Starfield

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5.6

Mixed or average reviews- based on 5711 Ratings

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  1. Positive: 2,635 out of 5711
  2. Mixed: 612 out of 5711
  3. Negative: 2,464 out of 5711
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  1. Stevesix
    Sep 8, 2023
    2
    Play, in early access, (via Game Pass) by purchasing the Deluxe version.
    Only FSR and no DLSS at day One? (Maybe never). I have no intention of financing a modder for something that, in 2023, Bethesda and Microsoft should implement (especially in a product like this) without ifs and buts! AMD or no AMD!
  2. DrewDrawed
    Sep 8, 2023
    10
    Love it all so much. What a great space exploration game. I’me going to be exploring this game for the next several years
  3. Pepemadafaka
    Sep 8, 2023
    0
    Bugs, trash ia, boring Gameplay, the planets are empty, the faces of the NPCs are a shame, the voices arent sinchronized with the faces and the argument of the main quests is disgusting. A lame of a Game that was supposed to be one of the bests, but nothing new un bethesda. Dont buy It.
  4. ADHGO
    Sep 8, 2023
    10
    oversized open world game, the excessive realism is overwhelming for the gamer that dont have enough daily time to play for hours, I would like to thank AMD for the impresive performance delived by FSR2 on the RTX 3080Ti laptop and lookng forward to receive FSR3 update
  5. EinarHarald
    Sep 8, 2023
    7
    This is not skyrim in space, it is oblivion in space. Once you understand that your expectations will be set. This game is very inconsistent. To start several aspects of the game are 10/10, including the art direction, textures, absolute depth of content, sound (and voices), music and atmosphere. The music is superb and the artists did a phenomenal job creating a NASAPunk art style.This is not skyrim in space, it is oblivion in space. Once you understand that your expectations will be set. This game is very inconsistent. To start several aspects of the game are 10/10, including the art direction, textures, absolute depth of content, sound (and voices), music and atmosphere. The music is superb and the artists did a phenomenal job creating a NASAPunk art style.
    However, the game is extremely lazy and incompetent when it comes to other aspects, close to 3/10. This includes the story which is in my opinion 0/10 and the world building and level design. There IS SO MUCH that can be done in space, but the combat is barely different from fallout 4/76. Every conversation with NPCs results in a fetch quest. I s*it you not, in 1 hour in new atlantis I stumbled upon 5 different fetch quests including getting a coffee for a Janitor. What in the actual crap is this? The writers of this game are absolutely incompetent, it feels like a clone of the previous games writing-wise. And the role-playing aspects aren't improved upon since Fallout 3. In fact in FO3 you could role-play more effectively. The quest designers and writers need to be FIRED. The UI design IS ATROCIOUS. It gives me anxiety.
    Finally as always, this game will be endless with mods. Mods will find creativity that bethesda writers and game designers don't have    … Expand
  6. ffp
    Sep 8, 2023
    2
    uninspired, same ol recipe but cooked on a better pot.
    took me 14 hours for the game to actually get slightly better only to repeat same bs all over the world again.
    save your buckos
  7. Luiszxc
    Sep 8, 2023
    10
    Bom jogo RPG, quando estou a jogar o tempo passa depresa, muita coisa para fazer, rpg diferente dos outros, já joguei 30 horas deste jogo.
  8. oizzirbaF1
    Sep 8, 2023
    8
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I've played for a few hours now, I'm not a professional critic, It would be difficult to be impartial for something I really liked, the game is incredible, my PC gamer suffers a little to run, but I believe that correction patches should be released soon, making the game more optimized, there are many loading screens being negative. It doesn't disrupt our experience as gamers that much. Overall it's a good game, with personality, I hope to play for many more hours.… Expand
  9. Gr8B8M8
    Sep 8, 2023
    8
    The trolls can eat poop. The game is fine and pretty much on par for a game from Bethesda. The pronoun whiners need to be deleted.
  10. TheAnchormanV
    Sep 8, 2023
    9
    Good game for anyone looking for a quality Bethesda RPG. Review bombing is so pointless
  11. Beyhey
    Sep 8, 2023
    9
    Just play for few hours main story. Game grows onto you. Its good. Have a try.
  12. 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"
  13. DireRaven09
    Sep 8, 2023
    0
    I went and especially got a gamepass subscription for it, waited for 120gb download and uninstalled the game in 4 hours of playtime.

    The jank and clunkyness is so extreme. No FOV slider in 2023, the UI runs at 30fps, the shooting feels and sounds like a 2004 game, way too much fast travel, no ground vehicles, its a horrible experience.

