Starfield

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  1. RBJ23
    Sep 7, 2023
    7
    I understand the disappointment and the mixed reviews. There was a TON of hype surrounding this game. I learned my lesson on that after Cyberpunk released. I did not have any expectations going in and so far I have had fun playing after nearly 20 hours in. There still feels like a lot to do and yes, the travel system, loading screen and performance are subpar but for me it doesnt take awayI understand the disappointment and the mixed reviews. There was a TON of hype surrounding this game. I learned my lesson on that after Cyberpunk released. I did not have any expectations going in and so far I have had fun playing after nearly 20 hours in. There still feels like a lot to do and yes, the travel system, loading screen and performance are subpar but for me it doesnt take away from the fun of this RPG. Solid game that I will continue to play in the following weeks.… Expand
  2. Juras
    Sep 8, 2023
    7
    I'm Sony fan. I can't play game yet because Phil deleted PS version and my PC is rather chip's ingredient than playing machine. So I asked my friend, Xbox fan and current SF player, he said 7/10.
  3. Rhinogamer
    Sep 7, 2023
    7
    Starfield is a decent game. Not "great" by any means, but it's alright. The quests are engaging and interesting for the most part, if perhaps a bit unimaginative and cliche.

    The graphics are looking VERY dated on the current game engine. The graphics aren't bad, per se, but they definitely look like they're from 2 console generations ago, not a good look for a game published in 2023.    Starfield is a decent game. Not "great" by any means, but it's alright. The quests are engaging and interesting for the most part, if perhaps a bit unimaginative and cliche.

    The graphics are looking VERY dated on the current game engine. The graphics aren't bad, per se, but they definitely look like they're from 2 console generations ago, not a good look for a game published in 2023. Looks like they designed the entire thing around the engines that were available when they began development, and never updated when better technology became available.

    I completely agree with other reviewers in the sentiment that the game is vast, but extremely lacking in content outside of the handful of "established" settlements. Now that's probably a realistic take on how things would be, exploring the galaxy in a starship, sure...but it just doesn't make for a "fun" experience for a video game.

    The controls, man, now those are gawd awful. They are a clunky feeling, horrible mess. Sure, you can get used to them, eventually...but man they just don't feel good. The game feels just...well....clumsy and clunky. The controls in a game should be pretty much off your radar as a player...being so intuitive that you really don't think about what you're pressing to do things. Starfield is not like that at all, the interface (and navigating around it) feel awkward at the best of times; and frustrating and annoying at the worst of them.

    The loading screens, and forced "cinematics" (docking, undocking, landing, etc.) are exceedingly annoying and if there were a way to simply turn them off, I feel most players would. It's annoying and I believe that most players cannot stand them after the first 1-2 times of seeing them.

    So all-in-all, Starfield has promise, but currently it falls flat. Perhaps they can pull a No Man's Sky and turn it around with a little effort. We'll see.    … Expand
  4. BadCaseLaw
    Sep 8, 2023
    7
    It’s a good game, fun with some interesting moments. I think the procedural generation hurts this game more than it helps it because exploration becomes bland fast. I agree with others in that I think if Bethesda had concentrated on one solar system and made several planets explorable with large detailed, handcrafted maps then this game would have been (or at least could have been) trulyIt’s a good game, fun with some interesting moments. I think the procedural generation hurts this game more than it helps it because exploration becomes bland fast. I agree with others in that I think if Bethesda had concentrated on one solar system and made several planets explorable with large detailed, handcrafted maps then this game would have been (or at least could have been) truly Epic.

    That and a more engaging main story – again it’s not bad, but it isn’t great. Try it on GamePass or wait for a reasonable sale. Personally I think I will shelve this one until a complete edition comes out in a few years at a reasonable price. There are so many other games to play right now.    … Expand
  5. SydTheDog
    Sep 8, 2023
    7
    It's not a bad game, but it does have it problems with framerate and textures, and some very dull quests, also the npcs are quite wooden and look like potato's, and it's not as free as you would like as you hit alot of invisible barriers, you can't even circumnavigate a planet and to many loading screens. It's fun for a while
  6. adamf13
    Sep 9, 2023
    7
    I am enjoying it, but there are some issues that stop it being a great game imo.

    - graphics are average - loading screens kill the immersion for me - fast travel is way too easy, never need to fly your ship. - piracy not great when you're left with 1000 credits once you've "registered" the ship - personally I don't like the way the perk system works - economy and price of some items needs    I am enjoying it, but there are some issues that stop it being a great game imo.

    - graphics are average
    - loading screens kill the immersion for me
    - fast travel is way too easy, never need to fly your ship.
    - piracy not great when you're left with 1000 credits once you've "registered" the ship
    - personally I don't like the way the perk system works
    - economy and price of some items needs reworking imo

    Hopefully some of this will be addressed with patches    … Expand
  7. aljirik1992
    Sep 7, 2023
    7
    С каждым новым увиденным видеоматериалом, я иронично говорил: No Man's Sky 2 выглядит прекрасно. Hi-Fi Rush стала пьянящей эйфорией, REDFALL привёл в чувства размашистыми пощёчинами, и я хотел верить, что NMS от
    XBOX сразу выйдет нормальным проектом, который не будут допиливать годами, как то было с мечтой Мюррея.
    Отсутствие локализации не помешало мне погрузиться в личину очередного    С каждым новым увиденным видеоматериалом, я иронично говорил: No Man's Sky 2 выглядит прекрасно. Hi-Fi Rush стала пьянящей эйфорией, REDFALL привёл в чувства размашистыми пощёчинами, и я хотел верить, что NMS от
    XBOX сразу выйдет нормальным проектом, который не будут допиливать годами, как то было с мечтой Мюррея.
    Отсутствие локализации не помешало мне погрузиться в личину очередного космического проходимца, но мои сомнения на счёт того, что приключение станет для меня не таким же угарным, как прошлогодний High on Life, подтвердилось на все 100% и Starfield осталась для меня
    не в удел, как для игрока.

    NMS2… Тьфу ты! Звёздное очече — сбитый ролевой экшОнчик в космосе, что не возмутит вас, как то могла сделать Mass Effect 3 своими концовками, а подарит лёгкость блужданий по весьма живописным видам, не претендующим на новое слово в графике. Это прекрасная альтернатива No Man’s Sky в её последней ипостаси, но если брать во внимание её начальную форму, то это конечно космос товарищи. Не жлобите 10ку баксов на GP, даже без русиша, она стоит того, чтобы потупить внутри этой Вселенной пару деньков.    … Expand
  8. Soundrocketman
    Sep 8, 2023
    7
    The games decent and enjoyable for what it. Although I was hoping Bethesda may have improved there formula by now. Its pretty much Fallout 4 in space and I feel like other games do the space stuff far better and couldn't help but wish they had put this time into the next elder scrolls instead of this.
  9. DoTheBartMan
    Sep 8, 2023
    7
    If your were hoping Starfield would be the game Bethesda uses to stretch their creative limbs you will be disappointed, combat AI is is a let-down and the space travel is a shell of what was expected.

    Character creator is good, with a variety of options, building your ship can be fun too. I've seen tutorials on making the Normandy from Mass Effect That being said, if you are looking    If your were hoping Starfield would be the game Bethesda uses to stretch their creative limbs you will be disappointed, combat AI is is a let-down and the space travel is a shell of what was expected.

