Starfield

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  1. NGG
    Sep 10, 2023
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. A a gamer for most of my life I cant wait to wake up and play starfield. I think this game has amazing combat and space fights. The graphics and details are amazing too. Way to go Bethesda and all your team for your passion for gaming. Our channel is ngg Canada and thanks for reading! GAME ON… Expand
  2. nemix3d
    Sep 10, 2023
    10
    One of the best Bethesda games finally here for us to enjoy and play, all the haters lol, if you dont like it, dont play it
  3. ckennedy
    Sep 10, 2023
    10
    One of the best games ever made. Not quite done with it but loving every minute so far. Massive improvements on the BGS formula which was already excellent. Inflated my score a bit to offset all the butthurt Sony Ponies review bombing the game.
  4. Renatospada
    Sep 10, 2023
    10
    Starfield is a great game, where people are focusing and emphasizing flaws just because it's a Microsoft game and first Xbox exclusive.
  5. Sensemilla
    Sep 10, 2023
    0
    No Russian localization, no optimization, no good story, no space. There's nothing! The game you **** with Todd Howard.
  6. Abibboy83
    Sep 10, 2023
    10
    Te atrapa en cuanto lo juegas unas horas, me encanta la personalización naves, ropa, armas..para mi JIEGAZO en mayusculas.
  7. Krimion
    Sep 10, 2023
    10
    Bethesda really outdid themselves with Starfield!
    I have a few minor things I'd like changed/added. But I'm 70hrs in and loving in!!
  8. neomoonsevin
    Sep 10, 2023
    10
    Very good game has occasional slowdown but its not bad enough to say it is the faces could be better looking but I guess that's the Bethesda style exploration is great the game taken me awhile to understand and it kind of reminds me of Starwars KOTOR 2 overall a very awesome game I think it can grow on everyone that trys this out
  9. Jarod007
    Sep 10, 2023
    0
    La honte !!!
    Jeu qui crash toutes les deux secondes sur un pc avec un bon i5 (4670 k => 4 X 3.4 Gh/z ) et une bonne carte graphique (rx550 Pule edition 4GB)
    Tous mes autres jeux passent même les watch dogs qui sont codés avec le c*l !
    Starfield est codé avec les culs de tous les animaux de la rue tellement il rame / plante / crash / etc .
  10. cctusing
    Sep 10, 2023
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Great exploration, fun quests, interesting characters, and awesome RPG elements. Some bugs, but that's too be expected from a Bethesda game.… Expand
  11. geosousan
    Sep 10, 2023
    10
    Esse jogo é o bixo! Sensacional! Joguei em diferentes lugares, tanto no PC quanto no Console (XBSX) e até no Game Pass Ultimate. A imersão do jogo é incrível a medida que você vai avançando! Estou tendo que parar de jogar para poder trabalhar kkkk! Se não a pessoa não quer saber de mais nada, a não ser jogar, jogar e jogar! Parabéns, Bethesda! A única crítica que faço (que eu não gostei)Esse jogo é o bixo! Sensacional! Joguei em diferentes lugares, tanto no PC quanto no Console (XBSX) e até no Game Pass Ultimate. A imersão do jogo é incrível a medida que você vai avançando! Estou tendo que parar de jogar para poder trabalhar kkkk! Se não a pessoa não quer saber de mais nada, a não ser jogar, jogar e jogar! Parabéns, Bethesda! A única crítica que faço (que eu não gostei) foi que não teve dublagem em Português Brasileiro (PT BR), e isso é uma afronta, pois é tão maravilhoso poder jogar qualquer tipo de jogo ouvindo o seu próprio idioma local!… Expand
  12. spokengg
    Sep 10, 2023
    4
    It's Fallout 4 with spaceships and forced fast travel. The game is not good.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

    Maybe mods will save it in a couple years but until then this is the most disappointing experience ive ever had in a Bethesda game, though I cant say im surprised given this has been the trajectory ever since Skyrim. If you REALLY like the standard, non-modded Bethesda fake RPG experience then you might enjoy this game despite it being the single worst fake RPG theyve every created.    … Expand
  13. 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
  14. victor_nsct
    Sep 10, 2023
    10
    Incrível!!! A Bethesda lançou mais um grande rpg para que os amantes dessa categoria possam se divertir, ainda mais em um universo com várias aventuras e sistema de escolhas.
  15. Iceberry
    Sep 10, 2023
    0
    Quanto mais vc joga pior fica.
    jogo raso sem emoçao, prometeram tanto coisa antes de entregar o jogo, mas quando chega a hora de entregar, entrega um jogo sem emoçao vc joga durante 6hrs e se sente cansado sem animo pq vc nao se diverte vc nao sente atraido por alguma historia, as missoes sao horriveis, jogo sem historia.
  16. Gago69
    Sep 10, 2023
    10
    This game is excellent, it give a sensation of freedom and liberty. you can do what you want, when you want.
  17. Vikareus
    Sep 10, 2023
    10
    I'm playing on Series X. Seems like the game is really being crushed by PC players who are bootyhurt that their system is struggling with the game, while simultaneously complaining that the game isn't complex enough. In other cases, it's getting crushed by players who were never the target audience of this kind of game in the first place. On console, I'm having a total blast playingI'm playing on Series X. Seems like the game is really being crushed by PC players who are bootyhurt that their system is struggling with the game, while simultaneously complaining that the game isn't complex enough. In other cases, it's getting crushed by players who were never the target audience of this kind of game in the first place. On console, I'm having a total blast playing Starfield, and I look forward to playing it for hundreds of hours more. The loading times are fantastic and the game is stable. I have no complaints there.

    I'm not here to spoil anything for anyone, and people can get the goods and bads from other reviews. Realistically Starfield is a 9 or 9.5 out of 10 for me, but I'm putting a 10 up to try and at least balance out the 0's and 1's from these spoiled crybabies that have absolutely no respect for the clearly apparent thousands of hours of work and TLC the developers put into making this game, only for some basement trolls to floor it on metacritic with unreasonably low scores that should only go to games like ET on colecovision...    … Expand
  18. TerraSanctum
    Sep 10, 2023
    10
    The best game I've played in awhile! What I like the most if the freedom the game offers, you can play however it suits you most, crafting, exploring, building, taking your time to navigate or fast travel
  19. chenpi1993
    Sep 10, 2023
    0
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  20. Mlange
    Sep 10, 2023
    9
    I LOVE THIS GAME!!!! I have 50+ hours into it so far and I have barely touched the tip of the iceberg. I have not stopped playing it since it came out. The gameplay is fun, the quests feel like they have a purpose, even the obligatory delivery quests. The combat is fast-paced and action-packed. I actually enjoy the NPC interactions, the voice acting is top-notch.
  21. lewell
    Sep 10, 2023
    2
    No Dlss. No 32:9 support. No way to change field of view. The story seemed really boring. The first person shooting in blocky square buildings is dull. I was really disappointed with this game. Shame it didn’t live up to the hype.
  22. Franlock
    Sep 10, 2023
    8
    I have played about 50h untill now and the game is amazing. Is not perfect due the limited exploration, but being a Bethesda RPG game in space is the only that matters.
  23. Anris
    Sep 10, 2023
    2
    Absolutely empty and uninteresting game. I came with the expectation of an open world and an interesting story, but I got only an unfinished parody of game
  24. MorcegoJP
    Sep 10, 2023
    10
    The best space traveler RPG of all time. Bethesda makes a wonderful game again, like Skyrim, but in the space.
  25. maticbri
    Sep 10, 2023
    9
    The more you play the better it gets the shooting feels great and the ability to use the cutter as a weapon is great for saving ammo and do the main story first!!!!!
  26. Mkdeadpool
    Sep 10, 2023
    1
    The game would be fun, if it didn't crash every other minute. I put in a ticket with bethesda and they said basically they can't do anything go to xbox support. I went to xbox support and they kept just giving me a list of fixes that didn't work. This is the only game that crashes on my console. And my console is only a year old.
  27. Nero_Angelo101
    Sep 10, 2023
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. To tell the truth, the game is good! I know that most of the low ratings are PlayStation users!… Expand
  28. netabatarya
    Sep 10, 2023
    5
    Summary: Worse than Fallout 4

