Starfield

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5.6

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  1. Gh05tm4ch1n3
    Sep 10, 2023
    10
    Game is honestly a jack of all trades master of none. No it isnt landing and take off and fly through to landing or space and it isnt a whole world generated but tiles that you can loot and discover handcrafted content on.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

    But why a 10 you say? Because it seems like every other pony sock a count is downvoting from what i experienced to be a solid game that deserves better then stupid people downvoting it cause its not in there piece of plastic its pathetic. Ps. Ignore jim sterling (jimquisition), meritstation and ign US reviews. Ive read them and there is all sorts of lying going on sterling said "No Man’s Sky’s randomly generated worlds may have been rather soulless, but at least you didn’t explore identical buildings and identical caves full of identical furnishings and identical encounters" Ive played nms since its launch and everything jim said there is a utter lie.    … Expand
  2. Raffaellos
    Sep 10, 2023
    9
    Incredible history and good gameplay, The game has a beautiful graphics its amazing
  3. chef_H
    Sep 10, 2023
    10
    ive played about 20 hours. game is very fun. stories and missions are so far entertaining. it's definitely not a 10/10 but doing my part to counter the dumb 0/10 reviews. it's a 7.5-8/10 for me. if you enjoy fallout or Skyrim you'll love the missions and. similar gameplay. lots of looting, very Bethesda style. fighting enemies and stealing ships is fun. everyone is mentioning excessiveive played about 20 hours. game is very fun. stories and missions are so far entertaining. it's definitely not a 10/10 but doing my part to counter the dumb 0/10 reviews. it's a 7.5-8/10 for me. if you enjoy fallout or Skyrim you'll love the missions and. similar gameplay. lots of looting, very Bethesda style. fighting enemies and stealing ships is fun. everyone is mentioning excessive loading which I'm not really noticing myself but am running 7900xtx and 7950x cpu. so could be worse for others.… Expand
  4. Cash941
    Sep 10, 2023
    8
    Have to say this game seems to be quite divisive looking at the reviews. But think if forget about ranking every individual aspect of the game separately and don't expect anything ground breaking you will enjoy this game you'll like it . Yes the graphics are just ok the writing is also ok and the inventory system is poor but there are lots of very interesting characters, factions and loreHave to say this game seems to be quite divisive looking at the reviews. But think if forget about ranking every individual aspect of the game separately and don't expect anything ground breaking you will enjoy this game you'll like it . Yes the graphics are just ok the writing is also ok and the inventory system is poor but there are lots of very interesting characters, factions and lore and has tons of fun quests. I am really enjoying the gunplay and ship building and fighting. every fight is different depending on the gravity levels which really make the gameplay dynamic as well as the ability to play in 1st and 3rd person. My biggest gripe with the game is the amount of loading screens were does wear on me from time to time.

    I'm no Bethesda fanboy I didn't finish fallout 3 and would of give fallout 4 a rating of 6. And even though ino it done alot of individual things better than starfield it wasn't as fun and that's what this game is fun the most important thing for a game to be fun.    … Expand
  5. javovega
    Sep 10, 2023
    9
    This is a Bethesda game with all its greatness and flaws. If you liked Fallout 3,4, Oblivion and Skyrim you will love this game. There is a lot of work, love and care on this game and it shows. On the other hand if you don´t like Bethesda RPGs, skip this one as there is not enough new content to interest you.
  6. FunSpeculation
    Sep 10, 2023
    10
    First review here.. Starfield exceeded all my expectations for the next great Bethesda rpg.. no game is perfect and there are a few tweaks that could help like better inventory management, favoriting planets, city maps etc.. however none of these missing quality of life features are taking me out of this immersive experience.