    Character creator is good, with a variety of options, building your ship can be fun too. I've seen tutorials on making the Normandy from Mass Effect

    That being said, if you are looking for a top class space adventure full of exploration and innovation

    Buy No Mans Sky    … Expand
  10. LastHokage
    Sep 9, 2023
    7
    I had high expectations with Starfield. I was expecting Skyrim in Space where I will be stuck on my Xbox for days and cant put it down. Well, I really can't get into it.. I don't feel attached to my character, the story feels intriguing but its not something that keeps me playing. I feel like they need to a lot of changes for this to be the Skyrim in space that everyone wants it to be,I had high expectations with Starfield. I was expecting Skyrim in Space where I will be stuck on my Xbox for days and cant put it down. Well, I really can't get into it.. I don't feel attached to my character, the story feels intriguing but its not something that keeps me playing. I feel like they need to a lot of changes for this to be the Skyrim in space that everyone wants it to be, its not even Fallout level for me. I see a comment on FB that calls this a "Fast Travel Simulation", that is pretty much the exploring portion of the game. I have put about 20 hrs and I think I will be putting it down for now, I spent about $30 for the premium pack and felt it was a waste.… Expand
  11. sixlink
    Sep 9, 2023
    7
    I'm sure for the right person this a great game! But even if you're not into a particular genre, a good game is a good game.
    Unfortunately i couldn't get past the rigidly stiff combat, the lack of creative writing around the immediate inclusion of secret society, the lack of character development, the sterile nature of the whole game despite looking very life like, feels like a science    I'm sure for the right person this a great game! But even if you're not into a particular genre, a good game is a good game.
    Unfortunately i couldn't get past the rigidly stiff combat, the lack of creative writing around the immediate inclusion of secret society, the lack of character development, the sterile nature of the whole game despite looking very life like, feels like a science lab.
    Looks really good and amazing attention to visual details etc...
    Poor dialogue, no empathy with charecters, sold entirely on being big.
    Can't fly space ship sub stratosphere?!
    Soleless city of new uninspired blandness, jiw odd that I'm freely breathing with no space suit, yet my carbon levels build up and harm during time in normal atmosphere...
    Attention to details, please..
    Spaceship just a glorified loading screen, mini game of fighter pilot lacks depth (starfox did it better on tge superfx chip)
    Such a shame, less bethesda jank than usual but still pretty much broken in places..
    This game ticks so many boxes adequately, lacks soul, and really honestly umm it gets good after 10 to 20 hrs..
    Great plan, I couldn't face anymore fetch and carry, yank my chain missions to get that far..
    Ok if you don't have a job, life, or any thing else to play.. Dull    … Expand
  12. Sleevedagger
    Sep 8, 2023
    7
    Starfield is a good game depending on what you was expecting. If you like addictive looter shooter type games with RPG and exploring elements then you will like it. But if you were expecting an immersive space sim then this is not it. Not bad at all just not great either.
  13. Ange5205
    Sep 7, 2023
    7
    Starfield es un juego decente, mas no es la 8va maravilla que todos te querian hacer ver, claramente hay mejoras con anteriores titulos de Bethesda pero no te dan toda la libertad que te prometian durante años cosa que era de los principales atractivos de este titulo, la dirección de arte es algo que le ayuda de eso no hay duda pero tampoco consigue darte gráficos demasiado bueno o unStarfield es un juego decente, mas no es la 8va maravilla que todos te querian hacer ver, claramente hay mejoras con anteriores titulos de Bethesda pero no te dan toda la libertad que te prometian durante años cosa que era de los principales atractivos de este titulo, la dirección de arte es algo que le ayuda de eso no hay duda pero tampoco consigue darte gráficos demasiado bueno o un juego bien pulido que es lo mínimo que uno esperaria de una desarrolladora con tantos años de experiencia, sumarle a eso su poca optimización en tanto en PC por requerir un hardware altamente costoso para apenas tener unos 60fps y en consolas al no tener un modo 60fps cosa que se prometía en esta generación tener al menos 60fps en todos sus juegos, intentan justificarse que es una decisión artistica pero son mas que meras excusas por no saber optimizar bien el juego.… Expand
  14. Nofotis
    Sep 8, 2023
    7
    What you would expect from a Bethesda game. Setting and visually it is astonishing but the engine shows its age.
  15. Elboubou
    Sep 9, 2023
    7
    fantastic spaceship building, big re-playability, cool story, good side-quests, top musical score and solid sound design. inconsistent graphics ( from WOW ! to xbox 360 lvl), too many loadings and menu navigation.
    Lot of bugs, terrible npcs animations, poor AI, limited procedural generation. Not really an exploration Space Adventure game with unparalleled freedom as advertised, more a    fantastic spaceship building, big re-playability, cool story, good side-quests, top musical score and solid sound design. inconsistent graphics ( from WOW ! to xbox 360 lvl), too many loadings and menu navigation.
    Lot of bugs, terrible npcs animations, poor AI, limited procedural generation. Not really an exploration Space Adventure game with unparalleled freedom as advertised, more a shooter RPG with space in the background    … Expand
  16. Samsonite786
    Sep 7, 2023
    7
    Lack of exploration, recycled locations and a weak story makes for a standard affair. Combat feels good however with plenty of weapons at your disposal, free to try on Gamepass is a bonus.
  17. lukgouvea
    Sep 9, 2023
    7
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Deixou coisas simples e significativas de lado, ignorando totalmente o consumidor e se importando apenas com a opinião da mídia crítica. Um jogo de tiro, com comandos duros, iria destruir todo o projeto simplesmente adicionar suporte pra mouse e teclado e permitir o jogador desfrutar do produto como achar melhor ??? Iria falir a microsoft fazer esse pequeno investimento presente até mesmo em jogos indie? Outro ponto é a localização de áudio, há raras ocasiões onde eu realmente acho que uma localização de áudio estragaria a recepção cinematográfica, e starfield não é uma delas. Não há um único grande ator renomado ou extremamente talentoso fazendo as vozes dos npcs pra justificar a falta de uma localização (vide Elden Ring) , na verdade eu tenho a plena certeza de que os dubladores brasileiros teriam feito 1000x melhor e com mais emoção cada situação apresentada, mas quanto a isso eu entendo que seria sim uma diferença significativa no orçamento. Também não gostei do desempenho do jogo no xbox series S , com o jogo crashando e tendo apenas uma opção gráfica que deixa o jogo travando e tentando ser bonito sem conseguir, me senti novamente na época do "PC fraco" com a diferença que no PC fraco mesmo travando e com gráficos low eu jogava a 60 fps na maior parte do tempo. Tentei dar uma chance ao jogo joguei umas boas horas mas eu , como milhares de outros, e como é de nosso direito como consumidor, não consigo me adaptar a um jogo de tiro no controle, e a xbox criou um padrão nos últimos anos onde todos seus exclusivos vinham com suporte para mouse e teclado, o que me fez investir nos periféricos e agora não posso usar pois empresas bilionárias como activision blizzard e bethesda sabem que isso só é bom pro consumidor, já que a mídia crítica vai jogar no PC mesmo... Como podem sonhar com goty, the game awards? Não perceberam que até os jogos controversos que conquistaram o prêmio, eram de qualidade notável acima da média? Com opções inovadoras e acessibilidade respeitável, sempre pensando como tornar o jogo mais agradável possível para o consumidor, enquanto esse faz propositalmente decisões que tornam o jogo desagradável, ou que removem opções para os jogadores. Porquê no PC tem suporte a controle, e inclusive, NINGUÉM usa pois jogo de tiro no mouse é muito melhor, e no xbox somos obrigados a usar o que ninguém escolhe quando tem a opção? E porquê isso só passou a ser comum e ignorável após a vinda da bethesda? Pra mim quem gostou do jogo tem todo o direito de gostar, inclusive tenho certeza que com suporte a mouse e teclado eu conseguiria encarar o começo pífio do jogo e chegar aos momentos que todos exaltam, mas minha experiência foi péssima ao passar meia hora tentando ajustar sensibilidade pra conseguir jogar jogo de tiro no controle, e ainda assim ficar 60 segundos tomando tiro até conseguir colocar a mira em cima do inimigo pra acertar UM. Também entendo quem está criticando o jogo COM MOTIVOS e não apenas fanatismo, pois estamos vindo de longos anos sem um first-party de expressão e a promessa em cima de starfield era pra no mínimo TENTAR agradar o maior número de jogadores possível, o que é óbvio não aconteceria, mas o jogador mais exigente adoraria ver a empresa tentando fazer um jogo com capricho, e não ignorando coisas que não dariam tanto trabalho ao mesmo tempo que trariam melhorias significativas. Pra mim o erro do jogo foi dar liberdade demais pra bethesda, ao invés de exigir pelo menos a qualidade que já vinha sendo apresentada nos jogos first-party (qualidade geral, e não de enredo ou qualquer outra coisa, pois eu jamais questionaria a qualidade dos escritores da bethesda). Em suma, pra mim o pecado de starfield é exatamente o mesmo de Diablo IV, investir valores absurdos mas só se preocupar com a recepção crítica e não do consumidor, cortando qualidade de vida em prol de momentos específicos que chamam atenção pro marketing do jogo.… Expand
