Starfield

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  1. Scwabzz
    Sep 7, 2023
    8
    Great fun game. No where near the best Bethesda game in my opinion, but I’m glad they ventured out from Fallout and the Elder Scrolls to create a new IP in Starfield. Only complaints I would have is how confusing the UI is at times and no local maps for planets/cities. Another complaint and probably the biggest one to me is the planets and their life forms, it gets pretty repetitive seeingGreat fun game. No where near the best Bethesda game in my opinion, but I’m glad they ventured out from Fallout and the Elder Scrolls to create a new IP in Starfield. Only complaints I would have is how confusing the UI is at times and no local maps for planets/cities. Another complaint and probably the biggest one to me is the planets and their life forms, it gets pretty repetitive seeing the same 2 life forms on each planet with life and wish they scaled down from the 1000 planets and really just went all out on 100 or so planets. I get the technology isn’t quite there yet but I think the bit off a bit more than they could’ve chewed in that aspect. Nothing really game breaking for me as I have 20+ hours into the game and am gonna put in plenty of more time regardless. Definitely recommend checking it out if you’re a huge Bethesda fan as myself.… Expand
  2. Oakyngw
    Sep 8, 2023
    8
    I like the game, I love exploring the planets, its a big game, not alot of bugs, would love some optimizing.
  3. LeMiraud
    Sep 8, 2023
    8
    There are lot of things to comment on this game.

    But I give it 8/10 because I enjoy playing it since 40 hours and hope to have more hours to come.
  4. Combatking42
    Sep 9, 2023
    8
    I dont find the game bad, but I don't like the oxygen runouts because its very annoying. But I do love the space exploring.
  5. dl1ght
    Sep 7, 2023
    8
    The side and faction questing is amazing. It carries so much of the rest of the game. The sheer amount and quality of content alone is responsible for most of this score.

    The space aspect of the game is poor. Despite BSGs attempts to be ambitious, the ambition boiled-down to them improving on all the parts that they were already good at. Loading is excessive even compared to previous    The side and faction questing is amazing. It carries so much of the rest of the game. The sheer amount and quality of content alone is responsible for most of this score.

    The space aspect of the game is poor. Despite BSGs attempts to be ambitious, the ambition boiled-down to them improving on all the parts that they were already good at. Loading is excessive even compared to previous titles, and you can feel the smoke and mirrors of space flight - to the extent that space feels like a mini game tacked on to Bethesda’s bread and butter.

    And this pattern repeats. Every part of the game that BSG is not typically good at is either mediocre or barely improved on. Outposts, flight, trading, UI, AI, etc, all have you yearning to play other games that do these things better.

    If all parts of the game were of equal quality to the good bits it may even have been a 10, but the smaller parts let down the whole. Ambitiousness is doing something others aren't, and making the same game for 20y 'but Space', then doing the bare minimum for all other parts is not ambitious.

    The game is good and worth playing if you like their previous titles.

    Current progress: NG+ completed most faction quest lines, have close to fully upgraded outposts linked up.    … Expand
  6. DeadBryam
    Sep 7, 2023
    8
    A great game with technical problems, In a couple of years Starfield could be an amazing game I think.
  7. Kronosyo
    Sep 7, 2023
    8
    Starfield is no masterpiece, but has some really good side quest and stories which make the game a really good time, sadly the main story is kinda boring which is why YOU SHOULDNT RUSH it, its NG+ is not better, go through the game slow and try to do as much as possible, becouse thats how you get the best side of Starfield
  8. Gr8B8M8
    Sep 8, 2023
    8
    The trolls can eat poop. The game is fine and pretty much on par for a game from Bethesda. The pronoun whiners need to be deleted.
  9. aidler
    Sep 8, 2023
    8
    This is a Bethesda game with the fewest gamebreaking bugs for a long time. Solid game with a lot of potential for the future. I enjoy playing it.
  10. vi70
    Sep 8, 2023
    8
    il solito gioco bethesda ottimizzato malissimo su pc, si voleva altro, ma vabbè! è un buon gioco ma non un capolavoro come molti vogliono farci credere
  11. DeadlyShadow401
    Sep 9, 2023
    8
    About 50+ hours in I'm having a fun time with the game I haven't had any major bugs just classic Bethesda bugs, No real frame issues I'm running at some recommended and over recommended specs. The only complaint I have is that the persuasion system seems broken and never wants to work properly and with not being able to quick-save in dialogue anymore its a bit of a hassle if you actuallyAbout 50+ hours in I'm having a fun time with the game I haven't had any major bugs just classic Bethesda bugs, No real frame issues I'm running at some recommended and over recommended specs. The only complaint I have is that the persuasion system seems broken and never wants to work properly and with not being able to quick-save in dialogue anymore its a bit of a hassle if you actually want to upgrade that skill at all, it's like 80% of the time one option that should be a no brainer for success fails.… Expand
  12. BluCosmic
    Sep 7, 2023
    8
    I have hope for this game, enjoying my time so far. Brings me back! Not as bad as people here say lol this game doesn't deserve all these 1s a d 0s. Anything under a 7 is ridiculous. This is a good game, not outstanding tho.
  13. Breakinger
    Sep 8, 2023
    8
    TLDR; Starfield is definitely a big step up since the last games Bethesda have put out. It's not technological marvel or anything revolutionary, but it is very good space RPG experience (not a simulator). Though, I must point out that since release of Baldur's Gate 3, the bar for great RPG experience or even game experience have been upped significantly. Starfield is not perfect and ITLDR; Starfield is definitely a big step up since the last games Bethesda have put out. It's not technological marvel or anything revolutionary, but it is very good space RPG experience (not a simulator). Though, I must point out that since release of Baldur's Gate 3, the bar for great RPG experience or even game experience have been upped significantly. Starfield is not perfect and I can't justify more than 8 as at the end, it's same old BGS experience, for better or worse.

    Narrative wise, it is far superior to it's recent predecessors and gameplay wise, slightly on par with Fallout 4, better with gunplay but relatively worse than Skyrim in exploration. Quests narratives I find very subjective. Some might like Starfield quests more than Skyrim's or Fallout 4's. I find myself enjoying some quests more, some less, but overall, they're pretty enjoyable, but definitely not S tier type of writing or plots. Bethesda did put lot more work in companions which is very noticeable compared to almost one dimensional followers in Skyrim or Fallout 4 with only exception of Serana from Skyrim's Dawnguard DLC. It's might be fair to say, they did learn their lesson with Serana and improved it. Though, they still struggle with face animations with all NPCs which is very noticeable when you spend most of the time talking. Compared to other recent releases, Bethesda is still stuck in old gen. Graphically, It's pretties game they made (which shouldn't be a surprise) and generally a good looking game graphically and artistically. BGS never disappoints with their hand crafted locations, which then brings us to now procedural stuff. In short - it's underwhelming. There is almost no reason to justify to stray of course of any quest to land on random, procedurally generated planet tile when there's almost nothing to do. Most planets are empty which shouldn't be a surprise as space is well... empty. But content wise, there is almost nothing to do besides running to one point of interest to another which are all randomly placed. They often repeat and provide only resources which is fine but gets boring very fast. Also what villain in Bethesda decided to cut vehicles from game? The only times I found myself landing on planets is to gather lacking resources or to build outpost, other than that, it's boring and sometimes tedious experience. Another flaw can be seen with spaceships - there's not much stuff do with them except having random encounters, few dog fights and fast travel. It's really underwhelming when you can't do much with Spaceships when game offers such a great spaceship building system which easily can become addictive and huge time sink. I found myself enjoying Starfield when playing as I've played any other BGS game - doing quests and just doing whatever I want in general. You're not pressured to do spaceship stuff if you don't want to, you're not obliged to explore all 1000 planets and you're not forced to finish main quest or any quest if you don't like them or want to switch to other. Hell, I'd say Starfield offers much more freedom in this regard then any previous titles. Overall game is solid experience and should be played at least once if you're RPG fan or BGS games fan, though I'd warn against picking this game up if you expect space sim, which will leave you terribly disappointed. It's Narrative explorative RPG through and through with it's short comings but with very big strengths.    … Expand
  14. rbarton1990
    Sep 7, 2023
    8
    I have played over 40 hours. I think the game is wonderful and wonderfully flawed. I think those that give it less than a 5 did not temper their expectations. Everyone is expecting a masterpiece with every game, I expected this game to get reviewed bombed because the average consumer's level of satisfaction is impossible to obtain. Its not perfect, but there are gems to be found in thisI have played over 40 hours. I think the game is wonderful and wonderfully flawed. I think those that give it less than a 5 did not temper their expectations. Everyone is expecting a masterpiece with every game, I expected this game to get reviewed bombed because the average consumer's level of satisfaction is impossible to obtain. Its not perfect, but there are gems to be found in this game. I will try to give a level-headed review of the game:

    Bad: It is buggy at times, you will be in loading screens A LOT, planet exploration is repetitive, inventory management and other UI leaves something to be desired, you are in pockets of worlds and space that make the universe seem small. Also the Main story is uninspired in my opinion.

    Counter point: However this isn't a space sim, exploration isn't really the focus of the game for better or for worse. I say this because if you just explore the game may seem empty, but if you focus on quests, which there are SO SO SO Many, then it brings life to the dead backdrop. Also some of these flaws like bugs are just Bethesda-esque and did not surprise me at all.

    The good: The planets, the cities, the unique encounters and quests are so fun that they bring the universe to life. The ship building, outpost building, the boarding of ships and space combat really do scratch that itch everyone who has ever dreamed of exploring the stars has had. The skill system and combat I think are great. The side and faction quests are some of the best they have ever made. I can't put it down. Despite its flaws, I think there is a lot of good in this game that I fully expect to play for a long long time.

    Neutral: I am playing on Xbox Series X, I do not care that is 30fps, and that its bethesda graphics. It works for me. I acknowledge some people hate this. I don't think this should matter to anyone.

    It is truly a Bethesda game that has not strayed far from its forbearers, if you expect a similar game to its predecessors with improved mechanics in some areas but lacking some Quality of Life improvements and fluidity, I think you will enjoy this game.    … Expand
  15. Eclipse_UK
    Sep 7, 2023
    8
    The game is great when you can get the game running smoothly with DLSS mods and other stuff to change the performance. I'm enjoying the game a lot I'm 50+ hours in and I'm still exploring and finding new things to do. In my time playing I've experienced 1 major bug stopping me from doing a quest but apart from that and the performance on PC I've not had any other issues.
  16. Naixul
    Sep 7, 2023
    8
    Bethesda gives some good crack.
    Under 7 reviews must be from TikTok generation & PS players.
  17. creatorandsourc
    Sep 7, 2023
    8
    It is not lie that this game is probably one of the worst Space Adventure Experiences of the past decades, with a disappointing menu based exploration and empty planets, which is kind of realistic but for a game experience ends up being underwhelming.

    And the looks, dear god, the looks are Skyrim but worse in some times, the main city looks straight outta a PS3 game, even **** GTAVI FOR    It is not lie that this game is probably one of the worst Space Adventure Experiences of the past decades, with a disappointing menu based exploration and empty planets, which is kind of realistic but for a game experience ends up being underwhelming.

    And the looks, dear god, the looks are Skyrim but worse in some times, the main city looks straight outta a PS3 game, even **** GTAVI FOR THE XBOX looks better than that city.

    Then why the 8? If this is a flop and one of the worst games of all time.

    Starfield is a beautiful world, probably the best they've ever made, full of life when you decide to go where the map tells you, beautifully crafted cities (except New Atlantis) with lots of interesting stories, NPCs and things to do.

    It is been a long time since a story made me feel I was really doing anything because I decided to do it, if you want to screw the Constellation story, you can get lost in hours and hours of high quality content with the seal of Bethesda. This is no different to how I felt when I played Fallout 3 and Morrowind for the first time, and I am glad this seal has not disappeared over time.

    Gunfight is pure cream, the enemies might be annoying because the map is separated in levels, but firing weapons feels satisfying, but i gotta say that the mechanics related to modifications of Weapons and armor feels useless, not so different from the Fallout 4 experience.

    Characters are alright, every person feels real and has a lot of interesting pieces of dialog, from the characters in Constellation, to that ma'am in the Trade Authority, and the kid that asks you to buy a book about Dragons.

    And It's been my first 10 hours of gameplay, and I have a lot to do for the next days.

    The RPG experience feels out of a classic bethesda game, haven't felt so Free since Morrowind, it is no Baldur's Gate, but the amount of options and things you can do is overhwelming, it makes you feel like the character you're roleplaying with, which was one of the things I was more skeptical, but ended up being amazing.

    And don't make me get started in the potential of mods, just a week after release there's almost 200 mods available for the game, making the experience better and doing what bethesda can't do, and also the power of expansions (which i hope are free thanks to the Microsoft partnership, it's ok to dream).

    This game is eternal, it might not be what everyone expected, it is flawed to the core of exploration, but it features a beautiful UNIVERSE and a beautiful experience when it comes to roleplaying, a game that took me back in time to the good old days of Gaming, maybe we are living a new good era of gaming.    … Expand
  18. J_Marston
    Sep 7, 2023
    8
    Si te sacas de la cabeza las altas expectativas (si, vendieron un poco de humo) y dejas de poner el foco en sus puntos flojos, se convierte en un juego muy disfrutable. Hay que dejarse llevar por su universo sin exigirle mas de lo que es o pretende ser.

