Starfield

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  1. AshElrick
    Sep 8, 2023
    4
    - ai in combat
    - ui style
    - no space in space
    - 90% planets looks same
    - map
    - arcade figthin in space
    all of this is no more than 4/10 maybe witch mods i can give more
  2. lucand
    Sep 8, 2023
    4
    Even if you are high on copium you cannot deny the fact that game is full of bugs and has significant optimization issues, so automatically it cannot be more that 8/10. But that's just the tip of the iceberg.

    Cons: -story is bland and boring -facial animations, except lip sync are on Skyrim level -watered down exploration of big empty spaces -IMHO the worst character lvling system    Even if you are high on copium you cannot deny the fact that game is full of bugs and has significant optimization issues, so automatically it cannot be more that 8/10. But that's just the tip of the iceberg.

    Cons:
    -story is bland and boring
    -facial animations, except lip sync are on Skyrim level
    -watered down exploration of big empty spaces
    -IMHO the worst character lvling system in Bethesda games so far
    -gun-play is inferior to games like Borderlands, or Destiny
    -melee combat is worse than in Skyrim
    -space combat is very basic and quickly gets repetitive
    -crafting system and outpost building feels completely redundant, when you realize, that you can buy everything with credits anyway

    Pros:
    -object models(guns, items, collectables etc.)
    -landscapes can be impressive
    -ship designer

    Do NOT buy for full price, maybe on game pass if you are really desperate for new game :).    … Expand
  3. Mario9767
    Sep 9, 2023
    4
    Esta de weba está vaina lo vendieron como una maravilla cuando es un juego de cagada
  4. salted_caramel
    Sep 8, 2023
    4
    This game so is ugly (these faces wtf), so bugged (yeah Bethesda), and so badly optimised (insane drops in cities) but the biggest dissapointing is a big lie about exploring planets. Firstly - most planets are empty and boring, secondly - you can explore only small fragment of the planet becaouse of invisible walls... really Bethesda?
    Better to play No Mans Sky.
  5. xiaodoudou
    Sep 7, 2023
    4
    It is a Skyrim so if you like that one, you may like that one.
    The space vs ground is two instances; really a loading simulator game...

    Also I personally found the story telling at the beginning is really lacking of effort....
    Been so bored that I decide to maybe come back to that game later... but the excitement is now gone.
  6. alexii7
    Sep 7, 2023
    4
    Subpar NPC animations and dialogue, subpar environments, subpar story, subpar combat, subpar skill system. A game that's about exploration that is barren and soulless.

    it just doesn't deserve to be above a 4 in 2023.
  7. TandarenZ
    Sep 7, 2023
    4
    Graphics are not that good. Performance optimization is poor. Bugs all over the place. NPCs feel empty and bland. Most of the animations (face expressions, talking etc.) are either bugged or super simple and boring. Absolutely overhyped and overselled. Generic, boring and repetitive storyline. Nothing innovative. Loading screen simulator (no real sense of travel and environmentGraphics are not that good. Performance optimization is poor. Bugs all over the place. NPCs feel empty and bland. Most of the animations (face expressions, talking etc.) are either bugged or super simple and boring. Absolutely overhyped and overselled. Generic, boring and repetitive storyline. Nothing innovative. Loading screen simulator (no real sense of travel and environment interaction). Customization is goodish if we exclude some of the skills not working (bugged). The persuasion mechanic is very weird, sometimes you succeed with 1 answer (which feels very unnatural and immersion-breaking) other times its more smooth and progressive. Repetitive zones, NPCs and models. The price tag should be 30-40$ at most! Buy only if you are a giga big fan of the genre or just don't care about spending extra (or if they update/patch all the bugs and fix some stuff without asking for more money).… Expand
  8. ehatch
    Sep 8, 2023
    4
    The RPG elements in this game appear quite dated. The quests provided lack meaningful impact and often feel like a checklist of chores rather than an engaging narrative experience. The story itself, along with the dialogue and voice acting, comes across as rather uninspiring. Furthermore, the NPCs exhibit odd behavior, constantly staring at the player, which disrupts immersion.

    The    The RPG elements in this game appear quite dated. The quests provided lack meaningful impact and often feel like a checklist of chores rather than an engaging narrative experience. The story itself, along with the dialogue and voice acting, comes across as rather uninspiring. Furthermore, the NPCs exhibit odd behavior, constantly staring at the player, which disrupts immersion.

    The promised open-world exploration falls short of expectations, and the generated environments lack depth and character. Moons and planets within the game serve essentially the same purpose, featuring reused missions and assets. Had this game been released years ago alongside titles like Skyrim and Fallout, it might have found its place among the cookie-cutter RPGs of that era. However, when compared to modern RPGs, especially with titles like Baldur's Gate, this game feels lacking and leaves much to be desired.    … Expand
  9. Manteness
    Sep 10, 2023
    4
    I wonder what happend that once great developer started creating such unfinished and unloved games. It's sad when you look at skyrim (which I loved), and now to this...
  10. Rufnek
    Sep 8, 2023
    4
    If you really need to scratch an itch and play a future type game with spaceships, and want to do it for almost no money, then play it via gamepass. Do NOT BUY the game.
    If you love leveling and getting skills and building ships (ships are really cool I might add), you might like this. I really like leveling, getting new skills and building ships...but it doesn't really mean much, as    If you really need to scratch an itch and play a future type game with spaceships, and want to do it for almost no money, then play it via gamepass. Do NOT BUY the game.
    If you love leveling and getting skills and building ships (ships are really cool I might add), you might like this. I really like leveling, getting new skills and building ships...but it doesn't really mean much, as then I could be playing a ship builder game.
    As for RPG style, choices and graphics.... this is a 0 out of 10. Graphics (environment), NPC faces, animations, etc are absolutely last gen or worse. Think Xbox360 at worst and bad Xbox One at best. Textures on people, ships and building can look really good. Just don't expect the foliage or people to look that way. Don't get me started on the constant loading for everything you do.
    Any choices you think you have, think again. NO choices affect anything. Your skill choices and your actual actions that you think may affect dialogues or quests NEVER affect anything. Don't believe me and want proof, search for the MarcoStyle youtuber, as he explains what is happening. I don't have a youtube channel or the time for that. Factor in the insane bugs, think Cyberpunk 2077 release, except we know that that game was released 2 yrs too early and Starfield was given almost an EXTRA year to polish this junk.
    Overall, this game rates higher than a zero because they *could* fix the bugs and maybe improve textures and I really liked the ships, despite not being able to use them like I thought I would.    … Expand
  11. yoloozoo
    Sep 8, 2023
    4
    (It seems the website hates me using some words, so I have to use machine translation)
    STARFIELD: Black loading
    Picture starry sky (still too bright). It is suspected that the population explosion will cause the entire universe to be filled with humans, causing serious light pollution. Space battles are redundant and boring. loading loading more loading, especially when visiting    (It seems the website hates me using some words, so I have to use machine translation)
    STARFIELD: Black loading
    Picture starry sky (still too bright).
    It is suspected that the population explosion will cause the entire universe to be filled with humans, causing serious light pollution.

    Space battles are redundant and boring.

    loading loading more loading, especially when visiting stores and solving quests.

    The main plot...well, that's the main plot of B company.

    The UI and operation are extremely unfriendly to novices.
    (Old players are fine, but new players eat poop? Are you justified?)
    Also crammed a bunch of stuff into the skill that would improve the gameplay experience.

    The AI ​​is unsurprisingly bad.
    Whether it's combat logic or when shopping.
    Hit wooden stakes, halfway through the battle, NPC weapons fly up, and start to flee wildly.
    When you block an NPC , you will see the NPC just keep going on your face.
    There is also the tragic teammate AI as always.

    ****

    Can build, design spaceships (doesn't do much, but makes you feel good about yourself).
    Players who were semi-finished guinea pigs in Fallout 4 can now play the finished product(?
    There is the task network.

    With MOD, there is a chance to wait for player MOD to come out to save the world.
    (It should be more comfortable to play after half a year and a year, and you can wait for a discount by the way)

    ****

    Most of the people who will buy it immediately should be veteran players of B company.
    Are waiting for Fallout and The Elder Scrolls.
    Either it is a must-buy diehard old fan.
    Or maybe I want to see what STARFIELD is like that B company has launched regardless of players’ voices.
    (Maybe there are more space fans because Star Trek and Star War?)

    "personal opinion" it seems... a low-end Fallout with space skin.
    Elder Scrolls satisfies adventures in the wizarding world.
    The background of the Fallout nuclear war is not far from us, which makes people have a deeper sense of substitution.
    STARFIELD'S SPACE SETTING...
    Well, I don't know how many people look forward to adventures in space.
    But I know STARFIELD's "space" adventures fail.
    Basically, it's loading,loading and loading.
    Otherwise, it is floating in the starry sky with textures.
    Bring out the speed and acceleration special effects to make you feel that the map is very big.
    These "future" weapons aren't too futuristic either.

