publisher in their official information simply gave outright lied about whether this product will be. So as owner of premium edition of this game let me summarize: I feel SCAMmed in very bad way which I write utterly honest. Almost everything from the official announcements and official statements turned out to be a lie. Enough is enough.    … Expand
  19. Underdog424
    Sep 9, 2023
    0
    I could not finish this game. Already uninstalled. The AI is really bad. The facial animations for NPCs pull you right out of the immersion. I spent most my time in loading screens and doing the same repetitive actions over and over. Fetch quests in the main story. The side quests were even worse.

    Combat was spongy and unimpactful. The perk system was a huge disappointment. A lot of    I could not finish this game. Already uninstalled. The AI is really bad. The facial animations for NPCs pull you right out of the immersion. I spent most my time in loading screens and doing the same repetitive actions over and over. Fetch quests in the main story. The side quests were even worse.

    Combat was spongy and unimpactful. The perk system was a huge disappointment. A lot of them are minimal. But some of them are necessary for quality of life within the game. I don't want to grind for perk points just so I can sprint or carry enough weight.

    The voice acting was great. As well as the music. Both 10/10. But the writing is poor. Good actors with bad writing doesn't really help much.

    Supposedly, the story gets much better later in the game. Slow burn. I just can't get engaged enough to make it there. I've already given up.

    I did improve some things using console commands. The mods are interesting. With patches and mods this game will improve. I see a glimmer of hope in there. But I'm rating this based on my current experience. It gets a 0/10 because I uninstalled after just 12 hours.    … Expand
  20. PenetratorGod
    Sep 7, 2023
    5
    I can't be your Constellation member...

    Starfield system requirements are exaggerated even for today AAA games, despite the game outdated engine. Starfield is also a great example of how AAA game developers today dont value optimization. While developing this game, they didnt think about anyone with average and above average systems. Until Starfield, I had never seen a game that    I can't be your Constellation member...

    Starfield system requirements are exaggerated even for today AAA games, despite the game outdated engine. Starfield is also a great example of how AAA game developers today dont value optimization. While developing this game, they didnt think about anyone with average and above average systems. Until Starfield, I had never seen a game that aggressively imposed such high system requirements.

    You cannot make a successful game by ignoring a player base that makes up a large part of the world. You cant assume that every PC gamer has, or has to have, a RTX 4090/7900 XTX and a system of its caliber. It is unrealistic for game developers to expect every PC gamer to have a high-end system. Because even the graphics your game offers dont match your requirements. There are dozens of games released 10 years ago that look much better than Starfield. Great graphics alone do not make a game good. Graphics are not a priority for every gamer.

    Even if Starfield is the best looking game in the world, it cant be a good game with this optimization and content. I dont want to see games with high graphics on the outside but empty inside. You can impress gamers who dont understand games with just graphics, but games are more than that and real gamers know that. But no game released without optimization in this way has ever been successful.

    Even though there are so many examples and Bethesda had similar problems in their previous games, they never learned a lesson. Not to mention the bugs and glitches, it was already expected to be released this way. Classic Bethesda always makes technically broken games. Bethesda didnt try to make a good and memorable game.

    Their only concern was to make a game that didnt live up to expectations with astronomical requirements in order to make more money for their sponsors, the computer parts manufacturers. They want todays PC gamers to have higher systems so that more next gen games with terrible optimizations can be developed. Otherwise they cant reduce the cost and time of development or sell new graphics cards and CPUs. I dont respect or support these goals of companies.

    There is a lot to criticize about the content of the game, but for me the gameplay is more important and since the game is currently unplayable due to optimization, there is no need to talk about other aspects.
    Bethesda needs to stop using the Creation Engine as soon as possible. We have seen another game that turned into a disaster because of this engine. Bethesda just dont want to see it.

    Starfield will probably be playable after a few years of updates, DLCs and expanded mod support, until then, goodbye...    … Expand
  21. dimefan09
    Sep 8, 2023
    0
    Worst Bethesda game I’ve ever plated. Extremely disappointing. No soul. It’s basically fallout 4 with no open world.
  22. ruimilk
    Sep 8, 2023
    5
    I cannot recommend this game right now, don’t waste your money on it @ full price.

    It baffles me how Bethesda can screw up this much, this could have been a GOTY. --> The bad Let’s start with the obvious: the game is full of bugs, not “Skyrim launch” level of bugs but a lot of bugs nevertheless. A game of this magnitude is expected to have them, but please don’t go on the media    I cannot recommend this game right now, don’t waste your money on it @ full price.

    It baffles me how Bethesda can screw up this much, this could have been a GOTY.

    --> The bad

    Let’s start with the obvious: the game is full of bugs, not “Skyrim launch” level of bugs but a lot of bugs nevertheless. A game of this magnitude is expected to have them, but please don’t go on the media bragging about having “so few bugs”. They are common, they are everywhere, from visual bugs to quest bugs, even whole ship fleets missing that prevent you to move on with your quest (fixed after game restart).

    Second, the game has KOTOR (2003) space travel mechanics. With so many examples on the market (Elite Dangerous, NMS, etc.) it’s amazing how they couldn’t implement an in/out atmosphere landing. It’s just cut scenes all over the place: for landing, for docking, even riding the freaking metro. You cannot fly on the planet surface, you cannot fly into the planet, all you can do is a cut-scene here, a cut-scene there. Want to move around and explore the planet? Get ready to run marathons. No ground vehicles, no flying, just running - you’ll obviously end up just fast traveling everywhere. And the loadings… They are fast on NVME’s, but almost every door, everything you do is a freaking loading screen that cuts the immersion.

    Third, they screwed up big on the map, inventory & management. Moving items from your character to the companion requires about 5/6 actions, one of them being to open a dialogue with them. They did it right on Fallout and Skyrim, no excuses here. The map is a huge mess, I’m 30+ hours in and still doesn’t feel right, it’s not intuitive, it’s confusing, lacks consistency and the game has no minimap.

    Moving on, space combat is “ok”, a hugely simplified version of Elite Dangerous combat/ship maneuverability, still, more satisfying than the shooting mechanics on ground. Speaking of it, the weapons feel & effects are hugely unsatisfying. Nothing wrong with the weapons stats, types, etc., there is a lot of gun variety, they simply couldn’t do what (for example) Battlebit did, a game made by half-a-dozen friends where the weapons just feel amazing. NPC AI is a joke, the game feels way too easy on normal and the NPC intelligence doesn’t scale with it. Be ready to deal with bugged enemies aiming at the ground, hiding in plain sight or aliens running indefinitely into walls.

    The RPG side of it is Fallout 4 level of fail, you don’t have freedom to do anything out of the rulebook. Try to shoot shop people? Immortal. Try to shoot anything that’s not a pure enemy or random generated outpost, bullets don’t affect them. Dialogue options? Vague and weak. Persuasion mechanics are a mess, all feels superficial like a big roller-coaster ride.

    Last but not least, the performance. I can’t complain here because thankfully I have a really good setup, but folks that aren’t this fortunately will have a shock with the game lack of optimization. And it’s not like you’ll find the best graphics ever, not even close. The textures are outdated, the face animations too, the game doesn’t even stretch its legs to scale with GPU/CPU power. I’m running everything on ultra @ 1440p and the game only uses 5GB of VRAM, so much untapped power. Graphics aren’t that important, but it’s the cherry on the top of everything I just stated.

    --> The good

    The soundtrack is amazing, Interstellar meets 2001 Space Odyssey, a pleasure to listen to it on max volume.
    Awesome quest variety and factions.
    Game is stable, never had a single crash.
    The crafting / ship customization is awesome.
    The feel of the game overall is “ok”, I’m getting immersed in the story, but I just get kicked out of it every 5 minutes because of the things stated above.

    --> Conclusion

    Bethesda left the hard work to the modders. A 200+ million project, hundreds of people working on it, a veteran studio with all the funding they could have asked for, it’s like they f***ed up on purpose and I’m mad about it because Bethesda did a lot of my favorite games, ever, and I used to LOVE this company. So – many – rookie – mistakes.

    Personally, I think they were graphically held-back by the Xbox Series S, since it is a Xbox/PC exclusive they had to make it work on that damn calculator (and we can see the results). Also, the game is 100% a console port, there are no native PC mechanics, which aren’t that difficult to implement on a single-player game…

    The game is “ok” but could have been a masterpiece and it makes me mad because of the lost opportunity. Perhaps one day it will, when everything is just properly refined. Just wait for the price to drop, wait for the patches to fix everything, wait for the godsend modders to do their magic.

