Starfield

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  1. L00PER
    Sep 8, 2023
    0
    boring gaming experience, just hollow shell with nothing interesting inside. Definitely not worth its price.
  2. Iceberry
    Sep 10, 2023
    0
    Quanto mais vc joga pior fica.
    jogo raso sem emoçao, prometeram tanto coisa antes de entregar o jogo, mas quando chega a hora de entregar, entrega um jogo sem emoçao vc joga durante 6hrs e se sente cansado sem animo pq vc nao se diverte vc nao sente atraido por alguma historia, as missoes sao horriveis, jogo sem historia.
  3. projectgameadd
    Sep 8, 2023
    3
    AFTER 40hours the list of bad things in this game is so long to the moders make a fixes... It can take a decade to make the necessary repairs of this product
    1-The Lobby cities are boring,
    2-the narrative was lost on every moment, 3- same visions(Cinematics of big bang limbo) to all main scenario quests, 4- dialoques without life or felling, and poor optmization PC some time i get    AFTER 40hours the list of bad things in this game is so long to the moders make a fixes... It can take a decade to make the necessary repairs of this product
    1-The Lobby cities are boring,
    2-the narrative was lost on every moment,
    3- same visions(Cinematics of big bang limbo) to all main scenario quests,
    4- dialoques without life or felling, and poor optmization PC some time i get 100fps sometimes 40fps 5- some places had good texture some places have, some places had no applied physics on trees, and many things ..
    6- its like a fallout 4(could be see with same console does thegodmode TGM lol) in 2023...
    7- wrost soundtrack imersion on the weapons and detail to terrain we walk (again no immersion on sounds)
    8-NPC wrost making procedural..my god coul be a horor game sometimes with strange bug of moves.. the neck and eyes moving of npcs..SCARY ... and poor sidequest dialogues.
    Sory but this game have no soul in many aspects ... the mediocrity of this product manages to show that low quality products are above average.. CYBERPUNK is dimond in comparison to this.    … Expand
  4. Sheoloch
    Sep 9, 2023
    5
    Everyone is trying to throw the blame for the middle of the road or bad reviews on the console wars nonsense or anti-woke sentiment. The reality is that no company should be rewarded for stagnating in every aspect of their game development process and its end result. I like the game as I have liked previous Bethesda titles warts and all but I cannot in good conscience say it is a step inEveryone is trying to throw the blame for the middle of the road or bad reviews on the console wars nonsense or anti-woke sentiment. The reality is that no company should be rewarded for stagnating in every aspect of their game development process and its end result. I like the game as I have liked previous Bethesda titles warts and all but I cannot in good conscience say it is a step in any direction except maybe a step back from previous titles. The engine they refuse to update looks worse with each new title released, better lighting and shadows, sure, but to me it just looks like lipstick on a pig. Endless loading screens instead of a seamless experience of exploration and true role-playing. NPC's and facial animations are a real disappointment after playing games like Witcher 3, Death Stranding and Baldur's Gate 3 and one of these is from eight years ago. Just nostalgia for Bethesda games shouldn't excuse their sloppiness. They have the massive backer that is Microsoft now so they really have no excuse (not that they had one before in my opinion) as a AAA developer to deliver such a sub-par product for 2023 while other much smaller studios with a fraction of their resources deliver something amazing both in looks and feel!… Expand
  5. DaniscoIco
    Sep 9, 2023
    0
    random FPS drop, a lot of loading screen, glitches, and bugs everywhere like some NPC getting no clip.
  6. UberSync
    Sep 10, 2023
    0
    I’ve been a fan of Bethesda for 20 years as my first game was Quake 2. I’ve enjoyed Doom, Wolfenstein, Elderscrolls, Fallout 3 and New Vegas, anything that Bethesda has spent money on Publishing or Producing I’ve considered the greatest games of all time. HOWEVER, something happened in 2016 that turned Bethesda onto the path of producing trash games. Fallout 4 was trash and it shouldn’tI’ve been a fan of Bethesda for 20 years as my first game was Quake 2. I’ve enjoyed Doom, Wolfenstein, Elderscrolls, Fallout 3 and New Vegas, anything that Bethesda has spent money on Publishing or Producing I’ve considered the greatest games of all time. HOWEVER, something happened in 2016 that turned Bethesda onto the path of producing trash games. Fallout 4 was trash and it shouldn’t have been. Redfall is a monstrosity that never should have existed. Fallout 76 should have never existed. Now Starfield, a game that should not exist. Ever since they’ve sold out to Microsoft, it’s like they’ve been making games with these loony tunes looking graphics as it seems their new target audience is anyone under the age of 12. Rest in Peace Bethesda, I’m not looking forward to ES6 or anything you produce ever again. It’s a sad year in gaming history, we’ve lost some of the best.… Expand
  7. PixelPlay
    Sep 11, 2023
    0
    Um jogo que é aguardado há mais de uma década e sai com a qualidade de duas gerações atrás, a nota dele não é mais baixa devido os caixistas realmente não saberem o que é um jogo bom. Ainda tem gente dando nota 10 se enganando, como diz o ditado: O pior cego é aquele que não quer ver...
  8. Wokefield
    Sep 11, 2023
    0
    Let me start by saying that I feel like I was cheated out of my hard earned money, not because of the gameplay, but because of how much they are forcing their one sided opinions on people. Nowhere does Bethesda warn you about just how one sided / woke they made this game. I have over 90 hours in this game so I feel like I have a good perspective of what Starfield brings to the table.Let me start by saying that I feel like I was cheated out of my hard earned money, not because of the gameplay, but because of how much they are forcing their one sided opinions on people. Nowhere does Bethesda warn you about just how one sided / woke they made this game. I have over 90 hours in this game so I feel like I have a good perspective of what Starfield brings to the table. Here's a summary:


    1. Almost every important NPC from most store owners, military generals / commanders, the leader of Constellation, the supervisor leading the mining expedition at the start of the game, and even the president of the United Colonies, are all women. When it comes to a position of power or leadership, females very obviously and deliberately dominate every sector. The only time that a white male character is in a position of real leadership, is the leader of the Crimson Fleet, one of the main villains of the game. It's very obvious the developers hate white males, as they are a huge minority. 2. You can tell just how "diverse" the developers are by looking at the random civilians and guards in every city. In 90 hours of gameplay, Most of the guards / soldiers have been either black males or females ( of all races ), and females do dominate the soldiers / guards as well. The civilians consist of both genders, but almost exclusively Black or Asian. It's very rare to find white males anywhere in any cities, and the only places I usually find them is either in the ghetto of every city, or working the mines. With the way the world is going today, this maybe seems like a not too distant reality anyway. 3. If you are religious and believe in God, you will be very disappointed here. This game actively tries to find some sort of "scientific facts" to persuade people into thinking God isn't real. None of the main companions believe in God, and the only one that comes close believes in the "great serpent", in which that religion is viewed as a cult by almost every NPC. 4. When you create your character, you can choose your "body type" and "walk type" between Male or Female, and then you get the privilege to choose your pronouns. You can either be a He, a She, or a They. This one I am not as bothered by as this only revolves around your personal character. You can be a straight male if you want ( Although every romance companion is Bi ). The problem I have with the pronouns is that the Left all say "pronouns are no big deal" but when someone creates a mod to remove pronouns in the character creation for people who don't want to participate in that either due to religion or another reason, are attacked by the Left for their personal preferences. Very hypocritical and selfish of them to force everyone to share their views or get attacked, even though "It's not a big deal". If someone is going to be paying all that money for a game, they should have the freedom to play it how they want personally.