    The game itself is of high quality and fun.
    Old fans may be able to accept old IP doing like this. But the new IP personally feels that it is not up to the mark. There must be a bunch of new players who can't eat it. The most basic UI and operation are confusing. It even requires players to find a MOD to save them. It can only be said that newcomers to B company's games should be cautious. If you don't plan to play MOD. Spend dozens of hours installing two or three hundred MODs one by one to study the order and conflicts of MODs. Then what you are playing with others is not same game.    … Expand
  12. Eriorh
    Sep 8, 2023
    4
    Boring main story, without space, with terrible UI and infinitive location loading. 99 % locations were generated by neural network, last 1 % is pirate bases, scinse bases, mines
  13. Edmoon9
    Sep 8, 2023
    4
    U can interact,and yes its massive,but animation,ai graphics,gameplay its like from 2010, overhyped .
  14. Amorelius
    Sep 9, 2023
    4
    Technical the worst AAA game i have seen in the last 10 years and this with an enormous high price. Not recommended before you have a NVidia RTX 6090 and a quantum SSD in your PC in some years.
  15. levibrt14
    Sep 7, 2023
    4
    enter your ship - > loading screen , Npcs really really out of emotions , story cant be immersive if you just look at clay dolls with moving mouths talking to you. No exploration , all content repetitive . if you just play you will have fun if you pay 10 usd for this game , but not 100 . This is not a AAA game , this is just a game made to sell.
  16. Axel29
    Sep 7, 2023
    4
    Overhype very average game. Bethesda is stuck in the past with the same formula aging bad.
  17. Kliffoth
    Sep 8, 2023
    4
    Is this the worst game ever? No, of course not, it might even be decent when compared to other stinkers... but it this a really really bad game considering how long they've been hyping it only to deliver a stale game and the fact that behind Bethesda lies a literal multi-trillion dollar company? Yes... possibly gonna be interesting/slightly decent in some years after many patches and mods,Is this the worst game ever? No, of course not, it might even be decent when compared to other stinkers... but it this a really really bad game considering how long they've been hyping it only to deliver a stale game and the fact that behind Bethesda lies a literal multi-trillion dollar company? Yes... possibly gonna be interesting/slightly decent in some years after many patches and mods, but for now, many better games await...… Expand
  18. Dede01
    Sep 10, 2023
    4
    Malheureusement trop de hype, trop d'attente, starfield a 10 ans de retard avec des discutions à dormir debout, des environnement qui ce ressenble tous, il fait rien de super bien vu le budget vu le nombre de personnes concentré sur le devellopement c'est une honte des promesses non tenu et les influenceur qui on bien fait leur job.
  19. prakken
    Sep 9, 2023
    4
    it's fun, but no more than 2-3 hours, there's nothing to do in the game, most of the parts are pretty monotonous, like the NPCs, the graphics are from 2016, the lack of any plot, instead there are rather boring quests, poor optimization even taking into account the big world, by the way world, Todd Howard said that it will be possible to fully explore the planets, but in the game you canit's fun, but no more than 2-3 hours, there's nothing to do in the game, most of the parts are pretty monotonous, like the NPCs, the graphics are from 2016, the lack of any plot, instead there are rather boring quests, poor optimization even taking into account the big world, by the way world, Todd Howard said that it will be possible to fully explore the planets, but in the game you can simply explore pieces of the planets. Perhaps Todd thought that if you put Skyrim in space it would be very interesting, but in modern realities it is not enough for a game to simply have enormous freedom of action… Expand
  20. Robotick1
    Sep 7, 2023
    4
    Starfield is a step back from every previous bethesada title (except Fallout 76)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

    I gave Fallout 4 6/10 and Fallout 76 2/10 so i decided to give this one 4/10.    … Expand
  21. Steelzera
    Sep 7, 2023
    4
    Jogo lançando a base da mentira, Marketing absurdo, falaram que o game ia ser um jogo "Revolucionario" e entregam isso. Sinceramente, esse jogo seria bom se fosse lançando em 2017
    Alguns pontos aqui: NPC Cagado, expressões faciais de geração antiga, mundo que não é aberto, planetas iguais com bichos iguais e sem textura de nova geração, jogo cansativo e historia mediocre. Essas são as    Jogo lançando a base da mentira, Marketing absurdo, falaram que o game ia ser um jogo "Revolucionario" e entregam isso. Sinceramente, esse jogo seria bom se fosse lançando em 2017
    Alguns pontos aqui: NPC Cagado, expressões faciais de geração antiga, mundo que não é aberto, planetas iguais com bichos iguais e sem textura de nova geração, jogo cansativo e historia mediocre. Essas são as minhas criticas!    … Expand
  22. CptnKR4KEN
    Sep 7, 2023
    4
    Not sure how Bethesda managed to make discovering the universe so lifeless and monotonous, but most of the exploring plays out like this:

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

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

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

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

    That is not to say that there's nothing good here, the weapon design and shooting mechanics are a vast improvement over their past games, the ship-building is very intuitive, and the scenic landscapes of distant planets and galaxies can be absolutely gorgeous! I just wish I had more of a reason to explore them . . .    … Expand
  23. ijonized
    Sep 8, 2023
    4
    Bethesda... Bethesda never changes. Game as is in its state is just bad game for 2023. It is old engine, old way of making game, outdated and bland. Starfield is ultimate sandbox, because it is empty, waiting for mods to fill it up. You cannot review for what it might be, but review it as it is. If it was some small development team I would give it 5/10 but for company as this big doingBethesda... Bethesda never changes. Game as is in its state is just bad game for 2023. It is old engine, old way of making game, outdated and bland. Starfield is ultimate sandbox, because it is empty, waiting for mods to fill it up. You cannot review for what it might be, but review it as it is. If it was some small development team I would give it 5/10 but for company as this big doing shortcuts and saving money using old engine is just insulting, but hey, you can always have biggest collection of sandwiches in the galaxy. It is not exploration game, it is not space sci-fi game it is just very weak RPG, outdated and bland. Minus 1 point for cash grab... premiere for more money, that needs to stop! They used Commodore 64 stripes (they did not use green) look it up :D… Expand
  24. ChilledLuck
    Sep 7, 2023
    4
    Nothing is really wrong with the game, but nothing is really great either.
    The MSQ has subpar writing and does not pull you in. Combat is ok, seems fluid enough. But nothing that would excite you.
    The game lacks a Wow factor.
  25. vnetrebyak
    Sep 7, 2023
    4
    Main problems with Starfield for me:

    1. Planets are just small and limited generated maps. 2. Dialogue system is not interesting, just waste of time. 3. NPCs are moving very slow, you can do at least 40 circles around them when they walk to the next trigger of mission. 4. Characters look like they came from animated series. 5. Travel in space is just 2 layers - planet and space near    Main problems with Starfield for me:

    1. Planets are just small and limited generated maps.
    2. Dialogue system is not interesting, just waste of time.
    3. NPCs are moving very slow, you can do at least 40 circles around them when they walk to the next trigger of mission.
    4. Characters look like they came from animated series.
    5. Travel in space is just 2 layers - planet and space near planet. If you want to move to another planet - press map, select planet, watch cutscene and you will be in space near planet.
    6. Graphics are not looking like 2023 next gen game. You can compare it to Star Wars Battlefront(2015) and see how game studios are not moving forward.    … Expand
  26. nlfizz
    Sep 7, 2023
    4
    Outside of main story (which was bad anyways) the game is empty and boring.
    Graphics are not consistent, some areas look great and most of them look outdated like 10 years behind.
    Gunplay is weak. There is no space exploration whatsoever. Quests are boring - go to A then B then A then C that's all. Lots of bugs and bad optimization. Very weak dialogs - objectively those are worst    Outside of main story (which was bad anyways) the game is empty and boring.
    Graphics are not consistent, some areas look great and most of them look outdated like 10 years behind.
    Gunplay is weak.
    There is no space exploration whatsoever.
    Quests are boring - go to A then B then A then C that's all.
    Lots of bugs and bad optimization.
    Very weak dialogs - objectively those are worst lines delivered by bethesda in history.
    Only pros are some details on ships, outfits, weapons.
    Very sad that this turned out like this. Not recommended, maybe wait for big discount and lots of mods.    … Expand
  27. GamerChungus
    Sep 7, 2023
    4
    For me Starfield has to be a 4/10, so many steps backward from Fallout 4 and even Skyrim. Even Fallout 76 had something going for it with multiplayer fallout, this game doesn't get anything right and at the center of is the space exploration which doesn't really exist, your ship exists just for combat essentially and the game feels disjointed. People saying that the combat is better thanFor me Starfield has to be a 4/10, so many steps backward from Fallout 4 and even Skyrim. Even Fallout 76 had something going for it with multiplayer fallout, this game doesn't get anything right and at the center of is the space exploration which doesn't really exist, your ship exists just for combat essentially and the game feels disjointed. People saying that the combat is better than Fallout 4 and 76 and I have to disagree there is worse reactions from enemy and no blood or gore making the combat feel flat and under developed. I ultimately refunded the game on steam after a few hours and didn't regret it. How Bethesda thought releasing a game without seamless space travel (on Next Gen only, with very high specs) after game like No Mans Sky and Elite Dangerous did it with a fraction of the budget will forever boggle the mind.… Expand
  28. BernieBernieson
    Sep 7, 2023
    4
    The parts of the game that actually work are boring. Too many load screens and poorly optimised.
  29. MJRegul
    Sep 7, 2023
    4
    The game does not deliver what was promised. Bad graphics, VERY high hardware requirements. Boring, no space exploration, archaic game engine remembering the days of Oblivion. The only thing from space in this game is its price. The game has its pluses, of course, but the number of minuses does not allow to give it a positive rating. It looks like Bethesda released Skyrim clone in space inThe game does not deliver what was promised. Bad graphics, VERY high hardware requirements. Boring, no space exploration, archaic game engine remembering the days of Oblivion. The only thing from space in this game is its price. The game has its pluses, of course, but the number of minuses does not allow to give it a positive rating. It looks like Bethesda released Skyrim clone in space in 2023 hoping that the community will improve the game with mods. That's not the way to go.… Expand
  30. Zencue
    Sep 7, 2023
    4
    Space game without space.
    Exploration game without exploration.
    RPG without dialogues and role-play system.
    Good fallout 4 mod, bad game
  31. Lupin_Tercero
    Sep 7, 2023
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Le di una oportunidad a los de Bethesda pagando mi gamepass, el editor de personaje no está mal, es bueno pero luego de la exploración en si es demasiado monótono y aburrido, juegos espaciales como Star Trek Online sinceramente son superior en todo a pesar de ser un juego bastante viejo. Me la pasé caminando horas en paramos desolados, escaneando rocas y matando uno que otro bichito. Quedé decepcionado, yo esperaba mucho más del juego :(… Expand
  32. MisterStardom
    Sep 7, 2023
    4
    This is coming from someone who was super excited about the game, about 40 hours in i couldn't take anymore. Don't waste your time or money on this game. You guys should be ashamed for releasing this game.
  33. Plaguecube
    Sep 8, 2023
    4
    Bethesda Support claims that the Intel Arc A770 does not meet the minimum requirements of an AMD Radeon RX 5700XT or an NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070Ti. This is clearly propaganda and a disgusting attempt by AMD to remove their true competitors (Intel Arc) from the GPU market. Instant Refund.
  34. Juravlik
    Sep 7, 2023
    4
    Many promises, few were delivered. Uninspired game, outdated graphics engine, ugly facial animations, very bad artificial intelligence, repetitive missions, "space exploration" that has nothing to do with space exploration, loading screens for everything, well, the list goes on and on. It could have been a much better game, if it weren't for Bethesda's laziness and lack of dedication, toMany promises, few were delivered. Uninspired game, outdated graphics engine, ugly facial animations, very bad artificial intelligence, repetitive missions, "space exploration" that has nothing to do with space exploration, loading screens for everything, well, the list goes on and on. It could have been a much better game, if it weren't for Bethesda's laziness and lack of dedication, to deliver a really good game.… Expand
  35. KyleHog
    Sep 7, 2023
    4
    Bethesda became a dubious company long time ago, and Todd is a notorious clown. I don't know how anyone takes that man seriously anymore. Only a clown can release a game without any optimization whatsoever, a game for which you need a NASA computer to run it, and then say that the problem is with the players' PCs.

