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
  31. w4r10ck1604
    Sep 12, 2023
    5
    There is so much that is so dissapointing in the Fast-Travel-Simulator ´23

    - the Inventory management is horrible - the facial animations are pretty ugly - the german snych is not lipsynch - the walking speed on pc, makes me mad. you can run, you can walk, you can sprint! but you don´t match the speed of the other npc´s - the loading screens.... - the whole fast travel system    There is so much that is so dissapointing in the Fast-Travel-Simulator ´23

    - the Inventory management is horrible
    - the facial animations are pretty ugly
    - the german snych is not lipsynch
    - the walking speed on pc, makes me mad. you can run, you can walk, you can sprint! but you don´t
    match the speed of the other npc´s

    - the loading screens....
    - the whole fast travel system makes me furious. the game is wasting my time.
    open the map, select the destination "loading screen", open the map again, select the landing point
    "loading screen" exit the ship "loading screen", enter a building "loading screen" do the quest. fast
    travel back to your ship. and restart the loading screen simulation!

    - the world is empty.... in a universe with over 1000 Planets.... there are only 4 cities...

    - the npc´s in the cities are dumb like bread!

    - it´s so performance hungry and idk why?

    - dungeons and outposts repeat

    overall i am glad this game is on gamepass... i would get mad if i spent 70 Bucks for this thing!    … Expand
  32. Senqai
    Sep 10, 2023
    0
    this game is a complete joke. everything is so outdated and you can clearly see it. Also so many performance issues
  33. N3cron
    Sep 9, 2023
    1
    Outdated bland mess of a loading screen simulator disguised as a game, if you value your money, time, experience, don't play that boring garbage that would've been mid 15 years ago.
  34. DHarland
    Sep 10, 2023
    2
    Played for 6 hours but the game is so tedious, dialogue so rote and the loading screens so offensive I stopped playing, I expected so much more from Bethesda in 2023 but it feels like the game is stuck in 2013.
  35. Steelz
    Sep 10, 2023
    1
    The copy and paste dungeons was the final nail in the coffin for me. I would recommend against purchasing this Bethesda installment as the experience feels entirely lesser compared to past titles made by Bethesda. Oh, and the loading screens... don't get me started on that one. Save yourself the pain.
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    Sep 12, 2023
    0
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  37. Mario9767
    Sep 9, 2023
    4
    Esta de weba está vaina lo vendieron como una maravilla cuando es un juego de cagada
  38. Cognipop
    Sep 12, 2023
    3
    I fell for the marketing company and advertising spin dominating social media :(
  39. foxypgame
    Sep 10, 2023
    5
    A regression in story telling and curiosity a cat would rather sleep on. An upside-down iceberg. not even the npcs can hold a straight face when todd said 1000x the planets. Fortunately for todd, there are plenty of fellow starfield npcs irl that will lap it all up.

    Graphically beautiful bethesda experience. Standard gunplay that improves technically while regresses in scope*.    A regression in story telling and curiosity a cat would rather sleep on. An upside-down iceberg. not even the npcs can hold a straight face when todd said 1000x the planets. Fortunately for todd, there are plenty of fellow starfield npcs irl that will lap it all up.

    Graphically beautiful bethesda experience.
    Standard gunplay that improves technically while regresses in scope*.
    Unflavoured NPCs.

    Loading...    … Expand
  40. AntonEgo69x
    Sep 12, 2023
    5
    “16 times the details” is repeating itself a decent game in a box of lies as always. The game itself isn’t that bad but the technical problems on pc are lame. It’s not the game they presented.
  41. kotafrakt
    Sep 11, 2023
    0
    unoptimized piece of empty gameplay
    maybe for nextgen games you need to change Toda
  42. Charleslsf
    Sep 10, 2023
    0
    Jogo extremamente caro que nao entrega nem de longe o que era esperado dele.
    Dica: nao compre o jogo agora, espere alguma promoção.
  43. Luckyblade13
    Sep 9, 2023
    1
    Hardly playable, this games launch was worse than fallout 76 and and cyberpunk 2077. Why did I pay for a game that wasn't finished??
  44. Orndstein
    Sep 10, 2023
    4
    Worst ""modern" Bethesda single player game, (and actually may be worse than fallout76 - it at least had solid exploration). i've played for about 15 hours (not one sitting) and i got so bored i uninstalled.

    There is NO exploration, of either planets or space. You can walk around a planet only if there is already something there, and that something is generally maximally a 20 minute    Worst ""modern" Bethesda single player game, (and actually may be worse than fallout76 - it at least had solid exploration). i've played for about 15 hours (not one sitting) and i got so bored i uninstalled.

    There is NO exploration, of either planets or space. You can walk around a planet only if there is already something there, and that something is generally maximally a 20 minute dungen, but expect shorter or even just a singular cardbord npc with his little garbage quest. There can be """"locations""" around where you landed and all you need to do to get to them is walk in a straight line without any challenges or enemies for 3-5 minutes (no vehicles, not even a skyrim horse reskinned as a bike} and when you get there it turns out the location is an empty **** crater or an empty **** cave. In all of my gameplay i found only one planet that wasnt some flavor of washed out wasteland, and it was the first city hub planet the main plot wants you to go... and of course it did keep up with bethesda tradition to make any city painfully small.

    Only time when you can fly your ship is in a planets orbit, which will be generally empty but if youre especially lucky you will get some boring ass space combat or maybe youll get to dock in a space station (thats a one button press and like 2 loading screens - one for docking and one to get out of the ship, the reverse i also true for leaving the station). Everything else concerning space travel? thats a button press or going into map menu and a **** of loading screens.
    Want to go to a different landing zone on a planet? thats a loadin
    Want to go to a different planet or moon in the system? thats a loadin
    Want to go to a different solar system? thats a loadin
    The strongest thing from previous bethesda games - freedom to manually explore huge interesting open world - yea that aint here.