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

    Ancient mechanics and animations left from Fallout 4. Story and its way of telling is poor. Dialog options are going only one way meaning you dont have any options to impact the story. We see faces of NPCs as a cinematic thing but mimics are poorly recorded, worse than Fallout 4. There's nothing to explore in the space. Flying spaceship doesn't satisfy the player. Also taking down on planets is actually punishemnt to the player because many of them are just empty.    … Expand
  29. Itspablo
    Sep 10, 2023
    6
    After dozen hours of gameplay, procedural planet look alike... Starfield could be so much more. I guess our expectation were too high.
  30. crazybrain
    Sep 10, 2023
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Love the the fact I can build a ship and merc people like the borg. I like the fact that time changes from planet to planet.… Expand
  31. BG399
    Sep 10, 2023
    10
    A beautiful nod to our space program, it's like a sugar factory that not everyone likes it, only the gourmet taster
  32. UberSync
    Sep 10, 2023
    0
    I’ve been a fan of Bethesda for 20 years as my first game was Quake 2. I’ve enjoyed Doom, Wolfenstein, Elderscrolls, Fallout 3 and New Vegas, anything that Bethesda has spent money on Publishing or Producing I’ve considered the greatest games of all time. HOWEVER, something happened in 2016 that turned Bethesda onto the path of producing trash games. Fallout 4 was trash and it shouldn’tI’ve been a fan of Bethesda for 20 years as my first game was Quake 2. I’ve enjoyed Doom, Wolfenstein, Elderscrolls, Fallout 3 and New Vegas, anything that Bethesda has spent money on Publishing or Producing I’ve considered the greatest games of all time. HOWEVER, something happened in 2016 that turned Bethesda onto the path of producing trash games. Fallout 4 was trash and it shouldn’t have been. Redfall is a monstrosity that never should have existed. Fallout 76 should have never existed. Now Starfield, a game that should not exist. Ever since they’ve sold out to Microsoft, it’s like they’ve been making games with these loony tunes looking graphics as it seems their new target audience is anyone under the age of 12. Rest in Peace Bethesda, I’m not looking forward to ES6 or anything you produce ever again. It’s a sad year in gaming history, we’ve lost some of the best.… Expand
  33. Lordgrey
    Sep 10, 2023
    1
    If the game was sold for 20 dollars, if it was made by an indie studio like Spiders and if it can ran without problems on a 1650Ti video card, I would give it somewhere around 4-5 points based on the sum of its advantages and disadvantages. But... this is a product from Bethesda, and Todd says that this is not a broken game, but that you have a bad PC.
  34. Rapazgoat8932
    Sep 10, 2023
    10
    Jogo muito bom,a gameplay é muito boa e a história também principalmente o final,nada me desagradou nesse jogo.
  35. MaxBite
    Sep 10, 2023
    3
    Worst game of 2023. The Starfield looks like it was created in 2010. It's still amazing how technology giants can create such crooked code. The graphics are not attractive. Generation is boring.
  36. Asri1234
    Sep 10, 2023
    0
    Juego pésimo y lleno de Bugs no lo recomiendo, mucho mejor el juego de la patrulla canina.
  37. pirs_san
    Sep 10, 2023
    0
    tres tres decevant gameplay d un autre temps graphisme niveau xbox 360le lisping en français inexistant et les chargements plus de chargement que de planètes
  38. Kitiri
    Sep 10, 2023
    0
    I was looking forward to this but sadly one of the blandest most uninspired games I've played in a while.

    The space side is odd, most of the action is FPS based ground / outpost based, almost nothing in actual space. You don't really have free-form flight, there is no sense of travel, you just fast travel everywhere. I love exploring, when playing games like Skyrim I rarely if ever    I was looking forward to this but sadly one of the blandest most uninspired games I've played in a while.

    The space side is odd, most of the action is FPS based ground / outpost based, almost nothing in actual space. You don't really have free-form flight, there is no sense of travel, you just fast travel everywhere.

    I love exploring, when playing games like Skyrim I rarely if ever use fast travel, I love just walking through the world exploring, feeling like I'm part of it. With Starfield you have to fast travel everywhere, exploring planets feels boring, you just pick a random spot to fast travel to and then walk around empty areas to the nearest procedurally generated waypoint to explore the same basic cut and pasted generated content. Nothing feels particularly epic or even interesting.

    The RPG aspects seem pretty much boiled down to an on-rails story and a bland skill tree. There are no really choices or ramifications for anything you say or do. Bar the main story side missions have no real affect on anything, dialogue choices affect almost nothing and the NPCs are wooden and uninteresting.

    Graphically the game looks very dated, the ships flying around in orbit look like they've just been pasted in and are being pulled around on string like cardboard cutouts, New Atlantis looks particularly bad. Neon looks better but not by much.

    NPCs are just pathing around, they look like copy / paste clones, there are no schedules or life to them.

    Loading screens abound, almost everything has a loading screen, entering a building..loading, taking off..loading, landing..loading, using an elevator..loading, you get the idea.

    The UI is truly awful, each screen seems to have it's own shortcuts using the same keys for different actions, there is no consistency. On one screen it might be Q and T to scroll through tabs, on another it might be Z and C. One screen might using Tab to exit, another uses Esc.

    The controls in the ship builder and output builder are especially bad, placing components on your ship should be quite easy, but trying to drag a component from one level of the ship to another horrible. The output builder is even worse, the overhead camera view has some of the weirdest controls I've come across with mouse-X rotating and mouse-Y zooming, mouse-wheel changing item, left and right buttons rotating the item. And rotate isn't snapped at all, it's almost impossible to align anything with each other or the outpost walls. Games like Satisfactory, Space Engineers and pretty much anything do a much better job.

    The game might improve, I've only played for 20 hours, but I don't feel like sinking any more time into it. I've more than enough other games to play, RPGs with great RPG mechanics, space games with actual space flight and story driven games with far more compelling stories.

