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  1. 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. Sep 8, 2023
    0
    Epmty world ,uninteresting same game same old engine. Bad graphics unoptimized game. Copy of cyberpunk abd no man sky
  3. 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!
  4. 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
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  5. 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.
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  6. 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 . . .
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  7. 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.
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  8. 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.
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  9. 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.
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  10. Sep 8, 2023
    0
    Worst Bethesda game I’ve ever plated. Extremely disappointing. No soul. It’s basically fallout 4 with no open world.
  11. 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)
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  12. 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
  13. 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.
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  14. 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
  15. 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.
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  16. 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
  17. Sep 8, 2023
    0
    Games in 2023 from "AAA" studios come out for $100 and are in alpha state. This is disrespectful to the player base.
  18. Sep 8, 2023
    0
    Boring, bland, soulless and devoid of any fun. Truly a game to not waste ones money on. I reached breaking point after 5 hours and uninstalled. What a joke, all these years and you get a fake space backdrop exploration aka loading screen fast travel nonsense.
  19. Sep 7, 2023
    2
    A Redfall From Space, Lies, loading screens, lies, They promised a lot of things and delivered almost nothing, many loading screens damaging the immersion, very weak level design of the story. Completely empty worlds and a copy and paste of bases for you to explore. The lack of land vehicles in the game borders on the absurd, the game's gunplay and terrible enemies do not react to bullets.A Redfall From Space, Lies, loading screens, lies, They promised a lot of things and delivered almost nothing, many loading screens damaging the immersion, very weak level design of the story. Completely empty worlds and a copy and paste of bases for you to explore. The lack of land vehicles in the game borders on the absurd, the game's gunplay and terrible enemies do not react to bullets. As long as Phill Spencer is in charge, I don't see any evolution in the XBOX division. Expand
  20. Sep 7, 2023
    4
    Space game without space.
    Exploration game without exploration.
    RPG without dialogues and role-play system.
    Good fallout 4 mod, bad game
  21. Sep 7, 2023
    4
    The game is quite boring to quite a few hours in it feels small because of fast travel its really not worth your time or 80$+ to spend on a game that to me isn't complete.
  22. 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
  23. 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...
  24. 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.
  25. 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
  26. Sep 7, 2023
    0
    I played the early access and refunded the game after 27 hours, this will be my last Bethesda game.
  27. 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
  28. 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.
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  29. 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.
  30. 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.
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  31. 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.
  32. 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
  33. 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
  34. 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
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  35. Sep 7, 2023
    2
    Too many bugs, boring blind story, repeatability planets, nothing new after you play 1 hour or 12hours
  36. 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.
  37. 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.
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  38. 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 .
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  39. 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 ...
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  40. 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
  41. 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.
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  42. 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?
  43. 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!
  44. 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.
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  45. 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
  46. 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.
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  47. Sep 7, 2023
    3
    No native DLSS in the game, no RTX effects, completely outdated and overpriced game with little to no innovations.
  48. 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.
  49. 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
  50. 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.
  51. 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
  52. 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
  53. 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.
  54. 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
  55. 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
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  56. Sep 10, 2023
    1
    Needs 10 more years of development with the most recent game engine. In its current state, Starfield has barely no optimizations and needs a 2030 computer setup to run properly. Bethesda also needs to kick her CEO out. At least I got my refund.
  57. Sep 11, 2023
    1
    A solid disappointment. Loading screen sim. exploration is a joke you go out to a cave that's empty or abandoned base to find some useless cups and pencils. for some reason ground vehicles don't exist in a space fairing universe which makes exploration even worse with you character that can only sprint the distance of your average gamer. Design intent to keep us trapped slowly movingA solid disappointment. Loading screen sim. exploration is a joke you go out to a cave that's empty or abandoned base to find some useless cups and pencils. for some reason ground vehicles don't exist in a space fairing universe which makes exploration even worse with you character that can only sprint the distance of your average gamer. Design intent to keep us trapped slowly moving across planets to drive up numbers and subs on game pass. disgusting. Expand
  58. Sep 9, 2023
    4
    The game looks visually goog and some of the quests are really well made. The outpost and ship building mechanics are also pretty great.

    Unfortunately, that's all the good I can say about the game. Most of the game is just boring, bland and utterly confusing. Main story is the posterchild of this - it's a 5+ hour long fetch quest that neither resolves nor explains anything. Starmap
    The game looks visually goog and some of the quests are really well made. The outpost and ship building mechanics are also pretty great.