    Gunplay is boring but servicable - not much to write about here, just a less impactfull version of fallout 4's, and less freedom when it comes to weapon customization.

    There is a base building thing, didnt touch it, didnt really want a base on a rocky wasteland.

    Npcs and companions are still very much cardboard, dialogues are still mainly inconsequential. And yes all the characters do look like alien meatpuppets pretending to be human, did you expect anything else?(the did trigger an uncany valley feeling a lot for me)

    Leveling system - yea, its just ripoff from fallout 4 with even more boring perks - its either straight numerical upgrades or unlocking basic abilities that you probably shouldve had from begining. No wait, there more exctining perks - unlocking new food to cook...

    Graphics, definitely are there, game looks alright when it wants to, but optimisation on PC is a **** joke, you cant even change basic settings like texture quality or antyaliasing, you need to manually go into the gamefiles with a notepad to make the game run comfortably. and also Tod's "God's" Howard's response to apparent lack of optimisation is also a **** joke. Especially when you can mod skyrim to look better and run better at the same time.

    Artstyle is one of two things this game did well, weapon models, ships suits all have great design, but that will not compell you to play this boringh ****
    Second thing is actally very small but it is there - new and fresh lockpicking system that actually uses your brain instead of your patience and lockpick supply.

    All in all, you'd do far better just playing skyrim again, or fallout, of no mans sky. There is no space in this game or in the gaming world for this game, especially since company that made it already made superior games with the same formula.    … Expand
  45. xDedongo
    Sep 10, 2023
    3
    Oh, I didn't know that Metroid Other M had a graphics update.

    Well, still Other M tho
  46. Falmust
    Sep 10, 2023
    0
    Worst Bethesda game ever. Worst engine (hello from 2002), worst loadings, worst space, worst animation, just worst
  47. netabatarya
    Sep 10, 2023
    5
    Summary: Worse than Fallout 4

    Ancient mechanics and animations left from Fallout 4. Story and its way of telling is poor. Dialog options are going only one way meaning you dont have any options to impact the story. We see faces of NPCs as a cinematic thing but mimics are poorly recorded, worse than Fallout 4. There's nothing to explore in the space. Flying spaceship doesn't satisfy the    Summary: Worse than Fallout 4

    Ancient mechanics and animations left from Fallout 4. Story and its way of telling is poor. Dialog options are going only one way meaning you dont have any options to impact the story. We see faces of NPCs as a cinematic thing but mimics are poorly recorded, worse than Fallout 4. There's nothing to explore in the space. Flying spaceship doesn't satisfy the player. Also taking down on planets is actually punishemnt to the player because many of them are just empty.    … Expand
  48. spokengg
    Sep 10, 2023
    4
    It's Fallout 4 with spaceships and forced fast travel. The game is not good.

    -The writing is awful, the characters are all incredibly dull and uninteresting. I couldnt even force myself to suffer through the main storyline and I refuse to use any of the main companions because of how boring they all are. All of the actual companions have the same cookie cutter personalities and not even    It's Fallout 4 with spaceships and forced fast travel. The game is not good.

    -The writing is awful, the characters are all incredibly dull and uninteresting. I couldnt even force myself to suffer through the main storyline and I refuse to use any of the main companions because of how boring they all are. All of the actual companions have the same cookie cutter personalities and not even a single one of them is down to clown with evil players. Bethesda is OKAY at writing questlines and npcs that arent meant to be taken too seriously but they seem to have forgotten that they cant write a serious story for **** with this game.

    -The world feels completely sanitized and edge-less. You can really tell that Bethesda went out of their way to purposefully sand down the sharp corners here, everything just feels so safe and PG-13. They were clearly terrified of accidentally offending anyone with even slightly edgy dialogue or content.

    -Space and your spaceship is a glorified fast travel menu, it feels completely tacked on. If it weren't for the fact that the game forces you to pilot your ship, you would have no actual gameplay reason to do so outside of the extremely boring and shallow space combat. You cant actually fly anywhere in your ship, you just teleport around while watching a bunch of cutscenes of your ship flying. Encounters in space feel completely artificial too, you just occasionally run into people waiting around for no reason whenever you jump somewhere.

    -The AI is HORRENDOUS, somehow even worse than previous BGS games. Ive NEVER seen a single human enemy advance on me in combat, ive never even seen them move through a doorway, let alone open one. Not to mention the enemy variety is completely nonexistent. 90% of enemies youll face are just copy pasted humans with like 1 of 3 different guns.

    -The RPG mechanics are somehow even more basic and simplified from Fallout 4. Bethesda has literally regressed with every single game they've made when it comes to the actually RPG part of their RPGs.

    -Player Freedom is basically nonexistent. These arent even sandbox games anymore, theyre curated theme parks where your only decision is the choice of which ride to go on next. Except you only have access to Snoopy-Land with all the bumper cars, merry-go-rounds and ground level swingsets.

    -And finally, the Exploration is simply the worst its ever been. The feature they advertised the most is also the worst aspect the game. It doesn't feel like youre exploring a world, it feels like you're teleporting between a dozen different small areas. There is zero sense of being in an interconnected world, it just feels like a bunch of separate levels, no doubt because of how Bethesda seems to have designed the entire game around teleporting between planets with fast travel. Exploring the randomly generated planets is tedious and meaningless, they have nothing of value except some randomly placed points of interest that have nothing of interest. You also will spend the majority of your time on these planets sprinting and walking when your stamina runs out because Bethesda made the BAFFLING decision to not make ground vehicles of any kind. If you liked running around release day No Man's Sky planets then this might even be a small upgrade for you, if you have actual taste and value your free time though then this game is just going to be a huge disappointment.

