Starfield

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5.6

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  1. Cloudbourne
    Sep 11, 2023
    4
    Overrated hype of a load screen simulator. This game feels old and dated, I cannot recommend this game to anyone. It's only redeeming quality is the lore and ship builder. Everything else is just Skyrim in space.
  2. tokamakpl
    Sep 11, 2023
    4
    The game would be awesome a few years ago. It's basically Fallout 4 with better textures which itself is not a bad thing but considering quality of other RPG games released recently makes the game feel very dated. The loading screens should not be a thing in 2023. The role-play aspect feels shallow and not very engaging. One would expect Bethesda would deliver something better consideringThe game would be awesome a few years ago. It's basically Fallout 4 with better textures which itself is not a bad thing but considering quality of other RPG games released recently makes the game feel very dated. The loading screens should not be a thing in 2023. The role-play aspect feels shallow and not very engaging. One would expect Bethesda would deliver something better considering all the money made with Skyrim AND partnership with Microsoft. The quality control is good and there are few bugs. If you have Game Pass then give it a try.… Expand
  3. HeyPruneDog
    Sep 11, 2023
    1
    Even if there weren't loading screens every five seconds, even if there weren't procedurally-generated stretches of barren wasteland, even if it ran at a rock-solid 120fps, it doesn't matter. The writing is boring. The characters are boring. The quests are boring. The powers are boring. The items are boring. The combat is sometimes alright but quickly gets boring. I cannot possibly expressEven if there weren't loading screens every five seconds, even if there weren't procedurally-generated stretches of barren wasteland, even if it ran at a rock-solid 120fps, it doesn't matter. The writing is boring. The characters are boring. The quests are boring. The powers are boring. The items are boring. The combat is sometimes alright but quickly gets boring. I cannot possibly express to you how boring this game is. I tried my best to enjoy it, for several days. Couldn't. Played it via Game Pass, still felt ripped off.… Expand
  4. LMarks44
    Sep 11, 2023
    0
    Incredibly overrated, by no means GOTY material, cannot understand all of these 10/10 reviews
    I expected so much more for how long we waited.
    Let me start by saying that I love Bethesda games. Fallout 3 is one of my all time favorites, as is Skyrim. I liked Fallout 4 and I even like and defend Fallout 76, so I am definitely not anti Bethesda. I've played for around 40 hours now and    Incredibly overrated, by no means GOTY material, cannot understand all of these 10/10 reviews
    I expected so much more for how long we waited.

    Let me start by saying that I love Bethesda games. Fallout 3 is one of my all time favorites, as is Skyrim. I liked Fallout 4 and I even like and defend Fallout 76, so I am definitely not anti Bethesda.

    I've played for around 40 hours now and finished the main quest, so I believe I am at a point where I can say I'm well acquainted with the game.
    * The fast travel is needlessly complicated, so many loading screens, so much to do, just to get from point A to point B.

    * There are plenty of bugs. People online saying it doesn't have bugs are lying. This game has been far more buggy to me than Skyrim.

    * The graphics are nothing special and I am playing on a year old Alienware PC. My settings are ultra high def.
    The graphics are inferior compared to Cyberpunk or Witcher 3.

    * The quests and NPCs so far have all been completely non memorable. Nothing has tugged at my emotions. No moral dilemmas. Go fetch this, go get that. I am so incredibly underwhelmed by the quests and NPCs.

    * The NPCs all have bulging eyes. Like all of them. It really ruins immersion because how weird they all look.

    * There is no atmospheric story telling in this game and I think that is what is truly bothering me most. You know how in the Fallouts you constantly find scenes or skeletons or unmarked locations that tell you a story without telling you a story? I have seen none of that in this game, anywhere, like not even one instance. So many abandoned buildings you cannot access. Nothing on the roofs. They didn't even write books for this game, like in the Elder Scrolls. Every book you find is public domain like Moby Dck etc. I have yet to find any notes or computer entries that offer lore or just atmosphere, everything you find is quest essential. The planets really are truly barren. Like on Earth, you can find the remains of the St. Louis Arch and a few other landmarks but literally everything else is sand. Really? Really???No roads or anything left of New York or.....nothing? But the arch is still standing.