    Bethesda used the ancient Creation Engine to make Starfield with tons of    Bethesda became a dubious company long time ago, and Todd is a notorious clown. I don't know how anyone takes that man seriously anymore. Only a clown can release a game without any optimization whatsoever, a game for which you need a NASA computer to run it, and then say that the problem is with the players' PCs.

    Bethesda used the ancient Creation Engine to make Starfield with tons of loading screens and "invisible walls", not even an open world game. Visually, Starfield looks like some game from 10 years ago, but demands super expensive, almost futuristic hardware. It's a total technical fiasco.

    On the creative side, Starfield is completely devoid of any originality and likability. The writings and dialogues in Starfield are so bad it's unbelievable. The main story is as if it was written by someone who is 7-8 years old. Constellation NPCs are very annoying, lifeless, they even criticize the player if he does something "bad". You feel like you are playing a game with some old aunt who constantly criticizes you if you are not a "good boy". All that false moralizing is a total joke.

    The atmosphere in Starfield is generic, soulless, as if the game was created by robots. Big cities are also mostly without any originality and interest. In Neon City, which is supposed to represent the city of vice, you won't find a single half-naked woman. Everything is made generically, strictly controlled, paying extremely close attention to "political correctness", not to "offend" anyone,

    There is no atmosphere, no good story, no interesting characters, nothing... Emptiness, boredom, tons and tons of tiring, long dialogue without any meaning whatsoever.

    This game may be playable in certain segments, but overall this game is just bad..    … Expand
  36. spaghettisaddle
    Sep 7, 2023
    4
    Only thing keeping the score up is bought reviews and die hard xbox fans that refuse to come to terms with the game being incredibly mid. exploration is boring. "well its space of course its barren" is the excuse everyone running with, which is not even slightly a valid excuse. very little life in game. everything can be summed up as "generic and mid".
  37. gergert
    Sep 7, 2023
    4
    So mid for bethestda it does everything not good at anything. No mini map , no mobile transport vehicle
    , you can lost any where in the game no immersion for the player the understand the game
  38. temple117
    Sep 7, 2023
    4
    Experience: 25 hours of play

    Story - You are the SPACEBORN (yes, they actually call you this) and you get magic powers that are literally copy/pasted Skyrim dragon shouts. The entire story revolves around you going to copy/pasted temples, fighting copy/pasted enemies, and collecting copy/pasted loot. Yes, the loot is literally in the exact same spot in every single temple with the exact    Experience: 25 hours of play

    Story - You are the SPACEBORN (yes, they actually call you this) and you get magic powers that are literally copy/pasted Skyrim dragon shouts. The entire story revolves around you going to copy/pasted temples, fighting copy/pasted enemies, and collecting copy/pasted loot. Yes, the loot is literally in the exact same spot in every single temple with the exact same layout and enemy placement. It is that lazy. There is nothing science-fiction about this story.

    Exploration - Doesn't exist. You do not explore space, you teleport from planet to planet. Flying around in space is pointless outside of combat. Planets are all barren landscapes with a few mines/factories/caves for you to go kill copy/pasted enemies in. There is no environmental storytelling and after maybe 6 planets you will start seeing repeated layouts. Due to procedural generation, you will get nonsensical dungeons where your robot tells you there is no life at all on the planet, only for you to walk into a cave to find tree roots and generic spacemen with guns that only want to kill you.

    Role Playing - Almost non-existent. You are a good boy and if you did something bad it's just by accident. I picked the snake cult to start and then when I found snake cultists I had no unique options with them, they are just hostile on sight. The game handwaves this by saying they all went crazy and attack anyone on sight, but then why isn't my character also crazy and why don't the cultists fight one another? Makes no sense. The unique dialogue choices don't change how things play out in 90% of cases. I also picked Wanted as my background, but I didn't have an actual bounty on me in any system, yet bounty hunters would still occasionally attack me in orbit. It makes no sense for me to be Wanted and have bounty hunters on my ass but not actually have a bounty on my head.

    Gunplay - It is decent. Passable. The bigger issue is that enemies are bullet sponges, which always makes gunplay feel bad. The game randomly dropped a white pistol with enough raw damage to 2 shot enemies 10 times my level (i was level 2 and destroying level 20 enemies within an hour). Yet if the game does not accidentally drop you higher level loot early, you will be dumping entire magazines into each enemy because of how spongey they are.

    Graphics - When the lighting is absolutely perfect the game looks gorgeous. It just isn't perfect 90% of the time and when that happens it looks like baked **** Some of the ugliest character models I have seen in a modern game. When the lighting isn't working it looks like a 360 or PS3 game.

    Performance - Nvidia doesn't have real drivers for the game yet so if you have an Nvidia card, you're just **** until that gets fixed. No, even with the DLSS mod you won't get good performance. Currently you need to run an AMD 7800 XT or better to get decent performance. I have a 7900 XTX and I would get dips below 60 in major cities. I am not sure why this game is so demanding since it looks ugly and doesn't even support any modern graphical features.

    Space - This deserved its own section. The space part of this game is actually the worst part. You only fly around when in combat and ship combat consists purely of charging the enemy and firing all of your guns, then turning back around and doing it again until they die. There is no depth or interesting maneuvers you can do. You cannot seamlessly go to a planet as they are not physically represented in the game. What I mean by this, is that you can spend hours flying to one and when you get there you will fly through it because it's a 2D picture they didn't expect you to fly into. The ship building is pointless since you cannot field more than one ship at a time. Outpost building is a pointless vanity exercise. Even if you enjoy these features and invest time into them, the game actually wants you to go to NG+ as fast as possible and when you do everything but your perks and levels gets deleted. This means that by not rushing the main story, you are playing the game wrong.

    Side Content - Passable at best. The biggest issue is that the main story invalidates everything you do on the side. There is no reason to touch the side content until you are deep into NG+ loops because the game penalizes you for daring not to go to the same temples over and over again, but it will also immediately flood your quest log with 15 side quests within minutes of arriving at the first major city. Yes, the game encourages you to play it incorrectly and then punishes you severely for listening to it.

    I do not understand how someone could give this mess higher than a 6/10. Even a 6/10 is being generous. The game is so schizophrenic, just hopping from one abstract idea to the next with no thought to how they connect. Absolutely nobody that made this play tested for playability. The nicest thing I can say about Starfield is that it functions on a very basic level.

    4/10.    … Expand
  39. Rioyee101
    Sep 7, 2023
    4
    Disappointingly, eight years have passed and Todd could have done better instead of giving another sweet little lie.
  40. Suspectate
    Sep 7, 2023
    4
    Another AAA game suffers from extremely high expectations. Other than some of the cities there just isn't much that amazes me. Not being able to actually use your ship to fly over planets is probably the biggest reason why this game feels so bland, I know it's a different movement style but GTA5 duck and cover gunplay is miles ahead and that's a decade old game...

    All the fading to    Another AAA game suffers from extremely high expectations. Other than some of the cities there just isn't much that amazes me. Not being able to actually use your ship to fly over planets is probably the biggest reason why this game feels so bland, I know it's a different movement style but GTA5 duck and cover gunplay is miles ahead and that's a decade old game...

    All the fading to black fast travelling feels terrible, although I understand why travelling has to be convenient. However, I feel like if there weren't so much emphasis on (and quantity of) side quests the actual journeys themselves would feel more epic. The side quests are not that far off from feeling like chores.

    Some of the skill tree perks should be default at least the ability to actually do it like pickpocket, boosts, and lockpicking (which btw also feels terrible and the reward for unlocking storages and doors usually feel underwhelming).

    For space battles I think it would've been better if the weapons systems were all lumped together instead of 3 separate ones. The dogfighting in general just does not feel as good as El1te D4ng3r0us although I have to commend Bethesda for being able to fight in space in third person. I can see Star C!tiz3n gaining some traction in the long term now because I know players will want to explore planets and have epic space battles with their friends in the cockpit with them.

    The most disappointing thing for me personally is no native support for HOTAS setup (which I hope mods or a future update can provide). El1te just blows this game out of the water when it comes to controlling your ship, however, Starfield's shipbuilding and customization is extraordinary.    … Expand
  41. WeaverIX
    Sep 7, 2023
    4
    Starfield Is a good game but there are a lot of flaws that I Have a problem with

    First of all I have a RTX 3070 and I'm getting 40fps changing FSR or any settings changes my fps down or up by 8 the optimization is horrible. The loading screens feels very last gen not something that one would expect for a "next gen" game 20 years in the making. My favorite parts of BGS games in the    Starfield Is a good game but there are a lot of flaws that I Have a problem with

    First of all I have a RTX 3070 and I'm getting 40fps changing FSR or any settings changes my fps down or up by 8 the optimization is horrible.

    The loading screens feels very last gen not something that one would expect for a "next gen" game 20 years in the making.

    My favorite parts of BGS games in the past was travelling along a path and finding some magical Location,npc,etc. In starfield there is none of that it is all Reused Procedural Generated assets.

    If this released 6 or 7 years ago it would be good but today it feels a few years behind the masterpieces we have been receiving this year.

    I wish I could reccomend this game but this is another example of Bethesda relying on modders to fix their mistakes.    … Expand
  42. Goaqi
    Sep 7, 2023
    4
    Starfield doesn't have any kind of space exploration, it's all loading screens. You can't fly, land or take off from planets manually, they are simply loading screens. The galaxy you are placed in is empty, there is no movement, the planets are mostly empty. Look for what happens to planet earth, it's embarrassing..., it's the same landscape wherever you land.