    The only things I can definitively say that I liked are the location designs. Cities and dungeons all look great, the interiors are vibrant and very well made, probably because Elianora from the Skyrim modding scene worked on this part of the game. Dungeon areas are all multi-layered with different pathways and rooms, a huge upgrade from the single hallway designs of the last few BGS games.
    Also the art design itself is pretty good looking, the ships, weapons and spacesuits all look great.
    Spaceship building is cool but held back by the fact that its nearly pointless because of how worthless the actual space aspect of this game is.
    That's about it.

    Maybe mods will save it in a couple years but until then this is the most disappointing experience ive ever had in a Bethesda game, though I cant say im surprised given this has been the trajectory ever since Skyrim. If you REALLY like the standard, non-modded Bethesda fake RPG experience then you might enjoy this game despite it being the single worst fake RPG theyve every created.    … Expand
  49. Jarod007
    Sep 10, 2023
    0
    La honte !!!
    Jeu qui crash toutes les deux secondes sur un pc avec un bon i5 (4670 k => 4 X 3.4 Gh/z ) et une bonne carte graphique (rx550 Pule edition 4GB)
    Tous mes autres jeux passent même les watch dogs qui sont codés avec le c*l !
    Starfield est codé avec les culs de tous les animaux de la rue tellement il rame / plante / crash / etc .
  50. adweex
    Sep 10, 2023
    1
    It has it's pros and cons. The game is basically Mass Effect in Bethesda Style. Is it bad? No. But to me the overall experience is awfull.

    - No space flight (not even close to NMS) - Unoptimized - Game crashing all the time - The game is not even openworld - And i don't like the look of the characters Of course the game looks good, has some nice art. But overall a very boring    It has it's pros and cons. The game is basically Mass Effect in Bethesda Style. Is it bad? No. But to me the overall experience is awfull.

    - No space flight (not even close to NMS)
    - Unoptimized
    - Game crashing all the time
    - The game is not even openworld
    - And i don't like the look of the characters

    Of course the game looks good, has some nice art. But overall a very boring experience for me.    … Expand
  51. YouSayinBold
    Sep 10, 2023
    3
    No exploration. Boring as hell. Too many loading screens. Fast travel is mandatroy.
    I don't know what happened to gaming over the last 20 years.
    I'm burning my copy of this game, maybe the gods of gaming will wake the (cuss word that is censored because of american sensibilities) up.
  52. MobiusRex
    Sep 10, 2023
    3
    Sadly it’s been very uninspired. Bethesda has a history of reinventing itself and setting new standards. This game has so much potencial, but it feels like fallout3 in space instead of the next amazing thing
  53. Elderlylamp
    Sep 10, 2023
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. GOTY if released in 2014. Congrats Bethesda. Overhyped game and Political! Nice … Expand
  54. MightyBanana
    Sep 11, 2023
    3
    Played for 2 hours. There isn't any freedom nowhere near skyrim or fallout 3-4. Story isn't as interesting. And this game has all the space... 3/10.
  55. khoris1138
    Sep 11, 2023
    0
    I more then meet the "Recommended" requirements for this trash let alone the minimum requirements and then Todd wants to sit there and say they did optimize it!? If i set everything to ultra i get 20fps, if i set everything the low i get 20fps.. this makes total sense.. tried all the performance tweaks and mods nothing. This was Bethesda's last chance from me.. oh well i guess
  56. Raruno
    Sep 11, 2023
    3
    Tenía muchas ganas de que saliera el juego, he esperado hasta su estreno en Game Pass para jugarlo desde mi Series S. Le he dedicado algo más de 10 horas al juego, esperando que en algún momento me diera algo de buena acción y diversión, pero no me ha conseguido atrapar.

    Lo primero que me parece imperdonable es su apartado gráfico y rendimiento. No consiento esos 30fps y que haciendo este    Tenía muchas ganas de que saliera el juego, he esperado hasta su estreno en Game Pass para jugarlo desde mi Series S. Le he dedicado algo más de 10 horas al juego, esperando que en algún momento me diera algo de buena acción y diversión, pero no me ha conseguido atrapar.

    Lo primero que me parece imperdonable es su apartado gráfico y rendimiento. No consiento esos 30fps y que haciendo este sacrificio las texturas, iluminaciones, npcs y "cinemáticas" sean tan pobres.

    Cansa muchísimo las pantallas de carga. Ya no sólo para ir de un planeta a otro, si no hasta para entrar en un edificio o parte del mismo. Luego el tema de, sube a lave, despega (cinemática), una vez en orbita, selecciona planeta, viajas, pantalla de carga, selecciona aterrizaje, pantalla de carga... Cansa y te saca de la inmersión.

    Llegas a una ciudad, los npcs parecen sacados de The walking dead. Horribles! Todo está lleno de objetos que puedes recoger, pero que mejor ni lo hagas porque terminas con el inventario lleno y la mayoría no vale nada... Platos, vasos, bolígrafos, cuadernos, bandejas, pisapapeles... Cosas que al vender te van a dar 5 créditos por ellas! Para qué?