    Get a grip, Todd    … Expand
  23. painkuler
    Sep 7, 2023
    4
    This is the wild disappointment of 2023. Graphics and animations of the 2010 level (if not worse)
    Music from Oblivion, and inventory from Skyrim. Maybe it's just another mod for Skyrim?
    The worlds are empty, it's boring to travel through them. Against the background of starfield, mass effect andromeda and no man's sky look like AAA projects, while starfield looks like a pathetic DIY    This is the wild disappointment of 2023. Graphics and animations of the 2010 level (if not worse)
    Music from Oblivion, and inventory from Skyrim. Maybe it's just another mod for Skyrim?
    The worlds are empty, it's boring to travel through them. Against the background of starfield, mass effect andromeda and no man's sky look like AAA projects, while starfield looks like a pathetic DIY indie studio.

    there is nothing to say about the disgusting optimization at all.

    And the enthusiastic reviews of critics only confirm that there is nothing to listen to them, because they sold their reviews)    … Expand
  24. AskepticGamer
    Sep 7, 2023
    1
    Starfield, a game that fell short of the promises made like many before it. Bethesda shows us again that marketing means more than development. Sweat off the hype surrounding space exploration, take a giant leap back, and observe what has really been provided to us here. Starfield is about exploring space, or at least that was what it was supposed to be about. You will often find yourselfStarfield, a game that fell short of the promises made like many before it. Bethesda shows us again that marketing means more than development. Sweat off the hype surrounding space exploration, take a giant leap back, and observe what has really been provided to us here. Starfield is about exploring space, or at least that was what it was supposed to be about. You will often find yourself repeating the same fetch quests over and over once you complete the mind numbing overly long tutorial. Once you get in to the groove though, you quickly find out that the game contains much repetition broken up by the same loading screens, and that you are not as free as you thought you would be. Quests will be to teleport (quick travel) to a location that resembles the same as before it, walk a short distance, shoot the bodies in front of you, loot and return. You are unable to freely fly your ship anywhere you want, nor can you land anywhere on a planet that you want. In fact, if you land the same place twice, the planet will look different. The game procedurally generates a "random" tile to which you can walk, just don't walk to far because there are invisible walls. You can not even see the towns in the background. Gunplay is nice and tight, however quickly becomes underwhelming when you realize most weapons feel the same, but some with a zoom option. The enemies will not run for cover or show any signs of intelligence as you blast their faces off. Jumping and moving super slow .. because you know, gravity? .. This only adds to the frustratingly boring slow paced gameplay and story. Designing your own base or ship you would think would be fun, but it is not. The clunky system and process is tedious and is not rewarding. The level-up / reward / skill system seems interesting, but plagued by bugs and glitches as is the entire game quickly becomes the same... more annoying than rewarding. Overall, this half baked experience seems like it was pulled out of the oven way too soon. Gamers alike want to love it, as it is a popular release and set in space, what is there not to love? Unfortunately, this game falls flat on its face and feels more like multiple mini games stuck together with extremely long loading screens. Each as equally bad as the other. Don't even get me started on the graphics or inventory system, yikes!… Expand
  25. Robotick1
    Sep 7, 2023
    4
    Starfield is a step back from every previous bethesada title (except Fallout 76)

    NPC dont feel alive anymore. They dont have a schedule anymore. The shopkeeper is behind his desk 24/7. You wont ever see a NPC travelling to another planet or having a drink at the bar, unless its part of a quest. They dont really have a personality, unless they are part of a quest that require them to    Starfield is a step back from every previous bethesada title (except Fallout 76)

    NPC dont feel alive anymore. They dont have a schedule anymore. The shopkeeper is behind his desk 24/7. You wont ever see a NPC travelling to another planet or having a drink at the bar, unless its part of a quest. They dont really have a personality, unless they are part of a quest that require them to have one.

    Exploration is useless. Main hub are fine. New Atlantis and Neon are fun to explore, but the thousands of planet advertised are empty. The point of interest on them are bland and re-used. Every "abandonned mine" is the exact same, down to loot container and enemy placement. Not just that look similar, they are exactly the same. I encountered multiple of them, on the same planet. just to fly to another planet and encounter another one.

    Planet survey are boring and repetitive. They dont grant you anything meaningful. You never encounter any quest while going them, Your just running around for 45 minutes searching for the last animal you need to complete it so you can get paid.

    Skill are as bland as they come. No more do you have to use a skill to make it better. You get one skill point every level, put it in whatever you want.

    Random event are repetitive. Every now and then you get hailed by a ship, but they are only a few scenario that can unfold. Before long, you dont even answer because you dont care anymore.

    Gearing is boring. You get 10 type of weapon, most of which is in the balistic category. So just regular gun. There a few laser weapon and explosive, but nothing interesting like mini nuke

    Enemy are repetitive. There are 4 type: Spacer, Pirate, Ecliptic and Robot. The first 3 are the exact same. The alien barely ever play a role. Even the big bad terrormorph are complete pushovers.

    Space is merely a front and serve no real purpose gameplay wise. Dogfight are boring and repetitive, the sense of scale dont exist.

    Starfield feel like an empty box. What you imagine it to be is a lot more fun than what it actually is. It is bland, uninspired, generic and repetitive. I do not recommend to anyone. Specially not to people that played better Bethesda title in the past. Modders might make it a worthwhile investment in a few years because everything need to be improved in this game.

    I gave Fallout 4 6/10 and Fallout 76 2/10 so i decided to give this one 4/10.    … Expand
  26. binatof
    Sep 9, 2023
    0
    This game is a loading-menu-simulator. Very, very boring. You don't feel inside a universe, you feel that you are inside a menu, inside a block world. Really.. this game is trash.. this game made me install star citizen again so i can actually have a ship that worth something. Because in starfield there is no motive to have a ship, the only reason ships is in this game is for you to fastThis game is a loading-menu-simulator. Very, very boring. You don't feel inside a universe, you feel that you are inside a menu, inside a block world. Really.. this game is trash.. this game made me install star citizen again so i can actually have a ship that worth something. Because in starfield there is no motive to have a ship, the only reason ships is in this game is for you to fast travel the first time you go to a place, then you do it from a menu. Bad design, very bad. They could have done 10 planets by hand, only one system but well done, then they could launch expansions systems.… Expand
  27. Whitelandia
    Sep 7, 2023
    4
    In Skyrim and Fallout you had dramatic introductions ... emerging from that cave after escaping a dragon, emerging from the sewers after the assassination of the Emperor, emerging from vault 101 after the escape of your father. Not so in Starfield, there is no emergence or anything with soul, there is no "Oh, wow" moment and that shallowness continues throughout the entire game ... ofIn Skyrim and Fallout you had dramatic introductions ... emerging from that cave after escaping a dragon, emerging from the sewers after the assassination of the Emperor, emerging from vault 101 after the escape of your father. Not so in Starfield, there is no emergence or anything with soul, there is no "Oh, wow" moment and that shallowness continues throughout the entire game ... of which I have 70 hours played.

    The quests are bland, the dialogue is just horrible. The music is average at best. There's a certain lack of "deus" in the machine. It doesn't grab you, it isn't warm, it's distant and remote. Plodding and boring. Key elements such as settlement building have no real purpose and are obtuse and difficult.

    Gameplay is an endless series of loading screens. You may experience regular CTD and other issues unless you lock your FPS to 60.

    On top of this the game has been styled from the bottom up to be a showcase of modern social justice pieties. From the composition of the populations to the fact that 85% or more of dialogue is going to be with women. Sometimes it's like the game has been set at a baby shower that never ends. Already the champions of that movement are declaring the success of the game as a success for their movement, disproving the claims of their opponents that you lose money if you adopt their creed.

    So you have a game that might have been a 7 on its own merits dragged further down by the obnoxious adoption of a faddish political movement, which constitutes a non-stop distraction and irritation.