    BETHESDA IS INCAPABLE OF MAKING A NEXT GEN GAME.
  14. Meikla
    Sep 8, 2023
    10
    What a time to be a game pass owner. This game is pure fun with a great story and top graphic. Bethesda did it!
  15. Magestis
    Sep 8, 2023
    8
    yes I admit it has many flaws, but if the game is really interesting, it's not a goty or a 10 game but it's a good game, the title offers a lot of space for exploration at the same time between crafting and missions you can waste many hours on it, for sure the optimization isn't perfect, but I remember games like Gollum, Gotham Knights that came out at full price and didn't even work for a while.
  16. DVVaG
    Sep 8, 2023
    5
    Too many loading screens. Feels lazy. Breaks immersion. Very linear. No open world exploration. No space exploration. No planet exploration. Invisible walls after only 5 minutes of walking in one direction…Fishbowl environment

    No base building until end game. Mechanics locked behind boring story. Overall the game feels lazy & outdated. It offers nothing new. There are other space    Too many loading screens. Feels lazy. Breaks immersion. Very linear. No open world exploration. No space exploration. No planet exploration. Invisible walls after only 5 minutes of walking in one direction…Fishbowl environment

    No base building until end game. Mechanics locked behind boring story.

    Overall the game feels lazy & outdated. It offers nothing new. There are other space games that do this much better. [Space Engineers, No Mans Sky, Star Citizen] Starfield is a shell of other games. You would only enjoy this game if you’ve never played No Mans Sky or Space Engineers or Star Citizen. This is NOT your traditional Bethesda open world experience. This is nothing like Skyrim or Fallout 4.

    I played No Mans Sky for the first time one week before Starfield’s release. Starfield is trying to do what No Mans Sky already did…    … Expand
  17. heitsantos
    Sep 8, 2023
    1
    I was actually hyped for this game, to get this souless bs is just somenthing else really. I f love Skyrim, but the freedom that other Bethesda games provides you is not present in this one. Besides, thats one ugly looking game ngl
  18. Xvgame
    Sep 8, 2023
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Que jogo fantástico, estou adorando, Starfield e um jogo pra jogar por um bom tempo.… Expand
  19. Gabritzke
    Sep 8, 2023
    9
    Very good actually!
    I was a little afraid that this game would be very bad, but you know, it’s very good, a have a little nostalgic feeling when I was playing because it remembers me of Skyrim and fallout.
  20. vortice
    Sep 8, 2023
    10
    Un gran juego, coge todo lo clasico del Skyrim y del Fallout, llevandolo a su mejor nivel.
  21. fabittar
    Sep 8, 2023
    0
    I'll be honest, the game is a 5, maybe even a 6 out of 10. But I'm giving it a ZERO on account of Bethesda's LONG history is messing things up.

    I'm done with giving them a free pass. This game feels old and is very, very bland.

    I can't remember being this bored in the first few hours of a videogame in a long time.
  22. UserMike312
    Sep 8, 2023
    2
    -8 stars for forced pronouns. Yes, the (forced) pronouns thing is a big deal, here's why.

    Do lies or truth help people? It is my belief that pronouns are severely damaging mental health. Why? I believe pronouns are being pushed to help further a personal belief that biological men can be women and vice versa. And who cares? Well, in all respect, you're asking the wrong question. We    -8 stars for forced pronouns. Yes, the (forced) pronouns thing is a big deal, here's why.

    Do lies or truth help people? It is my belief that pronouns are severely damaging mental health. Why? I believe pronouns are being pushed to help further a personal belief that biological men can be women and vice versa. And who cares? Well, in all respect, you're asking the wrong question. We should be asking "Do lies or truth help people?" Clearly the truth is best for us. And the truth is, it is biology, NOT us, or our feelings, that assigns chromosomes before we are born that determine male or female. (Yes, I get that there are exceptions, like with intersex born people, but the exceptions are just that - exceptions. And they are exceedingly rare. And sure, leave the pronoun choice in for them, that's okay. But forcing everyone else to choose is the problem). There is no amount of technology or feelings that can change chromosomal makeup. So therefore, men can never become women and women can never become men.

    Using pronouns helps to perpetuate a lie, which in the long run hurts people significantly. Pronouns, for thousands and thousands of years, have correlated with biology. Males are 'he' and females are 'she', etc. If I create a male character, the pronouns are understood to be used throughout the game accordingly as 'he'. There is zero reason to require that I pick pronouns because it's unnecessary. Now, as previously explained, go ahead and leave the option to choose pronouns in the game. BUT there should be a choice for those of us who do not want to help validate lies to everyone else, who is not legitimately intersexed.

    What should that choice be? There should be an option to simply leave that pronoun field blank and populate the game with the appropriate pronouns correlated to the character created as male or female.

    It's my opinion, that if you do not agree that biology and chromosomes determine male/female, please understand that it is you, not me, who believes lies and is denying truth - which is a very uncaring, unloving, hurtful, and a confusing act, that will complicate other's mental health.

