Starfield

 Xbox Series X
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  1. derrickredden35
    Sep 7, 2023
    1
    I tried the game out but it just was not for me. Imean it have good shooting and all that but it's not all that fun to play.
  2. UnholyCatfish
    Sep 7, 2023
    1
    Pros
    - The Main Soundtrack is pretty dope
    Cons - Contains more bugs than the mouldy pizza in the corner of my room - Dialogue that reads like it was taken straight from a Marvel film - Characters with less personality than my desk lamp - Combat that feels like I'm shooting target dummies with a water pistol - Stare - Literally a single enemy type copy pasted 1000 times with    Pros
    - The Main Soundtrack is pretty dope

    Cons
    - Contains more bugs than the mouldy pizza in the corner of my room
    - Dialogue that reads like it was taken straight from a Marvel film
    - Characters with less personality than my desk lamp
    - Combat that feels like I'm shooting target dummies with a water pistol
    - Stare
    - Literally a single enemy type copy pasted 1000 times with different hats
    - FTL, an Indie Rogue Lite made by one dude, unironically had more space exploration than this game
    - Bland un-interesting universe where I literally couldn't care less about anything that happens in it
    - Faux RPG choices giving the illusion of build diversity
    - Possibly the worst UI I have ever experienced in any major release title
    - An inventory that's harder to manage than my emotions
    - More time spent in loading screens than browsing the internet on a dial-up connection in 2001

    All in all I cannot say I enjoyed a single minute of the time I spent playing this game and am thankful Steam was kind enough to give me a refund    … Expand
  3. Yiordanu
    Sep 7, 2023
    3
    Space exploration is NON-EXISTENT, it doesn't exist; this point is truly disappointing, especially considering that it has constant loading screens that completely break immersion.
  4. DavLai3
    Sep 7, 2023
    1
    Elder Scrolls and Fallout always had incredible open worlds despite the sub par gameplay, story, and polish. Fans looked past these faults because no one else could make an open world with that sense of exploration. Back in the early 2000s, Bethesda used to be THE open world game developer. Fast forward to 2023, the gaming industry has changed. Almost every Triple A studio has surpassedElder Scrolls and Fallout always had incredible open worlds despite the sub par gameplay, story, and polish. Fans looked past these faults because no one else could make an open world with that sense of exploration. Back in the early 2000s, Bethesda used to be THE open world game developer. Fast forward to 2023, the gaming industry has changed. Almost every Triple A studio has surpassed BGS when it comes to open world games in combat design, story, gameplay, world building, and exploration. FromSoft, Guerrilla, MonolithSoft, Nintendo, and CDPR to name a few. Sadly despite huge promises, Starfield is an outdated game with an unimaginative story, subpar combat, and several clunky gameplay systems that are poorly explained. Poor optimization on both PC and Xbox are far from a current gen showpiece. Monotonous and uninspired are the two best words to describe Starfield.… Expand
  5. lubofer
    Sep 7, 2023
    4
    It's a joke for a game in 2023 to run at 30 fps on the console. The game, overall, doesn't provide the freedom that was so highly anticipated by those who saw the trailers. Unfortunately, the game falls short in many aspects, and even graphically speaking, there's nothing particularly impressive. The feeling is that the game is a poorly executed blend of Skyrim and Fallout in an alphaIt's a joke for a game in 2023 to run at 30 fps on the console. The game, overall, doesn't provide the freedom that was so highly anticipated by those who saw the trailers. Unfortunately, the game falls short in many aspects, and even graphically speaking, there's nothing particularly impressive. The feeling is that the game is a poorly executed blend of Skyrim and Fallout in an alpha version! The only interesting aspects are the RPG elements and the main storyline. It's definitely not worth paying such a high price for this game.… Expand
  6. jumigore
    Sep 7, 2023
    1
    Juegos antiguo y aburrido lleno de errores y menus, sin inteligiencia artificial , malisimo
  7. KirKeso
    Sep 7, 2023
    2
    This game dissapointed me. We have 2023 year, and game is worst than 3 years old Cyberpunk except bugs.