    TLDR;

    Space game without real space travel
    RPG without any ability to actually play a role and have any impact
    Ship and outpost builder with awful UI
    Living world with lifeless NPCs
    Next-gen with 5-10 with aged gfx    … Expand
  39. Shad0wM0ses
    Sep 10, 2023
    5
    This game gets boring fast. It’s a damn loading screen simulator. Nothing like what they advertised. Just loading screen after loading screen. I have a 4080 with all the bells and whistles and it’s still super annoying. I can only imagine how it’s runs on Xbox. Yikes. It’s not a 0 and for sure isn’t a 10 so don’t believe those review bombs or the perfect scores, this is far from either. ItThis game gets boring fast. It’s a damn loading screen simulator. Nothing like what they advertised. Just loading screen after loading screen. I have a 4080 with all the bells and whistles and it’s still super annoying. I can only imagine how it’s runs on Xbox. Yikes. It’s not a 0 and for sure isn’t a 10 so don’t believe those review bombs or the perfect scores, this is far from either. It looks good sometimes…then the npcs just do these weird faces, or glitch out somewhere. Also, only women and people of color made it to the future. All the black people have white people hair too, it’s quite hilarious how consistent this look comes around. All the leaders are women pretty much. It’s an ok game. A Bethesda game at its core as far as bugs and glitches. I liked Skyrim much more. Never got deep into any of the Fallouts as they bored me quite fast. If you want to travel in a space ship from planet to planet, this ain’t it. It’s smoke and mirrors to make it seem like you are. All in all, if you’re a diehard Bethesda fan then this game will be just fine for you. It just isn’t for me. I have over 50 hours logged and I’m pretty much done with it. Had minimal fun when it did come around. Looks good though…sometimes.… Expand
  40. xboxbrx
    Sep 10, 2023
    0
    Starfield é um grande jogo com oportunidades desperdiçadas pelo seu motor grafico pifio.

    bethesda fica mt na zona de conforto com essa porcaria de motor grafico. eu esperava um grande jogo com grandes possibilidades. que na verdade foi entregue um jogo mediano para ruim. com quase nda de "novo" e nem exploravel. que com 5 planetas visitados vc já ta exausto e só faz fast travels.    Starfield é um grande jogo com oportunidades desperdiçadas pelo seu motor grafico pifio.

    bethesda fica mt na zona de conforto com essa porcaria de motor grafico.
    eu esperava um grande jogo com grandes possibilidades.
    que na verdade foi entregue um jogo mediano para ruim.
    com quase nda de "novo" e nem exploravel. que com 5 planetas visitados vc já ta exausto e só faz fast travels.

    sem contar os loadings infinitos até para abrir porta.
    parece que o jogo ta rodando em um CD-ROM dos anos 90.
    uma vergonha uma coisa destas.
    dona bethesda bora mudar essa merda de motor ultrapassado e fazer os jogos brilharem aos olhos.
    rpg vcs sabem fazer, mas fazer a mesma coisa o tempo todo é foda.
    ta na hora de sair da zona de conforto.    … Expand
  41. fcbugraozturk
    Sep 10, 2023
    10
    This is awesome game. Ps fan boy dont play this game and sent review. Mods fix all AI problem. This game has endless fun with mods.
  42. oLKblast
    Sep 10, 2023
    10
    Jogo incrível! Gráficos, historia excelente, Side Quests bem feitas e muito boas, Diálogos sem Enrolação e direto ao ponto, A ambientação do game é Fantástica cada planeta tem seu charme por
    Exemplo: Paradise que é um dos lugares mais bonitos do jogo, conclusão: é um jogaço! valeu a pena Esperar era oq eu já tinha em mente e não um No Man's Sky 2, não criei uma uma ideia errada como    Jogo incrível! Gráficos, historia excelente, Side Quests bem feitas e muito boas, Diálogos sem Enrolação e direto ao ponto, A ambientação do game é Fantástica cada planeta tem seu charme por
    Exemplo: Paradise que é um dos lugares mais bonitos do jogo, conclusão: é um jogaço! valeu a pena Esperar era oq eu já tinha em mente e não um No Man's Sky 2, não criei uma uma ideia errada como Muitos por ai, apenas soube entender a verdadeira proposta do game que é um RPG e não um Survive! Recomendo jogar o game antes de tirar conclusões e falar qualquer coisas na internet.    … Expand
  43. Efendi_
    Sep 10, 2023
    6
    The following review represents my experience with Starfield after completing my first playthrough. My system specifications are as follows: I5-12400F CPU, 32 gb 3600 mhz DDR 4 ram, GTX 1080 Ti GPU. The drivers are up to date and the game is installed on an SSD. A performance mod helped me to play the game with decent framerates. My in-game stats: https://imgur.com/a/vtWKEq6

    Positives:    The following review represents my experience with Starfield after completing my first playthrough. My system specifications are as follows: I5-12400F CPU, 32 gb 3600 mhz DDR 4 ram, GTX 1080 Ti GPU. The drivers are up to date and the game is installed on an SSD. A performance mod helped me to play the game with decent framerates. My in-game stats: https://imgur.com/a/vtWKEq6

    Positives:
    - A good role playing sci-fi game with an average main story line. Some of the secondary missions are actually well written and interesting.
    - My familiarity with the previous titles helped a lot.
    - There are a lot of things a player can do, although some of them are quite boring.
    - Ship customization is fantastic.
    - Guns and gun modifications are actually ok.
    - Gunplay is responsive and a huge step forward when compared with the previous titles.
    - Planets and ships look awesome as well as the wildlife.
    - Loot variety is good.
    - Soud design and voice acting is above average.
    - Modding support will provide a long lifespan for Starfield.

    Negatives (Laundry list)
    -The game is not worth that 100 $ price. Wait for a discount.
    - My main issue is with the game difficuilty. At level 40, i was still engaging level 5 spacers in a level 40+ planet. I have started my run with hard difficuilty settings and I was swimming in money and high tier gear sometime after i reached level 20. My character was very strong and i was able to take out even level 50 creatures without any effort. And i did not change my preferred firearm and sidearm since i found it sometime around level 25.
    - Weapons lack a decent balance. Some are over-powered, some are absolutely useless.
    - The world does not scale up with your level. That is unfortunate.
    - Fast travel options and lack of food/water consumption breaks the game immersion. It felt like 2/3 of the space part of the game is scrapped half way during the development.
    - Most of the assets or dungeon designs repeat itself way too much. Same cave, same abandoned mining outpost, same abandoned military out post vice versa with the same loot locations is copy-pasted to the each world (There are hundreds). The game becomes repetitive after some time.
    - The game seriously lacks enemy variety.
    - Some basic features such as jumpjet usage or pickpocketing are locked behind the perk system.
    - 'XP earned' notification at the center of my screen every time i kill an enemy distracts myself way too much. I have disabled it very quickly.
    - UI design is bad. Inventory management is horrible. Mods fix some of the issues.
    - Space combat fails to deliver what i was hoping to see.
    - During one half of my gameplay, i was constantly overloaded. I have modded the carry capacity from 100 to 1000 and the mod solved my problem. I regret the skill points i have invested for more weight carrying capacity. There are some bad design choices here.
    - Outpost building mechanic is half baked. I will give an example, there is no item filtering for your storage containers. Logistics get clogged. Outpost structure placements are seriously bugged. Actually ahrd to do anything with it.