    Unfortunately, that's all the good I can say about the game. Most of the game is just boring, bland and utterly confusing. Main story is the posterchild of this - it's a 5+ hour long fetch quest that neither resolves nor explains anything.

    Starmap is a mess and you can never find anything on it. The only way to travel to your quest destination is to open the destination from your quest log. This is followed by a few loading screens and then you're there. I didn't know where "there" was, most of the time. It was just another random starsystem.
    On top of that, there's no map and there's no minimap. You have to rely on the quest markers to get somewhere, which tunnelvisions you into following the blue little dot on your screen.

    Combat is boring and way too easy. I played on normal difficulty and I dont remember using a healing item in combat other then the end of main quest where I popped a few. AI is stupid and constantly forgets to shoot, takes cover where I can see it and it tries to use his gun for bashing instead of shooting.

    Character building is non-excistant because very little depends on the skills. Combat skills let you do 30% more damage, health skills let you take a bit less damage and have 40% more health. That's about it. Also, lockpicking. Take lockpicking.
    I finished the game on level 25. To unlock all the skills, you have to be level 350+ something so that pretty much means 90% of the skills will never be touched.

    Crafting is pointless. Every single enemy loads a random weapon with all the variations of mods you can think of. Theres a good chance you will find that perfect weaopn for your build in half an hour. I did.

    The planets are void of content. You can land on planets, but there's nothing to do on them. You can scan a few plants and rocks, you can kill a few pirates and collect weapons to sell. That's it. Maybe you get lucky and there's a fetch quest on that planet if you're willing to walk a few kilometers on foot.

    The game pissed me off more then it entertained me. Bethesda should fire their UX team immediately and hire whoever makes SkyUI/StarUI mods.
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  59. Sep 11, 2023
    0
    this game sucks and its almost criminal ; the fact it sold 5 mil copies is proof ppl dont care about the quality of games that come out of development
  60. Sep 10, 2023
    0
    A space exploration RPG unlike any other, because it fails at every conceivable aspect of the game that could be interesting or fun. Never in my life have I been more disappointed by a game, and more bewildered by the amount of great reviews by critics. Maybe the game is more fun to play if you get paid to do it, sadly I'm in no such position and spending my free time playing this bug festA space exploration RPG unlike any other, because it fails at every conceivable aspect of the game that could be interesting or fun. Never in my life have I been more disappointed by a game, and more bewildered by the amount of great reviews by critics. Maybe the game is more fun to play if you get paid to do it, sadly I'm in no such position and spending my free time playing this bug fest of an alpha release is never going to happen again. A dead, barren wasteland filled to the brim with tedious menus and loading screens, horrible AI and writing. Any second spent on this game is a second wasted.

    Thank you, Starfield, for giving me a reason to cancel my gamepass. Money saved.
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  61. Sep 10, 2023
    0
    Garbage game that doesn't live up to previous Bethesda titles and forced "preferred pronouns" that are forced on people. They say it's not a big deal, but then they ban mods that remove the "preferred pronoun" bs.