    1. Graphic of game is not equal. Characters looks like at Andromeda, and are worst than 5+ years old Kingdom Come. People has not faces. They have allways the same look, if you zoom a weapon on them, they just walk. Zero reaction, if you shoot, they will go throught. But armours and    This game dissapointed me. We have 2023 year, and game is worst than 3 years old Cyberpunk except bugs.

    1. Graphic of game is not equal. Characters looks like at Andromeda, and are worst than 5+ years old Kingdom Come. People has not faces. They have allways the same look, if you zoom a weapon on them, they just walk. Zero reaction, if you shoot, they will go throught.
    But armours and other stuf is great. I have to say that this piece of game is delicious. I can stay and watch my ship and armour for hours.

    2. Main story is worst than Fallout 3, even Fallout 4 has better story, where this game has the worst story before this game. Side quest are better, but still tons of fedex.
    Imagine that you have to talk with someone at first planet, then you have to back to main npc to another planet. Where are phones, or ship radios?

    3. Exploration is the worst since morrowind. Why at random planet are 3 POIs, Included abandoned fabrics and other buildings. Okey maybe it has sense, cause planets are empty, But in 2300, some of them can be settled. Still why at random planets are the same fabrics with the same loot and enemy spawns x15 etc.

    4. Flying is dissasted, when enemyies attacking me i am crying. I dont want to fight. I am waiting for mod to delele this encounters.    … Expand
  8. VortexQueen
    Sep 7, 2023
    3
    Starfield, despite its name, lacks a soul. It fails to offer a compelling vision that makes your journey truly worthwhile. The absence of a profound perspective that could provide an existential experience within this setting reduces it to a series of mundane tasks and generic necessities. This dismantles the potential for vastness and depth, relegating it to a regressive and antiquatedStarfield, despite its name, lacks a soul. It fails to offer a compelling vision that makes your journey truly worthwhile. The absence of a profound perspective that could provide an existential experience within this setting reduces it to a series of mundane tasks and generic necessities. This dismantles the potential for vastness and depth, relegating it to a regressive and antiquated system devoid of grandeur and ambition.… Expand
  9. Thetype
    Sep 7, 2023
    3
    a lot to say but I'm going to focus on the technique and the immersion, it's a shame in 2023 for a new generation game, permanent loading, dated visuals and mechanics, catastrophic AI, low framerate, exploration in limited space in unintuitive menus
    I don't understand the success of this game in which space is just a pretext
  10. kosar1k
    Sep 7, 2023
    1
    Arguably the worst single player Bethesda game ever made. Terrible soapy graphics with a green filter that makes your eyes tired. NPCs are terribly stupid, quests are not interesting and there are a lot of loading screens, outdated graphics, the game is not optimized. Terribly boring game and it's not an RPG.. It's not worth 100 euros. For me, Bethesda is completely dead...
  11. HenriqueDLM
    Sep 7, 2023
    2
    A Redfall From Space, Lies, loading screens, lies, They promised a lot of things and delivered almost nothing, many loading screens damaging the immersion, very weak level design of the story. Completely empty worlds and a copy and paste of bases for you to explore. The lack of land vehicles in the game borders on the absurd, the game's gunplay and terrible enemies do not react to bullets.A Redfall From Space, Lies, loading screens, lies, They promised a lot of things and delivered almost nothing, many loading screens damaging the immersion, very weak level design of the story. Completely empty worlds and a copy and paste of bases for you to explore. The lack of land vehicles in the game borders on the absurd, the game's gunplay and terrible enemies do not react to bullets. As long as Phill Spencer is in charge, I don't see any evolution in the XBOX division.… Expand
  12. DeeMc
    Sep 7, 2023
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This is the loading screen simulator I've waited for.

