Starfield

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  1. winteriouss
    Sep 11, 2023
    0
    Even though my computer is a little above the minimum recommended settings, it freezes unplayably at the lowest settings and the sound cuts out.
  2. Entisy
    Sep 11, 2023
    5
    I was quite disappointed.. every night I turn on my pc and start playing it, after an hour I'm on time to sleep on my desk.
    This only happens to me when a game is boring and this unfortunately is. I've waited years for starfield and so I can only be very disappointed. The flaws have already been mentioned by many others. But the thing that bothers me the most is that it lacks action.    I was quite disappointed.. every night I turn on my pc and start playing it, after an hour I'm on time to sleep on my desk.
    This only happens to me when a game is boring and this unfortunately is. I've waited years for starfield and so I can only be very disappointed. The flaws have already been mentioned by many others. But the thing that bothers me the most is that it lacks action. After 30 hours of playing I'm still waiting for some fights! especially the secondary quests,..just uploads and blablabla
    Maybe I'm getting old, but then why do I like games like no man sky or cyberpunk2077 so much?    … Expand
  3. Saulodark
    Sep 11, 2023
    0
    exploitation and a lie, artificial intelligence and ridicule.exploration is a lie, artificial intelligence is ridiculous, I don't accept a poorly made game, tired of being fooled by the xbox
  4. Haryono
    Sep 12, 2023
    0
    Someone would kill me if I don't give bad review for this game. So, Starfield is terrible game.
  5. kubus765
    Sep 12, 2023
    0
    I just made an account here to rate it 0/10... Why? Well first of all I don't like game developers that straight up LIE. Secondly, the game is boring af, which is actually the main technical problem beside others. By others I mean that the engine is VERY outdated and not optimized for PC. Consoles too actually. I am really disappointed in Bethesda. I liked their games. I don't think I'llI just made an account here to rate it 0/10... Why? Well first of all I don't like game developers that straight up LIE. Secondly, the game is boring af, which is actually the main technical problem beside others. By others I mean that the engine is VERY outdated and not optimized for PC. Consoles too actually. I am really disappointed in Bethesda. I liked their games. I don't think I'll buy another game from them. I will refund my 100$. If Bethesda keeps doing this then they will lose all respect very soon. People who rate so high must be out of their minds...… Expand
  6. Armotekma
    Sep 8, 2023
    5
    Starfield is supposed to be a more serious space game, but it has all of the Bethesda jank and none of the charm or whimsy.

    Some aspects I will comment on first: the design of ships, interiors, electronics, etc. are stellar and a breath of fresh air. Interiors are densely packed with items and you can open/close a ton of containers. You can read just about everything - whiteboards,    Starfield is supposed to be a more serious space game, but it has all of the Bethesda jank and none of the charm or whimsy.

    Some aspects I will comment on first: the design of ships, interiors, electronics, etc. are stellar and a breath of fresh air. Interiors are densely packed with items and you can open/close a ton of containers. You can read just about everything - whiteboards, notes, signs, system displays; I really like that the models and physical design is thoughtful and believably realistic. It makes the game feel a bit like an immersive sim where everything in the world feels like it has purpose. Also, in general the voice acting is great and doesn't feel like you're talking to the same NPC every other interaction.

    Leading into the big thing the game dedicates its name to, the space travel is.. not it. Interacting with menus and submenus on keyboard and mouse is tedium. The requirement of fast-traveling and heavy reliance on filler loading animations is janky and old even the first time around.

    It calls me back to Mass Effect 1 where you have to wait for the elevator to finish, even if the game loaded. Adding salt to the wound, that's the same game that did this exact map and fast travel system better sixteen years ago. Even considering the stuck-in-the-Mako planetary experiences, Starfield has the opposite problem of having to walk everywhere.

    The list of things that Starfield hasn't impressed me on is pretty much everything else. Not so fun gameplay, lack of responsive and challenging AI, the UI and UX is pretty bad overall (at least on keyboard and mouse); though I won't comment on the writing as I haven't completed enough main story or side content.

    The world is particularly sterile and empty feeling. While I can't say I expected stuff to be any more dynamic because we're on Gamebyro's uncountable iteration, I can't help feeling disappointed that there is still minimal world interactivity; lights are static, items, glass, etc are indestructible, the majority of NPCs are lifeless filler. Cyberpunk 2077 was **** on launch with objects/NPCs popping in, tons of features not working at all, cops spawning out of thin air (infinitely, too!). Night City was hailed as graphically cool but ultimately empty, and the rest was raked over the coals. Now say "Bethesda" 5 times in the mirror and Starfield gets a pass (and Todd doesn't break your legs).

    To expand on NPCs: Terrible right now, but definitely could be bugged systems. Interacting with them can be tedious (zoom+camera switch no matter where they are in relation to each other) besides that they are cardboard props. Running around causing mayhem in the streets? Point guns at them, shoot around them - no reaction. Steal a sweet roll? Time to die. Of course, the classic Bethesda guard telepathy is still kicking. Steal something or kill someone 500,000LY away from the nearest guard? Stop right there criminal scum!

    In combat it's not uncommon for enemies to stand still and do nothing, sometimes they slide into place to perform a slow/janky animation like jumping, all while your bipedal robo pal walks over and smacks them to death (with admittedly funny ragdolls and dialogue).

    General gameplay is pretty much TES and FO. Honestly even a step back because the world is far less reactive and more sterile; there's no gore or dismemberment, the best you'll get is them going into an Apex Legends crawl after some damage. Fallout has a satirical feeling atmosphere, so the often wacky NPC animations, random dialogue from the same 3 voice actors as everyone either runs or gangs up on you is amusing. The same goes for Skyrim and Oblivion, where they have fantasy-world whimsicality and radiant interactions.

    Definitely not a fan of some skill tree upgrade "challenges" or tasks. An obnoxious example is to reach the next tier of stamina upgrade by depleting oxygen (including filling the co2 bar fully) 20 times, where my solution was being overencumbered, running in a circle on the ship, then sleeping and repeat 20x. Some of these things are fine if they occur through normal gameplay, but that action twenty times is not. Meanwhile in the lockpick tree, it's "lockpick 5 things".

    Deja vu. I've played this game a dozen times already.    … Expand
  7. Ferdey
    Sep 8, 2023
    5
    So very disappointing. Too many loading screens, even worse than Fallout and Skyrim. Everything you do is a loading screen. The space "exploration" has no immersion at all. Every transition is a cutscene/loading screen. It's bad. Really bad.

    The NPCs are hilariously bad - I followed a captain on ship to her bridge and whilst she was talking all the way every single NPC I passed said    So very disappointing. Too many loading screens, even worse than Fallout and Skyrim. Everything you do is a loading screen. The space "exploration" has no immersion at all. Every transition is a cutscene/loading screen. It's bad. Really bad.

    The NPCs are hilariously bad - I followed a captain on ship to her bridge and whilst she was talking all the way every single NPC I passed said something stupid over the top of her talking. This is just one example of how bad they are. My companion constantly gets in the way of other NPCs, blocking quest progress or making the NPC turn around and take a very long route to a room next to me.

    The inventory management, UI and menus will drive you insane. The game barely, if at all, explains any of its mechanics to you.

    If you choose to land on a planet, I hope you enjoy walking. You have to walk *everywhere* for kilometres to find anything. If you sprint, you run out of O2. There are no vehicles to assist you and you cannot even add a waypoint anywhere. The maps are utterly useless.

    I am currently stuck because I gave up trying to navigate in space from one planet to another because the starmap used for navigation is the *worst* I have seen in a space game.    … Expand
  8. narrativegaming
    Sep 11, 2023
    0
    Zero negative critic reviews... So much for "critic-ism"! What an absolute joke of an industry. Clown world. Loading screen and cut-scene simulator.
  9. Zero_89
    Sep 10, 2023
    0
    It's a boring not optimized at all, shallower version of Fallout 4, and Fallout 4 is an already shallow and unoptimized game.
    Worth it in maybe 3 years or so at 30 bucks when it finally runs as well as it should and mods fix all the annoyances that the vanilla Bethesda experience is known for.
    Seriously guys, play your damn games before releasing them, the mod community cannot be a    It's a boring not optimized at all, shallower version of Fallout 4, and Fallout 4 is an already shallow and unoptimized game.
    Worth it in maybe 3 years or so at 30 bucks when it finally runs as well as it should and mods fix all the annoyances that the vanilla Bethesda experience is known for.
    Seriously guys, play your damn games before releasing them, the mod community cannot be a substitute for your shoddy developers.    … Expand
  10. Zephyrghost_
    Sep 10, 2023
    2
    50 hours in, and I have just wasted my life on this game.

    1. This is not an immersive space sandbox or RPG. It is a Bethesda game. You get so much more immersion from 'No Man's Sky', and a testament to that is the seamless gameplay with no loading screens (and you can even fly to space from a planet). Sadly, Starfield does not have this. In fact, you can teleport from planet/galaxy to    50 hours in, and I have just wasted my life on this game.

    1. This is not an immersive space sandbox or RPG. It is a Bethesda game. You get so much more immersion from 'No Man's Sky', and a testament to that is the seamless gameplay with no loading screens (and you can even fly to space from a planet). Sadly, Starfield does not have this. In fact, you can teleport from planet/galaxy to another planet/galaxy via the menu. Why the need to travel to space, then? LOL.

    2. Starfield is not optimised. I get frame drops and lags even on my rig, which is powered by an RTX4090. Seriously?

    3. The game was designed for the console and then ported to the PC. Cause Starfield was focused on being an Xbox console exclusive. So the menus, gameplay etc., are more designed for console/controller.