  18. affus
    Sep 7, 2023
    7
    Not bad as people say. Far from being good as Todd Howard said. The game doesn't make a good use of space theme and the story could be in a single planet (and it would be better without so many fast travels between planets). The story is also a litle cliche.
  19. Kavelry
    Sep 11, 2023
    7
    Starfield is basically fallout 4 in space with a better dialog system and better side quests. I hated fallout 4 but I really like starfield mainly because Bethesda went more back to their previous roots in rpg mechanics with this game then a more casual approach like they did in Fallout 4. The game is good and I have fun in Starfield and this game would have been an 8 for me. However, thisStarfield is basically fallout 4 in space with a better dialog system and better side quests. I hated fallout 4 but I really like starfield mainly because Bethesda went more back to their previous roots in rpg mechanics with this game then a more casual approach like they did in Fallout 4. The game is good and I have fun in Starfield and this game would have been an 8 for me. However, this game has had the same graphics, same bugs and same loading screens since skyrim. Bethesda made a good game but it's a game they made from the 360 Era. Final score 7/10.… Expand
  20. BlimpyPebbles
    Sep 8, 2023
    7
    The launch of this game feels eerily similar to The Callisto Protocol. A game we expected to be amazing turns out not to be so amazing. But, unlike The Callisto Protocol, Starfield is a good game. However, we expected this game to be some huge, massive universe like No Man’s Sky and the amazing characters and story of Mass Effect and Cyberpunk, but it isn’t. I expected good spaceflight (isThe launch of this game feels eerily similar to The Callisto Protocol. A game we expected to be amazing turns out not to be so amazing. But, unlike The Callisto Protocol, Starfield is a good game. However, we expected this game to be some huge, massive universe like No Man’s Sky and the amazing characters and story of Mass Effect and Cyberpunk, but it isn’t. I expected good spaceflight (is that the correct term?) but there really isn’t even a point to the tedious meas they call spaceflight since you can warp wherever, whenever. They took too many pages out of Elite Dangerous’ boring, tedious playbook. While Starfield isn’t bad at all (ignore people review-bombing it), it certainly isn’t 85-Metacritic-good. With a “creative choice” to lock the game at 30fps (Phil Spencer said that it wasn’t a hardware issue), it just proves that Bethesda lies through their teeth and still don’t know how to properly optimize their games and people need to stop defending them. There is absolutely zero reason the game can’t run at 60fps. Any other company would have made it run with a better frame rate. But Bethesda is known for this stuff and people keep defending it. So that really sucks the life out of the game. The main story is really boring and confusing. The characters are meh. Some are decent but most are completely forgettable. Unlike Fallout or Elder Scrolls, I have no real desire to explore or really do anything in the game. For the most part, it is just boring. Landing on any planet or moon is a barren wasteland full of nothing. At its core, the game is still a Bethesda game and still plays fine, despite them not coming up with a different formula, but it really fails to hit the mark in a lot of ways. Having said all of that, there is still plenty of fun to be had with this game. I just wish it was more entertaining.… Expand
  21. TBone42
    Sep 8, 2023
    7
    Good, but not great. Another over-hyped game. A lot of small flaws spoil the fun.
  22. FernanLdK
    Sep 7, 2023
    7
    El error fue tener una expectativa alta, pero en pocas palabras el juego se disfruta, las misiones en lugares pre establecidos son excelentes pero la exploración de mundos deja mucho q desear.
  23. thisgamesucks25
    Sep 10, 2023
    7
    A game that has been made before, classic bethesda formula. It's by no means GOTY material, the ui, the gunplay, hell everything about the game looks like a fallout and skyrim game. It just works and that what bethesda is doing.
  24. iguuuuuuuu
    Sep 8, 2023
    7
    For me Starfield was a good experience, I liked the game, I was hooked as hell, I barely saw time pass, the feeling of visiting other worlds, that space atmosphere is something I love, but I still feel like it could have been much more while being less, I'm happy to finally know what it was like to play it after so many years, but now I'm rooting for a sequel that achieves the potentialFor me Starfield was a good experience, I liked the game, I was hooked as hell, I barely saw time pass, the feeling of visiting other worlds, that space atmosphere is something I love, but I still feel like it could have been much more while being less, I'm happy to finally know what it was like to play it after so many years, but now I'm rooting for a sequel that achieves the potential that this game could have realized.… Expand
  25. TheForest99
    Sep 7, 2023
    7
    Limited,disappointing,sometimes boring,sometimes buggy.
    But,in the end its a great space rpg game from BETHESDA,not Microsoft not xbox not Phil Spencer
  26. Ulriken
    Sep 8, 2023
    7
    The controller is better than the game.
    I'll write more when I find more to write about.
  27. AlanW41
    Sep 9, 2023
    7
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. After 40 hours of play, I say it's worth buying, but not for this money. This game requires a lot of modifications. The game looks nice... but it's not open world as they said. You can't fly wherever you want, you can't land on the planet yourself...did I mention the loading screen at every step, you land loading, you go to the store loading, you change the city zone loading. The game has potential but all these loading screens make it lose its luster. After 2 hours of play I had enough and started No Man Sky as much as I could ;) I think I'll wait for some mods because I don't want to play anymore its to boring… Expand
  28. Grimsmiley
    Sep 9, 2023
    7
    I give credit to Bethesda for improving in certain areas this game isn’t terrible by any means it’s a good game but it’s just the same Bethesda game ir just feels like fallout in space and would’ve MUCH preferred a new entry in fallout with this depth..the planets are boring and empty and only a few are handcrafted..offering 1000 planets to explore wasn’t the best decision they should’veI give credit to Bethesda for improving in certain areas this game isn’t terrible by any means it’s a good game but it’s just the same Bethesda game ir just feels like fallout in space and would’ve MUCH preferred a new entry in fallout with this depth..the planets are boring and empty and only a few are handcrafted..offering 1000 planets to explore wasn’t the best decision they should’ve left it at 20 or so handcrafted planets..instead we get emptiness that’s been left for the modding community.… Expand
  29. Ghost1311
    Sep 8, 2023
    7
    Realmente eu não entendo as críticas desse jogo.
    De um lado temos haters de xbox tentando desmerecer o jogo, sem ao menos terem jogado, de outro temos fãn boys de xbox defendendo um jogo medíocre como se fosse uma obra prima. Eu jogo ambas as plataformas, inclusive estou jogando Starfield, talvez eu possa dar minha opinião sem fanatismo.
    E na minha sincera opinião, esse jogo é algo    Realmente eu não entendo as críticas desse jogo.
    De um lado temos haters de xbox tentando desmerecer o jogo, sem ao menos terem jogado, de outro temos fãn boys de xbox defendendo um jogo medíocre como se fosse uma obra prima. Eu jogo ambas as plataformas, inclusive estou jogando Starfield, talvez eu possa dar minha opinião sem fanatismo.
    E na minha sincera opinião, esse jogo é algo "normal".
    Não encontrei nada demais, nada de novo. Pra falar a verdade muito parado, sem nada que me empolgue...
    Não é um jogo péssimo, mas nada de maravilhoso tbm.
    Se vc tem game pass, com certeza vale a pena testar, porém não é um jogo que eu pagaria full price.    … Expand
  30. TheGamergon
    Sep 8, 2023
    7
    This is a great Bethesda game. If you like Mass Effect and always wondered what it would be like if Bethesda tried to make one here you go. Is this game the most ground breaking, generation defining, life changing game made? That answer is No. Even if Bethesda gets all the bugs and glitches fixed, which they surely will, it is still just Futuristic Skyrim with occasional space dogfights.This is a great Bethesda game. If you like Mass Effect and always wondered what it would be like if Bethesda tried to make one here you go. Is this game the most ground breaking, generation defining, life changing game made? That answer is No. Even if Bethesda gets all the bugs and glitches fixed, which they surely will, it is still just Futuristic Skyrim with occasional space dogfights.