    This game is at best a 4, and I'd recommend you don't waste your time or your money on it.    … Expand
  28. varvi
    Sep 7, 2023
    1
    RPG without exploration. A story without a plot. Space without flying in space. Planets without flora and fauna. Cities without traffic. Shooting without gun play. Characters without character. Graphics without graphic elements and shadows. This game has absolutely nothing
  29. Kryonix
    Sep 8, 2023
    0
    Games in 2023 from "AAA" studios come out for $100 and are in alpha state. This is disrespectful to the player base.
  30. dannydans
    Sep 8, 2023
    0
    Boring, bland, soulless and devoid of any fun. Truly a game to not waste ones money on. I reached breaking point after 5 hours and uninstalled. What a joke, all these years and you get a fake space backdrop exploration aka loading screen fast travel nonsense.
  31. HenriqueDLM
    Sep 7, 2023
    2
    A Redfall From Space, Lies, loading screens, lies, They promised a lot of things and delivered almost nothing, many loading screens damaging the immersion, very weak level design of the story. Completely empty worlds and a copy and paste of bases for you to explore. The lack of land vehicles in the game borders on the absurd, the game's gunplay and terrible enemies do not react to bullets.A Redfall From Space, Lies, loading screens, lies, They promised a lot of things and delivered almost nothing, many loading screens damaging the immersion, very weak level design of the story. Completely empty worlds and a copy and paste of bases for you to explore. The lack of land vehicles in the game borders on the absurd, the game's gunplay and terrible enemies do not react to bullets. As long as Phill Spencer is in charge, I don't see any evolution in the XBOX division.… Expand
  32. Zencue
    Sep 7, 2023
    4
    Space game without space.
    Exploration game without exploration.
    RPG without dialogues and role-play system.
    Good fallout 4 mod, bad game
  33. Shekky84
    Sep 7, 2023
    4
    The game is quite boring to quite a few hours in it feels small because of fast travel its really not worth your time or 80$+ to spend on a game that to me isn't complete.
  34. GamerChungus
    Sep 7, 2023
    4
    For me Starfield has to be a 4/10, so many steps backward from Fallout 4 and even Skyrim. Even Fallout 76 had something going for it with multiplayer fallout, this game doesn't get anything right and at the center of is the space exploration which doesn't really exist, your ship exists just for combat essentially and the game feels disjointed. People saying that the combat is better thanFor me Starfield has to be a 4/10, so many steps backward from Fallout 4 and even Skyrim. Even Fallout 76 had something going for it with multiplayer fallout, this game doesn't get anything right and at the center of is the space exploration which doesn't really exist, your ship exists just for combat essentially and the game feels disjointed. People saying that the combat is better than Fallout 4 and 76 and I have to disagree there is worse reactions from enemy and no blood or gore making the combat feel flat and under developed. I ultimately refunded the game on steam after a few hours and didn't regret it. How Bethesda thought releasing a game without seamless space travel (on Next Gen only, with very high specs) after game like No Mans Sky and Elite Dangerous did it with a fraction of the budget will forever boggle the mind.… Expand
  35. kosar1k
    Sep 7, 2023
    1
    Arguably the worst single player Bethesda game ever made. Terrible soapy graphics with a green filter that makes your eyes tired. NPCs are terribly stupid, quests are not interesting and there are a lot of loading screens, outdated graphics, the game is not optimized. Terribly boring game and it's not an RPG.. It's not worth 100 euros. For me, Bethesda is completely dead...
  36. psylife
    Sep 7, 2023
    5
    There is a fundamental lack of creativity and risk taking here. The game is disappointing, not because it fails at materializing its vision, but because of how poor the vision is in the first place.

    Technically speaking, there is no space exploration to be found anywhere, rather an endless concatenation of ad nauseum loading screen, and fetch quests. Bethesda has a problem, where are    There is a fundamental lack of creativity and risk taking here. The game is disappointing, not because it fails at materializing its vision, but because of how poor the vision is in the first place.

    Technically speaking, there is no space exploration to be found anywhere, rather an endless concatenation of ad nauseum loading screen, and fetch quests.

    Bethesda has a problem, where are the talents ? Where are the visionaries and innovators ?    … Expand
  37. ChilledLuck
    Sep 7, 2023
    4
    Nothing is really wrong with the game, but nothing is really great either.
    The MSQ has subpar writing and does not pull you in. Combat is ok, seems fluid enough. But nothing that would excite you.
    The game lacks a Wow factor.
  38. skyla182
    Sep 7, 2023
    0
    this game is a total disappointment wake you up bethesda with your formula you plan to do it for how many more years? 0 cinematic 0 charisma 0 story 0 soundtrack no memorable theme 0 fun so boring nothing is going well in this game it's 2023 it's inconceivable to release such a pitiful gam
  39. Tailed-Raven
    Sep 7, 2023
    5
    Same old bethesda game on a larger scale pretty disappointing, Nothing really new with mid space exploration.
  40. Eylari
    Sep 7, 2023
    0
    I played the early access and refunded the game after 27 hours, this will be my last Bethesda game.
  41. asdadfsaffsafgs
    Sep 7, 2023
    0
    i gave Starfield a fair chance. Its rather jarring that the core BGS dev team is so unwilling to evolve for so many years threading the same ground. They have actually regressed in quite few places. I am starting to think they stick to this archaic engine because they are simply too creatively impotent to escape their comfort zone
  42. bmorin2514
    Sep 7, 2023
    2
    This game was hyped up to be something completely "next-gen". An open explorable galaxy with tons of possibilities, thousands of worlds to explore, exciting quests, etc.

    Instead we got a basic Bethesda experience. The quests are bland and boring with writing similar to a high school level. The NPC's stare straight at you with the most awkward facial expressions I've ever seen, the    This game was hyped up to be something completely "next-gen". An open explorable galaxy with tons of possibilities, thousands of worlds to explore, exciting quests, etc.

    Instead we got a basic Bethesda experience.

    The quests are bland and boring with writing similar to a high school level.

    The NPC's stare straight at you with the most awkward facial expressions I've ever seen, the same way they did way back in Bethesda's Xbox 360 days. After the incredible motion-capture facial animations we got with BG3, this is just laughable.

    There are loading screens for everything. Traveling between worlds, entering your ship, entering buildings... all loading screens. Even if you painstakingly travel to a planet in space manually, you pass through it like the PNG that it is.

    The PC version crashes constantly. On good hardware (7800X3D and 4090) it runs around 60-80 FPS at 1440p. Very poorly optimized.

    The game is "fine". I'm glad people are having fun with it but it is nothing special and certainly not worth the $70 price.    … Expand
  43. Lexonus
    Sep 7, 2023
    2
    Boring game, unimaginative, soulless. It isn't a "bad game" but for the time put into development, budget and price I expect much more.
  44. Xerxes32
    Sep 7, 2023
    0
    The facial animation is just a disgrace. Why is it so bad? I slushushu as a voice actor tries, and then see this crooked mannequin, in addition to the fact that the dialogues are written terribly, so even feel nothing but boredom, looking at them, and they should convey the character and emotions of the player and I just want to end the dialog with the character and never start again, andThe facial animation is just a disgrace. Why is it so bad? I slushushu as a voice actor tries, and then see this crooked mannequin, in addition to the fact that the dialogues are written terribly, so even feel nothing but boredom, looking at them, and they should convey the character and emotions of the player and I just want to end the dialog with the character and never start again, and this is with the characters of the main story quest.

    The camera in dialog is static, it was still like that in Morowind in 2001, now games are trying to compete with movies in cinematography, and Todd still has 2001.

    Dialogs and text in the game. It's no different from Fallout 4, as I wrote above, because of the facial animations, it's impossible to perceive anything from these characters, it's a lean text, in some places with secondary humor, which causes only Spanish shame. And the options are no different from "yes" "no" "sarcasm", just in a different wrapper

    "Space travel" We were so advertised space and ship customization, and I was delighted, space travel and everything connected with it, what could be cooler. And what did I get! You cannot enter the atmosphere of the planet on your own and sit where you want, you cannot fly out of it on your own, you cannot fly a ship around the planet, you cannot fly from one planet to another, asking why you need a spaceship, just press Fast Travel and all.
    A loading screen for every action, even entering a ship, and that's in 2023 with SSDs and GPUs with more memory, "the most powerful console in the world" as the clowns say.

    The story is again a dull narrative about the chosen one, and you realize it in the first hour of the game, when you are given a whole ship for nothing and accepted, without any questions in a secret society, it pissed me off back in 2016. Is it hard to hire Chris Evelon, or pride does not allow it, and TODD?

    "We will have 1000 planets" So I imagined that it will be like No Man Sky only with AAA grapheon with flora and fauna. And we were lied to again, empty planets with outposts where you have to run 1000m in one direction and 1000m in the other, and on which nothing interesting, they are even worse than in No Man Yes and also here there is no transportation, even in Mass effect 1 2005 it was, 2023 it is not))).
    Exploring planets is pointless and makes you want to commit suicide.

