Starfield

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5.6

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  1. Positive: 2,635 out of 5711
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  3. Negative: 2,464 out of 5711
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  1. tachikoma1337
    Sep 7, 2023
    10
    I spent 30 hours in this game. The game is impressive and amazing.

    I like it!
  2. Kahl
    Sep 7, 2023
    6
    Such a frustrating game. Amazing in some places, awful in others. The UI, map, inventory management are flat out awful for a 2023 game, its like Bethesda expects modders to fix its problems. The combat is merely ok, AI is stupid. The nonstop teleporting cuts into immersion. A mile wide and an inch deep is a good categorization. To be clear, I am ENJOYING this game 30 hours in, but there isSuch a frustrating game. Amazing in some places, awful in others. The UI, map, inventory management are flat out awful for a 2023 game, its like Bethesda expects modders to fix its problems. The combat is merely ok, AI is stupid. The nonstop teleporting cuts into immersion. A mile wide and an inch deep is a good categorization. To be clear, I am ENJOYING this game 30 hours in, but there is so much pain and lack of polish on managing the basics. You can't even mark items in your inventory to prevent selling them, making every trip to the shop take 3x longer than it should as you sift the grain from the chaff. The map is PAINFUL after lots of usage, no favorite waypoints, really?

    A game that is amazing in areas but fails at most of the basics.    … Expand
  3. elemnt360
    Sep 7, 2023
    10
    This game starts off really slow and I was unsure if I would like it in the beginning. But after about 15-20 hours it truly turns into something special! Ignore the playstation haters that came to give this game bad reviews and try it for yourself!
  4. Puckelf1302
    Sep 7, 2023
    0
    The game isnt worth your money and time
    Too many bugs,graphics from like 2010,story is very boring and repetative. In all Bethesda delivered an unfinished and un polished product.Shame on you Todd and Bethesda for all the bad marketing lies..
  5. FuronMothership
    Sep 7, 2023
    8
    I'm about to be real. I'm sorry, but if you're so out of touch and privileged that seeing a pronoun choice in an RPG character creation screen is enough to make you cry rage for TWO AND A HALF MINUTES, you're fragile af and you deserve ridicule.

    Pick something and move on like a normal person. The only people who are getting upset at this are middle-aged white dudes who are having an    I'm about to be real. I'm sorry, but if you're so out of touch and privileged that seeing a pronoun choice in an RPG character creation screen is enough to make you cry rage for TWO AND A HALF MINUTES, you're fragile af and you deserve ridicule.

    Pick something and move on like a normal person. The only people who are getting upset at this are middle-aged white dudes who are having an existential crisis and are upset that the world has moved on around their tiny worldview bubble.

    Imagine if I, a gay man, threw this type of unhinged tantrum because the majority of video game protagonists are middle-aged white men. Nathan Drake, Kratos, Adam Jensen, Arthur Morga, John Marston, 90% of GTA protagonists (GTA V had TWO straight white male protagonists), CoD campaign protagonists, Master Chief, Mario, Starkiller, Vito Scaletta, Ezio Auditore, Desmond Miles, and the list goes on and on. Despite having zero options, I have enjoyed ALL of these games. imagine if I refused to play games if the protagonist was a straight white man. I would have a game library of like 20 games throughout my whole life.