    4. Combat is fun. Yes you heard me right. The combat is a highlight of this game. It is tactile, impactful and the guns are quite fun. Customisations to guns are also quite good.

    5. Dialogue is weird. Often times you are left staring into the eyes of the NPC, sometimes, your soul gets caught in between.

    100 bucks over for this game is just completely and utterly ridiculous. However, for Bethesda fans, this is by far, one of their best games they created.    … Expand
  11. Maxmynerv
    Sep 9, 2023
    1
    In short, the game is * Everyone who plays in Starfield is a *-eater who has been given noodles on their ears. They wash noodles in * and eat. THAT'S IT!
    If a little longer ...
    there was such a game The Outer Worlds. Let's take it, cut out of it all the balance, all the humor, all the unusual design It looks very very much like the game was made on the skeleton of The Outer Worlds 2    In short, the game is * Everyone who plays in Starfield is a *-eater who has been given noodles on their ears. They wash noodles in * and eat. THAT'S IT!
    If a little longer ...
    there was such a game The Outer Worlds.
    Let's take it, cut out of it all the balance, all the humor, all the unusual design
    It looks very very much like the game was made on the skeleton of The Outer Worlds 2
    Next, we take Fallout 3, cut out all the interesting dialogues, all the mechanics, the hit effect, and so on.
    But the gameplay is Fallout 3 one-on-one, all with the same stupid behavior of the characters.
    All with the same square and jerky animation
    All the same stupid opponents and their behavior, which are a rod on you, only in Fallout the opponents were plot-inscribed, someone was in heavy armor, someone mutants, someone interesting monsters.
    There are just empty, chaotically running dummies
    Hey, sorry, where did the people who did Crysis 1, Farcry 2 and F.E.A.R. etc. get lost
    In Crysis 1, it was interesting for the player to explore this jungle, especially compared to Starfield. FarCry 1 – took the story and gameplay, Farcry 2 went downhill, but from the point of view of mechanics, it turned out to be outstanding. Prey is better, even Doom
    You will say, but this is an RPG, and you compare it with single-player games
    I will upset you, this is not an RPG, here is Dark Souls RPG, in a normal idea of an RPG, we make saves, plot, NPC, map and everything - the classic RPG representative is ready
    Do you want something new, and even Cyberpank 2077 was better, albeit with technical problems, but it was at least filled with something.
    There are no bugs in Starfield, okay, but what are the bugs in the Bethesda presentation?
    At the same time, Microsoft has Obsidian, which maybe could have made at least The Outer Worlds 1.5 out of the game, maybe this is it?
    The same dialogues, the same animations, the same head turns
    The gaming industry has not yet broken through the bottom, because it keeps on games, like Dark Souls (although I honestly admit it's not for me), Red Dead Redemption 2, even, even Death Stranding, The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening (2019), The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
    I had boring dialogues in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, yet in the first game they were to be more lively
    But in Starfield, the dialogues have long rotted and turned into dust, you are surrounded by only robots, dummies
    NPCs move like robots and behave the same way. And how creepy they are, I don't say anything at all.
    And again, Starfield is worse than Skyrim!
    Attention, good news, we should not make a competitor to Skyrim since it will sell it for another 20 years. Yes, Captain! GipGip to Captain Todd! (no, not HypGip)
    After each bad game, you realize that the previous ones were not so bad
    Want a shock? This game is worse, even than Dead Island 2, there was at least an attempt to do something new
    Attention!!! And yes, you will not be able to return the money for the game, since the game starts very slowly, in fact 2 hours have passed, and the game has not even started yet.
    But now we can blame neural networks for everything
    Since the game is obviously a very long long-term construction and it was done in the last year and dialogues were either immediately written by incompetents and neural networks or by the end of the game
    As soon as it gets better, then the neural network wrote this dialog
    In the game, all the dialogues are written by 6-year-olds
    At the NPC, only saliva does not drip from the corner of the mouth
    The introduction is * the plot is * the story is *
    The game seems to have been made on the knee for a year
    And most importantly, there are a lot of free downloads
    RAM: 16 GB
    AMD Ryzen 5 2600X, Intel Core i7-6800K
    NVIDIA GeForce 1070 Ti, AMD Radeon RX 5700
    Where did you get them from???From what ceiling did you write them and get them?
    The game looks like on Xbox360, and if it doesn't, then the lighting spoils everything and you can't tell it from the same Fallout 3 of 2008, when they released Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion in 2006

    Every 5 minutes of loading, even more often.
    Yes, this * on any bucket should go
    Most of all, the comments of the developers are "impressive". "Todd Howard answered the question by emphasizing that Starfield is a next-gen game. Bethesda's developers have optimized it, and users just need to upgrade their computers to keep up with the latest technology." I wonder where Todd found the transfer technology in his game? Maybe he should look back at 2005. Empty, non-living DICORATIONS are not yet advanced technologies
    with graphics worse than Xbox360 corridor levels and grass passing through stones

    There are almost no bugs?
    Because there is almost nothing in it
    Space? A ship? Forget it – it's just another location where you're hanging in the air, and the world is moving around you.just a "base" and a checkpoint
    Even writing about Starfield is difficult
    Final GameDEV    … Expand
  12. Grou_recher
    Sep 9, 2023
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Game that looks very old for today with no innovations and lots of loading screens… Expand
  13. wstml555
    Sep 11, 2023
    0
    This game is complete garbage. The critic reviewers giving this game highs core i believe are just shilling for Bethesba.
    This game is completely boring, all you do is walk, run around shooting people and creatures, and when you arenot doing that are tasked with aimlessly talking to people. When asked to give a response, usually four choices, it doesnt matter what you choose as it will    This game is complete garbage. The critic reviewers giving this game highs core i believe are just shilling for Bethesba.
    This game is completely boring, all you do is walk, run around shooting people and creatures, and when you arenot doing that are tasked with aimlessly talking to people. When asked to give a response, usually four choices, it doesnt matter what you choose as it will just guide you to make the right decision.
    For a game in which you think you'd be able to do space exploration, there is ZERO of it. There is no enjoyment in travelling to a planet like a simulator as you just fast jump to that planet.
    Take away all the cutscenes and dialogue scnes and you are left with very little gameplay.
    If you are thinking of buying the game, i suggest watching walkthroughs first and seeing just how utterly boring this game is.    … Expand
  14. Kezza329
    Sep 8, 2023
    6
    Starfield is a game i originally downloaded via pc gamepass, but decided to buy on steam for early access.. and i'm not going to lie, its not what we were promised. its a bethesda game through n through, so if thats enough for you, youll love this. however, the constant emphasis on the 'immersion" "unparrelled freedom", and yet i dont see either. all the exploring is done mostly throughStarfield is a game i originally downloaded via pc gamepass, but decided to buy on steam for early access.. and i'm not going to lie, its not what we were promised. its a bethesda game through n through, so if thats enough for you, youll love this. however, the constant emphasis on the 'immersion" "unparrelled freedom", and yet i dont see either. all the exploring is done mostly through load screens and menus, you dont actually do most of the flying yourself, except in orbit between load times, and in fights. besides that, everything is done for you. theres very little faith in the players capabilities to do it themselves, and it takes you straight out of the game and its world, by taking control.. like as an optional feature, sure i can see it being useful and great.. but as the main and only means to transporting yourself round the world, it gets boring.

    the main quest line has to be the most uninspiring dull, tedious and horrendously written story i've played yet.. its mostly go here, talk to them, go there, load load load, use menu to travel, load, shoot, talk, sneak, shoot, talk, load, fetch. most of the main story line is talking to people, and then delving into copy and pasted caves and dungeons etc to get the artificats. now.. there are a few great quests thrown in the main story, but by the time it picks up, its over.. theres no expert delivery, leaving you feel impacted by its story, world, characters or events.. theres minimal impact. the dialogue gets so tediously boring, you end up skipping alot of the filler content.. and the main story for 90% of it bored the living life out of me, with how tediously boring it was, paired with the insanely uninspiring and tediously annoying "exploration" system they have.. so even if one quest immersed you into its world, you're then taken straight back out of it, when your only means to travel is through menus and load screens. it doesnt exactly sound like unparrelled freedom and exploration, and is an insane set back in many ways in comparison to their other games. WOW is over 20 years old and you can seemlessly travel its map. this has no excuse. i had hoped the story would pick up and deliver a blow that made the tedious journey worth my time, but by the time i started to feel the build up, it was over with an anti climatic ending.. and a over hyped new game plus that had plenty of promise and potential to its jaw dropping plot twists, but ultimately fell flat as it leads nowhere at all to make any significant difference to your story, other than a few dialogue changes, but plopping you back into its dull world, and terrible story.. at first you have a chance to skip the story in NG+, and at first the new lines of dialogue is fresh.. but it leads nowhere. will i be able to find my old companions in this new world? nah. its a novelty.

    the combat is nothing to shout home about, though its not the worst. its very much fallout 4 on steroids, a lil bit smoother than FO4, and a lil more fluent. the choice of weapons have an abundance of choices to choose from, to suit your gameplay style. although their melee system is horribly bad and out dated, with no improvements from their previous games at all.

    the sidequest is where this game shines, and unfortunately so, as if your side content over shadows your main.. something is wrong.. however, the side content very much out shined the main story, and engages you in quests that very much feel quality wise, 10 folds better than the 7th grade written main plots. i will keep this part short, as i dont want to spoil anything. but get arrested, that quest is one of theee best, regardless on where you choose to branch.