    You don't fly your ship much. You open your menu, ooen another menu, select a location, and fast travel between planets. 6 loading screens to get from one planet's surface to another.

    The game is dated, boring, and lacks a lot of the elements that make Skyrim fun to play.

    Dead eyed faces on notable NPCs. Randoms look like potatoes with glued on eyes.

    I am sorry I bought it. I made it worse by getting the Xbox and PC versions. I wanted other family members to play too.

    To be fair it's not trash but its faults just outweigh anything good...or that could have been good.    … Expand
  13. toral2
    Sep 7, 2023
    1
    Sadly this is let down after revolutionary Skyrim.

    Positives are great atmosphere and amazing soundtrack. Shooting also feels improved compared to FO4.
    Disliked horrible enemy AI, exploration, lack of vehicles. This game is often quite boring.
  14. makz78
    Sep 7, 2023
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Based on approximately 20 hours, early access. The game is ok if you are looking to scratch a Space fantasy itch on the weekend, but it feels like an expensive Fall out mod or a poorly directed PG-13 Syfy show episode.

    Pros

    - Initial appeal
    - Music
    - Scenary
    - Character customization
    - Ship building/customization

    Cons

    - No memorable characters
    - Weak main story which culminates into no answers
    - All enemies are the same - combat reduced to massive bullets and grenades spam against the same enemies from start to end of the game
    - Low weapon variety and next to no creativity of how to do dmg
    - Load screens are acceptable to some extend, but overused
    - Hitboxes are absolutely awful even with weapons specialization
    - UI - basically missing, a few colors put together in paint as background, no elements, no visual explanations
    - Inventory management - mostly annoying, no search, no filter, no sorting, all jammed up together
    - Weak graphics for a 2023 AAA game, especially one focused on Space
    - No boss fight mechanics
    - While planets have several biomes combinations, exploration is reduced to landing on planets followed by 1. walking, 2. explore cave, 3. explore base, 4. kill the same enemy, 5. loot, repeat for every planet.
    - Space combat is scenery, but lacks identity - somewhere between EVE online and SWBF2
    - No immersion in cities - no reactions to player actions    … Expand
  15. Kaijoshin
    Sep 7, 2023
    2
    The game is okay, but not much more. It doesn't live up to the hype. Generic Bethesda quests, the most fragmented space I've ever seen, and inconsistent 30fps performance that regularly drops. It looks good, but it comes at the cost of countless loading times. You can't even go up a ladder without a loading screen. There aren't too many bugs, but they occur regularly.
  16. dundiditt
    Sep 7, 2023
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I've played this highly anticipated game and all I kept waiting for was the "ONE GIANT LEAP FOR MANKIND" moment that sadly never came. All I was confronted with was a barren wasteland of empty space! Missing were the magical discovery moments! The type of moments you dream of as a kid when you looked up at the night sky and see shooting stars. This was supposed to be the ONE, the stuff of legends that we'd all be applauding for the next decade! This was supposed to be the gold standard of all games moving forward! There are no next gen moments! Somewhere in an alternate universe, they probably got it right, but in this reality, they fumbled the ball! This has to be one of the biggest disappointments in gaming history so far. How does something that took 25 years to become a reality, ended up as a nightmare? Fool me once shame on me.... fool me twice....… Expand
  17. Danielibiapina
    Sep 7, 2023
    0
    This is another "game pass"quality game.
    I realy want it to shine,but STAREFILD is not a good game at all. Simple is that!
  18. ReydEnd
    Sep 7, 2023
    4
    Starfield sera sin ninguna duda uno de los juegos mas jugados de esta decada, pero al dia de hoy le faltan muchos parches y contenido extra que haga la exploración planetaria mas entretenida y menos repetitiva.

    Amo los juegos de Bethesda, se que hice una buena compra porque a futuro sera un juegazo, pero por el momento lo dejare hasta que este parcheado o Bethesda al fin saque el Creation    Starfield sera sin ninguna duda uno de los juegos mas jugados de esta decada, pero al dia de hoy le faltan muchos parches y contenido extra que haga la exploración planetaria mas entretenida y menos repetitiva.