    That’s not to say it’s a bad game but a game we’ve played before making it more comfort food than new experience. For example the games main story line is near identical to Mass Effect as I mentioned it earlier. Main Character touches weird artifact of unknown origins and has wild visions that they don’t quite understand and their life is thrust in a new direction to understand what happened and why.

    Now I admit as a huge Mass Effect fan this is right up my ally so I am enjoying it but using my love of Mass Effect and Bethesda games to give this game a 10 and not deduct any points because of its flaws or that it wasn’t the game I was expecting based on what Todd Howard had said about it would be irresponsible.

    The point that it was supposed to be a vast Galaxy to be explored is true to a point. You can explore a galaxy of a thousand worlds but there is little to nothing to do on most of them so almost every review and even I will state you’ll probably never do much beyond going to the worlds that have quests. So outside of bragging rights doing it on Stream to prove you would land on all 1,000 worlds I can’t see a reason otherwise.

    Another flaw that is jarring to me is repetition of assets, and no I don’t mean sandwiches. I mean bases and buildings. You will go on a mission and infiltration a base and clear it out and a short while later and go take out another base and it will look identical to the last one even down to the location of the NPC enemies and the loot locations. This even happens in the main story line and it feels like you are doing the exact same thing you just did… because it is exactly the same thing you just did. These bases or caves can be replicated multiple times to you could just about play blindfolded once you reach them as you would be able to rely on muscle memory. Which I find to be lazy level design. If this were just in the side quests that would be bad but not as bad as the fact you run into this repetition in the main story line.

    The game has a lot to do and a lot to dig into if you want to build outposts and design custom ships. There are many ways to play and a lot to do. The side quests and side story lines are by far where the game shines and I did enjoy the main story but the meat and potato’s of this game is in that many varied things you can do from undercover agent to space pirate to day worker on an assembly line making Aurora. There are many things to peak one’s interest and if despite some of the flaws I mentioned and some I didn’t you like the other thing I mentioned or are a fan of Bethesda and Mass Effect then this might be the game for you.

    If you have GamePass you should give it a try if not buy if you think it is for you or wait for a sale giving time for the many bugs and glitches to be rectified.

    Good luck space cowboy.    … Expand
  31. Mostafa_412
    Sep 8, 2023
    7
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The game isn’t bad, it sure starts off slow, like boringly slow to the point where i was considering closing the game. But then it picked up and writhing like a mission it went from being too boring and bleak to be actually really fun. I have to admit, starfield fails to keep me at the edge of my seat but at the times where i am, it’s actually amazing. The first mission for the UC (space police) literally threw me into a horror film that I genuinely loved. Having that said the game play is good. It’s not amazing but it’s something i like playing. On the other hand. Starfield does have a few faults. For example the lack of vehicles to move is atrocious. I could literally be walking for a full 5 minutes to reach an area just to decide i want to go back. I don't understand why this wasn't added in, it defiantly should be in a later patch or dlc. As for the guns and ammo drops it’s kind of annoying but still ok. Overall this a good game and i definitely recommend it for players with game pass. While others that don’t have game pass, i recommend waiting. Because the game at times make me feel it’s worth it, and times i feel like it’s not. That’s why in my opinion id give it a 7-8 because although it’s good it doesn’t compete with other first party games from other studios or companies. Because at the end of the day you have to weigh the different options out it’s not the same but it is good. I’m still not done with the game. Once I’m done with the game ill be sure to add another post game review.… Expand
  32. PrJB38
    Sep 7, 2023
    7
    Em pleno 2023, não trás jogo dublado para pt-br. O Brasil tem 95 milhões de gamers, o que leva o país para a terceira colocação no consumo de jogos eletrônicos, perdendo apenas para a China e Estados Unidos, países com números maiores de habitantes e de renda.
    Starfield tem Gráficos horríveis, starfield dá para rodar no Xbox 360, Ac Black Flag tem gráficos melhores.
    A única coisa boa e o    Em pleno 2023, não trás jogo dublado para pt-br. O Brasil tem 95 milhões de gamers, o que leva o país para a terceira colocação no consumo de jogos eletrônicos, perdendo apenas para a China e Estados Unidos, países com números maiores de habitantes e de renda.
    Starfield tem Gráficos horríveis, starfield dá para rodar no Xbox 360, Ac Black Flag tem gráficos melhores.
    A única coisa boa e o xcloud, a Microsoft e o Xbox estão de parabéns, xcloud é incrível, game pass ultimate é perfeito, mas, starfield é péssimo.
    Deathloop e o Ghostwire: Tokyo são jogos excelente da bgs, mas, starfield é um LIXO.
    LIXO     … Expand
  33. SpyKicksIn
    Sep 10, 2023
    7
    To be honest, this is more of a step back for Bethesda. Generated planets with the same type of activities, invisible walls and non-existent space, stupid companions and opponents, dead cities with unresponsive NPCs, eternal loading due to the peculiarities of the engine, a ridiculous 30 fps on the most powerful console. Skyrim had more next-gen than Starfield. But it’s still hard to tearTo be honest, this is more of a step back for Bethesda. Generated planets with the same type of activities, invisible walls and non-existent space, stupid companions and opponents, dead cities with unresponsive NPCs, eternal loading due to the peculiarities of the engine, a ridiculous 30 fps on the most powerful console. Skyrim had more next-gen than Starfield. But it’s still hard to tear yourself away from the game, because Bethesda’s magic works :)… Expand
  34. Pulcsi
    Sep 10, 2023
    7
    I feel very mixed about this game. On one hand, I love it. On the other, I feel so disappointed. I had 0 expectations towards this game, however, a few things really bug me out. 1. What is the point of my spaceship? It is just a tool to make fast travel immersive. You can't actually fly around. 2. Exploration is a mess. While there are hand crafted areas and towns, that are great, most ofI feel very mixed about this game. On one hand, I love it. On the other, I feel so disappointed. I had 0 expectations towards this game, however, a few things really bug me out. 1. What is the point of my spaceship? It is just a tool to make fast travel immersive. You can't actually fly around. 2. Exploration is a mess. While there are hand crafted areas and towns, that are great, most of the planet is just a wasteland. 3. Performance is really, really bad. Otherwise, the quests are really fun, the game would be great.… Expand
  35. emrakul11
    Sep 8, 2023
    7
    very bad gunplay, stupid IA and the exploration is boring and monotone, but the quests and main mission are intersting and fun to play, plus all the inmersion ot the typical bethesda game. Is not a **** game but neither the masterpiece who someone attempted to sell. It-s ust a good game
  36. Liathen
    Sep 7, 2023
    7
    This is not a bad game. It's not a great game either. It's Fallout but in space. There's no sweeping vistas or cool dungeons/vaults. It lacks a lot of the Fallout "attitude" and humor that makes a Fallout game. If you like Bethesda games, you'll like Starfield. If you're a first timer it's probably a coin flip. I had fun in my 40 hours playing it, but not enough fun to keep playingThis is not a bad game. It's not a great game either. It's Fallout but in space. There's no sweeping vistas or cool dungeons/vaults. It lacks a lot of the Fallout "attitude" and humor that makes a Fallout game. If you like Bethesda games, you'll like Starfield. If you're a first timer it's probably a coin flip. I had fun in my 40 hours playing it, but not enough fun to keep playing beyond that 40 hours. Take that how you will.… Expand
  37. lordlemon7
    Sep 11, 2023
    7
    same dungeon/ cave /house layout on every planet. all character have plot armour. Npc are uncanny. Boss fights are boring. same enemy placement on every planet. enemy variety is almost nom-existant. main story repetitive/ boring. character are almos all bland and un- interesting. a lot load screen. game breakinq bugs.
  38. Juanbelsan
    Sep 7, 2023
    7
    Tiene un extensisimo modo de juego algo que ya se había visto en otros juegos, la inmersión técnica es asombrosa pero peca con su motor grafico, IA irregular y falla al pulir todos los aspectos qué toma. Buen juego pero con fallos evidentes.
  39. Erfancafbr
    Sep 8, 2023
    7
    In my opinion, Starfield is a good game, but one of the biggest problems of this game is the creation engine 2, which I think Bethesda should have worked on because the character animations are not interesting. On the other hand, the game world is empty, according to Bethesda, who says that out of 1000 planets, only 100 of them have life and those 100 do not have that many details. IIn my opinion, Starfield is a good game, but one of the biggest problems of this game is the creation engine 2, which I think Bethesda should have worked on because the character animations are not interesting. On the other hand, the game world is empty, according to Bethesda, who says that out of 1000 planets, only 100 of them have life and those 100 do not have that many details. I wish he made the game with unreal engine 5, in my opinion, it would have improved a lot, it would have affected the NPCs and the game environment. But in general, Starfield is good game, not a bad game, but it cannot be called a very good or great game either.… Expand
  40. Lachmund
    Sep 9, 2023
    7
    Starfield isn’t a bad game, it’s good, not great or exceptional, just good. Why it is disappointing to many is due to several reasons.. first being lied to in marketing and secondly because it basically feels like a 15 year old game. There is nothing next gen about it, there is no innovation. No, it even lacks the things that always made Bethesda RPGs so special, as the exploration andStarfield isn’t a bad game, it’s good, not great or exceptional, just good. Why it is disappointing to many is due to several reasons.. first being lied to in marketing and secondly because it basically feels like a 15 year old game. There is nothing next gen about it, there is no innovation. No, it even lacks the things that always made Bethesda RPGs so special, as the exploration and secret wonders to discover are greatly reduced in comparison to older Bethesda titles. It can absolutely be fun and addictive but has so many flaws and unfulfilled potential, that it essentially becomes both, fun and disappointing in equal measures, when it’s fun it’s an 8 and when it’s clunky and boring it’s a 5 so I can sadly only give it a 7, especially since performance even on my PC is really bad for a last gen looking title. It would even be bad if it looked like a next gen title, which it never does.… Expand
  41. Henryt78
    Sep 7, 2023
    7
    For me the game is just alright. It’s been rough just starting. People say this is a slow burn. That doesn’t work when you have a controller in your hands for a interactive experience. The beginning of this game isn’t compelling. It’s going to take a few hours of play to get things really going. This also is not No Man’s Sky. This needs to be stressed because exploration is not what thisFor me the game is just alright. It’s been rough just starting. People say this is a slow burn. That doesn’t work when you have a controller in your hands for a interactive experience. The beginning of this game isn’t compelling. It’s going to take a few hours of play to get things really going. This also is not No Man’s Sky. This needs to be stressed because exploration is not what this game is about. There’s a lot of walking and no vehicles to get around when you go off the beaten path. This is a Bethesda game. So you’re getting a decent story here. The dialogue isn’t the best. Conversations are meh. That’s not saying anything bad about the voice actors. But I’ve been playing Baldur’s Gate 3, and going through Cyberpunk 2077 again. The difference I feel is that out of these three, two of these games were trying to prove something. One of them rested on their laurels because they’re Bethesda and they got it like that. It’s a story you will like. It has characters you will like. But you’ve experienced better. Graphics and visuals are nice. Not next gen nice though. Maybe it’s because I’m streaming on Xcloud on my MacBook Pro, but walking and running feels like my character is out training, and my companion is behind them adding resistance with a resistance band. Maybe it’s a streaming and bandwidth thing. Visually this game looks like it could have come out 7 to 10 years ago. Again maybe that’s because I’m streaming. If I’m being honest, if someone said this was a Fallout 4 DLC expansion, set even further in the future, I would believe it. This doesn’t look that much better than Fallout 4. Characters look stiff in the traditional Bethesda way. Which is fine, but I thought Bethesda would approach the way they presented they stories in a new way. At least some different camera angels when you’re in conversation. They’re just stiff. It kills the immersion for me 100 times more than any frame rate issues. Being a pirate is so much fun. I’ve killed so many people, pillaged the hell out of them and stolen their ships. If you want to have fun, be bad. Ship building and customizing them is also fun. This is what I have the least to say about because it’s where I’m enjoying my experience with this game the most. That does bring me to flying the ship. Maybe I’m crazy, but the ship is where it feels like they were trying to make a space sim RPG. Because the way you can adjust various power levels is unique. It just doesn’t really fit with the rest of the game for me. It’s like that’s where the innovation ran into a bottleneck. I also have to mention loading screens. The loading screens. OMG the loading screens. Walk into a building. Loading screen. Walk into a cave. Loading screen. Walk up the ramp of your ship. Loading screen. The game is not seamless. The loading screens are an annoyance. It feels like someone said, “Look, we aren’t Star Citizen that’s in open beta for 10 years. This game has to come out and this is the time limit you have.” And with that this doesn’t feel like something that has been in development for 20 years. This could have come out when Fallout 4 did, because there’s nothing that makes this better or worse than any Mass Effect or Star Wars the Old Republic. Wait. Mass Effect has ground transportation so you’re not walking endlessly. Which is why I consider this just a good basic RPG. One that is especially great for gamers who are new to the genre, or you want a good casual RPG experience. I really wish I could give this more than a 7. Even though I’m having a good enough time, I’m also soldiering through it. I also can’t call this a next gen game. I want to be a Bethesda cheerleader. I really wanted to love this game. I wanted this to be the game that makes me want to buy an Xbox, instead of being content streaming this and churning my Game Pass subscription. I do have to say this should definitely be streamed first and consider that a demo before you pay full price.… Expand
  42. BeautyBear
    Sep 8, 2023
    7
    This is a game you don't have to compare with other games in the genre. As a stand-alone game, it's perfectly fine. Many elements here I like, like with ships and feeling that the world has moved on and into space.
    But what I miss here is an atmosphere that lives and reacts. Cyberpunk gave more of going from a to b with reactions and little things that happen. This is where this game    This is a game you don't have to compare with other games in the genre. As a stand-alone game, it's perfectly fine. Many elements here I like, like with ships and feeling that the world has moved on and into space.
    But what I miss here is an atmosphere that lives and reacts. Cyberpunk gave more of going from a to b with reactions and little things that happen. This is where this game falls a bit short. I can't bear to spend time wandering around.    … Expand
  43. Siclv
    Sep 7, 2023
    7
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. More than 30 hours in : Some greatness, some disappointments, lot of mid