    Cuando exploras el planeta es una auténtica perdida de tiempo. Pocas veces vas a encontrar algo relevante, valioso o emocionante. Algún recurso, ningún enemigo y nada de loot satisfactorio que te haga querer explorar. Ah, y todo esto sin un vehículo o montura de que facilite la exploración. La IA de los enemigos parece de broma! Estás a 40 metros, mirando para otro lado, y te ven! Pero si estás a su lado, empiezan a correr sin sentido y ni te disparan! Algunos los matas y se quedan ahí de pie con los ojos cerrados. Te disparan a través de cristales que no se rompen. Muy ridículo.

    El tema de la mochila propulsora, ni te explican como funciona, ni que tienes que obtener una habilidad para poder usarla. Las peleas de naves son horribles! El control en el espacio no puede ser peor. Podrían haber aprendido aquí de No Man's Sky. Lo único destacable para mí es la personalización de tu personaje, que está muy cuidada y te da muchas opciones. Muy decepcionado de un juego que llevaba mucho esperando. Creo que en PC con mods la experiencia debe ser mucho mejor. Ojalá Bethesda vaya mejorando en el futuro el juego, y entonces le daré otra oportunidad.    … Expand
  57. romanbaxter
    Sep 11, 2023
    4
    This game is a big joke, like everything Bethesda has been doing for a few years now, optimization sucks, lags and the game comes out with bugs. Another unfinished game coming out at €70
  58. god_particle
    Sep 11, 2023
    3
    Starfield is boring. After putting few hours into it I just lost interest entirely. What a waste of time, considering they could be working on the new TES game instead.
  59. Shajenna
    Sep 11, 2023
    0
    So bald ich nur den Rechner anmache bombt mich Windows mit dem Spiel zu es nervt.
  60. Darkfelix
    Sep 11, 2023
    2
    A game to be lanched 4 yars foward from now.

    Bethesda promissed exploration and a next gen game but they lied to us (as always )
  61. Marloren
    Sep 11, 2023
    0
    Начнем по порядку, игра выглядит шикарно тут нет смысла спорить, графически она сделана красиво, но вот что меня выбивает из погружения в игру
    НПС
    1) Исчезают перед дверьми, обливион, передает плотный привет 2) Застревают в воде/траве/кустах/текстурах 3) Боевой искусственный интеллект с тобой не воюет. Интерфейс 1) Интуитивно непонятно(что за цифры на этих пушках), тебя не погружают    Начнем по порядку, игра выглядит шикарно тут нет смысла спорить, графически она сделана красиво, но вот что меня выбивает из погружения в игру
    НПС
    1) Исчезают перед дверьми, обливион, передает плотный привет
    2) Застревают в воде/траве/кустах/текстурах
    3) Боевой искусственный интеллект с тобой не воюет.
    Интерфейс
    1) Интуитивно непонятно(что за цифры на этих пушках), тебя не погружают игру, не объясняют как ей пользоваться, просто говорят, на держи учись.
    2) На все разные кнопки, и без шуток их реально много, на земле одна и та же кнопка открыть планетарную карту и бросить гранату, ну это блять шутка.
    3) Ещё одна шутка которую стоит оценить по достоинству это худ корабля, опять таки что ты на техническом столе изучать хрен его знает.
    4) Выполнить квесты для прокачки навыков, реально?
    Геймплей
    1) Отсутствующая регистрация попаданий.
    2) Нет импакта от оружия.
    3) Нет ощущения сложности, ты на первом уровне херачишь 5-12. Вопрос какой смысл в этих хелфбарах если они ни о чем не говорят, как и уровни в целом.
    4) Отсутствующая экономика в игре, чтобы вы понимали когда я первый раз прибыл на землю и при продаже инвентаря(Первые 15-20 минут геймплея) у меня было 13 тысяч кредитов. Нет это не девальвация, достаточно неплохой крейсер там стоит 240 тысяч.
    Сюжет
    1) Ты красивый, самый сексуальный, самый сильный и особенный, в очередной раз так интересно смотреть как Bethesda идет по одному и тому же шаблону.
    2) Многие говорят перетерпи 10-15 часов чтобы тебе начала нравится эта игра. Предлагаю следующее может купите сейчас, а когда-нибудь потом через несколько лет выйдет игра от Bethesda, которая реально будет хороша и вот тогда ваше ожидание будет напрасно. Я к чему веду. Если игру реально нужно терпеть, чтобы получать от неё удовольствие, то может с игрой что-то не так?
    3) Высадился на неизвестной планете, увидел неизведанную точку, есть два варианта: Идти пешком несколько километров, или ещё минимум три загрузочных экрана. Чувствуете бесшовность
    4) Душно, иди поговори там, постреляй их, вернись туда. 24 век на дворе люди изобрели гипердвигатели но не изобрели межгалактическую связь, а нет, изобрели, но в чем тогда проблема, я ведь дистанционно не могу связаться с нужным человеком и сказать что миссия выполнена, мне надо лететь через НЕСКОЛЬКО ЕБАНЫХ СИСТЕМ, чтобы банально сдать квест. Вы совсем охуели?