    Action and AI. No revelations: if you've played Fallout 4, you'll get the same experience. shooting has no effect, it's just plugging stupid enemies that just bunch up so that they can be blown up by a grenade or get stuck in a texture, they are not even able to bypass the player, they are just stupid at all, unacceptable

    Stealth in the game is broken, I won't describe it much here, but it's true. Enemies see and hear you from 1km away, and detect you instantly, it's just not interesting and interactive, a waste of time and nerves

    The character leveling is the worst in Bethesda history. Let's start with the logic, a character can research and craft simple things without a skill, but a jetpack cannot be used without a skill.
    As was the case in Skyrim, during the game you increased your skill by opening access to perks, and you could buy these perks with pumping points, but here you need to pass stupid tests for further pumping, and as a result, the game turns not into a fun shooting game, but into a dull monotonous execution these trials, boredom and despondency

    The interface is typical for Bethesda, not convenient and not practical. The map is also something with something, this is especially noticeable in cities, for whom it was created is not clear, unacceptable

    If it came out with the title Fallout 5, no one would say anything bad, a typical Bethesda game. But they lied about space and everything connected with it, promised that this game would be a breakthrough for the company, and that we would get a contender for the game of the year. This game is 10 years out of date, and it's sad for me to realize that Microsoft allowed such an advertising campaign, and went on hype for it. With exclusives like Redfall and Starfield, it will take them 10 years to catch up with current Sony exclusives.    … Expand
  45. BrowningZen
    Sep 7, 2023
    1
    Soulless bland game that would have been good 10 years ago, but simply outdated now. Disappointed at the company's lack of ambition and progress.
  46. Melsitos
    Sep 7, 2023
    5
    El combate entretenido y poco mas. La exploración deplorable, gráficamente muy normalito y la historia aburrida. De rendimiento horroroso, menos mal que la comunidad como siempre salvando con los mods los juegos de Bethesda. (mod de dlss que te da la vida en cuanto a rendimiento).
  47. Genkleman
    Sep 7, 2023
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Es un mal juego. Gráficos desfasados que parecen del 2013, malas expresiones faciales, diálogos pesimos, historia mediocre, IA mala, un combate regulero nula exploración espacial, está lleno de pantallas de carga y es políticamente correcto. No cumple con los estándares de un juego que ha estado en desarrollo por 6 o más años, y con un presupuesto millonario. Este juego es un meme.… Expand
  48. ijonized
    Sep 8, 2023
    4
    Bethesda... Bethesda never changes. Game as is in its state is just bad game for 2023. It is old engine, old way of making game, outdated and bland. Starfield is ultimate sandbox, because it is empty, waiting for mods to fill it up. You cannot review for what it might be, but review it as it is. If it was some small development team I would give it 5/10 but for company as this big doingBethesda... Bethesda never changes. Game as is in its state is just bad game for 2023. It is old engine, old way of making game, outdated and bland. Starfield is ultimate sandbox, because it is empty, waiting for mods to fill it up. You cannot review for what it might be, but review it as it is. If it was some small development team I would give it 5/10 but for company as this big doing shortcuts and saving money using old engine is just insulting, but hey, you can always have biggest collection of sandwiches in the galaxy. It is not exploration game, it is not space sci-fi game it is just very weak RPG, outdated and bland. Minus 1 point for cash grab... premiere for more money, that needs to stop! They used Commodore 64 stripes (they did not use green) look it up :D… Expand
  49. Morfalath96
    Sep 7, 2023
    0
    Game is quite fun when it works

    Its so incredibly buggy though, 3 (big) quests in my first 5 hours were blocking my progress cause "follow the npc" npc wouldnt move. I had to use console commands to put the queststage onto the next part, which meant looking forever for the quest IDs. Then my achievements were blocked cause i had opened the console, so i had to download a mod to unlock the    Game is quite fun when it works

    Its so incredibly buggy though, 3 (big) quests in my first 5 hours were blocking my progress cause "follow the npc" npc wouldnt move. I had to use console commands to put the queststage onto the next part, which meant looking forever for the quest IDs. Then my achievements were blocked cause i had opened the console, so i had to download a mod to unlock the achievement progress again.

    FPS with a 4090 are laughable and even the default settings have the game rendering at 75% of your resolution. No DLSS only FSR. Companions constantly repeat the same line to eachother when you travel to a planet. Game feels shallow as a puddle.

    ALL NPCs are set to essential and unkillable.
    All companions are goody-two-shoes.
    Evil roleplaying isnt a thing in this roleplaying game.

    Only hope are mods    … Expand
  50. Lazybtch
    Sep 7, 2023
    2
    Too many bugs, boring blind story, repeatability planets, nothing new after you play 1 hour or 12hours
  51. TOTALGAME
    Sep 7, 2023
    1
    jogo preguiço e mal otimizado prometeram entregar a cura para o câncer e nos deram uma dipirona genérica. O pior de tudo é vê fanboys abitolados defendendo um jogo de mundo aberto vazio, sem graça e para complementar com uma jogabilidade medíocre.
  52. byczek69
    Sep 7, 2023
    0
    Good product if you are looking for: Bad/non-existent optimalization, broken promises (space exploration), same old engine as any Bethesda game, pointless skilltree/build-making, nonsense story.

    Planets differentiate between each other literally only with ground color, they all have 1 out of 10 possible randomly generated structures or an empty cave. It is also overpriced af (being    Good product if you are looking for: Bad/non-existent optimalization, broken promises (space exploration), same old engine as any Bethesda game, pointless skilltree/build-making, nonsense story.

    Planets differentiate between each other literally only with ground color, they all have 1 out of 10 possible randomly generated structures or an empty cave.

    It is also overpriced af (being able to purchase the game and play it 7days earlier than the release date for the price of extra 30$), 70$ for a game that can be beaten in 15hours.    … Expand
  53. Locus
    Sep 7, 2023
    4
    Pros:
    -Okay sidequests, factions quests are fairly good but too short
    -A lot of content but can get a bit repetitive -Main cities -The Starships are very cool -Armour and weapons look decent -Surprisingly decent graphics -Varied voice acting, haven't really had the 'repeat' feeling like experienced in Skyrim and Fallout -Modding community (Some great mods out there already)    Pros:
    -Okay sidequests, factions quests are fairly good but too short
    -A lot of content but can get a bit repetitive
    -Main cities
    -The Starships are very cool
    -Armour and weapons look decent
    -Surprisingly decent graphics
    -Varied voice acting, haven't really had the 'repeat' feeling like experienced in Skyrim and Fallout
    -Modding community (Some great mods out there already)
    -Hasn't crashed once
    -Back to the silent protagonist
    -Highly detailed misc/general items for inspecting in the inventory

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    Cons:
    -Outdated Engine and it shows
    -Mod potential shouldn't be relied on to fix the game/add basic features
    -General lifeless NPCs - They don't react - for example: start shooting around New Atlantis, without hitting anyone and they will just continue walking as nothing happened (feels like Cyberpunk 2077 original NPCs before updates)
    -Broken stealth, feels like oblivion stealh - would on occasion get caught even though no one is in the room with me/all doors closed
    -Combat AI is pretty bad. Also lots of clipping and glitching out
    -A few minor bugs, companions running super fast, disappearing, falling through ship etc etc.
    -Loot no longer dynamic on corpses - RNG based.
    -Poor optimisation. RTX 3090 / Ryzen 9 5950x @ 1440p gets around 40-50 FPS while exploring planets and cities however in small closed off areas I get around 80-120 FPS. Also lag when switching weapons, and switching scanner on and off
    -Planet exploration: A lot of copy paste point's of interest - breaks the immersion a lot to have the same exact locations on different planets. Also some are just downright bad and aren't rewarding for the amount of time spent walking there
    -No diving/underwater content
    -Awful UI/Inventory management. Locked to 30FPS so is a bit janky. Mods have fixed this. Highly recommend the compact UI mods on the nexus
    -No local maps which is a huge pain in cities
    -Quest management could be made nicer (Sorting quests into main cities would be great)
    -No vechicles. I don't mind about hitting planet boundaries faster with a hover bike or something. Walking/Jetpacking can get very tedious at times
    -Over reliance on fast travel
    -Way too many essential NPC's, takes immersion away if you wanted to go guns crazy