    Have fun with all the refunds people will be getting.
  62. Sep 10, 2023
    2
    bugthesda did it again!!!! unfinished, unpolished mess of a so called game... we should boykott these liars!!! once again they showed us with this ridicilous display of work and distaste for gamers that we cant trust them!!! what a shameful display from a multibillion company which got all resources availiable for producing whole games and not this abomination of a half baked something...bugthesda did it again!!!! unfinished, unpolished mess of a so called game... we should boykott these liars!!! once again they showed us with this ridicilous display of work and distaste for gamers that we cant trust them!!! what a shameful display from a multibillion company which got all resources availiable for producing whole games and not this abomination of a half baked something... in comparisson to baldurs gate 3, starfield is a REAL DISGUSTING JOKE!!!! Expand
  63. Sep 10, 2023
    2
    Bethesda developed this game on the principle that, as with Skyrim in 2011, it will be enhanced by volunteer modders at the time of release and for years to come. So they botched their production on every level. The outdated graphics, the game mechanics dating from 2011, the user interface worthy of an alpha version, no open world just small areas cut off by screen loadings, uninterestingBethesda developed this game on the principle that, as with Skyrim in 2011, it will be enhanced by volunteer modders at the time of release and for years to come. So they botched their production on every level. The outdated graphics, the game mechanics dating from 2011, the user interface worthy of an alpha version, no open world just small areas cut off by screen loadings, uninteresting NPC-walkers, so few in number and so not "lively", and more than anything, a story so uninspiring that as a player we tell ourselves that we are going to go to the end just to make the 70 dollars profitable, not because it is inspiring and fun. For Bethesda fans wait until Starfield is worth 10 dollars and hopefully a well stocked Nexusmod over the years. For other curious or fans of space games go your way. Expand
  64. Sep 11, 2023
    4
    really sad we all expected a good game but we got this loading screen simulator
  65. Sep 10, 2023
    0
    I'm too old for the sunk costs fallacy. 100$ price tag (let's not pretend what was the main selling point of that enhanced edition) for a glorified fast travel simulator that isn't even worth 10$. Most of the criticism here is vaild. And imagine having the audacity to claim that the optimisation is good when your game can't keep 60FPS on RTX3080, 32GB ram, I7-12700, on 1080p, outside ofI'm too old for the sunk costs fallacy. 100$ price tag (let's not pretend what was the main selling point of that enhanced edition) for a glorified fast travel simulator that isn't even worth 10$. Most of the criticism here is vaild. And imagine having the audacity to claim that the optimisation is good when your game can't keep 60FPS on RTX3080, 32GB ram, I7-12700, on 1080p, outside of big cities. You may think it's funny, Todd "Upgrade your PC" Howard, but in fact it's pathetic. Can't recommend, if you want a good game then play something decent like Baldur's Gate 3 Expand
  66. Sep 11, 2023
    2
    I'm a huge fan of space exploration games No Man's Sky and Elite Dangerous being two of my favorites and honestly if you want to have a fun journey through space just play one of those instead.

    Maybe the most boring Bethesda game I've ever played, The main story is uninteresting and most of the characters you meet are beyond generic. Also having you do most of your "exploration" through
    I'm a huge fan of space exploration games No Man's Sky and Elite Dangerous being two of my favorites and honestly if you want to have a fun journey through space just play one of those instead.

    Maybe the most boring Bethesda game I've ever played, The main story is uninteresting and most of the characters you meet are beyond generic. Also having you do most of your "exploration" through menus and loading screens is a baffling decision to me. If you liked Fallout 3 you'll love this game because it plays the exact same if there's one thing you can commend Bethesda for it's sticking to their roots for better or in this case for worse, the creation engine needs an overhaul.
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  67. Sep 12, 2023
    0
    Bethesda being Bethesda, making the most disappointing game of the year. Full of jank and chores, no soul and no depth. Better avoid this one (look into No mans Sky for space exploration done right, or Baldurs Gate for an RPG done right).
  68. Sep 10, 2023
    3
    A bland adventure into a partitioned and repetitive world(s). Very average in all respects, I doubt we will see more Starfield titles.
  69. Sep 11, 2023
    3
    I cannot comprehend anyone who gives this game better than a 7/10 unless they were paid to do so.

    TLDR; Starfield has all the hallmarks of lazy Bethesda design with none of the charm or soul of their older games. If you take the procedural world of No Man's Sky, add in Fallout guns, and then subtract 90% of the meaningful content and design attention from either of those games, you'll
    I cannot comprehend anyone who gives this game better than a 7/10 unless they were paid to do so.

    TLDR; Starfield has all the hallmarks of lazy Bethesda design with none of the charm or soul of their older games. If you take the procedural world of No Man's Sky, add in Fallout guns, and then subtract 90% of the meaningful content and design attention from either of those games, you'll have Starfield. Top it off with an insultingly poor UI that forces you to constantly fight against it to actually play the game.