    At times, you feel like    Starfield doesn't have any kind of space exploration, it's all loading screens. You can't fly, land or take off from planets manually, they are simply loading screens. The galaxy you are placed in is empty, there is no movement, the planets are mostly empty. Look for what happens to planet earth, it's embarrassing..., it's the same landscape wherever you land.

    At times, you feel like you're going from one place to another in a linear fashion and the only thing separating you from each place is a loading screen. There is no immersion.

    Performance is lousy on PC no matter how much Todd Howard says otherwise (it can be improved with mods). The AI of the enemy NPCs is non-existent, at times they act like punching bags. The rest of the NPCs sometimes appear and disappear in front of you without any explanation, their gestures are robotic, they don't react to the player's actions beyond you shooting them. The graphics would be spectacular in 2012, not 2023. In short, it is not what was promised by Bethesda, and this game is not worth the 80€ they are asking for it. In the future, when they fix the bugs and performance, and if there is some interesting mod, the game will be worth it to know the main story, but not for 80€.    … Expand
  43. dryfer
    Sep 7, 2023
    4
    The disappointment this game has given me, with the trailers I was expecting full planetary exploration like no mans sky, and what we got? a teleport from x planet to x planet, and if you're lucky there is something to do there. The good thing this game was supposed to have and is just a Menu.
  44. deadchannel
    Sep 8, 2023
    4
    This is one of the most disappointing piles of donkey sh*t I've ever played. Starfield - at least the first dozen hours - is a boring, tedious errand boy simulator. Space travel is an illusion - there's barely any reason to even have a ship other than as a fast travel hub. "Exploring" barren, copy/paste environments gets repetitive quickly. The uninteresting main story starts out absurdThis is one of the most disappointing piles of donkey sh*t I've ever played. Starfield - at least the first dozen hours - is a boring, tedious errand boy simulator. Space travel is an illusion - there's barely any reason to even have a ship other than as a fast travel hub. "Exploring" barren, copy/paste environments gets repetitive quickly. The uninteresting main story starts out absurd and then devolves into a series of boring fetch quests. The characters have all the charisma of deep-fried roadkill. Most NPCs are bug-eyed Lovecraftian horrors with claymation face designs and animations straight out of TES: Oblivion. Despite what critics are saying, the game isn't polished. I experienced numerous bugs of varying severity including a quest-breaker in just the first 12 hours.

    On a more positive note, the gunplay is the best of BGS's games but that's not saying much. You can also get Adam Jensen as a companion which is kind of cool.    … Expand
  45. BlakeChaos
    Sep 7, 2023
    4
    Just, meh. Nothing innovative. Does a lot of things but none of they very well. This game was way over-hyped and not even close to the game of the year as they lead on. Would have rated it higher if it wasn't for them making the game feel like more than it was. It's just a run-of-the-mill Bethesda game and the story is unbearably boring.
  46. disdoesntexsist
    Sep 8, 2023
    4
    "Starfield vs. No Man's Sky: A Galactic Fiasco"

    When it comes to space exploration games, the bar was set pretty low with the infamous launch of No Man's Sky. However, Starfield somehow manages to plummet even further into the abyss of disappointment. Comparing Starfield to No Man's Sky is like trying to decide which spaceship has more holes in it – they're both disastrous in their own    "Starfield vs. No Man's Sky: A Galactic Fiasco"

    When it comes to space exploration games, the bar was set pretty low with the infamous launch of No Man's Sky. However, Starfield somehow manages to plummet even further into the abyss of disappointment. Comparing Starfield to No Man's Sky is like trying to decide which spaceship has more holes in it – they're both disastrous in their own right. Here's how Starfield manages to outdo No Man's Sky in the realm of galactic failure:

    Graphics Downgrade: While No Man's Sky was criticized for its initial graphical promises, Starfield manages to pull off a downgrade of epic proportions. The visuals are shockingly outdated, with textures that make No Man's Sky's planets look like a work of art. Even with its rocky start, No Man's Sky eventually improved its graphics, whereas Starfield takes a step backward.

    Content Void: No Man's Sky was initially lambasted for its lack of content, but over the years, Hello Games worked tirelessly to add substantial updates and features. In contrast, Starfield launches with an embarrassingly limited amount of content. It feels like an empty void, with little to see, do, or explore. No Man's Sky may have started as a barren landscape, but it evolved; Starfield, on the other hand, feels stagnant.

    Glitch-Infested Space: Both games have their share of bugs, but Starfield takes it to a whole new level. It's as if Bethesda saw No Man's Sky's launch issues and decided to double down. From game-breaking crashes to hilarious physics mishaps, Starfield is a veritable smorgasbord of glitches.

    Stale Gameplay: No Man's Sky faced criticism for repetitive gameplay, but Starfield somehow manages to make it even more boring. The endless scanning, resource gathering, and menial tasks feel like a punishment rather than gameplay. No Man's Sky may have had a rocky start, but it's since added depth and variety to its gameplay.

    Lack of Innovation: No Man's Sky at least attempted to innovate the space exploration genre with its procedurally generated universe and ambitious concepts. Starfield, on the other hand, feels like a carbon copy of old space games with little to distinguish itself from its predecessors.

    Microtransactions and DLC: No Man's Sky eventually introduced free updates that significantly improved the game, earning back some goodwill. Starfield, however, opts for the path of microtransactions and paid DLC, further frustrating players who expected a complete experience from the start.

    In summary, Starfield's launch is a disheartening reminder of how a game can fail to learn from the mistakes of its predecessors. It manages to underperform in every aspect when compared to the comeback story of No Man's Sky. Bethesda's attempt at entering the space exploration genre feels uninspired, unfinished, and a disservice to gamers who were hoping for something truly stellar. Save your interstellar adventures for No Man's Sky – it's the lesser of two galactic disappointments.    … Expand
  47. TheSagaYoutube
    Sep 8, 2023
    4
    Starfield is Bethesda's title, a game that was advertised with the ability to 'explore with unparalleled freedom.' Unfortunately, what Starfield is, is a sandbox for modders to fix the game. The game is a Bethesda title in every way; it has 2018 graphics with 2011 gameplay loops, all made in 2023. Weirdly enough, many people like to say that this is a Bethesda game, but what this actuallyStarfield is Bethesda's title, a game that was advertised with the ability to 'explore with unparalleled freedom.' Unfortunately, what Starfield is, is a sandbox for modders to fix the game. The game is a Bethesda title in every way; it has 2018 graphics with 2011 gameplay loops, all made in 2023. Weirdly enough, many people like to say that this is a Bethesda game, but what this actually translates to is a game that never evolved past 2011, a game that is a quarter-mile wide and an inch deep.

    It has one of the most boring storylines I've ever played, with many characters having almost no personality, to the point where it feels forced rather than a well-designed story.

    There's very minimal exploration with an abundance of loading screens, something you would expect from a 2013 game, not a 2023 game. The exploration, if you can call it that, involves running from point of interest to point of interest, with a nearly barren planet on 90% of every planet you come across. To add to this, the points of interest are all copy-paste, with very little variety.

    The ship building is arguably one of the most talked-about aspects of the game, but unfortunately, the ship building serves no purpose, as there's no exploration beyond going from loading screen to loading screen.

    The gunplay is by far the best part of Starfield, but unfortunately, even its best part is average for 2023 standards. They managed to program basic gunplay into the game, which is nice, but beyond that, it's just nice gunplay with a very procedurally generated loop system and very lackluster AI.

    In conclusion, my review stands: if you're interested in playing Skyrim made 10 years later with very few improvements and essentially a space reskin, then Starfield is the game for you. On the other hand, if you value your money and want to play something more modern, I would highly advise against picking up this game, as it has nothing redeemable about it besides being a "Bethesda game."    … Expand
  48. FireBreatherMP1
    Sep 8, 2023
    4
    Alright. I made a Metacritic account just to review this game. I want to start off by saying that I am playing on PC. I am using a 3060ti and a Ryzen 5 5600. Thats a fairly moderate combination, handles almost anything at high settings, 1080p or 1440p 60fps+. With that out of the way, this game is horribly optimized for PC. The performance is less than stellar, to say the least. There'sAlright. I made a Metacritic account just to review this game. I want to start off by saying that I am playing on PC. I am using a 3060ti and a Ryzen 5 5600. Thats a fairly moderate combination, handles almost anything at high settings, 1080p or 1440p 60fps+. With that out of the way, this game is horribly optimized for PC. The performance is less than stellar, to say the least. There's some really strange choices made, like the fact that the game doesn't support exclusive full-screen or DLSS natively. Also, this game has crashed on me countless times. Visually the settings are pretty solid but there's not really that "woah..." moment you get like when you leave the prison in Oblivion. Texture work is good. Lighting and shadows are just fine. Overall the game feels far too graphically basic to be as demanding as it is. The character creation is fine. You can't make any super dumb, silly, jenky, oblong, green-skinned, freaks like you can in most other Bethesda games. That's a disservice to the experience in my opinion. Making those crazy created characters are part of the Bethesda charm and there really isn't much of that charm in Starfield.

    Starfield is simply not fun. I don't find the world or story interesting. NPCs feel lifeless and add nothing of substance to the game. In Skyrim and Oblivion, most NPCs are named individuals that go to work and have conversations with each other and often drop little hints of stuff you can go do in the game. In Starfield, there's countless times where I'd press E to speak to an NPC and they'd say "I'm sorry I'm busy". They're all nameless and so obviously lifeless NPCs and it's so uninteresting. When playing this game, I wish I was playing other games. I think about how I could be playing Oblivion or Skyrim or Fallout New Vegas, games with worlds that feel *real* and detailed. I think about how I'm also playing through one of the best RPGs I've ever played, Baldur's Gate 3. I often want to close my game and play that instead. Traversing this game is uninteresting.
    The idea that nearly all traversal is done through menus is absolutely unbelievable. They touted these giant worlds and this sprawling universe, but they all feel so disconnected? I so badly wanted to fly from one planet to another and actually land directly on that planets surface without having to go into a menu to do so. This is not an open world game. It has cities and strongholds that sit in their own little area and you have to use a menu to go to them, you can't walk from a city to an outpost. When you land in an area, that isn't a huge city, there's a small circle in which you can explore, after that it locks you into that small area. Want to explore more of the planet you're on? Go into a menu and land somewhere else on the planet. Flying in space is actually kind of fun, it's unfortunate that you can't really do much with it, it doesn't get you anywhere.

