Starfield

 Xbox Series X
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6.4

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  1. Exzodium
    Sep 8, 2023
    4
    The way Todd Howard was talking, Starfield seemed like it would be a large departure for Bethesda. Turns out it's just fallout in space, but with none of the features that make that IP charming. I went in 6 hours before I got bored and asked for a refund. Not worth 70 to 100 dollars. I would argue that this game is not worth 60 dollars, not unless you pay the modders to fix it and make itThe way Todd Howard was talking, Starfield seemed like it would be a large departure for Bethesda. Turns out it's just fallout in space, but with none of the features that make that IP charming. I went in 6 hours before I got bored and asked for a refund. Not worth 70 to 100 dollars. I would argue that this game is not worth 60 dollars, not unless you pay the modders to fix it and make it enjoyable for those with expectations.… Expand
  2. NinjaFlip11
    Sep 11, 2023
    4
    I downloaded this for Series X and bought the premium for 30 bucks. This game has been so misleading by Bethesda. I was incredibly bored. After 10 hours of trying to get into it I just have no Will or desire to play anymore. The graphics were pretty decent but I would rather play Fallout 76 than this. It was a boredom simulator. I played a few side quests, main quests, got into a few shipI downloaded this for Series X and bought the premium for 30 bucks. This game has been so misleading by Bethesda. I was incredibly bored. After 10 hours of trying to get into it I just have no Will or desire to play anymore. The graphics were pretty decent but I would rather play Fallout 76 than this. It was a boredom simulator. I played a few side quests, main quests, got into a few ship fights as well as gun engagements. Looked for stuff on a few planets. It’s full of nothing interesting. After loading into every scene as well as not being able to travel seamlessly I was taken a back how underwhelming it all was. If people enjoy this right on but I just could not get into this at all. Loved all of the Elderscrolls games and Fallout 3 and New Vegas. This was a step back in terms of interesting.… Expand
  3. dannygards
    Sep 8, 2023
    4
    This HAS to be the end of the Creation engine. The concept of this game is completely ruined by the constant loading, cities artificially boken up into small districts and floors to allow for loading, 30fps, non-existence space exploration by menu and fast travel, baren repetitive planets and lack of vehicles as the engine can't load in assets quickly enough. All these compromises down toThis HAS to be the end of the Creation engine. The concept of this game is completely ruined by the constant loading, cities artificially boken up into small districts and floors to allow for loading, 30fps, non-existence space exploration by menu and fast travel, baren repetitive planets and lack of vehicles as the engine can't load in assets quickly enough. All these compromises down to an prehistoric engine or a lack of technical no how.

    Reviewers are saying you can't compare it to Cyberpunk, Dying Light 2, GTA5 as Starfield has so many systems. Well I'm calling BS. All those games have huge cities that now run at 60fps, look way better, feel better and have far far fewer loading screens. And the supposed multitude of systems that give Starfield a pass?.... a bunch of Mass Effect 1 procedurally generated planets with repetitive linear bases, caves etc. And space exploration via fast travel. Yes It's playable, but set your expectations to something similar but slightly worse than Fallout 4 (as its 30fps), with convoluted systems, and half baked exploration and planets    … Expand
  4. Fallenlords
    Sep 8, 2023
    4
    It has possibilities, I imagine with six to twelve months of patches and quality of life improvements it will be a reasonable game. But at the moment it is dull. And certain things don't make much sense. Like in the future we lost the ability to utilise any maps within civilisation centres that tell us where vendors are located etc. The spaceship is nothing but an extended inventory,It has possibilities, I imagine with six to twelve months of patches and quality of life improvements it will be a reasonable game. But at the moment it is dull. And certain things don't make much sense. Like in the future we lost the ability to utilise any maps within civilisation centres that tell us where vendors are located etc. The spaceship is nothing but an extended inventory, you don't really fly it ... you just move it from point A to point B on a starmap. There is the illusion of flying, by moving it around the atmosphere of a planet, with a smattering of chanky space combat.

