Starfield

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  1. Demonio
    Sep 10, 2023
    3
    After the creation of the character, the first minutes of game are tedious and useless ... there is no life around you ... people ignore you, and the world not react to you, i'm waiting a game beautiful also in the details and i find a game really boring.
  2. VOAD
    Sep 8, 2023
    3
    This is basically Fallout 4 with new assets. Same bad IA and motion capture, same missions with new narrative. The new gameplay like ships battle are at best average (Everspace is way more fun), same base building, some nice area but many more with repetitive sand poor textures, plenty of loading screen even if in your own small ship. Poor PC optimization. For a game 25 years in theThis is basically Fallout 4 with new assets. Same bad IA and motion capture, same missions with new narrative. The new gameplay like ships battle are at best average (Everspace is way more fun), same base building, some nice area but many more with repetitive sand poor textures, plenty of loading screen even if in your own small ship. Poor PC optimization. For a game 25 years in the making as per Todd himself, this is very lazy work.… Expand
  3. CHRIIIIIS
    Sep 8, 2023
    3
    I wanted to like this game, but after 20 hours, I'm just bored. It's not "bad", it's dull. As cold and lifeless as space itself.
    A lot of people say "it gets better 12 hours in", and not only should that justify suffering through 12 hours of slow-paced, repetitive gameplay, it's also not true.
    Starfield sorely lacks that "oh **** moment, like fighting dragons in Skyrim, or Fallout 4's    I wanted to like this game, but after 20 hours, I'm just bored. It's not "bad", it's dull. As cold and lifeless as space itself.
    A lot of people say "it gets better 12 hours in", and not only should that justify suffering through 12 hours of slow-paced, repetitive gameplay, it's also not true.

    Starfield sorely lacks that "oh **** moment, like fighting dragons in Skyrim, or Fallout 4's opening mission where you jump off a building in power armour and fight a Deathclaw. All there is so far is repetitive fetch quests, exploring the same handful of locations, and dull NPCs that drone on for far too long.

    It starts really slow. 10 minutes of walking through a mine, touching an "Artifact" (yes, that's all they're called, no originality here) to get a 2001: A Space Odyssey-style vision, then you make your character. After that, you fight some pirates, get given a ship, go through a decent ship tutorial, then you're introduced to the core gameplay loop - land on a planet, scan some rocks, plants, and wildlife, find a crater, abandoned mine, or outpost, kill some human enemies (it is ALWAYS the same human enemies btw), loot what you can with your paltry carry weight limit, and repeat.

    The gunplay hasn't changed since Fallout 4, and it doesn't have something like VATS to mitigate the clunkiness. Space flight is underwhelming - it's a glorified combat arena, if that. Fast travel is mandatory. Exploration is incredibly dull - once you've seen one abandoned mine, you've quite literally seen them all, both inside and out. Remember those random planets in the first Mass Effect that were squares of terrain with a handful of points of interest dotted about? That's planets in Starfield, only you have to walk for several minutes to get anywhere. I'd kill for a vehicle to cut out the monotony.

    I've done a fair amount of the main quest, got my hands on some of the powers, which are similar to Skyrim's shouts, only you can't organically find them out in the world like you could in Skyrim - you have to find an artifact, talk to someone, get sent off to a random planet, THEN you can find the power. That whole process is just walking from one place to another, by the way. No epic boss fights or anything like that.

    Enemy variety is laughable. In 20+ hours I've fought precisely 3 enemy types on the ground - humans (the most common), and 2 types of robot. Enemy AI is a joke - they'll stand there and let you empty your clip into them before reacting, or better yet, they'll run away. They love running away. There is alien wildlife, but you have to instigate the fight, and they're basically the equivalent of mole rats or brahmin from Fallout in terms of actually fighting them. Pretty bland, and space combat's not much better - once you've done the tutorial fight, you've seen everything space combat has to offer.

    The UI is atrocious. Navigating menus shouldn't be this slow and clunky. I shouldn't have to cycle between three inventories (trader's, mine, and my ship's) to buy and sell - especially when it was all on one screen in Bethesda's previous games. There are no actual maps, making navigation frustrating. Why can't I eat a food item instead of picking it up first when Fallout 76 let you do it? You know something's wrong when Fallout 76 has better quality of life features...

    But the questing's good, right? Wrong. I'm currently on the 7th quest for a faction. They have all been fetch quests where I've had to go to another building or planet, walk up to a crate or desk or computer, press a button, and that's it. This faction is supposed to be all about corporate espionage, and Bethesda managed to make even that boring as hell. The most interesting quest for this faction was the first one where I had to ORDER COFFEE. Why was it interesting? Because someone tried to kill me. I shot him once and that was it. The rest have involved no interaction with other NPCs at all. This is in Neon, by the way - the cyberpunk-looking city - and it genuinely feels like I'm playing a really ****ty version of Cyberpunk 2077. That would make Akila a ****ty Fallout, I guess...

    I can't help but feel like I'm playing a different game to everyone else, because so many people claim to be having a blast with this game. I don't understand what they're finding so fun about it. I'm just bored. I'd rather go back to Skyrim or Fallout 4.

    Oh, and it's crashed 11 times for me, so far. And don't believe the lie that is "it's Bethesda's least-buggy game". It's second only to Fallout 76 in how buggy it is. There's a bug that stops the main quest progressing, for crying out loud!

    The only positive is that the ship builder, despite being clunky, is really good. Shame you can't do much with the ships.

    Like I said, I wanted to enjoy Starfield. It just doesn't want me to enjoy it. I genuinely wonder if I'm playing a different game to everyone else who claims to be loving it. I want to play whatever version of Starfield they're playing.    … Expand
  4. Kharnivore2099
    Sep 8, 2023
    3
    This is probably one of Bethesda's poorest outings to date, if we ignore FO76. What we have here is Fallout 4, a disappointing sequel to a beloved franchise, thrown into an incredibly shallow space setting.

    Most quests are simply walking back and forth between a few people, constantly waiting for doors to open and/or simply fast travelling everywhere. This has been their format since    This is probably one of Bethesda's poorest outings to date, if we ignore FO76. What we have here is Fallout 4, a disappointing sequel to a beloved franchise, thrown into an incredibly shallow space setting.

    Most quests are simply walking back and forth between a few people, constantly waiting for doors to open and/or simply fast travelling everywhere. This has been their format since Oblivion, and their lazy design in this regard necessitates the fast travel mechanic. Which is why it is arguably more prominent here than in any other game. Bethesda haven't learned how to make better quests, they have just made much more of them and allowed other mechanics to smooth over the poor designs. Sometimes you'll find that fast travel to a location is locked off for some reason, but if you choose to use the mission listing to plot the route there, it has no problem allowing you to travel there. It all feels very lazy and ill-thought out and makes the notion of exploration laughable.

    Combat perks are once again just damage buffs 90% of the time, with very few actually relating to any sort of "skill" advancement. This has been a thorn in the side of BGS games since Skyrim and it doesn't feel any better here. Though at least there are some other options here and there to pick from. There isn't really much to ship combat either. If you have played any space exploration game in the last 20 years, it will all seem very familiar and arguably dated. I'm not really sure why it's causing such a stir.

    All in all, there is a lot of pointless and unrewarding things to do in this game. If you like doing lots of pointless unrewarding things in a terribly buggy and poorly executed game, you will truly love this. There is a lot of talk about "Game of a Generation", and I think it comes from those that don't understand just how shallow and poorly implemented all of this is. There is nothing special here, just a LOT of half baked content.    … Expand
  5. Nygaard91
    Sep 9, 2023
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. When Starfield was announced, I was stoked, ready to strap on my space boots and blast off! But rather than a cosmic carnival, I found myself on a not-so-merry-go-round of repetitive tasks sprinkled with cringe woke American nonsense.

    TL;DR: Starfield promised an intergalactic adventure but delivered a mixed bag of repetitive quests, a clunky UI, and space combat woes. While there are some standout moments and impressive voice acting, the game's immersion is frequently broken by bugs, unbalanced combat, and heavy-handed political overtones. In space, everyone might hear you scream... but mostly at the bugs and UI.

    1. Main Questline Missteps: There are some redeemable questlines sprinkled throughout the game, but the main questline is painfully underwhelming. It's primarily reduced to fetch quests. The pattern of collecting artifacts followed by traveling to barren planets to solve the same repetitive temple "puzzle" becomes stale very quickly. Moreover, the powers introduced come off as a thinly-veiled imitation of Skyrim's shouts.

    2. The UI Dilemma: Navigating through the UI feels like a chore more than a streamlined experience. Imagine trying to read an alien language while being tickled – that’s how navigating the UI feels. Its clunky design, particularly evident on PC, and a puzzling decision to cap it at 30 fps mars the experience further.

    3. Combat Curveballs: The game can't seem to decide if it wants its enemies to be invincible titans or fragile glass cannons. On ground combat, switching to "very hard" mode becomes a necessity unless you want your foes to drop like flies with a mere pistol shot. However, space combat is the polar opposite – my ship faced annihilation within mere moments of fast-traveling to a new star system, forcing me to opt for "very easy" mode. The balance is, well, unbalanced.

    4. Ship-Building Woes: Designing my ship felt less like NASA and more like assembling IKEA furniture with missing instructions. Crafting the perfect ship turned out to be less of an exciting endeavor and more of a test of patience. With the erratic camera and inexplicable limitations on ship parts, it's an ordeal.

    5. Base-Building Bungles: If you thought ship-building was challenging, wait until you delve into base-building. Rotation issues, unintuitive snapping functions, and the overt emphasis on grind make it a tedious feature.

    6. Planetary Déjà Vu: The planets gave me serious No Man's Sky flashbacks, and not the good post-update kind. I’ve seen more variety in a box of crayons. The monotonous terrains and the occasional copy-paste aliens took away from the thrill of discovery.

    7. Lost Underwater Opportunities: There's no underwater exploration. Why not? They've done it in Skyrim and Fallout. Feels like a significant oversight.

    8. NPCs – Unsettlingly Hilarious: Kudos on the voice acting, but the NPC animations? Imagine chatting with someone who just chugged ten espressos. Bethesda's decision to bypass motion capture in favor of software was a bad choice when compared to the stellar motion capture in Baldur’s Gate 3.

    9. Map Mayhem: I've probably spent hours wandering around, trying to remember where everything is. There's no map for cities, and the galaxy map isn't intuitive as you'll need to memorize it all. Who needs a GPS in space, right?

    10. Fragmented Immersion: The game's dependence on loading screens and isolated zones breaks the immersion consistently, a letdown for players seeking a seamless space or open world experience.