    * It has been clear since Fallout 4 that Bethesda is trying to tone down mature content to make their games playable to a more wide age range. While mature content is NOT mandatory for a good game, they need to understand that their target audience for games like this is still, and always will be, adults. You don't have to make it rated R, but PG13 is a good balance. There is so little violence, gore, adult themes, language in this game, that I could easily let my 6 year old play it, but he'd be bored out of his mind with all the loading screens. What they captured in Fallout 3, in terms of maturity, was PERFECT. You didn't have nudity. The cursing wasn't excessive. It was very well balanced. I implore them to return to making adult games for adults.

    ***My next complaint, I think Bethesda was really trying to do a good thing, I do, but this is not how to do it. I think they had the best intentions and were trying to be more inclusive.
    I do not understand why female bodies and female faces and female haircuts are pretty much non existent in this game. As someone who identifies as female, I feel this is a bit misogynistic. I do not feel this is inclusive regarding my gender identity. My character is flat chested with no curves and cannot be given female features, and this applies to all other female characters in the game. I wish I could attach pictures of my character, it's sad. I think they were going for non binary or androgynous, which it's wonderful they are trying to include our LGTBQ+ friends in your games. Our non binary friends deserve to be included! But consider our loved ones who are trans and going through transition from M to F. They already have body dysmorphia and this game is a great opportunity for them to role play in the body they want----a female body---only to see that they cannot have breasts or curves. I URGE Bethesda to consider going back to the body types used in Fallout 4/Skyrim, and to be inclusive for all body types and genders. Allow players to be more masculine or more feminine. I am currently waiting for mods so that I can make a character body that identifies with my gender identity.

    I know you cannot please everyone. I know that programming and creating a game is incredibly hard work and that their team put in countless hours, sweat, tears, and lost sleep.

    I encourage Bethesda to please read through these reviews and try to address what you can. The game is still new and there is plenty of time to win over the community.    … Expand
  5. Bluemoonjeon
    Sep 12, 2023
    2
    Sloppy details, space games where you can't travel in space, and freedom that you don't have. You can see completely degraded producers from previous works such as Skyrim and Fallout 4.
  6. cquint
    Sep 12, 2023
    5
    "I'm sorry, but this RPG isn't on the same level as other Bethesda games. It's only better than Fallout 76, which is a disaster in itself. It offers many hours of gameplay, but menu navigation disrupts immersion, there's an excess of endless dialogues, characters that seem like cartoons, and a lack of character customization options without Fallout's SPECIAL system. In the end, it's just"I'm sorry, but this RPG isn't on the same level as other Bethesda games. It's only better than Fallout 76, which is a disaster in itself. It offers many hours of gameplay, but menu navigation disrupts immersion, there's an excess of endless dialogues, characters that seem like cartoons, and a lack of character customization options without Fallout's SPECIAL system. In the end, it's just another game that revolves around managing the character's inventory, which can be a hassle. I'm playing it through a subscription, but I wouldn't really buy it for more than $10. We'll have to hope that modders can improve the game because if it depends on Bethesda, it's not going well. The visuals are dated, and the game feels sluggish and clunky."… Expand
  7. Kotikoira
    Sep 12, 2023
    3
    This game is such a disappointment that I've registered to Metacritic to give it a 3. I managed to play up to 2 hours and it became unbearable. It's like playing a game that was developed 20 years ago, that old Freelancer game had almost better graphics if not x10 more fun to play even today.
  8. Demonio
    Sep 10, 2023
    3
    After the creation of the character, the first minutes of game are tedious and useless ... there is no life around you ... people ignore you, and the world not react to you, i'm waiting a game beautiful also in the details and i find a game really boring.
  9. Arby
    Sep 10, 2023
    5
    It's definitely a Bethesda game and the scope and size of the game is massive and enjoyable but it is let down by the constant need to fast travel and the small map sizes on the planets. To me these definitely limit the feeling of starfield being a space exploration game since I really don't feel like I am exploring the systems.