    I'm putting my interface rant at the top, because as PC users, there's a fairly good chance you'll be playing on keyboard and mouse, and I want to be sure that you get this warning first. Bethesda did NOT make this game for PCs, despite what they or anyone else says. Starfield was made for consoles, and it shows in every single aspect of the UI design. Starfield has the distinction of employing the single most unintuitive and tedious UI I have ever seen in an RPG, and I am well acquainted with interfaces that are, charitably put, rough. Menus are locked to 30 (30!) fps. The main menu is radial and annoying to utilize with a mouse and keyboard. Every menu, from the main menu, to inventory, to ship editing, has SO much wasted space that Bethesda inevitably uses for some silly cosmetic purpose like showing asset models, instead of displaying actual gameplay information. On top of that, information is organized in a nonsensical way, separating relevant bits of data onto different parts of the screen, or totally hiding information from the player. Keybinds between similar menus are different for seemingly no reason, and in the menus and game itself, pressing a key and holding it function as separate commands. These two innocuous "design" choices really mess with the player's ability to develop muscle memory for the menus and end up burning a lot of time on accomplishing routine UI tasks. The map system, where you will spend much of your time is a total mess. There is no minimap or local map to speak of beyond a dotted grid that shows no information besides the relative position of POIs and there is no map whatsoever for interior spaces or cities.

    Starfield is poorly optimized (another signal that the PC release is an afterthought), and for the poor performance, looks barely as good or even worse than games five years or more older. Starfield's lighting and color saturation is a mess, so a lot of objects and structures look overly reflective or blurry. The antialiasing is primitive, so distant objects have choppy edges and combine to make a game that looks VERY unimpressive in 2023. On max settings, my machine barely breaks 90 fps, on fairly high end AMD hardware (7700X CPU/7900XT GPU/64gb RAM), which is who Bethesda partnered with to optimize their game. On Premium Edition release day, I crashed to desktop within the first 60 seconds of starting my game, and then once about every 10 minutes for several hours afterwards. To credit AMD/Bethesda, there was a GPU driver update specifically for Starfield that very day, and after installing it I haven't suffered a single crash. Still though, that's an awful first impression for a game with the budget and development time of Starfield. I have heard that the game is very unstable on Nvidia hardware, which I am willing to believe, so if that's what you have, be sure to look into whether the game will actually run for you. Loading screens are constant, as all building and ship interiors are instanced. If you aren't running this game off an NVME drive, expect to spend a lot of time staring at a loading screen.

    The scope of this game is an illusion formed by copy and pasted assets and populated by terribly coded NPCs. Their behavior is rudimentary, even by the standards of Bethesda's older games. Space exploration in Starfield is a falsehood. Travel is accomplished either on foot, or through fast travel options from the map menu. Your ship is simply a place to offload your inventory and do some crafting. There is no atmospheric flight, so almost all of the time you interact with your ship it's on the ground. The gunplay is serviceable, and the audio design is pretty good, but only when the NPCs aren't bugged or acting braindead. After so many years and hundreds of millions of dollars, a scifi reskin of Fallout with laughably low-effort worldbuilding is way less than customers deserve.
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  70. Sep 9, 2023
    0
    Starfailed, There isn't a star field. simply loading displays.