    No todo lo que propone el juego es destacable, pero en su conjunto funciona muy bien y es una gran experiencia. Tal vez le hubiese    Si te sacas de la cabeza las altas expectativas (si, vendieron un poco de humo) y dejas de poner el foco en sus puntos flojos, se convierte en un juego muy disfrutable. Hay que dejarse llevar por su universo sin exigirle mas de lo que es o pretende ser.

    No todo lo que propone el juego es destacable, pero en su conjunto funciona muy bien y es una gran experiencia.

    Tal vez le hubiese sentado mejor que fuera menos ambicioso, por ejemplo reducirlo a unos pocos sistemas solares, pero que sea todo mas "artesanal", cuidado y variado.

    Le doy un 8 por ahora. No tengo dudas que con el tiempo lo van a pulir, mejorar, agregar contenido, mods, etc. y podría superar el 9.

    Para los que no lo jugaron, les dejo algunos puntos que van a tener que aceptar o asumir rápido para pasar a disfrutar de este gran juego:

    - Probablemente la exploración y viajes no sea lo que esperabas, o te resulte mas limitada de lo que dieron a entender previamente.

    - IA mediocre.

    - El gunplay y el combate no es gran cosa, pero es bastante bueno para ser de Bethesda y entretenido.

    - Hay muchas pantallas de cargas, aunque son rápidas puede molestar un poco hasta que te acostumbras.

    - Algunas animaciones sobre todo las faciales son anticuadas. Además la sincronización labial es pésima.
    (Estamos en 2023, hay detalles que Bethesda o un AAA de este calibre tendría que cuidar a esta altura.)

    - En cuanto a diálogos, guion, personajes, tramas/subtramas, etc. Es irregular pero en general esta bien en esos aspectos. Hay misiones secundarias que me han gustado mas que las principales.

    - Si, lógicamente tiene bugs... Pero en mi experiencia, en una cantidad totalmente aceptable.
    Nada que arruine la experiencia como paso Ciberpunk 2077 (salvo que seas obsesivo)

    - Hay situaciones o lugares que parecen un copia y pega, no se si debe al contenido aleatorio o procedural    … Expand
  19. skyrimgoat
    Sep 11, 2023
    8
    Decent game much like other bethesdas with the gameplay loop, crafting, etc etc. Seems very moddable and will probably be an amazing game with mods. Otherwise it does feel kinda empty and I miss the fallout world so
  20. TUFcookie
    Sep 7, 2023
    8
    Game is pretty solid only thing that I find wrong with it is the PC performance but I can still play it aight on my machine. Easily deserves the 8/10 rating everyone who gives it super low score just hates bethesda games or is just coping
  21. ASTR0_J0HN
    Sep 7, 2023
    8
    The game is pretty good, the story might be a little bland and simple, but the side missions are just incredible and fun. The game mechanics may not be perfect, but I think that the notion that they are straight up terrible i think is false.I think the game mechanics do the job, and the customization is pretty cool. Exploring planets is pretty cool, there are some planets that can beThe game is pretty good, the story might be a little bland and simple, but the side missions are just incredible and fun. The game mechanics may not be perfect, but I think that the notion that they are straight up terrible i think is false.I think the game mechanics do the job, and the customization is pretty cool. Exploring planets is pretty cool, there are some planets that can be empty, saying that you cannot go into a gas giant planet as a complaint is pretty stupid, same with going into stars. The space travel is not as important to me, I think that the ship customization however, is amazing. Overall, I think the game is good, and is a good Xbox exclusive.… Expand
  22. ienjoystarfield
    Sep 7, 2023
    8
    Played for 7 hours. Hated it. Refunded it.

    Spent the whole next day rethinking my decision. Rebought it, played non-stop and now I'm on new game +.

    Love it now.
  23. Seonoro91
    Sep 8, 2023
    8
    Después de 55 horas de juego en steam opino:
    Soy un gran fanatico del espacio y todo lo relacionado, temas futuristicos y post apocalipticos; con Starfield despues de ver los videos y demas estos años Esperaba un fallout o un skyrim en el espacio, el juego es precisamente eso pero mejorado.
    Ir a hacer una mision principal y de camino encontrarte una base o nave y terminar en la otra    Después de 55 horas de juego en steam opino:
    Soy un gran fanatico del espacio y todo lo relacionado, temas futuristicos y post apocalipticos; con Starfield despues de ver los videos y demas estos años Esperaba un fallout o un skyrim en el espacio, el juego es precisamente eso pero mejorado.
    Ir a hacer una mision principal y de camino encontrarte una base o nave y terminar en la otra punta de la galaxia matando piratas, la diversidad de misiones diferentes y posibilidades es abrumadora, no llevaré ni un 20% de la historia en 55 horas de juego.
    La personalizacion de armas es una pasada con un arsenal totalmente customizable y modificable con mas de 15 timos de diferentes municiones.
    Los trajes mas de lo mismo, desde ropa comun a traje espacial con mucha posibilidades de mejoras.
    El editor de naves es impresionante las posibilidades de hacer lo que quieras son reales, desde construir un caza a una cuadrado gigantesco con 100k de capacidad de carga... la unica pega es que las naves son un añadido secundario y ese es un punto negativo, tendria que haber sido mas protagonista la nave, el pilotaje y los viajes no solo pantallas de carga, espero que los modders trabajen en esto para un futuro.
    La construcción de bases todavia ni la he tocado asi que imaginate la de posibilidades que tienes en el juego.
    No he tenido ningun bug en todo este tiempo ni visual ni problemas de scripts asi que no opino de las recopilaciones de tik tok.
    El rendimiento es algo flojito y sobre todo por el error de no incluir el DLSS que es una de las mejores herramientas para ayudar a la optimización, aun así a 1080p con una 2060, un R5 2600 y 32GB de RAM estoy jugando el alto a 50-60 fps muy fluido
    Starfield es todo lo que esperas de bethesda, un universo para perderse y crear tu propia historia por eso mi nota es un 8 y con muchas posibilidades de mejoprar mucho con los mods    … Expand
  24. SteinHermes
    Sep 7, 2023
    8
    Gostei muito do jogo StarField, pois ele cumpre com a proposta de oferecer uma experiência de RPG no espaço. No entanto, algumas áreas deixam a desejar, como os requisitos artísticos dos personagens, que poderiam ser mais elaborados. Além disso, encontrei alguns bugs durante minha jornada, e a IA dos personagens pode ser um pouco problemática em certos momentos. No geral, é uma experiênciaGostei muito do jogo StarField, pois ele cumpre com a proposta de oferecer uma experiência de RPG no espaço. No entanto, algumas áreas deixam a desejar, como os requisitos artísticos dos personagens, que poderiam ser mais elaborados. Além disso, encontrei alguns bugs durante minha jornada, e a IA dos personagens pode ser um pouco problemática em certos momentos. No geral, é uma experiência divertida, mas essas falhas podem atrapalhar a imersão… Expand
  25. FuronMothership
    Sep 7, 2023
    8
    I'm about to be real. I'm sorry, but if you're so out of touch and privileged that seeing a pronoun choice in an RPG character creation screen is enough to make you cry rage for TWO AND A HALF MINUTES, you're fragile af and you deserve ridicule.

    Pick something and move on like a normal person. The only people who are getting upset at this are middle-aged white dudes who are having an    I'm about to be real. I'm sorry, but if you're so out of touch and privileged that seeing a pronoun choice in an RPG character creation screen is enough to make you cry rage for TWO AND A HALF MINUTES, you're fragile af and you deserve ridicule.

    Pick something and move on like a normal person. The only people who are getting upset at this are middle-aged white dudes who are having an existential crisis and are upset that the world has moved on around their tiny worldview bubble.

    Imagine if I, a gay man, threw this type of unhinged tantrum because the majority of video game protagonists are middle-aged white men. Nathan Drake, Kratos, Adam Jensen, Arthur Morga, John Marston, 90% of GTA protagonists (GTA V had TWO straight white male protagonists), CoD campaign protagonists, Master Chief, Mario, Starkiller, Vito Scaletta, Ezio Auditore, Desmond Miles, and the list goes on and on. Despite having zero options, I have enjoyed ALL of these games. imagine if I refused to play games if the protagonist was a straight white man. I would have a game library of like 20 games throughout my whole life.

    Let other people feel included in this hobby. There are 8 billion people on planet Earth, and not all of them are straight white men. Let the rest of us have some representation. You'll live. Your precious escapism will be fine. And if pronouns, words that permeate the entirety of the language you speak every day, are enough to annoy or irritate you, you're perfectly free to die mad about it. The world and human society will continue to move on as it has always done.    … Expand
  26. Novalith
    Sep 7, 2023
    8
    The game isn't perfect, and has a few faults that I consider pretty glaring. But even with this, the game is a LOT Of fun to play. Most of these glaring issues are things that I imagine will be patched out early in the games life. some of the MOST egregious issues include:

    -Poor PC Performance (FPS dips to ~30fps on my machine should not happen, but in Starfield it does sometimes.) -NPCs    The game isn't perfect, and has a few faults that I consider pretty glaring. But even with this, the game is a LOT Of fun to play. Most of these glaring issues are things that I imagine will be patched out early in the games life. some of the MOST egregious issues include:

    -Poor PC Performance (FPS dips to ~30fps on my machine should not happen, but in Starfield it does sometimes.)
    -NPCs do not react at all if you aim your gun at them, shoot around them without hitting them, etc.

    There are also a few design choices that I are not issues for me personally, but may impact other's decision to buy. Namely, the lack of a minimap (which I turn off in many games anyway) or in fact a functional land map of any kind. It doesn't end up being that bad outside of cities where a map would be nice to see the various building locations. For everywhere else, things are spread out and POIs are trackable via your scanner.

    But outside of these flaws, the game is well written with a great soundtrack, has cool lore and fun RPG Mechanics. I am fully enjoying the game and will see many, MANY more hours in the future (Especially when the modding scene takes off).

    If you were hoping for some deeply intricate space simulation game, if you were thinking of No Man's Sky with more content, if you were thinking Elite Dangerous as an RPG, this is not what you'll get and you will be disappointed. If you were hoping for a classic Bethesda RPG in the vein of Oblivion or Fallout 3, with a space theme thrown on top and some interesting new features, you'll be beyond thrilled.

    I think the story is well made, I think the exploration has good moments alongside moments of mysterious isolation. I will say this: the game isn't revolutionary. It isn't breaking new ground. It has elements that are dated. But I do not require a game to be the newest and best to enjoy it and rate it highly.

    As a final note: Many professional reviewers emphasized "Getting to New Game+ as quickly as possible". I understand why they say this, having done so at their request, but I think it was OVER sold. You do unlock a small amount of additional gameplay content when you get to NG+, and it definitely has Lore reasons to do it. Personally I think it's "the right way to play" (whatever that means), and I think the reason it's pushed so heavily is because many people, like my brother, didn't beat Skyrim's main quest until like 10 years after Skyrim's launch and in the case of Starfield it would be a huge loss to never experience NG+ in the game. BUT if the thought of playing strictly to the main story and moving briskly through the main story upsets you and would limit your enjoyment of the game, then it's definitely not something that should stand in the way of you enjoying the newest Bethesda IP and having a blast in Starfield.    … Expand
  27. throwaw
    Sep 7, 2023
    8
    Is Starfield Bethesda's best game? no. Is it their worse game? also, no, that title still goes to Fallout 76.

    Is the main story the best? no. But the side faction and non-main quests more than make up for it. If you didn't go into this game expecting Star citizen or No Man's Sky 2.0, you will find something to like, remember, never blindly trust anything Todd Howard ever says. The    Is Starfield Bethesda's best game? no. Is it their worse game? also, no, that title still goes to Fallout 76.

    Is the main story the best? no. But the side faction and non-main quests more than make up for it.

    If you didn't go into this game expecting Star citizen or No Man's Sky 2.0, you will find something to like, remember, never blindly trust anything Todd Howard ever says.

    The graphics are nothing to write home about, but are certainly not heavily outdated, I don't get other people having problems with facial animations and the like, everything looks fine for me.

    If anything people should be praising Bethesda, for the first time in recent memory, they've released a game without outright game-breaking bugs, from what I've seen. Plus, the modding potential is absolutely immense.    … Expand
  28. slimfood88
    Sep 7, 2023
    8
    Tiene un apartado artístico excelente los interiores muy mimados han hecho magia con este engine
  29. Spctate
    Sep 7, 2023
    8
    Starfield is a Bethesda game through and through and the experience is similar in a lot of ways to other BGS games. The big difference in Starfield is with scale, the scale of the game in locations is just absolutely massive! Even with 70+ hours in the game I cannot say I have even come close to exploring everything.

    A lot of people out there are either rating the game as a 10 or as a    Starfield is a Bethesda game through and through and the experience is similar in a lot of ways to other BGS games. The big difference in Starfield is with scale, the scale of the game in locations is just absolutely massive! Even with 70+ hours in the game I cannot say I have even come close to exploring everything.

    A lot of people out there are either rating the game as a 10 or as a 0-3. None of these, I think, are truly honest reviews. Starfield is a game that has strengths and weaknesses. There are parts of the game that are really good and there are parts that are flawed.