    Let other people feel included in this hobby. There are 8 billion people on planet Earth, and not all of them are straight white men. Let the rest of us have some representation. You'll live. Your precious escapism will be fine. And if pronouns, words that permeate the entirety of the language you speak every day, are enough to annoy or irritate you, you're perfectly free to die mad about it. The world and human society will continue to move on as it has always done.    … Expand
  6. Troubleshoot
    Sep 7, 2023
    10
    The game is awesome once you dive a little deeper and get to know the game mechanics. There's a whole lot of negative reviews out there but I'm getting the hint that most haven't played this game. Lucky for me that I'm not much of someone that pays attention to negative reviews. All I can say is that I'm about 20 hours into to game and I'm loving it. The beginning is a little slow but it picks up.
  7. R3LL_
    Sep 7, 2023
    1
    It's not about space exploration, it's about RPG they say... Anyway it's not a very bad game, but full of lies
  8. Eric1980
    Sep 7, 2023
    0
    This game is just waste of time wost game I ve ever had
    dont waste your money on it
  9. airman1414
    Sep 7, 2023
    10
    Probably the best money I've spent in a long time. The story is captivating. The graphics are amazing and I've had 0 bugs or freezes in 60 hours of gameplay. This game is a must play!
  10. Verum13
    Sep 7, 2023
    5
    The thing I am most disappointed by is the lack of freedom and the sense of wonder when it comes to space exploration in Starfield. Starfield's space exploration is literally just the illusion of flight, you can probably travel a few hundred yards at most. You're not really traveling/moving/covering any distance. This is why enemies swirl around and constantly zip behind you. Bethesda wasThe thing I am most disappointed by is the lack of freedom and the sense of wonder when it comes to space exploration in Starfield. Starfield's space exploration is literally just the illusion of flight, you can probably travel a few hundred yards at most. You're not really traveling/moving/covering any distance. This is why enemies swirl around and constantly zip behind you. Bethesda was essentially hoping that players wouldn't notice they're just controlling a crosshair. In my first 20 hours, I was so bothered, by the fact that there were no ground vehicles, but now after 60 hours I understand, that there is no need for them because ground exploration is so uninspired and tedious. 99% of the planets you can travel to are barren, dull and exploring them might fix your sleep deprivation. At least the story and the different questlines are somewhat interesting and there are a few really awesome characters, but they might not be everyone's cup of tea. On the technical side, this game is absolutely disastrous. It's filled with unnecessary loading screens e.g. climbing up the ladder in your ship, taking off, landing, entering buildings and caves. The PC optimization is a joke especially since even the RTX 4090 + i9 13900K can't achieve a stable 60 fps at 4K without the help of DLSS/Frame generation. And then Todd Howard has the audacity to say "You might need to upgrade your PC" when people ask why the game wasn't optimized for PC. Calling this a "next gen PC game" is the farthest thing from the truth it feels so outdated in so many aspects especially the visual quality (even on ultra). You can keep calling people who criticize Starfield "Playstation fanboys" all you want and say reviews like this are "review bombing" but the game is just painfully average and has gigantic flaws. I seriously can't fathom how people are giving such high scores, it has to be delusion of the highest order. We need to demand better games and not just eat it up. As a huge Bethesda fan for many years, this one really hurts but, I know that the modding community will transform Starfield into an absolute masterpiece, especially since they have already made so many great mods after just 8 days.… Expand
  11. ShadowShadex
    Sep 7, 2023
    10
    Very good game with some issues. The overall experience is fantastic. Too bad sony fanboys are review bombing it.
  12. Samuelthorvalds
    Sep 7, 2023
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Laggy, robotic, boring, "GAME OF THE YEAR" MY ARSE … Expand
  13. Rezzpawn
    Sep 7, 2023
    10
    Mais uma obra-prima da Bethesda. Os personagens são cativantes, a história envolvente e um universo de opções. Para quem ama os RPGs da Bethesda e para quem curte jogos no tema espacial, é um jogão imperdível. Não permita que a opinião alheia influencie em suas escolhas e gostos. Eu espero que você se divirta assim como eu estou me divertindo.
  14. mrsanchezzz
    Sep 7, 2023
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. La gente crítica por molestar sin más, realmente es gente que está molesta porque no sale en su consola… Expand
  15. Wrynn
    Sep 7, 2023
    5
    As a Star Citizen player, I really wanted this game to be a 10/10 so that SC would have benchmarks they now had to live up to and to create competition so that SC had to start delivering instead of just making empty promises. Unfortunately, this game is lukewarm at best and Chris Roberts can continue to sit on this golden throne with his thumb up his rear until someone actually makes aAs a Star Citizen player, I really wanted this game to be a 10/10 so that SC would have benchmarks they now had to live up to and to create competition so that SC had to start delivering instead of just making empty promises. Unfortunately, this game is lukewarm at best and Chris Roberts can continue to sit on this golden throne with his thumb up his rear until someone actually makes a good game. Even after this game fixes all the bugs and adds a little content, it will never be more than a 7/10 which really sucks since this is one of THE triple A games of this year.… Expand
  16. Morfi777
    Sep 7, 2023
    0
    Yet another leftist toy they can use to masturbate themselves with. pronouns: pe/nis
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  17. Thatcrazedfox
    Sep 7, 2023
    3
    I was expecting so much more considering the time and money that was put into making it. I'm so tried of buying games that are basically unfinished. (I say this because of how buggy the game is.) When it's working, the story is boring. NPCs are so lifeless. Level design is nothing great. The planets are repetitive and empty. Bethesda definitely didn't deliver on their promises made.I was expecting so much more considering the time and money that was put into making it. I'm so tried of buying games that are basically unfinished. (I say this because of how buggy the game is.) When it's working, the story is boring. NPCs are so lifeless. Level design is nothing great. The planets are repetitive and empty. Bethesda definitely didn't deliver on their promises made. Doesn't feel like anything new or exciting. The only thing I really enjoyed was the ship building.… Expand
  18. dl1ght
    Sep 7, 2023
    8
    The side and faction questing is amazing. It carries so much of the rest of the game. The sheer amount and quality of content alone is responsible for most of this score.