    Amo los juegos de Bethesda, se que hice una buena compra porque a futuro sera un juegazo, pero por el momento lo dejare hasta que este parcheado o Bethesda al fin saque el Creation Kit para que salgan mods de Mass Effect o Star Wars.

    Puedo decir con toda seguridad que a este juego le falto un año mas de desarrollo.    … Expand
  19. 99thhand
    Sep 7, 2023
    1
    Graphics is decent but some are not policed, Story is generic, AI is bad it's from other game.
    you go. played 20 hours + and feels like a waste of time. you do the same thing over and over and it's not rewarding. This game was so overhyped Fallout 4 is way better than this game.
  20. Zero_89
    Sep 7, 2023
    2
    Starfield is another Bethesda game that fails to revolutionize the formula of loot-shoot-return that the studio is infamously known for at this point.
    I was expecting more, but there's not one system that's at least flawed to a minor degree.
    -Ship building is fine, but the fun stuff is locked behind perks. -Space combat is mindless and boring, the only thing that determines if you win    Starfield is another Bethesda game that fails to revolutionize the formula of loot-shoot-return that the studio is infamously known for at this point.
    I was expecting more, but there's not one system that's at least flawed to a minor degree.

    -Ship building is fine, but the fun stuff is locked behind perks.
    -Space combat is mindless and boring, the only thing that determines if you win or lose is level difference and perk investment.
    -The story feels generic and uninspired.
    -Gameplay is fine, but I wish there was a bit more, the powers are just another version of Skyrim's shouts but other than being a novelty they just fade in the background, and they eventually lose their appeal.
    -Perks lock you out of BASIC GAMEPLAY FEATURES, and sometimes they're required to complete quests, so you can get locked out of them.
    -The amount of loading screens in this game is astonishing, want to travel to another planet? Loading screen, wanna land on a planet? Loading screen, don't wanna travel half a mile through a barren wasteland of a planet? You guessed it, loading screen.
    -Speaking of planets, how about 950 of them with absolutely nothing to do other than walking around aimlessly for some resources you can't even carry?
    -NPC faces look creepy and lifeless, they just kinda stare at you blankly, it really makes you uneasy.
    -Inventory management is a nightmare.
    -Performance while not egregiously bad is just not acceptable, I was damn constantly dropping below 30 every time I loaded in a big city like New Atlantis.

    There's more, but I'll stop there, overall I'm disappointed by this so called 25 years in the making "space opera".    … Expand
  21. F3GR
    Sep 7, 2023
    3
    This game is not just one of the worst games Bethesda produced , but one of the worst big games ever produced. This game is a lot worse than Fallout 4, and this is not a high bar at all.

    The only positives: big 'open' world (just a ton of locations with invisible walls), variety of weapons/ship builds and infinite(?) replayability. And these factors are arguable don't mean much, because    This game is not just one of the worst games Bethesda produced , but one of the worst big games ever produced. This game is a lot worse than Fallout 4, and this is not a high bar at all.

    The only positives: big 'open' world (just a ton of locations with invisible walls), variety of weapons/ship builds and infinite(?) replayability. And these factors are arguable don't mean much, because the quality of the content of the game is beyond low.

    Everything else about this game is a complete disaster:
    - the loading screens, overall terrible user experience (UX) design;
    - the amount of bugs and glitches are astounding (not surprising considering its Bethesda);
    - 'the space travel' is a joke, its just a non-convincing, uninspiring, boring emulation of the potential experience, nothing actually happens in space itself except of repetitive boring ship fights;
    - almost all planets are empty and feel generated by AI, major cities and planets are almost as dull;
    - Lore, NPCs, dialogues, factions and quests are dull and and feel generated by AI;
    - AI of the NPCs is one of the worst I've seen in my life (on par with Cyberpunk 2077 vanilla);
    - weapons and perks are boring and don't provide any interesting and unique mechanics to the game role-playing wise;
    - enemies are repetitive and quickly become tiresome to fight with, the fights are just a shooting gallery.