    It is not yet a technological wonder. In actuality, it appears to be a brushed-up fallout.
  71. Sep 9, 2023
    0
    starfield is a joke. not quite as empty as no mans sky but feels similar at time. like its a generated mess. if you like skyrim or fallout you will be sorely disappointed by this. all the conversations are vacuous and utterly meaningless and there is no real choice here to be good or evil, all choices lead to the same place. bad at fps, bad at being a space sim, bad story. this is a crisisstarfield is a joke. not quite as empty as no mans sky but feels similar at time. like its a generated mess. if you like skyrim or fallout you will be sorely disappointed by this. all the conversations are vacuous and utterly meaningless and there is no real choice here to be good or evil, all choices lead to the same place. bad at fps, bad at being a space sim, bad story. this is a crisis of competence - when people are hired not for their ability but for their identity this is the drivel you get. Expand
  72. Sep 10, 2023
    1
    It just works! See that mountain over there? you can go climb it! See Pluto? You can go there too! That's if you wanna sit there like a complete fool for seven hours........and once you get there, it's a cardboard cut-out. What an absolute joke! The character models are awful. It's the same same same over and over with this buggythesda company! Honestly, what gives?
  73. Sep 11, 2023
    3
    I will not list here all the problems of that game because the vast majority of those who use this site already know them. Legally or not, some people played this game, while others had the opportunity to enjoy jokes and sarcasm about the problems of this game in YouTube videos. I will only write about why I gave this product such a low rating. Brain side: I completely agree with all theI will not list here all the problems of that game because the vast majority of those who use this site already know them. Legally or not, some people played this game, while others had the opportunity to enjoy jokes and sarcasm about the problems of this game in YouTube videos. I will only write about why I gave this product such a low rating. Brain side: I completely agree with all the negative reviews (yes, before writing this text, it was interesting for me to read why the game is criticized by the “red” ratings, and why the game is still praised by the “green” ratings)... The side of feelings: you know... I'm catastrophically tired and angry about what's happening with the gaming industry in recent years. I'm tired of making jokes like "to hell with it, we have an indie industry." I'm tired of the fact that many gamers forgive and even !praise! such products, motivating creators to make further pseudo-games like this one. If earlier there were a lot of big games from big companies that were interesting to play, then in recent years I’ve been increasingly thinking that I’m not interested in spending the full price tag on some kind of garbage in a beautiful wrapper. And thank you if this wrapper is really beautiful and is not stuffed with a million bugs.
    I am tired to be angry to see "a big game industry" in such a mess in 2023 because of so-calling effective managers. Because it so happens that in the modern World big games are made not by those who like to create games, but by those who simply want to suck as much money out of you as possible. And the most disgusting thing is that they don’t give anything for it except false promises and no less false apologies. I'm so tired of all this that EVERY! similar pseudo-games in future will receive no more than 3 points from me (graphics, music, idea). I'm over it.
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  74. Sep 11, 2023
    3
    I was so hyped about this game...once more I was misled by Todd Howard and that is all on me!
    He promised exploration which is minimal. It's a space game without "space". They called it an RPG without dialogues with a role-play system.
  75. Sep 9, 2023
    0
    If Bethesda put as much effort in to their games as they did buying out mainstream gaming media, manipulating review scores/social media with "early" access and making excuses we would have the game of the year on our hands. Instead, you have the best example in recent times to how wretchedly lazy and uninspired western triple A game development has become. Janky, unoptimized, running onIf Bethesda put as much effort in to their games as they did buying out mainstream gaming media, manipulating review scores/social media with "early" access and making excuses we would have the game of the year on our hands. Instead, you have the best example in recent times to how wretchedly lazy and uninspired western triple A game development has become. Janky, unoptimized, running on an engine older than most of its playerbase and worst of all, takes the limitless wonder of space exploration and makes it mind-numbingly BORING.

    This game is Todd Howard personified; bland, full of BS and with a turgid brown filter slapped across it for good measure.
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  76. Sep 11, 2023
    2
    Another overrated Bethesda game. Poor graphic performance and performance. No vehicles and artificially extended gameplay. It's even worse than the old Skyrim.
  77. Sep 10, 2023
    2
    What looks like a Fallout 4 mod, plays like F4 mod - is Fallout 4 mod. Mind you, there is a truly wonderful modding community, which mods Elder scrolls, Fallout series and other games - they are creative, talented people who create fantastic mods, so saying Starfield is a F4 mod in space you need to add: Bethesda mod. Made by company which should of stopped existing if not after F4, thenWhat looks like a Fallout 4 mod, plays like F4 mod - is Fallout 4 mod. Mind you, there is a truly wonderful modding community, which mods Elder scrolls, Fallout series and other games - they are creative, talented people who create fantastic mods, so saying Starfield is a F4 mod in space you need to add: Bethesda mod. Made by company which should of stopped existing if not after F4, then after F76 for sure, since being a company once producing actually good games, by F76 timeline they turned into lazy, sloppy, simply unprofessional something that truly despise their fans.
    Fault is on players who being spit into face by Todd, wipe and praise spit taste and keep giving Bethesda their money.
    So, comparing Starfield to F4 or F76 - and anyone who played those, you WILL have flashbacks and feeling of deja vu - with outdated animation, brain-dead dialogs, textures basically coping F4, just with removed Fallout spirit, and many more - at least in Fallout series was Fallout lore and Universe, maimed by Beth, but thank you God created by better people; in Starfield you got none. Only BORING, UNIMAGINATIVE, GENERIC story and playthru. Oh, and if you thought in Elder Scrolls was bad UI - wait for this one. Sure, if modders will get hold of it, certain things will get improved by them in time, but no thanks to Bethesda, as usual. So do gaming world a favour - stop giving them money they didn`t deserve, then, and only then, Bethesda might stop selling you refurbished old crap for $130.
    Ps: they must pay well to bots and bots masters to leave here those 10/10 "reviews" - that part is laughable really. if you are actually a living person with own brain - have a read those and have a chuckle - same copy-and-paste generic sentences, half of which doesn`t even make sense, guess AI still no match for the humans:))
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  78. Sep 10, 2023
    1
    I find myself spending more time navigating menus and enduring loading screens than actually enjoying the gameplay. The planets lack vitality, and while I understand it's a video game and not reality, I wish they were more captivating. Unfortunately, every quest feels like a monotonous fetch quest that involves going through a series of loading screens—boarding my ship (loading screen),I find myself spending more time navigating menus and enduring loading screens than actually enjoying the gameplay. The planets lack vitality, and while I understand it's a video game and not reality, I wish they were more captivating. Unfortunately, every quest feels like a monotonous fetch quest that involves going through a series of loading screens—boarding my ship (loading screen), taking off (loading screen), selecting a planet (loading screen), landing (loading screen), disembarking (loading screen), and so on—just to retrieve an item and repeat the entire process to deliver it to someone else. It's incredibly frustrating.