    This is where Bethesda has dropped the ball:
    - Regrettably Bethesda has once again used the archaic 'Creation engine'. If starfield was released in 2010, it would be an awesome game. But in 2023, it looks outdated. With that budget, a better game engine, such as Unreal (Nanite technology) could be licensed.
    - PC gameplay is terribly optimized, or not optimized at all. When compared with other titles out there, such as Cyberpunk, there is no justifiable reason to demand such high PC specs.
    - No FOV slider, had to mod it.
    - Creation engine brings serious limitations of what could be done with the world design, also known as 'Loading screens'.
    - Even a single room shop requires a loading screen. Going to space is a loading screen. Landing is a loading screen. Getting back into the ship is a loading screen. Using an elevator is a loading screen. Opening a door is a loading screen. You get the idea, right?
    - NPC design looks bad, animations are not good either. Regular non-interactable NPC s such as pedestrians looks horrible. Something wrong with the eyes.
    - AI is terrible. Sometimes the enemy you are engaging does not even realize that he is being sniped bullet after bullet. Characters get stuck a lot, pathfinding is not working properly.
    - Dialogue screens are outdated. No meaningful, rich or rewarding NPC interactions either.
    - Sneaking does not work, i have tried and abandoned it very quickly. Reverted to one of the previous savegames to get the skillpoint investment back. Do not bother.
    - Same-gender relationships inside the game presented as something normal (A ring quest).

    What is commented above is my personal experience, your mileage may vary. However i would suggest someone considering a purchase to wait for patches to fix some of the issues and more mods.    … Expand
  44. brjason3
    Sep 9, 2023
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Só tenho a lamentar por todos esses haters de Starfield nos comentários. O jogo é imenso, detalhado e divertido. Quanto mais vc joga, mais vc quer continuar naquele universo, explorando, criando entreposto, ajudando os npcs daquele universo e até esquece das Quests principais. Olha o tamanho dessa área desse planeta e vc pensa "caralho, tem mais uma porrada de galáxia que eu nem fui ainda". Starfield é o maior jogo que já tive o prazer de jogar e pra vc que gosta de falar mal do jogo, só resta falar mal mesmo, pq a grande maioria vai lá, joga e percebe que tudo que vcs estão propagando são asneiras. Starfield é gigante… Expand
  45. Grummz
    Sep 10, 2023
    10
    Best game i have ever played, game of the decade, i wish i could have worked on this game instead, i respect bethseda a lot for putting out a game this amazing
  46. FunSpeculation
    Sep 10, 2023
    10
    First review here.. Starfield exceeded all my expectations for the next great Bethesda rpg.. no game is perfect and there are a few tweaks that could help like better inventory management, favoriting planets, city maps etc.. however none of these missing quality of life features are taking me out of this immersive experience.

    Exploring planets, doing missions, combat, interacting with    First review here.. Starfield exceeded all my expectations for the next great Bethesda rpg.. no game is perfect and there are a few tweaks that could help like better inventory management, favoriting planets, city maps etc.. however none of these missing quality of life features are taking me out of this immersive experience.

    Exploring planets, doing missions, combat, interacting with npcs, building outpost, the main story line.. etc is all so amazing and fun.. I absolutely love this game. It has became my favorite all time and Bethesda proved how capable they are at creating a new universe for us to explore. It is a masterpiece.    … Expand
  47. Ateriking666
    Sep 10, 2023
    1
    played the game for almost 2 hours and I closed the game and deleted it. The optimization of the game is a disgrace. The spaceship has no meaning, you can go everywhere with fast travel. The graphics are bad. There is a stupid filter and it tires your eyes. In short, this game did not meet my expectations and disappointed me.
  48. Attilio87
    Sep 10, 2023
    2
    GRAPHICS ARE A JOKE ! BAD IA AND BAD ANIMATIONS , cant land ! Cant takeoff, cant explore . Bad optímezed
  49. Baxwil
    Sep 10, 2023
    0
    Im Pc player i AM cery sąd. Games not have 1000 planet have 700 van only Explore 500!
    This od very flat and loading and terrible .
    Im very sad game is close beta :/
  50. KyraaN
    Sep 10, 2023
    2
    The Engine is outdated, not even support for 3840x1600. Even most Indi games support that today.
    Most time loading new map when entering something, since the engine can still not handle such stuff. No realtime travel between planets, all time need to use Waypoints, same for landing/takeoff on Planets. Feels like a game made 1990 but not 2023 with all that limitations and restrictions.    The Engine is outdated, not even support for 3840x1600. Even most Indi games support that today.
    Most time loading new map when entering something, since the engine can still not handle such stuff. No realtime travel between planets, all time need to use Waypoints, same for landing/takeoff on Planets. Feels like a game made 1990 but not 2023 with all that limitations and restrictions.
    Characters are looking also as if they would be made in 2000. Character-creation part is one of the worst i can remember in the last decates.
    Dialogs are made like it exist just one script for camera and that one is used all time. No camera movements etc, feels very static.
    Dialogs on the story telling part fells boring and flat.
    Exploring Planets is on most time pointless, but that discussion about startet months ago that this could be as boring and pointless like in No Man´s Sky, there was the hope Bathesta would make it better since they have been warned and...they failed :P (why listen to costumers as long they give the money)
    My score is also based on the price of the game. For a game in pricerange 70/100€ i can not give a better score with a outdated engine, loveles made characters, pointless number of Planets, bad inventory system, ugly character creator, flat dialogs etc. The game got the feel its made of Developers that got payed for being in office 8 hours/day, but not made by enthusiast that wanna make a great or at least good game. (Giving even the feeling like they are that kind of developers that dont even play games at all)

    Funny also the reaction given by Todd Howard that people need a better hardware for running the game smooth. Got a 13900K + 4090, with that setting and the average till low made graphic that the game offers, it should run with +200fps. Proof of the outdated engine and loveles made development.    … Expand
  51. javovega
    Sep 10, 2023
    9
    This is a Bethesda game with all its greatness and flaws. If you liked Fallout 3,4, Oblivion and Skyrim you will love this game. There is a lot of work, love and care on this game and it shows. On the other hand if you don´t like Bethesda RPGs, skip this one as there is not enough new content to interest you.
  52. Powerblazing
    Sep 10, 2023
    10
    F to all those doing review bombing, it's so so unfair it makes no sense. 90% of these people have never written a review. The other 10% it's people that rates game either with a 10 or a 0. Also 9 times ouf of 10, the 10 games would have FF16 for example. Make your own guess.
  53. dedcandance
    Sep 10, 2023
    3
    It's the most boring game I've played for 20 hours, and I have no intention of returning to it.
  54. rosk3r
    Sep 10, 2023
    8
    Starfield is the one game that suffered from player expectations, for unknown reasons many people were waiting for Star Citizen even though it was clear that it was not going to be a space simulator. Overall Starfield is Fallout 4 mixed with The Outer Worlds. Compared to the previous Bethesda games, the level of shooting has increased, but the artificial intelligence of opponents is veryStarfield is the one game that suffered from player expectations, for unknown reasons many people were waiting for Star Citizen even though it was clear that it was not going to be a space simulator. Overall Starfield is Fallout 4 mixed with The Outer Worlds. Compared to the previous Bethesda games, the level of shooting has increased, but the artificial intelligence of opponents is very disappointing. So the game turned out to be though not unambiguous, but very exciting.… Expand
  55. Cash941
    Sep 10, 2023
    8
    Have to say this game seems to be quite divisive looking at the reviews. But think if forget about ranking every individual aspect of the game separately and don't expect anything ground breaking you will enjoy this game you'll like it . Yes the graphics are just ok the writing is also ok and the inventory system is poor but there are lots of very interesting characters, factions and loreHave to say this game seems to be quite divisive looking at the reviews. But think if forget about ranking every individual aspect of the game separately and don't expect anything ground breaking you will enjoy this game you'll like it . Yes the graphics are just ok the writing is also ok and the inventory system is poor but there are lots of very interesting characters, factions and lore and has tons of fun quests. I am really enjoying the gunplay and ship building and fighting. every fight is different depending on the gravity levels which really make the gameplay dynamic as well as the ability to play in 1st and 3rd person. My biggest gripe with the game is the amount of loading screens were does wear on me from time to time.