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

    Exploring planets, doing missions, combat, interacting with npcs, building outpost, the main story line.. etc is all so amazing and fun.. I absolutely love this game. It has became my favorite all time and Bethesda proved how capable they are at creating a new universe for us to explore. It is a masterpiece.    … Expand
  7. Grummz
    Sep 10, 2023
    10
    Best game i have ever played, game of the decade, i wish i could have worked on this game instead, i respect bethseda a lot for putting out a game this amazing
  8. fcbugraozturk
    Sep 10, 2023
    10
    This is awesome game. Ps fan boy dont play this game and sent review. Mods fix all AI problem. This game has endless fun with mods.
  9. Rapazgoat8932
    Sep 10, 2023
    10
    Jogo muito bom,a gameplay é muito boa e a história também principalmente o final,nada me desagradou nesse jogo.
  10. crazybrain
    Sep 10, 2023
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Love the the fact I can build a ship and merc people like the borg. I like the fact that time changes from planet to planet.… Expand
  11. BG399
    Sep 10, 2023
    10
    A beautiful nod to our space program, it's like a sugar factory that not everyone likes it, only the gourmet taster
  12. Nero_Angelo101
    Sep 10, 2023
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. To tell the truth, the game is good! I know that most of the low ratings are PlayStation users!… Expand
  13. maticbri
    Sep 10, 2023
    9
    The more you play the better it gets the shooting feels great and the ability to use the cutter as a weapon is great for saving ammo and do the main story first!!!!!
  14. Vikareus
    Sep 10, 2023
    10
    I'm playing on Series X. Seems like the game is really being crushed by PC players who are bootyhurt that their system is struggling with the game, while simultaneously complaining that the game isn't complex enough. In other cases, it's getting crushed by players who were never the target audience of this kind of game in the first place. On console, I'm having a total blast playingI'm playing on Series X. Seems like the game is really being crushed by PC players who are bootyhurt that their system is struggling with the game, while simultaneously complaining that the game isn't complex enough. In other cases, it's getting crushed by players who were never the target audience of this kind of game in the first place. On console, I'm having a total blast playing Starfield, and I look forward to playing it for hundreds of hours more. The loading times are fantastic and the game is stable. I have no complaints there.

