Starfield

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  1. ScruffyDJanitor
    Sep 8, 2023
    5
    This game is fun and would rate it a 7/10 under normal circumstances. This biggest issue I have is the bugs, lags, and the experience I had with it. I have the game on gamepass and it's disappointing that I have to buy the game full price to install mods in order to actually play the game and immerse myself into it. There shouldn't be any excuse as to why this game isn't optimized to PCThis game is fun and would rate it a 7/10 under normal circumstances. This biggest issue I have is the bugs, lags, and the experience I had with it. I have the game on gamepass and it's disappointing that I have to buy the game full price to install mods in order to actually play the game and immerse myself into it. There shouldn't be any excuse as to why this game isn't optimized to PC and telling people to upgrade their PC when using a high-end PC in unacceptable. I had to restart the tutorial twice because of a game breaking crash as one of the major cutscenes was loading. Every time I talk to an NPC or one of the essential characters in the game their animations lag and sometimes the screen will freeze and you have to wait for the game to catch up. This is after I reset the display setting multiple times. I'm so glad I didn't buy this game at full price because it's not worth it right now. I'm considering dropping it altogether until patches are out.… Expand
  2. Serumpert
    Sep 8, 2023
    5
    Horribly un-optimized soulless mess of a game. Gets boring and repetitive very quickly. Average to the extreme.
  3. vondom
    Sep 8, 2023
    5
    Do not buy this game, play it on gamepass first to see how it in no way lives up to the fanboy hype - 5/10 at most.
  4. RitasPin
    Sep 8, 2023
    5
    When everyone is moving forward and you're standing still, it's still degradation.

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    quests are repetitive and uninspired
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    poorly optimized
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    No space travel
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    No weapon modularity
    And more,and more
    That's not what Bethesda showed
    Disappointment
  5. Diogovalm
    Sep 8, 2023
    5
    Insane, this game come whit just small Bugs ( for me ) . And this is crazy game !
  6. PotatMasterRace
    Sep 8, 2023
    5
    I have played Mass Effects, The Outer Worlds and No Man's Sky prior and Starfield feels just like a botched copypaste of those games. Mass Effect had a better plot, a better developed world and better developed characters. No man's Sky had better "space exploration", The Outer Worlds had better companion and social system, and even a better plot, not to mention the styling was a lotI have played Mass Effects, The Outer Worlds and No Man's Sky prior and Starfield feels just like a botched copypaste of those games. Mass Effect had a better plot, a better developed world and better developed characters. No man's Sky had better "space exploration", The Outer Worlds had better companion and social system, and even a better plot, not to mention the styling was a lot better. Bethesda should've just concentrated on developing TES6.… Expand
  7. Sheoloch
    Sep 9, 2023
    5
    Everyone is trying to throw the blame for the middle of the road or bad reviews on the console wars nonsense or anti-woke sentiment. The reality is that no company should be rewarded for stagnating in every aspect of their game development process and its end result. I like the game as I have liked previous Bethesda titles warts and all but I cannot in good conscience say it is a step inEveryone is trying to throw the blame for the middle of the road or bad reviews on the console wars nonsense or anti-woke sentiment. The reality is that no company should be rewarded for stagnating in every aspect of their game development process and its end result. I like the game as I have liked previous Bethesda titles warts and all but I cannot in good conscience say it is a step in any direction except maybe a step back from previous titles. The engine they refuse to update looks worse with each new title released, better lighting and shadows, sure, but to me it just looks like lipstick on a pig. Endless loading screens instead of a seamless experience of exploration and true role-playing. NPC's and facial animations are a real disappointment after playing games like Witcher 3, Death Stranding and Baldur's Gate 3 and one of these is from eight years ago. Just nostalgia for Bethesda games shouldn't excuse their sloppiness. They have the massive backer that is Microsoft now so they really have no excuse (not that they had one before in my opinion) as a AAA developer to deliver such a sub-par product for 2023 while other much smaller studios with a fraction of their resources deliver something amazing both in looks and feel!… Expand
  8. Jeffasaurus
    Sep 9, 2023
    5
    I came in really wanting to like this game since elder scrolls and fallout are some of my favorite game series. But in the end it just felt like a soulless experience. There 100% is a great game here and I hope one day Bethesda can fix it up. But at release there's just to many bad feeling experiences that outshine the good experiences. The companions are stale and lack any charm (they areI came in really wanting to like this game since elder scrolls and fallout are some of my favorite game series. But in the end it just felt like a soulless experience. There 100% is a great game here and I hope one day Bethesda can fix it up. But at release there's just to many bad feeling experiences that outshine the good experiences. The companions are stale and lack any charm (they are just pack mules to deal with the horrid weight limit).
    The gunplay is improved over fallout but the enemy AI is atrocious.
    Most of the game is pregenerated (I hope you like seeing the same enemy bases over any over again).
    And while the game does get better after you beat it, you shouldn't have to beat a game for it to finally become enjoyable. While in years past I could see starfeild being much better , in a year of such quality the stinkers really show.    … Expand
  9. KOSOTA
    Sep 9, 2023
    5
    Honest review after 40+ hours of gameplay. *Disappointment and Deception*

    The main story is disappointingly short, riddled with clichés, and lacks engagement, particularly in the initial 10-12 hours. The script writing often veers into laughably bad territory, with voices and dialogue feeling somewhat generic. Space combat feels basic and lacks excitement. Outpost building lacks    Honest review after 40+ hours of gameplay. *Disappointment and Deception*

    The main story is disappointingly short, riddled with clichés, and lacks engagement, particularly in the initial 10-12 hours. The script writing often veers into laughably bad territory, with voices and dialogue feeling somewhat generic. Space combat feels basic and lacks excitement. Outpost building lacks inspiration, demanding too much time and initial investment.

    Graphics are passable at best, with facial animations and overall animation feeling stiff and outdated. Performance issues, especially in the UI and inventory, are unforgivable. The game's performance on powerful configurations is embarrassingly poor.

    The portrayal of the entire Galaxy as distinctly American, from architecture to mass culture, feels out of touch with the potential for diverse and rich world-building.

    There is little noticeable progress from previous titles like Skyrim or Fallout 4. The same engine-related bugs, loading screens, and AI issues persist. Interactions with the environment are often comically flawed, with players and companions frequently getting stuck. Companion AI is surprisingly ineffective, serving more as a bullet shield than a useful ally.

    The engine's outdated status since 2015 is painfully evident, with reused assets and ideas contributing to a sense of creative stagnation.

    This release falls far short of what one would expect in 2023. I give it a modest 5/10 rating, perhaps future updates or modder contributions will breathe new life into this title, but for now, it feels like an archaic, poorly optimised product.

    For a company of this magnitude, the state in which this game was released is inexcusable.    … Expand
  10. Diegleo07
    Sep 9, 2023
    5
    Es un juego divertido y entretenido lleno de contenido pero no esta ni de coñ* a la altura de sus expectativas es un fallout en el espacio con mecánica anticuadas y que carece de detalles y esta lleno de pantallas y carga y de abrir el menú y perder toda la inmersión
  11. Leftbrig
    Sep 9, 2023
    5
    Probably the worst UI I’ve seen out of a modern game. Certain mechanics are poorly explained. Lack of a local map and an ultimately boring gameplay loop. Some interesting quests, though most ultimately lack any form of impact. Ultimately Starfield is a disjointed experience that may provide some entertainment, but I doubt it’ll be many’s favorite game of all time. On the upside the gamesProbably the worst UI I’ve seen out of a modern game. Certain mechanics are poorly explained. Lack of a local map and an ultimately boring gameplay loop. Some interesting quests, though most ultimately lack any form of impact. Ultimately Starfield is a disjointed experience that may provide some entertainment, but I doubt it’ll be many’s favorite game of all time. On the upside the games surprisingly is probably the least buggy out of any Bethesda title.… Expand
  12. nordita
    Sep 9, 2023
    5
    BORING.

    Bethesda have gotten lazy riding the success of Skyrim for too long and it shows. Starfield is a disappointing game that falls flat on multiple fronts. Overall the game is a bore, it often feels like a chore than a game as I try to find some resemblance of immersion or fun. The entire world is bland and it feels like the game was designed by committee with very little of a    BORING.

    Bethesda have gotten lazy riding the success of Skyrim for too long and it shows. Starfield is a disappointing game that falls flat on multiple fronts. Overall the game is a bore, it often feels like a chore than a game as I try to find some resemblance of immersion or fun.

    The entire world is bland and it feels like the game was designed by committee with very little of a unifying vision which never shines through.

    The main story lacks excitement, and the characters are lifeless and forgettable. I don't think I can remember even one name. The dated AI and gameplay mechanics leave much to be desired, making it feel like a relic from a bygone era and it relies too much on a cheap looter shooter mechanic gameplay loop. Seeing a gun with random stats and a fancy colored name just doesn't cut it as engaging gameplay if the entire game around that is lacking.

    The role playing aspects are seriously barebone and the Bethesda team need to consider finding some fresher and more passionate writers. The story is boring and the entire attitude of the game is milquetoast. The dialogue is a cross between millenial writing and marvel avengers-esque which leaves a sour taste in my mouth and makes me feel the writing team are too old and out of their depth or lack any imagination or talent.

    Exploration is virtually non-existent, since the game relies heavily on a tedious menu-driven fast travel to get about. As a player I was expecting to fly in space to different worlds. This is not the case. You do not explore space in this game in your ship. You fast travel to different planets and run in a straight line in a 100m x 100m square patch to one of the dozen randomly generated sci fi dungeons which you soon memorise the layouts by heart. Exploration is perhaps its most disheartening aspect of the game as it was heavily marketed as "The Skyrim" in space. Unfortunately they never innovated their old game engine and the studio relies too heavy on randomly generated content rather than the hand crafted world building the studio was known for.

    The ship building is my favorite part of the game and I think the team did a great job making it. It's cool how you can drag components together and this reflects to an actual walkable and liveable space in the gameworld. Too bad the ships serve very little purpose apart from a space dog fight minigame.