    I'm no Bethesda fanboy I didn't finish fallout 3 and would of give fallout 4 a rating of 6. And even though ino it done alot of individual things better than starfield it wasn't as fun and that's what this game is fun the most important thing for a game to be fun.    … Expand
  56. TRLEGENDARIO
    Sep 10, 2023
    2
    (30fps) No puedes crear un hombre típico. TIENEN UNA CADERA EXAGERADA. Prueba a ponerlo muy delgado y ríete! Buena música con GRAFICOS DESFASADOS! Muchos planetas VACÍOS y sin posibilidad de correr (se te acaba el oxigeno) Buena ambientación con MUY MALA IA + fallos técnicos del siglo pasado (atraviesas todo, saltas en el agua, animales juntos que hacen la misma animación exacta, etc.)(30fps) No puedes crear un hombre típico. TIENEN UNA CADERA EXAGERADA. Prueba a ponerlo muy delgado y ríete! Buena música con GRAFICOS DESFASADOS! Muchos planetas VACÍOS y sin posibilidad de correr (se te acaba el oxigeno) Buena ambientación con MUY MALA IA + fallos técnicos del siglo pasado (atraviesas todo, saltas en el agua, animales juntos que hacen la misma animación exacta, etc.) Dialogos de Oblivion pero con una atmosfera futuristica...
    Copia visualmente a Cyberpunk y copia mecánicas de STARLINK.
    Me quedo con la música y con la ilusión que me tuve al jugarlo el primer día. (30 fps)    … Expand
  57. Balugasnap
    Sep 10, 2023
    0
    20 hour game has 13 hours of cutscenes, plus most of the game is loading screens.
  58. yogiwolf
    Sep 10, 2023
    10
    Has been a long time since a game has captivated me the way Statfield has! Game is easily a 10. Game of the year in my book!!!!
  59. GH0stJT
    Sep 7, 2023
    3
    bethesda lost their pass with Fallout 76 and some of you said THE thing who changed game reviews as of now...Holy Baldur's Gate 3 came! now people asked other than passable games, jesus we are paying nearly hundreds $$ for these games we are in our rights to ask a multi billion compagny to make a GOOD games!!! larian did nearly perfection and they didnt had a mighty compagny like Microsoftbethesda lost their pass with Fallout 76 and some of you said THE thing who changed game reviews as of now...Holy Baldur's Gate 3 came! now people asked other than passable games, jesus we are paying nearly hundreds $$ for these games we are in our rights to ask a multi billion compagny to make a GOOD games!!! larian did nearly perfection and they didnt had a mighty compagny like Microsoft behind them!! It is hard to see were their 200 millions $ budget games with 8 years of making went!!!

    I am a bethesda fanboy to the heart but I have to see the truth....this game is not a revolution... I like it but it is not a wonder! in my second encounter of the game i finally passed it because I was able to find the last ennemy glitched in a wall because i saw his arm loll and you have the audacity to tell people that your game is polished? Come on 5/10 at the time im writing this it is pretty fair

    update im at 30 hrs and, despite the ship customization and couple of good event and situation....I stand to my 12-15 ish hours review above

    So sad a game with so much potential... I will probably keep playing it until the new update of cyberpunk 2077 and after wait for a huge overhaul...    … Expand
  60. chef_H
    Sep 10, 2023
    10
    ive played about 20 hours. game is very fun. stories and missions are so far entertaining. it's definitely not a 10/10 but doing my part to counter the dumb 0/10 reviews. it's a 7.5-8/10 for me. if you enjoy fallout or Skyrim you'll love the missions and. similar gameplay. lots of looting, very Bethesda style. fighting enemies and stealing ships is fun. everyone is mentioning excessiveive played about 20 hours. game is very fun. stories and missions are so far entertaining. it's definitely not a 10/10 but doing my part to counter the dumb 0/10 reviews. it's a 7.5-8/10 for me. if you enjoy fallout or Skyrim you'll love the missions and. similar gameplay. lots of looting, very Bethesda style. fighting enemies and stealing ships is fun. everyone is mentioning excessive loading which I'm not really noticing myself but am running 7900xtx and 7950x cpu. so could be worse for others.… Expand
  61. Yormungandr
    Sep 10, 2023
    0
    Its just like other No Mans Sky but you haven't much freedom, the game has too much gameplay on the menus, very boring
  62. Raffaellos
    Sep 10, 2023
    9
    Incredible history and good gameplay, The game has a beautiful graphics its amazing
  63. VitaminCx3
    Sep 10, 2023
    7
    Starts very slow and takes quite a bit of time to be fully immersed. The Good
    -Once the story gets going it’s good
    -The side missions are great -Exploration is good The Bad -The menu and UI are trash -No map -Buggy -Graphics look dated, nothing looks next gen, ugly character models -So many loading screens -30fps sucks IMO, this should’ve been a next gen game The Average -Gunplay is an    Starts very slow and takes quite a bit of time to be fully immersed. The Good
    -Once the story gets going it’s good
    -The side missions are great -Exploration is good

    The Bad -The menu and UI are trash -No map
    -Buggy
    -Graphics look dated, nothing looks next gen, ugly character models -So many loading screens -30fps sucks IMO, this should’ve been a next gen game