    summary: this game couldve been a genre defining GOTY exclusive, but has ultimately been laid flat,with the countless words being sprung out of petes mouth, that ultimately mis communicated somewhere along the way of what to expect with this game. is this game bad? no.. depends. if youre looking for an immersive flight exploration game, AVOID THIS. if you're looking for fallout in space without much ship exploration manually done.. and you can bare loading screen after loading screen, then this is for you. ive played over 50 hours to form this opinion, and it just aint what we were told it would be. too much promises, and very little delivery, its a beautiful game, and one of the smoother BGS's experiences to date, however with a uninspiring main story, and tedious exploration system that makes starfield fall flat on its face. once youve finished the game once, after 50 hours i feel very little urge to jump back on, instead im going back to star citizen and elite dangerous.. i hope with updates, mods, and the expansion, alot of these issues are resolved. but rn, id say wait for a sale.    … Expand
  15. GazHough
    Sep 9, 2023
    0
    Good lord this game is shockingly bad!
    You want to do a quest? Sure thing, just navigate 4 menus to target and fast travel the location of the task at hand.
    What? You expected to actually use your ship and fly there yourself? lol no chance.
    This is a very dull, re skinned version of fallout / the elder scrolls.
  16. Patriclis
    Sep 9, 2023
    0
    Yet another buggy broken release from bethesda.
    Anything that can be considered 'new' in the game like shipbuilding is even buggier than everything else.
    I've found myself wasting time and reloading over and over due to bugs and glitches. It's so empty and boring. Like if you took fallout 4 and stretched that amount of content over a galaxy. Most things are procedurally generated    Yet another buggy broken release from bethesda.
    Anything that can be considered 'new' in the game like shipbuilding is even buggier than everything else.

    I've found myself wasting time and reloading over and over due to bugs and glitches.

    It's so empty and boring. Like if you took fallout 4 and stretched that amount of content over a galaxy.

    Most things are procedurally generated so you raid the same abandoned mining outposts or weapons facilities over and over.

    As interesting as the space theme is at first, they managed to make it very boring very fast. Not to mention that if you don't want to sit through 5-7 second long unskippable cutscenes for each of the following: to sit in your pilots seat, take off from the planet, grav jump to another planet, then land on that planet - you quicky just resort to fast traveling everywhere which really kinda kills the whole space thing.

    They really did just take the bog-standard bethesda experience and add space ships to it.

    Just a collection of random collection of individual game mechanics mashed into a sandbox without any real rhyme or reason.
    And if that was my only criticism I would still give the game an average score - maybe a 5 or 6.

    But then comes all the bugs, poor PC optimization, terrible filters on everything, terrible UI design, terrible system design. Awful control mapping that has the 'next dialogue' button assigned to the same key as 'fire ship lasers' which has resulted in me shooting at an ally more than once. Like, imagine if a real spaceship did that. If the button to "Close comms" was the same as the button to shoot your guns. Whoever designed that control scheme would be laughed at harder than the dude who thought it was a good idea to control an actual submarine with a game controller.

    A really low carry limit that has you constantly dumping your inventory.

    And why can my space-ship initially only hold 2-3x as much cargo as I can carry on my person?
    Like, the starting ship has the physical space to cram in a couple dozen people....
    And the ships have mass. And if the mass gets too high your ships speed and handling goes down.
    It would be simply to just calculate the mass of all the stored items on your ship and have that effect the ships movement. But no... terribly small cargo holds because intelligent design is not something bethesda does.

    The game is buggy and poorly designed. It does not deserve your money.    … Expand
  17. KNEiDER
    Sep 8, 2023
    2
    Nice RPG, nice story. Horrible performance, ship gameplay and loadscreens everywhere, even in a empty cave.
  18. Baloopan
    Sep 9, 2023
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Too many years to create a game that in my opinion is worthless, my money down the drain.… Expand
  19. ddyang123
    Sep 8, 2023
    5
    Based on my extensive experience playing this game, I'd like to share some thoughts. During the initial hours of gameplay, I was perplexed by the subpar optimization. Even on my Nvidia 3080 desktop, the frame rate wasn't stable, and it failed to reach the expected high levels. Meanwhile, the 3D modeling and texture quality resembled those of games released five years ago. The storylineBased on my extensive experience playing this game, I'd like to share some thoughts. During the initial hours of gameplay, I was perplexed by the subpar optimization. Even on my Nvidia 3080 desktop, the frame rate wasn't stable, and it failed to reach the expected high levels. Meanwhile, the 3D modeling and texture quality resembled those of games released five years ago. The storyline lacked depth, and the SPACE theme failed to resonate with me; I didn't feel like I was truly immersed in a space-themed game. I hope Bethesda can address these technical issues in future patches and improve performance. In summary, I am disappointed by a game released in 2023.… Expand
  20. StormT7
    Sep 10, 2023
    3
    This game is just so annoying and boring, I tried playing it on Xbox first but it gave me a headache so I gave it another chance and played some of it on Pc but I just can't seem to get invested in it. It's the most boring Bethesda game I've ever played.
  21. ArguyusSilvers
    Sep 9, 2023
    2
    Spent alot of time in shipbuilder. The only fun and engaging aspect of the game.

    The bad review score. Short easy to see reasons. with long explanations. -Space combat is boring and avoidable. Which means all that shipbuilding you had fun with was for nothing. You can just hit start and fast travel to the planet right when you get to locations avoiding all space battles. Which is    Spent alot of time in shipbuilder. The only fun and engaging aspect of the game.

    The bad review score. Short easy to see reasons. with long explanations.

    -Space combat is boring and avoidable.
    Which means all that shipbuilding you had fun with was for nothing. You can just hit start and fast travel to the planet right when you get to locations avoiding all space battles. Which is smart since space battles are so bad.

    - Citizen NPCS.
    The fact that each "city" is flooded with "Citizen" instead of named NPCs as all other Bethesda games have is criminal and lazy. I don't even believe that any of the old Bethesda staff worked on this because of this fact. Also, all the citizens say is variations of the phrase "WHOA {Cityname} is so nice" Good job trying to enforce you bad city designs with generic NPC's saying how nice it is.

    - Named NPCs
    So you did put some in. They are not the easiest to find, except well if they are a shop keeper. Thats right, in the future you might find yourself working ALL DAY AND NIGHT being a cash register. The named NPCs that you do find are almost exclusively shop keepers that man the station forever with no breaks or time off. They have about 2-4 unique things to say but mostly just sell stuff. The issue here is, they should just be Kiosk. Why in the future would any humans have to do this job. Or a robot should do it. Very bad use of Named NPCs.

    - City Designs
    You found 1 of around 5 or so real cities! Thats right. Thats less than Fallout series which is a dead planet. Turns out the universe is more dead than a dystopian nuclear wasteland. Now on these 4 cities (and 1 decent outpost) you notice that the humans that went to these places must be really into themes. Take a pick
    Poorly ripped off Olisar from Star Citizen town! (look it up) Where is the weapons shop? Thats right the residential district. Nothing is in the Commercial district, dummy.
    Cowboy city - new vegas fan put this bad boy in here. Too small to be a real city though.
    Edge city- Someone clearly liked cyberpunk and forced it in here.
    And last City- Legit just a bunker on mars. Good job, not.

    - Skills requiring milestones after purchase
    Best save some of those goods to sell until you buy the next level or merchant. Takes up to 125 unique sells to max the skill milestone so you can finish leveling it up. Worst Trait/skill tree.

    - Combat is dull. enemy AI is just not good.

    - Quest are bad. Some questlines (not many of them in the game) end randomly (looking at you Repo man questline) It is really sad that it's like they started on it, then got distracted with something else and forgot to atleast have the NPC's say "thanks well were all caught up" or anything.

    - Planets being dull with the same activities to do.
    Same 8 or so random encounters spawn at each planet. Imagine if Skyrim if you fast travel to a marker just to spawn about 3 minutes away from where you suppose to go, just to have that place you're going to be the guards with a prisoner every single time. Thats the gameplay loop.

    Summarize!!!

    Shipbuilding is fun and walking around the ship is neat. No interactivity with the inside of the ship for the most part, which sucks. But, can't win them all. In this case, any. So take that the building is fun.

    Thats it. The rest of the game is LAZY EA level garbage. Random generated **** being piled on your plate. No handcrafted anything, because that takes work. I'm guessing they assume the Modders will fix/make their game for them.

    2 points for shipbuilder    … Expand
  22. Snyfox8
    Sep 8, 2023
    5
    They missed the mark and somehow made it worst than Fallout 4. The exploration isn't there, there is no "going from A to B and seeing stuff in between". You just teleport to the next quest mark and that's it.
  23. Eyad89
    Sep 8, 2023
    5
    Felt like I was playing a Bethesda game from 2015, and it didn’t really offer much improvement from then. They are still using an old engine and it shows.
  24. Anded
    Sep 9, 2023
    4
    Just play fallout 4 if you want a shooter with rpg elements. Starfield is basically worse version of that game.
    - no blood and gore, even robot parts don't get damaged
    - very low enemy variety, for 20 hours I've killed 3 different alien creatures, some space suite guys, 2 different kinds of robots and a turret. In Fallout 4 I would see 10 times more enemy diversity. - no underwater    Just play fallout 4 if you want a shooter with rpg elements. Starfield is basically worse version of that game.
    - no blood and gore, even robot parts don't get damaged
    - very low enemy variety, for 20 hours I've killed 3 different alien creatures, some space suite guys, 2 different kinds of robots and a turret. In Fallout 4 I would see 10 times more enemy diversity.
    - no underwater swimming
    - every gameplay feature like weapon customization and pickpocketing is behind skill system
    - no power armor
    - landscape is generated and boring
    - worse performance
    - more bugs
    - no cool vaults/dungeons
    - character is constantly encumbered. And you can't even turn items to scrap.
    - terrible balance, companions doing 6 times your damage and immortal, healthpacks very rarely drop from enemies, this leads to safe and boring gameplay.
    - ludo narrative dissonance, often you get a quest to deal with some very dangerous people, but in reality they are some low lvl hobos that can't hurt you.
    - bad ai, super passive and with unlimited ammo they can will shoot you from distance with smg for hours even if they can't hit.
    - bad ui, instead of compact spreadsheet or icon grid you have about 6 items on screen with info only for selected items and no icons.
    - you can't fly anywhere, space part is just so you can shoot some ships or dock to a station one in a while.
    - even character editor is worse, you can't grab face parts and drag anymore.
    - quest choices are limited, your actions don't matter, you can't just kill quest npc, and they will resurrect and act like nothing happened.
    + item models are cool
    + ship building system is nice
    + 50 different models of guns and you can upgrade them, best part about the game
    + really large world, you can waste hundreds of hours (if devs and modders fix it)    … Expand
  25. taboo_
    Sep 11, 2023
    2
    Middling to say the least.