    A lackluster and mediocre experience for those seeking an engaging sci-fi adventure.    … Expand
  13. IOWANEWTYPE
    Sep 9, 2023
    5
    Probably the most over hyped game I’ve played in a very long time. This is a glorified walking/flying simulator. By flying simulator I mean it feels like you’re in a flying simulator instead of actually flying a ship. The flying is awful and most of the time you use the ship just to fast travel. It’s a cut and paste Bethesda game. If you’ve played elder scrolls or fallout, you’ve playedProbably the most over hyped game I’ve played in a very long time. This is a glorified walking/flying simulator. By flying simulator I mean it feels like you’re in a flying simulator instead of actually flying a ship. The flying is awful and most of the time you use the ship just to fast travel. It’s a cut and paste Bethesda game. If you’ve played elder scrolls or fallout, you’ve played this game. Graphics in bulletstorm full clip edition are better than this game which is sad. Gun play is slow and clunky, movement is clunky, menus are terrible, and as usual you spend 90% of the time talking to NPC’s and running errands for them they could easily do themselves just to get to the actual task at hand. 90 % filler. Glad I only played on game pass cause it would have been a waste of $70.… Expand
  14. Taigo42
    Sep 9, 2023
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Parece que está em beta ainda, o jogo é legal e tem uma boa história, mas falta muito pra ser realmente incrível, tá cheio de bugs e a exploração é bem medíocre.… Expand
  15. Cagallone
    Sep 9, 2023
    5
    Have to be short cause it's not worth it to spend so much time writing a review for this game:

    - performance is really bad, the worst optimized game of 2023, had to go through multiple tweaks just to make it playable, go look up the benchmarks. - UI is straight garbage and confusing, had to install some like 5/6 mods to not get a headache everytime i open a tab. -The game is    Have to be short cause it's not worth it to spend so much time writing a review for this game:

    - performance is really bad, the worst optimized game of 2023, had to go through multiple tweaks just to make it playable, go look up the benchmarks.

    - UI is straight garbage and confusing, had to install some like 5/6 mods to not get a headache everytime i open a tab.

    -The game is missing basic features that are considered standard in every **** rpg and some videogames, like FOV, Gamma and Texture settings; no local map, so looking for whatever shop you need is a **** nightmare. let's not forget that you can't change the piss yellow tint, so unless you install mods, you're stuck with bad color grading and washed out blacks .

    -No tutorials, like, wtf? the ship builder tutorial is basically " yo this the ship builder, have fun".

    -Main quest is easily the worst one bethesda has ever put out, you get shoehorned into the story with no nuance and it doesn't get any better as you progress, it's basically get artifact, report back to npc, go get another artifact, until you have all of them and you can start the most unsatisfying and unrewarding NG+ to ever exist; the writing is trash, unimaginative and lacks depth, it's just so funny that some secondary quests are leagues above the main one when it comes to all these factors

    -Facial animations are dated and so jarring that they can't even make an attempt at helping the, most the times, poor VA, and it doesn't help that many times you can't skip dialogues cause you're not part of the conversation so you just stand there watching basically animatronics talking bout **** that you don't even care about. BG3 facial animations, while not perfect, are miles ahead.

    -Some Features are just straight up useless, for example, do you want to sell a ship you just stole? Cool, you sell the ship for 11k credits, but first you have to register it for 80% the original value, so you get like 2K and maybe you can get a couple med packs with those. Oh, you want to cannibalize the stolen ship and remove maybe the weapons so you can install them on your ship? too bad, you can't do that.
    Fuel is Aesthetic and just a number that represents how far you can get with your Grav drive, there's no actual fuel mechanic; subjective? maybe, but for me it's a wasted opportunity and it breaks immersion

    -Talking bout immersion, loading screens and fast travelling for every **** thing that you do is easily the worst design choice of the entire game, it's immersion breaking in the worst way possible; you want to travel to another solar system? brief cutscene of the grav drive engaging and then loading screen. you want to land on that planet? you get the last 5 seconds of the landing and then a loading screen; space is just another instance where you have ship combat and that's it, and the worst part is that they didn't even try to hide or mask it.

    The perk system is a **** joke and locks basic mechanics that previous BSG games had already at the start; you want the stealth meter or the ability to use your jetpack, which you get from the beginning? spend a point. you want to combat slide? spend a point. the worst part is that to level up perks you have to beat challenges that get more unfair the further you get with the ranks, to get to the "more settlements" perk rank 4 you have to go to 10 different planets and place a beacon and an airlock, if it sounds fun to you, cheers. you want decorations to cost 50% less to build? better get ready to fill your outpost with 50 tables and waste your precious materials. Weight feeds into the perk system, as the base weight is very low and just 5 minutes of looting makes you cumbersome, so even more perk points lost.

    -XP gets crazy low after completing the main quest which gets you to just around level 20 or some. apart from like 4/5 secondary quests which are actually good and the best content of the entire game, the rest of them is item fetching garbage that barely gives you any xp, so good luck leveling basically anything after a while.

    -There's no land vehicle, which according to mr Howard, is a design choice. so cool to walk 1km across empty, barren wastelands just to get to a POI that I will probably see again on the next planet that I land on, with exactly the same layout and loot.

    So, the only standouts of the game is It's aesthetics and the ship builder, and even that has its flaws. Anyway, im reaching the character limit.

    Just get it on gamepass if you want to play it, otherwise go play other SCI-FI games which are way more fun and immersive, like no man's sky, mass effect or outer worlds. Better yet, go play BG3 which came out last month and it's worth playing

    I fear for TES 6 And this **** company that refuses to grow and seems to be stuck in 2008.    … Expand
  16. Wick5
    Sep 10, 2023
    5
    It's a great game other than a few small bugs I came across. The game have a slow start, but once it opened up It gets really good.
  17. netabatarya
    Sep 10, 2023
    5
    Summary: Worse than Fallout 4

    Ancient mechanics and animations left from Fallout 4. Story and its way of telling is poor. Dialog options are going only one way meaning you dont have any options to impact the story. We see faces of NPCs as a cinematic thing but mimics are poorly recorded, worse than Fallout 4. There's nothing to explore in the space. Flying spaceship doesn't satisfy the    Summary: Worse than Fallout 4

    Ancient mechanics and animations left from Fallout 4. Story and its way of telling is poor. Dialog options are going only one way meaning you dont have any options to impact the story. We see faces of NPCs as a cinematic thing but mimics are poorly recorded, worse than Fallout 4. There's nothing to explore in the space. Flying spaceship doesn't satisfy the player. Also taking down on planets is actually punishemnt to the player because many of them are just empty.    … Expand
  18. dacterframe
    Sep 11, 2023
    5
    Que álguien le diga, por favor, a bethesda que en un rpg no puede haber una forma que es objetivamente mejor de afrontar los problemas, y definitivamente no puede ser la más a prueba de idiotas, que eso le quita profundidad a un rpg. O si no, que le pregunten a cyberpunk y su sistema de hackeo, que estaba ahí por cumplir, porque tenía que estar, porque nadie con un arma mínimamenteQue álguien le diga, por favor, a bethesda que en un rpg no puede haber una forma que es objetivamente mejor de afrontar los problemas, y definitivamente no puede ser la más a prueba de idiotas, que eso le quita profundidad a un rpg. O si no, que le pregunten a cyberpunk y su sistema de hackeo, que estaba ahí por cumplir, porque tenía que estar, porque nadie con un arma mínimamente competente consideraría afrontar ninguna situación con hackeo a no ser que intentara muy fuerte rollplayear como un netrunner. Igual pasaba en fall out 4 y lo rota que estaba la elocuencia, y en Starfield lo mismo que en cyberpunk, ¿para qué voy a querer dialogar con unos bandidos cuando de por sí no suponen ningún desafió? Cuatro balas y a volar.

    Los personajes siguen siendo un pedazo de cartón, y no hablo de las animaciones, que esa es otra, hablo de que en lo que llevo de Starfield, y al igual que en Fallout 4, no he encontrado ni un personaje mínimamente interesante, y no es como si el que los personajes sean una panda de siesos fuera cosa del género, hasta el comerciante de carne humana de los primeros fallouts tiene más carisma que ningún npc en starfield y no hablemos ya de Joshua Graham del Fallout New Vegas. Ahora que lo pienso todos esos juegos tienen en común que no fueron desarrollados por bethesda como tal, los primeros por Tim Cain y New vegas por Obsidian... Igual es que Todd Howard no sabe lo que hace a un buen rpg, o se le ha olvidado, no sé, no le importa a él, imagínate a mi.

    Y por cierto, muy bueno el sistema de elocuencia basado en tres emociones básicas, hasta el Persona 5 en 2017 hacía lo mismo pero mejor, y no es que en P5 fuera malo, pero los jrpg tienen sus virtudes y los crpg occidentales las suyas y no puede ser el primero le patee el culo al segundo en lo que se supone que es su terreno.

    En una escala del 1 al 5, le daría un 3, es decir, mediocre, no pasa nada si lo juegas pero tampoco te pierdes de nada si pasas de ello, pero como esta página puntúa del 0 al 10, pues se queda con un 5.    … Expand
  19. Splatz
    Sep 10, 2023
    5
    Do not buy this game, its a buggy mess with characters wandering off during dialogue screens, vibrating and flickering cause they get stuck on something making it so bad the game should have en epilepsy warning. Sometimes your follower will get stuck and when you go to talk to another npc where your follower has is supposed to be part of the dialogue, the screen will start teleporting backDo not buy this game, its a buggy mess with characters wandering off during dialogue screens, vibrating and flickering cause they get stuck on something making it so bad the game should have en epilepsy warning. Sometimes your follower will get stuck and when you go to talk to another npc where your follower has is supposed to be part of the dialogue, the screen will start teleporting back and forth because of the stuck follower. The base building and cargo shipment system seems completely redundant, which was one of the things i was most excited about for the game. Theres very little point in even having a base besides the upgrading benches you can find in the lodge anyway. Theres barely any customization, you have 4 pre set shapes of rooms you can have, instead of building your own shaped house, you only have the option to choose a square or a circle and connect to the same looking square and circle shaped rooms. The next issue is resource gathering, i went all out on resource gathering on the skill tree, which turned out to be completely pointless because even fully specced into it, going to the various cities and buying out the resources from vendors (which by the way costs close to nothing) turned out to be about 50 times faster than grinding it yourself. This also made the cargo transportation system you can have completely pointless too. The combat is equal to a 2005 FPS game and theres no mob variety at all. The main quest was miserable for 95% of it and the first half of it was basically doing the same quest 20 times over and over again, even 2 of the quests taking you to a location with identical building, identical mobs and an identical underground bunker location. Only during the last 3-4 hours of the main story did the quests get somewhat interesting. Those are just some of the issues, the game has a lot of problems, the potential is there after 4-5 patches or letting modders do their thing. All in all its just an okay game, nothing special and wouldnt recommend anyone buying it until it goes on sale.… Expand
  20. Oso_Guapo
    Sep 11, 2023
    5
    Part of me wants to say that the only thing holding Starfield back from GOTY is the fact that it was released in 2023, instead of 2015. The other part of me says that even if it was released in 2015, that Fallout 4 would still be my personal choice for GOTY. There is some real ambition here, but the game is so hit or miss some times that it is difficult for me fully give it my support. IfPart of me wants to say that the only thing holding Starfield back from GOTY is the fact that it was released in 2023, instead of 2015. The other part of me says that even if it was released in 2015, that Fallout 4 would still be my personal choice for GOTY. There is some real ambition here, but the game is so hit or miss some times that it is difficult for me fully give it my support. If you like space+BGS, it might be the game for you, but it is extremely middling for a 2023 release.… Expand
  21. Entisy
    Sep 11, 2023
    5
    I was quite disappointed.. every night I turn on my pc and start playing it, after an hour I'm on time to sleep on my desk.
    This only happens to me when a game is boring and this unfortunately is. I've waited years for starfield and so I can only be very disappointed. The flaws have already been mentioned by many others. But the thing that bothers me the most is that it lacks action.    I was quite disappointed.. every night I turn on my pc and start playing it, after an hour I'm on time to sleep on my desk.
    This only happens to me when a game is boring and this unfortunately is. I've waited years for starfield and so I can only be very disappointed. The flaws have already been mentioned by many others. But the thing that bothers me the most is that it lacks action. After 30 hours of playing I'm still waiting for some fights! especially the secondary quests,..just uploads and blablabla
    Maybe I'm getting old, but then why do I like games like no man sky or cyberpunk2077 so much?    … Expand
  22. Canliberk
    Sep 11, 2023
    5
    Playing this game makes me want to play other games.