    Bad : Very bland story and characters, nothing is memorable, no map ?, lot of fast travel for some very short quest, stealth is bad, AI is bad..

    Greatness : ship building is a rabbit hole, Bethesda goofy moments (fewer than precedent games), weapon design are cool, Mid : Gunfights, Space fights, some cities are cool but unoriginal (neon city), some factions are cool but unoriginal (crimson fleet), very recurrent dialogue option (I did it for money » or « as long as I get paid)…

    Very bad : incoherence writing and all of the important npc are immortal
    Like for example a secondary quest npc talk **** to you and yet you can not kill him    … Expand
  44. Jeedash
    Sep 7, 2023
    7
    It’s not a masterpiece, nor is it trash. Much like a lot of the reviews on Metacritic, Starfield is a bit all over the place. This is a big game with many interesting quests (including the main), good voice acting, decent combat and surprisingly few bugs. There’s also plenty to build and sink time into. But it’s hard to consider this an open-world experience given the compulsoryIt’s not a masterpiece, nor is it trash. Much like a lot of the reviews on Metacritic, Starfield is a bit all over the place. This is a big game with many interesting quests (including the main), good voice acting, decent combat and surprisingly few bugs. There’s also plenty to build and sink time into. But it’s hard to consider this an open-world experience given the compulsory fast-travel mechanic. And for the life of me, I can’t understand why the devs didn’t include drivable overland vehicles. This omission makes planetary exploration a chore.

    World design is mundane with most of the cities and planets devoid of visual character - I’ve yet to see anything that I’ve wanted to screenshot. I’ve also found the graphics quality to be inconsistent (XBOX) and much of it poor. The skill tree is limited, but I can begrudgingly live with that thanks to some other features the game throws at you. Do the positives outweigh the negatives? Yes. Certainly enough to keep me playing till an 8/10 game gets released.

    In a word: fine. You’ll get your money’s worth.    … Expand
  45. Guchmeister
    Sep 7, 2023
    7
    Starfield is a perfect example of a revolutionary, generation defining, AAA game, if this was the year 2013. The game is not bad by any means, it is actually pretty fun, but fails to hit those wow moments and is accompanied by its many flaws, of which the space exploration, or lack thereof, and planet exploration are the most prominent.

    Planets give the feeling of just being empty balls    Starfield is a perfect example of a revolutionary, generation defining, AAA game, if this was the year 2013. The game is not bad by any means, it is actually pretty fun, but fails to hit those wow moments and is accompanied by its many flaws, of which the space exploration, or lack thereof, and planet exploration are the most prominent.

    Planets give the feeling of just being empty balls of rock, with little to no actual points of interest present, for a big portion of the cave systems and outposts are just a matter of copy and paste, all the way down to spawn points and loot. The game takes a long time to get going, and when it does you see yourself in an okay-ish story at best.