    It's such a dramatic step backward in sense of exploration and thrill of discovery compared to previous Bethesda games. It's so disjointed with all the loading screens. There's a lack of a map when exploring somewhere so you have no idea where anything else or if you've cleared a "dungeon". It's leaned too heavily into things Bethesda ISN'T known for (base    Middling to say the least.

    It's such a dramatic step backward in sense of exploration and thrill of discovery compared to previous Bethesda games.

    It's so disjointed with all the loading screens. There's a lack of a map when exploring somewhere so you have no idea where anything else or if you've cleared a "dungeon". It's leaned too heavily into things Bethesda ISN'T known for (base building/resource gathering) and forgotten the roots that Bethesda IS loved for. Exploration and a sense of an expansive world to get side tracked in while on another mission. The gunplay and weapon variety is a nice step forward, but even then nothing that other games don't do much better.

    The optimisation is awful for a game that looks mid tier, or a few years dated graphically.    … Expand
  26. grudgeoms
    Sep 8, 2023
    5
    1.) Poorly optimized "Upgrade your PC" Stfu Todd
    2.) Empty barren and lifeless planets
    3.) No land vehicles 4.) Loading screen simulator 5.) Disorganized and annoying inventory system/ fighting constantly with carry weight becomes a chore 6.) Gun combat is dull bullet sponges and with no gore!? What is this rated PG? 7.) No exploration!? No map!? No sense of wonder? Invisible walls    1.) Poorly optimized "Upgrade your PC" Stfu Todd
    2.) Empty barren and lifeless planets
    3.) No land vehicles
    4.) Loading screen simulator
    5.) Disorganized and annoying inventory system/ fighting constantly with carry weight becomes a chore
    6.) Gun combat is dull bullet sponges and with no gore!? What is this rated PG?
    7.) No exploration!? No map!? No sense of wonder? Invisible walls ffs

    Sure a year or two down the line with tons of mods it will be playable. But for the state it was launched in is quite disappointing. Fallout and Elder Scrolls blows it out of the water ...    … Expand
  27. ghkdwjatns
    Sep 9, 2023
    0
    Like Diablo 4, this is a dirty game that extorts money from users! Cyberpunk Diablo 4 Starfield is all a dirty scam, including false advertising and deceiving users! Never buy it!
  28. Zefirny
    Sep 9, 2023
    3
    Poorly optimized, outdated graphics, frequent loading screens, boring, primitive ai, fake space flights, quests are just shameful... looks like a game from an small indie studio.
  29. old-craig
    Sep 8, 2023
    1
    Its a game, thats about it. Unoptimized, buggy and lied about what it offers. Also look at the User score. proof that you shouldnt beliefe the game media companies about a review. Stop pre ordering these broken AAA company's games.
  30. sametbugra1
    Sep 11, 2023
    1
    The optimization is very bad. With a 3060 graphics card, I can't even get a stable 30 fps on low settings. Todd Howard also said to upgrade your computer. As if red dead redemption 2 has quality graphics and they want me to upgrade computer parts.
  31. mmcg21821
    Sep 9, 2023
    0
    The worst Bethesda game to date! Basically it's like Redfall x Halo Infinite x Fallout 76

    Ignore the 10/10 review bombers - Metacritic should act and ban accounts while also blocking reviews from new sock accounts. I couldn't play more than 5 hours. It's by far the most broken Bethesda game at launch! The story is unambitious and full of plot holes. The side quests are very    The worst Bethesda game to date! Basically it's like Redfall x Halo Infinite x Fallout 76

    Ignore the 10/10 review bombers - Metacritic should act and ban accounts while also blocking reviews from new sock accounts.

    I couldn't play more than 5 hours. It's by far the most broken Bethesda game at launch! The story is unambitious and full of plot holes. The side quests are very repetitive and boring.

    The performance on Xbox Series X and PC is awful which is completely unacceptable given its extremely outdated visuals and lack of RT effects.

    The load times are extremely long, combat is repetitive, physics & visuals are extremely outdated.    … Expand
  32. KOSOTA
    Sep 9, 2023
    5
    Honest review after 40+ hours of gameplay. *Disappointment and Deception*

    The main story is disappointingly short, riddled with clichés, and lacks engagement, particularly in the initial 10-12 hours. The script writing often veers into laughably bad territory, with voices and dialogue feeling somewhat generic. Space combat feels basic and lacks excitement. Outpost building lacks    Honest review after 40+ hours of gameplay. *Disappointment and Deception*

    The main story is disappointingly short, riddled with clichés, and lacks engagement, particularly in the initial 10-12 hours. The script writing often veers into laughably bad territory, with voices and dialogue feeling somewhat generic. Space combat feels basic and lacks excitement. Outpost building lacks inspiration, demanding too much time and initial investment.

    Graphics are passable at best, with facial animations and overall animation feeling stiff and outdated. Performance issues, especially in the UI and inventory, are unforgivable. The game's performance on powerful configurations is embarrassingly poor.

    The portrayal of the entire Galaxy as distinctly American, from architecture to mass culture, feels out of touch with the potential for diverse and rich world-building.

    There is little noticeable progress from previous titles like Skyrim or Fallout 4. The same engine-related bugs, loading screens, and AI issues persist. Interactions with the environment are often comically flawed, with players and companions frequently getting stuck. Companion AI is surprisingly ineffective, serving more as a bullet shield than a useful ally.

    The engine's outdated status since 2015 is painfully evident, with reused assets and ideas contributing to a sense of creative stagnation.

    This release falls far short of what one would expect in 2023. I give it a modest 5/10 rating, perhaps future updates or modder contributions will breathe new life into this title, but for now, it feels like an archaic, poorly optimised product.

    For a company of this magnitude, the state in which this game was released is inexcusable.    … Expand
  33. Kuramaa
    Sep 11, 2023
    0
    I mean, there's nothing of what they promise us.. Do they even try?
    How many people said, would be better if they concentrate their workers on a small amount of planet, make them very different, full explorable, with more life or at least non all the same,no loading screen every seconds and some personality to the enemy, npc..
  34. Mockamillion
    Sep 9, 2023
    0
    This game does not live up to the Bethesda games of the past...for how long it was in production this is a fail on Todd's record.
  35. Serumpert
    Sep 8, 2023
    5
    Horribly un-optimized soulless mess of a game. Gets boring and repetitive very quickly. Average to the extreme.
  36. Vengersky783
    Sep 8, 2023
    0
    I really love Skyrim and Fallout 4, but the new Bethesda project upset me: there is a huge racial diversity in the world of TES, and in Fallout 4, in addition to the people we are familiar with, there are ghouls and supermutats.
    Here, in the world of the future, where humanity has stepped forward three hundred years, we are seeing scant racial diversity and this upset me.
  37. SAVIAR
    Sep 7, 2023
    6
    It is not easy to score this game. Good and bad are at extremes. NPCs from GTA San Andreas are a huge dissapointment. Story variation is the strongest part.

    Story: 8
    Story Variation: 9
    Gameplay: 8,5
    Graphics: 7
    Sounds: 8,5
    AI: 1
    NPCs: 1
    HDR and SDR Performance: 1
  38. stare-field
    Sep 8, 2023
    0
    Outdated game, outdated engine, outdated dev team, outdated CEO who talks bullsht
  39. joey2234
    Sep 7, 2023
    6
    This game is not a 10/10… it is also not a 0/10.

    Starfield as it exists is a fully competent game that takes a LOT from Bethesda’s previous games. At times it really does feel like I’m playing Fallout 4 Spacers Choice. The NPCs that are main characters look amazing…. But 97% of them (random townies) look like ps3 models. The game is incredibly boring and follows very close to the    This game is not a 10/10… it is also not a 0/10.

    Starfield as it exists is a fully competent game that takes a LOT from Bethesda’s previous games. At times it really does feel like I’m playing Fallout 4 Spacers Choice. The NPCs that are main characters look amazing…. But 97% of them (random townies) look like ps3 models. The game is incredibly boring and follows very close to the “skyfall” formula ultimately resulting in a game that feels as old as its predecessors. If you haven’t played Skyrim or Fallout in the last 10 years sure knock yourself out. But for the OG’s this one feels stale and at times totally half baked. Don’t get me started on the atrocious enemy AI. I feel like I can stand in a wide open space with no cover and just shoot until everyone’s dead. Not to say everything here is just bad… it’s just seems even the things done right are just barely so. You know it’s bad when 10 hours in I thought to myself…”why aren’t I just playing heavily modded Skyrim?” 6/10    … Expand
  40. reloaded689
    Sep 8, 2023
    6
    Clunky, emotionless, and glitchy. Built on a decades old engine, no excuses Todd, it's basically Fallout 4 with a new coat of paint, and Redfalls Ai.
  41. k-nours
    Sep 8, 2023
    5
    It's just fallout in space, but slower and with loading everywhere.
    Everything is slow, all game mechanics are old, and already seen (same crafting and base building as in fallout 4)
    graphics and physics feel so old, it just seems good if you are playing Skyrim in a cave for the past 12 years... Everything this game have to offer is deprecated, It is not performing in any aspect, but    It's just fallout in space, but slower and with loading everywhere.
    Everything is slow, all game mechanics are old, and already seen (same crafting and base building as in fallout 4)
    graphics and physics feel so old, it just seems good if you are playing Skyrim in a cave for the past 12 years...