    It is like a combination of Fallout 4, Mass Effect and No Man's Sky, but taken all the mediocre aspects of each game. Combat / Exploration / Looting worked much better on Fallout 4. Space Theme and world building was much better on Mass Effect series Space exploration / combat was much better on No Mans Sky. Performance is    Playing this game makes me want to play other games.

    It is like a combination of Fallout 4, Mass Effect and No Man's Sky, but taken all the mediocre aspects of each game.

    Combat / Exploration / Looting worked much better on Fallout 4.
    Space Theme and world building was much better on Mass Effect series
    Space exploration / combat was much better on No Mans Sky.

    Performance is sadly not good at the launch state. UI is clunky and gets in the way too much. Graphics are good - not masterpiece but good.    … Expand
  23. cquint
    Sep 12, 2023
    5
    "I'm sorry, but this RPG isn't on the same level as other Bethesda games. It's only better than Fallout 76, which is a disaster in itself. It offers many hours of gameplay, but menu navigation disrupts immersion, there's an excess of endless dialogues, characters that seem like cartoons, and a lack of character customization options without Fallout's SPECIAL system. In the end, it's just"I'm sorry, but this RPG isn't on the same level as other Bethesda games. It's only better than Fallout 76, which is a disaster in itself. It offers many hours of gameplay, but menu navigation disrupts immersion, there's an excess of endless dialogues, characters that seem like cartoons, and a lack of character customization options without Fallout's SPECIAL system. In the end, it's just another game that revolves around managing the character's inventory, which can be a hassle. I'm playing it through a subscription, but I wouldn't really buy it for more than $10. We'll have to hope that modders can improve the game because if it depends on Bethesda, it's not going well. The visuals are dated, and the game feels sluggish and clunky."… Expand
  24. CoreDave
    Sep 7, 2023
    4
    Bethesda's ethos has been to make game in which you can "Live another life". Sadly Starfield seems to have abandoned this for "live another mediocre scifi show" because that's what it feels like. Gone is the expansive, immersive open world previous titles have had you emerge blinking into. Worlds in which you could see a distant mountain and set off with the goal to find it and climb it,Bethesda's ethos has been to make game in which you can "Live another life". Sadly Starfield seems to have abandoned this for "live another mediocre scifi show" because that's what it feels like. Gone is the expansive, immersive open world previous titles have had you emerge blinking into. Worlds in which you could see a distant mountain and set off with the goal to find it and climb it, discovering along the way countless adventures. Replaced with a quest log, cut scenes and loading screens whisking you from one soulless level to another, sure many technically exist on open world maps but you would be forgiven for not noticing as the relevance it has to the gameplay. If you do decide to "explore" a planet you find nothing but endless tracts of randomly scatted rocks, plants and critters separating icon marked copy pastes of the POIs.

    There is no sense of distance or scale, no permanence or solidity to the world the game proports to put you in. All of which I might forgive if the writing, hand crafted locations and characters were more memorable or coherent but even here the game fails to impress. I can't help but feel like the hard working and skilled folks at Bethesda just didn't have their hearts in this game. I hope they can find their passion and grove again in time for TES6.

    Honestly it isn't terrible and I would give it more than a 4 if it were from a different studio. But this is a Bethesda game, it has to be judged in relation to the likes of TES and Fallout and in that respect it falls so far short of those greats its rather a sad state of affairs.    … Expand
  25. kamgeforce
    Sep 8, 2023
    4
    Midfield it is. Bethesda has been on slow decline after Morrowind, simplifying their games and systems to appease larger crowds, but Oblivion and Skyrim still had souls, exploration was a blast and every dungeon or shrine had some history or lore behind it. Story was worth following as well.
    In the same vein, Fallout went from having robust rpg systems and learning curve, through F3 which    Midfield it is. Bethesda has been on slow decline after Morrowind, simplifying their games and systems to appease larger crowds, but Oblivion and Skyrim still had souls, exploration was a blast and every dungeon or shrine had some history or lore behind it. Story was worth following as well.
    In the same vein, Fallout went from having robust rpg systems and learning curve, through F3 which changed the formula to fallout 4 which was stripped of most of its rpg elements and turned into a shooter with vats, still it was worth exploring cause the world was hand crafted and there was **** to discover.
    That leads us to Midfield, with which Bethesda completely abandoned any pretense of trying. Either they dont care anymore or they simply dont have the people who brought quality to their games. Nothing that made Bethesda games good or enjoyable is here. Exploration is a waste of time, most planets are straight up empty and added only to increase size of the shallow puddle. There is no world/universe building or history to speak of. No deep systems to engage with, other than building your own ship if you are into that, but why would you if the space battles are mostly skippable and the space combat is attrocious and ship travel between and within planets is just a cutscene. Skill tree would be good enough if the skills worked as they are supposed to. Combat itself is horrid, melee isnt viable at all and gunplay has no weight behind it, plus the variety of gun types is pathetic. Even more pathetic is the variety of enemy types, its pretty much nonexistent, there is no intelligent non human life btw, few useless monster types, but 90% of the time you are fighting humans, in case of bosses, they are half humans, half sponges, some teleport. Writing is dog****, the dialogues are waste of time, following the "story" is a waste of time, trying to get to know your companions is a waste of time and the twist at the end is the most cliche scifi trope anyone could imagine. And its full of ugly npcs and ESG slop bethesda gladly servers you in excess of whats mandated to meet the quota.
    In other words, there is no way to play starfield and make it enjoyable, if you have any standards for quality of anything. Be it the story, worldbuilding, exploration or combat. Unless you are proffesional ship designer, starfield has nothing to offer you.
    Oh and everything I said concerns only the vision and idea of the game itself, even if the game was polished and technically sound, it would still be mediocre in every way, but ofc its not technically sound, its plagued with bugs and disgusting optimazation.    … Expand
  26. rfz88
    Sep 9, 2023
    4
    The performance is bad even at a high end system. Console peasants might be okay with 30 fps but PC players with high-end systems settle for nothing less than 60 (144+ should be the norm in AD 2023)

    Add to these problems, the woke hysteria - one of the worst games i've seen this woke, it's sickening. There's also several features missing; where is the diving? Why almost no    The performance is bad even at a high end system. Console peasants might be okay with 30 fps but PC players with high-end systems settle for nothing less than 60 (144+ should be the norm in AD 2023)

    Add to these problems, the woke hysteria - one of the worst games i've seen this woke, it's sickening.

    There's also several features missing; where is the diving? Why almost no blood/gore? Why no vehicle to traverse on land? Why no free flying in space, only fast travel? Why no maps?

    Has potential to be good though, but that is assuming BGS or modders fix the performance, removes the woke and adds missing features (it will probably not be BGS doing these things....)

    4/10    … Expand
  27. Trypsinogen
    Sep 7, 2023
    4
    I usually like Bethesda games (though never tried 76). I also liked the Mass Effect games (though never tried Andromeda). Unfortunately though, I can not say that I like Starfield. It just misses the mark. There are SO many issues I could talk about - I actually wrote out a list. I doubt anyone wants to read that though so the main points are that
    1) The narrative of the quests and    I usually like Bethesda games (though never tried 76). I also liked the Mass Effect games (though never tried Andromeda). Unfortunately though, I can not say that I like Starfield. It just misses the mark. There are SO many issues I could talk about - I actually wrote out a list. I doubt anyone wants to read that though so the main points are that
    1) The narrative of the quests and companions are not engaging enough. That is to say, most of the game is quite boring. Occasionally there is an interesting character or interesting event, but it's not enough
    2) The performance is not good and the game doesn't even look that good
    3) The combat is too bare bones. It's just too boring. The AI is bad, itemization isn't interesting, etc.
    4) There UI and systems are too much of a mess. I have to Google things WAY to much. There needs to be WAY more tutorials.
    5) The planets are too ridiculously similar to each other and too ridiculously similar to Earth
    6) Surveying the different planets is too ridiculously tedious and unrewarding. So are building outposts. There not being any kind of grav bike or other land vehicle to use is also very stupid.
    7) The NPCs are so ridiculously unrealistic and dialogue is poorly done. This is especially embarrassing when you compare it to works by Larian and CD Projekt Red    … Expand
  28. Doan
    Sep 9, 2023
    4
    The menu system is so blatantly designed for controllers, it is incredibly awkward and unintuitive to use with mouse and keyboard.