    First the strengths:
    - Exploration in this game is something that truly feels like exploring. With the massive scale of the game, differences in the environments, and alien nature of those environments Starfield really does make you feel like you’re visiting another world. - Customization is something that exists in multiple areas of the game with you being able to customize your spacesuit, ship, weapons, outposts, and houses. The customization is non-trivial here! The shipbuilder especially gives you a lot of freedom in how you do things and you can build anything from a smaller fighter craft to a massive cargo hauler. Starfield also introduces research to the game which is interesting and makes you work to unlock powerful attachments.

    - Quests, I find that the story and quests in Starfield are more varied and interesting than in previous BGS games. There’s something for everyone with quests delving into stealth, horror-combat, investigation, and spying. - Weapons in Starfield are interesting and there are some cool weapon types that are very fun to use!

    - RPG systems in the game are an improvement. Your background, factions, and accomplishments all give you new dialogue and sometimes even ways around things! - Progression in Starfield is varied and you can to build your character how you want while still needing to actually fit the play style to progress with the perks you are choosing.

    - The world built here is interesting and it shows that BGS has not lost its chops for this kind of work!

    - The New Game+ mechanic is refreshing for a BGS game allowing you to start in a new game while keeping your characters progression (though not their items!)

    And now, flaws:

    - Quests. While overall I say the quests in Starfield are well written, the first part of the main quest line is a little boring and the very first quest doesn’t make much sense. After the first maybe 1/4 of the quest line it gets a lot better but that what’s really missing is a hook to grab your interest.

    - Exploration in Starfield can sometimes be frustrating! You land on a planet to go to a location or even decide to go exploring and everything is 500m+ away! I understand that this is realistic for a sparsely populated planet but you’d think there would be some gamification of this so that it wouldn’t be as frustrating.

    - Enemy AI is dumb! Enemies do not fire enough at you and they react poorly. This can make combat too easy and you don’t get to use all of the fun guns in interesting ways.

    - Bugs! Starfield has all the same types of bugs as every other BGS game. This can be funny sometimes, even charming, but it is something that loses its charm when you see it too often. Starfield isn’t bad for BGS but you’d expect better given the work that went into this game.

    - Nothing in Starfield is explained well! Starfield introduces massive scale and multiple new systems to gamers but it doesn’t explain most of it. This includes how the planets show up on the map, to ship part power requirements, to some of the UI functionality. Now that I have almost three days of play time I understand things but it was frustrating at first.

    - The economy in Starfield is unbalanced. You get huge amounts of credits for everything so that you can pay for starships and their mods but it makes everything else laughably cheap. I currently have over 400,000 credits on my character and the most expensive guns right now may cost 20k-40k. Resources are even cheaper costing only a few ~300CR per resource meaning that outposts, research, and equipment upgrades are easy to do and very cheap.


    Overall:

    Common complaints about Starfield are trivial in my own view, such as flying planet to planet (which you CAN do, it just takes hours). If Bethesda made flying planet to planet gamified where it takes no time at all people would complain about realism but BGS made them far apart and now people are complaining about warp loading screens. A lot of the complaints about Starfield are people being very harsh on the game and these complaints should not alter the overall perception of what is a solid game.

    Despite its flaws and because of its strengths, when I sit down to play Starfield I have a very good time and I see myself playing it for hundreds of hours. I think that some fixes are in order but I am confident when I say that Starfield is an 8/10    … Expand
  30. Rrusciguy
    Sep 7, 2023
    8
    Extremely captivating game, just can't stop playing it. Performs very well on my PC and haven't had a crash or major bug as of yet after 78 hours. Easy to get lost in a branching path of side missions and completely forget what you were doing before.
  31. Bhaskarpegu
    Sep 7, 2023
    8
    'll start off by saying I am a huge fan of Bethesda Game Studios. The work that Todd Howard, Pete Hines and the rest of the team do is amazing and you don't see many game studios put so much time and love into their games like BGS does. I have countless hours and memories over the years from playing Morrowind, Oblivion, Fallout 3, Skyrim, Fallout 4 and now Starfield.

    Starfield    'll start off by saying I am a huge fan of Bethesda Game Studios. The work that Todd Howard, Pete Hines and the rest of the team do is amazing and you don't see many game studios put so much time and love into their games like BGS does. I have countless hours and memories over the years from playing Morrowind, Oblivion, Fallout 3, Skyrim, Fallout 4 and now Starfield.

    Starfield
    Starfield has blown me away. They've gone above and beyond and I feel like it's their best game yet. The depth in this game is unbelievable! You could spend hours just in one little area getting lost in the lore and exploring where you don't even realize you've spent so much time only exploring a tiny fraction of the game for hours. It feels like there are multiple games within the game to give it that depth. You could spend hours just walking around on land and then realize you've spent the whole day without even doing any space stuff and vice versa.

    Really excited to keep playing and exploring. I can't wait to see all the endless possibilities that mods are going to bring to this game. I think this will be the most moddable game of any BGS game which only adds to the endless replay value. The vanilla game is going to keep me busy for a very very long time though!

    Space RPG
    One thing to note: This is not a space simulation game, it is a very very detailed BGS RPG so there are loading screens and there is no atmospheric flight. This has not bothered me at all, I rarely use fast travel and I RP out walking back to my ship and grav jumping without opening my menu/map all the time to make it more immersive. If you want a space simulation game there are games out there for that. If you want a space RPG with a ton of gameplay, content and depth then look no further than Starfield!

    I highly recommend this game and look forward to seeing it evolve over the years!

    For all, into the Starfield!    … Expand
  32. EnergyBunny
    Sep 7, 2023
    8
    An sich kann man es gut spielen. Habe um ehrlich zu sein die Story bis jetzt (40Stunden) nicht wirklich gespielt sonder mich auf neben Missionen verlassen. Waffen fühlen sich sehr gut an beim schießen und an sich ist das Game auch recht schick :). Was mich stört ist das Leveln und das man für alles irgendwas erlernen muss. Du willst einen Außenposten bauen auf einen Moon der sehr kalt ist…An sich kann man es gut spielen. Habe um ehrlich zu sein die Story bis jetzt (40Stunden) nicht wirklich gespielt sonder mich auf neben Missionen verlassen. Waffen fühlen sich sehr gut an beim schießen und an sich ist das Game auch recht schick :). Was mich stört ist das Leveln und das man für alles irgendwas erlernen muss. Du willst einen Außenposten bauen auf einen Moon der sehr kalt ist… Level bitte Außenposten (oder wie die Fähigkeit heißt). Das ist etwas nervig weil man schon von Anfang an wissen muss in was man seine Level rein steckt. Und ich habe nicht wirklich die Lust mir von denn ganzen Fähigkeiten an zu sehen was ich mit denn auf Level 4 machen kann. Ich hoffe auch das vielleicht mehr Variation bei Waffen und Ausstattung rein kommt, da ich noch nie einen Waffe oder etwas anders in der Art kaufen musste. Alles was man kaufen kann ist schlechter als das was man selbst findet, was mich traurig macht da ich gern mehr handeln würde wie in Skyrim. Aber das Spiel steht ja noch am Anfang von seinen Leben also mal sehen wohin die Reise geht :)… Expand
  33. KillerPinguCat
    Sep 8, 2023
    8
    Kein Meisterwerk aber ein tolles RPG. Und wer sich über "zuviele" karge Planeten/Monde beschwert sollte mal bitte in unser Sonnensystem schauen, da ist es nicht anders.. einer von 8/9 ist nicht karg. Wer sich auf das Game einlässt und sich genau umschaut findet sehr schöne Planeten mit Flora und Fauna, aber es gibt auch eher karge Planeten die mit ihrer Aussicht auf einen Gas oderKein Meisterwerk aber ein tolles RPG. Und wer sich über "zuviele" karge Planeten/Monde beschwert sollte mal bitte in unser Sonnensystem schauen, da ist es nicht anders.. einer von 8/9 ist nicht karg. Wer sich auf das Game einlässt und sich genau umschaut findet sehr schöne Planeten mit Flora und Fauna, aber es gibt auch eher karge Planeten die mit ihrer Aussicht auf einen Gas oder Eisriesen doch auch schon etwas spezielles feeling haben.… Expand
  34. Eleftherios
    Sep 8, 2023
    8
    Played my first 10 hours and even though it's not the revolution one might have hoped for, it's a pretty good game. The graphics aren't completey "never seen before", but still the game is beautiful. I love the cities, each is unique and has it's own flair. It really feels like a modern Skyrim in space, and that's not a bad thing.
  35. Paradoxier
    Sep 8, 2023
    8
    starfield is fun if you can live with a lot of fast travel. Some quests, especially the side quests as is usual with Bethesda, are really incredibly exciting and mysterious. I don't understand many of the bad reviews. After all, the game does a lot right and definitely has its strengths but also weaknesses and even smaller bugs. If you love games then you will also love Starfield.
  36. Politobm
    Sep 8, 2023
    8
    Starfield es un gran juego con infinidad de cosas a tu disposición para hacer, tiene un montón de historias, tramas y misiones con multitud de formas de abordarlas cada cual con sus debidas consecuencias, puedes construir y/o modificas bases y naves prácticamente a tu gusto. Es un RPG enorme con unos pequeños toques de shooter que recomiendo encarecidamente pero dista mucho de ser un juegoStarfield es un gran juego con infinidad de cosas a tu disposición para hacer, tiene un montón de historias, tramas y misiones con multitud de formas de abordarlas cada cual con sus debidas consecuencias, puedes construir y/o modificas bases y naves prácticamente a tu gusto. Es un RPG enorme con unos pequeños toques de shooter que recomiendo encarecidamente pero dista mucho de ser un juego perfecto, ya que, aunque los escenarios y entornos están muy bien, Los NPCs y las animaciones no tienen la calidad de diseño de un juego del 2023. En los planetas solo hay unos cuantos sitios prediseñados y el resto son escenarios generados aleatoriamente por lo que te da igual donde aterrizar, no puedes decir aquí parece que hay una montaña voy aterrizar, porque cuando aterrizas todo lo que se genera es aleatorio por lo que la montaña no va estar, lo único que cambia es la cantidad de recursos y el tipo según aterrices en un lado o en otro, no se puede explorar el mar (recordemos que la mayor cantidad de fauna y los mayores accidentes geográficos de la tierra esta en el mar). Tiene muchos bugs pero casi todos relacionados con los NPCs y no llegan a romper el juego. La nave es puramente anecdótica ya que no hay ninguna misión en la que tengas que pilotar por algún sitio, solo sirve para guardar tus recursos, tener las mesas de trabajo a mano y como transición entre las doscientas pantallas de carga que hay que usar para explorar el universo.… Expand
  37. Clownstyle
    Sep 8, 2023
    8
    Wow. Review bombing in full effect which is why we can no longer trust metacritic user reviews! Giving the game a 0/1 have you even played it?!

    Having played 30+ hours so far I'm loving the game. I've hardly completed any of the main quest and just seem to end up doing random events and quests. Look at the clock and it's already 2am and where did the time go? I have feeling the game    Wow. Review bombing in full effect which is why we can no longer trust metacritic user reviews! Giving the game a 0/1 have you even played it?!

    Having played 30+ hours so far I'm loving the game. I've hardly completed any of the main quest and just seem to end up doing random events and quests. Look at the clock and it's already 2am and where did the time go? I have feeling the game will just get better with time. I'm already running a few QoL mods from nexus which have really improved the experience for me.

    I only expect the game to get better from here with support from the developer and community mods to enhance the game further. This could easily be a 9/10 or 10/10 later down the line.

    Yes, there are some limitations on flight and you cannot fly directly to planets (like NMS) but I'd rather have this and a brief loading screen than empty planets with nothing to do on them. I've rather enjoyed the fast travel as a way to keep the action going rather than spending hours of my time just getting to my needed destinations.