    The Average -Gunplay is an improvement over Fallout but still feels clunky -Having no land vehicles isn’t terrible because you can fast travel but it would’ve been a nice feature -Ship combat is mediocre Ultimately, it’s a prototypical BGS game. They tell great stories and offer great exploration but they’re never well polished games. It’s good and will eventually be great because modders will once again bail it out.    … Expand
  64. wata456
    Sep 10, 2023
    10
    This was the best GOTY of all time. worth buying 100% buy it right now. it was amazing
  65. Ayumie
    Sep 10, 2023
    5
    Forced Time waste screens everywhere.
    This is a Quick Travel and Loading Screen Simulation. Even when theres not much loading needed lol.
    The first few times you may find it cool looking when you dock or land or lift off or whatever, but since this Game is lots of smaller spaces and lots of traveling your staring at those screens and animations become very tedious very fast. Funny Thing    Forced Time waste screens everywhere.
    This is a Quick Travel and Loading Screen Simulation. Even when theres not much loading needed lol.
    The first few times you may find it cool looking when you dock or land or lift off or whatever, but since this Game is lots of smaller spaces and lots of traveling your staring at those screens and animations become very tedious very fast.
    Funny Thing is, that these Screens add nothing but Time Waste, there is Mods out there already who remove all these Screens and Animations, and what can i say... there is almost no loading time at all so why do these Long Butt Animations exist at all?
    And Todds talking about this beeing Next Gen is like a slap in the Face.
    There is nothing Next Gen here, nothing. No DLSS No Raytracing No Pathtracing and the same Textures and Models already seen in the Fallout Series, even down to the same Voiceactors over and over again, lots of wasted Potential and bad Performance even with the best Hardware available on the Market right now, and then Todd dares to tell people to buy better Hardware cause its next gen?
    Yes it may be Bugthesdas biggest Game yet, still its not what it was advertised at.
    If you wanna see next Gen with good Performance, look at Cyberpunk, and then look Back at this big pile of Dirt here.
    Im a long Time Fallout Player ever since 1 so i was aware of all the Bethesda issues and had no Hype at all, but seeing People reviewing this as the Best Game ever with Scores of 10 i can only laugh my cheeks off.    … Expand
  66. Too_Pale
    Sep 10, 2023
    10
    Game is a solid 10/10. Ignore all the playstation ponies negatively review bombing the game because it's better than anything on their trashy console.
  67. Korma
    Sep 10, 2023
    7
    Starfield is a boring, soulless and outdated game. It may have been good if it was released in the early 2010's. There isn't any new idea or innovations. Exploration in space is non-existent, you can't manually land on planets, you can't manually take off from planets. Can't explore planets because you'll get hit with a invisible wall. All exploring has to be done on foot, no vehicles haveStarfield is a boring, soulless and outdated game. It may have been good if it was released in the early 2010's. There isn't any new idea or innovations. Exploration in space is non-existent, you can't manually land on planets, you can't manually take off from planets. Can't explore planets because you'll get hit with a invisible wall. All exploring has to be done on foot, no vehicles have been introduced, you will become bored within 5 minutes with the amount of running you have to do Everything is behind a loading screen, if you fast travel to a building, you will be placed outside of the building because you have to go through another loading screen. Using an engine The storyline cliché, the quests are lacking variety. All caves and building interiors have the same layout.

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

    The game is not worth the hype, don't believe a word from Todd Howard when he starts flogging Elder Scrolls 6.    … Expand
  68. Gh05tm4ch1n3
    Sep 10, 2023
    10
    Game is honestly a jack of all trades master of none. No it isnt landing and take off and fly through to landing or space and it isnt a whole world generated but tiles that you can loot and discover handcrafted content on.

    What it does do well is tells a proper narrative supported by fully voiced dialogue even has lore via voice recordings ala bioshock style with some comedic elements.    Game is honestly a jack of all trades master of none. No it isnt landing and take off and fly through to landing or space and it isnt a whole world generated but tiles that you can loot and discover handcrafted content on.

    What it does do well is tells a proper narrative supported by fully voiced dialogue even has lore via voice recordings ala bioshock style with some comedic elements. Sprawling handcrafted cities that are fully explorable and more. All the mechanics looting and crime, respect and hate, companionship, lock picking, factions, quests that even have a backstory (even though some are random as hell.) Base and ship building you can even own a fleet of ships and make your own trade routed to automatically farm other resources from multiple outposts on multiple planets. The game is huge.

    Proper physics like gravity, items stay where you place them and gravity has a huge effect on derelict ships in space.

    There are some things people get over dramatic about, little things that should not even matter "this random population city generated npc is looking at me funny" there are hundreds of "random" generated npcs dont expect them all to look handcrafted like main story ones. "You cant explore the planet and it has borders" have you ever walked too france from the uk, newsflash true 1 to 1 walking sucks.

    Game is beautiful, good graphics and clever usage of light effects ray traced shadows and sprawling landscapes that have there physical feel too them.

    Lots to do feels like. Masseffect, bioshock, star citizen, no mans sky, fallout in space all wrapped into 1 neat package.

    If you like any of them games you will love starfield.

    But why a 10 you say? Because it seems like every other pony sock a count is downvoting from what i experienced to be a solid game that deserves better then stupid people downvoting it cause its not in there piece of plastic its pathetic. Ps. Ignore jim sterling (jimquisition), meritstation and ign US reviews. Ive read them and there is all sorts of lying going on sterling said "No Man’s Sky’s randomly generated worlds may have been rather soulless, but at least you didn’t explore identical buildings and identical caves full of identical furnishings and identical encounters" Ive played nms since its launch and everything jim said there is a utter lie.    … Expand
  69. Nananhu
    Sep 10, 2023
    1
    Usually Starfields Setting would be right up my alley. But my anticipation evaporated at record pace. The Story is super boring, your decisions don't matter. I'm around 60 hours in and never has there been a moment i was captured by the games story, characters or maps. Im kind of angry that it took me so many hours to realize that this game is generic and has a horrible engine. Sadly iUsually Starfields Setting would be right up my alley. But my anticipation evaporated at record pace. The Story is super boring, your decisions don't matter. I'm around 60 hours in and never has there been a moment i was captured by the games story, characters or maps. Im kind of angry that it took me so many hours to realize that this game is generic and has a horrible engine. Sadly i can't refund the game because i thought maybe it gets good after the next 10-20 hours. The 1 point i gave is for the modding support. Maybe a great Mod someday will make the wasted 70 bucks hurt a little less.… Expand
  70. Amohn
    Sep 10, 2023
    10
    Fantastic game! If you enjoyed the previous game by Bethesda, and you're into sci fi, you'll enjoy this for sure.
  71. Orndstein
    Sep 10, 2023
    4
    Worst ""modern" Bethesda single player game, (and actually may be worse than fallout76 - it at least had solid exploration). i've played for about 15 hours (not one sitting) and i got so bored i uninstalled.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

    All in all, you'd do far better just playing skyrim again, or fallout, of no mans sky. There is no space in this game or in the gaming world for this game, especially since company that made it already made superior games with the same formula.    … Expand
  72. Robert88
    Sep 10, 2023
    10
    Starfield is a game in which you need to invest time in to , from character customization to ship building, base building, space suit upgrades , cooking , making medical supplies , armor and weapon mods .Where there is a lot of random quest and adventure to see you’ll find your quest log easily piling up in no time. While Starfield offers all these great things , the graphics andStarfield is a game in which you need to invest time in to , from character customization to ship building, base building, space suit upgrades , cooking , making medical supplies , armor and weapon mods .Where there is a lot of random quest and adventure to see you’ll find your quest log easily piling up in no time. While Starfield offers all these great things , the graphics and gameplay is really amazing , the exploration aspect of the game is a bit lacking ..( starfield honestly doesnt deserve the hate it is getting so I am giving it a ten to push the score up while the game is really a 9 since xbots and Sony ponies are reviewing this game negatively) Should it be rated a 0/10 absolutely not! . The game has so much . Pick it up if you don’t have much else to play… Expand
  73. Falmust
    Sep 10, 2023
    0
    Worst Bethesda game ever. Worst engine (hello from 2002), worst loadings, worst space, worst animation, just worst
  74. woopz
    Sep 10, 2023
    4
    below average, can't wait for the moders to get some good mods out..........
  75. mosti
    Sep 10, 2023
    6
    The space travel aspect in the game is merely a shallow feature that allows you to say, "Hey, you can travel in space," without much actual gameplay involved. Rather than accessing other planets through a physical menu, you access them through an interactive menu while onboard your ship.