    Ship-building is a frustrating experience, because the game does not explain the features or functionalities of the different ship parts
  29. Deadalon
    Sep 10, 2023
    4
    My recommendation on Starfield right now is to wait 1 or 2 months and see what Bethesta can fix in terms of bugs and issues. Some of the issues might sadly be too problematic to even fix. Combat AI for example. But until these issues are sorted, the game is simply not worth playing - knowing it could be done better. The game is only 4 out of 10 until these fixes go through.
  30. angmarec
    Sep 8, 2023
    4
    This game is bad. It looks like game from 2013 and i some places like from 2005, but has horrible optimization, and requires top hardware for such **** graphics. Also old engine has tons of loading screens almost everywhere. It is shame, that large studios with giant budget doing such crap in 2023. Fail of the year. And they say it is "next gen" game. This is mockery on players.
  31. Locus
    Sep 7, 2023
    4
    Pros:
    -Okay sidequests, factions quests are fairly good but too short
    -A lot of content but can get a bit repetitive -Main cities -The Starships are very cool -Armour and weapons look decent -Surprisingly decent graphics -Varied voice acting, haven't really had the 'repeat' feeling like experienced in Skyrim and Fallout -Modding community (Some great mods out there already)    Pros:
    -Okay sidequests, factions quests are fairly good but too short
    -A lot of content but can get a bit repetitive
    -Main cities
    -The Starships are very cool
    -Armour and weapons look decent
    -Surprisingly decent graphics
    -Varied voice acting, haven't really had the 'repeat' feeling like experienced in Skyrim and Fallout
    -Modding community (Some great mods out there already)
    -Hasn't crashed once
    -Back to the silent protagonist
    -Highly detailed misc/general items for inspecting in the inventory

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

    Love Bethesda games and have enjoyed Starfield so far but honestly too many cons which shouldn't be a thing for a Bethesda title in 2023. It feels like a step back in many ways, Skyrim had more reactivity from the NPC's and it came out 12 years ago. It's not terrible, but it's not great either.
    If you are looking for a typical Bethesda game and like Fallout 4, you will probably enjoy Starfield. Bethesda haven't innovated or expanded their game design at all with starfield. If we aren't vocal in this, then ES6 will probably be the same .    … Expand
  32. Anded
    Sep 9, 2023
    4
    Just play fallout 4 if you want a shooter with rpg elements. Starfield is basically worse version of that game.
    - no blood and gore, even robot parts don't get damaged
    - very low enemy variety, for 20 hours I've killed 3 different alien creatures, some space suite guys, 2 different kinds of robots and a turret. In Fallout 4 I would see 10 times more enemy diversity. - no underwater    Just play fallout 4 if you want a shooter with rpg elements. Starfield is basically worse version of that game.
    - no blood and gore, even robot parts don't get damaged
    - very low enemy variety, for 20 hours I've killed 3 different alien creatures, some space suite guys, 2 different kinds of robots and a turret. In Fallout 4 I would see 10 times more enemy diversity.
    - no underwater swimming
    - every gameplay feature like weapon customization and pickpocketing is behind skill system
    - no power armor
    - landscape is generated and boring
    - worse performance
    - more bugs
    - no cool vaults/dungeons
    - character is constantly encumbered. And you can't even turn items to scrap.
    - terrible balance, companions doing 6 times your damage and immortal, healthpacks very rarely drop from enemies, this leads to safe and boring gameplay.
    - ludo narrative dissonance, often you get a quest to deal with some very dangerous people, but in reality they are some low lvl hobos that can't hurt you.
    - bad ai, super passive and with unlimited ammo they can will shoot you from distance with smg for hours even if they can't hit.
    - bad ui, instead of compact spreadsheet or icon grid you have about 6 items on screen with info only for selected items and no icons.
    - you can't fly anywhere, space part is just so you can shoot some ships or dock to a station one in a while.
    - even character editor is worse, you can't grab face parts and drag anymore.
    - quest choices are limited, your actions don't matter, you can't just kill quest npc, and they will resurrect and act like nothing happened.
    + item models are cool
    + ship building system is nice
    + 50 different models of guns and you can upgrade them, best part about the game
    + really large world, you can waste hundreds of hours (if devs and modders fix it)    … Expand
  33. slaxxTB
    Sep 8, 2023
    4
    ...it was so promising. But... no AR 32:9 Ultrawide without modding it, no DLSS without modding it, uglee inventory without modding it ... thats from the technical side. At all i played like three hours, but i could not make it longer. The game is boring!
  34. balnog
    Sep 8, 2023
    4
    Setting aside the disappointment at how space travel is handled, and the constant loading screens (thankfully they're not too slow on an nvme drive), it's the bugs and rotten frame rate that tears the game down for me. I've had crashes selling items at the kiosk, inventory UI just stopping working, NPCs standing through chairs, NPCs not reacting to walking into forbidden areas, no DLSS,Setting aside the disappointment at how space travel is handled, and the constant loading screens (thankfully they're not too slow on an nvme drive), it's the bugs and rotten frame rate that tears the game down for me. I've had crashes selling items at the kiosk, inventory UI just stopping working, NPCs standing through chairs, NPCs not reacting to walking into forbidden areas, no DLSS, last gen graphics in places... its just all of that together that spoils the experience. That you encounter all of this within the first hour is the icing on the cake, it speaks to a lack of caring on the Bethesda side, they have to had seen these problems themselves yet they think it's good enough.

    I really hope I can come back to revise the score after a patch or two...    … Expand
  35. GT-R
    Sep 10, 2023
    4
    Played it because I have gamepass anyway. Boring crap like Skyrim. I really tried to like these kinds of games, but there is absolutly no immersion with these soulless NPCs. And the unimportant ones are so ugly. Not worth your time or money.
  36. rottnpeach
    Sep 8, 2023
    4
    The beauty of Elder Scrolls games, Fallout etc. was the mystery - it was walking around aimlessly and stumbling across this amazing thing or that god statue that could talk, or this crazy NPC. None of that exists in Starfield. The magic is not there. The basic mechanics are the same (and I'd say the graphics are the same as older Fallout games) but you can't just wonder around andThe beauty of Elder Scrolls games, Fallout etc. was the mystery - it was walking around aimlessly and stumbling across this amazing thing or that god statue that could talk, or this crazy NPC. None of that exists in Starfield. The magic is not there. The basic mechanics are the same (and I'd say the graphics are the same as older Fallout games) but you can't just wonder around and explore. Everything is behind a 'wall' and as such you don't feel like this is an exploration game. You feel like it's work - a tedious ask-task-retrieve loop. You don't 'find' things anymore - you are quested things and then you just go to the marker and do it. Rinse - repeat. Compared to other amazing games (esp. after I just finished playing Baldurs Gate 3) this seems wildly mediocre. Add the expectations (and time) laid out by Bethesda and this really can't be more than a 4.… Expand
  37. NexonSU
    Sep 7, 2023
    4
    Bad story, old engine, bugs everywhere, poor optimization. All this for $100.
  38. smcneece
    Sep 11, 2023
    4
    This game is boring. I know it's a Bethesda game, I've played them all. There's just no "substance" to keep me interested the story, find these goofy artifacts. I found the Xenomorph story line would have been much better. And partly is my getting older, I'm finding I really dislike games with stupid quests like go here and pickup a comic book. I guess Fed Ex etc doesn't exist in theThis game is boring. I know it's a Bethesda game, I've played them all. There's just no "substance" to keep me interested the story, find these goofy artifacts. I found the Xenomorph story line would have been much better. And partly is my getting older, I'm finding I really dislike games with stupid quests like go here and pickup a comic book. I guess Fed Ex etc doesn't exist in the future. I also apparently can be part of every faction, like even competing ones this wasn't the case in Fallout.

    There's really no point at all for space craft, since it's basically cut scenes, maybe a combat mission. Once you have visited a planet/local you'll be fast traveling there any way. There are way too many copy and paste locales, for as many years as this was in development, more hand crafted locales would have kept my interest.    … Expand
  39. DukeBalek
    Sep 8, 2023
    4
    i never owned a console, always a pc since my childhood, and to see the war console in the comments is so funny... what a bunch of idiots, its insane rofl BUT i am sad for xbox team.. they are forced to acclaim the "game of the generation" the first real "exclusivity", they wanted to stab in the hearth all these bad and nasty playstation fanboys.... but now we all know the truth loli never owned a console, always a pc since my childhood, and to see the war console in the comments is so funny... what a bunch of idiots, its insane rofl BUT i am sad for xbox team.. they are forced to acclaim the "game of the generation" the first real "exclusivity", they wanted to stab in the hearth all these bad and nasty playstation fanboys.... but now we all know the truth lol starfield is a disaster, a failure even for bethesda type of games.. so boring, so bad written, so ugly and old in his gamplay...the exploration part is a joke, no one wants to loose time in souless empty procedural worlds and the space fights are so bad... my G... they are no FOV slider, no options for accessibility, no gamma and light sliders, no choice for texture, only presets, no intel Xelss no dlss (and what a bad move for amd btw.. now everyone who has downloaded the mod for dlss knows that fsr is crap, they should have stay on a low profile). This game is really a shame in 2023, all these loadings are insane, they made me mad, i cant believe they dare realease it. moreover after baldurs gate 3 this is very painful to play, what a mess geez… Expand
  40. rpasiek
    Sep 8, 2023
    4
    Apart from being boring, empty, repetitive, nothing like they advertised. Technological mess, no hdr on PC, broken brightness and contrast, poor machine localization.
  41. DioGren
    Sep 7, 2023
    4
    Real Score 6/10. But Tod Say This game is Next GEN and Have Good Optimisation, So -2 score for this.
  42. ReziuS
    Sep 8, 2023
    4
    It's a solid base that a (potential) modding community can use to build something worthwhile in the future, but on its own it's very unimpressive.
  43. ArchingAura
    Sep 7, 2023
    4
    Take a cheese grater to fallout New Vegas and it's character system, sprinkle that onto Skyrim, shave off base building from fallout 4. And glue the entirety of no Man's sky to it. And
  44. devhache
    Sep 7, 2023
    4
    I don't enjoy Bethesda games. They lack of gameplay. It is just bland and boring. Go there, talk to that dude, go there pick that stuff, walk 2 miles and talk to that other dude... i guess it is for people who likes to believe they live in another world and have another job or something. I like challinging gameplay, actually some skill with the controller or some tactic skills.

    Graphics    I don't enjoy Bethesda games. They lack of gameplay. It is just bland and boring. Go there, talk to that dude, go there pick that stuff, walk 2 miles and talk to that other dude... i guess it is for people who likes to believe they live in another world and have another job or something. I like challinging gameplay, actually some skill with the controller or some tactic skills.

    Graphics are really outdated. Faces are like from 15 years ago.    … Expand
  45. xvvolf
    Sep 7, 2023
    4
    It's a game that released in 2023 but feels and looks like it comes from 2016. At best, it's mediocre otherwise it's an uninspired bore.

    The Good: -Finally a Bethesda game that supports ultra wide settings without messing with ini files. Something they still couldn't be bothered to update with Skyrim and the millionth release. -Player character isn't voiced. Please never do what you    It's a game that released in 2023 but feels and looks like it comes from 2016. At best, it's mediocre otherwise it's an uninspired bore.

    The Good:
    -Finally a Bethesda game that supports ultra wide settings without messing with ini files. Something they still couldn't be bothered to update with Skyrim and the millionth release.
    -Player character isn't voiced. Please never do what you did with FO4 ever again.
    -Many newer AAA games put far too much focus on controllers nowadays, ignoring kb/m, but kb/m plays quite nicely

    The In between:
    -Ran okay on my PC. I cap my fps to 60, and despite having a 3080 and Ryzen 7 5800x, i was having drops to the 50's. Needs heavy optimization on PC

    The Bad:
    -Combat is horrible. I'm fairly casual and like simple games nowadays...but jfc combat is painfully dumb. First "boss" which you can talk your way out of just stood in the open and opened fire hardly hitting me, robot dude killed him as I stood there. So far all enemies I encountered you just stand in the open and fire at them. Might be the dumbest enemy AI I've seen, not to mention I just casually walked into areas and they didn't react until I was next to them (without crouching). Even then most of the time they wouldn't do anything.