    Speaking of flying in space, the ship combat is kind of enjoyable, I don't completely hate it or anything. It's just that it gets boring and repetitive after the first few times you do it, it makes you not really want to do it anymore. Gun combat isn't awful either! I enjoy the gun combat! It feels good, it feels better than any Bethesda-developed game with guns. Comparing the combat in this game to Fallout 76, for example, the combat here is definitely more enjoyable. It's a shame that the early game enemies aren't cool by any means. It's all weird alien bug creatures and space-pirates.

    The one time in this game where I actually got excited and happy is when I was walking in New Atlantis and the adoring fan appeared! It was actually nice to see the little guy again, as annoying as he can be. The voice acting in this game is really good, the performances are great. The actors did a great job!

    Final thoughts:
    Starfield is bland and uninteresting and doesn't live up to the hype. I have un-installed it and will not be finishing it any time soon. I am doubtful that they will release any super meaningful updates, but if they do, maybe I'll check it out. If Cyberpunk got "fixed" maybe this game can too. If you want a good Bethesda game, play one of the classics we all know and love again. If you want a new sprawling RPG that is fun and let's you explore and do almost anything you want, play Baldur's Gate 3. If you want a good space game play No Man's Sky. I would be severely upset and would be filing for a refund if I paid the full-price of $69.99 USD for this release. Thankfully I only paid 16 dolars due to its Gamepass day-one integration. Would not recommend.    … Expand
  49. SlayerReviews
    Sep 8, 2023
    4
    Clunky inventory management.
    Too many screens to sift through.
    No sense of being in space since you just fast travel everywhere.
    Almost zero immersion since there is a loading screen or cut scene for almost everything you do.
    Bad graphics, Characters feel soulless and look very generic.
    Outdated engine.
    Way overpriced for what you get.
  50. IMRVN_ZA
    Sep 8, 2023
    4
    This is "not another hit".

    It is a low budget No Mans Sky. 1.) The game has numerous bugs - some have been game-breaking, but most definitely ruin the immersion. 2.) The game has performance issues, with multiple frame rate drops, and parts which lag greatly. 3.) The graphics are not on par with some of the latest releases - fidelity is not the biggest issue, the character models,    This is "not another hit".

    It is a low budget No Mans Sky.

    1.) The game has numerous bugs - some have been game-breaking, but most definitely ruin the immersion.
    2.) The game has performance issues, with multiple frame rate drops, and parts which lag greatly.
    3.) The graphics are not on par with some of the latest releases - fidelity is not the biggest issue, the character models, as well as animations are poor (and people had the audacity to complain about Armored Cores graphics)
    4.) On the character animations, its not much better than Fallout 4. The lack of expression breaks the immersion - it is nowhere near as good as CyberPunk 2077 is now.
    5.) The exploration is boring.
    6.) On the exploration - for a space game that tries to emulate "Space exploration". It really sucks that you cant fly from space onto any point of a planet, go anywhere on the planet, and then get into your space craft and fly from the planet back into space, and then to another planet. Bethesda should take some notes from No Mans Sky, once again. People saying "this is not a big deal", miss the point of it being a space exploration/adventure game.
    7.) On the exploration again, most worlds are empty, with a few wildlife scattered around in little groups - random world events are pretty much non-existent so as mentioned, the exploration seems boring.
    8.) Main Story Quest - No spoilers, but it is not inspired at all. Bland.

    If not for the bugs/performance, I would give it a 5, but that's about it for current content and how poor the character animations are in dialogue screens. Its 2023 - Surely they could have done better with more time.

    Maybe in a few years this game will grow into the masterpiece it should have been now, the same as No Mans Sky and CyberPunk 2077 did. Both released in poor states, but have become great games in their own regards.

    Give Bethesda some more time.    … Expand
  51. Honir
    Sep 8, 2023
    4
    The game is a load screen simulator
    enter your ship - > loading screen -> sit at console and "take off" -> loading screen -> choose new planet -> loading screen -> select landing site on planet -> loading screen -> exit ship -> loading screen -> "explore" most planets i've encountered where empty rocky snowy templates with 1 structure every 1k km and the story was mid
  52. dimogatec
    Sep 8, 2023
    4
    Em uma palavra: frustrante.
    Fiquei extremamente feliz quando anunciaram esse jogo. Bethesda, a empresa que nos trouxe a joia que é Skyrim, iria fazer um jogo espacial. Um sonho se realizando. Sim, ainda seria a Bethesda - ou seja, a missão principal provavelmente seria fraca, alguns bugs e glitches no lançamento, menus terríveis, otimização porca...velha Bethesda que todos conhecemos e    Em uma palavra: frustrante.
    Fiquei extremamente feliz quando anunciaram esse jogo. Bethesda, a empresa que nos trouxe a joia que é Skyrim, iria fazer um jogo espacial. Um sonho se realizando. Sim, ainda seria a Bethesda - ou seja, a missão principal provavelmente seria fraca, alguns bugs e glitches no lançamento, menus terríveis, otimização porca...velha Bethesda que todos conhecemos e amamos. Sim, amamos pois apesar das falhas que já são inerentes, teríamos uma exploração fabulosa, personagens cativantes, histórias secundárias intrínsecas e memoráveis, armas e naves absurdamente descoladas.
    Bom, se você jogou esse jogo, você sabe aonde eu estou indo com essa review.

    De todos os jogos espaciais de alto nível atualmente, a exploração espacial de Starfield é, na melhor das hipóteses, deplorável. Não era hype nem devaneio imaginar que você teria uma incrível liberdade espacial. Entrar na sua nave, ligar os motores e ir a qualquer lugar de forma fluída. Talvez um soft loading aqui ou acolá, quando entrássemos na atmosfera de um planeta distante ou quando estivéssemos saltando de um sistema para o outro, com uma cutscene marota que causasse aquele frio na barriga gostoso de "o que será que temos pela frente?".
    Mas não, meus amigos e amigas. Somente uma tela preta. Vai entrar na nave? Tela preta, puff, você está na sua nave. Vai entrar em órbita? Tela preta, puff você está em órbita. Aqui talvez aconteça um evento espontâneo, mas que ali pela marca das 10 horas já enche o saco. Vai pra outro planeta? Tela preta, puff, você chegou lá.
    Imersão espacial? Inexistente. Veículos para locomoção no planeta? Nope. Voar com sua nave no planeta? Na-na-ni-na-não.
    Nem sonhe com minerar no espaço. Comércio de bens só se forem os loots que você pegou dos inimigos.
    Olha, não me levem a mal. Starfield é um jogo legalzinho, um combate fluído, armas divertidas, companheiros e história genéricos, mas carismáticos e com um certo grau de atratividade. Mas não entre no jogo imaginando que você vai conseguir uma imersão boa no quesito "explorador espacial".    … Expand
  53. Sam_Morrou
    Sep 8, 2023
    4
    I was waiting for this game, even bought an early version of Starfield, but as soon as I started playing, it turned out that the game is poorly optimized for PC, often hangs, at any graphics settings, as well as often there are problems with sound and dialogues in the game. I would very much like to see the game finalized, and it became playable. The game is good in principle, but thereI was waiting for this game, even bought an early version of Starfield, but as soon as I started playing, it turned out that the game is poorly optimized for PC, often hangs, at any graphics settings, as well as often there are problems with sound and dialogues in the game. I would very much like to see the game finalized, and it became playable. The game is good in principle, but there are many nuances that the developers should have fixed.… Expand
  54. Joaovieiragames
    Sep 8, 2023
    4
    Mau otimizado, gráficos da geração passada, mecânica de batalha ultrapassada, inteligência artificial nubia. Um game que só ficou na promessa.
  55. Ismyname
    Sep 8, 2023
    4
    In a far distant future, where humanity has colonized multiple solar systems, people have forgotten how to build land vehicles, but start building cities with recycled cardboard. This is just a point and click game with a futuristic skin. Exploration sucks. Zero reasons to explore planets, less than zero reasons to explore space. Everything is just an instance that you can get in and getIn a far distant future, where humanity has colonized multiple solar systems, people have forgotten how to build land vehicles, but start building cities with recycled cardboard. This is just a point and click game with a futuristic skin. Exploration sucks. Zero reasons to explore planets, less than zero reasons to explore space. Everything is just an instance that you can get in and get out with one button, absolute zero immersion.… Expand
  56. johnnybeawesome
    Sep 8, 2023
    4
    Ok, let's be real here, this game is really bad for a "triple AAA". The graphics, the loadings, the bugs and the "emptiness". It's very frustrating to pay $60 for a unfinished/unpolished game. At my country this value it's like 1/4 of the minimum wage. So, for us, is very expensive to waste such amount on this "game".
  57. Broguypal
    Sep 8, 2023
    4
    I'll keep it short and sweet. Boring story, unintuitive map/travel system, stiff combat with horrible ai, dated animations and worst of all BAD optimization. I have a very modern rig and struggle to get 60 FPS on low/medium settings at 4k with the DLSS mod enabled. This game will probably be good in a year or so once the community fixes it.
  58. slimepig
    Sep 11, 2023
    4
    I'm not going to talk about writing or any of that stuff, because apparently people who regularly play BGS games don't care about that. I do want to WARN you, though - the opening missions force you to interact with the story for a few hours. You do have to do that before you get let off the leash (2-4 hours).

    So, lets just talk gameplay: Combat - stand directly in front of the enemy    I'm not going to talk about writing or any of that stuff, because apparently people who regularly play BGS games don't care about that. I do want to WARN you, though - the opening missions force you to interact with the story for a few hours. You do have to do that before you get let off the leash (2-4 hours).

    So, lets just talk gameplay:

    Combat - stand directly in front of the enemy and just keep shooting them (20 levels above you? eh whatever).
    Settlement Building - awkward
    Ship Building - extremely awkward
    Exploration - its a 20x20 cube of a forest, desert, or glacier copy-pasted about 500 times with 3 locations that are randomly generated. They're mostly caves.
    Space Exploration - non-existent, you're selecting what random grouping of landing zones (save for a handful, all procedurally generated) you want to see
    Companions - will absolutely not shut up to the point where I can't tell if its a bug

    It paints a really bleak picture of humanity, since 95% (edited from 90% now that I have more time in the game) of human encounters are just bandits who talk exactly like Fallout bandits - over-the-top 'chaotic evil' ****
    But *worse,* it just isn't even fun - this is the most boring game I've played in 20 years.