    The space aspect of the game is poor. Despite BSGs attempts to be ambitious, the ambition boiled-down to them improving on all the parts that they were already good at. Loading is excessive even compared to previous    The side and faction questing is amazing. It carries so much of the rest of the game. The sheer amount and quality of content alone is responsible for most of this score.

    The space aspect of the game is poor. Despite BSGs attempts to be ambitious, the ambition boiled-down to them improving on all the parts that they were already good at. Loading is excessive even compared to previous titles, and you can feel the smoke and mirrors of space flight - to the extent that space feels like a mini game tacked on to Bethesda’s bread and butter.

    And this pattern repeats. Every part of the game that BSG is not typically good at is either mediocre or barely improved on. Outposts, flight, trading, UI, AI, etc, all have you yearning to play other games that do these things better.

    If all parts of the game were of equal quality to the good bits it may even have been a 10, but the smaller parts let down the whole. Ambitiousness is doing something others aren't, and making the same game for 20y 'but Space', then doing the bare minimum for all other parts is not ambitious.

    The game is good and worth playing if you like their previous titles.

    Current progress: NG+ completed most faction quest lines, have close to fully upgraded outposts linked up.    … Expand
  19. RaiderHL
    Sep 7, 2023
    0
    I love space so that why i am excited for this game but when i played i waste 10hours to this bad game
  20. Luidfgr1
    Sep 7, 2023
    10
    Jogão, rico em detalhes e referências a história da exploração espacial, ambientação top e quests sensacionais.
  21. TheShotgunMan
    Sep 7, 2023
    0
    The game is a loading screen/cut scene simulator. You may think you're about to fly out of a planet only to be met with a cut scene. The only flying you actually do is just sitting stationary in front of a planet, space fighting in a scripted mission, or on the off chance you are engaged by pirates which was rare in my play through. To land you have to watch a cut scene, to fly you watch aThe game is a loading screen/cut scene simulator. You may think you're about to fly out of a planet only to be met with a cut scene. The only flying you actually do is just sitting stationary in front of a planet, space fighting in a scripted mission, or on the off chance you are engaged by pirates which was rare in my play through. To land you have to watch a cut scene, to fly you watch a cut scene. This game is broken up into different levels by a large amount of cut scenes.

    The loading screens were mostly 1-5 seconds long but when you have to go through loading screens to enter any buildings or other sections of the same city/planet it becomes tedious and immersion breaking. I was so tired of these loading screens but what was worse was that I preferred them to watching the same tired take-off and landing cut scenes. The game trained me to desire to fast travel and watch that loading screen simply to save time instead of watching a cutscene. I figure if I’m not participating in the game during those moments anyway, why make myself have to wait longer to get where I need to be? I expected to fly my spaceship in this game but instead could only watch it fly.

    I’ve logged somewhere around 55 hours playing. The main mission is interesting but falls short toward the end. I wasn’t satisfied with the ending and the New Game Plus quest which I completed. I was expecting to be faced with several terribly tough decisions to make and never really encountered that except once. I’d say the main quest had loads of potential to be mind-blowing but dropped the ball in the last quarter. Too many fetch this and that type quests are chopped up by cutscenes and loading screens.

    The side missions were more interesting than the main storyline. There are several missions that are very fun and rewarding. The story writing here seems to be much better but it's still broken up by the same tedious loading screens and cut scenes.

    For the most part, the game is the least bugged Bethesda game I’ve ever played at launch. Stealth is broken currently so expect a patch for that. NPCs do weird things like standing on top of things and floating but I didn’t encounter game-breaking bugs.