    Furthermore, on the tech side of Starfield, the game is definitively the most polished game ever produced by Bethesda, but it still has many issues when it comes to optimization, glitches and bugs, all capped at 30 fps. If you are a fan of the typical Bethesda formula, you will no doubt love this game, but those who had hoped and expected more are left with somewhat of a disappointment.    … Expand
  46. Confucius1735
    Sep 8, 2023
    7
    This game is not one of the best which BGS ever made. But if you like they style and they original game design, you can be love this game. For me it's just "not bad game", because industry of game has more better example in that genres. 7/10
  47. Paranormalfun
    Sep 7, 2023
    7
    I enjoyed it of course there alot that needs to be fixed but if you enjoyed mass effect or love space this is the game for you and give the graphics a chance go for it. I enjoyed it still am but I see why some people don't but it is on gamepass so I'm not paying a lot of money for it either or the scores would drop. But I think this is great it's needed some touching up and maybe moreI enjoyed it of course there alot that needs to be fixed but if you enjoyed mass effect or love space this is the game for you and give the graphics a chance go for it. I enjoyed it still am but I see why some people don't but it is on gamepass so I'm not paying a lot of money for it either or the scores would drop. But I think this is great it's needed some touching up and maybe more quest in a dlc… Expand
  48. Zetincore
    Sep 7, 2023
    7
    El juego no es perfecto y me sentí algo decepcionado más que nada por las espectativas tan altas que tenía, realmente pudo ser mejor en mi opinión pero tampoco está tan mal,si te gustan los juegos de Bethesda seguro este también te guste
  49. Wikiwooha
    Sep 7, 2023
    7
    It's ability to inspire awe is only matched by it's frustrations. The gunplay is the best Bethesda has made to date, but still feels dated. The cities feel lived in and crafted with care, but most worlds you visit feel bland. The menus and HUD are . . . Bad. Just bad. The characters are pretty great and I've enjoyed much of the dialogue and dynamics between them. I truly feel like a fewIt's ability to inspire awe is only matched by it's frustrations. The gunplay is the best Bethesda has made to date, but still feels dated. The cities feel lived in and crafted with care, but most worlds you visit feel bland. The menus and HUD are . . . Bad. Just bad. The characters are pretty great and I've enjoyed much of the dialogue and dynamics between them. I truly feel like a few well placed patches would pull this game up to the quality we were all hoping for. Starfield may not be worth it's steep pricetag, but it is worthy of your time.

    I am so sorry if you paid the extra 30$ to play it early, you deserve a hug.    … Expand
  50. atomsk2k
    Sep 7, 2023
    7
    I have logged hundreds of hours in fallout3 and skyrim. I played only 5 hours on starfield but from what i have seen it's a game that actually don't want to invest anymore time. There are no bugs because simply there are minimal changes to the game engine. The only big difference here is the space flight simulator mini game addition which off course you have to zone out/in to and theI have logged hundreds of hours in fallout3 and skyrim. I played only 5 hours on starfield but from what i have seen it's a game that actually don't want to invest anymore time. There are no bugs because simply there are minimal changes to the game engine. The only big difference here is the space flight simulator mini game addition which off course you have to zone out/in to and the reworks on the first person shooting system. That is all. Apart from those and a couple of lighting/filter tweaks, it feels like, for the most part, like playing a 2010 game. As i said i played those games and had enough, i was expecting for them to push the boundaries with this one but they choose the safe way, I choose to invest my time elsewhere. In my case 7/10 is the max i can give this game.… Expand
  51. Coomedia
    Sep 8, 2023
    7
    ---- Review in English ----
    Positive pointer: - Construction of incredible ships, many possibilities. - Very nice graphic quality of space/items/ships/planets, generating many cinematic images. - Very good side quest. - Fluid gameplay and fun to play. - Great soundtrack. - Creation of outposts, complex and generates many possibilities. - Very good dubbing (in English). - Fun space    ---- Review in English ----
    Positive pointer: - Construction of incredible ships, many possibilities. - Very nice graphic quality of space/items/ships/planets, generating many cinematic images. - Very good side quest. - Fluid gameplay and fun to play. - Great soundtrack. - Creation of outposts, complex and generates many possibilities. - Very good dubbing (in English). - Fun space battles (complex, it's not the same anymore, you have to concentrate and make choices that would prevent you from dying). - On Xbox series X the 30 fps are mostly stuck and well disguised (less in cities). Negative points: - Load Manys (the game was not placed on an entire scaled map, they placed several submaps, which generates load for everything). - Exploration raza/null (the previous point influenced this... another thing is that because it is divided into sub maps, you land on a planet does not allow you to go to another point on that same planet, being necessary to leave and enter it. .You only go to battle, otherwise just fast travel). - Faces of the characters (totally without fact, out of line with the narration) - Missing a pt br dubbing - bad AI (same level as cyberpunk) - Missing a 60 fps mode - Graphic quality of the main city, new atlantic, very weak (the vegetation graphic is distorted from the rest of the game, looking very artificial). - Main Quest is average (doesn't make you want to do it, because side quests are much more attractive).

    Final Grade: 7.0 (Upgrades with patches/mods)

    ---- Review em Português ----
    Pontos positivos:
    - Construção de naves incrível, muitas possibilidades.
    - Qualidade gráfica do espaço/itens/naves/planetas muito bonitas, gerando muitas imagens cinematográficas.
    - Side quest muito boa.
    - Gameplay fluida e gostosa de jogar.
    - Ótima trilha sonora.
    - Criação de postos avançados, complexo e gera muitas possibilidades.
    - Dublagem muito boa (em inglês).
    - Batalhas no espaço divertidas (complexo, não é mais do mesmo, você tem que se concentrar e fazer escolhas que evitaram que você morra).
    - No Xbox série X os 30 fps estão na maior parte do tempo cravados e bem disfarçado (menos em cidades).

    Pontos negativos:
    - Muitos Loads (o jogo não foi colocaram um mapa inteiro dimensionado, colocaram vários submapas, o que gera load para tudo).
    - Exploração raza/nula (o ponto anterior influência nisso... outra coisa é que por ser dividido em sub mapas, vc descer em um planeta não permite vc ir para outro ponto desse mesmo planeta, sendo necessário sair e entrar no mesmo... você só voa para batalhar, de resto, só fast travel).
    - Face dos personagens (totalmente sem reação, distoa da narração)
    - Faltou uma dublagem pt br
    - IA ruim (mesmo nível de cyberpunk)
    - Faltou um modo 60 fps
    - Qualidade gráfica da cidade principal, nova atlântica, muito fraca (o gráfico da vegetação distoa do resto do jogo, parecendo muito artificial). - Main Quest é mediana (não te faz querer fazer ela, as side quest são muito mais atrativas). Nota final: 7.0 (Cabe melhorias com patch/mods)    … Expand
  52. OldWorldBlues01
    Sep 11, 2023
    7
    This game feels like a singleplayer mmo, instead of a fully flashed out singleplayer experience you get:

    -Empty worlds with recycled content to grind -Fetch quest after fetch quest after fetch quest -30 fps cap, no performance mode -Braindead AI -Cities full of traders and other fetch quests with little boring stories added for flavour or go kill this/deliver this quests -Barely    This game feels like a singleplayer mmo, instead of a fully flashed out singleplayer experience you get:

    -Empty worlds with recycled content to grind
    -Fetch quest after fetch quest after fetch quest
    -30 fps cap, no performance mode
    -Braindead AI
    -Cities full of traders and other fetch quests with little boring stories added for flavour or go kill this/deliver this quests
    -Barely industry standard space combat
    -Non-existent space exploriation outside of occasional random encounter
    -Rooms upon rooms upon rooms filled with meaningless objects for your ocd friend to pick up
    -No enemy variation (90% of the enemies are human pirates)
    -Awful main story
    -Want to land? load screen. Want to enter a room? load screen. Want to go on a elevetor? load screen...
    -All the classic Bethesda title flaws(bugs,recycled content etc.)

    The only good things in the game are:

    -Ship building
    -Improved combat
    -Environment design
    -Some quests are actually worth playing

    If i boot up any of the old titles right now the game is fun and engaging from start to finish,
    they are filled to the brim with cool stories and adventures to experience, meanwhille in Starfield wherever i go there is someone that wants me to do some tedious busy work for them.
    They took their usual experience and decided to split it up in 100 planets (of the 1000) and added procedural generation to fill the gaps as a result the game is a slog if you play like you would do normally.