    5. There is a Transgender main character in the game ( part of one of the main side questlines ), but they try to be a little more cautious about the wording on this in the game by calling them a clone. You are pretty much forced to support this character throughout the questline even if you have different beliefs. Overall, the choice to purchase this game is entirely up to you. If you are into everything I mentioned earlier, this game is absolutely for you. But for those that share different beliefs and views, I would highly recommend avoiding the game until they either make it more diverse without the white male oppression, or a mod fixes it. They deliberately hid this aspect of the game until people purchased it and played enough to the point of no longer able to get a refund, and that was the wrong approach from Bethesda. Why can't we have a modern game where people can express themselves without being forced to a single ideology that they might not agree on? In my opinion, this game has to be one of the most racist / sexist games against White males that I have ever played. The gameplay itself is very fun ( other than the limits on exploration ) and there is a lot to do in terms of side activities, base / ship building, combat, etc. So it's not all bad. It all depends on your own personal views. Would it have been great for them to support both sides? Absolutely, but unfortunately that's not how the world is going. For me personally, this game is a 0/10 as the world building is immersion breaking.    … Expand
  9. wsjacobi
    Sep 11, 2023
    0
    this game is so boring and empty, easy skip. I cant believe we waited so long for this to come out for it to be such a boring reedition of outer space travel. Also it looks just like no mans sky
  10. lilkillpappy
    Sep 8, 2023
    0
    Todd Howard lied to everyone about PC optimization. This game is in no way shape or form optimized for PC. I know this because I can turn all the graphics and the resolution down to as low as possible and the game still runs like garbage, and I have pc specs much better than their recommended specs. unable to break 60FPS even in small confined spaces is not a well optimized game, this is aTodd Howard lied to everyone about PC optimization. This game is in no way shape or form optimized for PC. I know this because I can turn all the graphics and the resolution down to as low as possible and the game still runs like garbage, and I have pc specs much better than their recommended specs. unable to break 60FPS even in small confined spaces is not a well optimized game, this is a broken game. Don't let Todd gas light you. Just look at Cyberpunk 2077 graphics and performance, and then tell me Starfield is optimized. **** liar!… Expand
  11. iamthewizard2
    Sep 8, 2023
    0
    -no DLSS
    -no Intel XeSS
    -no FOV adjustment
    -no brightness or gamma adjustment
    -no 32:9 support
    -no HDR support.
    -no specific texture quality settings
    -no AA options at native other than forced temporal

    NO THANK YOU.
  12. Clunning
    Sep 8, 2023
    3
    This game is ridiculously empty. I don't understand why they choose to make planets so big and then do nothing with the space. It also feels mega unpolished with tons of bugs and a dorky AI that runs about spastically. Ship building is the one highlight of the whole game. Everything else feels like Fallout 4 in space, with zero improvements and worse menus.

    Insane based on all the    This game is ridiculously empty. I don't understand why they choose to make planets so big and then do nothing with the space. It also feels mega unpolished with tons of bugs and a dorky AI that runs about spastically. Ship building is the one highlight of the whole game. Everything else feels like Fallout 4 in space, with zero improvements and worse menus.

    Insane based on all the development this game received.    … Expand
  13. deck
    Sep 8, 2023
    3
    When I played Fallout 3 in 2008, I didn't want to stop. This is what happened to me recently with RDR2. God, that game was good! Starfield is pretty low. If only they had made Elder Scrolls 6 or Fallout 5. 8 years for such trash. Sad.
  14. jepalome
    Sep 8, 2023
    3
    What a boring garbage game, it is bad a copy paste from No Man's Sky but worst and with bugs. I am so disappointed that I requested a refund, I can tell Microsoft Spoil their Bethesda employees to be unproductive in the last 8 years of development.
  15. TheSeekerThe
    Sep 8, 2023
    3
    Once again, Todd Howard deceived everyone. He promised a great game, but what we got was a piece of unoptimized code, constant loading screens, and no planetary exploration at all. In fact, there are no actual planets; there's only the illusion of their existence. In reality, they are just small locations with nothing substantial to offer. There's hardly any space in the game either, andOnce again, Todd Howard deceived everyone. He promised a great game, but what we got was a piece of unoptimized code, constant loading screens, and no planetary exploration at all. In fact, there are no actual planets; there's only the illusion of their existence. In reality, they are just small locations with nothing substantial to offer. There's hardly any space in the game either, and everything related to space could have been removed, making it even better (fewer loading screens). In my opinion, it's not worth the money, at most $10. A better RPG was released recently. And most importantly, they spent their time on this when they could have been working on TES6 - it's disappointing (though there's not much hope for that now either). Mr. Todd, your game is not next-gen; it's just a creation on an outdated engine. Unlike you, users still have eyes.… Expand
  16. Impe97
    Sep 9, 2023
    5
    Too much problems for a game released in 2023 from a AAA studio, the only thing that save its the story and the missions.....everything else its bad, no land vehicles, local maps terrible, ship drivable only in a super small square in planets atmosphere, IA of enemy its a joke, the UI and inventory management are super complex, outpost are useless, almost all planets are empty, everythingToo much problems for a game released in 2023 from a AAA studio, the only thing that save its the story and the missions.....everything else its bad, no land vehicles, local maps terrible, ship drivable only in a super small square in planets atmosphere, IA of enemy its a joke, the UI and inventory management are super complex, outpost are useless, almost all planets are empty, everything its fast travel, and that 2003 engine its too dated.
    Really bad.    … Expand
  17. justphil6969
    Sep 7, 2023
    5
    Gave the game a good 10-12 hours, I really did maybe I'm just getting old from the Bethesda formula, It wasn't for me.
  18. 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
  19. JaegerBarioth
    Sep 7, 2023
    5
    I'll start by prefacing that i believe the game will eventually reach Skyrim's greatness due to the incredibly dedicated modding community bethesda games tend to have, however, right now, its lacking.