    Edit: I want to add now that I've put in 5 or 6 more hours into this, the procedurally generated locations are actually duplicated item for item. I've come across the same abandoned UC listening post on 4 different worlds.

    Based on my experience there's only 10 or so locations and they're just copy-pasted on worlds that themselves are randomly generated copy-paste messes. As is the flora and fauna. I've come across a wolf-like creature with a graboid head on every single world with life. It's usually called a "trapjaw" of some kind, they just change the colors and one of the adjectives to describe it (if you're lucky).    … Expand
  59. Navelgazer
    Sep 8, 2023
    4
    This is a very disappointing release from Bethesda. Very early into the game the flaws already start to show very blatantly. The writing is very poor and not engaging at all. I honestly zoned out through half the dialogue, because it was just so devoid of any character or humanity. Every character seems to be a bland, generic cardboard cutout. The gameplay itself is very boring as well.This is a very disappointing release from Bethesda. Very early into the game the flaws already start to show very blatantly. The writing is very poor and not engaging at all. I honestly zoned out through half the dialogue, because it was just so devoid of any character or humanity. Every character seems to be a bland, generic cardboard cutout. The gameplay itself is very boring as well. This game is not an RPG, but it's a looter shooter and a mediocre one at that. Enemies are bullet sponges and the guns do not have any weight to them. Then there are the many bugs that people have come to expect from Bethesda. All in all I would not recommend this game. Do yourself a favor and play the old mass effect games, they are so much better. If you do want to try this game out, just get game pass. Don't pay 70 bucks for this, it's barely worth a tenner.… Expand
  60. W4sH
    Sep 8, 2023
    4
    1. No Lip sync in German language.
    2. Scary NPC-Faces
    3. No Map
    4. No free travel between planets
    5. very bad KI
    6. No real Roleplay (no decisions)
    7. 50% of game time in Menu
    8. many fetch quests
    9. no exploration
    10. a space game without space

    It feels like they wanted to make a great game and realized midway through development that the engine couldn't do it.
  61. wearerealms
    Sep 8, 2023
    4
    I did not follow the hype train for this game and honestly, huge miss by Bethesda.

    Issues: -Story is meh. Any "choice" you have is super clear and only 2 options. Other games like Baldur's Gate 3 do a MUCH better job at this. The story system in this game is NOT next-gen. -Graphics: Other than the initial player creation, graphics are Fallout 4 "polished", even on Ultra on an NVIDIA RTX    I did not follow the hype train for this game and honestly, huge miss by Bethesda.

    Issues:
    -Story is meh. Any "choice" you have is super clear and only 2 options. Other games like Baldur's Gate 3 do a MUCH better job at this. The story system in this game is NOT next-gen.
    -Graphics: Other than the initial player creation, graphics are Fallout 4 "polished", even on Ultra on an NVIDIA RTX 3060 Ti.
    -Gameplay: 1) Too much fast travel and loading screens, break immersion 100% 2) Planets are barren and copy/paste. 3) Gunplay is better than Fallout 4, but still lacking compared to other current gen FPS. 4) Ship gunfights are clunky and not fun, No Man Sky does WAY better. 5) Ammo is non stop always out.... 6)Hitboxes are horrible, Skyrim had better DPS/Hitbox/Registration

    I really wish this game was fun to play but after 10 hours I am over it. True "next gen" RPG's like Baldur's Gate 3 are the new bar, and this was a huge miss for Bethesda.    … Expand
  62. Jaremasta
    Sep 8, 2023
    4
    Loading Screens Loading Screens Loading Screens Everywhere ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤ
  63. pitbldr
    Sep 8, 2023
    4
    I owed the premium version but refunded it before the official release. Played about 50 hours and while I liked some aspects, was just boring. Ship building looked extremely good but with ships seemed to be a very small part of game to me. Never felt like I was flying in space, just teleporting from location to location. Could not even get out of the seat while in space. Outpost alsoI owed the premium version but refunded it before the official release. Played about 50 hours and while I liked some aspects, was just boring. Ship building looked extremely good but with ships seemed to be a very small part of game to me. Never felt like I was flying in space, just teleporting from location to location. Could not even get out of the seat while in space. Outpost also seemed useless as I was able to buy or craft items at workbenches scattered around everywhere. Maybe outposts play a bigger role further in the game?? I did like the combat. Overall, very disappointed with the game on several levels.… Expand
  64. Nektaar
    Sep 8, 2023
    4
    Played this game for nearly 30 hours, hand crafted parts of the game are great, but all the random generated planet "exploration" and the forced quick travelling destroyed it for me
  65. Morvan99
    Sep 8, 2023
    4
    28 fps with a RTX 4070
    The main story is boring
    Gunplay is trash
    The space exploration is **** (Most planets are empty)
    No land vehicles for exploration
    Quests are boring - go to A then B then A then C that's all.
    They take 1 year for polishing the game but is still full of bugs
  66. khelemar
    Sep 8, 2023
    4
    mal optimizado, graficos bastante regulares para los requisitos, inteligencia artifiar sin inteligencia, no tiene nada de espacial mas que la tematica, las battalas con la nave es darle a dos botones, el arte del juego es bastante feo, los planetas estan vacios. en fin, si lo quieren probar paguen un mes de GP pero no malgasten su dinero en esto
  67. ExoTek
    Sep 8, 2023
    4
    Nearly every facet of this game is vastly inferior to Fallout 4 and Skyrim. It's bland, boring and it's incredibly poor design is evident immediately. There is zero reason why "Critic Reviews" should be above a 7/10 unless its been bought and paid for.
  68. CharlieGames
    Sep 8, 2023
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Incredibly bad

    At the end of the tunnel the truth was revealed, Starfield was only media and paid reviews. The game is incredibly mediocre, from the AI to the scenario design, to the combat mode and the terrible game optimization, this game is not worth half of what it costs, maybe in a year because of the mods and the I developed this polish, but right now I feel like I'm looking at a game from two decades ago    … Expand
  69. Mathezar
    Sep 8, 2023
    4
    Starfield feels kinda last gen. Story really hasn’t sucked me in because the McGuffin isn’t that interesting. I wasn’t super hyped for the game, but I still expected more.
    It’s a cool idea, but It just feels like their game loop is antiquated. I’ve done like 20 side quests and it’s all distilled down to: go to waypoint and interact with objective (loot/kill) and return. The AI for NPC    Starfield feels kinda last gen. Story really hasn’t sucked me in because the McGuffin isn’t that interesting. I wasn’t super hyped for the game, but I still expected more.
    It’s a cool idea, but It just feels like their game loop is antiquated. I’ve done like 20 side quests and it’s all distilled down to: go to waypoint and interact with objective (loot/kill) and return. The AI for NPC combat is pretty darn buggy and isn’t very difficult even on max difficulty. I’ve killed more NPCs that just stand and look at me or are bugged out at walls than not.
    The graphics aren’t bad but after playing bg3 with all the motion captured acting/animations, it just looks janky. It is no where near next gen in terms of appearance.
    I’ll play it and finish it, but it definitely feels like they were really really limited by their decision not to upgrade to an newer engine. Tons of loading screens, even to just walk into buildings in the city.
    You can literally pick up a transport side quest from the mission board and instantly teleport to the destination to complete the quest through a series of UI interactions without even flying your ship.    … Expand
  70. defiantGIANT
    Sep 8, 2023
    4
    A poorly optimised game delivered to us on Bethesda's part. That's now
    up to mods to fix or at least make it playable. I had to set Nvidia setting to lock 30fps to get a stable gameplay experience. I am Running above recommended specs. There is a great game here and I'm enjoying it when it's running ok, but there's no excuse for no DLSS option and a half baked game.
  71. ElectronicSoul
    Sep 8, 2023
    4
    This 'game' is not good, not good at all.
    Simulator of loadings, mod for Fallout 4, empty and boring 'planet' generator from Todd.
  72. JabbaKadabra
    Sep 8, 2023
    4
    I just created an account in order to say that I simply can't understand a critic score of over 80. This game is feels incredibly old, shallow, and boring. It has worse space gameplay than no man sky, the dialogue options feel meaningless, the characters and story puts me to sleep and the combat feels lame, as it's common with TES/Fallout games.
    If this game wasn't developed by a studio    I just created an account in order to say that I simply can't understand a critic score of over 80. This game is feels incredibly old, shallow, and boring. It has worse space gameplay than no man sky, the dialogue options feel meaningless, the characters and story puts me to sleep and the combat feels lame, as it's common with TES/Fallout games.
    If this game wasn't developed by a studio with such a history of successes and this level of hype, it would have been shred to bits by critics. I'm glad I played it through game pass instead of purchasing, because I would much rather spend my time with something else.    … Expand
  73. Yeh8686
    Sep 9, 2023
    4
    Bit of a mix of NMS + a looter shooter (with no good loot) plus some lame RPG elements. Absolutely mid in every possible way. Incredibly disappointed, refunded after 10 hours.

    I can see some people giving it a 7 (if you never played an actual good space game), anything other than that, you're either a shill or a paid actor. Oh and for the people giving this trash a 10... Imagine    Bit of a mix of NMS + a looter shooter (with no good loot) plus some lame RPG elements. Absolutely mid in every possible way. Incredibly disappointed, refunded after 10 hours.

    I can see some people giving it a 7 (if you never played an actual good space game), anything other than that, you're either a shill or a paid actor.