    Love Bethesda games and have enjoyed Starfield so far but honestly too many cons which shouldn't be a thing for a Bethesda title in 2023. It feels like a step back in many ways, Skyrim had more reactivity from the NPC's and it came out 12 years ago. It's not terrible, but it's not great either.
    If you are looking for a typical Bethesda game and like Fallout 4, you will probably enjoy Starfield. Bethesda haven't innovated or expanded their game design at all with starfield. If we aren't vocal in this, then ES6 will probably be the same .    … Expand
  54. Andrews3
    Sep 7, 2023
    1
    hello guys . first of all i want to hey all the sellout critics on this website that gave this pathetic game 100/100 . we appreciate you being sellouts .
    seconds of all this game is absolute disaster and disappointment and i will explain why :
    1. same old garbage engine but this time its somehow even worse optimized than usual . 2. facial animations are a disaster literally you cant    hello guys . first of all i want to hey all the sellout critics on this website that gave this pathetic game 100/100 . we appreciate you being sellouts .
    seconds of all this game is absolute disaster and disappointment and i will explain why :
    1. same old garbage engine but this time its somehow even worse optimized than usual .
    2. facial animations are a disaster literally you cant make this up .
    3. all the planets are the same autogenerated deserted planets with the same autogenerated caves .
    4. enemies are all generic pirates . there are literally no enemy variety in this whole game .
    5. AI is a disaster - its literally even worse than in skyrim .
    6. UI is terrible - its like they took it from some office program .
    7. space is literally boring . there is literally nothing there .
    8. combat is worse than in some older fps games .
    9 . main questline is even worse than in games like skyrim / fallout 4 . its literally bad .
    10 . its a boring game really and thats my main problem with it . whole gameplay consists of go from 1 autogenerated deserted planet to another autogenerated deserted planet and fight the same generic pirate enemies . its booooring .
    11. Loading screens . endless loading screens ...    … Expand
  55. blackwitte
    Sep 7, 2023
    0
    Honestly, there is a lack of dedication and a lot, the horrible AI, THE PLANETS are wallpapers, every time you arrive at a planet it always generates my pj, on each planet it is always the same, a cave and a mission generated by an AI that It always follows the same pattern, only the biomes of the planet change in some. They are always the same events with minimal changes, they don't feelHonestly, there is a lack of dedication and a lot, the horrible AI, THE PLANETS are wallpapers, every time you arrive at a planet it always generates my pj, on each planet it is always the same, a cave and a mission generated by an AI that It always follows the same pattern, only the biomes of the planet change in some. They are always the same events with minimal changes, they don't feel alive, an obsolete graphic engine feels soulless, which doesn't make you want to continue playing. a boring story at certain points. By the way, I'm not a starfield hate. I really wanted it to turn out well. In addition, many loads of screens, badly done dialogues and very bad lip synchronization.… Expand
  56. DiscoDick_Jones
    Sep 7, 2023
    3
    Jeeeezus tiddyyy fuggkin' Christ this game is nuclear ass. Yes, the game has a few merits, it even strokes a bit of that nostalgia nut out of you, but once that passes over? You're left with something that feels soulless, not to mention the uncanny valley NPC's.

    Like I said, there is some good ideas and concepts. It's just that stuff worth experiencing is so few and far between nestled in    Jeeeezus tiddyyy fuggkin' Christ this game is nuclear ass. Yes, the game has a few merits, it even strokes a bit of that nostalgia nut out of you, but once that passes over? You're left with something that feels soulless, not to mention the uncanny valley NPC's.

    Like I said, there is some good ideas and concepts. It's just that stuff worth experiencing is so few and far between nestled in between the underwhelming that it doesn't shine bright enough.    … Expand
  57. PeteyB
    Sep 7, 2023
    1
    Well. Big promise. And big fake. Another blend game from Bethesda. Hope someone gonna get Fallout franchise from them till I'm alive. Todd and Spencer are happy. What else matters?
  58. Kscepersky
    Sep 7, 2023
    0
    Welcome to another **** Bethesda game! Let's release game in 2023 using engine released in 2011!.
    To launch this game i guess you need PC from different galaxy, game play is boring af and graphics sucks!
  59. nlfizz
    Sep 7, 2023
    4
    Outside of main story (which was bad anyways) the game is empty and boring.
    Graphics are not consistent, some areas look great and most of them look outdated like 10 years behind.
    Gunplay is weak. There is no space exploration whatsoever. Quests are boring - go to A then B then A then C that's all. Lots of bugs and bad optimization. Very weak dialogs - objectively those are worst    Outside of main story (which was bad anyways) the game is empty and boring.
    Graphics are not consistent, some areas look great and most of them look outdated like 10 years behind.
    Gunplay is weak.
    There is no space exploration whatsoever.
    Quests are boring - go to A then B then A then C that's all.
    Lots of bugs and bad optimization.
    Very weak dialogs - objectively those are worst lines delivered by bethesda in history.
    Only pros are some details on ships, outfits, weapons.
    Very sad that this turned out like this. Not recommended, maybe wait for big discount and lots of mods.    … Expand
  60. Juravlik
    Sep 7, 2023
    4
    Many promises, few were delivered. Uninspired game, outdated graphics engine, ugly facial animations, very bad artificial intelligence, repetitive missions, "space exploration" that has nothing to do with space exploration, loading screens for everything, well, the list goes on and on. It could have been a much better game, if it weren't for Bethesda's laziness and lack of dedication, toMany promises, few were delivered. Uninspired game, outdated graphics engine, ugly facial animations, very bad artificial intelligence, repetitive missions, "space exploration" that has nothing to do with space exploration, loading screens for everything, well, the list goes on and on. It could have been a much better game, if it weren't for Bethesda's laziness and lack of dedication, to deliver a really good game.… Expand
  61. JA89
    Sep 7, 2023
    0
    Micorsoft need to start an audit investigation a.s.a.p
    Six years of development and a 200 million budget and the game is utter garbage.
    Terrible graphics, boring main story, terrible side quests with no substance. NPCs / dialogue are dull, Oblivion had better NPC mechanics a game over 12 years old. Constant loading screens. Repetitive bases and planets. NPC Ai is stupid as well.    Micorsoft need to start an audit investigation a.s.a.p
    Six years of development and a 200 million budget and the game is utter garbage.

    Terrible graphics, boring main story, terrible side quests with no substance. NPCs / dialogue are dull, Oblivion had better NPC mechanics a game over 12 years old. Constant loading screens. Repetitive bases and planets. NPC Ai is stupid as well.

    Whats the point of making a Space RPG and the game doesnt let you explore space, planets, moons, etc... Another Todd Howard lying masterclass.

    People who are giving this game a 10 or GOTY are clueless
    or to young to have played fallout 3/ New Vegas/ Oblivion / Skyrim.

    Thankfully Steam accpeted my refund request. I will try the game again in a few years if im still interested and I can get a good sale price. Hopefully the game will have been updated / patched and the modding community should have a few hundred mods to help with the above.