    The main story is incredibly dull and short and while some side stories were interesting, the one that interested me the most simply wouldnt progress because a key NPC refused to move    I'll start by prefacing that i believe the game will eventually reach Skyrim's greatness due to the incredibly dedicated modding community bethesda games tend to have, however, right now, its lacking.

    The main story is incredibly dull and short and while some side stories were interesting, the one that interested me the most simply wouldnt progress because a key NPC refused to move where they were supposed to, least buggy bethesda release they said, but the bugs are definitely still there.
    The gunplay is passable, its not bad, but its nothing amazing when we had games like Doom, Destiny and Borderlands making gunplay so intense and fast paced, it certainly does not help that the AI is incredibly stupid, both the enemies' and your allies', with enemies main difficulty coming from how spongy they get at the higher difficulties.

    Exploration....its lacking, first of all theres no actual space travel, i dont care if someone spent 7 hours to get to a JPEG of a planet, they couldnt land on it from space, they still had to use their spaceship as a fast travel hub, which is what it is most of the time, even when exploring the actual planets, theres only a few that are handcrafted and interesting enough to explore, the randomly generated ones are barren and have nothing of interest, which defenders of the game will say its because of realism, but that same realism is entirely forgotten when they get asked where are the ground vehicles, it is definitely odd that in a game with spaceships, we somehow dont have any form of ground vehicles for traversing planets quicker and the loading screens, this game has SO MANY loadings screens, you better have an SSD or half of your gametime will be on loading screens.