    Oh and for the people giving this trash a 10... Imagine being a shill for a company that constantly ships unfinished games so that the community mods them and then 5 years later sells you DLCs with stuff the mods fixed for you half a decade ago. Keep eating up Todd's little lies. People like YOU are the reason why some of these scummy "AAA" companies get away with selling you completely buggy, unfinished, overpriced games.    … Expand
  74. Lilbro123
    Sep 9, 2023
    4
    All planets are copy pastes of each other there, is no choice in the game, It's very bland and empty...
  75. muradikunn
    Sep 9, 2023
    4
    The game looks visually goog and some of the quests are really well made. The outpost and ship building mechanics are also pretty great.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

    The game pissed me off more then it entertained me. Bethesda should fire their UX team immediately and hire whoever makes SkyUI/StarUI mods.    … Expand
  76. Scorpio_Arete
    Sep 9, 2023
    4
    This is somehow worse than Fallout 76 while being fully functional. Mods will save this game, but it's ridiculous that's the expectation at launch.
  77. Tampa
    Sep 9, 2023
    4
    Esse jogo saiu cedo demais, muito mal polido, mundos vazios com varios planetas mortos, faltou criatividade pra tudo aquilo...quem sabe futuramente melhore!
  78. ZeusRaiser
    Sep 9, 2023
    4
    WITHOUT SSD IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO PLAY.
    The game is incredible, I played for a few hours and wanted to play a lot more, but not all of us live in a first world country, having an SSD with many gigs is a luxury, and in a game the SSD being the minimum requirement is sad. I tried to play on the HDD but it's impossible, stuttering and audio delays are constant, before you read this and say    WITHOUT SSD IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO PLAY.
    The game is incredible, I played for a few hours and wanted to play a lot more, but not all of us live in a first world country, having an SSD with many gigs is a luxury, and in a game the SSD being the minimum requirement is sad. I tried to play on the HDD but it's impossible, stuttering and audio delays are constant, before you read this and say that I need to update my PC, consider that not all of us have the financial means to do so, I've already struggled a lot to build my PC.
    My rating would probably be 9 or something like that, but due to the SSD factor it's a 4 because I think that's unacceptable.    … Expand
  79. AnotherConsumer
    Sep 9, 2023
    4
    Character Limit does not fit full review: https://steamcommunity.com/app/1716740/discussions/0/3824174193422061897/
  80. know1234
    Sep 9, 2023
    4
    I have to say this is the first (Besides FO76) Bethesda title that I am not crazy about. Full disclosure, have not put a lot of time into this, but frankly, I don't want to. There are just other games that feel more worth my time, a good example being old Bethesda titles. On a technical level, while I do not believe it is up to par with todays standards, I do believe it is a big leap forI have to say this is the first (Besides FO76) Bethesda title that I am not crazy about. Full disclosure, have not put a lot of time into this, but frankly, I don't want to. There are just other games that feel more worth my time, a good example being old Bethesda titles. On a technical level, while I do not believe it is up to par with todays standards, I do believe it is a big leap for BGS. This game just feels annoying and empty to play. The loading screens and exploration bother me a lot. Exploring inside buildings feels like a headache instead of fun. I dont know what happened with this game. I have read other reviews of people who have put a lot more time than me and it makes me feel justified in not wanting to play the game more. To be honest, with a delivery like this, I worry about Elder Scrolls 6. I know they treat ES like gold but BGS has been lacking for me lately. Here's hoping ES6 is the banger we all want it to be or else I think the studio I knew and loved is in the grave for now.… Expand
  81. Orndstein
    Sep 10, 2023
    4
    Worst ""modern" Bethesda single player game, (and actually may be worse than fallout76 - it at least had solid exploration). i've played for about 15 hours (not one sitting) and i got so bored i uninstalled.

    There is NO exploration, of either planets or space. You can walk around a planet only if there is already something there, and that something is generally maximally a 20 minute    Worst ""modern" Bethesda single player game, (and actually may be worse than fallout76 - it at least had solid exploration). i've played for about 15 hours (not one sitting) and i got so bored i uninstalled.

    There is NO exploration, of either planets or space. You can walk around a planet only if there is already something there, and that something is generally maximally a 20 minute dungen, but expect shorter or even just a singular cardbord npc with his little garbage quest. There can be """"locations""" around where you landed and all you need to do to get to them is walk in a straight line without any challenges or enemies for 3-5 minutes (no vehicles, not even a skyrim horse reskinned as a bike} and when you get there it turns out the location is an empty **** crater or an empty **** cave. In all of my gameplay i found only one planet that wasnt some flavor of washed out wasteland, and it was the first city hub planet the main plot wants you to go... and of course it did keep up with bethesda tradition to make any city painfully small.

    Only time when you can fly your ship is in a planets orbit, which will be generally empty but if youre especially lucky you will get some boring ass space combat or maybe youll get to dock in a space station (thats a one button press and like 2 loading screens - one for docking and one to get out of the ship, the reverse i also true for leaving the station). Everything else concerning space travel? thats a button press or going into map menu and a **** of loading screens.
    Want to go to a different landing zone on a planet? thats a loadin
    Want to go to a different planet or moon in the system? thats a loadin
    Want to go to a different solar system? thats a loadin
    The strongest thing from previous bethesda games - freedom to manually explore huge interesting open world - yea that aint here.

    Gunplay is boring but servicable - not much to write about here, just a less impactfull version of fallout 4's, and less freedom when it comes to weapon customization.

    There is a base building thing, didnt touch it, didnt really want a base on a rocky wasteland.

    Npcs and companions are still very much cardboard, dialogues are still mainly inconsequential. And yes all the characters do look like alien meatpuppets pretending to be human, did you expect anything else?(the did trigger an uncany valley feeling a lot for me)

    Leveling system - yea, its just ripoff from fallout 4 with even more boring perks - its either straight numerical upgrades or unlocking basic abilities that you probably shouldve had from begining. No wait, there more exctining perks - unlocking new food to cook...

    Graphics, definitely are there, game looks alright when it wants to, but optimisation on PC is a **** joke, you cant even change basic settings like texture quality or antyaliasing, you need to manually go into the gamefiles with a notepad to make the game run comfortably. and also Tod's "God's" Howard's response to apparent lack of optimisation is also a **** joke. Especially when you can mod skyrim to look better and run better at the same time.

    Artstyle is one of two things this game did well, weapon models, ships suits all have great design, but that will not compell you to play this boringh ****
    Second thing is actally very small but it is there - new and fresh lockpicking system that actually uses your brain instead of your patience and lockpick supply.

    All in all, you'd do far better just playing skyrim again, or fallout, of no mans sky. There is no space in this game or in the gaming world for this game, especially since company that made it already made superior games with the same formula.    … Expand
  82. gamefan80s
    Sep 10, 2023
    4
    Lazy story writting, lazy on almost the game tries. **** off Bethesda. **** off Todd, **** off procedural time loading piece of garbage
  83. spokengg
    Sep 10, 2023
    4
    It's Fallout 4 with spaceships and forced fast travel. The game is not good.

    -The writing is awful, the characters are all incredibly dull and uninteresting. I couldnt even force myself to suffer through the main storyline and I refuse to use any of the main companions because of how boring they all are. All of the actual companions have the same cookie cutter personalities and not even    It's Fallout 4 with spaceships and forced fast travel. The game is not good.

    -The writing is awful, the characters are all incredibly dull and uninteresting. I couldnt even force myself to suffer through the main storyline and I refuse to use any of the main companions because of how boring they all are. All of the actual companions have the same cookie cutter personalities and not even a single one of them is down to clown with evil players. Bethesda is OKAY at writing questlines and npcs that arent meant to be taken too seriously but they seem to have forgotten that they cant write a serious story for **** with this game.

    -The world feels completely sanitized and edge-less. You can really tell that Bethesda went out of their way to purposefully sand down the sharp corners here, everything just feels so safe and PG-13. They were clearly terrified of accidentally offending anyone with even slightly edgy dialogue or content.

    -Space and your spaceship is a glorified fast travel menu, it feels completely tacked on. If it weren't for the fact that the game forces you to pilot your ship, you would have no actual gameplay reason to do so outside of the extremely boring and shallow space combat. You cant actually fly anywhere in your ship, you just teleport around while watching a bunch of cutscenes of your ship flying. Encounters in space feel completely artificial too, you just occasionally run into people waiting around for no reason whenever you jump somewhere.

    -The AI is HORRENDOUS, somehow even worse than previous BGS games. Ive NEVER seen a single human enemy advance on me in combat, ive never even seen them move through a doorway, let alone open one. Not to mention the enemy variety is completely nonexistent. 90% of enemies youll face are just copy pasted humans with like 1 of 3 different guns.

    -The RPG mechanics are somehow even more basic and simplified from Fallout 4. Bethesda has literally regressed with every single game they've made when it comes to the actually RPG part of their RPGs.

    -Player Freedom is basically nonexistent. These arent even sandbox games anymore, theyre curated theme parks where your only decision is the choice of which ride to go on next. Except you only have access to Snoopy-Land with all the bumper cars, merry-go-rounds and ground level swingsets.

    -And finally, the Exploration is simply the worst its ever been. The feature they advertised the most is also the worst aspect the game. It doesn't feel like youre exploring a world, it feels like you're teleporting between a dozen different small areas. There is zero sense of being in an interconnected world, it just feels like a bunch of separate levels, no doubt because of how Bethesda seems to have designed the entire game around teleporting between planets with fast travel. Exploring the randomly generated planets is tedious and meaningless, they have nothing of value except some randomly placed points of interest that have nothing of interest. You also will spend the majority of your time on these planets sprinting and walking when your stamina runs out because Bethesda made the BAFFLING decision to not make ground vehicles of any kind. If you liked running around release day No Man's Sky planets then this might even be a small upgrade for you, if you have actual taste and value your free time though then this game is just going to be a huge disappointment.

    The only things I can definitively say that I liked are the location designs. Cities and dungeons all look great, the interiors are vibrant and very well made, probably because Elianora from the Skyrim modding scene worked on this part of the game. Dungeon areas are all multi-layered with different pathways and rooms, a huge upgrade from the single hallway designs of the last few BGS games.
    Also the art design itself is pretty good looking, the ships, weapons and spacesuits all look great.
    Spaceship building is cool but held back by the fact that its nearly pointless because of how worthless the actual space aspect of this game is.
    That's about it.