    I'm not here to spoil anything for anyone, and people can get the goods and bads from other reviews. Realistically Starfield is a 9 or 9.5 out of 10 for me, but I'm putting a 10 up to try and at least balance out the 0's and 1's from these spoiled crybabies that have absolutely no respect for the clearly apparent thousands of hours of work and TLC the developers put into making this game, only for some basement trolls to floor it on metacritic with unreasonably low scores that should only go to games like ET on colecovision...    … Expand
  15. Franlock
    Sep 10, 2023
    8
    I have played about 50h untill now and the game is amazing. Is not perfect due the limited exploration, but being a Bethesda RPG game in space is the only that matters.
  16. Gago69
    Sep 10, 2023
    10
    This game is excellent, it give a sensation of freedom and liberty. you can do what you want, when you want.
  17. victor_nsct
    Sep 10, 2023
    10
    Incrível!!! A Bethesda lançou mais um grande rpg para que os amantes dessa categoria possam se divertir, ainda mais em um universo com várias aventuras e sistema de escolhas.
  18. geosousan
    Sep 10, 2023
    10
    Esse jogo é o bixo! Sensacional! Joguei em diferentes lugares, tanto no PC quanto no Console (XBSX) e até no Game Pass Ultimate. A imersão do jogo é incrível a medida que você vai avançando! Estou tendo que parar de jogar para poder trabalhar kkkk! Se não a pessoa não quer saber de mais nada, a não ser jogar, jogar e jogar! Parabéns, Bethesda! A única crítica que faço (que eu não gostei)Esse jogo é o bixo! Sensacional! Joguei em diferentes lugares, tanto no PC quanto no Console (XBSX) e até no Game Pass Ultimate. A imersão do jogo é incrível a medida que você vai avançando! Estou tendo que parar de jogar para poder trabalhar kkkk! Se não a pessoa não quer saber de mais nada, a não ser jogar, jogar e jogar! Parabéns, Bethesda! A única crítica que faço (que eu não gostei) foi que não teve dublagem em Português Brasileiro (PT BR), e isso é uma afronta, pois é tão maravilhoso poder jogar qualquer tipo de jogo ouvindo o seu próprio idioma local!… Expand
  19. cctusing
    Sep 10, 2023
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Great exploration, fun quests, interesting characters, and awesome RPG elements. Some bugs, but that's too be expected from a Bethesda game.… Expand
  20. Krimion
    Sep 10, 2023
    10
    Bethesda really outdid themselves with Starfield!
    I have a few minor things I'd like changed/added. But I'm 70hrs in and loving in!!
  21. WAGNERX10x
    Sep 10, 2023
    6
    Jogo muito abaixo do que foi prometido uma decepção, Promessas não cumpridas e muita propaganda enganosa.
  22. AHMED1995
    Sep 10, 2023
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Nice starfield like Very impressive game I hope that some improvements will be added… Expand
  23. NGG
    Sep 10, 2023
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. A a gamer for most of my life I cant wait to wake up and play starfield. I think this game has amazing combat and space fights. The graphics and details are amazing too. Way to go Bethesda and all your team for your passion for gaming. Our channel is ngg Canada and thanks for reading! GAME ON… Expand
  24. FelipeJulianos
    Sep 10, 2023
    10
    obrigado Bethesda por mais um jogo bom, provavelmente jogarei starfield tanto como joguei as 500 horas+ de skyrim e fallouts
  25. XATAK10
    Sep 10, 2023
    10
    After having triumphed over wastelands and fantasy realms, Bethesda has now set its sights on conquering the cosmos. With Starfield, they present their most ambitious RPG to date, seamlessly blending captivating storytelling, thrilling action, and boundless exploration. While the Creation Engine continues to deliver breathtaking landscapes, it also reveals its constraints when it comes toAfter having triumphed over wastelands and fantasy realms, Bethesda has now set its sights on conquering the cosmos. With Starfield, they present their most ambitious RPG to date, seamlessly blending captivating storytelling, thrilling action, and boundless exploration. While the Creation Engine continues to deliver breathtaking landscapes, it also reveals its constraints when it comes to map size, reminding us of both its strengths and limitations.… Expand
  26. SylverIoRamada
    Sep 10, 2023
    9
    despues de 60 horas de juego, puedo determinar para mi opinion que es un juego casi libre de bugs por lo menos mi partida.
    no soy fanboy de bethesda pero tiene muchas cosas positivas para mi,
    He jugado Oblivion, Skirim, Fallout3-4-76, y este me ha sorprendido mucho, aparte de que los temas espaciales me encantan, todas las reseñas negativas recibidas dudo mucho que sean reales, deben de    despues de 60 horas de juego, puedo determinar para mi opinion que es un juego casi libre de bugs por lo menos mi partida.
    no soy fanboy de bethesda pero tiene muchas cosas positivas para mi,
    He jugado Oblivion, Skirim, Fallout3-4-76, y este me ha sorprendido mucho, aparte de que los temas espaciales me encantan, todas las reseñas negativas recibidas dudo mucho que sean reales, deben de ser de los tipicos Fanboys de Sony que no son mas que niños rata obsesos con una guerra inexistente, yo tb era se sony hasta que descubri los placeres del ecosistema de Xbox,
    pasando a lo importante,
    graficamente podia mejorar un poco, pero para eso existen los mods
    que no te gusta la interfaz del juego, para eso existen los mods

    y la verdad, soy un enfermo de los mods en los juegos, me encanta perder horas y dias creando una mod list estable,