    Everything this game have to offer is deprecated, It is not performing in any aspect, but not the worst game in any kind too...
    It's just a mid-range game that will be forgot by everyone in few weeks...    … Expand
  42. bumble_bee
    Sep 8, 2023
    5
    7 years of development, hundreds of millions of dollars of the budget of hundreds of creators - and as a result, "The Mountain gave birth to a mouse"
    To take a mediocre conditional Morrowind to add a mixture of all games about space with graphics of 2015
  43. MrSupreme
    Sep 11, 2023
    3
    It just feels so empty, along with graphics that looks 6years old and such bad optimization that not even a A770 Arc does not meet the minimum requirements but an 1070 ti does, somehow boggles my mind.
    Low framerate with such graphics and bad UI makes we wonder what the devs thought when releasing the game in such a state.
    Story seems eh at most, some ok side quests so far. Feels like    It just feels so empty, along with graphics that looks 6years old and such bad optimization that not even a A770 Arc does not meet the minimum requirements but an 1070 ti does, somehow boggles my mind.
    Low framerate with such graphics and bad UI makes we wonder what the devs thought when releasing the game in such a state.
    Story seems eh at most, some ok side quests so far.
    Feels like they tried doing a lot but there is no meat behind any of it, the only good thing is the ship builder honestly.
    At least Diablo 4 had a good graphics and story.
    Might up dropping starfield since Gamepass version apparently cant have SFSE to run most mods so not even mods can save the game for me.    … Expand
  44. Chrismerchy
    Sep 8, 2023
    0
    The fast travels are so boring dropped after 6 hours , and hate the combat sistem
  45. AlejoR
    Sep 8, 2023
    6
    Got it on game pass, I would only buy the game with 50% or less discount, Bethesda has over hyped the game. Graphics are great, gameplay feels outdated like playing fallout 4. The world's exploration most of the time feels empty. Combat and weapons are okay. Rpg elements are okay. Story is not so okay. By far the worst is Official DLSS support missing due to stupid AMD exclusivity.
  46. y7gamer
    Sep 9, 2023
    0
    If a game was released on the PlayStation 5, it would be a great exclusive. The control is bad and the style is bad
  47. Pwnish123
    Sep 8, 2023
    3
    It is shame that this is was an finished Game….
    Nextime they need to sell the game code to the Community, than wait another year so people who actually cares making a good game out of it.
  48. akinpinkman
    Sep 11, 2023
    0
    I could barely tolerate the game for 15-20 hours. Even though I'm a huge Skyrim fan, I couldn't stand that after so many years, despite all the promises and marketing, the game was so bad. The RPG elements are very similar to Baldur's Gate 3 and I can say that this is a negative.

    In Baldur's Gate 3, I can read all the dialogue one by one without getting bored, but in Starfield it is    I could barely tolerate the game for 15-20 hours. Even though I'm a huge Skyrim fan, I couldn't stand that after so many years, despite all the promises and marketing, the game was so bad. The RPG elements are very similar to Baldur's Gate 3 and I can say that this is a negative.

    In Baldur's Gate 3, I can read all the dialogue one by one without getting bored, but in Starfield it is really boring. I started the game with great expectations, but I was greeted with empty planets, bad graphics, and bad optimizations. Even the planets of No Man's Sky, which came out years ago, are more diverse than Starfield.    … Expand
  49. pigroach
    Sep 11, 2023
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The ten scores are just as cringe as the zero scores, haters hating and blinkered fans white knighting. It's not a terrible game but definitely not even close to being a ten either. It's a really mediocre effort tbh. The main plot is essentially a fetch quest, the side quests can occasionally be more interesting. The ai is poor and the npcs are wooden and not very memorable. It's typical Bethesda fair. The game and graphics are dated If this came out in 2011 instead of Skyrim for example then yeah this would seem much better. Didn't have any problems running this on the highest settings but yeah even on those settings it looks bad. They really need to ditch this archaic engine and get with UE5 or something more worthy. Not something I will bother finishing.… Expand
  50. dogenzenji
    Sep 9, 2023
    0
    Signed up to review this. Does not make me a "bot" or PS5 fanboy. I was disappointed. I really wanted that feeling I got from Skyrim and the Fallout series (not 76). Honestly think I am on drugs when I compare my experience to the acclaim lauded on this by the reviewers. It is boring, bland, terrible story, terrible NPC animation. Combat has no weight, there is no exploration just fastSigned up to review this. Does not make me a "bot" or PS5 fanboy. I was disappointed. I really wanted that feeling I got from Skyrim and the Fallout series (not 76). Honestly think I am on drugs when I compare my experience to the acclaim lauded on this by the reviewers. It is boring, bland, terrible story, terrible NPC animation. Combat has no weight, there is no exploration just fast travel to carbon copy planets, colours are washed out and graphics are average at best. But it is not a "0" I did not encounter any bugs but I did get a refund on my XBOX-X pre purchase. More alarming for me than just another "meh" game is the disparity between the reviews and my experience. So maybe the game is just not for me, I am willing to believe I am wrong and a hundred paid reviewers are correct.… Expand
  51. pixel128
    Sep 8, 2023
    0
    Honestly I can't review this game, because I couldn't play it very low. I have a 4k Monitor (mostly for work) and it is not possible to play the game with reasonable settings with a 5800X3D and a RTX 3070. I've set everything to very low and it looks awful (but I have over 60 FPS). I can play Cyberpunk on very high settings without raytracing and it looks stunning. I won't buy a newHonestly I can't review this game, because I couldn't play it very low. I have a 4k Monitor (mostly for work) and it is not possible to play the game with reasonable settings with a 5800X3D and a RTX 3070. I've set everything to very low and it looks awful (but I have over 60 FPS). I can play Cyberpunk on very high settings without raytracing and it looks stunning. I won't buy a new graphics card only for this game, gladly I own the game pass and did not have to buy the game to see that it's not playable with a upper mid range card from the last generation. :(… Expand
  52. Senk02
    Sep 8, 2023
    0
    Another rushed bethesda game, what a surprise.
    It honestly feels like Fallout 76 in space. The movement, textures, graphics, audio engine, npcs, etc. all feel like they are from 2016-2017, and yet it still runs like crap compared to something recent. If i hide the hud and don't go to space, there would be almost no way to tell 76 apart from this game.
    The bugs are plentiful, audio    Another rushed bethesda game, what a surprise.
    It honestly feels like Fallout 76 in space. The movement, textures, graphics, audio engine, npcs, etc. all feel like they are from 2016-2017, and yet it still runs like crap compared to something recent. If i hide the hud and don't go to space, there would be almost no way to tell 76 apart from this game.

    The bugs are plentiful, audio bugs, npc bugs, visual bugs, ui bugs, and that's all from just a few hours of gameplay. I really really wanted this game to be great, but it just is not that sadly.    … Expand
  53. RitasPin
    Sep 8, 2023
    5
    When everyone is moving forward and you're standing still, it's still degradation.

    loading screen
    quests are repetitive and uninspired
    loading screen
    poorly optimized
    loading screen
    No space travel
    loading screen
    No weapon modularity
    And more,and more
    That's not what Bethesda showed
    Disappointment
  54. LordPako
    Sep 8, 2023
    2
    I must give this game 2. Like when in school you go unprepared. First of all the optimization on Nvidia GPUs is embarassing, cant even change the resolution in game. Accessibility for abnormal users is nowhere to be found. Graphic is 1 and an half generation old, no ray tracing, AI is 2 generations old, no facial expressions, npcs are dumb and they dont react if you shoot 1inch from theirI must give this game 2. Like when in school you go unprepared. First of all the optimization on Nvidia GPUs is embarassing, cant even change the resolution in game. Accessibility for abnormal users is nowhere to be found. Graphic is 1 and an half generation old, no ray tracing, AI is 2 generations old, no facial expressions, npcs are dumb and they dont react if you shoot 1inch from their feet,no physics on objects, water is one of the worst i've seen in the last 10 years,quest design is like 2007 world of warcraft, world design is good but empty and many places have flat textures. Loading screens everywhere, gunplay is ok but doesnt adds up nothing new, planets are empty and when you find something is just a copy/paste from other planets, dungeons too are a copy paste. They took 1 year more delay to "clean" the game from bugs... They are still there. This is not a 2023 game, maybe 2016. Fallout 4 modders in 2 years made better than bestesda developers in 8 years with hundreds of millions dollars received. The main story is short (13 hours), game difficulty is too low and you cannot change it. New Game plus is awful and useless.
    Bethesda hyped fans and people thinking this could be game of the century, maybe in 2015 Starfield could be addressed as a good game.
    100 euro wasted and embarassing game.    … Expand
  55. JabbaKadabra
    Sep 8, 2023
    4
    I just created an account in order to say that I simply can't understand a critic score of over 80. This game is feels incredibly old, shallow, and boring. It has worse space gameplay than no man sky, the dialogue options feel meaningless, the characters and story puts me to sleep and the combat feels lame, as it's common with TES/Fallout games.
    If this game wasn't developed by a studio    I just created an account in order to say that I simply can't understand a critic score of over 80. This game is feels incredibly old, shallow, and boring. It has worse space gameplay than no man sky, the dialogue options feel meaningless, the characters and story puts me to sleep and the combat feels lame, as it's common with TES/Fallout games.
    If this game wasn't developed by a studio with such a history of successes and this level of hype, it would have been shred to bits by critics. I'm glad I played it through game pass instead of purchasing, because I would much rather spend my time with something else.    … Expand
  56. SergenClops
    Sep 9, 2023
    0
    Release the games completely now, please clean the bugs at the first launch, not with patches.
  57. Lemagex
    Sep 9, 2023
    0
    9 hours in, when does the game even start? Is this just a walking sim or what?
  58. datra
    Sep 9, 2023
    0
    Worst game ever. Outdated engine that should have been replaced after Skyrim.
    Empty, boring simulator of loading screens.
  59. Baxwil
    Sep 10, 2023
    0
    Im Pc player i AM cery sąd. Games not have 1000 planet have 700 van only Explore 500!
    This od very flat and loading and terrible .
    Im very sad game is close beta :/
  60. Sr_Crusher
    Sep 10, 2023
    0
    Starfield fails to bring any innovation, presenting itself as an experience that seems stuck in the past. The environments are notably empty.