    Although the combat is decent, the AI is subpar, and challenging enemies often feel like bullet sponges. On top of that, managing the inventory is an exhausting task. There are no clear indications of what healing items do unless you scroll over them and read their descriptions, which is a hassle. Additionally, sifting through menus to determine if the 500th iteration of the same gun I've found is an improvement over my current one is a tedious process.

    What surprises me the most is the good reception this game has received from critics, despite mixed reviews from users. These issues arent nitpicky, they are so obvious. From my perspective, it appears to be objectively average, at best. If I had to give it the highest possible rating, it would still be just average. The most disappointing aspect is that everyone claims the game improves after the first 12 hours, but even after investing 20 hours into it, nothing has changed. I've been patiently waiting for it to become more enjoyable, but it hasn't. The fact that it supposedly gets better only after hours of grinding to design ships and suits is disheartening, as it means I've already bored myself out of this game by that point.
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  79. Sep 9, 2023
    3
    A Skyrim space mod.. nothing more Incredible dumb quests and storylines.. "Oh I lost my chewing-gum. Can you find it for me ?"
    "Oh thank you so much, please accept that new ship and please become our new president! "
    This over and over.. Npc AI from 2010 A galaxy full of 3,7 species Pirates every every everywhere Every mobs drop 1000 weapons but no ammo can be found anywhere in any
    A Skyrim space mod.. nothing more Incredible dumb quests and storylines.. "Oh I lost my chewing-gum. Can you find it for me ?"
    "Oh thank you so much, please accept that new ship and please become our new president! "

    This over and over.. Npc AI from 2010
    A galaxy full of 3,7 species
    Pirates every every everywhere Every mobs drop 1000 weapons but no ammo can be found anywhere in any multiverse..

    But yeah.. the hype machine is working..
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  80. Sep 9, 2023
    1
    Boring crap. Loading screens, lack of activity, controls, optimization etc... Damn Witcher 3 is 100 times more immersive even no man sky is way better. Rip bethesda your trash.
  81. Sep 10, 2023
    3
    One of the most soulless games ever made. It’s better than Fallout 76 but that’s like saying that Hitler was better than Stalin it’s hardly an improvement. Everything here is just so bland and more predictable than a Dhar Mann video we have seen this game already it was called Fallout 3 and that was a great game unlike Starfield.

    Don’t buy this game don’t give Todd “Little Lies” Howard
    One of the most soulless games ever made. It’s better than Fallout 76 but that’s like saying that Hitler was better than Stalin it’s hardly an improvement. Everything here is just so bland and more predictable than a Dhar Mann video we have seen this game already it was called Fallout 3 and that was a great game unlike Starfield.