    11. Interstellar Insects: While Starfield isn't the bug-infested apocalypse that Fallout 76 was, it's not bug-free either. NPCs launching skyward to merge with ceilings is oddly a regular phenomenon. And while many glitches are solvable with a game restart, some are not. An instance had me stumped when a quest wouldn't trigger its next stage. The fix? Console commands, which are PC exclusive and deactivate those sweet achievements. A tough choice for a gamer to make!

    12. Woke Overkill: The game's heavy-handed approach to pushing its political agenda is not just unwelcome but is also immersion-breaking. Starfield's narrative sometimes feels like being cornered at a space party by someone who REALLY wants to discuss their political views. Beam me out, Scotty!    … Expand
  6. Luhgnut
    Sep 8, 2023
    3
    Rating the PC version. Just go play "No Man's Sky". This is a loading screen simulator at best. Fast travel the Universe to discover that all you are doing is just loading a map. Instant arrival to your destination, which isn't that explorable. It's like Ubisoft and Bethesda got together and had this "Thing". No way is this worth $70 bucks. The engine is janky, NPC graphics are easily 10Rating the PC version. Just go play "No Man's Sky". This is a loading screen simulator at best. Fast travel the Universe to discover that all you are doing is just loading a map. Instant arrival to your destination, which isn't that explorable. It's like Ubisoft and Bethesda got together and had this "Thing". No way is this worth $70 bucks. The engine is janky, NPC graphics are easily 10 year old assets. Gunplay is passable. Enemy AI are totally stupid, to the point of nearly broken. Cyber 2077 type of stupid. 20 hours waisted and I've seen all there is to see with this shallow game.… Expand
  7. Hobojobes
    Sep 7, 2023
    3
    Major grips:

    1) Space Exploration boils down to > Enter Map > Select Planet > Hold down X > LOADING SCREEN > Arrive at planet > Hold down X > LOADING SCREEN > Arrive on planet > Hold down Y > LOADING SCREEN > 2) Dialogue in true Bethesda fashion is nothing but yes, yes, yes, no (but actually yes). You are completely railroaded into doing every quest in the exact way Bethesda intends,    Major grips:

    1) Space Exploration boils down to > Enter Map > Select Planet > Hold down X > LOADING SCREEN > Arrive at planet > Hold down X > LOADING SCREEN > Arrive on planet > Hold down Y > LOADING SCREEN >

    2) Dialogue in true Bethesda fashion is nothing but yes, yes, yes, no (but actually yes). You are completely railroaded into doing every quest in the exact way Bethesda intends, there's very little opportunity for actual roleplaying or creativity.

    3) Quests are again railroaded, often dull, uninspired fetch quests across huge, empty maps. For example a diplomat can't enter the colony due to him lacking a visa, he requests you speak to the "nearby" embassy, que a 2 minute walk to a tram > LOADING SCREEN > 2 minute walk to the embassy > 2 sentence "conversation" > 20 XP. Utterly boring, huge time sink.

    In a moment of meta irony I even had a companion point out how sad the plight of the miners was when there was a huge galaxy to explore, amusing given I was on a quest to mine 10 chunks of iron that was dotted about an empty, lifeless rock field.

    4) The maps are empty and lifeless, inhabited planets just feature huge expanses of nothing with the odd interactable NPC dotted here and there. Want to shop? Enjoy 2 minutes of holding down w or the controller stick Uninhabited planets are even worse.

    Overall it feels more like a tech demo than anything else. The fact that critics are giving this game 80+ shows that they are all compromised by the "access for good reviews" model.    … Expand
  8. deck
    Sep 8, 2023
    3
    When I played Fallout 3 in 2008, I didn't want to stop. This is what happened to me recently with RDR2. God, that game was good! Starfield is pretty low. If only they had made Elder Scrolls 6 or Fallout 5. 8 years for such trash. Sad.
  9. m00ni
    Sep 9, 2023
    3
    The Graphics are good, that is it. Sadly this game gives me no reason to play it. The story feels super forced, the companions are basically just gun platforms that follow you around without ANY meaningful interaction. And then there is the gameplay itself:

    Its basically a quick travel loading screen simulator. You select where you want to go and loading screen. You talked to the guy?    The Graphics are good, that is it. Sadly this game gives me no reason to play it. The story feels super forced, the companions are basically just gun platforms that follow you around without ANY meaningful interaction. And then there is the gameplay itself:

    Its basically a quick travel loading screen simulator. You select where you want to go and loading screen. You talked to the guy? Yes, good now you have to talk to another guy on another planet. So you fast travel to your ship, then you have a fast travel / loading screen to undock/leave the planet, then you have a fast travel / loading screen to go to another planet, then you have a fast travel / loading screen to dock at the planet and then rinse and repeat.

    Out of Combat, this game is really just selecting fast travel locations and looking at loading screens.    … Expand
  10. Yeti91
    Sep 10, 2023
    3
    U.I. is the worst in any Bethesda game. Even more essential NPCs than in Skyrim or FO4. Sarah is super annoying.
  11. TylerNF
    Sep 7, 2023
    3
    No brightness slider. Whole game looks faded.
    No HDR.
    No FOV. Unusably poor 21:9 support. Run through a zone and come back, all the enemies are automatically killed. Travel to a system. Loadscreen. Travel to a planet. Loadscreen. Travel to a POI. Another loadscreen. Load screen simulator. This is a bunch of little bite sized levels masquerading as an open world rpg. Half the    No brightness slider. Whole game looks faded.
    No HDR.
    No FOV.
    Unusably poor 21:9 support.

    Run through a zone and come back, all the enemies are automatically killed.

    Travel to a system. Loadscreen. Travel to a planet. Loadscreen. Travel to a POI. Another loadscreen. Load screen simulator.

    This is a bunch of little bite sized levels masquerading as an open world rpg.

    Half the planets look unlit, no shadows. The other half are deserts.

    Cant dive underwater. Cant customize ship interiors. No reason to customize ship exteriors because space doesnt exist and ships are just houses reskinned.

    No ground vehicles. Looks weird to see 100 percent pedestrians in a sci fi setting.

    Hammer the sprint button and pray for the loadscreen to come faster.

    Wont run properly on a 3070. No, the day one patch didnt fix this.

    Water looks worse than Fallout 4. Lighting looks worse than Skyrim. Faces are plastic. Artificial materials (metalnand plastic) look decent.

    No real time reflections. No global illumination. Where is this performance going? It runs worse than No Mans Sky or Cyberpunk, but with none of the cool parts of those games.

    All you do is run, shoot, and collect rocks. How is this an rpg? Fewer, smaller cities than Skyrim. Too many invincible NPCs. Too many generic NPCs with no schedule and no life and little AI.

    Reskinned plants from Fallout 4.

    I've played every Bethesda game since Arena, but this one is a letdown and makes me frightened for Elder Scrolls 6. Bethesda seems to be bleeding capability and moving backwards.    … Expand
  12. Belafonte
    Sep 8, 2023
    3
    So disapointed...This is such a generic and shallow RPG full of reused assets, boring quests and randomized encounters and environments...Dialogues are very poor in comparison to many modern RPGs. There are some good moments with the excellent sound and music but i just don't want to launch this game anymore...Another game overestimated by mainstream media...
  13. Large
    Sep 10, 2023
    3
    Fallout 4 but somehow with less exploration, worse performance, worse main story pacing and worse skills/perks. This game is like have a really nice but old Porsche that doesn't start but looks great, the AC and all of the stuff inside looks and works really well, what's the point?

    Underwhelming and underexplained skills and perks which have a MASSIVE impact on your early-mid game    Fallout 4 but somehow with less exploration, worse performance, worse main story pacing and worse skills/perks. This game is like have a really nice but old Porsche that doesn't start but looks great, the AC and all of the stuff inside looks and works really well, what's the point?

    Underwhelming and underexplained skills and perks which have a MASSIVE impact on your early-mid game experience.

    Gunplay varies from okay to good but all the different pistols feel the same regardless of what damage they do, the .43 magnum that does 129 damage sounds like a pea shooter, the .27 that does 14 damage sounds like a handcannon, go figure, also not to be confused with the other .27 which does 12 damage that also sounds like a pea shooter.    … Expand
  14. TmatoCE
    Sep 8, 2023
    3
    The game is buggy as hell, my computer run baldur's gate 3 without problems holding 70 fps with medium high quality but this game is terrible, my computer only hold 40 fps on medium.

    And i got very disappointed because you cant do anything with the ship, you cant go to any planet or moon you have to click on the map to travel to a planet. You can't even land on it with the ship not even    The game is buggy as hell, my computer run baldur's gate 3 without problems holding 70 fps with medium high quality but this game is terrible, my computer only hold 40 fps on medium.

    And i got very disappointed because you cant do anything with the ship, you cant go to any planet or moon you have to click on the map to travel to a planet. You can't even land on it with the ship not even get close to the planet and after reaching a distance launch a landing animation.    … Expand
  15. jazzyokawari
    Sep 7, 2023
    3
    Lazy, uninspiring game from a regressing developer.

    It's shameful how far the TES legacy, who used to be one of the highlight of PC gaming, has fallen.
  16. TheCluster
    Sep 9, 2023
    3
    A Starfail from Bethesda.

    This game is mediocre in every aspect. Primitive and unoriginal main storyline. Noname player character, typical secret organization, typical ancient artefacts... It feels like a generic RPG story in a generic RPG world. Visually, Starfield is stuck in the past, at least for 10 years. The mediocre graphics combined with a noticeable lack of optimization    A Starfail from Bethesda.

    This game is mediocre in every aspect.

    Primitive and unoriginal main storyline. Noname player character, typical secret organization, typical ancient artefacts... It feels like a generic RPG story in a generic RPG world.

    Visually, Starfield is stuck in the past, at least for 10 years. The mediocre graphics combined with a noticeable lack of optimization leave much to be desired, especially for a AAA title in 2023.

    Starfield is built on an outdated engine from Skyrim or Fallout 4. It is so ancient and miserable that any mods cannot hide all its flaws. A seamless world in a space exploration game? Forget it.

    Instead, you will get:

    - Absolutely horrible NPC face animations

    - Overcomplicated UI

    - Loading screens, loading screens everywhere non-stop.

    - Exploration is boring after visiting yet another dead planet.

    - Choices don't really matter and have barely any impact to ending

    - Bugs, visual bugs, AI bugs, or any other types of bugs

    - Stupid quests like a "find X of some crap and bring it to those NPC", like in games from 2010y.

    The gameplay itself, "shooting and looting", is somewhat enjoyable if you are in 2012, but currently, we are in 2023, and now Starfield gameplay is just boring.