    I would not recoomend the game and espically at the current price.    … Expand
  62. Mitch_91
    Sep 7, 2023
    6
    Starfield Review - A Disappointing Space Odyssey
    Starfield, Bethesda Game Studios' long-awaited space RPG, has finally hit the shelves. Unfortunately, this galactic adventure has left much to be desired, earning a lackluster 6 out of 10.
    The Bad: 1. Endless Loading Screens: Starfield is plagued by excessively frequent loading screens that disrupt the flow of the game. The frequent    Starfield Review - A Disappointing Space Odyssey
    Starfield, Bethesda Game Studios' long-awaited space RPG, has finally hit the shelves. Unfortunately, this galactic adventure has left much to be desired, earning a lackluster 6 out of 10.
    The Bad:
    1. Endless Loading Screens: Starfield is plagued by excessively frequent loading screens that disrupt the flow of the game. The frequent interruptions detract from the overall experience.
    2. No Seamless Travel: Despite the vastness of its universe, Starfield fails to deliver seamless travel between planets and space stations. Instead, players are forced to endure more loading screens when traveling between celestial bodies, making the game feel disjointed.
    3. Buggy Mess: Bethesda's reputation for releasing buggy games remains intact with Starfield. The game is riddled with technical issues, ranging from game-breaking bugs to bizarre graphical glitches. These problems are inexcusable for a studio of Bethesda's caliber.
    4. Encumbrance System: Starfield's encumbrance system is frustrating and punitive, making inventory management a chore. It stifles exploration and detracts from the enjoyment of the game.
    5. Missing Maps: Starfield lacks comprehensive maps for its various planets and locations, leaving players feeling lost and disoriented in its sprawling universe. This absence of navigational aids hampers the overall experience.
    6. Missing Vehicles: While the game's universe offers the potential for exciting vehicle-based exploration, Starfield falls short in delivering a variety of vehicles for players to enjoy. This lack of diversity in transportation options limits the sense of adventure.
    The Mediocre:
    1. Ambitious Universe: Starfield's universe is indeed vast and visually impressive. However, it's ultimately a beautiful but hollow shell, lacking the depth and interactivity that would truly make it shine.
    2. Immersive Worldbuilding: While the game's lore and worldbuilding are extensive, they don't make up for the lackluster storytelling and underdeveloped characters. The potential for a rich narrative is squandered in favor of a generic space opera.
    3. Spaceflight Mechanics: While spaceflight controls are serviceable, they lack the depth and challenge that would have made them truly engaging.
    4. Repetitive Side Content: Starfield's side activities quickly become monotonous, offering little in the way of variety or excitement. The universe may be vast, but it often feels empty and devoid of meaningful content.
    In summary, Starfield is a game that promised to be an epic space adventure but falls disappointingly short. The loading screens, lack of seamless travel, and numerous technical issues hinder what could have been an immersive experience. Coupled with a frustrating encumbrance system, missing maps, and a lack of diverse vehicles, Starfield's flaws far outweigh its few redeeming qualities. It's a missed opportunity, and one can't help but feel that Bethesda could have done better. Maybe future patches will fix these problems and make the game, what it should have been to begin with.    … Expand
  63. industria
    Sep 7, 2023
    3
    No native DLSS in the game, no RTX effects, completely outdated and overpriced game with little to no innovations.
  64. Spidari
    Sep 7, 2023
    0
    It runs bad, very bad, you need the best possible PC to run it with good graphics and good fps. It's not like Skyrim or even Fallout 4. I wanted to like it so much, but just had to give up because it is just so boring. I have played Bethesda games since Morrowind was released, sadly I feel like that company no longer exists. Can't recommend purchasing this.
  65. Soulcast
    Sep 8, 2023
    7
    Juego con mucha paja sin sustancia... demasiadas pantallas de carga para todo, "viajes" espaciales hechos sin ganas, varias misiones no hay por donde cogerlas de lo simples que son, narrativa y expresiones de los npc muy cuestionables.

    ¿1000 planetas para qué? menos cantidad y mas calidad. La historia no está mal, los diseños de las naves molan, el gunplay está muy bien. Experiencia    Juego con mucha paja sin sustancia... demasiadas pantallas de carga para todo, "viajes" espaciales hechos sin ganas, varias misiones no hay por donde cogerlas de lo simples que son, narrativa y expresiones de los npc muy cuestionables.

    ¿1000 planetas para qué? menos cantidad y mas calidad.

    La historia no está mal, los diseños de las naves molan, el gunplay está muy bien. Experiencia bethesda.    … Expand
  66. DARKARGG
    Sep 7, 2023
    0
    de lo mejor que he jugado los que comentan 1/10 son solo haters que ni lo jugaron y solo quieren verlo caer oir ver brillar a sony la verdad es que este juego es de lo mejor de bethesda un rpg con un universo enorme por explorar con muy buenas y adictivas mecanicas de juego, simplemente goty de lo mejor que he jugado en años 10000/10
  67. Snaaake99
    Sep 7, 2023
    2
    Load screens everywhere, constantly taking you out of the immersion.

    Story is very forgettable, side content is somewhat decent.

    Graphics can be good, but absolutley terrible in alot of areas.
  68. RLHGaming
    Sep 7, 2023
    0
    I already played skyrim and oblivion, I didn't need to play them again. Reskinned those games with outer space. Had to quit when I landed on the planet with my own home and had to run a ways to get to my house. NOPE
  69. Outerliving
    Sep 7, 2023
    0
    Was a pretty irritating playthrough after all the false advertising about the exploration and how incredible it would be. Unfortunately it's mostly just fast traveling to every location through menus. Facial animations, there are none. The character models look like those from mass effect, years ago. The faction quests were pretty fun though. Going to londinion after hearing everythingWas a pretty irritating playthrough after all the false advertising about the exploration and how incredible it would be. Unfortunately it's mostly just fast traveling to every location through menus. Facial animations, there are none. The character models look like those from mass effect, years ago. The faction quests were pretty fun though. Going to londinion after hearing everything about it was surreal. The game just wasn't what I was expecting or hoping for.… Expand
  70. DioGren
    Sep 7, 2023
    4
    Real Score 6/10. But Tod Say This game is Next GEN and Have Good Optimisation, So -2 score for this.
  71. dineros_ideas
    Sep 7, 2023
    3
    Not bad but far from good. It’s barely serviceable. The games we seen this year alone show the wide margin between quality and not. It didn’t meet its promises and far went below my expectations
  72. 1SaWw
    Sep 7, 2023
    0
    . o jogo falha de mais em muitos aspectos, pra mim que fiz a campanha,a quantidade absurda de loadings, desempenho horrível no pc (jogando em 1440p no alto) em 50~70 fps, pra mim tirando os memes de lado, o jogo é um simulador de menus!
    modificar a nave, só serve pra modificar o ``loading´´ pra chegada e saída dos planetas, bizarro isso!
    a falta da interação com a nave, quando chega nos    . o jogo falha de mais em muitos aspectos, pra mim que fiz a campanha,a quantidade absurda de loadings, desempenho horrível no pc (jogando em 1440p no alto) em 50~70 fps, pra mim tirando os memes de lado, o jogo é um simulador de menus!
    modificar a nave, só serve pra modificar o ``loading´´ pra chegada e saída dos planetas, bizarro isso!
    a falta da interação com a nave, quando chega nos planetas é total, vc chega com ela, pra ir fazer uma missão amigável, o ponto onde ela aterrissa é longe pra P0rr@, te obrigando a correr no meio do nada, sem nada pra fazer!
    (ai tem a parte dos bonecos bugados, se for falr disso o cara fica a tarde toda falando ) tem uns que são engraçados, mas tem outros que te fazer voltar save    … Expand
  73. CazNeerg
    Sep 7, 2023
    8
    It is the best game Bethesda has released in 20 years, but in a year when BG3 has redefined how good it is possible for an RPG to be, I can't justify giving Starfield more than an 8.
  74. Ngoctu
    Sep 7, 2023
    10
    Don't let the whining complain deceive you it's a good game if you understand the gendre and your PC Is well maintained and not a mess.
  75. DontBeAJinx
    Sep 8, 2023
    8
    The game is really good....missing some great things that should have been added like flying in and out of planets, land vehicles and needs some optimization. 8.5 from me, also too many loading screens IMO, Non-mission/Quest NPCs needs an overhaul, and New Atlantis is the city of frame drops, or it could just be my rig. It's a space RPG, not a space sim. which is where people get confused.The game is really good....missing some great things that should have been added like flying in and out of planets, land vehicles and needs some optimization. 8.5 from me, also too many loading screens IMO, Non-mission/Quest NPCs needs an overhaul, and New Atlantis is the city of frame drops, or it could just be my rig. It's a space RPG, not a space sim. which is where people get confused. having a blast nevertheless.… Expand
  76. HBugra
    Sep 7, 2023
    10
    It is all I want form a Bethesda game. It captures the spirit of classic Bethesda rpgs. Of course it has its flaws and they are mostly on technical level. While technical side of games are important I still loved this game.
  77. Ghaiana
    Sep 7, 2023
    10
    You need a little a patience and you need to like Bethesda games, but then what's not to like if you have a decent computer. This game is immense, it has very interesting quests, starships, exploration, housing. I was afraid that many bugs would show up, which is usually the case with Bethesda games, but I encountered only very few and not game breaking. I think this game has content forYou need a little a patience and you need to like Bethesda games, but then what's not to like if you have a decent computer. This game is immense, it has very interesting quests, starships, exploration, housing. I was afraid that many bugs would show up, which is usually the case with Bethesda games, but I encountered only very few and not game breaking. I think this game has content for years to come.… Expand
  78. AwwJunk72
    Sep 7, 2023
    10
    Best game of 2023 by far. Starfield sets the standard for other games to follow. Extremely polished release (no bugs), runs flawlessly. It's everything I wanted it to be and more. Wouldn't change a single thing about it.
  79. S1mple_chan
    Sep 7, 2023
    10
    I am happy that BGS back again to be the best WRPG game studio.for me its the best si-fi game of all time
  80. MatheusS01
    Sep 7, 2023
    10
    História, gráficos, jogabilidade, jogo gigantesco e quase nenhum bug, simplesmente fantástico! Nota 10!!!
  81. nowrel
    Sep 7, 2023
    10
    Simplesmente incrível! Mecânicas de entrepostos e building de naves já te faz gastas imensas horas, história muito bem bolada e as sidequest são sensacionais, a temática espacial é muito interessante e foi bem abordadas, a riqueza de detalhes dos planetas, de como aconteceu alguns fenômenos torna o jogo ainda melhor, pois mostra o cuidado com os pequenos detalhes, joguem, não vão seSimplesmente incrível! Mecânicas de entrepostos e building de naves já te faz gastas imensas horas, história muito bem bolada e as sidequest são sensacionais, a temática espacial é muito interessante e foi bem abordadas, a riqueza de detalhes dos planetas, de como aconteceu alguns fenômenos torna o jogo ainda melhor, pois mostra o cuidado com os pequenos detalhes, joguem, não vão se arrepender, ignorem o review bomb que começaram a fazer hoje no game… Expand
  82. beastmode2449
    Sep 7, 2023
    10
    This is what we have been asking for years! If you are a Skyrim + Oblivion + Mass Effect fan, you will love this game! Takes around 15 hours into the main story to really grasp with the vibe of the game. At first it is just overwhelming but once you get past that, it is the greatest sandbox RPG Sci-Fi game ever!
  83. UnwaryLobster
    Sep 7, 2023
    10
    Starfield thrusts players into a breathtaking universe filled with awe-inspiring wonders and mysteries. The sheer scale of the game's universe is staggering, and it's clear that Bethesda has poured countless hours into crafting a living, breathing cosmos for us to explore. From the sprawling cityscapes of advanced civilizations to the desolate beauty of uncharted planets, every corner ofStarfield thrusts players into a breathtaking universe filled with awe-inspiring wonders and mysteries. The sheer scale of the game's universe is staggering, and it's clear that Bethesda has poured countless hours into crafting a living, breathing cosmos for us to explore. From the sprawling cityscapes of advanced civilizations to the desolate beauty of uncharted planets, every corner of this universe feels meticulously designed and believable.… Expand
  84. Johnmolloy34
    Sep 7, 2023
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Great game 113 hours and just started NG+ love the world and the visuals and I know this game will get reviewed bombed but from someone who doesn’t care for console wars I think this is a great game would recommend… Expand
  85. DylanZappa
    Sep 7, 2023
    10
    Yes, the game is not perfect. It does have its flaws, like loading screens and the occasional wonky NPC that shambles by. But having said that, it's still the most fun I've had with a game all year. This is easily my Game of the Year as it even beats out Zelda: TOTK, in my opinion.