    You can't have multiple spaceships down on the ground at the    It's definitely a Bethesda game and the scope and size of the game is massive and enjoyable but it is let down by the constant need to fast travel and the small map sizes on the planets. To me these definitely limit the feeling of starfield being a space exploration game since I really don't feel like I am exploring the systems.

    You can't have multiple spaceships down on the ground at the same time which limits your ability to transfer items between ships and the pacing of the levelling abilities seems weird, you have lots of research projects but can't do alot of them until you level up and really focus on trying to unlock those abilities at the cost of being able to play the game.

    I also have a couple bugs where characters mouths move before they speak, frame rate drops during combat, cargo issues with space ships.    … Expand
  10. Eliitti
    Sep 10, 2023
    0
    I mean it sure as heck feels like a Bethesda game take that however you want.
  11. Yeti91
    Sep 10, 2023
    3
    U.I. is the worst in any Bethesda game. Even more essential NPCs than in Skyrim or FO4. Sarah is super annoying.
  12. carlanstark
    Sep 10, 2023
    4
    The game was good however the pacing feels slow ay first, and it became too boring next.
  13. gingersnap225
    Sep 10, 2023
    4
    The buggy game studio thought they had a free pass to continue releasing buggy games. It's not cute.
  14. susel37
    Sep 11, 2023
    1
    It would have been the typical, default Game Pass game about 5 out of 10, but techinical condition ruins it to 1 out of 10.
    The game feels like it was released in 2015, not 2023. Compared to Fallout 4, only the textures have changed. Also, graphics look slightly better, compared to 2015 game lol. No other changes.
    Pros Gameplay sometimes enjoyable if you like Bethesda games, but it's    It would have been the typical, default Game Pass game about 5 out of 10, but techinical condition ruins it to 1 out of 10.
    The game feels like it was released in 2015, not 2023. Compared to Fallout 4, only the textures have changed. Also, graphics look slightly better, compared to 2015 game lol. No other changes.
    Pros
    Gameplay sometimes enjoyable if you like Bethesda games, but it's still gameplay from Oblivion, nothing really new added, gameplay core is still the same as in 2006.
    Few interesting quests
    Cons
    No optimization
    No DLSS
    No mods in xbox game pass PC version. Lol really Bethesda?
    Default plot about The Chosen One
    Tons of bugs
    Animations directly from Oblivion
    Non-interactive residents of the cities, they don't care about what happens around them
    Almost every action requires a loading screen, this was acceptable in Fallout 4 in 2015, but not in 2023 Bethesda. I think the game should be called Loadfield.
    Todd Howard's lies, as usual
    Most problems because of outdated engine, outdated level design, outdated Bethesda.
    I'm waiting for the same engine without changes, same animations, same bugs and bad optimization in TES 6. Oh, and waiting for 30 fps on the next Xbox and RTX 7090.    … Expand
  15. MZM
    Sep 11, 2023
    5
    It is just a mid game no more .. they promise us that you can do what ever you want and this is just a big lie .. Bethesda will never change
  16. AsimSiddiqui
    Sep 10, 2023
    0
    So boring and over hyped. So boring and over hyped. So boring and over hyped. So boring and over hyped. So boring and over hyped.
  17. VdGG
    Sep 11, 2023
    0
    This game is vast as an ocean, but just in appearences. In fact, it's deep as a puddle.
  18. PixelQuebrado
    Sep 10, 2023
    1
    Jogo Horrivel. Estou tentando jogar com toda a calma possivel. Mas está impossivel.
    Jogo feio, lento, personagens horriveis, sem vida , sem realismo. Missoes confusas, tudo no jogo é consugo. Nada é intuitivo.
    Planetas mal desenhados. É como se tivessem feito cópia no Paint e colocado. Não tiveram capricho em nada neste jogo. Mais um jogo porco da Bathesda. Nennhum jogo desta empresa    Jogo Horrivel. Estou tentando jogar com toda a calma possivel. Mas está impossivel.
    Jogo feio, lento, personagens horriveis, sem vida , sem realismo. Missoes confusas, tudo no jogo é consugo. Nada é intuitivo.
    Planetas mal desenhados. É como se tivessem feito cópia no Paint e colocado. Não tiveram capricho em nada neste jogo.
    Mais um jogo porco da Bathesda. Nennhum jogo desta empresa presta.    … Expand
  19. Attilio87
    Sep 10, 2023
    2
    GRAPHICS ARE A JOKE ! BAD IA AND BAD ANIMATIONS , cant land ! Cant takeoff, cant explore . Bad optímezed
  20. JohnCartman
    Sep 10, 2023
    4
    I came here and thought that everyone will just love this game. I thought that i will be the only one to downvote it. The game was extremely boring with all the loading screens, fast traveling, loading screen again, no real freedom, then loading again and again. The dialogs, the boring planets. Oh man, was this a disappointment. But then I opened this page and holy..... Didn't think that,I came here and thought that everyone will just love this game. I thought that i will be the only one to downvote it. The game was extremely boring with all the loading screens, fast traveling, loading screen again, no real freedom, then loading again and again. The dialogs, the boring planets. Oh man, was this a disappointment. But then I opened this page and holy..... Didn't think that, so many dislike the game.… Expand
  21. RandallPL
    Sep 10, 2023
    3
    It's below average.
    All people said. It's fallout 4 but in SF setup.
    Optimisation is dreadful. Characters, faces, acting, dialogue, story - all full retard. Poor AF. Do not count on story to hook you in. Gameplay is utterly boring and flat, it does not offer a fraction of loops available in NMS, except NMS was a creation of tiny indie developer, not a 7+B USD 1st party studio. WTF Space    It's below average.
    All people said. It's fallout 4 but in SF setup.
    Optimisation is dreadful.