    So, maybe Starfield isn't worst game ever, but it's definitely not worth the money. Buy it only on sales with big discounts.

    1 lying Todd / 10    … Expand
  17. HadMatter
    Sep 8, 2023
    3
    The Bethesda fatigue is real. Todd Howard is like that uncle that keeps making the same 'pull my finger' joke. He thinks it's hilarious every time, but it's tedious and increasingly sad. Everything here you've seen every time. ✅ Doofy, robotic npcs
    ✅ Bland quests
    ✅ Dungeons that all look/feel the same ✅ Basic, uninspired writing/dialog ✅ Clunky combat The one thing it doesn't have is my    The Bethesda fatigue is real. Todd Howard is like that uncle that keeps making the same 'pull my finger' joke. He thinks it's hilarious every time, but it's tedious and increasingly sad. Everything here you've seen every time. ✅ Doofy, robotic npcs
    ✅ Bland quests
    ✅ Dungeons that all look/feel the same
    ✅ Basic, uninspired writing/dialog
    ✅ Clunky combat

    The one thing it doesn't have is my favorite thing about Bethesda games - exploration. No roaming across Skyrim, or the Commonwealth, or Vvardenfell, trekking aimlessly looking for random adventure. No more resolutions to not use fast travel before eventually caving - fast travel is all there is. So, more of the stuff you hate, less of the stuff you love.    … Expand
  18. DIEGOANDRADE
    Sep 8, 2023
    3
    Jogo decepcionante. Prometeram coisas e mentiram em quase tudo. Muitos bugs, péssimos gráficos e trilha sonora repetitiva. Não recomendo
  19. Dr_Benway
    Sep 8, 2023
    3
    A game concept with so much promise but ultimately a let down. An aging game engine that does not allow seamless immersion in the world and with dated and wildly inconsistent graphics quality, bland and annoying NPCs, none of whom I want in my party. They promised unrestricted exploration of the cosmos but instead it's like going down to a suburban shopping mall. A game devoid of wonder,A game concept with so much promise but ultimately a let down. An aging game engine that does not allow seamless immersion in the world and with dated and wildly inconsistent graphics quality, bland and annoying NPCs, none of whom I want in my party. They promised unrestricted exploration of the cosmos but instead it's like going down to a suburban shopping mall. A game devoid of wonder, innovation, creativity and risk. A real shame as in better hands it could have been so much better.… Expand
  20. waddon1
    Sep 8, 2023
    3
    Performance on PC is abysmal. The game runs appallingly. It seems no matter what your hardware is getting this game to run at 60fps at a decent resolution is nigh on impossible. Devs need to stop using FSR and DLSS as an excuse to make uoptimised games. There are many other games that do what Starfield does, but with much more impressive graphics and better frame rates. There is some funPerformance on PC is abysmal. The game runs appallingly. It seems no matter what your hardware is getting this game to run at 60fps at a decent resolution is nigh on impossible. Devs need to stop using FSR and DLSS as an excuse to make uoptimised games. There are many other games that do what Starfield does, but with much more impressive graphics and better frame rates. There is some fun to be found in the game, however the formula hasn't really changed much since Fallout apart from the long cutscenes when travelling disrupting the flow of gameplay. The game feels pretty lifeless compared to Bethesda's other games. The characters don't feel like they could be real people and give off big ME Andromeda launch vibes. They have bizarre facial animations that I'm surprised haven't really been criticized at all as they are at least on par with Andromeda. Overall just very disappointed I love Sci-fi and Bethesda's previous games, but the lore and universe of Starfield just feel somewhat hollow combined with performance issues and numerous bugs, I just cannot recommend this game right now.… Expand
  21. industria
    Sep 7, 2023
    3
    No native DLSS in the game, no RTX effects, completely outdated and overpriced game with little to no innovations.
  22. LastHope17
    Sep 8, 2023
    3
    Not great. It has many strange design choices. Most worlds are full of pointless AI generated landscapes. This is the future everyone, AI generation with no soul. Less romancable companion than fallout 4, the ship combat is terrible, there a lot of loading screens everywhere, traveling is just fast travel on a map, they force you to walk places when you should have just landed next to yourNot great. It has many strange design choices. Most worlds are full of pointless AI generated landscapes. This is the future everyone, AI generation with no soul. Less romancable companion than fallout 4, the ship combat is terrible, there a lot of loading screens everywhere, traveling is just fast travel on a map, they force you to walk places when you should have just landed next to your mission, you need to physically meet characters to talk to them even if it's just to turn something in. Outerworlds at least doesn't feel this silly you can talk to people through your comms all the time. There's no ambience or mystery like FO or Skyrim. It just takes itself really seriously. Then it becomes a joke with game elements that aren't realistic. You can build your ship, but you can start attaching things just for the system to tell you you need an engine out of you flying rank. Does that make sense? I'm not allowed to go buy a V8 Truck in the real world? I don't feel like talking to anyone, no one has anything interesting to say. The factions seem too similar and are all basically just the same thing. Most enemies will be mercs. Remember ME2's only bad guy. It's basically that. You are not voiced, and that can be a very good thing in a game like this, but in this case it's not. You don't get any extra talking points, you barely get the basics like lying and persuade. The days of making you character super intelligent and having extra dialogue or super dumb and extra dialogue is over at bethesda. I can't believe a small dev like obsidian beat you at your own game.

    Bethesda choose space and the future for this project, but we are still forced to travel and communicate like were in a wasteland. Shows you how shallow their games are without all the in-between.

    TLDR; Just go play outerworlds for a space RPG, or look for a space sim, because this is trying to be both and it exceeds at neither.    … Expand
  23. adryanmihai
    Sep 8, 2023
    3
    I am level 16 slowly doing main quests with a sprinkle of side quests and boi oh boi this game is bland and boring. From the atrociuos UI and garbage combat to a gazilion of load screens and empty world where you just fast travel from A to B. Thouroughly dissapointed by what Bethesda is thinking this is revolutionary and genre breaking. For me this has to be the worse Bethesda game I'veI am level 16 slowly doing main quests with a sprinkle of side quests and boi oh boi this game is bland and boring. From the atrociuos UI and garbage combat to a gazilion of load screens and empty world where you just fast travel from A to B. Thouroughly dissapointed by what Bethesda is thinking this is revolutionary and genre breaking. For me this has to be the worse Bethesda game I've played ever (not counting F76 here).… Expand
  24. SilverOrlov
    Sep 11, 2023
    3
    I will not list here all the problems of that game because the vast majority of those who use this site already know them. Legally or not, some people played this game, while others had the opportunity to enjoy jokes and sarcasm about the problems of this game in YouTube videos. I will only write about why I gave this product such a low rating. Brain side: I completely agree with all theI will not list here all the problems of that game because the vast majority of those who use this site already know them. Legally or not, some people played this game, while others had the opportunity to enjoy jokes and sarcasm about the problems of this game in YouTube videos. I will only write about why I gave this product such a low rating. Brain side: I completely agree with all the negative reviews (yes, before writing this text, it was interesting for me to read why the game is criticized by the “red” ratings, and why the game is still praised by the “green” ratings)... The side of feelings: you know... I'm catastrophically tired and angry about what's happening with the gaming industry in recent years. I'm tired of making jokes like "to hell with it, we have an indie industry." I'm tired of the fact that many gamers forgive and even !praise! such products, motivating creators to make further pseudo-games like this one. If earlier there were a lot of big games from big companies that were interesting to play, then in recent years I’ve been increasingly thinking that I’m not interested in spending the full price tag on some kind of garbage in a beautiful wrapper. And thank you if this wrapper is really beautiful and is not stuffed with a million bugs.
    I am tired to be angry to see "a big game industry" in such a mess in 2023 because of so-calling effective managers. Because it so happens that in the modern World big games are made not by those who like to create games, but by those who simply want to suck as much money out of you as possible. And the most disgusting thing is that they don’t give anything for it except false promises and no less false apologies. I'm so tired of all this that EVERY! similar pseudo-games in future will receive no more than 3 points from me (graphics, music, idea). I'm over it.    … Expand
  25. 3ggate
    Sep 11, 2023
    3
    1) The game only works on SSD
    2) 30 FPS on main menu and inventory. What the.. Why on my 4090 i have 30 fps in menu and 40+- fps in caves and settlements
    2) Even on the SSD **** endless downloads. My Windows is loading faster than Starfield wants to load all his menus and finally let me into the game 3) All the planets are dull copy-paste. There are 4-5 interesting story planets and 3    1) The game only works on SSD
    2) 30 FPS on main menu and inventory. What the.. Why on my 4090 i have 30 fps in menu and 40+- fps in caves and settlements
    2) Even on the SSD **** endless downloads. My Windows is loading faster than Starfield wants to load all his menus and finally let me into the game
    3) All the planets are dull copy-paste. There are 4-5 interesting story planets and 3 large cities. And then, of them, only Neon City is interesting
    4) In fact, the game is even more grind **** than No Man's Sky. Only in the NMS, at least there are no downloads and flights between planets are not a stupid choice on the map and with the expectation of downloads
    5) The introduction is VERY long. I need to install a alternative start mod. Even longer than in Skyrim. It feels like the introduction is delayed for 40-45 minutes
    6) The characters are dull **** Take a guy from Fallout 4 with ANOTHER SETTLEMENT IN NEED OF YOUR HELP!!! If there were interesting quests in Skyrim, then in 2 days of playing 7-8 hours in Starfield, I found only space pirates who liked them at first, but quickly their quests just slipped into a dull ****.

    I won't say anything about the technical condition, the MB will be fixed.