    During my early gameplay, I had a ship battle, but there haven't been any significant encounters    The space travel aspect in the game is merely a shallow feature that allows you to say, "Hey, you can travel in space," without much actual gameplay involved. Rather than accessing other planets through a physical menu, you access them through an interactive menu while onboard your ship.

    During my early gameplay, I had a ship battle, but there haven't been any significant encounters since. However, it's possible that these mechanics become more prevalent later in the game. Overall, the game feels like Fallout 4 set in space, albeit without the VATS system. The gameplay, loot gathering, and usage of loot resemble Fallout 4, and it doesn't bring much novel to the table. Unfortunately, there are two major flaws that significantly detract from the game.

    Firstly, the absence of land vehicles other than walking is incredibly frustrating. Sprinting depletes your oxygen rapidly, and traveling from point A to point B takes a frustratingly long time due to the vast expanses of empty space between them.

    Secondly, unlike in Fallout, where you could spot distant landmarks and explore the areas in between, this game lacks that sense of discovery. Either the long-distance visuals don't appear until you're closer, or there genuinely isn't much of interest on each planet.

    Despite boasting a staggering number of 1000 planets to explore, it fails to capture the same sense of exploration found in Fallout or Skyrim. The issue might stem from the arduousness of traveling around, especially from point A to point B.

    On the positive side, the game mechanics are solid and offer a diverse range of activities. Crafting weapons, armor, ship upgrades, and mining minerals form an intricate system. However, it would have been more enjoyable if the developers had focused on improving the content of a smaller number of planets, rather than spreading themselves thin over 10000 planets.

    Additionally, the game suffers from technical issues. HDR is glitchy, the lack of an FOV slider and brightness adjustment is noticeable, and the lighting is subpar for a next-gen game. The PC optimization is questionable, although it's worth noting that some players forget that DLSS is not available in this game, causing performance struggles for those with lower-end GPUs.

    Overall, I would rate the game a 6/10. If they were to address some key issues by adding a land vehicle, fixing HDR, introducing an FOV slider, and implementing DLSS, the score could potentially reach a 7/10. To further improve, they should focus on creating more points of interest on fewer planets, as the current quantity feels gimmicky. With such changes, the game could potentially earn a 9/10 rating.    … Expand
  76. fattelica
    Sep 10, 2023
    0
    Starfield VOTE: 0
    System requirements and graphics rendering: for what it offers visually is in no way justifiable VOTE: 4
    UI: sucks you can't tell if you're selling and what in what amount how much the seller is paying you (because the price you sell at is always lower than the actual price...) VOTE: 3 -AI: Or better say artificial deficiency is NOT allowable of 2023 such crap in any    Starfield VOTE: 0
    System requirements and graphics rendering: for what it offers visually is in no way justifiable VOTE: 4
    UI: sucks you can't tell if you're selling and what in what amount how much the seller is paying you (because the price you sell at is always lower than the actual price...) VOTE: 3
    -AI: Or better say artificial deficiency is NOT allowable of 2023 such crap in any game!!! VOTE: 0
    Character creation: Putting names instead of numbers was difficult?!? who cares to me about eyes color 1-2-3 ect instead of black, brown ect and anyway unsatisfactory too few options VOTE: 2
    Spaceships: But are they of any use? never used so much there is quick travel much more efficient without all the loading than taking the ship. Consequently what do I do with the BAD and HORRIBLE ship builder? VOTE: 1
    NPCS AND ANIMATIONS: Welcome back to 2013!!! VOTE: 0
    Outposts: Same as the ships VOTE: 0
    Crafting: Same as above VOTE: 0
    Environmental and physical interaction (trees, grass etc): NON-EXISTENT VOTE: 0
    LOADS: Welcome back to 2008!!! You enter a building and take an elevator? LOADING!!! in a very long dungeon you open a door? LOADING! do you take the ship and exit planet? LOADING!!! VOTE: 0 please tell bethesda we have direct storage!!!
    RAY TRACING and upscaling: DOES NOT EXIST the fsr2 implemented sucks the worst ever seen in a game VOTE: 0
    HISTORY AND DIALOGUE: I finished the game and already I have forgotten everything VOTE: 0
    COMPANIONS: Compliments to bethesda more stupid and anonymous than fallout/skyrim!!!
    ROMANCE: Some stupid quest with no emotional/story impact.... VOTE: 0
    SHOOTING: It sucks to shoot a gun or a grenade launcher and it's the same!! VOTE:0
    PLANET EXPLORATION: only a small portion can be visited if you go too far there is an invisible wall and a message to return to the ship!! Thanks bethesda for this crap!! VOTE 0
    and much more that I don't remember in a few words there is nothing decent and I still have nothing to play!! Better skyrim/fallout with mods instead of this garbage!
    I thank bethesda for having succeeded in the impossible feat of making this crap in 2023 (I emphasize in case they ever use a different calendar that WE ARE IN 2023!!!!! not in 2013)
    This is a SCAM not a video game I WILL NOT BUY your products anymore!!    … Expand
  77. dfanz0r
    Sep 10, 2023
    10
    I'm not typically into single player games for various reasons but man I've had a great time with starfield. Yes it's not perfect and there is a lot of room for improvement but that doesn't impact how much fun I've had with the game. I have 50+ game hours in the game currently(hard to say exactly with me having left the game open once or twice)

    The ship builder has been a ton of fun, ship    I'm not typically into single player games for various reasons but man I've had a great time with starfield. Yes it's not perfect and there is a lot of room for improvement but that doesn't impact how much fun I've had with the game. I have 50+ game hours in the game currently(hard to say exactly with me having left the game open once or twice)

    The ship builder has been a ton of fun, ship combat feels really nice without being overly complicated. The skills tree is extremely extensive and in depth. The powers have been my least cared about feature since they just aren't very impactful yet. I'm currently on the last story mission, and man I love how the story works here.    … Expand
  78. KingsleyCurls
    Sep 10, 2023
    10
    Great game! Takes a bit to get going but overall a great experience. A lot of to do, and the space combat is incredible
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  79. extremelybad
    Sep 10, 2023
    0
    A space exploration RPG unlike any other, because it fails at every conceivable aspect of the game that could be interesting or fun. Never in my life have I been more disappointed by a game, and more bewildered by the amount of great reviews by critics. Maybe the game is more fun to play if you get paid to do it, sadly I'm in no such position and spending my free time playing this bug festA space exploration RPG unlike any other, because it fails at every conceivable aspect of the game that could be interesting or fun. Never in my life have I been more disappointed by a game, and more bewildered by the amount of great reviews by critics. Maybe the game is more fun to play if you get paid to do it, sadly I'm in no such position and spending my free time playing this bug fest of an alpha release is never going to happen again. A dead, barren wasteland filled to the brim with tedious menus and loading screens, horrible AI and writing. Any second spent on this game is a second wasted.

    Thank you, Starfield, for giving me a reason to cancel my gamepass. Money saved.    … Expand
  80. FlameHaze10
    Sep 10, 2023
    8
    Pros:
    - Graphics.
    - World
    - Gameplay
    - Story
    - Physics
    - Ship creation
    - Exploration
    Cons:
    - Unoptimized in some hardware.
    - Must be installed in SSD

    Neutral:
    - Losing hours of my life.