    -Ship combat is clunky and unenjoyable. NMS had the same issue but I thought a AAA 2023 title would have improved this. Also it's pretty pointless to partake in outside of the beginning tutorial for it.

    -Character creation. Kinda mediocre. Hair looks as bad as always for a Bethesda game, and yet another game that thinks blond hair is yellow, white or light brown. Seriously ask Larian for their colour pallet.

    -Inventory. Clunky and a massive mess to navigate through.

    -No FOV slider, again.

    -Voice Acting. It's typical generic and bland v/a from a Bethesda title, but how can a company worth this much spend so little. Maybe I just got spoiled with another recent release that had amazing v/a.

    -The beginning is dull. People keep saying play for 15-20 hours and then it gets good. That is beyond terrible game design. Who wants to slog through 15+ hours of bad game play?

    -It's just lazy. A game this long in the making it adds absolutely nothing to the RPG genre. I can't think of any other studio that can make such lazy and uninspired games and get the "well it's a Bethesda game uwu" as if that excuses things. I don't see any way that modders can even fix this game at this point (other than performance/bug fixes, like Skyrim still needs to this day).    … Expand
  46. carlanstark
    Sep 10, 2023
    4
    The game was good however the pacing feels slow ay first, and it became too boring next.
  47. Admer
    Sep 10, 2023
    4
    Disgusting optimization.
    Visually, the game is 5 years behind.
    The gameplay and mechanics in the game are 10 years behind.
    The feeling is that most of the dialogues in the game were written by AI.
    Terrible animations of NPC faces.
    Disgusting gray-brown filter in the game.
    A very well-written main plot and a lot of monotonous secondary quests.
  48. Hurrikhan
    Sep 8, 2023
    4
    Starfield is basically a glorified mod of a Fallout 3 or a Skyrim.

    The game feels 10 years old with decent graphics. Most characters are ugly as ass though. The "Space" part is only superficial : you don't take off, you don't flight where you want. It's more like a mini-game next to the usual formula. The story is pretty underwhelming. Don't expect anything as epic as in Skyrim    Starfield is basically a glorified mod of a Fallout 3 or a Skyrim.

    The game feels 10 years old with decent graphics. Most characters are ugly as ass though.

    The "Space" part is only superficial : you don't take off, you don't flight where you want. It's more like a mini-game next to the usual formula.

    The story is pretty underwhelming. Don't expect anything as epic as in Skyrim or any of the older games.
    The way it starts is basically : hey you, here is a ship, take the keys and go there. You have no choice in the matter. The writers have obviously never heard of the "Hero's Journey".

    Lame.

    There is a big "political" controversy with the game but it feels a bit exaggerated.
    I don't mind the pronoun choice and the body type 1 & 2 in the character creation as I've not been bothered with it after that point.

    That being said, an overwhelming amount of your interaction with though/team boss characters will be with women. Men are a rarity in space apparently and it feels very unnatural. I guess the game is pretty woke.    … Expand
  49. onesadlittleboy
    Sep 8, 2023
    4
    I will say that I do not like Star wars or anything, but I enjoyed The Elder Scrolls so I was looking forward to this game.

    It is unfortunately very.. Empty? You could have endless possibilities with planets and environments but it all seems samey and after a while the game becomes a real slog. I'm sure this game will appeal to a certain type of players, but it's by no means a    I will say that I do not like Star wars or anything, but I enjoyed The Elder Scrolls so I was looking forward to this game.

    It is unfortunately very.. Empty? You could have endless possibilities with planets and environments but it all seems samey and after a while the game becomes a real slog.

    I'm sure this game will appeal to a certain type of players, but it's by no means a masterpiece we were promised by Microsoft.    … Expand
  50. Freebird7887
    Sep 8, 2023
    4
    Es un RPG estilo Fallout en el espacio y además diria que bastante lineall, como te salgas de donde te marca el juego te vas a encontrar un universo vacio y bugeado como es marca de la casa. No hay exploración expacial con la nave, se viaja mediante iconos de viaje rápido en un mapa.

    Como RPG estilo Fallout obviendo los bugs que supongo que irán arreglando en futuros parches, está bien    Es un RPG estilo Fallout en el espacio y además diria que bastante lineall, como te salgas de donde te marca el juego te vas a encontrar un universo vacio y bugeado como es marca de la casa. No hay exploración expacial con la nave, se viaja mediante iconos de viaje rápido en un mapa.

    Como RPG estilo Fallout obviendo los bugs que supongo que irán arreglando en futuros parches, está bien pero no es lo que nos han vendido. Por eso le pongo un 4.    … Expand
  51. cobra969
    Sep 8, 2023
    4
    Videojuego distraído, pero no optimizado para PC. Sin DLSS. El creador del videojuego, dice que compremos máquinas nuevas, en vez de optimizar el juego. Falta de respeto. El juego está en perfecto castellano y es distraído pero no es lo que prometieron. Lo peor del juego y la baja nota es por la pésima optimización.
  52. ErrorSource
    Sep 8, 2023
    4
    Runs like dogsh*t on my Ryzen 5600x, Rtx 3070 with 32Gig Ram at 3600mhz on an M.2 980 Evo in 1440p. Gameplay feels uninspired and assets are repeating quite fast. The procedural aspect is boring as hell. After 20 planets you almost saw every asset except from the story structures. Exploring is a joke. No feeling of freedom. The user rating compared to critics, shows it all. Overhyped BSRuns like dogsh*t on my Ryzen 5600x, Rtx 3070 with 32Gig Ram at 3600mhz on an M.2 980 Evo in 1440p. Gameplay feels uninspired and assets are repeating quite fast. The procedural aspect is boring as hell. After 20 planets you almost saw every asset except from the story structures. Exploring is a joke. No feeling of freedom. The user rating compared to critics, shows it all. Overhyped BS and the Todd Howard is a god damn liar.… Expand
  53. gingersnap225
    Sep 10, 2023
    4
    The buggy game studio thought they had a free pass to continue releasing buggy games. It's not cute.
  54. hyde354
    Sep 7, 2023
    4
    Prometeram algo único e inovador, e entregaram um jogo meia boca, pior que outros do gênero que estão no mercado. Xbox como sempre vendendo mentiras. Jogo tecnicamente medíocre, chato e bugado.
  55. Xemnuz
    Sep 8, 2023
    4
    I love Fallout 4 and Skyrim, but this is not a good game.

    This would have been a decent game in 2010 with regards to animation, graphics, story length, the little to no interface+display customization, bugs and so on. This is like Outer Worlds x Skyrim x ME: Andromeda, only worse in all categories. Anyone with a sane mind will not say this is better in any single way than Andromeda    I love Fallout 4 and Skyrim, but this is not a good game.

    This would have been a decent game in 2010 with regards to animation, graphics, story length, the little to no interface+display customization, bugs and so on. This is like Outer Worlds x Skyrim x ME: Andromeda, only worse in all categories. Anyone with a sane mind will not say this is better in any single way than Andromeda which is now 6 years old. Those games appear to be 10 years apart, they almost are, just the wrong way around. Outer Worlds too is like 4-5 years old now, not a single thing in this game beats that, and that game had it fair share of problems.

    Imagine publishing a game they have used this much time on, resources, past achievements, money, huge studio and you forget to add brightness and gamma sliders??
    You forget to add a field of view slider, something games in 2008 had, it would literally take them 5 minutes to implement it and enhance the experience for all players by a lot and those who suffer from motion sickness will actually be able to play.
    You forget that almost all people want to play this in fullscreen with optional DLSS, free to choose HDAO/TXAA/SMAA and hopefully have a game this bad looking above 60 fps on a 4070tix13600k, but thats just too much to ask so we'll keep it windowed borderless running 50 fps and a medium/high/ultra slider instead different methods of anti-aliasing.
    Their most notorious problem is their garbage engines and carry weight / running stamina which makes a game made for hoarding absolute torture. They probably had this problem with FO3 in 2008 and every other game since, how can they not learn?

    Keep in mind that farming ores on planets is useless, you will never use the materials, they will weigh too much to carry, keep in mind that exploring planets is useless, there are close to zero if not zero npcs there and you have to run massive lengths most of the time over encumbered, not able to sprint for more than 3 seconds of the time and maybe you're lucky enough to have a talent in jetpacks with so bad physics it's actually better to leave it behind because of the weight, only to find an empty cave with materials you cant carry or an abandoned base full of loot weighing too much to carry. The combat system is as stiff and broken as Skyrim, FO4, there is nothing different at all. The weapons feel awful, all of the 20+ different I have tried. Oh and the main city looks disgusting.

    I have looked forward to this game for probably 3 years and what I got is an old looking, unpolished, perhaps too vast, empty, soulless, stiff, disappointing intro, tons of too long waiting animations, the wierdest mix of characters I have ever seen, 300 years ahead in time a colony that escaped earth is still talking with indian, african and east asian accents when speaking english which would obviously be the main language for hundreds of years (Hogwarts Legacy all over again), full of bugs, incredibly rough/uneven gameplay, garbage animation and graphics for an incredibly steep price and wait time. This should have been labeled as an Alpha project and cost 20-30 usd at most. It reminds me a lot of Fallout 76 only on a much larger scale and with npcs, sometimes.

    This game is Fallout 4, an 8 year old game only set in space. The flora, fauna and rock/shaders on planets are actually at times worse than FO4, at least there are modders that upscale the textures and fix the mountains of problems there, which we can only hope for in the future here.

    Hm, I wonder what I actually like about it. The dialogue scene close ups with people can be good, the idea of the game in space is good, but that's just in theory. The character customization was decent, some of the armor can look decent, some textures indoors can look good. Those who designed for example the landscape on a planet vs inside a building must be so far apart in talent it's mind boggling.

    Of course Meta Critic gives this game like 8-9-10/10 "incredible space journey, game of the year" though when the community reviews comes out tomorrow I'm sure we're looking at 4-5/10 depending how biased and realistic/optimistic you are.