    Overall, wait for this to go on sale and for Nexus mods to release mods that actually let you fly. This isn’t a $70 or $100 dollar game, it's more in the $30 or $45 dollar range. I’m very glad to have played it but I’m happier that I received it for free when buying my GPU. If you want to watch an honest review about this game before buying go watch Worth A Buy on YouTube.    … Expand
  22. Cibb98
    Sep 7, 2023
    0
    One of the worst games I’ve ever played, the load times are absolutely horrendous and the open worlds are dead and the A.I is so stupid. The loading screens are the worst I’ve ever seen, just about anything you involves a loading screen it’s like the game came from the PS3/360 era. Collapse
  23. Hopkihu
    Sep 7, 2023
    7
    Nothing innovative. Copied formulas from decades old games. The first day or two of this game is boring as hell. You start to realize there's nothing actually great about this game. Illusion of choice (yes or no) dialogue. BG3 is the game of our generation and that development team took the time to give us choices in how we play and talk. Speaking of, you can have dialogue with every NPC.Nothing innovative. Copied formulas from decades old games. The first day or two of this game is boring as hell. You start to realize there's nothing actually great about this game. Illusion of choice (yes or no) dialogue. BG3 is the game of our generation and that development team took the time to give us choices in how we play and talk. Speaking of, you can have dialogue with every NPC.

    I wanted to like this game. But it's MID. No amount of Xbots can change the course of history. Multiple high-budget game this year under the Bethesda banner leaving Microsoft holding the Bethesda bag.

    Todd Howard should be ashamed of himself and his career. They gave us nothing new. Old engine, old crafting style, old dialogue system, outdated ui, outdated inventory, outdated graphics, outdated as hell combat gameplay, typical outdated crappy Ai npc, and more loading screens than I have ever seen.

    They could have cared, I mean so many fkn years spent developing this game. Were they actually working on Starfield? Where did their budget actually go?
    Imagine being a Destiny player and fed up with the NeverChanging seasons. Mid after mid after mid.
    That's how it feels to pick up and play Starfield.

    Who develops a game where the first 15 hours are absolute **** boring, and tedious?

    The only thing I love about this game is that on PC I can toggle Command Mode and remove the self-destructive Weight Capacity mechanic.

    The saddest thing about this entire situation is this-
    Xbox owners have been getting spoonfed games that have been marketed as great for so long that they no longer recognize what makes a game great. So while the rest of the world got to play amazing games like BG3, God of War, Last of Us, (games that pushed the bar for story, graphics, and game design) they were too busy drooling over the likes of Redfall and Starflop.

    No amount of pop-up review sites being given advance copies and $50 can change the fact that this game is 20 years old in design with a half-assed paint job.

    Now I see why Microsoft gave this game away.    … Expand
  24. Spectro887
    Sep 7, 2023
    2
    Worst game from Bethestard.
    Also Todd saying that the game is optimized and that it's the fault of the hardware of the people who are playing it if it runs badly It's the straw that breaks the camel's back.
    Now Bethestard is on the **** list together with ubisoft and EA games.
  25. Kreiks
    Sep 7, 2023
    10
    Excellent game, if you want feel in the space and explore an excellent story I recommend you.
  26. BrianTamales
    Sep 7, 2023
    10
    Bethesda has knocked it out of the park with this sci-fi adventure. They put a lot of care and passion into this game.
  27. Renatopd
    Sep 7, 2023
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Jogo incrível, mas bem difícil no começo, mas quando vc pega as manhas fica incrível, e o game tem um conteúdo gigantesco!… Expand
  28. PhobosGaming1
    Sep 7, 2023
    10
    Bethesda never fails in delivering such incredible experience for single player games lovers like me
  29. mj124
    Sep 7, 2023
    0
    Me molesta parte donde se tarda un siglo en cruzar de un lugar a otro.
    Los gráficos se distorsionan en ciertos lugares
  30. eirik1
    Sep 7, 2023
    9
    Very good game you get lost in. Unfortunately the game was extremely over hyped to be a space-sim like star citizen or no mans sky (which is partly the marketing's fault) If you like Bethesda games, and games with a mind blowing amount of content in terms of story, star field is a very good game, and not at all deserving of the 4.5 the game currently has on here.
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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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