    Furthermore, the game suffers from false promises, creating expectations that are not met during gameplay. The character animations and models are disappointingly weak, compromising immersion and the overall quality of the experience. Another    Starfield fails to bring any innovation, presenting itself as an experience that seems stuck in the past. The environments are notably empty.

    Furthermore, the game suffers from false promises, creating expectations that are not met during gameplay. The character animations and models are disappointingly weak, compromising immersion and the overall quality of the experience.

    Another noticeable issue is the presence of endless loading times, which constantly interrupt the flow of the game and detract from the enjoyment.

    Overall, this game leaves much to be desired in terms of quality, innovation, and delivering a satisfying experience for players. It's a shame to see a title that promised so much end up falling so far below expectations.    … Expand
  61. ozatione
    Sep 10, 2023
    0
    Hi Todd Howard. This review for you. A game with an excellent story. But it lacks art design. There is no optimization.
  62. Azur0Dragon
    Sep 9, 2023
    4
    Pro's: Detailed world
    Boring, outdated, fallout but with a new skin, playing it for 30 hours just so that game gets "good" makes no sense to me. There are some good stuff in this game but imo the bad things just overshadow the good thing.
  63. skelaw
    Sep 9, 2023
    3
    Graphic is decent; Dialogues sucks; Gameplay compared to other games in genre - boring; Quests and lore - generic; so much bugs. Compared to other games released in current year, Starfield looks very bad.
  64. bird-e
    Sep 9, 2023
    1
    Commits the grave crime of being utterly sauceless. Brings absolutely nothing new to the table. The game is made up of a few smaller games (fighting, exploring, building, space), all of which are individually mediocre and uninteresting. The managers of this game's production were ticking boxes for a decade. Congrats, it's all technically there, but nobody in charge ever stopped to askCommits the grave crime of being utterly sauceless. Brings absolutely nothing new to the table. The game is made up of a few smaller games (fighting, exploring, building, space), all of which are individually mediocre and uninteresting. The managers of this game's production were ticking boxes for a decade. Congrats, it's all technically there, but nobody in charge ever stopped to ask themselves: is any of this actually any good?

    The writing, voice acting, UI, loading screens and general flow of gameplay turn an unambitious slog into something completely unbearable.    … Expand
  65. Cubicorn
    Sep 9, 2023
    1
    People say the game gets good in 12 hours, but i found i had the opposite experience. I went into this really enjoying the game, but then you kind of eventually find out the whole game is fast travel. Fast travel from the planet to space, fast travel to the location on the planet, and fast travel to the lodge. Repeat. This loop happens forever and once you realize that it completely takesPeople say the game gets good in 12 hours, but i found i had the opposite experience. I went into this really enjoying the game, but then you kind of eventually find out the whole game is fast travel. Fast travel from the planet to space, fast travel to the location on the planet, and fast travel to the lodge. Repeat. This loop happens forever and once you realize that it completely takes away any immersion you may of had. I find myself unable to keep playing as every time I try to play now it hits me with a loading screen(albeit quick) to another location instead of organically going to a place and then unlocking the option to fast travel if you want to. Game is fun when you're on a main planet or locale that is filled with quests and you don't leave it. Because once you do the game fades.… Expand
  66. Xboxbestbox
    Sep 8, 2023
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. If you want to explore a dull, lifeless and uninspired "universe". This game is for you… Expand
  67. Seanszi
    Sep 8, 2023
    0
    stupid cocky developer..... very bad game... its very sad. Developer man go home
  68. vondom
    Sep 8, 2023
    5
    Do not buy this game, play it on gamepass first to see how it in no way lives up to the fanboy hype - 5/10 at most.
  69. ANANAZZ
    Sep 8, 2023
    0
    Not an open game at all, old developers, old CEO. Where is the optimization?
  70. AdaoSantos
    Sep 8, 2023
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Jogo mais ou menos. Não entregaram o que prometeram. Jogo sem graça.. muito vazio… Expand
  71. Dr_Benway
    Sep 8, 2023
    3
    A game concept with so much promise but ultimately a let down. An aging game engine that does not allow seamless immersion in the world and with dated and wildly inconsistent graphics quality, bland and annoying NPCs, none of whom I want in my party. They promised unrestricted exploration of the cosmos but instead it's like going down to a suburban shopping mall. A game devoid of wonder,A game concept with so much promise but ultimately a let down. An aging game engine that does not allow seamless immersion in the world and with dated and wildly inconsistent graphics quality, bland and annoying NPCs, none of whom I want in my party. They promised unrestricted exploration of the cosmos but instead it's like going down to a suburban shopping mall. A game devoid of wonder, innovation, creativity and risk. A real shame as in better hands it could have been so much better.… Expand
  72. Sue_xee
    Sep 8, 2023
    3
    An outdated product from an arrogant dev.
    Mediocre graphic but requires high specs: Textures won't stand a close look. And Todd said you should just update your pc for the game.
    incredibly stupid AI: Stood there and let enemies like 5 lvls higher than me shoot me for 1 minute and survived. What's the point of RPG? I need only a med kit to down them all. Loading screen everywhere: It has    An outdated product from an arrogant dev.
    Mediocre graphic but requires high specs: Textures won't stand a close look. And Todd said you should just update your pc for the game.
    incredibly stupid AI: Stood there and let enemies like 5 lvls higher than me shoot me for 1 minute and survived. What's the point of RPG? I need only a med kit to down them all.
    Loading screen everywhere: It has an Open World tag but, go upstairs? Loading screen. Take the elevator? Loading screen. Go outdoors? Loading screen. Get in your spaceship? Loading screen. Take flight? Loading screen.
    Bad UI design and interaction logic: The art elements are not bad but the interaction is just counter-intuitive. Like in the loot window you only see a name and don't know if it's a weapon or what type of weapon it is, no info except a freaking name. I have to open inventory and scroll the whole world to find what I just picked up and see what's what. That's true immersive experience.
    Some pointless mechanisms like stealth: It's just nonsense and horrible, playing stealth is torturing yourself. Bethesda owns Arkane yet they learn nothing from the Dishonored series.
    Some "fans" keep saying like mods and other community supports things: Nonsense, I paid a full 3A title price to Bethesda, so I'm commenting on their efforts only, which suck huge.
    If this game was released 10 years ago, it would be fine. But if this can be acceptable as of today, gamers would be pathetic.    … Expand
  73. amonen
    Sep 9, 2023
    4
    I would have given this game a 6, if it were still 2014. But the game is a collection of mediocracy even by 2014 standards.
    For the first 5 hours, i think I have seen more loading screens than actual gameplay. The planets are barren, a disgrace for the packed worlds worth exploring we were used to from Bethesda.
    Nothings catching at all, you get a McGuffin that doesnt really get a good    I would have given this game a 6, if it were still 2014. But the game is a collection of mediocracy even by 2014 standards.
    For the first 5 hours, i think I have seen more loading screens than actual gameplay. The planets are barren, a disgrace for the packed worlds worth exploring we were used to from Bethesda.

    Nothings catching at all, you get a McGuffin that doesnt really get a good explanation or any reason why you are doing it.

    AI companions are running in front of your line of fire continously, if you leave your cover to shoot, they jump to the spot, so you cant get back under cover again. They push you or block you and the urge to kill them becomes stronger with the minute. Enemies so far are either white or red copies of yourself and bullet sponges, compensating for the weak Ai.

    I have no idea, which game the offical reviewers were testing, but it cannot this thing, that we gamers got.