    Will force myself to try it some more but not really enjoying any of it so far.    … Expand
  56. AbraxoCleaner
    Sep 7, 2023
    4
    Fallout 4 was "Wide as an ocean, shallow as a puddle". now it's even worst. Starfield is "big as a universe and shallow as a puddle". The main story is New Age gibberish written solely for making the player play longer. The normal gameplay is extremelly repetitive very fast. (Even the main quest use recycle locations. The writting is extremely vervose and inequal. The whole game is aFallout 4 was "Wide as an ocean, shallow as a puddle". now it's even worst. Starfield is "big as a universe and shallow as a puddle". The main story is New Age gibberish written solely for making the player play longer. The normal gameplay is extremelly repetitive very fast. (Even the main quest use recycle locations. The writting is extremely vervose and inequal. The whole game is a soulless patchwork of the last 10 years successes in open-world games (Cyberpunk, RDR2, NoMS...) without any ideas where it's really going. Some side quests are ok, but the real point of the game is making you build ships and doing endless procedurally generated maps for ressources. Fun from exploration (traditionnaly found in ES games/Fallout fames) or Roleplay are now totally inexistant. It's basically a "single-player" mmorpg with over-written romance options.… Expand
  57. jorokw
    Sep 7, 2023
    4
    Starfield: Disappointment in the Open Cosmos

    Starfield, despite appearing to be a grand game set in an open-world space, conceals within it the corridors of monotony that often detract from the enjoyment. One of the primary issues with Starfield is its repetitiveness. The cosmic world you're meant to explore feels perpetually the same. Every mine, every outpost, and indeed, the    Starfield: Disappointment in the Open Cosmos

    Starfield, despite appearing to be a grand game set in an open-world space, conceals within it the corridors of monotony that often detract from the enjoyment.

    One of the primary issues with Starfield is its repetitiveness. The cosmic world you're meant to explore feels perpetually the same. Every mine, every outpost, and indeed, the entire universe seems to be copied and pasted repeatedly. Enemies remain constant, turning each encounter into what feels like a mandatory task rather than an engaging experience.

    As for the story, there's no meaningful connection with factions or character development. Everything revolves around a formulaic scenario where you have to go somewhere, fetch something, kill someone, or shoot something, and you won't encounter anything genuinely new. The RPG element in this game is disappointingly weak, especially when considering the quality achieved in Bethesda's previous titles like Fallout: New Vegas.

    The actual spaceflight, which was supposed to be a major highlight of the game, feels strangely unsatisfying. It's more like a sped-up transit between planets, making it feel more like "fast travel" than actual space exploration. This is a massive missed opportunity for exploring the cosmos and the experiences that could have been associated with traveling between different worlds.

    While you may find various plants and weather on the surface of planets, that's about the only variation the game offers. Interiors are virtually identical. Enemy encounters are monotonous, quickly becoming repetitive and dull.

    Overall, Starfield is a significant letdown. You feel like you've entered an open cosmos, but in reality, you're trapped in the corridors of monotony and subpar design. If you have a choice, you might want to consider other RPG (BG3) because, unfortunately, Starfield doesn't deliver the expected experience, and I would not recommend it to anyone.    … Expand
  58. woopz
    Sep 10, 2023
    4
    below average, can't wait for the moders to get some good mods out..........
  59. Glew
    Sep 11, 2023
    4
    Starfield should have been the most open-ended Bethesda game to date. Instead, it is the most limited. There aren't 1000 planets to explore. There is 1 planet to explore, with a dozen or so color schemes to make it a 'new' planet. You can't actually explore the planets, or space, in a meaningful way. The best thing about this game, like so many others lately, was the marketing and hype.
  60. Shekky84
    Sep 7, 2023
    4
    The game is quite boring to quite a few hours in it feels small because of fast travel its really not worth your time or 80$+ to spend on a game that to me isn't complete.
  61. Prozombie0117
    Sep 9, 2023
    4
    This game is an absolute let down. It was advertised as a true exploration but it’s not what it is. Just play cyber punk. The only thing I enjoyed was the player creation. The story and gameplay is absolute rubbish.
  62. Torsten89
    Sep 7, 2023
    4
    Mid basic **** Bethesda game. 6-7/10 if the performance wasn't **** Had to download mods to make it playable. It took modders what? 3 days to fix this game's ****ty performance? What's your excuse Bethesda?
  63. Xalmo43
    Sep 7, 2023
    4
    #1. Pirate this game, do not give Bethesda money until the games go on sale. No bethesda game has ever been worth $50+ outside of morrowind goty edition.

    #2. Bethesda has far to many drones for this game to have a reasonable score. People think Skyrim and Fo4 were good games on launch, that alone tells you people are idiots. #3. This game does nothing better then any of the other    #1. Pirate this game, do not give Bethesda money until the games go on sale. No bethesda game has ever been worth $50+ outside of morrowind goty edition.

    #2. Bethesda has far to many drones for this game to have a reasonable score. People think Skyrim and Fo4 were good games on launch, that alone tells you people are idiots.

    #3. This game does nothing better then any of the other Bethesdaslop I have played for hundreds of hours. Combats atrocious, storys bad, music sucks, characters look horrific. Anyone scoring this higher then a 6 or 7 is a delusional slow in the minds.

    #4. I wanted this game to be amazing, I hate sony players and their fanbase. Was honestly wishing this game was worth playing more then 12 hours of but it's simply not. Wish nothing more then to have this game be a 10/10 to slam dunk on Ps5 idiots but sadly this is not the case. If anything this is a major win for Sony players cause its so below average.

    #5 Chris Chan did not harm his mother, Barb was asking for it.    … Expand
  64. RedHour_
    Sep 10, 2023
    4
    Game filled with half hand crafted content and a the other half feels ai generated. New Atlantis and the main story feels uninspired and lazy. The optimization of the game is one of the worst things I've seen from any AAA game.
  65. evadarr
    Sep 8, 2023
    4
    Why would you make the same game without adding ANY new additions? I mean this is the same game with skyrim, fallout. They didnt even add 1 new thing into this. NOT even 1 thing. Old engine, old graphics, old animations, look at the baldur's gate 3, they didnt even had the proper budget but look at what they done and look at starfield. With all that money, they made this.
  66. TIE-Defender
    Sep 8, 2023
    4
    To a gameplay loop not so distant, Bethesda set sail,
    Promised by Todd Howard, a tale too grand to fail.
    At first, character creation caught everyone's eye. But further into the star field, the skies seemed awry. Performance, such a riddle, CPU hot GPU cold, Graphics left me puzzled, not the story we were sold. Loading screens odd, with times way too grand, On my speedy SSD?? Only    To a gameplay loop not so distant, Bethesda set sail,
    Promised by Todd Howard, a tale too grand to fail.
    At first, character creation caught everyone's eye.
    But further into the star field, the skies seemed awry.

    Performance, such a riddle, CPU hot GPU cold,
    Graphics left me puzzled, not the story we were sold.
    Loading screens odd, with times way too grand,
    On my speedy SSD?? Only Todd may understand.

    In space, the icons jittered, like a dance out of time,
    Menus were a jigsaw, navigation almost a crime.
    Radiant conversations, companions wouldn’t stall,
    Speaking over quests, could barely comprehend it all.

    Hostile environments, vast and immense,
    Yet, we tread on foot, which makes no sense.
    A flashlight’s meek glimmer, in the cosmos so vast,
    Why land so far away? Oh boy! CO2 is such a blast!
    The dialogue, repetitive, persuasion quite absurd,
    When exiting conversations, just the same old words.

    Power allocations, mostly, seemed like a jest,
    And the combat AI? Really not the best.
    Unresponsive interface, it made quite the mess,
    Targeting wrong ships, causing players distress.

    Yet amidst these flaws, some grace there still stood,
    The item models, and the art, were genuinely good.
    But we'll keep on dreaming, of a space game that's tight,
    Where quests are accepted, not dumped on you outright.

    Oh, Todd, dear Todd, you promised us the moon,
    But what you've delivered, is just a little cartoon.
    For now, I will stick to the stars in the sky,
    And hope for better luck with your next try.    … Expand
  67. thisiszero
    Sep 8, 2023
    4
    To make this recipe, you will need
    - 1 part of Fallout 4 (the depth of the story at least, the weapon modding is a port)
    - 1 part of diluted No Man's Sky - 1 part of diluted Mass Effect Andromeda (for the space theme but especially for the botched animations at launch) - 1 part of diluted Titanfall (for the jetpack gunplay, a very very diluted form) Directions: Blend all of the    To make this recipe, you will need
    - 1 part of Fallout 4 (the depth of the story at least, the weapon modding is a port)
    - 1 part of diluted No Man's Sky
    - 1 part of diluted Mass Effect Andromeda (for the space theme but especially for the botched animations at launch)
    - 1 part of diluted Titanfall (for the jetpack gunplay, a very very diluted form)

    Directions:
    Blend all of the above for 25 years, put 4 metric tons of pure Hype and brace yourself for disappointment.

    I clocked more than 60 hours into this game because I'm stubborn but It would've been much more had the game been good. Everything is so disconnected, you spend most of your time fast traveling. Thoroughly disappointed.    … Expand
  68. Hechser
    Sep 8, 2023
    4
    4/10 with the 4 being mostly for effort, and the remaining 6 absent due to disappointing execution.

    This is an AAA title for 2014, and I don’t know where to start. You know, thinking about it… take a couple things away and this game’s core gameplay loop would be possible in the 90s. So, GOTY 1999. Terribly animated faces kills any entertainment from the dialogue, and inspires a    4/10 with the 4 being mostly for effort, and the remaining 6 absent due to disappointing execution.

    This is an AAA title for 2014, and I don’t know where to start.
    You know, thinking about it… take a couple things away and this game’s core gameplay loop would be possible in the 90s. So, GOTY 1999.

    Terribly animated faces kills any entertainment from the dialogue, and inspires a feeling of loneliness.
    Horrible enemy AI makes combat stupidly easy, I mean… I’ve actually found myself laughing during some of the combat sequences, perhaps some of the fans of the game will explain it as a planet specific thing where a lack of oxygen is causing the enemies to act more irregularly?

    Basically, the core problem for me is the gameplay loop. It literally feels like a point and click adventure (hence 1999 GOTY). Loading screen, click, loading screen, click, loading screen, maybe walk a little (ooooo! exciting!) oh… loading screen, click, loading screen, walk, dialogue… with ‘tired faces’

    Two things I have enjoyed however, the persuasion system is quite interesting - though I feel the dialogue options don’t really stack well. There could have been more work put in to make the persuasion conversation flow better.

    And the music is good, love the jingle when you level up. But first time I did level up, during combat, I found myself almost embarrassed by the jingle’s attempt to inspire excitement, considering how much I was cringing already.

    Concluding, the game is definitely not worth full price, considering what amazing developments in RPGs we’ve seen in 2023. But as part of the Xbox game pass, give it a shot.    … Expand
  69. xXEchoXxAssault
    Sep 7, 2023
    4
    The game is pretty fun, for example the combat, ship customization and exploration are all pretty cool! But overall gets a bit shallow pretty quickly. I was also going to give it a 5/10 bc it's not BAD per say, but then remembered there's also politics such as pronouns in here... This is a game meant to distract us from reality, not drown us in your stupid political opinions BETHESDA! IThe game is pretty fun, for example the combat, ship customization and exploration are all pretty cool! But overall gets a bit shallow pretty quickly. I was also going to give it a 5/10 bc it's not BAD per say, but then remembered there's also politics such as pronouns in here... This is a game meant to distract us from reality, not drown us in your stupid political opinions BETHESDA! I also played this on PC and it does NOT run well despite what Todd Howard says. It's an unoptimized mess which Gamer's Nexus and Hardware Unboxed have both done an amazing job testing the performance of this game. I would strongly suggest you check them out if you haven't seen them to get a better idea of how poor the performance is… Expand
  70. Sceaser
    Sep 10, 2023
    4
    I've played starfield for 87 hours now. I'm enjoying it for what it is... I see the potential it can become with time and love of the modders alone because without modders this game would be terrible and wouldn't even get a 4 rating..