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

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

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

    Boring quests, not giving any sense of accomplishment or purpose

    Frankly speaking on game pass play it, check it. Any other scenario - do not buy/ refund    … Expand
  22. PeriUrban
    Sep 11, 2023
    5
    In a futuristic world where the wheel and mobile phones were never invented, you will click to travel instantly halfway across the galaxy. You will climb into your cockpit once, maybe twice, before learning that you can simply click and go! Except if you are docked.

    Yes, you can travel from the middle of the wilderness of one planet to the landing zone on another planet with just a    In a futuristic world where the wheel and mobile phones were never invented, you will click to travel instantly halfway across the galaxy. You will climb into your cockpit once, maybe twice, before learning that you can simply click and go! Except if you are docked.

    Yes, you can travel from the middle of the wilderness of one planet to the landing zone on another planet with just a flick of the wrist and a twitch of the index finger, but if you are docked to some space station forget it!

    You are a nobody, a lowly newb miner with a possibly interesting background that has nothing to do with mining, but for “reasons” you will be sent to retrieve a mysterious artefact that displays “gravitational anomalies”, y’know, like in Star Trek. You will have a cinematic.

    A man turns up to gift you his ship and take your place in the mine. He too has had a cinematic, and so he knows all about the mysterious gravity things. You will ask yourself, “If this guy knew I was going to have a cinematic, wouldn’t it have been polite for him to say something about that before letting me have my pixels rearranged?”

    His chums in the secret society will give you a room in their hidden base, which is cleverly disguised as a base in plain sight. They will chat to you as if you’ve always been there, and send you on missions to find more of the weird artefacts.

    Funnily enough, although they are a society of explorers it appears they have done precisely no exploring, leaving that onerous task to you, the hero.

    So, you will discover strange alien sites featuring gravitational anomalies. You will discover them many times. You will explore the full extent of the procedurally generated tile that magically appears around you. Mysteriously, the caves and bases you find on all these many, many, many, many planets and moons will all be made of the same stuff, right down to the tea trays, pens and toilet paper.

    You will find innumerable weapons and suits and helmets and medpacks and resources and junk, and you will click and click and click on your many and varied storage places. There’s storage on you, in your companion, in another companion, in your locker on your ship, in the cargo hold on that ship, in the cargo hold on another ship - so many places to lose your loot!