    This is a single fallout 76. With PNG pictures of planets. That's all I can say about the game. And then, fall 76 is interesting at least by co-op    … Expand
  26. Dave_Nosdivad
    Sep 11, 2023
    3
    I was so hyped about this game...once more I was misled by Todd Howard and that is all on me!
    He promised exploration which is minimal. It's a space game without "space". They called it an RPG without dialogues with a role-play system.
  27. Souls2
    Sep 7, 2023
    3
    The biggest smoke campaign of the last years after Cyberpunk 2077, bugs everywhere, bad performance, outdated gameplay, lack of important decisions, last generation graphics, slow exploration, etc.
  28. Sue_xee
    Sep 8, 2023
    3
    An outdated product from an arrogant dev.
    Mediocre graphic but requires high specs: Textures won't stand a close look. And Todd said you should just update your pc for the game.
    incredibly stupid AI: Stood there and let enemies like 5 lvls higher than me shoot me for 1 minute and survived. What's the point of RPG? I need only a med kit to down them all. Loading screen everywhere: It has    An outdated product from an arrogant dev.
    Mediocre graphic but requires high specs: Textures won't stand a close look. And Todd said you should just update your pc for the game.
    incredibly stupid AI: Stood there and let enemies like 5 lvls higher than me shoot me for 1 minute and survived. What's the point of RPG? I need only a med kit to down them all.
    Loading screen everywhere: It has an Open World tag but, go upstairs? Loading screen. Take the elevator? Loading screen. Go outdoors? Loading screen. Get in your spaceship? Loading screen. Take flight? Loading screen.
    Bad UI design and interaction logic: The art elements are not bad but the interaction is just counter-intuitive. Like in the loot window you only see a name and don't know if it's a weapon or what type of weapon it is, no info except a freaking name. I have to open inventory and scroll the whole world to find what I just picked up and see what's what. That's true immersive experience.
    Some pointless mechanisms like stealth: It's just nonsense and horrible, playing stealth is torturing yourself. Bethesda owns Arkane yet they learn nothing from the Dishonored series.
    Some "fans" keep saying like mods and other community supports things: Nonsense, I paid a full 3A title price to Bethesda, so I'm commenting on their efforts only, which suck huge.
    If this game was released 10 years ago, it would be fine. But if this can be acceptable as of today, gamers would be pathetic.    … Expand
  29. max982
    Sep 8, 2023
    3
    Unfortunately, the most interesting thing you can do in the new bethesda game is to search for something interesting and in this desperate search you can spend many dozens of hours, but the end for most will be the same: this game is a complete failure.
  30. ScotterMonkey
    Sep 8, 2023
    3
    I was really looking forward to this game! After 10 hours of playing: It felt like a buggy, boring, lifeless, lonely, and restrictive treadmill. Sad. Also, why the cultural/political inserts? Also, why are NPCs so dumb in this the age of ai? Nothing new here.
  31. Weidenwiesel
    Sep 8, 2023
    3
    For me, this game turned out to be a huge disappointment and in result, I can only give it a below average review.
  32. MrSupreme
    Sep 11, 2023
    3
    It just feels so empty, along with graphics that looks 6years old and such bad optimization that not even a A770 Arc does not meet the minimum requirements but an 1070 ti does, somehow boggles my mind.
    Low framerate with such graphics and bad UI makes we wonder what the devs thought when releasing the game in such a state.
    Story seems eh at most, some ok side quests so far. Feels like    It just feels so empty, along with graphics that looks 6years old and such bad optimization that not even a A770 Arc does not meet the minimum requirements but an 1070 ti does, somehow boggles my mind.
    Low framerate with such graphics and bad UI makes we wonder what the devs thought when releasing the game in such a state.
    Story seems eh at most, some ok side quests so far.
    Feels like they tried doing a lot but there is no meat behind any of it, the only good thing is the ship builder honestly.
    At least Diablo 4 had a good graphics and story.
    Might up dropping starfield since Gamepass version apparently cant have SFSE to run most mods so not even mods can save the game for me.    … Expand
  33. Tinkeron
    Sep 7, 2023
    3
    The game is not about:
    1) Space - skyboxes of planets are not space.
    2) Exploring - you always know all the points of interest. The points of interest are always the same. 3) Open world - it doesn't react to the character. 4) Filled world - 90% of planets are empty both in terms of points of interest and visually. 5) Plot - you are the chosen miner. 6) RPG wagering - you are the    The game is not about:
    1) Space - skyboxes of planets are not space.
    2) Exploring - you always know all the points of interest. The points of interest are always the same.
    3) Open world - it doesn't react to the character.
    4) Filled world - 90% of planets are empty both in terms of points of interest and visually.
    5) Plot - you are the chosen miner.
    6) RPG wagering - you are the chosen miner, even if a smuggler.
    About bugs, optimization, animations, eternal downloads every 3 minutes, even talk no sense. 3/10.
    Todd, what is this game about?    … Expand
  34. PantsuPillow
    Sep 7, 2023
    3
    I really tried to like Starfield, but I just couldn't.

    The game suffers from numerous things it executes on poorly, and almost no redeeming features to make up for it. Story wise the game is extremely boring and despite what some people say doesn't magically get better after 15 odd hours of gameplay. The skill tree feels extremely limiting and punishing. If you don't take    I really tried to like Starfield, but I just couldn't.

    The game suffers from numerous things it executes on poorly, and almost no redeeming features to make up for it.

    Story wise the game is extremely boring and despite what some people say doesn't magically get better after 15 odd hours of gameplay.

    The skill tree feels extremely limiting and punishing.
    If you don't take lockpicking as an example there are many quests that you simply CANNOT finish.
    In comparison to other games like BG3 and even older BGS entries this feels extremely shortsighted and gives you a false sense of choice in regards to building your character.

    The environments feel bland and a person can really tell it was generated instead and not polished afterwards.
    The enemy bases are literally copy pasted and in around 40 hours of gameplay I probably saw the exact same enemy structures 5-6 times.

    The inventory system feels unintuitive and feels more like a chore than anything else.

    Surprisingly, the ship customization and ship battles really surprised me because they are half decently done.

    The graphics are unfortunately extremely outdated for a 2023 release.
    Character faces look outdated and overall looks jarringly bad.
    The game optimization is horrible, I am struggling to get consistent FPS on low graphics , while I can play any other modern game on medium/high graphics without any performance issues.
    The Creation Engine is really starting to show it's age, both in graphics as well as in combat.
    The FPS experience somehow feels very similar to Fallout 4 , and at this point feels inexcusable for a AAA release.
    The sheer amount of loading screens are jarring and it makes it almost impossible to get immersed in the game.

    The game would have been significantly better if they scaled the game down to 10 planets and instead hand crafted major areas on each planet for us to explore.
    Instead you are limited to a randomly generated generic block to explore for each planet.

    Overall I have played roughly 40 hours of Starfield , and don't think I'll ever be picking up the game again.
    The game tries to do too much and ends up as a half baked RPG and a half baked space exploration game.
    I would rather go replay another BGS title to get a better RPG experience or rather play No Mans Sky for a better space exploration game than play a game that does neither well.    … Expand
  35. vaskovass
    Sep 8, 2023
    3
    Well, the game looks good, but not enough to explain the extremely high GPU requirements. There are better looking games out there, with noticeable lower requirements. The game doesnt worth spending money upgrading the PC system, because:
    1. The story is not very good
    2. The world feels "robotic" - Souless NPCs walk around without any adequate reaction to the environment 3. The worlds and    Well, the game looks good, but not enough to explain the extremely high GPU requirements. There are better looking games out there, with noticeable lower requirements. The game doesnt worth spending money upgrading the PC system, because:
    1. The story is not very good
    2. The world feels "robotic" - Souless NPCs walk around without any adequate reaction to the environment
    3. The worlds and the overall ganeplay feel very repetitive. 4. Most of all and the biggest problem of them all: The game is A MENU FAST TRAVEL SIMULATOR. Absolutely no feeling of scale. No feeling of exploration, as you always use fast travel from the menus. I feel like the space ships are worthless. 5. The constant cut scenes and lack of at least limited atmospheric flight is a joke.    … Expand
  36. quidpro
    Sep 7, 2023
    3
    I'm glad I didn't buy this mess. Starfield disappoints with dated graphics, an aging engine, pervasive bugs, lackluster facial animations, and limited space exploration. The RPG elements lack depth, warranting a generous (and I mean generous) 3 out of 5 stars. While it offers moments of promise (the gunplay can be fun), the overall experience leaves much to be desired, especially given theI'm glad I didn't buy this mess. Starfield disappoints with dated graphics, an aging engine, pervasive bugs, lackluster facial animations, and limited space exploration. The RPG elements lack depth, warranting a generous (and I mean generous) 3 out of 5 stars. While it offers moments of promise (the gunplay can be fun), the overall experience leaves much to be desired, especially given the high anticipation surrounding its release. Here's hoping for future updates and sequels to unlock its true potential in the gaming universe.

    Sadly, this game is - at best - a mediocre looter/shooter. It isn't an RPG nor is a space adventure. I'm honestly surprised at the 10/10 or 100/100 reviews - methinks they're not being honest.    … Expand
  37. gatezz0007
    Sep 7, 2023
    3
    Disappointment of 2023, soulless game, stupid NPCs , weak levels design, uninstall after a few hours
  38. Vashiro
    Sep 7, 2023
    3
    Starfield 44h+ in -> VERY HARD (SPOILER FREE)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

    Thanks for reading.    … Expand
  39. Beijom
    Sep 7, 2023
    3
    Like many here, played it for an hour then couldn't bear it.
    -was kinda okay until i rode my spaceship to space to find that.. space is just like a still relay between two loading screens, you press shift to boost yourself to a planet but there's an invisible wall preventing you to go there. It's fast travel: the game.
    -got to kree or atlantis or whatever it is the first big city, to    Like many here, played it for an hour then couldn't bear it.
    -was kinda okay until i rode my spaceship to space to find that.. space is just like a still relay between two loading screens, you press shift to boost yourself to a planet but there's an invisible wall preventing you to go there. It's fast travel: the game.
    -got to kree or atlantis or whatever it is the first big city, to find that all npc's are worse than skyrim's 2011 npcs which were more interesting to interact with , in this game they're absolute robots looking
    creepily at you (yes that creepy lady npc meme staring at you is literally there in the first big city i screenshot her myself) How can you downgrade from skyrim npc's of 2011? your own creation?
    -speaking of creepy, gets us to the animations, you talk to sarah and her crew and any remaining bit of immersion is broken by a robot staring at you which is the main character, like at least put some effort in making her facial expressions, and you have the resources goddamit
    - the screen zooming in dialogue on the characters face which is an oblivion 2006 mechanic amplifies the last point by forcing you to stare into the bozo robot npc staring into your soul
    - the game requirements are demanding somehow yet the graphics are worse than these games i played this year: hogwarts legacy, rdr2, spiderman remastered. 3 open worlds i played this year not to meantion all the linear games. runs much worse than all of them while looking worse. just pain.