    Don’t buy this game don’t give Todd “Little Lies” Howard any money. He deserves nothing than to be paraded around a city in chains while having **** and rocks thrown at him.
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  82. Sep 10, 2023
    0
    Its just like other No Mans Sky but you haven't much freedom, the game has too much gameplay on the menus, very boring
  83. Sep 11, 2023
    0
    Definitely a game. But that is where it stays. Bland, to some points ugly graphics, the story does not carry this empty world at all. Same enemies over and over. Same loot over and over. Bethesda has lost it good. 'Space exploration', what a joke. I find more interesting things in my garden then in this game.
  84. Sep 10, 2023
    1
    Wow, where do I even begin with this dumpster fire of a game? It's like the developers took everything that makes a good open-world space exploration game and threw it out the airlock. The graphics look like they were created on a potato, and the planets? They're about as interesting as watching paint dry in slow motion.
  85. Sep 10, 2023
    0
    Boring, nothing innovative, feels like a ps3 game and not even a good one!!
  86. Sep 10, 2023
    4
    I wonder what happend that once great developer started creating such unfinished and unloved games. It's sad when you look at skyrim (which I loved), and now to this...
  87. Sep 9, 2023
    1
    Unfortunately, they promised too much again and didn't keep it.
    After 40 hours I was through the story and it was just okay.
    Discovering planets and flying in space was just copypaste and irrelevant, unfortunately.
  88. Sep 9, 2023
    0
    Bu oyun 2014'te çıksa tamam da yıl 2023 yapmayın abi bethesda değil de başka bir firma yapsa yüzüne tükürülür
  89. Sep 9, 2023
    0
    Woke crap Bethesda has fallen off when he was just a little bit ago and I was like what he did lol I just saw him and I didn’t want him lol I was thinking he would like me a black black kid and a kid and I got one kid and a black black lol I just saw him
    Just saw your post about it and it looks so funny and funny I was thinking of the same lol I just got off work and I’m just going home
    Woke crap Bethesda has fallen off when he was just a little bit ago and I was like what he did lol I just saw him and I didn’t want him lol I was thinking he would like me a black black kid and a kid and I got one kid and a black black lol I just saw him
    Just saw your post about it and it looks so funny and funny I was thinking of the same lol I just got off work and I’m just going home and I’m just getting ready
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  90. Sep 10, 2023
    2
    Creo que el juego ir un paso más allá, pero se queda estancado en un puedo y no quiero. Un Fallout en la galaxia donde la gran novedad es una nave especial y poco más, combates aburridos y exploración escasa en ciertas partes, con NPC'S MEDIOCRES Y ROBOTIZADOS. Una lástima, creía que podría ser más, pero al final, es un juego que se queda en la mitad. Recalco también: He compradoCreo que el juego ir un paso más allá, pero se queda estancado en un puedo y no quiero. Un Fallout en la galaxia donde la gran novedad es una nave especial y poco más, combates aburridos y exploración escasa en ciertas partes, con NPC'S MEDIOCRES Y ROBOTIZADOS. Una lástima, creía que podría ser más, pero al final, es un juego que se queda en la mitad. Recalco también: He comprado precisamente una Xbox para jugar este juego, pero mañana iré a vender la consola y el juego, no quiero saber nada más de Bethesda en un tiempo ni de Xbox con sus juegos que aún están sin cocinar, lastrados por la avaricia de demostrar en que tienen exclusivos. Sigo y seguiré prefiriendo Fallout 76 antes que está bazofia y ya es decir. Solo compraré juegos de Bethesda cuando sean multiplataforma, Nintendo sobre todo y PlayStation. Expand
  91. Sep 10, 2023
    0
    Juego pésimo y lleno de Bugs no lo recomiendo, mucho mejor el juego de la patrulla canina.
  92. Sep 10, 2023
    2
    Absolutely empty and uninteresting game. I came with the expectation of an open world and an interesting story, but I got only an unfinished parody of game
  93. Sep 10, 2023
    0
    It was not at all what I expected from the advertisement A boring game with dead graphics and environment You just get on a ship, go to a planet, do something ridiculous, and come back
  94. Sep 10, 2023
    3
    By far the worst Bethesda game I've ever played, and I've played all of them since Morrowind with the exception of Fallout 76.

    -Bad writing even by Bethesda standards -The segmented world sabotages Bethesda's usually excellent world design -Bad AI -Somehow worse combat than Fallout 4 (a nearly 8 year old title) -Extremely half baked exploration in a game marketed as if it was to be
    By far the worst Bethesda game I've ever played, and I've played all of them since Morrowind with the exception of Fallout 76.