    If you go into this looking for No Man's Sky you'll be disappointed. If you go into it looking for a    Yes, the game is not perfect. It does have its flaws, like loading screens and the occasional wonky NPC that shambles by. But having said that, it's still the most fun I've had with a game all year. This is easily my Game of the Year as it even beats out Zelda: TOTK, in my opinion.

    If you go into this looking for No Man's Sky you'll be disappointed. If you go into it looking for a Bethesda RPG, there's a lot to love. It's a Bethesda RPG through and through. Lots of quests, side quests, random encounters, emergent storytelling, etc. You can even be a space pirate and attack and board ships and then steal their ship and make it your own. If you're into base-building and ship-building there's a lot to love here too, but I haven't dabbled too much into that.

    It's also worth noting that this is the most bug-free game Bethesda has ever had at launch, which is fantastic. I haven't noticed many bugs and have had zero crashes. Some people don't want to mention this because they're sadists and want to punish Bethesda for past offenses from decades ago. I ask you, if you're a teacher and a student who consistently gets D's starts to work hard and then gets an A, do you continue to punish the child for their failures of the past or do you congratulate them for a job well done? A decent, sane person would congratulate them. Only a psychopath would continue to punish them.

    It's also worth noting that this is the most beautiful game Bethesda has done. Yes, some character models are weird, but the environment art, from the natural landscapes to the cluttered base interiors, is sublime. Their Global Illumination techniques are gorgeous and work very well. Sure, the game isn't as pretty as Cyberpunk or Horizon Forbidden West, but so what? This game is doing so much more than them.

    Instead of focusing on the few things the game doesn't do, focus on all the things this game is actually doing. And it isn't any one thing. You need to see the forest for the trees and see the totality of the experience. Sure, you can't directly fly from planet to planet like NMS, but who cares? NMS doesn't have the some degree of role-playing quests and storytelling. And most of NMS's planets have one biome, whereas some of Starfield's planets have up to 4 distinct biomes on one planet.

    I love this game more with each passing day. It's a genuinely special experience and if you like CRPGs it is very much worth your time. It gives as much as you put in.

    Note: I've been playing on both XBox and PC.    … Expand
  86. dunnodis
    Sep 7, 2023
    10
    Love to see Bethesda back at it again. Certified banger !

    Don't expect it to be Star Citizen and you'll love it :)
  87. JivinJimmy
    Sep 8, 2023
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This game is... excellent. It has kind of a rocky start, but after that it really comes into its own.

    The main exploration gameplay isn't going to be for everyone, but I certainly enjoy it. You touch down on a random planet and have a checklist of all the flora, fauna, resources, and special features to survey. Once you complete the survey, you get it as an item in your inventory which you can then sell for 500-1000 credits or so. The planets also have semi-randomized locations with spacer bases and occasionally radiant quests to clear out those spacer bases. The fun part is because they're all randomized, there's no pressure to do them. You can just hop over to a spacer base, get the 20xp for finding it, then bounce away.

    The boost pack is fun and adds interesting tactical choices, like jumping between cover on the outside of a base and sniping. It's less useful indoors, but can still sometimes help to get to higher ground. Space combat is a little frustrating at first, but once you get a better ship than the starting one it gets a lot better. The persuasion system in this game is hands down the best I've ever seen in any game, bar none. You have 3 chances to make persuasion rolls and need X number of successes to persuade them. What makes this great is that even though your choices are randomized each turn, every option has a success and failure dialogue line unique to it, so it feels like you're having an actual conversation.

    I think the weakest aspect of this game is the main plot. The rest of the factions are fine and the writing is pretty solid, I just don't like Constellation. I think the problem is so much of the development was spent building this huge universe and all these factions and all the new tech that they forgot to answer the question of why we should care at all about Constellation or want to join them. They just showed up after a very truncated opening, immediately put me in danger and got 4 of my colleagues killed, then gave me a ship, a robot, and a watch and said, "You're part of something bigger now." Then they ask, "Aren't you at least a little curious about the artifact and the vision?" Um... no? I'm a bunny hopping snake cultist with a mortgage, I don't care. If they were a small down on their luck explorer's club that is always accepting applicants but nobody joins because they don't pay well and nobody cares about exploration, that'd be one thing. By making them exclusive, however, they come across as arrogant, condescending elitists. Just because I was invited to the popular kids' table doesn't mean I don't know they're awful.

    Where this game really excels, though, is letting you make your own story. Here's mine thusfar:

    After politely declining Constellation, telling them I needed time to think, I set out to buy my own starship because I don't want to be indebted to them. I did some odd jobs around New Atlantis and helped out the police, but I only managed to scare up 20-30000 credits and the cheapest ship goes for 54000. The cheerful man at the bank turned me onto some debt collections I could do for them, so I reluctantly borrowed the Frontier and headed out.

    I had to stop over at a small system on the way, figured I could do some surveying, sold them to a small colony I found, along with some weapons I got off some mercs that touched down on the way. When I arrive in the debtor's system, I get a distress call, a colonist who's been being harassed by spacers. I respond and end up getting embroiled in a series of space battles. First battle goes poorly, so I stop over to collect the debt before I get myself into more trouble.

    Speaking of, I check out a tower on that planet that I thought was abandoned, get into a huge fight with some spacers and use most of my medical supplies. I also find a box of contraband Earth antiques in an air vent, decide to take it with me. A Spacer Raccoon ship touches down and I decide to sneak up and steal medkits in their loading bay. They spot me, a fight ensues, I hop up on their ship and snipe, then take cover in the loading bay and finish them off. The last guy takes off running and the ship takes off with me in it. I gun down the captain and her guards and now I have a new ship, much tougher than my old one, and free too. I collect the debt and help the colonists finish off the spacers. It's a close thing, though. I finish off the last of them with no medkits and a quarter health.