    Don't even think about buying the game, and I strongly advise you to not even try to play it with the Game Pass, any RPG player and/or space enthusiast (astrophile) would get disgusted by what he would experience.    … Expand
  22. Bugjam8
    Sep 7, 2023
    1
    Starfield, el tan alabado "exclusivo" para la Xbox Series X, parece haberse estrellado en su intento de conquistar a los jugadores. Si tienes alguna inclinación por mantener tu cordura y no lanzar tu dinero a la basura, sigue leyendo para conocer por qué este juego y la consola no merecen ni siquiera un pensamiento.

    Empecemos con los problemas técnicos, porque aparentemente lanzar un    Starfield, el tan alabado "exclusivo" para la Xbox Series X, parece haberse estrellado en su intento de conquistar a los jugadores. Si tienes alguna inclinación por mantener tu cordura y no lanzar tu dinero a la basura, sigue leyendo para conocer por qué este juego y la consola no merecen ni siquiera un pensamiento.

    Empecemos con los problemas técnicos, porque aparentemente lanzar un juego que funcione correctamente es una tarea demasiado difícil. Starfield se jacta de caídas de framerate, errores de texturas y problemas de estabilidad que te harán preguntarte si los desarrolladores siquiera saben lo que están haciendo.

    ¿Esperabas explorar un vasto universo? Bueno, olvídalo. En lugar de eso, estarás recorriendo los mismos mundos y planetas una y otra vez, como si la falta de creatividad fuera una característica de diseño. Y no te emociones demasiado con la narrativa, porque es tan poco inspirada como un ladrillo. Personajes aburridos, misiones insulsas y una trama principal que te hará pensar si alguien realmente se tomó el tiempo para escribirla.

    Si eso no es suficiente para ahuyentarte, espera a conocer el sistema de monetización. Porque aparentemente pagar por el juego no es suficiente, también puedes esperar encontrarte con microtransacciones acechando en cada esquina, listas para despojarte de más dinero por contenido que debería haber estado en el juego desde el principio.

    En resumen, si disfrutas de la idea de desperdiciar tu tiempo y dinero en un juego que parece haber sido creado por aficionados en su garaje, y si sueñas con una consola que te brinde más dolores de cabeza que satisfacción, entonces adelante, Starfield y la Xbox Series X son perfectos para ti. Pero si tienes un ápice de sentido común y aprecio por tu sanidad mental, mantente alejado de esta aberración de juego y la consola que intenta sostenerlo. Tu billetera y tu cordura te lo agradecerán.    … Expand
  23. Gman1984
    Sep 7, 2023
    0
    I played past the 10h mark hoping it would get better but It did not, I just couldn't stand another minuted of this game. To me that has to be the definition of a 0/10 and I hope I can get a refund.

    It's does not have an interesting world/characters, combat gameplay is way bellow average, spaceship combat is even worse. Traversal and sense of exploration is non-existent and the story is    I played past the 10h mark hoping it would get better but It did not, I just couldn't stand another minuted of this game. To me that has to be the definition of a 0/10 and I hope I can get a refund.

    It's does not have an interesting world/characters, combat gameplay is way bellow average, spaceship combat is even worse. Traversal and sense of exploration is non-existent and the story is offensively bad. To make it even better it's very taxing on the hardware but the results are not impressive at all.    … Expand
  24. Jefferson_ROCK
    Sep 7, 2023
    4
    Não sei se chamo de DLC de Fallout 4 ou se chamo de simulador de caminha em vários planetas, porque é zuado essa parte da "exploração planetária" . Bethesda precisa desapegar dessa Creation engine e evoluir, um game onde há vários diálogos NPC's sem expressão tiram toda a emoção do game.
  25. CountCorvus
    Sep 7, 2023
    0
    Relatively good graphics, but nothing special either.
    Otherwise it is boring.... empty... full of bugs... and has no soul, like most games nowadays.
    Good that it's in the Game Pass... so you don't have to waste your money on it.
  26. vitticeps
    Sep 7, 2023
    0
    Hand's down the most disappointing game of the year, this was supposed to be the game of the generation, but it's just another overhyped bethestha mediocre game heavenly held back by their ancient engine.