    I believe history will one day look back and condemn the millions of people who would rather be part of a movement and feel a sense of social belonging, more than protecting biologically provable truth and the mental health of others. Two thumbs down Bethesda. For what it's worth, I will never be purchasing another game from you until I've ensured you are protecting the mental health of all of us.    … Expand
  23. Luzydark
    Sep 8, 2023
    1
    Grosse déception. Promesse non tenue, gameplay daté, beaucoup d'approximation, des temps de chargements partout, une finition bancale. Jeu survendu pour un résultat final très moyen
  24. 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
  25. Jaremasta
    Sep 8, 2023
    4
    Loading Screens Loading Screens Loading Screens Everywhere ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤ
  26. Galliga
    Sep 8, 2023
    10
    Game has over 80 on steam but somehow 5.5 on metacritic? yeah not buying it. Take this 10. Because screw Playstation fanboys absolutely pathetic no lives
  27. Nathes
    Sep 8, 2023
    0
    Shaping up to be an unforgetable experience.

    Pros : A one-of-a-kind rpg that expands the open word games into the vast starfield above. Once again, BGS managed to deliver a generation-type game that doesn't rely so much on individual mechanics and systems in order to shine,Although being able to design your own spaceship is kind of never seen before.The game puts forth what The    Shaping up to be an unforgetable experience.

    Pros :

    A one-of-a-kind rpg that expands the open word games into the vast starfield above.
    Once again, BGS managed to deliver a generation-type game that doesn't rely so much on
    individual mechanics and systems in order to shine,Although being able to design your own spaceship
    is kind of never seen before.The game puts forth what
    The studio is best known for unforgettable experiences.

    Now Starfield is a whole new beast. It's not the type of game you measure by play hours.
    but rather by individual stories and discoveries. You've got to play it at your own pace.
    like the explorer the game wants you to be.

    If you have the right hardware, the game can push out some of the best visuals I have ever seen.
    The designers over at BGS have created the world with mindbogling detail especially on space stuff.
    The art style is a breath of fresh air.and sets a more realistic tone for what humans can achieve
    in the not-so-distant future.

    A galaxy full of stories and history that feels alive and gives you the impression
    that everything can happen at every turn.

    Cons :

    I would like space travel to be more fluid and make me feel that I am actually traveling with my ship,
    not a sim,but not constantly having to go through menus to go somewhere.

    Slow UI and complicated menu navigation that doesn't feel very intuitive, although developers
    have implemented a lot of quality of life stuff, like being able to sell directly from the ship inventory,and others.
    The Fast travel option is ok due to the nature of the game but traveling between planets could have been more than just a loading screen.

    Conclusion :

    There is a kind of romanticism about BGS worlds and stories. A sense of noble endeavors that we like so much, and Starfield may be the best one yet!

    A big thanks to the moding community for elevating the game from day one!

    10/10: Another unforgetable experience.    … Expand
  28. Mythic82
    Sep 8, 2023
    5
    + The game offers a satisfying shipbuilding and base building experience, but it lacks focus and depth in this aspect.
    + The combat mechanics are decent, but the randomly generated environments do not provide a sense of progression or reward.
    - The characters are bland and forgettable, and the immersion is broken by the large and empty spaces that require tedious exploration on foot. -    + The game offers a satisfying shipbuilding and base building experience, but it lacks focus and depth in this aspect.
    + The combat mechanics are decent, but the randomly generated environments do not provide a sense of progression or reward.
    - The characters are bland and forgettable, and the immersion is broken by the large and empty spaces that require tedious exploration on foot.
    - The dialogue is mostly dull and irrelevant, and only a few NPCs have some personality or backstory.
    - The graphics are inconsistent and outdated    … Expand
  29. Axloth27
    Sep 8, 2023
    10
    Un juego bastante bueno si te gustan los juegos de Bethesda y este tipo de experiencia y más aun si eres amante de la ciencia ficción más enfocada en el espacio
  30. PlayEstiercol
    Sep 8, 2023
    10
    Que la coman los usuarios de playestiercol sin juegos y sin starfield.

    Los que critican Starfield son personas con muchos complejos y no les puedes decir que algo que no se relacione con ellos es mejor porque pasa todo esto. Están proyectando su vida a través de una marca y cuando atacas a esa marca es como si los atacaras a ellos. Es como aquellos que compran iPhone para sentirse    Que la coman los usuarios de playestiercol sin juegos y sin starfield.

    Los que critican Starfield son personas con muchos complejos y no les puedes decir que algo que no se relacione con ellos es mejor porque pasa todo esto. Están proyectando su vida a través de una marca y cuando atacas a esa marca es como si los atacaras a ellos. Es como aquellos que compran iPhone para sentirse superiores y no por razones objetivas como el rendimiento, cámara, estabilidad, etc.    … Expand
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#30 Best PC Game of 2023
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#3 Most Discussed PC Game of 2023

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Metascore
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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