    0 желания развиваться. Я смотрю на этот "Шедевр" и вижу как всем было просто банально похуй, потому что за 12 лет игра не переросла потолок движка демонстрируемый скайримом, те же ошибки, те же баги, те же проблемы. Навели марафет с красивой графической составляющей, круто, только в очередной раз с оптимизацией обосрались. Бездари, с большой ебать буквы.    … Expand
  62. Divascaino
    Sep 11, 2023
    3
    Dinheiro jogado fora! Loadings sem fim, gráfico fraco, planetas limitados e repetidos, a jogabilidade não inova em nada.
  63. GI_Biochip
    Sep 11, 2023
    0
    I preordered this. I found it to have an empty borinig world, rubbish space combat, and the AI for enemies rubbish. The menus were not intuitive for me either, thank goodness for Steam refund.
  64. smcneece
    Sep 11, 2023
    4
    This game is boring. I know it's a Bethesda game, I've played them all. There's just no "substance" to keep me interested the story, find these goofy artifacts. I found the Xenomorph story line would have been much better. And partly is my getting older, I'm finding I really dislike games with stupid quests like go here and pickup a comic book. I guess Fed Ex etc doesn't exist in theThis game is boring. I know it's a Bethesda game, I've played them all. There's just no "substance" to keep me interested the story, find these goofy artifacts. I found the Xenomorph story line would have been much better. And partly is my getting older, I'm finding I really dislike games with stupid quests like go here and pickup a comic book. I guess Fed Ex etc doesn't exist in the future. I also apparently can be part of every faction, like even competing ones this wasn't the case in Fallout.

    There's really no point at all for space craft, since it's basically cut scenes, maybe a combat mission. Once you have visited a planet/local you'll be fast traveling there any way. There are way too many copy and paste locales, for as many years as this was in development, more hand crafted locales would have kept my interest.    … Expand
  65. jeffkren
    Sep 10, 2023
    0
    Massive disappointment, I can't even see how modders can save it down the road
  66. Dalogan72
    Sep 10, 2023
    1
    This game is beyond saving, the movement is junky to the core (it doesn’t matter in which person play), the graphics are like old good Cinemaware but now in 2023 not Amiga 500. If you like questing and wasting time in loading screen this game is for you. The loading screen seriously, savage. This game is not good even free. Buy something else, play monopoly. I am a nice guy so I will notThis game is beyond saving, the movement is junky to the core (it doesn’t matter in which person play), the graphics are like old good Cinemaware but now in 2023 not Amiga 500. If you like questing and wasting time in loading screen this game is for you. The loading screen seriously, savage. This game is not good even free. Buy something else, play monopoly. I am a nice guy so I will not give them 0, I believe the game uninstalled properly without issues so I will give them 1 over 10.… Expand
  67. tomaac
    Sep 10, 2023
    5
    Pros
    * Retro sci-fi design looks good on ships, weapons, locations
    * Some of the quests and writing are good, mostly faction side quest lines. * New game+ adds unique twist. * Lots of funny and weird things to find in the game * There will be mods * Ship building Cons * Slow start. It takes 8-10 hours before game gets going properly. * Exploration is the most boring part of the    Pros
    * Retro sci-fi design looks good on ships, weapons, locations
    * Some of the quests and writing are good, mostly faction side quest lines.
    * New game+ adds unique twist.
    * Lots of funny and weird things to find in the game
    * There will be mods
    * Ship building

    Cons
    * Slow start. It takes 8-10 hours before game gets going properly.
    * Exploration is the most boring part of the game.
    * 1000 empty planets as expected.
    * Outdated tech and gameplay loops. Game is stuck in 2002.
    * NPCs are horrendous - both companions and enemy AI might be some of the worst ever.
    * Terrible animations, often waiting until long NPC animations stop playing or trigger. No one in the game can do 2 things at the same time.
    * Lots of game breaking bugs with quest tracking, NPCs bugging out, double reloading glitches etc.
    * Constant loading screens and fast travel destroys immersion completely.
    * Map feel small, because it's all cut in small hub levels with loading between them.
    * Going in buildings still require loading screens, like it's 2002.
    * Only supports FSB2 out of the box. Have to mod in DLSS.
    * Settings that don't change anything. Not a lot of options. Not even FOV slider. Made for Xbox.
    * UI gets in a way to often. Can be fixed with mods.    … Expand
  68. Ayumie
    Sep 10, 2023
    5
    Forced Time waste screens everywhere.
    This is a Quick Travel and Loading Screen Simulation. Even when theres not much loading needed lol.
    The first few times you may find it cool looking when you dock or land or lift off or whatever, but since this Game is lots of smaller spaces and lots of traveling your staring at those screens and animations become very tedious very fast. Funny Thing    Forced Time waste screens everywhere.
    This is a Quick Travel and Loading Screen Simulation. Even when theres not much loading needed lol.
    The first few times you may find it cool looking when you dock or land or lift off or whatever, but since this Game is lots of smaller spaces and lots of traveling your staring at those screens and animations become very tedious very fast.
    Funny Thing is, that these Screens add nothing but Time Waste, there is Mods out there already who remove all these Screens and Animations, and what can i say... there is almost no loading time at all so why do these Long Butt Animations exist at all?
    And Todds talking about this beeing Next Gen is like a slap in the Face.
    There is nothing Next Gen here, nothing. No DLSS No Raytracing No Pathtracing and the same Textures and Models already seen in the Fallout Series, even down to the same Voiceactors over and over again, lots of wasted Potential and bad Performance even with the best Hardware available on the Market right now, and then Todd dares to tell people to buy better Hardware cause its next gen?
    Yes it may be Bugthesdas biggest Game yet, still its not what it was advertised at.
    If you wanna see next Gen with good Performance, look at Cyberpunk, and then look Back at this big pile of Dirt here.
    Im a long Time Fallout Player ever since 1 so i was aware of all the Bethesda issues and had no Hype at all, but seeing People reviewing this as the Best Game ever with Scores of 10 i can only laugh my cheeks off.    … Expand
  69. 3ggate
    Sep 11, 2023
    3
    1) The game only works on SSD
    2) 30 FPS on main menu and inventory. What the.. Why on my 4090 i have 30 fps in menu and 40+- fps in caves and settlements
    2) Even on the SSD **** endless downloads. My Windows is loading faster than Starfield wants to load all his menus and finally let me into the game 3) All the planets are dull copy-paste. There are 4-5 interesting story planets and 3    1) The game only works on SSD
    2) 30 FPS on main menu and inventory. What the.. Why on my 4090 i have 30 fps in menu and 40+- fps in caves and settlements
    2) Even on the SSD **** endless downloads. My Windows is loading faster than Starfield wants to load all his menus and finally let me into the game
    3) All the planets are dull copy-paste. There are 4-5 interesting story planets and 3 large cities. And then, of them, only Neon City is interesting
    4) In fact, the game is even more grind **** than No Man's Sky. Only in the NMS, at least there are no downloads and flights between planets are not a stupid choice on the map and with the expectation of downloads
    5) The introduction is VERY long. I need to install a alternative start mod. Even longer than in Skyrim. It feels like the introduction is delayed for 40-45 minutes
    6) The characters are dull **** Take a guy from Fallout 4 with ANOTHER SETTLEMENT IN NEED OF YOUR HELP!!! If there were interesting quests in Skyrim, then in 2 days of playing 7-8 hours in Starfield, I found only space pirates who liked them at first, but quickly their quests just slipped into a dull ****.