    asique si, el juego es de lo mejor viniendo de las manos de Bethesda, imagianos si lo llega a hacer EA, entonces si seria un problema    … Expand
  27. splicev1
    Sep 10, 2023
    10
    Absolutely amazing game! Must buy for all space action RPG fans. Dont understand the negative reviews. This game is 10/10
  28. islam12zr
    Sep 10, 2023
    10
    good game that give the same feeling zhen exploring in older bethesda games like skyrim and fallout so if you are big fan of expolring games than starfield is for you
  29. Tcphoenix
    Sep 10, 2023
    9
    Incredibly fun game with a few things that are disappointing. If you like a huge open RPG game and you're tired of post-apocalyptic or medieval fantasy types and are more into the sci-fi genre, you'll probably really like this game. Customization of the ship is a huge plus and you can spend hours just doing that. The first few hours the game are difficult because of its scale and vastness,Incredibly fun game with a few things that are disappointing. If you like a huge open RPG game and you're tired of post-apocalyptic or medieval fantasy types and are more into the sci-fi genre, you'll probably really like this game. Customization of the ship is a huge plus and you can spend hours just doing that. The first few hours the game are difficult because of its scale and vastness, where most games have you on a very specific track that eventually starts to broaden out after the first mission this game throws you into a situation where you can do whatever you want and deciding is hard. Do I stick with the main storyline? Do I take my ship out for a spin and see what's out there? Do I join the plethora of factions? If it weren't for some of the videos I would have been lost. The cons of the game are more about some of its mechanics. They're definitely not deal breakers at least for me but you can't help but feel a little bit deceived with the marketing. Navigating between wherever you are, your ship, other planets and even towns is not a straightforward as you would think. Plus there are loading screens were in previews and trailers you never saw them so it was a bit of a surprise to see that there are a lot of loading screens to transition you from one point to another. Again this is not a deal breaker just was not expected and I've pretty much adapted to it though it would have been nice to have more seamless transitions I chalk this up to more of technical challenges of making a game of this scale. Visuals though very impressive in a lot of ways, still have areas where it feels a little last generation. It's a very mixed bag but overall the quality and scale and look is quite impressive especially materials for clothing the ships and the overall detail of interiors while external details planets, forest areas or other outside graphics such as walking through a city range from looking a little sparse to exceptionally detailed. It's not fair to compare it to something like cyberpunk for multiple reasons though those comparisons will pop into your head. They are two very different types of games and cyberpunk bill exquisitely detailed is still just one very large city and not a thousand planets and I couldn't even imagine trying to get that level of detail on a scale this large it probably would have taken even longer by a few years and technology to catch up to implement that sort of scale. And this is coming from somebody who works both in the gaming and film animation CG industry. All in all I'm very pleased with it and it is sucked way more time out of my day since I got it than I thought it would and I'm almost afraid of how much time it's going to put in but I know I'm going to enjoy it as I've enjoyed the first hours of playing once I got past the what am I doing where should I go. Again I can't stress enough looking at a few videos for things I wish I had known and a general breakdown because the tutorials are not that intuitive and they definitely don't deep dive. You have the feeling that you've been put into the Olympics and someone tossed you in the water expecting you to compete without telling you how to swim. Last but not least I'm playing on both my Xbox series x and on a very very powerful PC. The lack of DLSS included is preposterous but at least some very ambitious modders have put them up so that you can utilize them. The game plays very well on the series x and you don't notice the much debated 30 frames per second because of how consistently smooth it is and the type of game it is. Visually The game of course will look better on a PC depending on your hardware setup and your resolution. I'm running it on an overclocked 3090 TI RTX and I'm enjoying it. Much sharper and detailed but you will either need the DLSS mod depending on what your hardware is and what resolution you plan on using. For me personally running a 1080p with a higher pixel per inch on a color calibrated monitor running at 60 hz looks fantastic but I know that some people must have the 4K and for that you will have to use DLSS if you want some pretty significant and clean FPS. That's all, love the game and plan on spending countless hours in it Hope you enjoy!… Expand
  30. Orisa
    Sep 10, 2023
    10
    If you like games that you can play for hours upon hours without getting bored, then Starfield may be what you’re looking for. The amount of missions/activities in this game is astounding. Not to mention the pretty much endless exploration Starfield offers.
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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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