    Gunplay is surprisingly enjoyable for a Bethesda game and space combat has also been fun. Ship building takes it to the next level. I'm looking forward to sinking many more hours into this game.    … Expand
  38. Soulreaper8812
    Sep 8, 2023
    8
    Mitlerweile 80h in Starfield verbracht und mir macht es immer noch spaß.
    Die Story gefällt mir und das Spiel hat noch sehr viel potential.
    Klar gibt es noch einiges das Verbessert werden sollte, Ressurcenmanagement und der Bau von Außenposten sind noch nicht sol gelungen finde ich aber, das Spiel ist seit 7 Tagen drausen und es läuft und sieht richtig gut aus, können die wenigsten spiele    Mitlerweile 80h in Starfield verbracht und mir macht es immer noch spaß.
    Die Story gefällt mir und das Spiel hat noch sehr viel potential.
    Klar gibt es noch einiges das Verbessert werden sollte, Ressurcenmanagement und der Bau von Außenposten sind noch nicht sol gelungen finde ich aber, das Spiel ist seit 7 Tagen drausen und es läuft und sieht richtig gut aus, können die wenigsten spiele von sich behaupten die Releast werden.
    Die neben Qwests von den verschidenen Fraktionen sind abwechslungsreich und machen echt laune.
    Erkundung von den Planeten ja da widerholt sich der großteil Hölen verlassenen Stationen die von Piraten besetzt sind aber das war in einem NoMan´s Sky auch nicht anders und das spiel hat mich keine 80h gefesselt auch wenn es ein paar Mechaniken hat die besser sind (Planetenanflug, Außenpostenbau,Ressourcenmanagement) das bekommt Bethesda aber mit der Zeit sicher noch hin und wenn nicht machen es die Modder :)
    Bis dahin vertreibe ich mir die Zeit mit den Endlosvielen Missionen, den schönen Landschaften auf den Planeten und Trinke mit Donna einen Terrachino.    … Expand
  39. Felo95
    Sep 8, 2023
    8
    Buen juego buenas animaciones y gráficos gran historia y misiones secundarias, aunque tiene varias pantallas de carga es muy disfrutable y juego en una series s
  40. Silray
    Sep 8, 2023
    8
    What to say.
    If you like a classic Bethesda RPG like Skyrim or Fallout and you like space it is probably the right game for you.
    When I started the game I found the game just ok (5 out of 10) but the more I play the the game becomes. I have like 20h now in the game and not finished once. Some characters are written very well. City’s feel alive even if you can speak with a handful of the    What to say.
    If you like a classic Bethesda RPG like Skyrim or Fallout and you like space it is probably the right game for you.
    When I started the game I found the game just ok (5 out of 10) but the more I play the the game becomes.
    I have like 20h now in the game and not finished once. Some characters are written very well. City’s feel alive even if you can speak with a handful of the walking NPCs. Space combat feels okay.
    I didn’t encountered a single crash but the overall performance could be better. My PC has a RTX3060, Intel i7 11th generation and 32gb RAM.
    On 2k and high settings I get around 30 to 40 fps.

    That’s it.    … Expand
  41. Krisu
    Sep 8, 2023
    8
    Very good game for a gamer that enjoys Bethesda games. Technically mostly good. The gameplay is fun
  42. DopeEx
    Sep 8, 2023
    8
    A good solid game and you get exactly what was promised not what some have spun in their head.
  43. yusufulas
    Sep 8, 2023
    8
    Starfield is everything you love about classic Bethesda games, combined in a sci-fi genre. Performance issues, interesting bugs, stories popping out of nowhere and a sense of exploration, etc.
  44. bwig5598
    Sep 8, 2023
    8
    If you like the Bethesda formula, you will really enjoy this game. I've finished one playthrough, and I am in new game plus. One bug experienced (disappearing head of a companion).

    The main quest line is a little short for a game this big, the side quest lines are phenomenal. This game isn't "revolutionary" - but it is the most expansive Bethesda experience to date.
  45. Stoccker
    Sep 8, 2023
    8
    I've been playing this game since its early release and my experience so far is good. I get it that some people is complaining about the graphics quality and, specially, the NPC animations and AI.

    I agree with all those complains and believe Bethesda has a lot of work tuning this game to achieve its best. But when it comes to the story, game mechanics and exploration, the game is    I've been playing this game since its early release and my experience so far is good. I get it that some people is complaining about the graphics quality and, specially, the NPC animations and AI.

    I agree with all those complains and believe Bethesda has a lot of work tuning this game to achieve its best.

    But when it comes to the story, game mechanics and exploration, the game is good.

    The only downside to me is the amount of loading screens. But that's fine and after some time I got used to them. Main missions are interesting and some of the side quests are even better than the main ones. So, take your time playing this game and don't rush things.

    In short: if you like Bethesda games and also like this kind of RPG but you're not sure about Starfield, play it for free on Xbox Game Pass. Don't waste your time reading/seeing reviews out there. Unfortunately, there's been flame war over this game because it's an MS exclusive.

    I understand some people are disappointed with the game, but it's still a good Bethesda game.

    Also remember: when it comes to gaming, YOUR experience is what really matters. I assure you that some games you love, a lot of people doesn't give a dam, and it's fine. Just do you.    … Expand
  46. Lazarini
    Sep 8, 2023
    8
    The game is good, despite the bad graphics and poorly made characters, it's a good "Space Faullout". The game is heavy and the bad graphics don't justify such difficulty in running the game.
  47. Wholesomejeff
    Sep 8, 2023
    8
    People are out of their damm minds with the 1/10 review bombs. Its either not your genre, you're a sad PS5 person, or you have nothing at all better to do other than to try to make people question buying a game you never played.

    Here is a fair review for anyone who comes across this. PC specs: 2060 RTX 6GB VRAM 32GB RAM 3600mhz i5 11th Gen SSD (this game will only run on an SSD.    People are out of their damm minds with the 1/10 review bombs. Its either not your genre, you're a sad PS5 person, or you have nothing at all better to do other than to try to make people question buying a game you never played.

    Here is a fair review for anyone who comes across this.

    PC specs:
    2060 RTX 6GB VRAM
    32GB RAM 3600mhz
    i5 11th Gen
    SSD (this game will only run on an SSD. If you try an HDD, you're gonna have a bad time)

    I run the game mostly on Medium graphics. I get 30-35FPS from outside environments, 50-60+FPS inside buildings at 2560x1080 resolution at 100% (no scaling). My GPU is under the recommended requirements, and I run it just fine. People with issues that have better equipment are doing something wrong, because this game runs perfectly fine for me other than inside the Astral Lounge in Neon City. I have dipped to 23FPS in there. It has a lot of people inside and I do set my crowd density to high. I have yet to find anything else in 40 hours that bogs down the frame rates like that place does.

    Pros:
    True Bethesda feel if you're familiar with their past Fallout, and Elder Scrolls titles. If you like those, you'll like this.

    If you liked Fallout 4, CyberPunk 2077, Mass Effect, and Outer Worlds then this game is absolutely for you. It is a mashup of all those games combined on the best steroid money can buy.

    Bethesda Game Studio RPGs are huge. They do not release without bugs. This is the least bugged game they have released in over 20 years. I have not seen any NPC, or wall glitches the only issue I have had is it has crashed 3 times in about 40 hours, and at that, my hardware may be to blame. Good luck getting that result out of Fallout 4 even today after 8 years of patching.

    Again it's huge. Many are comparing it to Cyberpunk 2077 as the graphics are not quite as good, however, in comparison CP is tiny. To have a game the magnitude of Starfield certain things must be sacrificed. It took me only a couple months to complete every last main, and side mission with the exception of just a few '?s' left on the map. It will take a solid year to get to the same level of completion in Starfield.

    Cons:
    A couple things I find disappointing. One is looting. Going back to Morrowind, Oblivion, Fallout 3, Vegas, and 4 every single NPC you kill will have an outfit to loot. And when you loot that outfit it comes off the body leaving a real sense of what you've accomplished. Especially satisfying with big bosses, or an NPC with say Ebony armor. In Starfield not every dead body can be looted as such, and when you do loot an outfit it goes into your inventory, but remains on the body. I always felt like that was an extra level of immersion you had with a BGS game. That is now missing.

    The other is questing. You get a quest to go 'grab' an item from another solar system and bring it back. A lot of times this must be done with a Grav jump, or fast travel. This also lacks in some immersion. You can get a quest on say Mars to grab something in Alpha Centuri that is 4 million light years away. Should be an epic adventure!!!! However its done in 5-10 minutes or so, and there is no sense of the distance you've just traveled. I get it, obviously there is no real fix for that in this type of setting. I don't have a fix, or idea for this, but like I said a round trip of 8 million light years should feel a bit different.

    Overall:
    Overall, unless you really hate this genre of open world game, and are mainly just a COD, or Madden player you're gonna love it. Like the above stated titles it is a wonderful mashup. Again, anyone with performance issues with better equipment that what I stated above your system is the issue, not the game. I absolutely love it, BGS killed it once again, and I see myself playing this for several years to come!!!    … Expand
  48. Luiber13
    Sep 8, 2023
    8
    En mi opinión es buen juego no llega a ser un 10 porque no es perfecto salio con varios bugs y no cumplió todo lo que prometía, pero en fuera es muy buen juego tienes muchas horas de entretenimiento tiene varios puntos a mejorar pero no es para nada un mal juego
  49. Aellaa
    Sep 8, 2023
    8
    An alle Leute die meinen es negativ zu bewerten weil es auf der Scheiss PS5 nicht erscheint. Ihr solltet die Klappe halten!!! So lächerlich, aber zeigt wo die PS Spieler sind, auf dem Niveau im Keller. Klar hat das Spiel Macken. Aber es ist im ganzen sehr fesselnd, hat Spiel Spass. Und hey bildet euch eure eigene Meinung!!! Lasst es euch nicht von Spielern schlecht reden, Game Pass gibt esAn alle Leute die meinen es negativ zu bewerten weil es auf der Scheiss PS5 nicht erscheint. Ihr solltet die Klappe halten!!! So lächerlich, aber zeigt wo die PS Spieler sind, auf dem Niveau im Keller. Klar hat das Spiel Macken. Aber es ist im ganzen sehr fesselnd, hat Spiel Spass. Und hey bildet euch eure eigene Meinung!!! Lasst es euch nicht von Spielern schlecht reden, Game Pass gibt es für ein Euro, Upgrade für 32 und schon gehört es euch.… Expand
  50. Magestis
    Sep 8, 2023
    8
    yes I admit it has many flaws, but if the game is really interesting, it's not a goty or a 10 game but it's a good game, the title offers a lot of space for exploration at the same time between crafting and missions you can waste many hours on it, for sure the optimization isn't perfect, but I remember games like Gollum, Gotham Knights that came out at full price and didn't even work for a while.
  51. oizzirbaF1
    Sep 8, 2023
    8
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I've played for a few hours now, I'm not a professional critic, It would be difficult to be impartial for something I really liked, the game is incredible, my PC gamer suffers a little to run, but I believe that correction patches should be released soon, making the game more optimized, there are many loading screens being negative. It doesn't disrupt our experience as gamers that much. Overall it's a good game, with personality, I hope to play for many more hours.… Expand
  52. Elgomi77
    Sep 8, 2023
    8
    Un juego bueno del montón en el que sus creadores lo comenzaron con ilusión pero durante el desarrollo se encontraron muchas piedras por el camino, y que hartos de intentar culminarlo se dieron cuenta que lo que era un proyecto ambicioso ahora es un problema y recurrieron a viejas practicas.... Sacando el juego inacabado con vista a mejorarlo en un futuro.
  53. NoxMx
    Sep 8, 2023
    8
    Después de 22h jugando starfield en mi opinión es un buen juego tiene una buena historia misiones bastante llamativas a nivel historia y misiones secundarias me atrevo a decir que es igual o mejor que skyrim pero el que diga que sea buen juego no quiere decir que es perfecto ya que tiene bastantes cosas mejorables ejemplo el tema de la inteligencia artificial deja bastante que desear,Después de 22h jugando starfield en mi opinión es un buen juego tiene una buena historia misiones bastante llamativas a nivel historia y misiones secundarias me atrevo a decir que es igual o mejor que skyrim pero el que diga que sea buen juego no quiere decir que es perfecto ya que tiene bastantes cosas mejorables ejemplo el tema de la inteligencia artificial deja bastante que desear, expresiones muy mejorables en los NPC.… Expand
  54. xareldgn
    Sep 8, 2023
    8
    Actually i am disappointed some parts, like i though fast tp just optional thing, but it necessary.
    Explore not good, just random world
    and weird face animation i hope they gonna change game engine to any engine.
  55. RAMBTOX713
    Sep 8, 2023
    8
    Starfield is a great game has a lot of ups and some downs. Love the quests, ship and outpost building, and the feeling of being small in a big world. It also has some downs no underwater swimming, exploration doesn't feel as satisfying as it should in a space exporation game especially in space where you feel so limited. It could be that i've been spoiled by NMS. Overall I think it's worthStarfield is a great game has a lot of ups and some downs. Love the quests, ship and outpost building, and the feeling of being small in a big world. It also has some downs no underwater swimming, exploration doesn't feel as satisfying as it should in a space exporation game especially in space where you feel so limited. It could be that i've been spoiled by NMS. Overall I think it's worth a buy/ gamepass.… Expand
  56. Gltichd
    Sep 8, 2023
    8
    Been enjoying it thoroughly. Haters are gonna hate, they resort to review bombs because they are trolls. The game is really good. Has some flaws like any game. So far nothing game breaking. Haven't had any issues learning the controls, handling combat, or understanding needed concepts. Not sure where or why all the hate is being given but I can say most of the negativity comes from peopleBeen enjoying it thoroughly. Haters are gonna hate, they resort to review bombs because they are trolls. The game is really good. Has some flaws like any game. So far nothing game breaking. Haven't had any issues learning the controls, handling combat, or understanding needed concepts. Not sure where or why all the hate is being given but I can say most of the negativity comes from people that haven't even finished the tutorial. Ignore them and give it a try.… Expand
  57. Retropyro74
    Sep 9, 2023
    8
    I wanted "Fallout" in space and Bethesda delivered. It's not a perfect game, but it's pure fun in the best possible Bethesda RPG style.
  58. Hobbe
    Sep 9, 2023
    8
    Ultimately this game features many of the same issues present in other BGS titles, however, I have been pleasantly surprised by Starfield. The biggest issues for me are the sheer amount of loading screens and the game getting off to a bit of a slow start but positives include better gun gameplay when compared to Fallout 4 & 76, The sidequests I've played thus far feel much more fleshed outUltimately this game features many of the same issues present in other BGS titles, however, I have been pleasantly surprised by Starfield. The biggest issues for me are the sheer amount of loading screens and the game getting off to a bit of a slow start but positives include better gun gameplay when compared to Fallout 4 & 76, The sidequests I've played thus far feel much more fleshed out compared to previous Bethesda titles, the pick locking and persuasion systems have been improved drastically and whilst I'm not denying that others may have had issues with the game's performance on PC, Starfield has run well for me and I've come across a small number of bugs but nothing even remotely close to game-breaking. But there are clips online which show people having problems getting this game to run well so I don't want you to necessarily take my word for it, I'm just providing you with my experience. I've been very much enjoying the shipbuilding and whilst it is quite janky and can be refined, designing and customising ships is a blast and I'm glad the game allows you to design ships as wacky as you want. The actual ship combat is okay but I've never really been into flying games so I don't feel as though I can give an honest assessment of how good it is.