    Most of the critic reviews were probably bought, there is simply no way that this game manages to sit even remotely close to baldur's gate 3 score, do not trust the shills watch some gameplay and then make up your mind based on what you witness with your own eyes.

    To end my review, this game is just mid but if you really want to experience it regardless i highly suggest you only do the faction quests, it seems that's where all the effort went.    … Expand
  53. Animal_Wes
    Sep 8, 2023
    7
    I am 12 hours into this game. I had extremely low expectations for years all the way up until release date and wasn't even planning on getting it. I ended up getting a few months of game pass just to try it.
    Disclaimer: I am a HUGE Fallout fan and forgave all the bugs just for sheer entertainment value. I am not really even a fan of Skyrim and didn't finish it, but was a big fan of    I am 12 hours into this game. I had extremely low expectations for years all the way up until release date and wasn't even planning on getting it. I ended up getting a few months of game pass just to try it.
    Disclaimer: I am a HUGE Fallout fan and forgave all the bugs just for sheer entertainment value. I am not really even a fan of Skyrim and didn't finish it, but was a big fan of Morrowind and Oblivion. All this being said, I knew the standard Bethesda had set for themselves.
    I can honestly say I was bored as hell for the first couple hours, then I started understanding the scope of the game and getting the hang of where stuff was. I couldn't help but feel like I was playing a Fallout sequel after a while so I started really getting into it. Obviously the biggest complaint people have is the true sense of exploration via space travel. Fortunately I couldn't care less about that aspect and would be turned off by flying around in space for hours. So that is probably what sets my opinion apart from some. I love completing quests and feeling like I'm roleplaying Firefly most of the time. Blasting enemies is endless fun for me. I personally am a fan of fast travelling everywhere on games in order to utilize my time in the most efficient way possible, so you won't hear me complaining about that whatsoever. The travel system is not a problem for me.

    Sure there are "Bethesda" bugs and glitches, but nowhere near as many as previous Bethesda games, at least what I've observed. Customization is top notch, in ship building and everything else.
    if you don't like Bethesda games to begin with you OBVIOUSLY aren't going to enjoy this one. For me, it is more than what I expected because I never invested in the hype of this game.

    If you've been waiting forever for Fallout 5... well here it is. And I'm loving it.    … Expand
  54. monle
    Sep 8, 2023
    7
    Un juego correcto, para nada una obra maestra, nada innovador un buen juego mas como otro cualquiera, para mi una decepcion, esperaba mucho mas..
  55. chrismartyn7
    Sep 8, 2023
    7
    The game is repetitive. Lots of loading screens. Story is not captivating. Character models are not good looking.
  56. Kili20
    Sep 8, 2023
    7
    Yo fui con la idea desgraciada de que no me iba gustar y realmente no me gustó al principio porque el juego tiene muchas deficiencias y todas ellas por tener un motor grafico tan antiguo , pero quitando todos los problemas relacionados con eso está bastante entretenido, no le doy mas nota porque considero que no es un mal juego pero tampoco es un juego que este a la altura a los tiemposYo fui con la idea desgraciada de que no me iba gustar y realmente no me gustó al principio porque el juego tiene muchas deficiencias y todas ellas por tener un motor grafico tan antiguo , pero quitando todos los problemas relacionados con eso está bastante entretenido, no le doy mas nota porque considero que no es un mal juego pero tampoco es un juego que este a la altura a los tiempos que corren. La exploración no es muy buena ya que te pegas demaciado tiempo en los menus porque cada vez que quieres viajar tienes que hacer viaje rapido no tienes mucha libertad con la nave, el mundo se siente vacio ya que la inteligencia artificial no funciona correctamente y en algunos casos no tienen ni reacción , las animaciones de los personajes a la hora de hablar y interactuar es obsoleta , tiene algunos bugs pero nada que no se pueda solucionar . Quitando estos puntos negativos el juego no esta mal .… Expand
  57. Sacristan007
    Sep 8, 2023
    7
    La verdad yo no vine esperando un juego de exploracion espacial, sin embargo no estaria mal que hubiera pulido ese aspecto lo que yo vine buscando fue un juego de rol ambientado en el espacio lo que encontre y me gusto pero debo seguir insistiendo en que los bugs y la inteligencia artificial sigue decepcionando desde hace algunos juegos el juego es bastante bueno pero por el precio le doy un 7
  58. TexMexGaming
    Sep 9, 2023
    7
    It is a Bethesda game after all.

    Expectations were high for Starfield's release and it fall short on many counts. I'm not here to say the game is absolute dog water, but it isn't the greatest game to grace humanity like some Bethesda stans are acting. "1000 planets to explore! 999 of them are nothing but a rock, but we'll still use it as our selling point!" There shouldn't be a    It is a Bethesda game after all.

    Expectations were high for Starfield's release and it fall short on many counts. I'm not here to say the game is absolute dog water, but it isn't the greatest game to grace humanity like some Bethesda stans are acting.

    "1000 planets to explore! 999 of them are nothing but a rock, but we'll still use it as our selling point!"

    There shouldn't be a prerequisite to games that you need to complete hours of boring gameplay before you get to the good stuff. Space travel is next to non-existent. The "space travel" is really just a glorified load screen as it simply changes appearance and promots fast travel immediately.    … Expand
  59. RvB3nS
    Sep 9, 2023
    7
    Nice game, but not The Game. Starfield is like 10 games in 1: you can play just the story mode, you can focus in spaceship battles, or you can explore, roleplay... You can do a lot of things. The issue is not all that things are at the same level.

    Nearly everywhere you go, it's a little load screen. Don't mind if you are traveling to another planet or just entering a building. And every    Nice game, but not The Game. Starfield is like 10 games in 1: you can play just the story mode, you can focus in spaceship battles, or you can explore, roleplay... You can do a lot of things. The issue is not all that things are at the same level.

    Nearly everywhere you go, it's a little load screen. Don't mind if you are traveling to another planet or just entering a building. And every planet you go has the same 3 points of interest. And, well, you can't go in your spaceship to that points. Although you explore a lot, you won't find something too different, a unique event or unique location, is just does not reward enough exploring. Definitely, it's not the definitive galaxy exploration experience it is supposed to be.

    The story is good, and near the end of the 1st third you discover something it completely changes the game. The ending is great and clever.

    In short, it has lights and shades. It's not a bad game, but it wants to do 100 things and just 10 of them are good enough. The 10 good things are great, and the other 90 are not awful, but unfortunately they make a worse game.

    Sadly, Starfield is a game where more is less.    … Expand
  60. BeckerB
    Sep 9, 2023
    7
    Starfield reminds us that space travel is... just not fun.

    There are a lot of things that Starfield does well, but the key marketed feature of "exploring the galaxy" and "discovering what's out there" is definitely not one of them. I know that games like this need to walk a fine line between realism and being enjoyable to play, but Starfield does neither particularly well. The    Starfield reminds us that space travel is... just not fun.

    There are a lot of things that Starfield does well, but the key marketed feature of "exploring the galaxy" and "discovering what's out there" is definitely not one of them. I know that games like this need to walk a fine line between realism and being enjoyable to play, but Starfield does neither particularly well.

    The biggest issue is the space travel, or rather, almost complete lack of it. I knew that we would not be able to enter/exit orbit without a loading screen, which is understandable. However, you cannot even travel to the nearest planet/moon without having to open menus and selecting fast travel. One might say that this is the realism of planets being so far away - it would realistically take ages to travel to them. Fair enough, but the solar system map tosses this realism out the window with the scale it shows between planets and stars (just see the Sol system). Could Bethesda not have found a happy middle ground between seemingly stagnant flight speeds and immediate galaxy warp that would have allowed us to actually fly through solar systems? Starfield's space travel basically comes down to nothing but menu selections, fast traveling, and loading screens. It is not fun or enjoyable at all. When Todd Howard said, "You can go there," he literally meant, "You can load there."

    Another issue that people are bringing up is the lack of discovery on the planets/moons. This is in part due to the procedural generation being utilized and also probably the realism that Bethesda sought to convey. However, it makes the game feel lackluster and boring. I agree with the critiques along these lines.