    Where the game struggles I think is lore ... I have no feeling for it at all. Elder Scrolls/Fallout they crafted a world. Starfield - I don't get any world building sense. Yeah there are things that mark it as a Bethesda game, turrets, consoles, lock picking, inventory management, perks, bugs etc. But I don't care about the lore - everything is so generic. My initial feeling was it played like just any other space game, a lot of other space games have done it a lot better.

    Generally just don't believe the hype with this one, it is boring. There is no 'wow' factor to the game, that blows your socks off. It is just grind and while grind in itself is not too bad if you have a captivating story or interesting characters, this game lacks on both scores.

    Overall has some potential, imagine once PC modders get into it and start showing Bethesda what is actually possible. Then Bethesda take those ideas and filter them into the game over time. Starfield will end up a reasonable game. But at the minute it is seriously lacking something, and all I can think is there isn't much lore or anything.    … Expand
  5. Guipaa
    Sep 8, 2023
    4
    Venderam sonhos que não se concretizaram. Péssimos gráficos. Jogabilidade ultrapassada. Interações artificiais. Design ultrapassado com excesso de navegação via menu.
  6. chris4ever04
    Sep 9, 2023
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I will update if the game ever gets good I have enjoyed absolutely nothing so far I’m only a very slow 11 hours in. Controls super clunky, shooting very inconsistent, planets are a joke not real planets literally only a few things to do, I hate the scanning you have to be super close to scan and there’s almost nothing to scan, not like No Man’s Sky where you can scan EVERYTHING. Very very boring I’m trying to push through cause people say it gets better but this is a snooze fest so far I’m at Mars constellation mission. I’m trying to enjoy it but it’s definitely super weird and other games do everything better just haven’t had any fun yet.… Expand
  7. Planetvibz
    Sep 8, 2023
    4
    Seemingly created by neckbeards who (when not creating Microsoft Office products) enjoy nothing better than a night in sifting through surplus inventory menus and load screens. It’s not ‘Skyrim in Space’, it’s ‘ Death by Menu’.
  8. Salt_AU
    Sep 8, 2023
    4
    If you've played Fallout 4 then you can't help but think that Starfield is a heavily modded expansion to that game. The game engine hasn't changed as much as I expected, in places it looks great but overall it looks incredibly dated. Player, companion and NPC animations, many art assets, gun modding, and the overall combat are lifted straight out of Fallout 4 from 2015. The genericIf you've played Fallout 4 then you can't help but think that Starfield is a heavily modded expansion to that game. The game engine hasn't changed as much as I expected, in places it looks great but overall it looks incredibly dated. Player, companion and NPC animations, many art assets, gun modding, and the overall combat are lifted straight out of Fallout 4 from 2015. The generic civilian NPCs are quite literally some of the worst I have seen, and how that got a pass is beyond me. If you have never played Fallout 4 or a Bethesda Game Studios game then I would recommend Starfield for sure, and likely give it a 7 or 8. Unfortunately for me Starfield didn't live up to the hype which is a shame.… Expand
  9. DevilDjinn
    Sep 7, 2023
    4
    Game lacks any real vision. Feels very bland and uninspired. Does nothing to change the formula up. Space exploration is boring and tedious, gun play is acceptable, graphics are quite dated for a 2023 game.
    Its by no means a bad game, it just isnt a good one. It might be time to look at updating the creation engine Bethesda.
    Very disappointed.
  10. puganj
    Sep 8, 2023
    4
    It takes a while to actually pick up.
    It just didnt click with me like skyrim or fallout did
  11. MattchewHawk
    Sep 10, 2023
    4
    The diologue in this game feels like it’s been written and performed by a kid. Every time someone speaks its pure cringe. The game is such a drag to play at the start.
    I love the fallout games and Skyrim, and thought it would be largely the same quality. But those games are old, so bad diologue and bugs is forgivable. But not in a game like this. I’m just not enjoying this game at all to    The diologue in this game feels like it’s been written and performed by a kid. Every time someone speaks its pure cringe. The game is such a drag to play at the start.
    I love the fallout games and Skyrim, and thought it would be largely the same quality. But those games are old, so bad diologue and bugs is forgivable. But not in a game like this. I’m just not enjoying this game at all to be honest. It looks nice, but there is zero immersion. In my opinion No Mans Sky, and Elite Dangerous are much, much better games. I really wanted this to be a winner    … Expand
  12. Borgoros
    Sep 11, 2023
    4
    Hoped for more, but its my fault for riding the hype train. I really wanted to like this game!
    Not a exciting universe compared to Elder Scrolls or Fallout, wich I love.
    The main story here is dull, looking for too many artefacts, exactly the same, in copy-paste caves/bases, after fast travel after fast travel, running in straight line here and there... And those temples... The skill    Hoped for more, but its my fault for riding the hype train. I really wanted to like this game!
    Not a exciting universe compared to Elder Scrolls or Fallout, wich I love.