    I've not played around with the outpost system too much but I've seen some reviews question the point of building outposts, which is kind of baffling to me considering outposts allow you to passively harvest resources so they do have a usage but even so it's a fun inclusion being able to have a sprawling network of bases across the universe and station followers and let's player get creative, trying to build the most extravagant base. Plus it is nice to have somewhere to decorate with loot and items you've collected in your playthrough. At the end of the day, it's cool, it doesn't need to have a point (even though it does).

    What grabbed me the most was the world-building, the lore, the characters, and the story. I'm still of the mindset that Bethesda will never be able to top the worldbuilding in the Elder Scrolls but I'm loving it so far in Starfield.    … Expand
  59. serejo
    Sep 9, 2023
    8
    good game, it needs more varied events on the planets with different objects because it is currently very limited and repetitive, the game needs to force more grinding to continue the game, you can play the main mission without needing to farm, in Skyrim you wouldn't go anywhere Without leveling and grinding, the game shines on the ship and base build but this is very secondary, it needsgood game, it needs more varied events on the planets with different objects because it is currently very limited and repetitive, the game needs to force more grinding to continue the game, you can play the main mission without needing to farm, in Skyrim you wouldn't go anywhere Without leveling and grinding, the game shines on the ship and base build but this is very secondary, it needs to be something more essential on the game and Todd even don't recognize the game have performance problem, the game is good, not a master piece but good, it's sad the game problem make some people blind to good side of this game at point to say who like it is paid to say it or a Microsoft fanatic.… Expand
  60. Siblero
    Sep 9, 2023
    8
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Si te gusta la formula que Bethesda usa desde básicamente siempre, pues te va a gustar, si esperabas que fuera 100% innovador en absolutamente todo, vas a quedar decepcionado.
    El gunplay es sencillo y divertido como en Fallout 4, gráficamente es bastante bueno, nada absolutamente fuera de lo ordinario, es lo que se espera de un juego de este año.
    Ahora lo mejor que te ofrece es un Universo! No un mundo, Un universo de profundidad, muchas historias y sitios de interés, demasiados detalles que le dan vida a su universo.
    La historia no es tan linear ya que como todo juego de Bethesda (Con Todd) uno tiene elecciones y esas elecciones afectan la historia, dándote mucha libertad y rejugabilidad.
    El sistema RPG es sencillo y muy fácil de entender y la posibilidad de crear a tu personaje + el RPG te da infinidad de Replay value + los mundos + el Rollplay.
    Como todo buen juego no es 100% perfecto, pero sus defectos son mucho menos que las cosas buenas que ofrece.
    Claro está que que para todo juego que quieren hundir siempre se enfocarán en lo malo (Cherrypicking).
    Si quieren buenas reviews vean las de la Microsoft store y Steam, en especial las de Steam que te indican el tiempo que lleva jugando quien hizo la review.
    Ya que para poder dar el review necesitas comprar el producto, lo cuál suena un poco mal, pero sirve para quitar el Review bombing tanto de Haters como Fanboys... A no ser que quieran gastar dinero para dar una opinión vacía que será ignorada.    … Expand
  61. iFrozenFear
    Sep 9, 2023
    8
    Not a huge fan of space games. But I am really enjoying the game. I have spent hours just exploring and scavenging for resources. Haven't got far in the story yet because I've been busy exploring and getting familiar with some of the other systems. Would definitely recommend it
  62. Benjyux
    Sep 9, 2023
    8
    Yo soy fan de Nintendo desde mi infancia pero este juego me encanto! La gente que realmente está ardida por este juego está mal. La pelea por el Goty será muy buena
  63. Mazarbull
    Sep 9, 2023
    8
    If only people that actually bought the game could put reviews here, the score would be much higher. The problem is Metacritic let anyone review and these weak children who just want to trash a developer are allowed to spread their ignorant BS without purchasing the game and playing it. Take the Steam scores for example. They require you prove you purchased the game, and the reviewsIf only people that actually bought the game could put reviews here, the score would be much higher. The problem is Metacritic let anyone review and these weak children who just want to trash a developer are allowed to spread their ignorant BS without purchasing the game and playing it. Take the Steam scores for example. They require you prove you purchased the game, and the reviews there reflect it. Everyone on here that rated it below a 5 is just a whiny **** that needs their diaper changed.… Expand
  64. Thornfelt
    Sep 9, 2023
    8
    Starfield is a solid game. It is not perfect by any means, but with that said, this is another classic Bethesda RPG experience.
  65. Cammie1
    Sep 10, 2023
    8
    It's a little bit of a slow start I must admit but once you have done the first 2 missions you are set to do what your heart wants after 20+ hours in I've done so many amazing and memorable things from being caught smuggling good and either having to do jail time or become a mole in the space pirate faction to getting smuggled onto a UC space station crawling through vents and sneaking myIt's a little bit of a slow start I must admit but once you have done the first 2 missions you are set to do what your heart wants after 20+ hours in I've done so many amazing and memorable things from being caught smuggling good and either having to do jail time or become a mole in the space pirate faction to getting smuggled onto a UC space station crawling through vents and sneaking my way to a prototype ship stealing it and grav jumping away before anyone had time to react.
    I've only had a few bugs and even fewer frame drops. The game has some small problems but it's nothing that will take away from the experience too much.

    It's truly an amazing game and well worth the money    … Expand
  66. Cash941
    Sep 10, 2023
    8
    Have to say this game seems to be quite divisive looking at the reviews. But think if forget about ranking every individual aspect of the game separately and don't expect anything ground breaking you will enjoy this game you'll like it . Yes the graphics are just ok the writing is also ok and the inventory system is poor but there are lots of very interesting characters, factions and loreHave to say this game seems to be quite divisive looking at the reviews. But think if forget about ranking every individual aspect of the game separately and don't expect anything ground breaking you will enjoy this game you'll like it . Yes the graphics are just ok the writing is also ok and the inventory system is poor but there are lots of very interesting characters, factions and lore and has tons of fun quests. I am really enjoying the gunplay and ship building and fighting. every fight is different depending on the gravity levels which really make the gameplay dynamic as well as the ability to play in 1st and 3rd person. My biggest gripe with the game is the amount of loading screens were does wear on me from time to time.

    I'm no Bethesda fanboy I didn't finish fallout 3 and would of give fallout 4 a rating of 6. And even though ino it done alot of individual things better than starfield it wasn't as fun and that's what this game is fun the most important thing for a game to be fun.    … Expand
  67. Franlock
    Sep 10, 2023
    8
    I have played about 50h untill now and the game is amazing. Is not perfect due the limited exploration, but being a Bethesda RPG game in space is the only that matters.
  68. Jojogamer_
    Sep 11, 2023
    8
    Gut aber nicht so gut vorallem das Inventar ist extrem nervig aber die Waffen fühlen sich gut an
  69. BigX2007
    Sep 11, 2023
    8
    Starfield doesn't deserve the utterly poor ratings the haters have posted here. The game is not without its flaws, but it offers an amazing amount of fun that only a Bethesda RPG has to offer. I played it for 2 days straight the first weekend after release. It's neither Skyrim nor Fallout 4, but all the things I enjoyed most about both games are there in spades with this release.
  70. Anyrak
    Sep 11, 2023
    8
    Been genuinely enjoying myself creating my own RP throughout the different quest lines. There are definitely cons and I don't see this as game of the year, but this is definitely a Bethesda game that I will jump into in the years to come
  71. Ixniyevonniy
    Sep 11, 2023
    8
    Advertisement of this game is a complete disaster. Bethesda talked about new features and the new style just for their own player, for the player of Skyrim and Fallout. Not surprising the common player was confused! If you played Bethesda games for a bit, you'd know for sure what to expect from Starfield. Even if there is word "space" in advertisement, you would never draw a parallel withAdvertisement of this game is a complete disaster. Bethesda talked about new features and the new style just for their own player, for the player of Skyrim and Fallout. Not surprising the common player was confused! If you played Bethesda games for a bit, you'd know for sure what to expect from Starfield. Even if there is word "space" in advertisement, you would never draw a parallel with any space simulation game. It's not a space simulation game. And it was never called so. It barely even looked like it in visual trailers.

    But on the other hand, what they should've said? "We have some space, but what most important is the amount of good quests and dialogues, awesome narrative, great open world and thousands possibilities!" Everyone already heard that. And everyone already played it. Played it in all the Fallout and all the Elder Scrolls games.

    Yeah, probably they should've said that narrative in this game is better than it ever was. Yeah, probably they should've said that side quests are just as great as always and the giant world is unchained as it never was. NPCs in the cities talk about real things, when they say something it means something.

    The only bug I saw during playthrough is a cabinet drawer physically stuck in itself. Did you see amount of items their physical engine is capable of handling without any stutter? That's insane progress on the engine. Also I think they should've introduced the complete modding capabilities right at the launch and even advertise them, show something. Everyone know it's a strongest part of Bethesda game. That's a great miss.

    In conclusion, the game will be played a lot and widely. Modding will be insane, every now and then I see potential to mod something. I do not see continuation of this franchise though and that's a bit concerning.    … Expand
  72. Unonimy
    Sep 12, 2023
    8
    Personally, I don't understand why many are crying about optimization, because this is a massive game and its requirements was already visible on steam . Also on my setup Starfield runs better than Fallout76. But sometimes I feel like I'm playing some old game because of the npc dialogues which I feel haven't changed since the days of skyrim...
  73. ilBaro
    Sep 12, 2023
    8
    A circa 45 ore di gioco posso dire che Starfield mi ha dato un feeling di immersione che mi mancava dai tempi di Skyrim. I dialoghi spesso sono deboli e gli NPC sono estremamente legnosi in puro stile Bethesda. Assurdo che nel 2023 debba aspettare 7 secondi che l'NPC si metta in tasca il taccuino/palmare prima di cominciare la conversazione o dover camminare per 3 minuti a velocità lumacaA circa 45 ore di gioco posso dire che Starfield mi ha dato un feeling di immersione che mi mancava dai tempi di Skyrim. I dialoghi spesso sono deboli e gli NPC sono estremamente legnosi in puro stile Bethesda. Assurdo che nel 2023 debba aspettare 7 secondi che l'NPC si metta in tasca il taccuino/palmare prima di cominciare la conversazione o dover camminare per 3 minuti a velocità lumaca seguendo il solito NPC troppo veloce per la mia camminata ma troppo lento per la mia corsa. Santo cielo.

    Tuttavia, queste non piccole problematiche sono state completamente spazzate via dall'immensità del titolo, la mole quasi asfissiante di quest che compaiono nel tuo menù e la libertà creativa che ti danno sia nella personalizzazione della navicella che nella creazione degli avamposti. Ogni volta che avvio Starfield al rientro da lavoro provo un senso di relax che difficilmente provo con altri titoli, è come essere due volte a casa.    … Expand
  74. coltsr2
    Sep 12, 2023
    7
    Starfield has some great moments BUT... has some major and glaring issues that often spoil the game.. First off...How is this supposed to be a space based adventure with your own spaceship, when you cant even fly the spaceships properly? We are unable to fly on and off, or even over the surface of the planets? Hell even the far lower budget indie developers 'No mans Sky' at least lets youStarfield has some great moments BUT... has some major and glaring issues that often spoil the game.. First off...How is this supposed to be a space based adventure with your own spaceship, when you cant even fly the spaceships properly? We are unable to fly on and off, or even over the surface of the planets? Hell even the far lower budget indie developers 'No mans Sky' at least lets you land and take off from planets and fly around them! But Starfield's space exploration is a bit of a scam, a gimmick, a fake, a charade, a thin veneer, its pure snake oil sold to us by Todd Howard the snake oil salesman.
    Starfield has no real space exploration at all, just one base/mine/space station per planet, with fast travel cutscenes and loading scenes masquerading as space travel, the whole space exploration element is all a giant let-down!. instead we get the same irritating repetitive over and over cutscenes of the landings and take-offs..and that's it! Awful!
    Why even bother with the planets anyway if that's the best they could do with all the money they had and giant dev team? Its a joke, an insult to our intelligence and betrayal of what Todd Howard promised! They should of just kept it all on one planet, with different biomes and simply called it Planetfield! Whilst i enjoyed some of the planets in starfield, most are barren and continued nothing much to the game.