    I won't say anything about the technical condition, the MB will be fixed.

    This is a single fallout 76. With PNG pictures of planets. That's all I can say about the game. And then, fall 76 is interesting at least by co-op    … Expand
  70. Glew
    Sep 11, 2023
    4
    Starfield should have been the most open-ended Bethesda game to date. Instead, it is the most limited. There aren't 1000 planets to explore. There is 1 planet to explore, with a dozen or so color schemes to make it a 'new' planet. You can't actually explore the planets, or space, in a meaningful way. The best thing about this game, like so many others lately, was the marketing and hype.
  71. R4bisco
    Sep 11, 2023
    2
    Is this really what Bethesda had to shown? Truly it fells like I am playing a heavily modded Fallout 4.
    The Third Person is still as clunky as it was on Fallout 4. There is still not Shoulder Swtich Cam. WTF Bethesda?
    You can't land your on ship? Why so many empty and boring planets? The amount of time and effort spent to create this game is unbelievable. Such a waste of time. They    Is this really what Bethesda had to shown? Truly it fells like I am playing a heavily modded Fallout 4.
    The Third Person is still as clunky as it was on Fallout 4. There is still not Shoulder Swtich Cam. WTF Bethesda?
    You can't land your on ship? Why so many empty and boring planets? The amount of time and effort spent to create this game is unbelievable. Such a waste of time. They should learn more from companies like Larian Studios.

    The graphics are good, the light effects as well and it is a good space Fallout 4, but I didn't pay 69,99 dollars to play a space Fallout 4. Same physics bug from Fallout is still here.

    To finish it off, you thought of adding pronouns to a game? Is this really where you want to focus your effort? OMG!    … Expand
  72. Pussidestroyer
    Sep 10, 2023
    0
    Это просто скучнейшее дерьмище, за то, чтобы в это играли должны давать деньги, а не наоборот. Единственное что хорошо, это музыка и элементы дизайна, остальное устарело, ставлю заведомо ниже оценку, чтобы было посправедливее итоговаяЭто просто скучнейшее дерьмище, за то, чтобы в это играли должны давать деньги, а не наоборот. Единственное что хорошо, это музыка и элементы дизайна, остальное устарело, ставлю заведомо ниже оценку, чтобы было посправедливее итоговая
  73. Smithsmc
    Sep 12, 2023
    2
    Boring gameplay.
    Empty world.
    Bad AI, bad shooting, bad graphics, no optimization.

    Disaster and a joke.
  74. filipbu1997
    Sep 10, 2023
    0
    lots of bugs, horrible graphics, absolutely tragic AI.
    It looks like 2010 game.
  75. rzyghul
    Sep 10, 2023
    5
    In overall the game is not that bad but all the outdated engine problems make it much worse.
  76. RhythmBlue
    Sep 10, 2023
    5
    an average game, kind of boring for most people who have a hobby playing videogames, i think