    Though the one IMPORTANT thing that I'll say that many people and streamers and journalists are too scared to say.. is the overrepresentation of women in    I've played starfield for 87 hours now. I'm enjoying it for what it is... I see the potential it can become with time and love of the modders alone because without modders this game would be terrible and wouldn't even get a 4 rating..

    Though the one IMPORTANT thing that I'll say that many people and streamers and journalists are too scared to say.. is the overrepresentation of women in all roles in the game. 87 hours and I've come across zero male bounty hunters they've ALL been women, 98% of security in the games cities, are women, you're lucky to see a male. It's a huge woke push for women to be represented putting men the in roles of the bad guys and push the good men to be side npc's to NPC's themselves.

    It's exactly the woke you expect. The only thing they got right is giving women proper hair styles and not short blue or green hair.

    Starfield is woke and until the modders can attempt to fix the woke ideology it's not worth playing.    … Expand
  71. fascapeklaus
    Sep 8, 2023
    4
    It was just boring. Seems a 2000s game. Everything is outdate. I thought I was going crazy. The game from the start felt life less and soul less and when i see people praising the game, I'm always wondering "what game are they playing". There is no real choice. In most quests all dialogue options lead to the same outcome. The world just doesn't feel alive. It's sterile and uninteresting.It was just boring. Seems a 2000s game. Everything is outdate. I thought I was going crazy. The game from the start felt life less and soul less and when i see people praising the game, I'm always wondering "what game are they playing". There is no real choice. In most quests all dialogue options lead to the same outcome. The world just doesn't feel alive. It's sterile and uninteresting. The dead Bethesda eyes and facial expressions are so much more jarring than previous entries. Being a Bethesda or saying It is Bethesda must be a joke as a justification for this terrible game.… Expand
  72. ulvido
    Sep 7, 2023
    4
    the game beginning is worse than all their previous games. don't like the story unfold. not interesting. played two hours and don't have the motivation to continue.
  73. Purplebleaf
    Sep 8, 2023
    4
    From inventory nightmare to, go talk fast travel go talk, fast travel, same NPC, stealth doesn't even matter,I really tried to get in it but after 2 days of trying hard to enjoy the game but its a BORING experience and gameplay so I uninstalled, its just not what I hoped it would be, I'm glad I used only a game pass to try it.
  74. Koleck0LP
    Sep 7, 2023
    4
    I don't like space, so when the game go announce my first reaction was "Who asked for this."

    When the game launcher on September first for the people who paid way too much to play early, I check if the game is pirated already and yes it was, but also Bratz Flaunt your Fashion got updated so I downloaded that instead. And turns out I had more fun playing that than my friends who played    I don't like space, so when the game go announce my first reaction was "Who asked for this."

    When the game launcher on September first for the people who paid way too much to play early, I check if the game is pirated already and yes it was, but also Bratz Flaunt your Fashion got updated so I downloaded that instead.
    And turns out I had more fun playing that than my friends who played Starfield.

    When i finally tried the game i saw it's gray and dull, the story is boring and didn't grab me,
    but what is improved from other Bethesda games is the gun play, and that is why I didn't gave the game a 0, but 6, the gunplay almost makes me want to play this poor game.

    Honestly I even missed that this game has pronoun selection, I mean I hate catering to the trannies so I'm lowering the score.

    And lastly the world exploration is worse than Fallout 4.

    Bethesda needs to retire their engine
    NetImmerse -> Gamebryo -> Creation Engine -> Creation Engine 2 (this engine is still based on Engine from 1997)

    The game runs kinda poorly even on hi-end rigs, but like that's all tripeA games now.

    Anyway Starfield was going to be bad, and it is.    … Expand
  75. JohnCartman
    Sep 10, 2023
    4
    I came here and thought that everyone will just love this game. I thought that i will be the only one to downvote it. The game was extremely boring with all the loading screens, fast traveling, loading screen again, no real freedom, then loading again and again. The dialogs, the boring planets. Oh man, was this a disappointment. But then I opened this page and holy..... Didn't think that,I came here and thought that everyone will just love this game. I thought that i will be the only one to downvote it. The game was extremely boring with all the loading screens, fast traveling, loading screen again, no real freedom, then loading again and again. The dialogs, the boring planets. Oh man, was this a disappointment. But then I opened this page and holy..... Didn't think that, so many dislike the game.… Expand
  76. Mascoff
    Sep 8, 2023
    4
    Игра, которую пиарили из под каждого камня, рассказывая что это - самая современная игра, на деле оказалось игрой уровня 2010 года, с пустым миром, с багами, глупым ИИ и т.д.
  77. Azur0Dragon
    Sep 9, 2023
    4
    Pro's: Detailed world
    Boring, outdated, fallout but with a new skin, playing it for 30 hours just so that game gets "good" makes no sense to me. There are some good stuff in this game but imo the bad things just overshadow the good thing.
  78. NRistic
    Sep 7, 2023
    4
    We as consumers have allowed the gaming industry to decay into such a bad state because we continue to show game companies we will STILL pay for garbage quality products. Starfield has no soul, just an empty shell. Quantity over quality. I absolute loved Oblivion and Skyrim, even with their issues, there were some amazing stories and characters that made the experience worth playing through.
  79. Fu3kEA
    Sep 7, 2023
    4
    Don't let the positive steam reviews trick you. Todd pulled off a masterstroke by doing the play early before release. All users who refunded the game prior to the official launch on steam are not allowed to leave a review and there was allot of people who refunded myself included.

    As soon I got into space and wasted 10 mins flying towards a planet only to then figure out I have to open    Don't let the positive steam reviews trick you. Todd pulled off a masterstroke by doing the play early before release. All users who refunded the game prior to the official launch on steam are not allowed to leave a review and there was allot of people who refunded myself included.

    As soon I got into space and wasted 10 mins flying towards a planet only to then figure out I have to open the menu and fast travel to the planet. I'm then granted with a loading screen. Then at the planet I can't manually land on it. I need to then open the menu again and fast travel again. I'm then in another loaidng screen. I refunded at this point because the game was not advertised and promoted in this way.

    The space exploration is a scam. Todd is like a character in one of his own games that has maxed out charisma. He gets on that stage and promises a game that just doesn't work. Starfield is just another fallout 76.

    Also forced participation into using pronouns is laughable. Nobody should be forced to take part in someone elses mental health issues. Pronouns are a weaponised social ideology used by people to make them feel special. They will tell you "it's not a big deal " But as soon as you don't want to participate in it you will be abused and attacked.. but it's not a big deal right ?    … Expand
  80. amonen
    Sep 9, 2023
    4
    I would have given this game a 6, if it were still 2014. But the game is a collection of mediocracy even by 2014 standards.
    For the first 5 hours, i think I have seen more loading screens than actual gameplay. The planets are barren, a disgrace for the packed worlds worth exploring we were used to from Bethesda.
    Nothings catching at all, you get a McGuffin that doesnt really get a good    I would have given this game a 6, if it were still 2014. But the game is a collection of mediocracy even by 2014 standards.
    For the first 5 hours, i think I have seen more loading screens than actual gameplay. The planets are barren, a disgrace for the packed worlds worth exploring we were used to from Bethesda.

    Nothings catching at all, you get a McGuffin that doesnt really get a good explanation or any reason why you are doing it.

    AI companions are running in front of your line of fire continously, if you leave your cover to shoot, they jump to the spot, so you cant get back under cover again. They push you or block you and the urge to kill them becomes stronger with the minute. Enemies so far are either white or red copies of yourself and bullet sponges, compensating for the weak Ai.

    I have no idea, which game the offical reviewers were testing, but it cannot this thing, that we gamers got.

    Even if the dangling carrot of "Its becoming interesting after x hours" as other reviewers claim i am not able to force myself to keep playing this with the remote chance, that something might get better.    … Expand
  81. Fabinho69
    Sep 7, 2023
    4
    So that was it for me, 15 hours sunk into it and for me it is unfortunately just "meh". Not bad, not good, but somehow tiring.

    The problem is neither the dusty technology, nor the 1000 loading screens or the almost non-existent space exploration. The game just doesn't feel organic. You don't really have the feeling that you can just go off and discover something great. Sure, it's    So that was it for me, 15 hours sunk into it and for me it is unfortunately just "meh". Not bad, not good, but somehow tiring.

    The problem is neither the dusty technology, nor the 1000 loading screens or the almost non-existent space exploration.

    The game just doesn't feel organic. You don't really have the feeling that you can just go off and discover something great. Sure, it's possible from time to time and some quests are fun. So I am not saying, that there is no good content at all. But the world just doesn't captivate me and feels like a better stage decoration.

    Somehow the feeling just doesn't come across. And another 10 hours playing like "then it really gets better", I somehow don't see that coming. The game lacks what made Skyrim so great for me, namely a game world with its own soul. And it hurts me to write this, because I've always been a huge Bethesda fan.    … Expand
  82. Peachboiii
    Sep 11, 2023
    4
    My god this was boring and bland. Seeing the critics reviews, you have to wonder if they're paid or if they're scared to give a triple A game low rating. Or if they actually played it at all. Biggest let down this decade.
  83. deceitfulninja
    Sep 7, 2023
    4
    Quantity over quality. Ever want to visit same looking rocky planet after slightly color swapped rocky planet? Ever wanted to play a space game where no NPCs are alien, instead all the most boring humans ever conceived to populate a galaxy? No one has an interesting personality. Did Bethesda not have a creative team involved? The space aspect of this game is basically a skin over quickQuantity over quality. Ever want to visit same looking rocky planet after slightly color swapped rocky planet? Ever wanted to play a space game where no NPCs are alien, instead all the most boring humans ever conceived to populate a galaxy? No one has an interesting personality. Did Bethesda not have a creative team involved? The space aspect of this game is basically a skin over quick travel menus. And I hope you like menus, because that's where you'll be half the time. Sure there's tons of quests and weapons. But none are interesting. Exploration amounts to running 10 miles between geological features or copy paste assets. I don't know what game people are playing when they give this a 10. It could have been a great game but it is so uninspired. I see now why Skyrim was milked for 12 years. Bethesda is out of ideas and continue milking a 21 game engine for every last drop.… Expand
  84. SlayerTrev
    Sep 11, 2023
    4
    There is a great RPG here, however its hidden behind a game with terrible on boarding, countless glitches, console crashes (I have never had soo many console crashes while playing any game, on any console), and visuals & npc's from a decade or more ago. I wanted this game to be a 10, its just not. Overall I found myself disappointed with this Bethesda game, especially after a 2 year delay.There is a great RPG here, however its hidden behind a game with terrible on boarding, countless glitches, console crashes (I have never had soo many console crashes while playing any game, on any console), and visuals & npc's from a decade or more ago. I wanted this game to be a 10, its just not. Overall I found myself disappointed with this Bethesda game, especially after a 2 year delay. I realize this game is huge, and pushing some boundaries, but It costed too much in the technical, and visual aspects of Starfield.… Expand
  85. Whitelandia
    Sep 7, 2023
    4
    In Skyrim and Fallout you had dramatic introductions ... emerging from that cave after escaping a dragon, emerging from the sewers after the assassination of the Emperor, emerging from vault 101 after the escape of your father. Not so in Starfield, there is no emergence or anything with soul, there is no "Oh, wow" moment and that shallowness continues throughout the entire game ... ofIn Skyrim and Fallout you had dramatic introductions ... emerging from that cave after escaping a dragon, emerging from the sewers after the assassination of the Emperor, emerging from vault 101 after the escape of your father. Not so in Starfield, there is no emergence or anything with soul, there is no "Oh, wow" moment and that shallowness continues throughout the entire game ... of which I have 70 hours played.