    And why so many Cutscenes? they are everywhere, Take off your ship = animated cutscene,...land your ship = animated cutscene, Fly to the nearest planet = animated cutscene, get out of your space ship chair = animated cutscene, get out of your spaceship = black screen cutscene, get back in your ship = black screen cutscene, get back into your chair = animated cutscene cutscene, Walk through a door black screen cutscene, Everything is cutscenes! I half expected a nice trip on the monorail/metro, looking out of the windows as I travelled between districts, but no...all i got was..you guessed it another fast travel black screen Cutscene! Compare that to the awesome real monorail in Star citizen!
    As for the planets, they may as well be non existent like ive said.., often just empty barren and nothing to do, with simplistic graphics, its a pointless waste of time even wanting to explore them!..there is nothing to explore! They are ultimately as fake as the games title. Fast travel to a planet you are presented with a few options, land on the designated area with the base, city, mine etc, or land on the planet somewhere miles away and be presented with zero options other than to mine pointless materials. So in effect each planet is just a staging post/backdrop for the missions. No exploration at all.
    Procedurally generated worlds can be boring and repetitive, even when done well. They need Procedurally generated bases, cities, missions etc. Now that would of been cool.
    No HDR options or even basic gamma or brightness options, so for me at least many of the interiors ended up looking very bright, foggy and often felt like I was in a smoke filled night club in most of the interior spaces! But thankfully the modding community was soon able to offer fixes for this on day one of official release! BUT Why should it be left up to the modders to sort these blaring issues out on day one of release?
    I've also added a custom ini to increase the field of view to 90, instead of the restrictive default of 70. As for the cities in the game, they are cartoon looking, low textured, like New Atlantis, which is a very basic, cartoon looking, small city with a scattering of useless NPC's walking or sitting around, and whats with the odd looking fake trees, and rubbish pools of fake looking water with cartoon water lily's in? As for all the cafe's, and shops, they are just empty facades with no real life in them.
    Missions are often ridiculous and boring.
    ive given it a 7..due to the effort put into some of the bases and ideas. It could of been a 10 if they kept to their promises. Its a real shame because you can see a lot of effort HAS gone into certain parts of the game.
    If Todd Howard was a used car salesman, he would walk you around an amazing Ferrari at his car showroom, waffle off all the great specs to get your interest level up, then quickly get you to sign the paper work for the expensive purchase, then when you are walked to the handover room, you would be given an old clapped out pickup truck with a Ferrari badge 'sticky taped' to the bonnet!    … Expand
  75. Melopahn
    Sep 7, 2023
    7
    I am sure if you are a bethesda loving person this game will scratch the itch. It is the ultimate example of going for quantity over quality. Also weirdly upset with the lack of Jank, it added so much heart to the bethesda game and without it something is definitely missing.

    Generally just another Bethesda game but bigger and more chopped up with loading screens.
  76. wiski
    Sep 7, 2023
    7
    55 hours played at the time of this review. Basically, the main reason I am still playing the game is because the loot hunt and upgrading the weapons/gear/ships is fun, but this feels like a game designed in 2011 and released in 2023. It's honestly kind of embarrassing Bethesda has not tried to improve their formula considering the games that have come out in more recent years.

    As is,    55 hours played at the time of this review. Basically, the main reason I am still playing the game is because the loot hunt and upgrading the weapons/gear/ships is fun, but this feels like a game designed in 2011 and released in 2023. It's honestly kind of embarrassing Bethesda has not tried to improve their formula considering the games that have come out in more recent years.

    As is, this game is a 7 out of 10 at most, with a chance for improvement from either mods or Bethesda themselves (already using various interface and QoL mods that improve the game, but Bethesda doesn't get credit for work they didn't do, but that modders could do in less than a week). I can't believe anyone rating it a 9 or 10 out of 10 is being honest about the game, and may just be willfully ignoring all the faults that it has. It has so many issues when compared to modern games from the past 5 or so years, which is fine, I think it's a 6.5 and I'm still mostly enjoying it, but that doesn't mean I can't be honest about the technical shortcomings of the game.

    Pros
    - Combat is fun. Not as good as a dedicated shooter, but compared to previous Bethesda RPG's it's excellent.
    - Weapon and gear customization is fun
    - Exploring around the world dungeons and buildings is fun, although there are plenty of times where there is a large distance between waypoints and traveling on foot (jetpack is the same speed) gets old
    - Ship upgrades and building are pretty fun
    - Being able to hijack ships seems neat, but so far seems not worth it since you barely make any money on them, unless you somehow find an awesome ship

    Cons
    - The inventory system is TERRIBLE.
    - Very poorly optimized.
    - Lots of loading screens, even to small rooms with little inside them.
    - Bethesda style dialogue, which means usually mediocre writing while staring at an NPC talking at you.
    - The game doesn't really feel like you're exploring space, more like you're exploring zones.
    - Dated character models and animations. This game does not look up to quality for a AAA 2023 title.
    - Limited graphical options on PC.
    - The explorable areas don't generally feel 'alive'. In general the open world does not feel 'real' or 'lived in'.
    - The amount of different types of ammo is kind of annoying, less so that there are so many, and more so that some ammo seems MUCH harder to find than others.
    - Most of the sidequests are just fetch or kill quests (some forcing you to go back and forth between planets or systems), with a few good ones sprinkled in.
    - No Ultrawide Menu support. Many games don't have it, but it's still a con. Hell, Bomb Rush Cyberfunk has UW menu support. Also no UW cutscenes.
    - Often companions and NPC's talk over each other, and at times companions talk over themselves, like when they are talking to each other but then a second dialogue happens with one of them talking to me at the same time.
    - No on planet transportation options. After a while travelling on foot everywhere gets old when there are large distances to cover (the boost pack doesn't seem any faster than on foot)
    - When coming out of a load, when on keyboard at least, if you try to move too soon it will not register, and you need to release and re-press the key before you can move.
    - You can wait 24 hours for vendor resets to sell more things, but each hour you wait take 3-4 seconds. You have to sit there for over a minute waiting for something that there is no reason to wait that long for.
    - On the ship there are times when the companions block passageways and it is difficult to get them to move.
    - The game has been mostly bug free for me so far, but there have been plenty of glitches, stuff like doors not be where they're supposed to be, teleporting NPC's, having dialogue with shipping containers as the NPC is on the other side, etc....
    - 30 fps menus and UI elements

    I am enjoying the game overall, but there are a lot of issues, the largest one being performance. There are times I struggle to get over 60 FPS in areas with a mix of Medium and High settings AND FSR2 on. (5800X3d, RX 6800, 32gb 3600, PCIe 4.0 m.2, 3440x1440). That is the main reason that for now, even though I enjoy the game overall, and because of all the issues I listed, I can't recommend others get the game until AT LEAST the performance is improved in patches.

    That said, Todd just had an interview where he said the game IS optimized, and anyone having problems just needs to get better hardware, so...    … Expand
  77. ultraviper
    Sep 7, 2023
    7
    It's ok. It's a betesda RPG. But it's less "skyrim in space" and more "skyrim in a bunch of different maps you can only get to through fast travel menus." The whole "space" concept seems to be an afterthought. You can't actually fly your ship in any meaningful way, other than the space combat which is basically just a minigame. ALL flying is done through quick travel menus. There's noIt's ok. It's a betesda RPG. But it's less "skyrim in space" and more "skyrim in a bunch of different maps you can only get to through fast travel menus." The whole "space" concept seems to be an afterthought. You can't actually fly your ship in any meaningful way, other than the space combat which is basically just a minigame. ALL flying is done through quick travel menus. There's no flying on planet surfaces. Taking off is a cutscene. Landing is a cutscene. Flying between planets in the same system is a cutscene. Flying to a different system is a cutscene.… Expand
  78. Hack
    Sep 10, 2023
    7
    And done, after 60 hours.

    Overall I'd say that I enjoyed it for the most part, but it wasn't the masterpiece I was hoping it would be. For me the biggest problem was the performance, I had a ton of stuttering and like everybody else a lower than ideal level of performance. Technical problems always kill games for me and Starfield was no different. I found the game actually started to    And done, after 60 hours.

    Overall I'd say that I enjoyed it for the most part, but it wasn't the masterpiece I was hoping it would be. For me the biggest problem was the performance, I had a ton of stuttering and like everybody else a lower than ideal level of performance. Technical problems always kill games for me and Starfield was no different. I found the game actually started to perform worse the further I got, the frequency of stutters definitely increased. I really hope that both Nvidia and Bethesda can improve the situation, and if they do I'd be tempted to play NG+.

    My other major issue was the story, it just wasn't very interesting and I honestly didn't care about the characters, apart from one. And the big reveal at the end literally made me groan, let's just say it wasn't very original. I played Baldur's Gate III before Starfield and I was so invested into that world and the characters, it's what made that game so incredible and Starfield just never comes close to that level of storytelling or character building. I really tried to not compare it to BG3 going in, but with it so fresh in my mind it was hard not to.

    Other smaller gripes include the sheer amount of loading screens, how irrelevant mining and gathering is, how the majority of the planets feel completely empty as they often have no life on them, and the landmarks become familiar very fast. The UI is another sore spot, for so many reasons, why can't I eat food instead of having to loot it, open multiple menus and then eat it? The game is filled with stuff like that, little QoL features that are missing which makes for a poor experience.

    On the more positive side I really enjoyed the combat, it's by far the best combat Bethesda have ever pulled off. The variety of weapons was incredible and they all felt different and punchy, with solid sound effects. It was nice to see that enemies react to being shot, although there was definitely some Bethesda jank with enemies standing still behind corners or instantly running away, the AI definitely brought the gameplay down a notch, but I still enjoyed it. The overall feel to the movement was also a high point, and again a big step up from what Bethesda usually manages. I also enjoyed the voice acting, I found it to be very high quality throughout, and I had no issue with the lip syncing or facial animations, they were more than fine IMO.

    I could see myself playing NG+ in the future, but the game needs a lot of patching before I do that.    … Expand
  79. Ryskim
    Sep 11, 2023
    7
    I want to be clear about something. I own the Digital Premium Edition (Steam) and I think this is a good game. But it has so many design flaws that it makes Cyberpunk 2077 look really good beside it.

    Starting with the incessant loading screens. not being able to see your own feet in first person, or the total absence of minimaps for large cities and interiors. It all shows dev laziness    I want to be clear about something. I own the Digital Premium Edition (Steam) and I think this is a good game. But it has so many design flaws that it makes Cyberpunk 2077 look really good beside it.

    Starting with the incessant loading screens. not being able to see your own feet in first person, or the total absence of minimaps for large cities and interiors. It all shows dev laziness everywhere, masked with excuses of all kinds from Tood Howard.

    There are no land vehicles. You can't use the mechs that you see in-game. You can't fly your ship in the atmosphere of a planet. It's just a quick travel simulator after some time.

    The scanner should be one of the strongest points of the game and it's so incredibly boring to use. The only notable upgrade you get is some sort of zoom and little else.

    You do not get any database of creatures, planets, locations, etc. A game that it's all about exploration does not let you store all of that. A game with 1,000 planets that invites you to explore all, does not keep track of anything anywhere outside the star map. No Man's Sky does this fantastically. Again, it feels like the devs were simply too lazy to do it.

    I have not gotten to the performance part yet. The game does not have DualSense button UI for Steam, it does not perform well, and it does not include DLSS all because some sort of shady deal between Bethesda, Microsoft, and AMD.

    Before you get this game, know that this is literally a copy-paste of Fallout 4 with an evolved engine and with a space skin. Some people will say the formula is nice. And I think the game is fun. But to mark this title as GOTY material is simply out of boundaries. By all accounts Baldur's Gate 3 is simply better. Even Cybepunk 2077 with the upcoming 2.0 release is better.

    Again, this is a good game. I like it, but it's not the legendary game that it was set out to be. And the fact that Bethesda acknowledges ZERO of the criticism from the players is what bothers me the most.

    No land vehicles? : "you're supposed to walk!"
    Poor performance? : "you should upgrade your rig!"

    And the list of excuses goes on and on. This is not what a developer should do. Relying on mods to make the game good is not a very good strategy (and let's pray they don't decide to "curate" the mods and sell them to you).

    Anyway, game is not the masterpiece some Bethesda fans make it out to be. And that is totally okay.

    Lastly I want to talk about companions. All of them are "good people" that will incessantly complay when you perform evil actions (in case you choose to be a villain). Join the Crimson Fleet with Sarah at your side and you'll see what I mean.

    There are literally zero evil-aligned companions in the game.

    Join the Crimson Fleet and you get zero pirate companions. And so on. Companions are simply forgettable. And funnily enough, only the robot, Vasco, is the one that will give you some little memorable moments.

    Maybe in the future with powerful mods and additional content released by Bethesda the game will get better.

    I say if you like the idea of Fallout with 70's NASA or Alien's Nostromo vibes, get it. You'll enjoy it. But:

    1. You better have a good machine.
    2. Do not expect a legendary masterpiece.    … Expand
  80. jcpshd
    Sep 11, 2023
    7
    - All the negative and positive points that have been mentioned by other people are true. Read them and decide if they're important for you.