    The main story here is dull, looking for too many artefacts, exactly the same, in copy-paste caves/bases, after fast travel after fast travel, running in straight line here and there...
    And those temples...

    The skill tree is bland, with standard physics and human behavoir that have to be learned AGAIN?
    Like the "ability" not to bee heard/seen everywhere, far away, behind walls and obstacles by all enemies? Why can you not just run and hide like a normal human being? Not to mention all those lame characters that talks and talks about so insanely much the same pov monotone way. Again. The combat is ok enough, but a solid step down from Skyrim and Fallout 4.
    Nothing new.

    The technical sci-fi aspect is awesome, but I will rather play Cyberpunk that shows more creativity and atleast some humor, that Starfield really lacks...    … Expand
  13. Steven_PF
    Sep 7, 2023
    4
    Starfield was a huge disappointment for me. While playing this game, I felt like I was going back 20 years because the mechanics used are so obsolete. I could also talk about the stupid AI, the poverty of exploration (which is mainly done through menus and teleports) and the numerous bugs.
  14. Calculinho
    Sep 9, 2023
    4
    It's taken people about 15 years to discover that Bethesda doesn't know how to make RPGs or open world games. He already demonstrated it by destroying the Fallout saga with the third and fourth installments and even with Oblivion and Skyrim they did not know how to continue the bases of Morrowind and opted for a more action-focused approach for the general public.

    They are geniuses at    It's taken people about 15 years to discover that Bethesda doesn't know how to make RPGs or open world games. He already demonstrated it by destroying the Fallout saga with the third and fourth installments and even with Oblivion and Skyrim they did not know how to continue the bases of Morrowind and opted for a more action-focused approach for the general public.