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

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

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

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

    This game is at best a 4, and I'd recommend you don't waste your time or your money on it.    … Expand
  86. Ichigo16
    Sep 9, 2023
    4
    The game is simply put BORING and that's the biggest issue. Why is there no vehicle to explore the uncharted worlds is beyond stupid it's like MassEffect 1 without Mako - CRAZY. Exploration is boring and it's just repetition of the same thing over and over.

    Second thing is the graphics, this was proclaimed true next-gen title well the graphics sure as hell don't reflect that, it's not    The game is simply put BORING and that's the biggest issue. Why is there no vehicle to explore the uncharted worlds is beyond stupid it's like MassEffect 1 without Mako - CRAZY. Exploration is boring and it's just repetition of the same thing over and over.

    Second thing is the graphics, this was proclaimed true next-gen title well the graphics sure as hell don't reflect that, it's not terrible but it's nothing special either they also didn't add very good textures no doubt so that the game would run on **** xbox series s which has lower amount of V-RAM, just look no further than water quality or reflections.

    Third thing is the Performance and this is where i would score this game a big fat zero. In New Atlantis in 1440p native/ultra(shadows high) i got 60-70fps on 13600K/RTX 4080..... i can get this much in Hogwarts Legacy or Witcher 3/Cyberpunk with RAY TRACING ULTRA. This game has no explanation for such demanding hardware it doesn't use RT / Lumen / Nanite or Unreal Engine 5 while we're at it this game is made on ancient Creation engine which is no doubt the root cause of bad performance and lacking graphics quality. The only good thing about performance is that it's not stuttering and running a flat frametime.

    As if all this is not enough the game lacks actual options which are critical for PC: NO FOV , NO Gamma Setting, No HDR even though it exists on xbox (it's terrible implementation even so...), NO DLSS even though it took me 20 min to enable it via mod wtf? This is 70$ game why the hell must i correct the devs laziness or stupid AMD under table deals ????

    Honestly i question the sanity of devs who game such high reviews, Microsoft clearly spent a lot of $ on reviewers to get them on board. Personally the current state of the game is 4/10 for me, simply bad.    … Expand
  87. Corvo11
    Sep 8, 2023
    4
    The game is pretty good but the optimization is crap. The game is not played.
  88. Diablorate
    Sep 7, 2023
    4
    Another unoptimized game this year, feels like devs are doing this on purpose or something.
  89. Ethiniel02
    Sep 8, 2023
    4
    .... So sad to see bethesda make this ... Really ?
    Full bug , totally hideous, and worst story ever see on space opera ...

    And another time, modder will patch the game for the lazy todd
  90. Artem_Stepanov
    Sep 11, 2023
    4
    Огромное разочарование в игре, я так надеялся на то что игра будет похожа по уровню качества на скайрим в и тоге скучая, забагованная, уродливая, глупая. Видно не плохо попилили деньги Майков. за очередное Г.
  91. Diego4700
    Sep 7, 2023
    4
    Jogo não é ruim porém tem muitos bugs , modelagem dos personagens ultrapassada e não cumpriu oq prometeu
  92. Vidril
    Sep 8, 2023
    4
    I mean, just play No Man's Sky. Bethesda still feels like they're riding the high off of Oblivion in 2006 and actively refuse to improve the quality or fix the mistakes in their games since then. In fact, they've probably regressed. Packed to the brim with bugs, mildly gross and unappealing visuals at all times, boring normal gameplay, empty worlds. Bethesda will be Bethesda, but gamesI mean, just play No Man's Sky. Bethesda still feels like they're riding the high off of Oblivion in 2006 and actively refuse to improve the quality or fix the mistakes in their games since then. In fact, they've probably regressed. Packed to the brim with bugs, mildly gross and unappealing visuals at all times, boring normal gameplay, empty worlds. Bethesda will be Bethesda, but games like this just aren't up to modern standard anymore.… Expand
  93. painkuler
    Sep 7, 2023
    4
    This is the wild disappointment of 2023. Graphics and animations of the 2010 level (if not worse)
    Music from Oblivion, and inventory from Skyrim. Maybe it's just another mod for Skyrim?
    The worlds are empty, it's boring to travel through them. Against the background of starfield, mass effect andromeda and no man's sky look like AAA projects, while starfield looks like a pathetic DIY    This is the wild disappointment of 2023. Graphics and animations of the 2010 level (if not worse)
    Music from Oblivion, and inventory from Skyrim. Maybe it's just another mod for Skyrim?
    The worlds are empty, it's boring to travel through them. Against the background of starfield, mass effect andromeda and no man's sky look like AAA projects, while starfield looks like a pathetic DIY indie studio.

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

    And the enthusiastic reviews of critics only confirm that there is nothing to listen to them, because they sold their reviews)    … Expand
  94. Shb93
    Sep 8, 2023
    4
    Even when Bethesda tries to be ambitious they still cut corners and rely on community support to present a complete experience. It's a perfectly average game in every single way unfortunately previous Bethesda titles have done all of the things starfield tries to do better. The space part of the game that had the chance to be unique is unfortunately very undercooked with all explorationEven when Bethesda tries to be ambitious they still cut corners and rely on community support to present a complete experience. It's a perfectly average game in every single way unfortunately previous Bethesda titles have done all of the things starfield tries to do better. The space part of the game that had the chance to be unique is unfortunately very undercooked with all exploration mechanics cut down to just be serviceable.… Expand
  95. PixelRebirth
    Sep 7, 2023
    4
    If this game had a remotely modern engine and everything wasn't instanced to hell, it still would NOT be very good. Bethesda seem stuck in their ways and after an already disappointing Fallout 4 simply try to inflate the scope of their typical style of game resulting in insanely boring procedural landscapes and many annoying fetch quests. And since the game world itself and the story areIf this game had a remotely modern engine and everything wasn't instanced to hell, it still would NOT be very good. Bethesda seem stuck in their ways and after an already disappointing Fallout 4 simply try to inflate the scope of their typical style of game resulting in insanely boring procedural landscapes and many annoying fetch quests. And since the game world itself and the story are also probably the worst for any of their titles I sadly can't rate this any higher.… Expand
  96. WisetSticky
    Sep 8, 2023
    4
    1. Flight controls are limited, and extremely disappointing having come from Everspace 2.
    2. The motto of the game should be, "Ctrl C, Ctrl V".
    3. Boring, filler content. 4. Gear and enemies are boring and repetitive. Enemy A.I. is dumb. 5. The bugs get worse the longer you play. 6. Writing is bad. I personally can live with bugs and bad writing if the game is fun. The problem    1. Flight controls are limited, and extremely disappointing having come from Everspace 2.
    2. The motto of the game should be, "Ctrl C, Ctrl V".
    3. Boring, filler content.
    4. Gear and enemies are boring and repetitive. Enemy A.I. is dumb.
    5. The bugs get worse the longer you play.
    6. Writing is bad.

    I personally can live with bugs and bad writing if the game is fun. The problem is that Starfield isn't fun. It's a boring pile of meh.

    Forget the critics. Look at the user scores -that will tell you what you need to know.    … Expand
  97. GamoPedia
    Sep 9, 2023
    4
    Pros and Cons List:

    Pros: 1. World Design Is Great. 2. On Foot Gameplay Is Amazing. 3. Building/Upgraging Ship is Amazing. Cons: 1. Very Very Slow Start. 2. It takes 10-12 hours to understand the game. 3. Dull Characters Animations. 4. Brain dead AI. 5. A lot of Bugs Everywhere. 6. Everything is loading screen. 7. Dull Space Combat. 8. Travelling of foot is annoying and frustrating. 9.    Pros and Cons List:

    Pros:
    1. World Design Is Great.
    2. On Foot Gameplay Is Amazing.
    3. Building/Upgraging Ship is Amazing.


    Cons:
    1. Very Very Slow Start.
    2. It takes 10-12 hours to understand the game.
    3. Dull Characters Animations.
    4. Brain dead AI.
    5. A lot of Bugs Everywhere.
    6. Everything is loading screen.
    7. Dull Space Combat.
    8. Travelling of foot is annoying and frustrating.
    9. Bathesda's Typical Lackluster Story.
    10. Addition of Non Sense LGBTQ Pronouns.
    11. 30fps on Xbox Series X/S.


    Note:
    Good thing is that Starfield is available on Gamepass my recommendation is to play this game on Gamepass just like i did and don't waste your money.    … Expand
  98. Wendergames
    Sep 8, 2023
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Gráficos oriveis de 360 Foi prometido um jogo de última geração Na entrega chega esse jogo mal feito em muitos aspetos o principal foi os 30fps
    Deu vergonha em ver um trabalho de 25 anos ser apenas isso.    … Expand
  99. Drankuss
    Sep 7, 2023
    4
    It Just Doesn't Works

    Game would be good in 2015, but in 2023 it's nothing but same old crap on the same engine. Shaders don't exist, faces of NPCs are better in Half Life 2, simulator of loading screens. Going to play NMS I'm getting sick of this over hyped trend in last quarter of year.
  100. GIGACRITICAL
    Sep 10, 2023
    4
    This game is EXTREMELY MID - Why? Trash storyline, broken AI, also has a lot of immersion stuff like bugs and souless NPCs. Overall its a boring experience. DO NOT BUY
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85

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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