    Maybe mods will save it in a couple years but until then this is the most disappointing experience ive ever had in a Bethesda game, though I cant say im surprised given this has been the trajectory ever since Skyrim. If you REALLY like the standard, non-modded Bethesda fake RPG experience then you might enjoy this game despite it being the single worst fake RPG theyve every created.    … Expand
  84. STEVExKONG
    Sep 10, 2023
    4
    My first review on MetaCritic..and I really don't like this game that much. My expectation was, maybe they can combine what No Man's Sky and Star Citizen could offer, and with 7 years of development from Bethesda, it should be pretty darn awesome. It's not.
    The good thing is, this game is free thru Game Pass, but it's really lacking on many crucial aspects, like there's no "actual" space    My first review on MetaCritic..and I really don't like this game that much. My expectation was, maybe they can combine what No Man's Sky and Star Citizen could offer, and with 7 years of development from Bethesda, it should be pretty darn awesome. It's not.
    The good thing is, this game is free thru Game Pass, but it's really lacking on many crucial aspects, like there's no "actual" space traveling, graphics looks really not that good, and the optimization isn't that good either. No native DLSS (but works surprisingly well thru mods) due to the AMD deal, and FSR doesn't even works that well. The graphics looked greyed out for most areas.
    Went back to the Xbox app and give No Man's Sky a try, and it was really fun. Guess I will try Star Citizen after that. Really disappointed.    … Expand
  85. Laissfow
    Sep 11, 2023
    4
    really sad we all expected a good game but we got this loading screen simulator
  86. JonL77
    Sep 10, 2023
    4
    Starfield - The talking and inventory management sim. 90% of your play time will be split doing these two things. The other 10% will be doing you know, the fun stuff. Good if you like games heavy on the dialogue and shuffling inventory items about every few minutes.. The very liberal fast travel and many, many loading screens take away any immersion.
  87. Elderlylamp
    Sep 10, 2023
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. GOTY if released in 2014. Congrats Bethesda. Overhyped game and Political! Nice … Expand
  88. Xhaelor
    Sep 11, 2023
    4
    Poorly optimised for PC (Please watch Todd Howard's statement);
    Dialogues are badly written, especially after Baldur's Gate III;
    The decisions are not important at all. The beginning of the game is so weird, all of a sudden, you find yourself in a situation that doesn't ignite any curiosity. Combat mechanics are one of the worst video games: no shooting impact, literally you need to    Poorly optimised for PC (Please watch Todd Howard's statement);
    Dialogues are badly written, especially after Baldur's Gate III;
    The decisions are not important at all. The beginning of the game is so weird, all of a sudden, you find yourself in a situation that doesn't ignite any curiosity.
    Combat mechanics are one of the worst video games: no shooting impact, literally you need to empty your magazine to kill an enemy, no tactical combat.
    There are 1000ish planets, and all the planets I've been visiting so far are boring, empty, vast horizons.
    Instead of buying the reviewers, Bethesda should spend their money on their games.    … Expand
  89. LarrLawren
    Sep 11, 2023
    4
    Fine game for those who only play Bethesda games. I can feel through what sufferings game engine went through...
  90. 14lukas14
    Sep 11, 2023
    4
    I am big fan of Skyrim, I am big fan of space settings, love RPGs, love Mass Effect and i was sure that Starfield will be my best game what i will love over other games.

    I am so dissapointed but this game is garbage - hard to say what is good in this game, mb some textures, graphic style of this world and interesting guns.. rest totally sucks. AI opponents doesn't exist, travelling    I am big fan of Skyrim, I am big fan of space settings, love RPGs, love Mass Effect and i was sure that Starfield will be my best game what i will love over other games.

    I am so dissapointed but this game is garbage - hard to say what is good in this game, mb some textures, graphic style of this world and interesting guns.. rest totally sucks.

    AI opponents doesn't exist, travelling solved by menus - your ship is for good look on parking or do limited moves on planet orbit. Exploration on planets is boring and annoying, didn't find out ground vehicles - funny.
    Fight with ships vs more opponents the same time is boring and really hard even on normal mode (3/5 lvl), fight on planet is 2ez even on the hardest level -.- Shooting feeling is quite good, nothing special, but at least doesn't suck. Quests and npcs are tragic - most of quest based on start in A point, go to B point, go back to A point, go to C point, back to A point, check D and E points, and finish it on A point - and all with your feet and menus to travel on larger distances.
    a
    Dialogs, bleh - shallow, not interesting, and this persuasion system is one of the worst in history. Are u really proud of these dialog lines? Gratz, if it is advantage of this title. Every time 3 options - "Yes, i wanna do this", "I can do this", "No, I am not interested" with different words.

    Menus, UI, equipment - guys who implemented or created this crap should be arrested. Upgrade base or ship is hard and not intuitive.

    And many many more.. Really i was hyped and i wanted love this game, I was giving this title 11/10 before i started play.. I am not ps fanboy, I am PC player and play on playstation only exclusive sony titles.. How in 2023 u can deploy **** like this one? And ok, u can, but how u can lie so hard with marketing news and spent this money for promotion.. I am waiting for mods, hundered mods to be this game playable a little at least - after 20+h I cannot turn on this "game" again..

    Shame on U..

    Comparing to BG3 (10/10) what I was speedrunning to start play Starfield on premiere - crashed.    … Expand
  91. romanbaxter
    Sep 11, 2023
    4
    This game is a big joke, like everything Bethesda has been doing for a few years now, optimization sucks, lags and the game comes out with bugs. Another unfinished game coming out at €70
  92. Cloudbourne
    Sep 11, 2023
    4
    Overrated hype of a load screen simulator. This game feels old and dated, I cannot recommend this game to anyone. It's only redeeming quality is the lore and ship builder. Everything else is just Skyrim in space.
  93. tokamakpl
    Sep 11, 2023
    4
    The game would be awesome a few years ago. It's basically Fallout 4 with better textures which itself is not a bad thing but considering quality of other RPG games released recently makes the game feel very dated. The loading screens should not be a thing in 2023. The role-play aspect feels shallow and not very engaging. One would expect Bethesda would deliver something better consideringThe game would be awesome a few years ago. It's basically Fallout 4 with better textures which itself is not a bad thing but considering quality of other RPG games released recently makes the game feel very dated. The loading screens should not be a thing in 2023. The role-play aspect feels shallow and not very engaging. One would expect Bethesda would deliver something better considering all the money made with Skyrim AND partnership with Microsoft. The quality control is good and there are few bugs. If you have Game Pass then give it a try.… Expand
  94. Mjh101
    Sep 12, 2023
    4
    I've tried everything to enjoy this game, based on lots of YouTube videos from content creators telling me, this game is great. It's not a great game and its not even a good game. Its average at best.
  95. jadeia
    Sep 10, 2023
    3
    A bland adventure into a partitioned and repetitive world(s). Very average in all respects, I doubt we will see more Starfield titles.
  96. DeN_DarK
    Sep 9, 2023
    3
    I rarely make negative reviews because every game is labor of love. But this one deserve only negative review. Don't worth its money and I am honestly disappointed.
    In current state game is more like indie game in EA. And even appraising it as indie game and not game from one of the largest game company - I can't say this game is really in good state.
    I finished Cyberpunk on release and    I rarely make negative reviews because every game is labor of love. But this one deserve only negative review. Don't worth its money and I am honestly disappointed.
    In current state game is more like indie game in EA. And even appraising it as indie game and not game from one of the largest game company - I can't say this game is really in good state.
    I finished Cyberpunk on release and even with all that critic it was in much better state technically, graphically and storywise.

    Plenty of things I didn't like in this game:
    - Engine is outdated and look cheap. As result - graphically game is really mediocre and game itself looks very grey.
    - Very tedious space travel. From cut-scene to cut-scene to cut-scene. If I need to travel from point A to point B i need to watch plenty of boring cut-scenes. It really disrupting game-flow.
    - Even after all that load screens of space travel game need to load separately small areas like shops or even your ship interior. It really help me to remember Morrowind but it isn't 2002 today!
    - Game itself is badly optimized. It crushes very often. And I don't have problems with FPS or load times.
    - Post-release support. Devs just ignore any problems. No patch, no info about patch. Just full silent mode.
    - On the planet surface you will need to move on foot on very long distances. I need to travel fro 1km on foot to some distant structure even if I have ship. It is just bloating the game time without any reason.
    - Inventory management is hell. It is minimalistic but game have plenty of crafting-items. Half of the time you spend just trying to fit them somewhere.
    -UI at large is really not good too. Like ship building mode or outpost building. At least you need to manage your outpost much more rarely than your inventory
    - Characters writing is really bland and uninteresting.
    - Companions AI are non-existent. They will run into your crosshair and block you into tight spaces. Enemy AI at best is mediocre.
    - After some time in game you just seen it all. All bases and planets are made from same assets and look alike. Some of them are really just copy-pasted.
    - No maps for cities. It seems I just need to remember there is every merchant and place located.

    Some things I didn't dislike.
    - Perk system looks nice
    - Story. I can't say is it good or not because I didn't finish to play yet. But at least it started ok.
    - Gun-play. It is actually seems nice especially with so much different guns to choose from.    … Expand
  97. Clunning
    Sep 8, 2023
    3
    This game is ridiculously empty. I don't understand why they choose to make planets so big and then do nothing with the space. It also feels mega unpolished with tons of bugs and a dorky AI that runs about spastically. Ship building is the one highlight of the whole game. Everything else feels like Fallout 4 in space, with zero improvements and worse menus.

    Insane based on all the    This game is ridiculously empty. I don't understand why they choose to make planets so big and then do nothing with the space. It also feels mega unpolished with tons of bugs and a dorky AI that runs about spastically. Ship building is the one highlight of the whole game. Everything else feels like Fallout 4 in space, with zero improvements and worse menus.

    Insane based on all the development this game received.    … Expand
  98. vurt
    Sep 8, 2023
    3
    Not that great. 400 more people did this in comparison to Skyrim and FO4, the game took a lot longer. If the 1000 planets were handcrafted, sure, but its mostly generated and copy/paste. also it seems to have fewer trees and other flora in total in comparison to Skyrim (you can extract the model files and check..) rather lame. Neither story or characters really grabbed me, its startsNot that great. 400 more people did this in comparison to Skyrim and FO4, the game took a lot longer. If the 1000 planets were handcrafted, sure, but its mostly generated and copy/paste. also it seems to have fewer trees and other flora in total in comparison to Skyrim (you can extract the model files and check..) rather lame. Neither story or characters really grabbed me, its starts extremely slow, unlike their previous games which gives you awe and wonder from the get-go almost.… Expand
  99. Nogard123
    Sep 7, 2023
    3
    Very boring game, feels more like a fast travel simulator.
    Some say it gets better after 12 hours or so,but for me this game and its npc's feel soulless.
    Maybe with some heavy modding it will be better,as for now not worth the price.
  100. Berendas
    Sep 11, 2023
    3
    I cannot comprehend anyone who gives this game better than a 7/10 unless they were paid to do so.

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

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

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

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

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