    - I think it's unfair giving a ZERO to this game, but it's not a masterpiece either to give it a TEN. This game is a solid 7. More good than bad, but not as awesome and groundbreaking as we thought it would be. - I'm playing it for $10 on XBOX    - All the negative and positive points that have been mentioned by other people are true. Read them and decide if they're important for you.

    - I think it's unfair giving a ZERO to this game, but it's not a masterpiece either to give it a TEN.
    This game is a solid 7. More good than bad, but not as awesome and groundbreaking as we thought it would be.

    - I'm playing it for $10 on XBOX pass (PC), so it's a good bargain for so much content. That said, it's not worth $120 IMO.    … Expand
  81. Kiwigalaxy
    Sep 9, 2023
    7
    Let me start by saying: that I'm a Bethesda fan. I've had countless hours of fun with Morrowind, Oblivion, Skyrim, Fallout 3 & 4. My rant here is not based on hate, but pure passion. I played Baldur's Gate 3 just before Starfield, which is probably the best game I have played in my 35-year life. So I can't help it, I'm probably being more of a critic now if I had not played BG3.Let me start by saying: that I'm a Bethesda fan. I've had countless hours of fun with Morrowind, Oblivion, Skyrim, Fallout 3 & 4. My rant here is not based on hate, but pure passion. I played Baldur's Gate 3 just before Starfield, which is probably the best game I have played in my 35-year life. So I can't help it, I'm probably being more of a critic now if I had not played BG3.

    Negative:
    * Story feels weak. Suddenly people just tell me to do stuff and join their community.
    * Uninteresting talent tree. A lot of % increase. Do 10% more damage with shotguns or do 10% more damage with pistols? Or "Unlock this feature that we have locked so you can unlock it". Just very uninteresting and low effort.
    * Exploring barren planets is not fun. It takes minutes to walk to a landmark. And when you arrive at an "Unexplored Cave", something I hoped would be a dungeon or something, was just a small cave with some rocks in it, I suppose that you should be able to mine, but after shooting with my mining laser on it for 30 seconds, I assumed I can't mine this material. It doesn't even say you can't mine it. Oh, and the cave was just a dead end after 20 meters.
    * UI is unintuitive and is hard to read sometimes.
    * Research UI is very confusing and hard to understand at first glance.
    * What should I do with all of the loot I pick up? Is there no stash for all my materials? I asked my companions to carry it, but it was confusing. I later found out about the cargo on my spaceship, but it wasn't clear at all for a new player.
    * Your companion says "Bye" if you're ending the conversation even though he or she is following you.
    * There are too many weapons right from the start. I got legendary weapons (yes, plural) when exploring a random building on one of the first moons/planets I went to. And I killed level 15-20's when I was level 5 on normal difficulty.
    * Enemies turning on the alarm without having seen you. I just made some sound not even in their room. I was just jumping. How did they know it was me (an enemy to them). I would have assumed they would explore what the sound was first.
    * Melee weapons don't have a slow attack. Press and hold the mouse button to charge up like in Skyrim for example. Makes the combat feel floaty and unresponsive. Sometimes the slashing animation doesn't even trigger.
    * No maps of interiors and towns... like wtf?
    * Subtitles of enemies in the distance you can't even hear - Not even a little bit.
    * Companions complaining every 5 minutes I loot stuff.
    * You can't unbind keybindings.
    * Bad level design in towns. Thinking about New Atlantis. No signs, no map, dead ends. Not fun when you are encumbered and just want to find a vendor to sell to.
    * You get side quests from random people that talk that you walk past, but you didn't pay attention to what they said and now you have a random quest to do something and you don't know why.
    * Bad explanation in quest descriptions. A lot of the time I'm asking why I should do this quest. I could have completed some parts of a quest, but it only tells me about the part I am on currently in a very undescriptive way. "Go do this thing". Why?!
    * I miss being able to read through current conversations at hand like you can do in Baldur's Gate 3. My mind often wanders away, or the story doesn't grasp me enough and then it's nice being able to read what was just said. I often end up having a lot of conversation options and then don't know what to choose because I didn't pay attention and I have to press Esc and restart the whole conversation.
    * Starfield is mostly a beautiful game, but some places look like graphics from 2007...
    * Citizens in cities are extremely boring. They really feel like NPCs. No purpose else than just being still, walking, and saying they don't have time to talk.
    * You have to go inside a menu to see your active buffs...
    * Played for 16 hours and didn't get achievements. Had to Google what was wrong. It said I had to restart my computer. Now achievements appeared in Steam but I had 0/50 unlocked...
    * When doing a quest, the NPC I had to follow got stuck and I couldn't finish the quest.
    * Should be illegal to release a game with mouse acceleration, mouse ratio and field of view only edited in .ini files
    * The lockpicking mini-game is more annoying than interesting/fun
    * I expected some innovations and more polish from Bethesda, but it really feels like the same quality of a game as Fallout 4.
    * The music reminds you of Fallout 4. I was hoping for something else to make the games feel more unique to each other.

    Positive:
    * If you have played Fallout 4 and Skyrim, you know what to expect. I loved those games, but it's 2023 now and Bethesda has to step up their game.
    * Ship building seems fun. I haven't tried out base building yet, but I expect it to be fun as well.
    * Space theme is cool.
    * Physics engine.
    * Lots of exploration.
    * Modders will save us? I hate saying this, but Bethesda should feel a bit of shame.    … Expand
  82. nofunaloud
    Sep 7, 2023
    7
    While there is an interesting foundation of a game developed by Bethesda game studios, ultimately it falls short in a myriad of ways. What sticks out in this falling short is UI and quest design. You could fly to a planet and the only quest on it is following around a dude giving a museum tour. No need to make an entire planet for just that.

    You can fly to a planet to drop off medical    While there is an interesting foundation of a game developed by Bethesda game studios, ultimately it falls short in a myriad of ways. What sticks out in this falling short is UI and quest design. You could fly to a planet and the only quest on it is following around a dude giving a museum tour. No need to make an entire planet for just that.

    You can fly to a planet to drop off medical supplies, and then the ceo of a resort wants you to turn settlers into slaves or to kill them completely, and promises you money in return, but you don't get the option to give the CEO a taste of his own medicine. You have to get rid of the settlers one way or another, in a very bland yet long quest. And the CEO doesn't even give you a reward. You realize you shouldn't have explored this planet, you should have dropped off your cargo and peaced it.

    As far as the UI goes, this is the worst UI bethesda made to date. and that's saying something. the pipboy at least made logical sense when you used it. Starfield has menus in menus in menus in menus and when you try to back out and start over, you are sent to another menu you didn't even open. It is so bad. And it's all ugly with poorly used space. UI is something I can usually ignore. Whatever, just play with what the devs give me. But I've gotten frustrated so many times trying to navigate a laggy menu system that isn't intuitive at all starfield presents the user.

    a minor issue is weight of resources and their necessity. There are so many items you actually need to improve your gear and such, but they all weigh a ton, and you don't have much space to keep it. always my least favorite part of the newer bethesda games. And it's getting worse, not better.

    I don't want to take away completely from this game, as when you are free to do what you want, instead of navigating the menu, or being stuck with the one option for solving a quest, it is actually quite fun. The illusion of freedom is nice, until the game hits you in the face with the reality of being incredibly boxed in, even with 1000 planets.

    Can't say I regret spending 10 dollars to rent this game for a month. But let's just say it is a good thing there is more than one game on game pass.

    This sad part is; this is probably going to be Bethesda's best game moving forward. Like they'll never match oblivion, or new vegas ever again, they won't even reach starfield quality ever again. it's all downhill, it seems.    … Expand
  83. Tirecex
    Sep 8, 2023
    7
    Fallout 4 in space.
    If you really like Fallout 4 like I do this might be a game for you. If not, don't play it because you will be disappointed. The only thing that really stands out in this game is Inon Zur's phenomenal soundtrack. The rest of the experience I would rate between 5-9. Sometimes its really good and other times its mediocre at best.
    When the Mod community saves yet    Fallout 4 in space.
    If you really like Fallout 4 like I do this might be a game for you. If not, don't play it because you will be disappointed. The only thing that really stands out in this game is Inon Zur's phenomenal soundtrack. The rest of the experience I would rate between 5-9. Sometimes its really good and other times its mediocre at best.

    When the Mod community saves yet another Bethesda game I will come back for a second playthrough.    … Expand
  84. KamenGamerRetro
    Sep 7, 2023
    7
    Bethesda, a certain amount of "quality" is expected from them, and you get that with Starfield. Game looks good, plays well and ran buttery smooth on my system. Character creation was decent, and gameplay fun. I can see this game is getting review bombed, pretty sad, but expected from fanboys.
  85. Daermon
    Sep 7, 2023
    7
    Music is awesome! But! The gameplay and the graphic just very very midcore. This is not a bad game, just not too good.
  86. Wunpleum
    Sep 7, 2023
    7
    Been playing for 4-5 hours of the game so far. The game started really slow. There is nothing exciting in the beginning 4-5 hours of the game. I think you must take a long time to enjoy it. But since I don't have that much of time, I shall drop this game for awhile and will be back again when I play it full.
  87. Nimmer
    Sep 7, 2023
    7
    Pretty good game. Overall you will like it if you enjoy Bethesda games. A lot of complaints I feel the opposite of others on. There are weird facial animation moments, but generally speaking they're good. The voice acting I actually think is a strong suit for the game. The biggest improvement is combat which feels very fluid and smooth. The guns are fun to use with interesting modificationPretty good game. Overall you will like it if you enjoy Bethesda games. A lot of complaints I feel the opposite of others on. There are weird facial animation moments, but generally speaking they're good. The voice acting I actually think is a strong suit for the game. The biggest improvement is combat which feels very fluid and smooth. The guns are fun to use with interesting modification options. Story-wise the game is good and the companions are a much appreciated improvement over Bethesda's previous companions, although after playing Baldur's Gate 3 for 150 hours in August, I feel there's still a lot to be desired here. The actual space combat, spaceships, and spaceship designer are really cool. However, they tie directly to the biggest issue with this game that quite simply can't be fixed.

    The biggest reason this game isn't actually great is because of the switch from an open world to what can only be described as a fast travel simulator. The procedurally generated, hand-crafted content hybrid system works great for what it is. But I feel like this system should have been supplementary, not the core focus of the game. If there were a few planets with huge zones that were as big as Skyrim with their own sets of lore and, more importantly, much better content density, then this procedural tile system would feel like a massive improvement over traditional Bethesda filler quests from previous titles, i.e. respawning bandit bounties from a Hold in Skyrim. But that's not the purpose it serves, it's supposed to totally replace the hand-crafted, content-rich, open world aspect of Bethesda games and it simply falls way short.

    The engine feels great, the graphics are good, the voice acting and writing is good, I have little to complain about with the game, but the direction away from an open world in favor of this tile generation system was simply a bad one, despite that system functioning well. It's just not a good design direction. This game will likely be made great by mods, but as it stands, it's just pretty good. If you're a Bethesda fan, pick it up now. If not, buy it on sale, it's worth like $40.    … Expand
  88. Boomahly
    Sep 8, 2023
    7
    Title: A Promising Start: First Impressions of Bethesda's Latest Xbox Title

    Score: 7 out of 10 After playing it for little over 44 hours, I've delved deep into the world of Bethesda's latest Xbox release. With over 30 side quests, a handful of main story missions, and a good chunk of exploration, I'm ready to deliver my initial verdict. Performance Woes (-1 pt) While the game    Title: A Promising Start: First Impressions of Bethesda's Latest Xbox Title

    Score: 7 out of 10

    After playing it for little over 44 hours, I've delved deep into the world of Bethesda's latest Xbox release. With over 30 side quests, a handful of main story missions, and a good chunk of exploration, I'm ready to deliver my initial verdict.

    Performance Woes (-1 pt)

    While the game offers an immersive experience, I couldn't help but knock off a few points due to performance issues. The absence of DLSS support is a glaring oversight, making the game's performance on my high-end rig, equipped with a 5900x processor, a 3080 graphics card, and an M.2 SSD, less than optimal.

    Promising but Deceptive Advertising (-2 pts)

    One gripe I have is with the misleading advertising that promised limitless planetary exploration. The reality, though immersive, does have its fair share of limitations and barriers. While it doesn't affect the core gameplay, it's worth noting.

    Exceptional Side Quests and Characters

    Where this game truly shines is in its side quests and characters. The portrayal of characters and the narratives surrounding them are nothing short of exceptional. I've encountered a variety of companions, each with captivating backstories. Vladmir, I have yet to engage with, but the existing companions have already left a lasting impression.

    A Solid Addition to Bethesda's Lineup

    Overall, this game is shaping up to be one of the top titles in Bethesda's Xbox library. The delay in its release has clearly paid off in terms of refinement and polishing. In my playtime, I've encountered only three minor bugs, a testament to the developers' dedication.

    In conclusion, while there are performance issues and some deceptive advertising, Bethesda's latest title shows great promise, especially in its characters and side quests. With a few more patches, this could easily become a must-play for Xbox gamers. Stay tuned for the full review as I continue my journey through this captivating world.    … Expand
  89. Drejoe
    Sep 7, 2023
    7
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. It's okay, but I really don't like the RPG elements. Your choices don't have any real impact. I hoped Bethesda would up their game this time. My wife died and no companions had any reaction. I got married again after. The best thing is that even though you can marry someone, you never even kiss. Great immersion.
    The best series of quests i experienced was on Neon with the stealth quests for the tech company (forgot the name of the company).
    The space part is tedious and boring, more like a hub for fast travel to the more interesting parts of the game. They could have left space out entitely and we would do with one less loading screen.
    The graphics is also subpar, but the worst is the facial animations and flat characters. I just don't enjoy people not reacting to anything and they don't really have strong interesting personalities.