    They are geniuses at developing FPS, but they should leave these types of large-scale games to Obsidian.    … Expand
  15. Wraithe
    Sep 8, 2023
    4
    I'm sitting here just blown away at how many people post lies about these games reviews, There isn't a snowballs chance in hades this game deserve an 8, 9, or 10. This game is miles wide, and an inch deep. The main storyline is something a teenager in high school could have written better. The graphics are dated and every single face is uncanny. It's giving New World a run for it'sI'm sitting here just blown away at how many people post lies about these games reviews, There isn't a snowballs chance in hades this game deserve an 8, 9, or 10. This game is miles wide, and an inch deep. The main storyline is something a teenager in high school could have written better. The graphics are dated and every single face is uncanny. It's giving New World a run for it's money on actual monster count. The fetch quest concept is over done.… Expand
  16. inzane911
    Sep 8, 2023
    4
    Fallout without vats. exploring is boring. The sorry is ok. The puppet animations are out of date. Ultimately another Morrowind with a new skin
  17. generalblue162
    Sep 8, 2023
    4
    Starfield is a below average current gen game. This game barely runs at 30 FPS and you run into a loading screen every 20 seconds or so when you enter a building. Hardly no ship flying and Bethesda decided to use space instead as an extended load screen. The graphics are subpar, kind of looks like a XBox One game and I have noticed quite a lot of pop ins especially in the planet Neon.Starfield is a below average current gen game. This game barely runs at 30 FPS and you run into a loading screen every 20 seconds or so when you enter a building. Hardly no ship flying and Bethesda decided to use space instead as an extended load screen. The graphics are subpar, kind of looks like a XBox One game and I have noticed quite a lot of pop ins especially in the planet Neon. The gun play is alright, but nothing I haven't seen before and sometimes enemies magically spawn right in front of you. This game gave me the urge to play No Man's Sky again, so I downloaded it, and let me tell you that's a great game compared to this.… Expand
  18. Orcflesh
    Sep 11, 2023
    4
    Perk system is awful, UI is awful, inventory awful, space flight and combat awful, combat has problems: example bullet sponge enemies: dumb AI: buggy physics: clipping where I can see an enemy's legs under cover but when you shoot them they hit an invisible cover box: Graphics are **** planets have copy and paste buildings where even enemy placement is identical to the duplicate buildingPerk system is awful, UI is awful, inventory awful, space flight and combat awful, combat has problems: example bullet sponge enemies: dumb AI: buggy physics: clipping where I can see an enemy's legs under cover but when you shoot them they hit an invisible cover box: Graphics are **** planets have copy and paste buildings where even enemy placement is identical to the duplicate building I'd previously visited. Your companions are just walking storage boxes. Dialogue is boring. Most of all it is not an RPG. Balders Gate 3 here I come… Expand
  19. BestKill_Gamer
    Sep 9, 2023
    4
    Muito hype gerado encima desse game devido ao marketing mentiroso da MS para enganar os consumidores, até manipulação de nota ocorreu isso já demonstra que nem a própria MS acreditava no seu jogo, O jogo é fraco você não se conecta ao jogo tudo no jogo é genérico IA é burra tiroteio fraco NPC que são verdadeiros memes gráficos de 360 rodando a míseros 30 FPS até no Series X sem falar nosMuito hype gerado encima desse game devido ao marketing mentiroso da MS para enganar os consumidores, até manipulação de nota ocorreu isso já demonstra que nem a própria MS acreditava no seu jogo, O jogo é fraco você não se conecta ao jogo tudo no jogo é genérico IA é burra tiroteio fraco NPC que são verdadeiros memes gráficos de 360 rodando a míseros 30 FPS até no Series X sem falar nos loading uma vergonha esse jogo total frustração, nem deveriam dizer esse jogo é de nova geração muito menos de "jogo da década".… Expand
  20. Instalocker
    Sep 10, 2023
    4
    Since bought it for 35€, it’s ok. The game is as far away from goty as Todd‘s promises from truth
  21. DavidDiaz
    Sep 8, 2023
    4
    Game about the space without the space. They could've added at least fake loading screens to create a feeling of flight, but instead we see black loading screens over and over, it kill immersion completely. Facial animation is terrible, graphics looks dated, planets exploration is pointless. It could be a good game maybe 10 years ago, but not today.
  22. skiabox
    Sep 7, 2023
    4
    The game is totally unplayable on consoles.
    It is only running at 30 fps.
    This is the first game with 30 fps that causes me dizziness and nausea.
    I have never seen so bad 30 fps performance.
    For example I had no problem playing Gotham Knights, which is also running on 30 fps.
    Do yourself a favor and don’t bother install it, unless they fix that!
  23. makarasz
    Sep 7, 2023
    4
    Very poor attention to details for a modern production; feels very 2005. Poor characters (NPCs). Impossible to remove pronouns. Way to woke for normal production - feels they had an agenda to push, rather than focusing on what matters in a game. You can choose which way paper roll hangs in the toilet - which raised my rating from 3 to 4 Play BG3 instead - this one is not worth a penny in 2023
  24. Fortetsanos
    Sep 8, 2023
    4
    I was so excited about Starfield since the game's presentation in June that I pre-ordered the game to have Early Access. Although it took me a few weeks to see if this game would convince me that it's another Bethesda masterpiece, it ended up disappointing me.

    The exploration is limited by useless boundaries. 80% of the planets are empty. Buggy NPCs It took me 3 times of reloading a    I was so excited about Starfield since the game's presentation in June that I pre-ordered the game to have Early Access. Although it took me a few weeks to see if this game would convince me that it's another Bethesda masterpiece, it ended up disappointing me.

    The exploration is limited by useless boundaries.
    80% of the planets are empty.
    Buggy NPCs
    It took me 3 times of reloading a mission in order to proceed.
    Graphics are outdated and the excuse of it being a Bethesda game is stupid.
    The story is short and the intro is tiring...
    Bad writing, especially during some specific dialogues.