    -Bad writing even by Bethesda standards
    -The segmented world sabotages Bethesda's usually excellent world design
    -Bad AI
    -Somehow worse combat than Fallout 4 (a nearly 8 year old title)
    -Extremely half baked exploration in a game marketed as if it was to be a main feature
    -One of the worst perk/leveling systems I've ever seen in a game
    -The UI is horrible
    -Space combat is barebones
    -You might as well not even have a ship given that you're barely in it, due to fast travel being mandatory
    -Outpost building seems like a step back from Fallout 4 settlements in most respects

    I actually intended to maybe give this game a 5/10, but I honestly struggle to think of anything which this game does well, and I was bored out of my mind playing it. At least the spaceship design was cool, although it's rendered almost pointless in a game which barely lets you use your ship.
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  95. Sep 10, 2023
    0
    Ia scadente. navigazione con la nave pessima. troppi caricamenti. ottimizzato con i piedi. un gioco vecchio sputato fuori nel 2023.
  96. Sep 12, 2023
    2
    Very disappointed with the game. Shallow, boring, uninspiring. Very lazy work from the company I used to respect a lot. Bethesda, you can't just slap a new wallpaper on Fallout 4 and claim you worked on that for 7 years.
  97. Sep 10, 2023
    0
    So many fps drops It's unplayable for me...they obviously didn't try to optimize the game.
  98. Sep 9, 2023
    1
    What's that saying? Wide as an ocean but shallow as a puddle. Well that is starfield, except it not even wide. The game is a bunch of small maps tied together through menus, you don't fly from planet to planet. You can't even explore to far as the map ends. Even worse these tiny maps are just random generation environments with the same 3 or 4 dull activities randomly scattered across theWhat's that saying? Wide as an ocean but shallow as a puddle. Well that is starfield, except it not even wide. The game is a bunch of small maps tied together through menus, you don't fly from planet to planet. You can't even explore to far as the map ends. Even worse these tiny maps are just random generation environments with the same 3 or 4 dull activities randomly scattered across the map/planet. Scan, scan some more, scan some more and occasionally do dome shooting and lasering same thing and the enemies just run at you and stand in front of you. Or just randomly run from random points. At first I was enjoying the game learning the system , but after 10 hours I was just doing the same thing over and over on similar looking areas. This all might be OK if the story and characters carried you through, but its all modern cringe writing with this ugly unappealing characters we find in so many modern games. After not long I was just skipping dialogue in hopes I could enjoy the game systems..But its just shallow. Leveling is just picking perks, that's it! and then there are few generic crafting chores. Basic stuff where you can't build nothing until you pick the perk then you can use some of that useless junk that weighs you down to make more useless junk cause the game still has to be fair if you dont do crafting.
    At first I liked the combat but after not long your just fighting the same red human dudes and handful of alien animals that a spread across all the planet/maps.
    Off course then there the woke stuff. Yeh it's all there and it's and crap as it always is.Ugly unappealing chicks everywhere , female empowerment with all leaders being butch and manly woman.. Averting the male gaze. Even the one attractive girl that is your companion is made unappealing by sounding like an irritating posh 70 year old.
    I got 15 hour and could go any further, it's just boring.
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  99. Sep 11, 2023
    2
    It kinda pains me to say this, but I'm 12 hours in so far and not having a good time with Starfield.

    -It may be one of the most stable Bethesda games, but it's still buggy as hell. The crazy amount of NPC that bug out alone is just ... ugh. -The game looks okay, but runs really bad on my system and please don't tell me I need a better PC. I certainly don't. Also missing a lot of
    It kinda pains me to say this, but I'm 12 hours in so far and not having a good time with Starfield.

    -It may be one of the most stable Bethesda games, but it's still buggy as hell. The crazy amount of NPC that bug out alone is just ... ugh.
    -The game looks okay, but runs really bad on my system and please don't tell me I need a better PC. I certainly don't. Also missing a lot of obvious features like an fov slider or DLSS. What the hell? I'm using an AMD GPU so I'm not even affected. That doesn't mean it isn't bad tho.
    -The story and gameplay loop (like I've said I've been playing for 12 hours so far) is just not good and pretty boring. Now I've heard people are saying things like "it gets better after 25 hours" and I do believe these people, but I don't think thats a good argument for a better score.
    We are not talking about "a few hours" here.
    -I just don't like Bethesda's writing, but normally I do like the gameplay and open world. The thing I completely hate about their newer games is that their approach regarding the writing feels like that the script / dialogues has to be 80% ""funny"" and only 20% serious. And even for a game like Fallout thats just bad.

    I may change the score when they at least fix the bugs and bad performance.

    One thing I do really love is how you can create or modify ships, that is a lot of fun and really well implemented.
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  100. Sep 10, 2023
    0
    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
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85

Generally favorable reviews - based on 75 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 65 out of 75
  2. Negative: 0 out of 75
  1. 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.
  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. 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.