    I head back to New Atlantis hoping to offload my cargo and see if I can find a buyer for that contraband. The Raccoon doesn't even need to stop at the other system. I'm told I have a percentage chance to hide contraband. I do not. I am arrested and transferred over to a UC capital ship... in orbit around Mars. Far away from where I'm supposed to be. UC Commander Ikande hires me to work undercover and infiltrate the Crimson Fleet, and here's where I leave off.

    So, this game is awesome... if you let it be.    … Expand
  88. meyerpark
    Sep 7, 2023
    10
    Best open world in decades. Huge remarkable planets of massive exploration. Love this realistic space game
  89. Joshkugo
    Sep 7, 2023
    10
    Amazing game! Love it!
  90. NashEquil
    Sep 7, 2023
    10
    I am loving the game. I loved the Fallout series, and this game scratches that itch, with better gun-play. Not sure why some man-children are sending kids to down-vote the game. It is fun, and does exactly what I want a video game to do... occupy my time, and keep me entertained. It does exactly that.
  91. Boyoo69
    Sep 7, 2023
    10
    I loved it, just absolutely loved it it's such a good game. I'm not really a fan of Skyrim and all those games but I really love starfield I haven't been this much into a game since a long while
  92. Shtotakoy
    Sep 7, 2023
    10
    Haters gonna hate. This is by far the best Bethesda game. Every system from previous games has been improved upon
  93. greg2002
    Sep 7, 2023
    10
    Great game plus so much to do one of the best ive seen in a long time idk why it has a whole hate campaign against it when its so good?
  94. rage1984
    Sep 7, 2023
    10
    if u like fallout in space this game is for u great story great side quest great combat space combat is fun factions are great 10/10
  95. Kloshaxx
    Sep 7, 2023
    10
    Another banger by Bethesda, yes has technical issues but game is just so fun.
  96. dryii
    Sep 7, 2023
    10
    One look at how this game is posting a 'Very Positive' rating from over 25k people on Steam shows how most of the reviews here are not valid. I presume those who don't have the game to play have lots of time to spend coming up with bogus accounts to post nonsense online. I came here to give it a 9, but instead, i'll bump it to a 10 for a bit more compensation for those unscrupulousOne look at how this game is posting a 'Very Positive' rating from over 25k people on Steam shows how most of the reviews here are not valid. I presume those who don't have the game to play have lots of time to spend coming up with bogus accounts to post nonsense online. I came here to give it a 9, but instead, i'll bump it to a 10 for a bit more compensation for those unscrupulous reviews.

    Now for my take: the game is indeed vast. So much to do if you're into storytelling, true RPG mechanics, and fun. I've enjoyed all of the time I've spent in-game thus far and am sure this will keep me busy for months/years to come. Excellent work BGS.    … Expand
  97. Goodseek
    Sep 8, 2023
    9
    If you like science fiction this game is a must play.

    I have played plenty of games in the genre and they are all great in some ways, but Starfield is without a doubt the most complete so far, is not perfect, it lacks some things other games have, mostly when it comes to exploration. But besides that there is so many things to do in the game that even if you don't like half of it you    If you like science fiction this game is a must play.

    I have played plenty of games in the genre and they are all great in some ways, but Starfield is without a doubt the most complete so far, is not perfect, it lacks some things other games have, mostly when it comes to exploration.

    But besides that there is so many things to do in the game that even if you don't like half of it you can still find hundreds of hours of quality content, with limited minor bugs, the music and art style are perfect, the graphics when talking about lighting, materials and level of detail are amazing but it lacks a little bit with the characters and face animation, finally it has decent performance, I have a RTX 3070 and playing in 1440p ultra settings I get mostly 60fps dropping to 40 in big cities.    … Expand
  98. Crusader
    Sep 7, 2023
    10
    Bethesda does it again! The game is a bit like Mass Effect if made by Bethesda. Amazing space RPG!
  99. Ndi
    Sep 7, 2023
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. It's FO4 in space. If you liked FO4, or Skyrim, it's that, but better, bigger, less buggy, better looking and generally improved in every sense. And yes, it has the mod platform that made everyone happy. Yes, there's already SkyUI and THOSE mods.

    WARNING: The sheer scale of it makes the game slow to start and it has very little handholding. Either this is for you or it isn't. 1000 planets. The mid planets take an hour to do. Rich planets can take 10. THIS TAKES TIME.

    I have no idea why people compare this to other space games. It was never going to be Fortnite, it was never going to be Elite Dangerous. It's made by Bethesda. You're getting a Bethesda RPG. Through and through.

    And I hate to see it, maybe the review trend will turn, but for now it's enveloped in people complaining that mechanics that are in the game aren't in the game. This is an RPG. You need to put points in Piloting to be able to pilot. You need to put points into jetpack to get traversal and fly. And you need to be 30 hours in to start getting superpowers.

    So word to the wise, skip reviews that are basically "boring I have it 5 hours, didn't like".
    Also skip "it looks terrible" crowd, game self-adjusts quality to maintain framerate so it works on a potato but looks terrible.    … Expand
  100. Toxicpizza
    Sep 7, 2023
    10
    Starfield......
    Starfield is Something that's for sure
    From the Start You're A Nobody Kinda? And then you can create a character and that's where it's like okay this game has potential. And then there are backgrounds, and it's just great that you can make the character you want, and you can do what you want then I start doing some quests and exploring then I'm like ohh I want to make    Starfield......
    Starfield is Something that's for sure
    From the Start You're A Nobody Kinda?
    And then you can create a character and that's where it's like okay this game has potential.
    And then there are backgrounds, and it's just great that you can make the character you want, and you can do what you want
    then I start doing some quests and exploring then I'm like ohh I want to make a ship then I explore in my new ship then a space battle happens and the space battles are fun when you get the hang of it then you start building an outpost looking what materials I need and how to link them together, so it's all automated and trying to make it look good and next thing I know I'm 70+ hours in. I can tell you that this game if you give it time and do side quests and explore and go in with an open mind you will have the time of your life
    but of course it's not perfect and yes it does seem a bit short plus (but that could also just be because I had such a good time that it seemed short) there are a few bugs I've encountered and yes they can be annoying but once you get past it its fine again, and I have crashed 2 times but other than that I've had an amazing time and I have like 8GB graphics card and 32GB ram and an i7, so I don't have like an extremely expensive pc, and I'm happy with the game and there just so much to do also I've never hit a planet boundary I know that most content creators and other people are complaining about the loading screens and planet boundaries, but I explored a planet for a good 1 to 2 hours and never hit it but of course I didn't go in a straight line, but personally I don't think it's an issue most people are not going to encounter the boundaries unless they are trying to.
    And the loading screen aren't a problem most games have some sort of loading screen in them even most games today and this game is like 100x bigger than most games, so it's kinda expected yk.
    I would recommend this game to anyone who wants to have fun and yes it's my new fave game and I didn't sleep for 2 days because I was playing this game.    … Expand
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Generally favorable reviews - based on 75 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 65 out of 75
  2. Mixed: 10 out of 75
  3. Negative: 0 out of 75
  1. Riot Pixels
    Jan 28, 2024
    76
    There's a lot of flaws in space in Starfield. But that does not prevent me from exploring our galaxy again and again.
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  2. LEVEL (Czech Republic)
    Jan 22, 2024
    80
    I fell in love with Starfield. It's my cup of sci-fi and I can't wait to spend the next thirty, fifty, maybe seventy hours here. I enjoy the exploration, the shootouts, the art style, the ship building, and the diverse worlds. I gratefully acknowledge the good optimization and the absence of major bugs. But I can't overlook the flaws. There are bad animations, ugly faces and repetitive moments.[Issue#329]
  3. RPGamer
    Oct 23, 2023
    60
    In a year dominated by sequels to franchise favorites, there was a hope that Starfield would carve its own path to success. While the team at Bethesda should be commended for taking such a big swing, there’s no denying that the game doesn’t feel like a cohesive work. Maybe continued support and future sequels will make something more meaningful out of a work that is clearly deeply enamored with both science fiction and space exploration. Unforunately, this first launch has had far more mixed results than desired.
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