    Positives:

    - Combat and guns feel great.
    - Some missions are fun to play
    - Spaceship customization
    - Space combat and some random encounters.    … Expand
  25. Solidsnake00901
    Sep 9, 2023
    4
    Maybe I was expecting too much of this next-gen exclusive but nothing about it feels next-gen at all. 30 FPS with tons of loading screens It's basically fallout with a space background. Something about empty procedurally generated worlds just doesn't excite me and the lack of vehicles sucks. The space exploration is mostly just combat It's all fast travel and cutscenes.
  26. danuffo
    Sep 10, 2023
    4
    NO tiene doblaje latinoamericano; la traducción tiene palabras extrañas como "Ostras", "Mola", "Pero vamos", "vosotros", etc.

    En pleno año 2023 se le da preferencia sólo al público ibérico (y al gringo), viniendo de Xbox que acostumbra localizar sus juegos.
  27. fabiannolive
    Sep 8, 2023
    4
    Uma grande decepção. O jogo é bastante superficial e os desenvolvedores camuflaram essa preguiça de desenvolvimento debaixo de textos, quantidade de recursos e outras mediocridades que enganam os jogadores. A movimentação do personagem é rasa, qualquer movimentação mais rápida causa queda de frames no console series x e poderia listar literalmente centenas de detalhes que tornam esse jogoUma grande decepção. O jogo é bastante superficial e os desenvolvedores camuflaram essa preguiça de desenvolvimento debaixo de textos, quantidade de recursos e outras mediocridades que enganam os jogadores. A movimentação do personagem é rasa, qualquer movimentação mais rápida causa queda de frames no console series x e poderia listar literalmente centenas de detalhes que tornam esse jogo um jogo normal. Estou dando a nota 4 porque esse jogo não merece ser a cara da microsoft. Pode ser o melhor jogo da Bethesda, não passa disso.… Expand
  28. n0shiPL
    Sep 8, 2023
    4
    Unfortunately, a very poor start. The game looks pretty good on XSX, although the close-up textures and character models seem outdated and underdeveloped. AI, unfortunately, is absolutely reprehensible. Opponents lose attention, run away, reset their interest in the player when they bump into a wall. The game's menus are very unreadable and unintuitive, and unfortunately, space travel isUnfortunately, a very poor start. The game looks pretty good on XSX, although the close-up textures and character models seem outdated and underdeveloped. AI, unfortunately, is absolutely reprehensible. Opponents lose attention, run away, reset their interest in the player when they bump into a wall. The game's menus are very unreadable and unintuitive, and unfortunately, space travel is 98% about fast travel. The plot is not captivating, I feel that it is very stilted and does not sufficiently develop any threads, from the beginning I got the impression of unnecessary haste and lack of world-building. The game is a typical mediocre, which may be worth buying on promotion, unfortunately for me even this will not encourage me to finish.… Expand
  29. rsent
    Sep 8, 2023
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Pros: Ship customizations, some ability and weapons customizations, Decent graphics, 3rd person view is good, minimal bugs

    Cons:
    -Story takes long to catch up and nothing memorable for a AAA title.
    -Graphics are not at the level of a AAA current gen title honestly. Some models look good but facial expressions, hair, vegetation, and others look 100% last gen. Its really a last gen game. Must be an old game engine that hasn't been updated enough to use modern techniques and hardware.
    -Because of last point, the loading times suck on the Series X. They're not taking advantage of the disk throughput of the system.
    -In light of last point, Space travel is immersion breaking and not memorable for a AAA currrent gen title. You load into a spaceship, to travel, have to fast travel basically to get into a planet and load into a planet. Its really immersion breaking.
    -Planets are essentially empty spaces.

    In summary; they could have made a better game if they focused on creating a few planets(8) that you can actually fly to in real time. Invested more in the story, and updating their game engine to utilize new streaming methods for loading data, amongst other things.    … Expand
  30. magoowashington
    Sep 8, 2023
    4
    Just want to play because of the story that I thought would have a more Christian theme but the faction that believes in a single God are the evil ones and sksk marauders while the atheist illuminists are the good guys, they don't even hide anymore would have been revealed if the game was good but it's bad.
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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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