    *Main reason i played this in the first place is to get a glimpse of what bethesda can accomplish with my most anticipated title TES6, and boy am I worried.    … Expand
  40. Ikilldroid
    Sep 8, 2023
    3
    Give Rockstar 8 years and you'll see a masterpiece, this looks like a botched copy of Mass Effect Andromeda that was already bad.
    I played it for 4 hours and left it, it doesn't do anything right and it's one loading screen after another... I played it on an SSD with an rtx4080 and 32gb of DDR5 ram to have to download a DLSS mod because it doesn't go above 40fps .
  41. paradoxf4
    Sep 7, 2023
    3
    The engine of this game is outdated and should be thrown into the trash. In 2023, we still see Fallout 4 level graphics, clumsy animations, poor lighting and shadows, stupid AI. You will say that we love games from Bethesda not for technology, you are right. We love them for the beautiful and large-scale world, interesting quests, and the spirit of exploration. There is none of that here.The engine of this game is outdated and should be thrown into the trash. In 2023, we still see Fallout 4 level graphics, clumsy animations, poor lighting and shadows, stupid AI. You will say that we love games from Bethesda not for technology, you are right. We love them for the beautiful and large-scale world, interesting quests, and the spirit of exploration. There is none of that here. You will encounter procedural generated gray deserts with rocks and repeating identical outposts. Literally, everything has become much worse than in previous games of the studio. The game is a total disaster and disappointment.… Expand
  42. sliider36
    Sep 8, 2023
    3
    Bethesda over-promised. there's some Bethesda rpg charm here in the storytelling and roleplaying. but at its core, its just a first-person shooter built on a very dated engine from 2011. completely lacks the immersion found in open worlds like Skyrim, Fallout, Horizon, Ghost of Tsushima or even GTA. this is a bunch of segmented areas, disjointed by loading screens, littered with fps combatBethesda over-promised. there's some Bethesda rpg charm here in the storytelling and roleplaying. but at its core, its just a first-person shooter built on a very dated engine from 2011. completely lacks the immersion found in open worlds like Skyrim, Fallout, Horizon, Ghost of Tsushima or even GTA. this is a bunch of segmented areas, disjointed by loading screens, littered with fps combat & Bethesda's signature rpg mechanics. which does lead to funny moments as always, but ultimately feels dated & stale now. core gameplay loop is: talk to npc, fast travel, 1st-person combat, fast travel, talk to npc. repeat. its just lacking soul.

    Larian's games like Divinity & Baldurs Gate have given a fresh look at the brilliance of interconnected story threads & rpg mechanics. games like Horizon: FW showed us how phenomenal these worlds can be without loading (draw distance, fidelity, detail, physics). No Mans Sky showed us how space traversal can be immersive & realistic by flying to a planet, entering its atmosphere, landing & climbing out of your ship. what does Starfield show us? what screams "next-gen" about starfield? xbox cant even get it to run faster than 30fps on their series x. sorry, no performance mode in 2023 is a massive fail.

    Bethesda needs to move on & join current gen. we can only hope they leave their creation engine in the dustbin where it belongs for ES6. because this stuff isnt impressing anyone anymore.    … Expand
  43. dr_soul
    Sep 10, 2023
    3
    Full of bugs, fps drop and lacks of quality, too much difference between trailers and full game, weak game design and not perfect in gameplay
  44. frkmrkfasfasfa
    Sep 9, 2023
    3
    Another Bethesda reskin. I enjoyed the sister games, but this one is just not good for 2023. Baldur´s Gate is miles ahead in everything
  45. RandallPL
    Sep 10, 2023
    3
    It's below average.
    All people said. It's fallout 4 but in SF setup.
    Optimisation is dreadful. Characters, faces, acting, dialogue, story - all full retard. Poor AF. Do not count on story to hook you in. Gameplay is utterly boring and flat, it does not offer a fraction of loops available in NMS, except NMS was a creation of tiny indie developer, not a 7+B USD 1st party studio. WTF Space    It's below average.
    All people said. It's fallout 4 but in SF setup.
    Optimisation is dreadful.

    Characters, faces, acting, dialogue, story - all full retard. Poor AF. Do not count on story to hook you in.

    Gameplay is utterly boring and flat, it does not offer a fraction of loops available in NMS, except NMS was a creation of tiny indie developer, not a 7+B USD 1st party studio. WTF

    Space RPG, without space.
    Dated engine
    Infinite loadings
    No vehicles, no flying. Invisible walls on planets.

    Boring quests, not giving any sense of accomplishment or purpose

    Frankly speaking on game pass play it, check it. Any other scenario - do not buy/ refund    … Expand
  46. SonsOfPlunder
    Sep 8, 2023
    3
    Unfortunately, there is no "optimization" for pc especially and Bethesda doesn't accept this, we can see it from the video which called "Microsoft’s Hotly Awaited Starfield Game Is Here" on YouTube. I had hype on this game but it couldn't go further and it became a regret. Game is fine, the missions are not repeating themselves, yes and graphics are DEFINITELY NOT OUTDATED (some people areUnfortunately, there is no "optimization" for pc especially and Bethesda doesn't accept this, we can see it from the video which called "Microsoft’s Hotly Awaited Starfield Game Is Here" on YouTube. I had hype on this game but it couldn't go further and it became a regret. Game is fine, the missions are not repeating themselves, yes and graphics are DEFINITELY NOT OUTDATED (some people are exaggerating this situation) but you have XBOX Series come on, we are in 2023 and what is 30 fps?! Be realistic, THERE IS NO OPTIMIZATION. I won't take back this comment/review unless you make huge differences about optimization and 60 fps mode. Indoor areas have different FPS, outdoor spaces have different FPS and the ship itself has completely different FPS. Sick of fps drops and changes. This optimization deserves this score at most.… Expand
  47. Thomas_Angelo
    Sep 8, 2023
    3
    Тодд, ты тупо уже не тянешь, а 2011 давно прошёл
  48. ARSM
    Sep 8, 2023
    3
    Starfield's story begins out of nowhere, too fast to make sense of our chosen character's path or his role before he finds the artifact. This is a pacing issue – to move that fast mind has to speed up first, there should be a valid ground and motivation. But whatever we select, barely provides any difference and we are flooded with new status outcomes and have only one way – accept theStarfield's story begins out of nowhere, too fast to make sense of our chosen character's path or his role before he finds the artifact. This is a pacing issue – to move that fast mind has to speed up first, there should be a valid ground and motivation. But whatever we select, barely provides any difference and we are flooded with new status outcomes and have only one way – accept the offer to fly to our "new friends".

    Then all these loading screens: it's flow, it got broken every minute or two. Space lives in a different world, land lives in another, quests are mostly unrelated to anything and battles are there mostly to grind some resources (because weapons don't have any impact on enemies, except damage numbers).

    And visually it's somehow not as good as games from the 2014-2016 era, even huge open-world games all with better reflections, proper lighting, better skin and hair shaders, and consistent color balance (instead of washed-out blacks and overlit whites).

    And I don't blame Creation Engine, the interiors, and dark areas are exceptionally good-looking. They could at least achieve some proper color correction for SDR and HDR, and as you may've seen in Atlantis, they washed out the image instead.

    Combine it with 40FPS in big cities (on RTX 3000 with FSR!) and you'll understand what feels off for many players here. Several folks saying it's GOTY are probably been in cryostasis for the last 15-20 years.    … Expand
  49. blizzardbox
    Sep 12, 2023
    3
    +nice retro futuristic sci fi setting
    +over all ncie graphics
    +gunplay

    -boring exploration
    -not open world
    -only fast travel through menus
    -combat way too easy, even on very hard + mods
    -cant even dive
    -horrible performance
    -horrible PC port
    -dum AI
    -tiny skilltree
    -half of the skilltree is +10% something
    --mainstreamfield
  50. bartekm777
    Sep 7, 2023
    3
    Far from nextgen, terrible ui, boring, too many loading screens, no feeling of exploration. I tried it in game pass and I'm really glad I did not spent more money on this...
  51. mtav48
    Sep 11, 2023
    3
    im stuck in "into the unknown" mission. i cant continue the game and i have to play it from start game but there is a better way, i'll remove the game. this game is so boring. so buggy. just a bit beautiful. the gameplay is empty. its not fun not at all. Ai is weak. shooter action is not as good as Fallout.
  52. Xyothin
    Sep 7, 2023
    3
    This game is peak mediocrity. The gameplay is somewhat worse than in Fallout 4, the main quest is shallow and uninteresting, characters bland and boring. The world is wide as an ocean deep as a puddle. UI is absolutely awful and the map is probably the worst map I've ever seen in a video game and it's not even close. Space ship battles are basically all the same, you did it once and you'veThis game is peak mediocrity. The gameplay is somewhat worse than in Fallout 4, the main quest is shallow and uninteresting, characters bland and boring. The world is wide as an ocean deep as a puddle. UI is absolutely awful and the map is probably the worst map I've ever seen in a video game and it's not even close. Space ship battles are basically all the same, you did it once and you've seen it all. The loot you get is basically 95% junk Bethesde put there just to get you emcumbered. And OMG the loading screens are everywhere. Only redeeming quality is the ship building aspect but at some point it doesn't even matter since once you have a well build ship you're not incentivized to make it even better. Overall, I would just stay away from this game, there are so many good games out there that deserve your time more than this piece of ****… Expand
  53. alchemist_man
    Sep 8, 2023
    3
    I recently had the misfortune of playing a game that exemplifies everything that is wrong with the gaming industry today. From the abysmal optimization to the developers' complete disregard for the gaming community, this game is a prime example of how not to create an enjoyable gaming experience. i'll take my score back if they optimize it

    First and foremost, let's talk about the    I recently had the misfortune of playing a game that exemplifies everything that is wrong with the gaming industry today. From the abysmal optimization to the developers' complete disregard for the gaming community, this game is a prime example of how not to create an enjoyable gaming experience. i'll take my score back if they optimize it

    First and foremost, let's talk about the optimization—or lack thereof. It's clear that the developers did not put any effort into optimizing the game for a wide range of hardware configurations. The result? An unplayable mess for the majority of gamers. Frame rates drop to single digits, stuttering and lag are constant companions, and even the most powerful systems struggle to run the game smoothly. It's a disgrace that in this day and age, developers can release a game that demands a $1000 GPU just to achieve a somewhat acceptable performance level.

    What's even more infuriating is the developers' apparent indifference toward the gaming community. It's as if they have turned a blind eye to the countless complaints and pleas for optimization. Gamers have expressed their frustration and disappointment, but their voices fall on deaf ears. The developers seem to prioritize their relationships with GPU manufacturers over the very people who spend their hard-earned money on their games. It's a slap in the face to gamers everywhere who expect a product that is accessible and enjoyable.

    It's clear that the developers are more interested in showcasing flashy graphics to appeal to the GPU sellers rather than focusing on creating a game that is well-optimized and enjoyable for the average player. They have forgotten that games should be designed to entertain and engage players, not just to serve as a showcase for expensive hardware.