    Even if the dangling carrot of "Its becoming interesting after x hours" as other reviewers claim i am not able to force myself to keep playing this with the remote chance, that something might get better.    … Expand
  74. 7th_Rider
    Sep 8, 2023
    3
    Zero innovation, fallout in space, outated tech.
    Exploration is gimmickie and not interesting, awful performance in a 4090, 16 cores, no dlss
    BORING
  75. jovembuumer
    Sep 9, 2023
    0
    a 2011 game launch in 2023, with the same engine of fallout 4 and boring aspects of gameplay. storywise is Ok, but something that needs 7 years to became what became, its irrational. Half of the budget of the game, if no more, are going to merchandise, because, if is not, this game was never be considered a AAA game.
  76. PotatMasterRace
    Sep 8, 2023
    5
    I have played Mass Effects, The Outer Worlds and No Man's Sky prior and Starfield feels just like a botched copypaste of those games. Mass Effect had a better plot, a better developed world and better developed characters. No man's Sky had better "space exploration", The Outer Worlds had better companion and social system, and even a better plot, not to mention the styling was a lotI have played Mass Effects, The Outer Worlds and No Man's Sky prior and Starfield feels just like a botched copypaste of those games. Mass Effect had a better plot, a better developed world and better developed characters. No man's Sky had better "space exploration", The Outer Worlds had better companion and social system, and even a better plot, not to mention the styling was a lot better. Bethesda should've just concentrated on developing TES6.… Expand
  77. Prozombie0117
    Sep 9, 2023
    4
    This game is an absolute let down. It was advertised as a true exploration but it’s not what it is. Just play cyber punk. The only thing I enjoyed was the player creation. The story and gameplay is absolute rubbish.
  78. Newb_sensei
    Sep 8, 2023
    0
    What does it say about a studio when the parent company proudly boasts that its latest software has fewer bugs than said studio's usual output? How much more damning can faint praise get when the discussion of a game’s quality focuses on how it’s less incompetently cobbled together than previous ones? What does it mean when you're so used to shipping broken games, you think "less broken"What does it say about a studio when the parent company proudly boasts that its latest software has fewer bugs than said studio's usual output? How much more damning can faint praise get when the discussion of a game’s quality focuses on how it’s less incompetently cobbled together than previous ones? What does it mean when you're so used to shipping broken games, you think "less broken" is an actual brag? Let’s be real, it doesn’t mean much at all when your last game’s level of quality sat at the bedrock below the barrel. To call Starfield the least broken Bethesda game is akin to calling any single TERF the least embarrassing fascist. Then again, given how Zenimax and Bethesda seem to treat trans employees, that comparison may hit too close to home. Starfield’s unintentionally comedic marketing claims might very well be true. It could indeed be, as other reviews have breathlessly proclaimed, “the most polished Bethesda game to date.” That doesn’t mean it’s actually polished, does it? Being the least glitchy game is not the same as being a glitch-free game, and if there’s one thing Starfield ain’t, it’s that. I can of course only speak about my own experience, which has been of a game no more laudable than the digital wreckage that was Fallout 76. Its abundant issues range from the small - enemies getting stuck in doors, NPCs materializing out of thin air, etc. - to the thoroughly horrendous. Really do mean horrendous. I’ve been perpetually stuck on dialog screens, unable to advance a conversation while a character silently gurns at me. I’ve regularly become trapped in my ship’s cockpit, unable to move until I’ve sat back down in my seat and stood up again. Companions have disappeared. Mission-critical enemies have spawned inside walls and rendered almost impossible to kill. I’ve gotten softlocked more times than is forgivable, and I dread to think how much progress I’ve cumulatively lost as a result. By the time the game outright crashed, it felt like hitting the middle square of a bingo card.

    In decades past, Bethesda’s games have gotten away with being busted beyond reason because they were “so ambitious,” but any leeway that might have historically earned has long since dried up. Higher reaching productions from less wealthy companies haven’t been half so defective, not to mention dated. Compared to its contemporaries, the complacency on display is almost offensive. While Starfield’s galaxy is nebulously “big,” its vast array of barren planets populated by recycled assets is absolutely no justification for what this thing truly is - just another buggy Bethesda game following an ancient blueprint that hasn’t evolved creatively or mechanically since Fallout **** 3. On a fundamental level, Starfield plays exactly like any other Bethesda game, only with features borrowed - and subsequently lessened – from No Man’s Sky and The Outer Worlds. The same rudimentary combat (only without VATS to wallpaper over how sloppy it is). The same archaic approach to exploration and questing. The same stilted dialog propelled by non-sequitur exchanges. The same moronic A.I. and robotic animations. The same old narrative cliches in a world of cardboard where every stranger tells you their life story and immediately trusts you with sensitive tasks for seemingly no other reason than the fact you’re a videogame protagonist and they somehow know it. Hell, it’s even got the same worthlessly clumsy third-person mode we’ve seen for almost twenty years, just to hammer home how shockingly little Bethesda has advanced as a creative entity.

    People have referred to Starfield as No Man’s Skyrim, and while some have intended that as a slight against this game, I actually think it’s more insulting to Hello Games’ work. No Man’s Sky at least had a universe you could seamlessly explore, with planets you were able to approach and land on in real time. That was actually ambitious. Starfield’s planets can be flown to manually over the course of hours, but you can’t land on them without a menu, loading screens (get used to seeing those), and dull cutscenes. lso, let’s give the devil its due - Hello Games has worked damn hard to improve No Man’s Sky far beyond its launch version to the point it still has massive summer updates at no extra cost. Bethesda’s so averse to improvement that multiple games released years apart feature the exact same unaddressed bugs. It’s a little gauche, admittedly, to draw so many direct comparisons to other games in a review.

    If you’re the kind of person who thinks videogames peaked with Fallout 3's launch version and they’ve required neither evolution nor improvement since, this game is absolutely for you.If you believe Bethesda doesn’t need to exhibit growth as an artistic outlet and hasn’t had to change a thing about the way it’s made games since 2008, I can safely say you’ll adore Starfield.    … Expand
  79. worcrash
    Sep 9, 2023
    0
    Trust Bethesda to make a game exploring endless space boring as all hell. Like Fallout 4 but worse in most ways, plus a TERRIBLE PC port, I have a 4070Ti and the game barely hits a stable 60, usually lower if anything is happening around. Thanks again Todd for reminding me how overrated BGS is. Retire the damn 2 decade old engine and make better games.

    "Just upgrade your PC :^)"
  80. WisetSticky
    Sep 8, 2023
    4
    1. Flight controls are limited, and extremely disappointing having come from Everspace 2.
    2. The motto of the game should be, "Ctrl C, Ctrl V".
    3. Boring, filler content. 4. Gear and enemies are boring and repetitive. Enemy A.I. is dumb. 5. The bugs get worse the longer you play. 6. Writing is bad. I personally can live with bugs and bad writing if the game is fun. The problem    1. Flight controls are limited, and extremely disappointing having come from Everspace 2.
    2. The motto of the game should be, "Ctrl C, Ctrl V".
    3. Boring, filler content.
    4. Gear and enemies are boring and repetitive. Enemy A.I. is dumb.
    5. The bugs get worse the longer you play.
    6. Writing is bad.

    I personally can live with bugs and bad writing if the game is fun. The problem is that Starfield isn't fun. It's a boring pile of meh.

    Forget the critics. Look at the user scores -that will tell you what you need to know.    … Expand
  81. KwAnHD
    Sep 8, 2023
    0
    trailer praising the immensity of the universe, all the very concept of exploration is reduced to nothing, we go from loading to loading in instances of ultra repetitive and uninteresting worlds, all worlds are colonized by random pirates, it's really pathetic, a waste of time
  82. Reynol1221
    Sep 8, 2023
    0
    People think that the bugs in this game are fun. I tried this one. The story is boring with more than 10 minutes of conversation. The bugs are unbearable. The game closes every 10 minutes.
  83. Vato-maniaco
    Sep 8, 2023
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Xbox han estado engañando a la gente con publicidad y anuncios engañosos con notas falsas para los usuarios al poder dañar la mente de sus usuarios y hacerlo más retrasados… Expand
  84. No5k1ll
    Sep 9, 2023
    5
    Unfortunately, from my point of view, I cannot recommend Starfield. After not quite 8 hours of playing, I lost all motivation to continue.
    I have to mention that I mainly play Star Citizen and used to play Elite Dangerous on console and PC and the fact that in Starfield the planets / moons are not freely explorable and you cannot move freely with your ship in the systems between the    Unfortunately, from my point of view, I cannot recommend Starfield. After not quite 8 hours of playing, I lost all motivation to continue.
    I have to mention that I mainly play Star Citizen and used to play Elite Dangerous on console and PC and the fact that in Starfield the planets / moons are not freely explorable and you cannot move freely with your ship in the systems between the planets and moons is a bitter disappointment for me.
    The spaceship only serves as an animated loading screen between the maps on and in front of the planets / moons, and the flight model is so simple and cheap that it has nothing to do with a space simulation. Nothing of what Bethesda advertised in advance is present. Yes, the maps (that's all there is in the landing zones, because you can only explore freely within this tiny area around the respective landing zones) don't look bad, but here too you notice the focus on the console, but textures are nothing that couldn't be added, so I'm rather relaxed about it.

    It's basically a Fallout on different planets, if you like that you'll certainly have a lot of fun with Starfield, but if you're looking for a space adventure where you can explore space with your ship, you're absolutely wrong here, you won't find that here.

    But I have to come back to the loading screens, even in the cities you run from loading screen to loading screen, really everything is instanced in this game. If you take the train, loading screen. Enter a house, loading screen. If you dock with a spaceship, loading screen. Oh, and if you land on a celestial body and reach the end of the small map and move your spaceship over the map, over a loading screen a few kilometres around, everything looks completely different because this new map is regenerated adjacent to the previous area.

    I know it's not Star Citizen, but I suspect that the planet Microtech and its moons alone require more development than the entire game Starfield.
    It's just a disappointment, technically and gameplay-wise, as a whole.

    How low have the community's expectations become to be able to talk this game up so much? But ok, to be fair, tastes are different, whoever has fun with it should enjoy it, it's nice for those who like it.

    In summary for me:
    - No gameplay worth mentioning in space
    - too much chatter
    - too small maps around the landing zone
    - Optics, partly nice and partly muddy and you can see the age of the engine
    - too many loading screens
    - there is no immersion, how could there be?
    - no space adventure for me
    - Exploration? Where? not available
    - you can pimp your ship but basically there's nothing more than looking at it, great, why spend time and resources on that?