    All that said, it's still some what interesting and I really enjoyed some moments. Also the lockpicking is a great minigame. I could probably spend alot of hours in the game when I'm bored, but I definitely won't get addicted and forget to sleep.

    Not worth the 100$ i payed but an ok game.    … Expand
  90. BloodyEmperor
    Sep 8, 2023
    7
    DO NOT EXPECT TREAT THIS AS A SPACE SIM!

    And get rid of the false advertisement, marketing that Bethesda sold you like "unprecedented freedom" to explore a thousand planets, that "We are putting you in the cockpit of your very own spaceship and telling you that you can do pretty much anything." (Actually just loading screens when we are traveling unless you gonna spend hours flying),    DO NOT EXPECT TREAT THIS AS A SPACE SIM!

    And get rid of the false advertisement, marketing that Bethesda sold you like "unprecedented freedom" to explore a thousand planets, that "We are putting you in the cockpit of your very own spaceship and telling you that you can do pretty much anything." (Actually just loading screens when we are traveling unless you gonna spend hours flying), that "Space flight should be EXCITING and dangerous, and you should feel like you're in COMPLETE CONTROL EVERY STEP OF THE WAY. " (Couple of loading screens per travel between planets shows that I am FULLY in control.) and that you could visit any area of a planet and so on. The game is a good game for sure, but Bethesda is at fault for marketing and overhyping it.

    I do agree it's frustrating with the way they marketed it and they should not have worded it that way. If you are a fellow lover of No Man's Sky, Elite Dangerous, or any other space sim games, you will be disappointed. Instead, treat this as a RPG set in Space faring/exploration era with limited open world capabilities (like a bigger Fallout 4 open world map being dissected and separated into different planets with a limited space for you to explore) and the core focus on individual rpg elements, dialogues and story.

    Starfield is a fun game when you slowly get into it no doubt, but being a Bethesda game, as with most of their games, there are bugs and glitches, not as much as previous fallout games, but definitely still there. My first 5 hours or so was bug free, but I started seeing NPCs spasming and clipping through the assets like walls/floors or floating up into unreachable heights once I got into the Constellation first main mission...Maybe that's how the human body works when you stay in space too long. Trust Bethesda on this, they studied it. So as a Bethesda game, forget other non-vanilla in game contents like modders created costumes, etc, you got to use performance/ optimization mods to optimize and make you game work much more smoothly, have better fps and look better.

    All in all, the game is fun if you are someone who love RPGs and the thing is with Bethesda games, they are selling a foundation, a 70-80% polished game for modders and for players to apply mods to on top of it. It's a 7/10 for the vanilla game by Bethesda, but you will use mods to make it into a 10/10 by modders hand.    … Expand
  91. MrN
    Sep 8, 2023
    7
    The game is fun to play, but that's it.
    Its probably the best Bethesda game, but compared to other AAA games its already outdated in every way. Graphics are fine, but not the best. Face animations are just mouths and eyebrows going op and down. There is just zero optimization, no difference in fps when playing on low or ultra for me.
    Exploration is just **** you have to fast travel to    The game is fun to play, but that's it.
    Its probably the best Bethesda game, but compared to other AAA games its already outdated in every way. Graphics are fine, but not the best. Face animations are just mouths and eyebrows going op and down. There is just zero optimization, no difference in fps when playing on low or ultra for me.
    Exploration is just **** you have to fast travel to every location. That's understandable when traveling to other galaxies, but now there is just zero space travel.

    Basically it's just fallout in space with a LOT of load-screens and nothing new to offer..
    But its Bethesda! So we shouldn't care because this is their formula..! Yeah!    … Expand
  92. ENSeventea
    Sep 8, 2023
    7
    The children who don't have a basic understanding of the English language baby raging cause mommy and daddy didn't love them as a kid is phenomenal. The game is fine. I know guys its difficult to understand what a woman's touch is like. But maybe one day you will find someone that isn't repulsed by the the axe body spray "cologne" and actually want to hug you.

    Games fine. Anyone whining    The children who don't have a basic understanding of the English language baby raging cause mommy and daddy didn't love them as a kid is phenomenal. The game is fine. I know guys its difficult to understand what a woman's touch is like. But maybe one day you will find someone that isn't repulsed by the the axe body spray "cologne" and actually want to hug you.

    Games fine. Anyone whining needs their harddrive checked cause there's definitely going to be **** on there the FBI will want to question them about.    … Expand
  93. Biohazard-3vil
    Sep 9, 2023
    7
    Starfield look good in graphic designs, storylines and cool beginning experiences. But Starfield is a ok to me, I give it a score 7. My PC rig are Intel processor and Nvidia gpu, there’s no better graphic options for my pc spec. As for me, Fallout 76 is still my #1 best game in Bethesda games history and a masterpiece over Starfield. I played Fallout 76 for overall 4000 hours in 3Starfield look good in graphic designs, storylines and cool beginning experiences. But Starfield is a ok to me, I give it a score 7. My PC rig are Intel processor and Nvidia gpu, there’s no better graphic options for my pc spec. As for me, Fallout 76 is still my #1 best game in Bethesda games history and a masterpiece over Starfield. I played Fallout 76 for overall 4000 hours in 3 platforms together. How I play that long hours? Because Bethesda developed Fallout 76 the perfect game I ever play. Live service is even more fun to play with online players team together, game is PvE I like the most, non-stop events, scoreboards, amazing atomic shop items, affordable micro transactions than compare to ESO, CAMP are awesome, longer game life, fun-matic, never ending. The single player games such as Fallout 4, Skyrim, Starfield are good, but a little boring to me when there’s no players around and feeling lonely, after completing the storylines and that’s it, end of the game then play start all over again, that’ll be short life game. I played Fallout 4 for few hundred hours and that’s it compare to Fallout 76 for several thousand hours. I consider Fallout 76 is the best game in Bethesda games history and masterpiece. I know a lot of gamers are against Fallout 76 just because it’s a “live service” and “about money” but to me Fallout 76 is the best game I ever play.… Expand
  94. sonofasher
    Sep 8, 2023
    7
    Honestly, the controls are frustrating and unintuitive.

    I spent 15 minutes trying to figure out how to rotate a component of a spaceship, only to figure out that no, it's not possible.

    The 'game opening' cinematic is annoyingly long.

    It's frustrating to shoot someone in the head with four shotgun shells and them not dying.
  95. GirlGoneGamer
    Sep 7, 2023
    7
    * copied my review from my Xbox review but made the adjustments to the review due to better performance and experience via pc*

    On PC it was a better experience as I stated, instead of the 30fps you get via console I hit max 78 fps in certain places with lows around a dreadful 28fps at other times. The load screens were still the issue, now these could be due to the Gamepass version of    * copied my review from my Xbox review but made the adjustments to the review due to better performance and experience via pc*

    On PC it was a better experience as I stated, instead of the 30fps you get via console I hit max 78 fps in certain places with lows around a dreadful 28fps at other times. The load screens were still the issue, now these could be due to the Gamepass version of the game is what I tested with so your experience may very. There were still stuttering in places and the fact I also had the game crash on the Xbox Series X a couple of times and even on PC with a Ryzen 5800 X3D, Nvidia 3060 OC, and 32GBs of Ram… on an NVMe SSD there was a lot of stutter in the game. Now these can be potentially patched out but we shall see. As of now I can not rate this game higher than a 7 unlike certain X users who call people delusional and bash them who rate this game honestly. Don’t buy into the hype yet, wait a few months before buying in.

    At most this game is a 7 but it’s because at the time of writing this review and over 3 days worth of play time I can say it’s not really a complete game, it’s not worth the $70 price tag. Honestly if you get it, just go ahead and play it via gamepass or ask a friend to game share with you. It has bugs, texture fails, the trees in certain planets look like they were copy and pasted from an N64 game… also the water has no splash effects and doors seem to be floating away from the wall… Honestly I can’t stress this enough don’t waste $70 on this title only buy it via gamepass or for $30.    … Expand
  96. HypeN
    Sep 9, 2023
    7
    After playing for the last couple of days I must say, this game has so many mechanics and small details that it deserves praise for it. However, I don't think I've ever seen these mechanics and details vary so much depending on where you look. This game can both look astonishingly beautiful when you're standing on a hill and look around you, then for you to stumble into a canteen where theAfter playing for the last couple of days I must say, this game has so many mechanics and small details that it deserves praise for it. However, I don't think I've ever seen these mechanics and details vary so much depending on where you look. This game can both look astonishingly beautiful when you're standing on a hill and look around you, then for you to stumble into a canteen where the textures look copied from the Fallout New Vegas era.
    The open world does not seem that open to me, I don't know If It's just me, but I don't feel like I am a part of something bigger out there when I'm traveling through the emptiness of most planets in the game, with the occasional spotting of a wild creature that I have seen on 10 different planets some hours ago.

    Overall I would say that this game is a good one, definitely would recommend to try it out in GamePass. I would not however recommend to buy it for the 100$ or 80$ price range simply because I do not believe that it is worth as much.    … Expand
  97. maka12
    Sep 8, 2023
    7
    Loading, loading, and more loading. Wooden dialogues. Loading the game every few minutes of play. Poor optimization. Graphics once nice once not. Not very interesting quests. Stupid NPCs. NPCs appear in your face in cities. Surprisingly good shooting feel. Camera from 3rd person looks bad. Cool that you can build a base. The plot, at times fascinating, at times stiff. I will definitelyLoading, loading, and more loading. Wooden dialogues. Loading the game every few minutes of play. Poor optimization. Graphics once nice once not. Not very interesting quests. Stupid NPCs. NPCs appear in your face in cities. Surprisingly good shooting feel. Camera from 3rd person looks bad. Cool that you can build a base. The plot, at times fascinating, at times stiff. I will definitely finish the game and edit the reviews. That's it for now.
    EDIT:
    After finishing the game, I have to give Starfield 1 extra point, others may not like the ending, I liked it very much. If they work on optimization and NPCs, I will even put the rating even higher. I didn't add in my earlier review about ship building, which is another great thing. Overall, I recommend everyone to pass, but rather on better computers, at least for now.    … Expand
  98. Korma
    Sep 10, 2023
    7
    Starfield is a boring, soulless and outdated game. It may have been good if it was released in the early 2010's. There isn't any new idea or innovations. Exploration in space is non-existent, you can't manually land on planets, you can't manually take off from planets. Can't explore planets because you'll get hit with a invisible wall. All exploring has to be done on foot, no vehicles haveStarfield is a boring, soulless and outdated game. It may have been good if it was released in the early 2010's. There isn't any new idea or innovations. Exploration in space is non-existent, you can't manually land on planets, you can't manually take off from planets. Can't explore planets because you'll get hit with a invisible wall. All exploring has to be done on foot, no vehicles have been introduced, you will become bored within 5 minutes with the amount of running you have to do Everything is behind a loading screen, if you fast travel to a building, you will be placed outside of the building because you have to go through another loading screen. Using an engine The storyline cliché, the quests are lacking variety. All caves and building interiors have the same layout.

    The performance on PC is an absolute joke, especially if you're using a Nidia GPU. People with low spec systems have trouble running the game. People with high spec systems have trouble running the game. It's a disgrace that the modding community had to make custom patches and manually introduce DLSS because the developers of the game has failed to do this themselves. The developers keeps getting away with this because of the Bethesda fanbase is too forgiving.

    The game is not worth the hype, don't believe a word from Todd Howard when he starts flogging Elder Scrolls 6.    … Expand
  99. Leesan
    Sep 7, 2023
    7
    This game is NOT a 0/10 but it also not a 9/10.
    Is literally Fall Out in Space but with lots of friction and loading screens.
    The good: -The shooting is better than older games. -The Ship modding is fun. -Talents are well designed. -It has good quest, although not the main one. -Lockpicking minigame is good. Persuasion is fun. The bad: -Space combat is borring and almost unnecessary -AI is    This game is NOT a 0/10 but it also not a 9/10.
    Is literally Fall Out in Space but with lots of friction and loading screens.
    The good:
    -The shooting is better than older games.
    -The Ship modding is fun.
    -Talents are well designed.
    -It has good quest, although not the main one.
    -Lockpicking minigame is good.
    Persuasion is fun.
    The bad:
    -Space combat is borring and almost unnecessary
    -AI is braindead even for Bethesta standards.
    -The least buggy Bethesta game still full of bugs.
    -Very few roleplaying and crazy/funny stuff to do even compared with older Bethesta games.
    -If you don't play 12h of the main story you are not really prepared to go explore around, the game starts to slow.    … Expand
  100. affus
    Sep 8, 2023
    7
    Not bad as people say. Far from being good as Todd Howard said. The game doesn't make a good use of space theme and the story could be in a single planet (and it would be better without so many fast travels between planets). The story is also a little cliche.
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Generally favorable reviews - based on 75 Critic Reviews

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