    Theres potential, but its not quite there yet, i have heard of performance issues, however i had none on my rig, so i have no comments to say about that, pick this up in a year or two when the mods start to add the content it needs, until then, its a pretty big letdown considering who made it and the backing they had from microsoft.    … Expand
  20. Eexov2
    Sep 8, 2023
    0
    BETHESDA **** SCAM DISGUSTING COMPANY YOUR GAMES RUN 50 FRAME ON A 7900XT+5800x3D DISGUSTING OPTIMIZATION TEAM PATHETIC BASTARDS, TODD IS NOT MY PC OLD, IS LITTERALY NEW **** ABORT YOU SHOULD COMMIT NO BREATH IRL SCAM HUMAN BEING
  21. Banan212
    Sep 9, 2023
    3
    Starfield is same another Bethesda game.... but worse. Firstly this is the same old engine since Morrowind (2002) with the same problems and bugs. The game is terribly empty and boring compared to older Bethesda games like Skyrim or Fallout NV. The graphics are poor and look like a game from 10 years ago. Maybe the game sometimes looks nice in the foreground, but the backgrounds are aStarfield is same another Bethesda game.... but worse. Firstly this is the same old engine since Morrowind (2002) with the same problems and bugs. The game is terribly empty and boring compared to older Bethesda games like Skyrim or Fallout NV. The graphics are poor and look like a game from 10 years ago. Maybe the game sometimes looks nice in the foreground, but the backgrounds are a disaster. Most of the characters faces look like they come from a children's plasticine competition and their animations look like they were made by a very cheap AI. The enemy AI is the worst in recent Bethesda games. Enemies movements are completely random. Sometimes they may try to hide somewhere, but sometimes they will look straight at you waiting for you to shoot them, and other times they will just start running in random directions. Optimization on PC is terrible if you don't have the most powerful components. Exploration in this game is tragic and boring. If someone wants to play a game about cool space exploration, play No Man's Sky. It will be
    better spent money .
    To sum up, the game looks like a preliminary foundation, not a finished game. Well, modders will fix it and fill it in, but then the game shouldn't cost $70    … Expand
  22. Adolfoffo
    Sep 9, 2023
    0
    This game is absolutely an insult to human intelligence. Sponsored as if it were the game of life, we then discover after hours and hours of gameplay that this game is literally the cosmic void. Non-existent artificial intelligence, embarrassing shooting system, repetitive and boring side missions, continuous loading and almost useless RPG system. The final blow that makes this game a realThis game is absolutely an insult to human intelligence. Sponsored as if it were the game of life, we then discover after hours and hours of gameplay that this game is literally the cosmic void. Non-existent artificial intelligence, embarrassing shooting system, repetitive and boring side missions, continuous loading and almost useless RPG system. The final blow that makes this game a real scam are the horrible animations and a b-movie graphics sector. You should be ashamed of Bethesda.… Expand
  23. Endrance_sama
    Sep 8, 2023
    0
    Fallout/Elder Scrolls with a space theme slapped on it. Bad optimization, tons of bugs, bad AI, completely unfinished same old stale systems but somehow even worse (sense of exploration next to zero). Bethesda has been rehashing the same game for decades and the Todd bootlickers will gobble it up as long as the dudes alive to push out yet another turd and he knows it.

    Objectively speaking    Fallout/Elder Scrolls with a space theme slapped on it. Bad optimization, tons of bugs, bad AI, completely unfinished same old stale systems but somehow even worse (sense of exploration next to zero). Bethesda has been rehashing the same game for decades and the Todd bootlickers will gobble it up as long as the dudes alive to push out yet another turd and he knows it.

    Objectively speaking this game is maybe a 3 in a vacuum, but considering the budget, time and man power on this, but especially the philosophy of making the same game once again, it's inexcusable. This should be among the worst rated games for that reason alone.    … Expand
  24. Sam94
    Sep 7, 2023
    0
    This game is the disappointment of the year for me. Todd Howard had us with his lies again, over promising but under delivering, as per his habit. The game is an unfinished buggy mess with lots of quirky moments and game breaking bugs, graphically it looks rough at times and the story is pretty **** Skip this garbage and play Zelda Tears of the Kingdom or Baldur's Gate instead.
  25. stanypks
    Sep 7, 2023
    0
    poor graphics , bad gameplay and gun fight , bad textures , depressive game , a shame.
  26. Face
    Sep 9, 2023
    0
    Yikes, what a terrible experience. Bethesda with another banger of lag, bugs, and glitches. They tried to wrap it in a pretty space setting, but they even failed at that, as the game looks like something out of 2010.

    Dont waste your money on this garbage. We need to stop supporting Bethesda by buying their lazy, uninspired money grabs.
  27. CriticoDubioso
    Sep 9, 2023
    0
    Absolute **** Morrowind and Oblivion are better than this. Graphics look like a Xbox 360 game and the characters are uninteresting.
  28. edutra1976
    Sep 8, 2023
    5
    Um resumo do jogo: mais do mesmo. Esperava alguma inovação que surpreendesse, mas infelizmente é só um jogo com a Bethesda: Divertido, Gráficos lindos (menos os NPCs ), História boa, Jogabilidade boa. Alguns problemas, como o excesso de load. A nota é 5 pq prometeram bem mais que isso, e não cumpriram. Faltou INOVAÇÃO.
  29. ntmera
    Sep 9, 2023
    0
    Game built on templates. Uninspiring, profit grabbing effort. Why is Todd still around?
  30. DizzyStyle
    Sep 8, 2023
    1
    Broken promises
    Payed reviews
    Removed languages
    5 days access for 60% of the cost
    Impudent marketing face

    If this isn't enough to give 2/10 to this game instead of 6/10 (the real score) I don't know what is.
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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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