    I would have liked Starfield so much, unfortunately it bores me to death :(

    Will be back in the verse on the PTU (Star Citizen).

    o7

    Starfield maximum 5/10    … Expand
  85. DavidJS
    Sep 9, 2023
    2
    Overall: Below average, outdated, nothing unique. Has some Bethesda-like elements that hardcore fans will like. 2 points taken off for anti-consumer practices.

    I think people are too afraid to use half the rating scale. The game is below average. Graphically it looks about 10 years old. The gameplay is boring and not much we haven't seen before. I rate the game a 4/10, but I'm taking    Overall: Below average, outdated, nothing unique. Has some Bethesda-like elements that hardcore fans will like. 2 points taken off for anti-consumer practices.

    I think people are too afraid to use half the rating scale. The game is below average. Graphically it looks about 10 years old. The gameplay is boring and not much we haven't seen before.

    I rate the game a 4/10, but I'm taking off 2 points because Todd Howard and Pete Hines are compulsive liars, and have lied to the consumers. Their huge marketing campaign, and abusing access journalism is also very anti-consumer.    … Expand
  86. BenBella
    Sep 11, 2023
    0
    In direct comparison with Skyrim, Fallout 4 and Fallout 76, you notice that the Bethesda developers have carried out "the biggest update to the Creation Engine so far" for the sci-fi role-playing game and Elder Scrolls 6 since they buried the Gamebryo engine. The faces of important NPCs are much more detailed, there are great panoramas and atmospheric lighting scenes.However, as soon asIn direct comparison with Skyrim, Fallout 4 and Fallout 76, you notice that the Bethesda developers have carried out "the biggest update to the Creation Engine so far" for the sci-fi role-playing game and Elder Scrolls 6 since they buried the Gamebryo engine. The faces of important NPCs are much more detailed, there are great panoramas and atmospheric lighting scenes.However, as soon as you compare Starfield with the current RPG competition, the freshly released epic - similar to Elex 2 - looks out of time. The graphics of the almost three-year-old Cyberpunk 2077 wipe the floor with the Bethesda novelty.And when it comes to cleverly staged dialogue set to music, the developers could have taken a leaf out of Baldur's Gate 3's book. If we add to this the well-known Bethesda quirks such as the crude interface design, the laborious inventory management, the omnipresent loading screens and the numerous glitches, and add new weaknesses such as the fragmented universe and the dull, procedurally generated content (so many systems and planets and so little ingenuity in fauna, flora and space anomalies), then we can understand every gamer who is disappointed by Starfield, because the strengths that do exist no longer outweigh the weaknesses mentioned.… Expand
  87. bigdeal
    Sep 10, 2023
    1
    This game is very weak, I'm not talking about loading scenes, and loadings are not a problem, there are many more problems, there's just nothing to do in this game, the main mission doesn't require anything extra, you just need fast travel, choose planet, land, run, some shot, done, repeat until the main mission is over. It's just a very boring gameplay, weak dialogues, there isThis game is very weak, I'm not talking about loading scenes, and loadings are not a problem, there are many more problems, there's just nothing to do in this game, the main mission doesn't require anything extra, you just need fast travel, choose planet, land, run, some shot, done, repeat until the main mission is over. It's just a very boring gameplay, weak dialogues, there is practically no exploration of the planets, people's facial mimics are unpolished, similar to F3, the graphics are also bad (but the old graphics engine is probably to blame). Flying in space and ships combat also offer nothing, there are a few options, but nothing more, the UI is tragic. There is no point in building an outpost or doing side missions, because the game itself is empty anyway. Only the sound effects are not bad, but nothing more, this game does not have the feeling that you are among the stars, a big disappointment. Right now, this game seems to be in its very early stage.… Expand
  88. Shad0wM0ses
    Sep 10, 2023
    5
    This game gets boring fast. It’s a damn loading screen simulator. Nothing like what they advertised. Just loading screen after loading screen. I have a 4080 with all the bells and whistles and it’s still super annoying. I can only imagine how it’s runs on Xbox. Yikes. It’s not a 0 and for sure isn’t a 10 so don’t believe those review bombs or the perfect scores, this is far from either. ItThis game gets boring fast. It’s a damn loading screen simulator. Nothing like what they advertised. Just loading screen after loading screen. I have a 4080 with all the bells and whistles and it’s still super annoying. I can only imagine how it’s runs on Xbox. Yikes. It’s not a 0 and for sure isn’t a 10 so don’t believe those review bombs or the perfect scores, this is far from either. It looks good sometimes…then the npcs just do these weird faces, or glitch out somewhere. Also, only women and people of color made it to the future. All the black people have white people hair too, it’s quite hilarious how consistent this look comes around. All the leaders are women pretty much. It’s an ok game. A Bethesda game at its core as far as bugs and glitches. I liked Skyrim much more. Never got deep into any of the Fallouts as they bored me quite fast. If you want to travel in a space ship from planet to planet, this ain’t it. It’s smoke and mirrors to make it seem like you are. All in all, if you’re a diehard Bethesda fan then this game will be just fine for you. It just isn’t for me. I have over 50 hours logged and I’m pretty much done with it. Had minimal fun when it did come around. Looks good though…sometimes.… Expand
  89. bayrak26
    Sep 8, 2023
    0
    büyük beklenti, büyük hayal kırıklığı. her şey olmak isterken hiç bir şey olamamış karakterin ölme animasyonu bile skyrim bire bir alınmış. yıl 2010 olsaydı farklı şeyler yazardım ama yıl 2023 bu oyuna puan vermek diğer kaliteli geliştiricilerin emeklerine saygısızlık olur.
  90. hiiiiiii1234
    Sep 8, 2023
    0
    the worst game i have ever played in my life. I regret having wasted money on this trash game. I will refund everything after such a nightmare experience.
  91. Bob1230
    Sep 8, 2023
    0
    **** PRONOUNS. Gender ambiguity. The trans agenda is infecting everything you love. Trans people as a collective are like a reverse king Midas where everything they touch turns to ****
  92. kaossaok
    Sep 8, 2023
    0
    Graphics engine from 2011 used in a 2023 game. Its like Skyrims dated graphics in space. Also took a page out of the new Borderlands games and created a lot of he/shes. Woke game, refunded.
  93. Portelaa
    Sep 8, 2023
    0
    Nothing new literally just a mid game and awful **** performance I guess everyone needs to upgrade their PC rigth Todd?
  94. Velvetvelvet
    Sep 8, 2023
    0
    ...so you may need to upgrade your game for this buy...

    Thanks, Todd. But this is not a game, but garbage.
  95. LostBoy556
    Sep 8, 2023
    0
    No man's Sky is a much better game.. Starfield went through great lengths to copy no man's sky but they fell short by far.. Starfield doesn't even have VR like no man's sky does
  96. Abd777
    Sep 8, 2023
    0
    This is like the Worst Game Ever! Empty universes with absolutely nothing to do.
  97. Kl2033
    Sep 8, 2023
    0
    Advertising company 11/10
    Space exploration -1/10
    Definitely one of the worst games I've played in the last year. I'm a big fan of open worlds to explore and sci-fi style. I thought this would be one of my favorite games, but no. It has an absolutely boring, conventionally “open” world, stupid story, monotonous gameplay and a lot of bugs. Big respect to the modelers who managed to    Advertising company 11/10
    Space exploration -1/10
    Definitely one of the worst games I've played in the last year. I'm a big fan of open worlds to explore and sci-fi style. I thought this would be one of my favorite games, but no. It has an absolutely boring, conventionally “open” world, stupid story, monotonous gameplay and a lot of bugs.

    Big respect to the modelers who managed to create a ton of all the garbage that litters the indoor locations.    … Expand
  98. Ojoloco
    Sep 8, 2023
    0
    Después de estar 3 años esperando a que salga por fin un juego decente en Xbox, y nos llevamos otra desilusión. El juego es un fiasco, nada de lo que nos vendieron. Menudo humazo.
  99. Mathezar
    Sep 8, 2023
    4
    Starfield feels kinda last gen. Story really hasn’t sucked me in because the McGuffin isn’t that interesting. I wasn’t super hyped for the game, but I still expected more.
    It’s a cool idea, but It just feels like their game loop is antiquated. I’ve done like 20 side quests and it’s all distilled down to: go to waypoint and interact with objective (loot/kill) and return. The AI for NPC    Starfield feels kinda last gen. Story really hasn’t sucked me in because the McGuffin isn’t that interesting. I wasn’t super hyped for the game, but I still expected more.
    It’s a cool idea, but It just feels like their game loop is antiquated. I’ve done like 20 side quests and it’s all distilled down to: go to waypoint and interact with objective (loot/kill) and return. The AI for NPC combat is pretty darn buggy and isn’t very difficult even on max difficulty. I’ve killed more NPCs that just stand and look at me or are bugged out at walls than not.
    The graphics aren’t bad but after playing bg3 with all the motion captured acting/animations, it just looks janky. It is no where near next gen in terms of appearance.
    I’ll play it and finish it, but it definitely feels like they were really really limited by their decision not to upgrade to an newer engine. Tons of loading screens, even to just walk into buildings in the city.
    You can literally pick up a transport side quest from the mission board and instantly teleport to the destination to complete the quest through a series of UI interactions without even flying your ship.    … Expand
  100. rogermax515
    Sep 8, 2023
    3
    Jogo muito abaixo das expectativas, nada empolgante, graficos fracos, 30 de fps.bugs etc,,,,
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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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