    Verdict:
    If you like Bethesda games, you'll like this Starfield.
  81. xDedongo
    Sep 10, 2023
    3
    Oh, I didn't know that Metroid Other M had a graphics update.

    Well, still Other M tho
  82. JokeSociety
    Sep 10, 2023
    0
    Garbage game that doesn't live up to previous Bethesda titles and forced "preferred pronouns" that are forced on people. They say it's not a big deal, but then they ban mods that remove the "preferred pronoun" bs.

    Have fun with all the refunds people will be getting.
  83. Edununes
    Sep 9, 2023
    10
    O maior game deste ano com toda a certeza, o jogo é simplesmente um espetáculo!
  84. rhah
    Sep 10, 2023
    9
    Starfield is a big step up from previous Bethesda games. Almost every aspect was improved upon. That said, it's still a Bethesda game as far as gameplay goes. Very smooth launch as well.
  85. Junowo
    Sep 10, 2023
    0
    One of the best games ive ever played. Folks are big mad over loading screens. They clearly dont remember the days of having to swap out the cd multiple times to play a game. Dont heed the haters.
  86. Deadalon
    Sep 10, 2023
    4
    My recommendation on Starfield right now is to wait 1 or 2 months and see what Bethesta can fix in terms of bugs and issues. Some of the issues might sadly be too problematic to even fix. Combat AI for example. But until these issues are sorted, the game is simply not worth playing - knowing it could be done better. The game is only 4 out of 10 until these fixes go through.
  87. N1CKPROGAMER
    Sep 10, 2023
    10
    Miglior gioco della storia, capolavoro assoluto, grafica straordinaria, storia bellissima, gioco mastodontico, virtualmente infinito. Goty 2023.
  88. Enes6775
    Sep 10, 2023
    6
    İ played 12 hours and those loadscreens and in-game cutscenes made me stop playing it. İ thought i would get used to it but it got worse. İt's like this: loadscreen, cutscene, loadscreen, talking, walking around, loadscreen, cutscene, loadscreen, a bit of action, cutscene, loadscreen cutscene. Even sitting down on a random bench is a cutscene. My head hurts because of refocusing on theİ played 12 hours and those loadscreens and in-game cutscenes made me stop playing it. İ thought i would get used to it but it got worse. İt's like this: loadscreen, cutscene, loadscreen, talking, walking around, loadscreen, cutscene, loadscreen, a bit of action, cutscene, loadscreen cutscene. Even sitting down on a random bench is a cutscene. My head hurts because of refocusing on the game after every loadscreen or cutscene. Good: Graphics, story, amount of content, space fights, ship building. Bad: The enemy Aİ is trash and way too easy to kill. TOO MUCH loadscreens and cutscenes kills the immersiveness, gameplay is basic nothing special, no maps which made me spend too much time ln finding some stores etc, no vehicles.… Expand
  89. Odin-Son94
    Sep 10, 2023
    0
    This game is so boring The planets are 90% empty alot of loading screens Space Battles is bad and limited
  90. Posty567
    Sep 10, 2023
    10
    Absolutely great game. A huge step over what was for me a disappointment Fallout 4.
  91. 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
  92. panamaniacs2011
    Sep 10, 2023
    1
    starfield with maxed out graphics look like a 5 year old game that unironically cannot run properly even on current top of the line gaming pc , there are games that look much better and requiere less to run properly , bethesda dropped the ball
  93. AMMARMX
    Sep 9, 2023
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. العاب جميل جدا ولكن هونك بعض المشاكل التقنيه و العاب تحتاج التعريب… Expand
  94. 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
  95. xxxpirataxxx
    Sep 10, 2023
    0
    This game should be a open World Space exploration RPG....

    but its nothing of it... i mean yeah its an bad written RPG okay... but in space... no exploration... no space ship flying... no open world... its just as i like to call it a "Box to Box" loading screen game... exploration is so useless here and dont feels like u ever left the last system or planet... 10 loading    This game should be a open World Space exploration RPG....

    but its nothing of it... i mean yeah its an bad written RPG okay... but
    in space... no exploration... no space ship flying... no open world...

    its just as i like to call it a "Box to Box" loading screen game...

    exploration is so useless here and dont feels like u ever left the last system or planet...

    10 loading screens to come to the next system from 1 city to another... and they are all meaningless steps...

    i mean u could also have a rick and morty portal gun and thats it... 1 loading screen and bye fake "space exploration" wich does not exist at all... and we would at least got not a loading screen simulation...

    i am sorry bethesda but nobody of you played ever an exploration game like no mans sky... this feels immersive... this even has a story... this even has no walls and 100 restrictions like your "open world"... in NMS i can actually explore and have a progress with my ships and weapons and upgrades and then u can quest too... and have a interesting deep story!!! Collapse    … Expand
  96. gonzalesincorp
    Sep 10, 2023
    2
    The game is just disgusting, after so much development time, they did IT. Outdated mechanics, eternal loading, empty space, the level of the game is terrible.
  97. hasatti
    Sep 10, 2023
    0
    The game looks like it's from 2015 and has requirements from 2027. The game has no optimization and is not suitable for this purpose. With these requirements it should look like a movie
  98. brainboru
    Sep 10, 2023
    10
    What a great game. Unparalleled freedom to just do whatever you want. I'll be playing this for years to come.
  99. DoubleDrizzle
    Sep 10, 2023
    0
    Performance and optimization is abysimal. Bethesda answer to that is basically "just buy better hardware and it will run well", whilst even the highest end of hardware available to mankind can't maintain 60fps @native 4k - wiithout RT.

    With that matter aside, the actual gameplay is a time sink with endless grind and repetition. After 10 hours, everything feels like hard labour and    Performance and optimization is abysimal. Bethesda answer to that is basically "just buy better hardware and it will run well", whilst even the highest end of hardware available to mankind can't maintain 60fps @native 4k - wiithout RT.

    With that matter aside, the actual gameplay is a time sink with endless grind and repetition.

    After 10 hours, everything feels like hard labour and work, instead of being fun and interesting.    … Expand
  100. grassnooper
    Sep 10, 2023
    10
    Peopl complain about this game non having seamless landings, hyperdrive etc.. It is a space RPG game, not a space sim, if you expect it to be like Elite Dangerous or Starcitizen then you're just wrong ... and should stop comparing it with them.

    Manually landing and travelling from planet to planet is fun at the beginning, but then become boring in the long term. Beside, you can still    Peopl complain about this game non having seamless landings, hyperdrive etc.. It is a space RPG game, not a space sim, if you expect it to be like Elite Dangerous or Starcitizen then you're just wrong ... and should stop comparing it with them.

    Manually landing and travelling from planet to planet is fun at the beginning, but then become boring in the long term. Beside, you can still land wherever you want on a planet.

    The graphics are stunning (on PC, it's better to use a custom LUTs mod called "NaturaLUTS" to remove the green filter and have better contrast), the dynamic weather is stunning, every single planet and asteroid are dynamically orbiting, so what you see is actually the current state of the system, and the game even has eclipses...

    I'll put a 10/10 just to balance the wrong/incorrect reviews.    … Expand
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85

Generally favorable reviews - based on 75 Critic Reviews

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