    might be fun for people who dont play videogames much and so its contents are fresher to them
  77. Nilsson
    Sep 11, 2023
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Es un buen juego engancha y eso ya es algo respetable, pero la falta de optimización y el exceso de pantallas de carga arruina todo esto muy muy alejado de lo que tanto alardearon en cada conferencia de este juego.… Expand
  78. NoraNora
    Sep 11, 2023
    5
    Its sad how many lies Todd told about this game. I truly feel ripped of. There is no real freedom like Todd said all the time. The quest and character are boring and its pprobably the biggest disappointment since Cyberpunk 2077. The combat is kinda fun but really uninspired. But what really makes me wanna cry is the hell of a fast travel sim this game is. Also i play this game on a high anIts sad how many lies Todd told about this game. I truly feel ripped of. There is no real freedom like Todd said all the time. The quest and character are boring and its pprobably the biggest disappointment since Cyberpunk 2077. The combat is kinda fun but really uninspired. But what really makes me wanna cry is the hell of a fast travel sim this game is. Also i play this game on a high an PC but i rarely hit 60 fps on high graphics. And its buggy as well. I had even more bugs than in Cyberpunk in 2021. All in all its just mid af.… Expand
  79. pirs_san
    Sep 10, 2023
    0
    tres tres decevant gameplay d un autre temps graphisme niveau xbox 360le lisping en français inexistant et les chargements plus de chargement que de planètes
  80. Diegleo07
    Sep 9, 2023
    5
    Es un juego divertido y entretenido lleno de contenido pero no esta ni de coñ* a la altura de sus expectativas es un fallout en el espacio con mecánica anticuadas y que carece de detalles y esta lleno de pantallas y carga y de abrir el menú y perder toda la inmersión
  81. Tampa
    Sep 9, 2023
    4
    Esse jogo saiu cedo demais, muito mal polido, mundos vazios com varios planetas mortos, faltou criatividade pra tudo aquilo...quem sabe futuramente melhore!
  82. gubali60
    Sep 9, 2023
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. 딸깍필드 어디만 들어갈려면 로딩 디아블로4보다 못한 게임… Expand
  83. ZeusRaiser
    Sep 9, 2023
    4
    WITHOUT SSD IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO PLAY.
    The game is incredible, I played for a few hours and wanted to play a lot more, but not all of us live in a first world country, having an SSD with many gigs is a luxury, and in a game the SSD being the minimum requirement is sad. I tried to play on the HDD but it's impossible, stuttering and audio delays are constant, before you read this and say    WITHOUT SSD IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO PLAY.
    The game is incredible, I played for a few hours and wanted to play a lot more, but not all of us live in a first world country, having an SSD with many gigs is a luxury, and in a game the SSD being the minimum requirement is sad. I tried to play on the HDD but it's impossible, stuttering and audio delays are constant, before you read this and say that I need to update my PC, consider that not all of us have the financial means to do so, I've already struggled a lot to build my PC.
    My rating would probably be 9 or something like that, but due to the SSD factor it's a 4 because I think that's unacceptable.    … Expand
  84. IOWANEWTYPE
    Sep 9, 2023
    5
    Probably the most over hyped game I’ve played in a very long time. This is a glorified walking/flying simulator. By flying simulator I mean it feels like you’re in a flying simulator instead of actually flying a ship. The flying is awful and most of the time you use the ship just to fast travel. It’s a cut and paste Bethesda game. If you’ve played elder scrolls or fallout, you’ve playedProbably the most over hyped game I’ve played in a very long time. This is a glorified walking/flying simulator. By flying simulator I mean it feels like you’re in a flying simulator instead of actually flying a ship. The flying is awful and most of the time you use the ship just to fast travel. It’s a cut and paste Bethesda game. If you’ve played elder scrolls or fallout, you’ve played this game. Graphics in bulletstorm full clip edition are better than this game which is sad. Gun play is slow and clunky, movement is clunky, menus are terrible, and as usual you spend 90% of the time talking to NPC’s and running errands for them they could easily do themselves just to get to the actual task at hand. 90 % filler. Glad I only played on game pass cause it would have been a waste of $70.… Expand
  85. RyanDC
    Sep 9, 2023
    3
    It's a decent game just it's definitely not what they hyped it up to be. Mods shouldn't be what makes the game good.
  86. Taigo42
    Sep 9, 2023
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Parece que está em beta ainda, o jogo é legal e tem uma boa história, mas falta muito pra ser realmente incrível, tá cheio de bugs e a exploração é bem medíocre.… Expand
  87. Satpyn
    Sep 9, 2023
    2
    A sparse in-game world with straightforward quests and side quests with limited choice and consequences, a poor interplanetary travel system, an incredibly dull game start, and terrible optimization.
  88. know1234
    Sep 9, 2023
    4
    I have to say this is the first (Besides FO76) Bethesda title that I am not crazy about. Full disclosure, have not put a lot of time into this, but frankly, I don't want to. There are just other games that feel more worth my time, a good example being old Bethesda titles. On a technical level, while I do not believe it is up to par with todays standards, I do believe it is a big leap forI have to say this is the first (Besides FO76) Bethesda title that I am not crazy about. Full disclosure, have not put a lot of time into this, but frankly, I don't want to. There are just other games that feel more worth my time, a good example being old Bethesda titles. On a technical level, while I do not believe it is up to par with todays standards, I do believe it is a big leap for BGS. This game just feels annoying and empty to play. The loading screens and exploration bother me a lot. Exploring inside buildings feels like a headache instead of fun. I dont know what happened with this game. I have read other reviews of people who have put a lot more time than me and it makes me feel justified in not wanting to play the game more. To be honest, with a delivery like this, I worry about Elder Scrolls 6. I know they treat ES like gold but BGS has been lacking for me lately. Here's hoping ES6 is the banger we all want it to be or else I think the studio I knew and loved is in the grave for now.… Expand
  89. gonzalesincorp
    Sep 10, 2023
    2
    The game is just disgusting, after so much development time, they did IT. Outdated mechanics, eternal loading, empty space, the level of the game is terrible.
  90. Junowo
    Sep 10, 2023
    0
    One of the best games ive ever played. Folks are big mad over loading screens. They clearly dont remember the days of having to swap out the cd multiple times to play a game. Dont heed the haters.
  91. TRLEGENDARIO
    Sep 10, 2023
    2
    (30fps) No puedes crear un hombre típico. TIENEN UNA CADERA EXAGERADA. Prueba a ponerlo muy delgado y ríete! Buena música con GRAFICOS DESFASADOS! Muchos planetas VACÍOS y sin posibilidad de correr (se te acaba el oxigeno) Buena ambientación con MUY MALA IA + fallos técnicos del siglo pasado (atraviesas todo, saltas en el agua, animales juntos que hacen la misma animación exacta, etc.)(30fps) No puedes crear un hombre típico. TIENEN UNA CADERA EXAGERADA. Prueba a ponerlo muy delgado y ríete! Buena música con GRAFICOS DESFASADOS! Muchos planetas VACÍOS y sin posibilidad de correr (se te acaba el oxigeno) Buena ambientación con MUY MALA IA + fallos técnicos del siglo pasado (atraviesas todo, saltas en el agua, animales juntos que hacen la misma animación exacta, etc.) Dialogos de Oblivion pero con una atmosfera futuristica...
    Copia visualmente a Cyberpunk y copia mecánicas de STARLINK.
    Me quedo con la música y con la ilusión que me tuve al jugarlo el primer día. (30 fps)    … Expand
  92. dedcandance
    Sep 10, 2023
    3
    It's the most boring game I've played for 20 hours, and I have no intention of returning to it.
  93. MaxBite
    Sep 10, 2023
    3
    Worst game of 2023. The Starfield looks like it was created in 2010. It's still amazing how technology giants can create such crooked code. The graphics are not attractive. Generation is boring.
  94. chenpi1993
    Sep 10, 2023
    0
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  95. sdkflksdjflskdj
    Sep 11, 2023
    0
    terrible game and a waste of my money. do not buy this game and if you do then make sure you do not extend past the refund time
  96. Xhaelor
    Sep 11, 2023
    4
    Poorly optimised for PC (Please watch Todd Howard's statement);
    Dialogues are badly written, especially after Baldur's Gate III;
    The decisions are not important at all. The beginning of the game is so weird, all of a sudden, you find yourself in a situation that doesn't ignite any curiosity. Combat mechanics are one of the worst video games: no shooting impact, literally you need to    Poorly optimised for PC (Please watch Todd Howard's statement);
    Dialogues are badly written, especially after Baldur's Gate III;
    The decisions are not important at all. The beginning of the game is so weird, all of a sudden, you find yourself in a situation that doesn't ignite any curiosity.
    Combat mechanics are one of the worst video games: no shooting impact, literally you need to empty your magazine to kill an enemy, no tactical combat.
    There are 1000ish planets, and all the planets I've been visiting so far are boring, empty, vast horizons.
    Instead of buying the reviewers, Bethesda should spend their money on their games.    … Expand
  97. Robson90
    Sep 11, 2023
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Decepção total, criei expectativas por nada.
    Prometem muito e entrega pouco, esse é o mundo dos games atualmente.    … Expand
  98. WilhelmN
    Sep 11, 2023
    3
    This game has no space exploration, very bad UI/UX, poor optimization, blend characters, empty and lifeless planets that all look the same with generated/copy-pasted content and lots of damn loading screens, but what's more important is that the game is just so insanely boring.
    Bethesda never had an insanely interesting main story, but here, it is literally one of the worst main stories    This game has no space exploration, very bad UI/UX, poor optimization, blend characters, empty and lifeless planets that all look the same with generated/copy-pasted content and lots of damn loading screens, but what's more important is that the game is just so insanely boring.
    Bethesda never had an insanely interesting main story, but here, it is literally one of the worst main stories I've ever experienced in video games. People are saying that the game is getting good after 10 hours, well, it's not. I'd say that Bethesda is not evolving and staying on the same quality level, but somehow this game is worse than Fallout 4.    … Expand
  99. Manquele
    Sep 11, 2023
    1
    Le pongo un 1 porque un estupido con nick OSKAR73, le puso a este juego un 10 y al FF16 un 1, hay que equilibrar la balanza en esta porqueria de pagina, metacritic no eres referencia de nada.
  100. 14lukas14
    Sep 11, 2023
    4
    I am big fan of Skyrim, I am big fan of space settings, love RPGs, love Mass Effect and i was sure that Starfield will be my best game what i will love over other games.

