Starfield

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

    Space battles are redundant and boring.

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

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

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

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

    ****

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

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

    ****

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

    1. Planets are just small and limited generated maps.
    2. Dialogue system is not interesting, just waste of time.
    3. NPCs are moving very slow, you can do at least 40 circles around them when they walk to the next trigger of mission.
    4. Characters look like they came from animated series.
    5. Travel in space is just 2 layers - planet and space near planet. If you want to move to another planet - press map, select planet, watch cutscene and you will be in space near planet.
    6. Graphics are not looking like 2023 next gen game. You can compare it to Star Wars Battlefront(2015) and see how game studios are not moving forward.    … Expand
  26. nlfizz
    Sep 7, 2023
    4
    Outside of main story (which was bad anyways) the game is empty and boring.
    Graphics are not consistent, some areas look great and most of them look outdated like 10 years behind.
    Gunplay is weak. There is no space exploration whatsoever. Quests are boring - go to A then B then A then C that's all. Lots of bugs and bad optimization. Very weak dialogs - objectively those are worst    Outside of main story (which was bad anyways) the game is empty and boring.
    Graphics are not consistent, some areas look great and most of them look outdated like 10 years behind.
    Gunplay is weak.
    There is no space exploration whatsoever.
    Quests are boring - go to A then B then A then C that's all.
    Lots of bugs and bad optimization.
    Very weak dialogs - objectively those are worst lines delivered by bethesda in history.
    Only pros are some details on ships, outfits, weapons.
    Very sad that this turned out like this. Not recommended, maybe wait for big discount and lots of mods.    … Expand
  27. GamerChungus
    Sep 7, 2023
    4
    For me Starfield has to be a 4/10, so many steps backward from Fallout 4 and even Skyrim. Even Fallout 76 had something going for it with multiplayer fallout, this game doesn't get anything right and at the center of is the space exploration which doesn't really exist, your ship exists just for combat essentially and the game feels disjointed. People saying that the combat is better thanFor me Starfield has to be a 4/10, so many steps backward from Fallout 4 and even Skyrim. Even Fallout 76 had something going for it with multiplayer fallout, this game doesn't get anything right and at the center of is the space exploration which doesn't really exist, your ship exists just for combat essentially and the game feels disjointed. People saying that the combat is better than Fallout 4 and 76 and I have to disagree there is worse reactions from enemy and no blood or gore making the combat feel flat and under developed. I ultimately refunded the game on steam after a few hours and didn't regret it. How Bethesda thought releasing a game without seamless space travel (on Next Gen only, with very high specs) after game like No Mans Sky and Elite Dangerous did it with a fraction of the budget will forever boggle the mind.… Expand
  28. BernieBernieson
    Sep 7, 2023
    4
    The parts of the game that actually work are boring. Too many load screens and poorly optimised.
  29. MJRegul
    Sep 7, 2023
    4
    The game does not deliver what was promised. Bad graphics, VERY high hardware requirements. Boring, no space exploration, archaic game engine remembering the days of Oblivion. The only thing from space in this game is its price. The game has its pluses, of course, but the number of minuses does not allow to give it a positive rating. It looks like Bethesda released Skyrim clone in space inThe game does not deliver what was promised. Bad graphics, VERY high hardware requirements. Boring, no space exploration, archaic game engine remembering the days of Oblivion. The only thing from space in this game is its price. The game has its pluses, of course, but the number of minuses does not allow to give it a positive rating. It looks like Bethesda released Skyrim clone in space in 2023 hoping that the community will improve the game with mods. That's not the way to go.… Expand
  30. Zencue
    Sep 7, 2023
    4
    Space game without space.
    Exploration game without exploration.
    RPG without dialogues and role-play system.
    Good fallout 4 mod, bad game
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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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