    In conclusion, this game is a prime example of everything that is wrong with the gaming industry. The lack of optimization and the developers' neglectful attitude toward the gaming community are unacceptable. It's disheartening to see a game that prioritizes aesthetics over accessibility, effectively shutting out a significant portion of the player base. Unless the developers can demonstrate a genuine commitment to improving optimization and listening to their community, they are of no use to the industry. Save your hard-earned money and steer clear of this disaster of a game.    … Expand
  54. MrEBE
    Sep 9, 2023
    3
    A Skyrim space mod.. nothing more Incredible dumb quests and storylines.. "Oh I lost my chewing-gum. Can you find it for me ?"
    "Oh thank you so much, please accept that new ship and please become our new president! "
    This over and over.. Npc AI from 2010 A galaxy full of 3,7 species Pirates every every everywhere Every mobs drop 1000 weapons but no ammo can be found anywhere in any    A Skyrim space mod.. nothing more Incredible dumb quests and storylines.. "Oh I lost my chewing-gum. Can you find it for me ?"
    "Oh thank you so much, please accept that new ship and please become our new president! "

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

    But yeah.. the hype machine is working..    … Expand
  55. Creesone
    Sep 8, 2023
    3
    Totalmente desilucionado, el juego de exploración espacial en el que no exploras. Prefiero 10 planetas con contenido q 100 sin nada.
  56. rekindo
    Sep 8, 2023
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. very underwhelming for me, some good points but overall a lot of contradictions in the project. I expected a skyrim in space but despite some noticeable improvements here and there the game clearly lack the substance that made its predecessor so great.

    narration: probably the best part of the game, dialogue trees were interesting but the tone of the adventure is very inconsistent, you can go from over the top space demigod savior of the galaxy to job interview simulator in the blink of an eye. Being at the center of everything in a region of Tamriel is a thing, being at center of everything in the whole galaxy is another, especially since the game tries an more down to earth approach compared to mass effect or destiny for example.

    Graphics: The props models and the skyboxes are more than good, everything else is completely outdated, the animations, the textures ( the trees wtf?), the npcs, the particles, the lightning. Nothing to explain the amount of loading screeens in the cities. I also dislike the art style that i found really bland but that's a more personnal issue.

    Combat: Bare minimun, despite a certain amount of offensive tools, the lack of depth in the gameplay, the absolutly TERRIBLE ai and the lack of enemy variety ( more than 90% of the enemies you encounter are space pirates or color swaps with the same behaviour) make the combats extremely repetitive and broken.

    Exploration: worst part of the game for me, a very big downgrade from other bethesda games, the ships become rapidly useless, you end up with a barren planet generator with no care to be found, generic and repetitive assets, checklists to make the game artificially longer, no lore or environmental narration ( the best part of skyrim and fallout 4), way too long walking distance, no vehicles, boring random missions , no sense of discovery, no details, no soul, no care. The 1000 planets is impressive as a marketing tool but it's absolutely useless in the current game design as you can encounter most the available assets with a fraction of those planets.

    conclusion: the game feels outdated, the direction of the game seems more interested in reaching marketing sell points than making a consistent, solid and modern game design, by trying to be everything the game manage to be mediocre at everything.    … Expand
  57. Tecliz
    Sep 7, 2023
    3
    Huge disappointment. Bland and tame story and characters. Feels like we jumped 10years back.
  58. jepalome
    Sep 8, 2023
    3
    What a boring garbage game, it is bad a copy paste from No Man's Sky but worst and with bugs. I am so disappointed that I requested a refund, I can tell Microsoft Spoil their Bethesda employees to be unproductive in the last 8 years of development.
  59. BrenerMF
    Sep 7, 2023
    3
    Fui jogar Starfield depois de experimentar Final Fantasy XVI e foi uma decepção. Achei Starfield ruim demais. Os gráficos dos lugares são muito bonitos e bem feitos, mas fica só nisso. NPCs muito mal feitos e sem nenhuma expressão, planetas completamente vazios sem nada pra fazer, a IA é extremamente ruim e além disso o jogo é mal otimizado, meu Ryzen 5 3600 ficava em cerca de 25% de usoFui jogar Starfield depois de experimentar Final Fantasy XVI e foi uma decepção. Achei Starfield ruim demais. Os gráficos dos lugares são muito bonitos e bem feitos, mas fica só nisso. NPCs muito mal feitos e sem nenhuma expressão, planetas completamente vazios sem nada pra fazer, a IA é extremamente ruim e além disso o jogo é mal otimizado, meu Ryzen 5 3600 ficava em cerca de 25% de uso enquanto minha RX 5700 XT ficava em 99% com o jogo rodando no alto a cerca de 35FPS, tem jogos com gráficos muito mais aprimorado com NPCs muito mais bem feitos que rodam bem melhor e forçando menos a GPU.… Expand
  60. Nilsson
    Sep 11, 2023
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Es un buen juego engancha y eso ya es algo respetable, pero la falta de optimización y el exceso de pantallas de carga arruina todo esto muy muy alejado de lo que tanto alardearon en cada conferencia de este juego.… Expand
  61. Aavv
    Sep 10, 2023
    3
    One of the most soulless games ever made. It’s better than Fallout 76 but that’s like saying that Hitler was better than Stalin it’s hardly an improvement. Everything here is just so bland and more predictable than a Dhar Mann video we have seen this game already it was called Fallout 3 and that was a great game unlike Starfield.

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

    Don’t buy this game don’t give Todd “Little Lies” Howard any money. He deserves nothing than to be paraded around a city in chains while having **** and rocks thrown at him.    … Expand
  62. Grou_recher
    Sep 9, 2023
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Game that looks very old for today with no innovations and lots of loading screens… Expand
  63. Mianargo99
    Sep 7, 2023
    3
    Tenía la expectativa de que sería una experiencia tan completa que me perdí jugando. Hay mucho contenido, y eso conlleva tener que soportar las pantallas de carga cada 30 segundos porque para todo tienes que usar el viaje rápido.
    No me voy a creer lo que estoy diciendo pero, No Man's Sky en su estado actual tiene un gameplay más gratificante que el de Starfield, incluso el combate en el    Tenía la expectativa de que sería una experiencia tan completa que me perdí jugando. Hay mucho contenido, y eso conlleva tener que soportar las pantallas de carga cada 30 segundos porque para todo tienes que usar el viaje rápido.
    No me voy a creer lo que estoy diciendo pero, No Man's Sky en su estado actual tiene un gameplay más gratificante que el de Starfield, incluso el combate en el espacio, además de tener más variedad de cambios en la nave.
    Este juego de Bethesda no cumplió con mis expectativas personales, yo esperaba el GOTY aquí, pero DIOS, jugar dos horas me cansa bastante y esto no ocurre con Skyrim o Fallout New Vegas.

    Me arrepiento de haberlo comprado hace una semana, ya pasé la campaña principal, lo cual no fue tan largo como esperé, me quedan decenas y decenas de misiones secundarias que serán un tremendo dolor de cabeza, ya que seguiré pasando pantallas de carga y atención, tengo un SSD nuevo, uno muy bueno, el Red Dead Redemption 2 me dura entre 09 y 16 segundos en pantallas de carga.

    Ya ni me hablen del factor exploración, creo que uno de los aspectos más desgastantes del juego, conocer recursos, tomar algunos, hacer escaneos, matar trogloditas que me quieren matar porque sí. Muchos de ellos están prácticamente vacíos, gran error de Bethesda, querer combinar una obra de ficción con apartados realistas.

    Algo positivo son algunos asentamientos porque tienen muchas personas que te dan nuevas misiones y algunas están bastante escondidas, tristemente el mapa de este juego está de la mierda y no puedo encontrar los lugares así, tengo que visitarlos, revisitarlos y volver a ellos más tardes para crear memoria.

    No hay personajes memorables, aquí, para dar un ejemplo, si dejara de jugar Skyrim por cinco o diez años, seguiría recordando al Nazeem o al Jarl Ulfric, ¿qué sé yo?

    Estoy seguro de que Bethesda arreglará este juego, porque parece ser que esta es la nueva tendencia de los juegos que no cumplen sus promesas, dígase Cyberpunk 2077, No Man's Sky, Fallout 76, etcétera. En fin, yo sé que puede ser mejor, pero simplemente, de momento, no cumple con los estándares mínimos que definen un buen juego para mí que me gustan los juegos de Bethesda y eso me pesa porque he sido un gran fan y estuve esperando un juego excelente, sin embargo, hoy me encuentro decepcionado, si tienes dinero, sugiero no lo malgastes, este juego solo será bueno si lo juegas en Gamepass, por lo económico.

    Es hora de clasificar objetivamente este juego.
    Gráficos: Regulares. Es Bethesda, sus juegos no se definen por esto, pero diablos es 2023, esto ya no es excusa = 6/10
    Música: Muy buenos. Pesó quitar al señor Soule, pero Azur hizo buen trabajo = 9/10
    Presentación: Olvidable, simplista, igual que todos los juegos de Bethesda, que parece les gusta mucho el minimalismo corporativo = 2/10
    Jugabilidad: No se cambia el motor del juego, solo se adapta, Bethesda tardó más de 30 años en poder saltar muros, eso sí, los enemigos son esponjas de balas = 6/10
    Historia = Soy el nacido de las estrellas... Que innovador... 1/10
    Bugs y glitches: Esto es normal en los nuevos juegos de Bethesda, miente el que dice cosas como "en más de diez horas del juego no me he encontrado ningún bug o glitch", DIOS, he encontrado la clásica IA de Bethesda que rompe mi inmersión más de 10 veces en una hora = 5/10
    Durabilidad: Bethesda hace sus juegos para que duren mucho, si es verdad lo que dijo TODD HOWARD de que Elder Scrolls VI durará todo una década que así sea, este hace lo suyo. 7/10.
    Precio: No me lo compensa, para ser un juego AAA, se queda corto 3/10.
    Puntuación final personal = 3/10.    … Expand
  64. Mary_Aggaj
    Sep 8, 2023
    3
    It's very sad, but the game doesn't deserve its ratings and accolades. In fact, it's an empty open world without substance and lacks a coherent and engaging gameplay. It's definitely worse than Fallout 4. Sad.
  65. 7th_Rider
    Sep 8, 2023
    3
    Zero innovation, fallout in space, outated tech.
    Exploration is gimmickie and not interesting, awful performance in a 4090, 16 cores, no dlss
    BORING
  66. oregondude77
    Sep 7, 2023
    3
    I really wanted to like Starfield. First what it gets right: The visuals are pretty good overall. I love the design of the suits, ships, cockpits, etc. The story is ok, not good not bad. What is wrong? It is immersion breaking to cut scene from planet to space - boarding a ship, etc. Just loses alot of the realism and makes you realize its just a game. The space combat is abysmal. NothingI really wanted to like Starfield. First what it gets right: The visuals are pretty good overall. I love the design of the suits, ships, cockpits, etc. The story is ok, not good not bad. What is wrong? It is immersion breaking to cut scene from planet to space - boarding a ship, etc. Just loses alot of the realism and makes you realize its just a game. The space combat is abysmal. Nothing else much to say..it really sucks. Overall - I am disappointed. 3 for me.… Expand
  67. ofpm
    Sep 8, 2023
    3
    Unplayable game with various bugs and little imersion. Games like starwars and mass effect are much better than this trash.
  68. barril76
    Sep 7, 2023
    3
    Well if you spected No Man Sky 2 this it's not your game. If you wanted a fluid game without loading times escenes in each time you reach a planet city house door. This is not your game. If you don't like mechanics of Bethesda that is on Fallout . Neither. It's a game specifically for gamers who like space issues but not offering that Sci fi like interstellar. For all of that makes that game bad.
  69. Elcalvomaldito
    Sep 7, 2023
    3
    Claramente el juego sufre de Bugs, las caras se ven terribles por el motor gráfico antiguo, no se cumplió la exploración libre que se prometió, la IA es un desastre, terrible este juego, un 3 es más que generoso.
  70. DuckTape9
    Sep 9, 2023
    3
    The framerate dips extremely low for a game that actually requires a ssd, a 40 series card and equal cpu shouldn't struggle with this game this much and the biggest part of a space game (traveling the universe) is the worst part of the game. Disappointing as this was the game I was excited for the most.
  71. tiringdoer
    Sep 7, 2023
    3
    It is "Bethesda" game with all the flaws from its own game engine, and without innovation