    I am so dissapointed but this game is garbage - hard to say what is good in this game, mb some textures, graphic style of this world and interesting guns.. rest totally sucks. AI opponents doesn't exist, travelling    I am big fan of Skyrim, I am big fan of space settings, love RPGs, love Mass Effect and i was sure that Starfield will be my best game what i will love over other games.

    I am so dissapointed but this game is garbage - hard to say what is good in this game, mb some textures, graphic style of this world and interesting guns.. rest totally sucks.

    AI opponents doesn't exist, travelling solved by menus - your ship is for good look on parking or do limited moves on planet orbit. Exploration on planets is boring and annoying, didn't find out ground vehicles - funny.
    Fight with ships vs more opponents the same time is boring and really hard even on normal mode (3/5 lvl), fight on planet is 2ez even on the hardest level -.- Shooting feeling is quite good, nothing special, but at least doesn't suck. Quests and npcs are tragic - most of quest based on start in A point, go to B point, go back to A point, go to C point, back to A point, check D and E points, and finish it on A point - and all with your feet and menus to travel on larger distances.
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    Dialogs, bleh - shallow, not interesting, and this persuasion system is one of the worst in history. Are u really proud of these dialog lines? Gratz, if it is advantage of this title. Every time 3 options - "Yes, i wanna do this", "I can do this", "No, I am not interested" with different words.

    Menus, UI, equipment - guys who implemented or created this crap should be arrested. Upgrade base or ship is hard and not intuitive.

    And many many more.. Really i was hyped and i wanted love this game, I was giving this title 11/10 before i started play.. I am not ps fanboy, I am PC player and play on playstation only exclusive sony titles.. How in 2023 u can deploy **** like this one? And ok, u can, but how u can lie so hard with marketing news and spent this money for promotion.. I am waiting for mods, hundered mods to be this game playable a little at least - after 20+h I cannot turn on this "game" again..

    Shame on U..

    Comparing to BG3 (10/10) what I was speedrunning to start play Starfield on premiere - crashed.    … Expand
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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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