    It's a complete step back from their other big game's, even fallout 4 which in itself is already pretty meh. it's simply not the xbox comeback everyone was expecting
  27. bolso
    Sep 7, 2023
    0
    Very bad game, a shame to release a game like this for what the company promised, it's really not worth wasting time playing this game
  28. EdgarDelmiro
    Sep 8, 2023
    0
    A proposta do jogo é incrível, o som do game é maravilhoso mas não foi entregue o que foi prometido além de muitos bugs e péssima construção, texturas problemáticas, iluminação bem porca, IA dos NPCs ridícula, crash do jogo em alguns momentos, enfim, isso não é jogo AAA nem estúdio indie faz jogo assim, uma vergonha para Bethesda e para MS.
  29. Iskender299
    Sep 7, 2023
    0
    Crashes. Like. Crazy. Every 10-25 mins, most times before an auto save hits so if you were doing a quest you’re out of luck. Did the first space battle quest from the tutorial 4 times. Because every time it was crashing right after but before saving. “Later in game”, later like after the tutorial, you’re afraid to continue the story because is crashing. It took a week since early accessCrashes. Like. Crazy. Every 10-25 mins, most times before an auto save hits so if you were doing a quest you’re out of luck. Did the first space battle quest from the tutorial 4 times. Because every time it was crashing right after but before saving. “Later in game”, later like after the tutorial, you’re afraid to continue the story because is crashing. It took a week since early access (for which I paid for premium) and yet no fix. Crashfield The game is crashing on series x like crazy, every 10-25 minutes making playing the game impossible. I’ve done the first battle 4 times, because the crash would occur before a save was made. Since early access I tried to play, now we’re 7 days apart and still no fix. Paid premium, for nothing. What’s worse is that the issue was finally acknowledged 5 days later but not shared to wider audiences. There’s a support blog post now saying how to report (for which you need an extra app), but that was not shared out of discord. If you google “starfield series x crashing” that support page is so well indexed that it doesn’t even appear on the first page. It should have been shared on channels with wider audience, like Twitter, if you really want to collect logs. People have no idea how to report on Xbox, or that they need an extra app. And not everyone is on discord. TLDR, unplayable and disappointed.… Expand
  30. Starfeio
    Sep 7, 2023
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Jogo bugado, mal otimizado, npc captura de movimento, texturas horroso, motor gráfico fallout horrível.… Expand
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83

Generally favorable reviews - based on 81 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 69 out of 81
  2. Mixed: 11 out of 81
  3. Negative: 1 out of 81
  1. Gamereactor Finland
    Nov 1, 2023
    70
    It's a big game, but starts way too slowly, and may never get interesting.
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  2. Gamereactor Spain
    Oct 16, 2023
    90
    It is true that you'll find a good number of barren wastelands with little to do other than extracting some resources and take off to more interesting places, but again it really depends on how you want to play. There's so much to do, so many systems and abilities to explore, missions to complete, spaceships to loot, and species to catalogue, that I honestly don't think there's anybody who thinks that exploring every square meter of this universe is the better way to enjoy Starfield.
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  3. The Loadout
    Oct 15, 2023
    80
    While it has weak spots and doesn’t push many boundaries, Starfield is still an excellent RPG experience. Bethesda has once again mastered the things it built its reputation on – world building, quest design, and deep customization. However, it’s found new things to excel at too, with exciting combat and a novel implementation of New Game Plus.
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