    AI is still stupid, Physics gets weird often like all we expect from Bethesda games ( when are you going to fix this? ) Quests/Conversation with NPC doesn't feel good anymore as of 2023 Although graphic has improved from its own predecessors, it doesn't match with those of competitor's AAA games    It is "Bethesda" game with all the flaws from its own game engine, and without innovation

    AI is still stupid, Physics gets weird often like all we expect from Bethesda games
    ( when are you going to fix this? )
    Quests/Conversation with NPC doesn't feel good anymore as of 2023
    Although graphic has improved from its own predecessors, it doesn't match with those of competitor's AAA games
    On top of these problems, Bethesda's representatives have falsely - in my opinion - advertised this game on game shows and interviews

    It was very disappointing to see how game looks stale and old - some game assets such plants/vines in the first city were made 2D, and loading screens hit me hard every minute

    I think Bethesda needs serious rebuilding    … Expand
  72. uniks84
    Sep 8, 2023
    3
    I have been a fan of Bethesda games for 20 years, Starfield is their worst game.
    No exploration, no flying in space, tragic enemy AI, graphics like from playstation 3.
    Terrible optimization for PC - RTX 4080 , I9 13900K // 1440p
  73. guilhermeledo
    Sep 8, 2023
    3
    Fallout 4 re-skin in the space, super buggy and zero in-depht lore. Bethesda is using the same engine/design since Skyrim without any major improvement. It is a 2015 game in 2023.
  74. dineros_ideas
    Sep 7, 2023
    3
    Not bad but far from good. It’s barely serviceable. The games we seen this year alone show the wide margin between quality and not. It didn’t meet its promises and far went below my expectations
  75. Cognipop
    Sep 12, 2023
    3
    I fell for the marketing company and advertising spin dominating social media :(
  76. Pwnish123
    Sep 8, 2023
    3
    It is shame that this is was an finished Game….
    Nextime they need to sell the game code to the Community, than wait another year so people who actually cares making a good game out of it.
  77. Jasonsoh79
    Sep 8, 2023
    3
    Just to clear, I am not a fan of Oblivion or Skyrim, but I like all the Fallout games, except Fallout 76. Anyway, I bought the game just to see how bad it was from the number of negative reviews. The first few hours are pretty good, but it becomes more and more repetitive and bland after that. Don't understand why the critiics have such a high review of this game... Do the critics reallyJust to clear, I am not a fan of Oblivion or Skyrim, but I like all the Fallout games, except Fallout 76. Anyway, I bought the game just to see how bad it was from the number of negative reviews. The first few hours are pretty good, but it becomes more and more repetitive and bland after that. Don't understand why the critiics have such a high review of this game... Do the critics really love this type of game after 20 hours of repetitive and bland gameplay? Or did they base their reviews just from the initial few hours of gameplay?… Expand
  78. LordSexywolf
    Sep 7, 2023
    3
    Prometieron muchísimas cosas que no cumplieron, el juego mayoritariamente se nota la "influencia" por no decir copia de no man's sky mal hecha. Además de su apartado gráfico mal optimizado, requiriendo un hardware muy potente para apenas los 30fp y los gráficos tan feos, sin hablar del online que *no tiene*, la pobre navegación espacial, etc etc etc. Muchas cosas más, gran promesa que sePrometieron muchísimas cosas que no cumplieron, el juego mayoritariamente se nota la "influencia" por no decir copia de no man's sky mal hecha. Además de su apartado gráfico mal optimizado, requiriendo un hardware muy potente para apenas los 30fp y los gráficos tan feos, sin hablar del online que *no tiene*, la pobre navegación espacial, etc etc etc. Muchas cosas más, gran promesa que se quedó en eso.… Expand
  79. tempertee
    Sep 7, 2023
    3
    I played 8 hours, and I was bored. The NPCs and companions are lifeless husks that lack any real consequence or immersion. Their eyes rolling up into their heads and staring directly into your soul seems so outdated compared to games like BG3. This is Skyrim in space and nothing more. Exploration is none existent, and BGS is going to need a mountain of mods to make this interesting orI played 8 hours, and I was bored. The NPCs and companions are lifeless husks that lack any real consequence or immersion. Their eyes rolling up into their heads and staring directly into your soul seems so outdated compared to games like BG3. This is Skyrim in space and nothing more. Exploration is none existent, and BGS is going to need a mountain of mods to make this interesting or engaging. Combat isn't bad, gunplay feels good, but I am not playing this as a looter shooter. I'll go spin up Destiny if I want good gunplay and a subpar story.… Expand
  80. TheSeekerThe
    Sep 8, 2023
    3
    Once again, Todd Howard deceived everyone. He promised a great game, but what we got was a piece of unoptimized code, constant loading screens, and no planetary exploration at all. In fact, there are no actual planets; there's only the illusion of their existence. In reality, they are just small locations with nothing substantial to offer. There's hardly any space in the game either, andOnce again, Todd Howard deceived everyone. He promised a great game, but what we got was a piece of unoptimized code, constant loading screens, and no planetary exploration at all. In fact, there are no actual planets; there's only the illusion of their existence. In reality, they are just small locations with nothing substantial to offer. There's hardly any space in the game either, and everything related to space could have been removed, making it even better (fewer loading screens). In my opinion, it's not worth the money, at most $10. A better RPG was released recently. And most importantly, they spent their time on this when they could have been working on TES6 - it's disappointing (though there's not much hope for that now either). Mr. Todd, your game is not next-gen; it's just a creation on an outdated engine. Unlike you, users still have eyes.… Expand
  81. Preg
    Sep 8, 2023
    3
    Man... I have thousands of hours in the elder scrolls and fallout series.. Starfield however... I'm done after about 100 hours; of those 100 hours I pushed through about 85 of them just trying to find enjoyment.

    In so many ways this game is so much else than previous Bethesda games. The exploration feels artificial and non-immersive. In previous games you could fast travel, but you    Man... I have thousands of hours in the elder scrolls and fallout series.. Starfield however... I'm done after about 100 hours; of those 100 hours I pushed through about 85 of them just trying to find enjoyment.

    In so many ways this game is so much else than previous Bethesda games. The exploration feels artificial and non-immersive. In previous games you could fast travel, but you didn't have to. In Starfield it's constant menus and loading screens fast traveling everywhere.

    Copy and paste environments and levels with a slight hue shift for color.

    I'll basically be complaining about everything everyone already else has but it's the honest truth. The game is just boring and feels very aged... In some ways more than previous bethesda games.

    Incredibly disappointed.    … Expand
  82. coincoin
    Sep 8, 2023
    3
    You force yourself to play this game, despite most of it being quite bad, because there's a small portion that's somewhat fun. But soon, you just can't take it anymore and quit, realizing you're just wasting time. While you might find a fun quest or activity here and there, they're short-lived and soon you're back to the boring parts.

    This game tries to do a lot but fails at most of it,    You force yourself to play this game, despite most of it being quite bad, because there's a small portion that's somewhat fun. But soon, you just can't take it anymore and quit, realizing you're just wasting time. While you might find a fun quest or activity here and there, they're short-lived and soon you're back to the boring parts.

    This game tries to do a lot but fails at most of it, resulting in a pretty disappointing experience overall:

    In its attempt to make a mark in the space gaming category, it falls flat in many areas. The spaceship is not very flexible and its movement options during the loading phase are limited, which diminishes the excitement. The worlds you can explore mostly feel empty or repetitive, featuring the same kinds of locations and enemies over and over. There are some artistically pleasing cities to visit, but exploring them is boring due to the poor RPG elements. The characters you meet there mostly just wander around with nothing interesting to say, a big step back from the daily routines characters had in games like Skyrim.

    When it comes to RPG elements, the game also falls short. The missions feel too scripted and limited, preventing you from exploring different approaches and making you feel more like a puppet than a player with freedom. The story doesn't change much based on your choices, and the missions themselves are repetitive, making for a bland RPG experience. Even though it offers many missions, the lack of diversity makes the game feel small and uninteresting.

    Comparing it to Baldur's Gate 3, another RPG, highlights the shortcomings even more. While BG3 gives you a real sense of influence over the world and engages you mentally with various ways to approach missions, this game doesn't. Here, your choices don't matter much and the gameplay is predictable, leaving you feeling more like a spectator than a participant.

    Not to mention, there are also technical and optimization issues, along with frequent crashes that ruin the experience even more. The game not only falls short in terms of gameplay but also feels incomplete and outdated. It comes off as a less impressive version of Fallout 4 but with a space theme slapped on it, making it seem like it's lagging way behind in the evolution of RPGs.    … Expand
  83. killerkid489
    Sep 11, 2023
    3
    this game is overrated... graphics are bad. no exploration & story is bad....
  84. Zendeman
    Sep 8, 2023
    3
    You want 60$ for that ?
    With the words of Todd himself: "You might need to upgrade your game engine Bethesda"
  85. NathwestMelb
    Sep 8, 2023
    3
    Starfield brings nothing new to the table and the graphics are of the quality I would expect more than a decade ago.