    You will get powers you remember from Skyrim, and pretend they are new.

    The map will be a field of dots showing no detail. Even the cities will be mapless. You will remember that the mobile phone hasn’t been invented, so obviously no maps! And no taxis or bicycles, because the wheel isn't a thing. Just a train that never moves until propelled sideways by cut scene.

    You will enjoy loading screens. Many times.

    You will shoot the same bad guys. Many times.

    You will shoot or avoid the same weird creatures. Many times.

    You will scan bushes and trees. Many times.

    You will have epic space battles. A couple of times.

    You will hardly role play at all. Unless you start rolling dice IRL.

    NPCs will ignore any behaviour you care to engage in, but they will look at you sideways no matter what you do.

    There are cities. Or are they towns? At least one of them is just a town. OK, one of them is definitely a city. It has skyscrapers and everything. Markers will appear amongst those skyscrapers, leading you believe your quest lies above your head, but the only thing that lies is the quest marker.

    On planets you will see buildings in the distance that your scanner labels “unknown”, despite the fact that they are obviously buildings. But then you remember - no mobile phones = no maps.

    Other “unknown” features will turn out to be wrinkles in the topographies of otherwise largely flat terrains.

    The vast universe will be yours to explore, and you will never notice that assets and concepts have been repeated almost infinitely. You will never see the workings of the procedural algorithms, because they are so cleverly done. Except when you do, which will be always.

    You will conclude that the appearance of plenty is better than actual plenty, because you will be happy to be enjoyed so completely by Todd and his investors. You will think of Skyrim and swallow your overdraft, and you will be happy. Yes. Very happy.    … Expand
  23. Brzytwa
    Sep 11, 2023
    1
    Just another lazy Bethesda game that has been using the same shi#ty engine for over 10 years. shi#y graphics, shi#y story, bugs and lags everywhere, shi#y music... what more could you want...
  24. Balugasnap
    Sep 10, 2023
    0
    20 hour game has 13 hours of cutscenes, plus most of the game is loading screens.
  25. MablePooHead
    Sep 11, 2023
    5
    Vanilla Starfield: Garbage 0/10
    Modded Starfield: GOTY. 10/10

    Total: 5/10
  26. chakotay001
    Sep 11, 2023
    0
    You are a company incapable of adding simple language support. Even though you were asked questions about this issue many times, you did not take it into consideration. There are currently people who write this language pack and sell it for a fee. If you are unable to do so, please send us your contact information and we will forward the necessary files to you.
  27. Peachboiii
    Sep 11, 2023
    4
    My god this was boring and bland. Seeing the critics reviews, you have to wonder if they're paid or if they're scared to give a triple A game low rating. Or if they actually played it at all. Biggest let down this decade.
  28. SlayerTrev
    Sep 11, 2023
    4
    There is a great RPG here, however its hidden behind a game with terrible on boarding, countless glitches, console crashes (I have never had soo many console crashes while playing any game, on any console), and visuals & npc's from a decade or more ago. I wanted this game to be a 10, its just not. Overall I found myself disappointed with this Bethesda game, especially after a 2 year delay.There is a great RPG here, however its hidden behind a game with terrible on boarding, countless glitches, console crashes (I have never had soo many console crashes while playing any game, on any console), and visuals & npc's from a decade or more ago. I wanted this game to be a 10, its just not. Overall I found myself disappointed with this Bethesda game, especially after a 2 year delay. I realize this game is huge, and pushing some boundaries, but It costed too much in the technical, and visual aspects of Starfield.… Expand
  29. ggscv
    Sep 11, 2023
    2
    Extremely buggy, dull and not very fun at all. Unfortunately Starfield fails to capture the magic that Skyrim and other Bethesda releases had. Stay away at all costs.
  30. Lazyboy4320
    Sep 9, 2023
    0
    boring crap everyone move on nothing to see here constantly going into loading screens to move even slightly away from your ship space is pointless seems like you can’t move have to go into loading screens constantly
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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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