    I am not experiencing any of the lags or crashes that others have expressed and I get a stable good framerate. Really smooth release on that regard. The animations and graphics are just horrible, the faces are the things of nightmare and walking looks like some    Starfield brings nothing new to the table and the graphics are of the quality I would expect more than a decade ago.

    I am not experiencing any of the lags or crashes that others have expressed and I get a stable good framerate. Really smooth release on that regard.

    The animations and graphics are just horrible, the faces are the things of nightmare and walking looks like some freakish marionette with a pole stuck up its nether regions.

    Not sure how the ball was dropped so thoroughly here in terms of innovation.

    Just like the procedural generation used to spawn procedural dull planets this game appears to be a procedural iteration of skyrim and fallout just like the dated creation engine it is based on.

    The developers seem to be mired in the past and have created a boring walking simulator full of fetch quests which have one way of solving them.

    I am trying to play and like it, however get bored out of my brain within an hour generally.

    I expected a lot better and unfortunately these expectations were not met, particularly in the context of better games being released recently which do move gaming forwards.

    Pick it up on a sale and hope that the modding community also picks it up, as it this point that is the only way this vacuous, dated edifice has any hope of looking or playing out with any sort of depth and content.

    10 years in the making and 10 minutes of interest,

    Indie devs put this to shame, this is like the reverse of the moon landing however, one giant backwards step for gaming and one giant leap backwards for innovation, graphics, content and care.    … Expand
  86. KelsoS
    Sep 8, 2023
    3
    The amount of bugs I encountered is ridiculous. The persuasion system is also garbage! You can pick one option and you will garner a complete **** response! The travelling was falsely advertised. The maps are completely barren, there’s only “markers” on the maps. The planets are empty wastelands with absolutely nothing to do except walk to the invisible wall stopping you from furtherThe amount of bugs I encountered is ridiculous. The persuasion system is also garbage! You can pick one option and you will garner a complete **** response! The travelling was falsely advertised. The maps are completely barren, there’s only “markers” on the maps. The planets are empty wastelands with absolutely nothing to do except walk to the invisible wall stopping you from further exploration. The faces are absolute trash! The facial expressions are glitchy and buggy. **** this game… Expand
  87. AprilCBodner
    Sep 8, 2023
    3
    I've been waiting for a space RPG of this caliber - or at least what this tried to be. Two things really bug me: (1) Freedom/depth of movement (on ground and in space); and (2) Insertion of identity politics. Regarding the freedom/depth of movement: This doesn't feel as big as it could. It feels more "instanced" than I'm into. Not my cup of tea.
  88. Musaargun
    Sep 7, 2023
    3
    Bland, boring and unfortunately uninteresting. Game feels like an over modded Skyrim, way better graphics but without the atmosphere. There's really too much in the game to do, countless side quests with maybe unique stories but I personally wish there was less content with higher quality.
  89. Victor107
    Sep 8, 2023
    3
    Boringfield. Loadfield. Menufield. This game is nothing that was promised. Todd Howard lies again. These planets are dull, lifeless and boring. NPCs are brainless zombies. AI is Redfall level bad. Shooting feels okay. Game takes way too long to become slightly fun. Worst Bethesda experience I’ve ever had and I’ve been playing since Morrowind. Don’t spend 70 dollars on this mess.
  90. supercalifragi
    Sep 8, 2023
    3
    Tenía grandes expectativas y estoy muy decepcionado. El juego técnicamente no cumple y se siente anticuado, tanto en los técnico como en las mecánicas de juego que además resultan muy repetitivas. Las físicas no me convencen y la ia enemiga es terrible, por otro lado no siento realmente libertad al explorar, resulta muy aparatoso y poco práctico además de que rompe el ritmo. La historiaTenía grandes expectativas y estoy muy decepcionado. El juego técnicamente no cumple y se siente anticuado, tanto en los técnico como en las mecánicas de juego que además resultan muy repetitivas. Las físicas no me convencen y la ia enemiga es terrible, por otro lado no siento realmente libertad al explorar, resulta muy aparatoso y poco práctico además de que rompe el ritmo. La historia pues sin más, los diálogos no son muy buenos y las animaciones faciales no ayudan, todo se siente anodino porque además las misiones soy muy simples y pobres. Parece como si el juego quisiera hacer muchas cosas para finalmente no hacer ninguna bien, demasiadas opciones pobres y desaprovechadas. La fórmula me recuerda a juegos de hace más de una década pero con otra ambientación, el juego quiere darte la sensación de mucha libertad y muchas cosas por hacer pero no te sientes libre y las cosas que puedes hacer no son estimulantes, es como si no tuvieran un peso real o un fin, simplemente invitarte a pasear y buscar recursos en áreas prácticamente vacías de las que enseguida y te aburres, y el problema es que casi todas las localizaciones son así por lo que finalmente resulta muy muy repetitivo, y claro, el desplazamientos a saltos con la nave por los planetas no ayuda precisamente ha hacer que la experiencia sea mejor, además de que están instanciados, solo dos misiones me han parecido verdaderamente interesantes poder tunear la nave con piezas también es interesante. Los tiroteos tampoco resultan divertidos por que la ia es muy mala, es como si todo fueran trámites para alargar la duración del título pero en esencia su mundo está hueco, no vibra, no se siente vivo o creíble. No se si me explico, Starfield está lleno de cosas pero todas esas cosas parecen estar a medio hacer, es como si no tuvieran profundidad, como si primara la cantidad de opciones pero que estas no tuvieran un valor para la experiencia, como que sientes que estás todo el tiempo haciendo lo mismo.… Expand
  91. mish_from_dtf
    Sep 7, 2023
    3
    Todd promised me the one of the gratest games of the generation, but i see only a fallout 4 with some modes. 3 scores only for detalised visual in some scenes. Tell me, that it is just an introduction for tes 6, please!
  92. aindtrud
    Sep 7, 2023
    3
    The game feels empty, the bland missions don't say much, the voices, the combat, everything looks pretty unpolished.
    It doesn't matter if the game looks nice, if it doesn't have any content that encourages exploration.
    The content itself is outdated.
  93. Elricks
    Sep 8, 2023
    3
    BETHESDA needs to change their bad engine, Starfield is a very ugly game: bad textures, horrible npcs and that for a game at 30 fps. The game's AI is ridiculous for a 2023 game. Neon City was the most polished in the game, yet it's one of the slowest games I've played this year
  94. notzaidi
    Sep 7, 2023
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I finished the game and had a very hard time being immersed and/or having fun in the game. For reference, I played other Bethesda RPG games (ESO, Fallout 3,4 and New vegas, Skyrim)

    I will start with the things I liked:

    Ship customisation
    Some of the premade cities are good (Neon)
    Lockpicking is fun
    Skill tree with the challenges can be fun
    Space combat and docking feels fresh at the start
    Some guns feel nice to shoot

    Cons:
    Combat is very bland and the AI is terrible
    Poor performance (FPS)
    UI is terrible and managing inventory doesn’t feel satisfying (I do like weight in games, but this does it all wrong)
    No city maps or a map in general ?????????
    Tons of bugs (most bug free Bethesda game apparently???)
    Keybinds feel very off, thankfully you can customise most of it
    Hit registration of weapons feels really bad, you can be point blank with a shotgun and miss.
    Lack of special mob types (bosses) SPOILERS there are Humans(with different colour stripes), Star Humans, and the critters. That’s it
    Loading Screen simulator, no real landing/docking. All I did is press L track quest and then clicked show on map then just kept tping.
    Very boring and predictable gameplay loop (There is one main story mission that is the exception to this rule)
    SPOILERS AHEAD Star powers are very boring, mostly around gravity and affecting time, and can only have one equipped. This feels very bland vs something like bioshock
    The plot had no weight and expected you to care about characters you met for 5 minutes.
    Planets feel very empty, desolate wastelands. And when you reach a point of interest, it's the same loop. Go into the dungeon, kill the same mob type and loot and leave. No special enemies, nothing. They are the terrible end of procedurally generated content.
    Companions feel annoying to have around and the voice acting feels off and the classic Bethesda face animations(This feels unforgivable after BG3)
    Music feels very uninspired and boring
    Managing guns feels very tedious.

    I can keep going, but you get the idea. If you’re curious about this game and have game pass try it out, but I do not recommend buying this game. I felt like I got robbed and lying Todd lied again.    … Expand
  95. Diegovski93
    Sep 8, 2023
    3
    -Outdated engine with crap optimization. Poor face mimic , with disgusting faces. Empty planets and fast travel simulator.
    + New lockpick system, nice objects like armors graphic. Nice perk system that you have to do something to unlock next level of a perk.
  96. Laros
    Sep 9, 2023
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Prometió mucho y el resultado no fue el esperado, para ser un juego del 2023 sus mecánicas y físicas parecen del 2003… Expand
  97. Argeus
    Sep 7, 2023
    3
    Combat: Bad
    Dialogs: Bad
    Optimization: Bad
    Itemization: Bad

    I couldn't find anything quality in the game that surpasses other games. They've released a completely mediocre game. I'm really frustrated. It's 2023, and making games with the mindset of 20 years ago just doesn't cut it!
  98. DiscoDick_Jones
    Sep 7, 2023
    3
    Jeeeezus tiddyyy fuggkin' Christ this game is nuclear ass. Yes, the game has a few merits, it even strokes a bit of that nostalgia nut out of you, but once that passes over? You're left with something that feels soulless, not to mention the uncanny valley NPC's.

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

    Like I said, there is some good ideas and concepts. It's just that stuff worth experiencing is so few and far between nestled in between the underwhelming that it doesn't shine bright enough.    … Expand
  99. goliat33
    Sep 7, 2023
    3
    There is NOTHING groundbreaking in this game there are few good things in it but nothing that was not already done before and it was done so much better even in games that are 10+ years old....Loading screens are everywhere and sure they are short but they are still very annoying ,space flight feels very arcadish and atmospheric flight is non-existent so game is basically souless FPS &There is NOTHING groundbreaking in this game there are few good things in it but nothing that was not already done before and it was done so much better even in games that are 10+ years old....Loading screens are everywhere and sure they are short but they are still very annoying ,space flight feels very arcadish and atmospheric flight is non-existent so game is basically souless FPS & Loot collector with the very weak story line that could not be less immersive.....… Expand
  100. StormT7
    Sep 10, 2023
    3
    This game is just so annoying and boring, I tried playing it on Xbox first but it gave me a headache so I gave it another chance and played some of it on Pc but I just can't seem to get invested in it. It's the most boring Bethesda game I've ever played.
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Generally favorable reviews - based on 75 Critic Reviews

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