    NPC's are what you would expect from Bethesda with their positive and negative elements. Voice acting is good and they look better than previous games (naturally), but they still have the Bethesda robotic feel to them. They turn unnaturally in conversations (torsos turning while feet remain planted forward) and their eyes still seem lifeless/off. They interrupt each other constantly making it hard to hear conversations and followers are almost always falling behind. Bethesda does have NPC citizens spawn from doorways to make cities feel more inhabited, which I appreciate, but the spawns don't always make sense (dozens continuously coming out of a building that is empty inside).

    A small nitpick, but when you leave orbit the game loads you facing the planet/moon you just left. This doesn't help the little space travel immersion that is left in the game. Why am I facing the planet that I just left?

    Starfield isn't a bad game, but it certainly is not great. I've been playing Bethesda games since Morrowind came out and I'm struggling to have fun with this one. It has all the elements of a Bethesda game (character creation, role playing, fetch quests, item interaction, etc.) without the same sense of discovery and exploration. Imagine playing Skyrim and instead of walking from town to town traveling the world, you could only traverse a small area outside of a town before having to load to another small area outside of another town - not as an option, but a requirement. That's Starfield - you can load to a lot of places and walk around on barren planets/moons, but not travel through space in any meaningful and fun way.    … Expand
  61. sohan23
    Sep 12, 2023
    7
    Starfield really is just Fallout 4 with some space thrown in. But I don’t think that’s a bad thing especially if you are a fan of Bethesda's games and its quasi-sense of freedom. While some of the main quest is uninteresting, the side quests are where the real stories are, much like previous games. The ship building is not overly deep but it still has enough to make it enjoyable. BaseStarfield really is just Fallout 4 with some space thrown in. But I don’t think that’s a bad thing especially if you are a fan of Bethesda's games and its quasi-sense of freedom. While some of the main quest is uninteresting, the side quests are where the real stories are, much like previous games. The ship building is not overly deep but it still has enough to make it enjoyable. Base building I could take or leave but it is a good source of resources to make money or expand your base if you really want to. Space combat is decent. It’s a welcome respite from “ground” missions though does not have any of that depth. It’s more like a palette cleanser between quests than anything else. Overall it’s a fun game. As a Bethesda fan it feels familiar and almost comforting. Is it game of the year? Probably not. Is it what Microsoft wants it to be, their Zelda to Nintendo’s Switch? I’m not sure. As someone who owns both consoles I’m glad when a game on either system turns out to be fun. I have no ill will towards either company. The better their games are, the more games we have to enjoy. And a bit of competition helps. Will it be the game that makes game pass and cloud gaming the big seller and the future? Probably not.… Expand
  62. ODT
    Sep 10, 2023
    6
    The best thing for me persinally about Starfield is I'm no longer dying to play the next Elder Scrolls. This game really just has very little charm and feels just....pointless. I'm 15 hours in. Maybe I'll get into it more.
  63. GlennLimos
    Sep 10, 2023
    6
    I think it's a step forward when it comes to gameplay we saw in Fallout 4 and Skyrim. The space traversal ruins most of it for me, I've spent a **** of time in the menus and maps in this game. Everything with traveling with the ship feels so disjointed.

    Appart from everything ship related it's the best Bethesda game when it comes to gameplay, and it makes me look very much forward to ES6.
  64. x420Raptor
    Sep 7, 2023
    6
    First of all, I'm sure there'll be people complaining & Metacritic responding to some of the obvious review bombing, but will they put the same amount of effort into questioning the disgusting, & blatant paid for "10/10s" by biased Xbox reviewers.

    The game isn't a 0, but it's not sniffing a 10 either. Anyone giving it those ratings is a disgrace, whether you're a user, or a so called    First of all, I'm sure there'll be people complaining & Metacritic responding to some of the obvious review bombing, but will they put the same amount of effort into questioning the disgusting, & blatant paid for "10/10s" by biased Xbox reviewers.

    The game isn't a 0, but it's not sniffing a 10 either. Anyone giving it those ratings is a disgrace, whether you're a user, or a so called critic. Review bombing goes both ways, & that overall score of 86 should actually be a 70-80.

    It's a good game, but does absolutely nothing groundbreaking & doesn't live up to the decade long development, the ridiculous levels of hype, or that we had to wait even long for a new TES.

    There's fun to be had with the game but it's not a GOTY contender by right when:
    - The console version is limited to 30FPS
    - Space exploration is extremely limited & the trailers/lead upto the game almost feel misleading to what we actually received.
    - The graphical fidelity is "ok", although maybe that's just other games setting new standards that Starfield doesn't live up to.
    - The core gameplay just isn't that interesting & it doesn't have that same "magic" that Skyrim had all those years ago.

    Starfield almost feels like a game that stayed in development too long & missed a window, because there are so many elements to the game that already feel dated, & there's not a single breakthrough, or ground-breaking element that makes you look at it as a shining example of "What can be".    … Expand
  65. bennibop
    Sep 7, 2023
    6
    Good but not great. Let's start with the negatives, game can crash on Xbox series x, map and UI are probably the worst I have experienced in a long time. Loading screens are constant and annoying, load screen to the outside of your ship then another to get in then another to go to space. Space sections also feel pointless and just filler.
    Graphically although detailed in places the game    Good but not great. Let's start with the negatives, game can crash on Xbox series x, map and UI are probably the worst I have experienced in a long time. Loading screens are constant and annoying, load screen to the outside of your ship then another to get in then another to go to space. Space sections also feel pointless and just filler.
    Graphically although detailed in places the game feels uneven. Can look fantastic when there is not a lot going on, so more the art that is the winner here. Lighting can feel very flat and NPC look below average for modern day standards.HDR is a mess and looks washed out and grey, why there is no slider after the game has been delayed previously.
    Positives: some quest lines are really great perhaps some of the best Bethesda have ever done , but some are really repetitive. Gun play is massively improved over their previous work such as Fallout, but don't expect Halo or Doom levels of gun play. Overall Fallout 3 is still my favourite Bethesda game, but thrwe is still lots to like about Starfield despite its shortcomings but I don't believe it has delivered on the hype that was built.    … Expand
  66. djmn
    Sep 8, 2023
    6
    Played 20 hours on PC. Let's wait for the community to fine-tune it. It's more like a loading simulator on a 20-year-old engine. Bethesda didn't try to hide the loading screens in any other way, even though it's standard nowadays for other games with better visuals. Despite all the improvements, the game often looks very mediocre to bad and tries to hide it behind faded filters and foggyPlayed 20 hours on PC. Let's wait for the community to fine-tune it. It's more like a loading simulator on a 20-year-old engine. Bethesda didn't try to hide the loading screens in any other way, even though it's standard nowadays for other games with better visuals. Despite all the improvements, the game often looks very mediocre to bad and tries to hide it behind faded filters and foggy haze. I praise the details of the interior of the ships and the carefully modeled objects. Lighting, space, facial expressions of the characters. 2D flat planet textures? Really? Good joke. The whole space exploration thing is a false illusion. That really didn't work out. And there's a lot more... Get over your ego and screw the poor creation engine. Maybe then you'll make a better game. :)… Expand
  67. fafafa486
    Sep 8, 2023
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Un juego que quizo abarcar mucho y se queda corto , muchos Bugs, historia simple, y esa sensación de aventura dura muy poco, deben actualizar el motor gráfico , lo único bueno es gamepass si no no lo hubiera comprado… Expand
  68. Sychol
    Sep 7, 2023
    6
    It was supposed to be space travel and we got fast travel, The game is good but nothing more
  69. azilgath
    Sep 7, 2023
    6
    TLDR: Wait to buy this game when its on sale for $40 or less with all the DLC, it is definitely not worth the $70 or $100 for the special edition.

    Hardware Specs: CPU: Ryzen 7 5800X3D RAM: DDR 4 3200 GPU: Sapphire Pulse RX 7900 XTX I run this game at 4k on ultra settings with FSR and VSYNC off. Performance: 5/10: The performance of this game is mediocre even on good hardware,    TLDR: Wait to buy this game when its on sale for $40 or less with all the DLC, it is definitely not worth the $70 or $100 for the special edition.

    Hardware Specs:
    CPU: Ryzen 7 5800X3D
    RAM: DDR 4 3200
    GPU: Sapphire Pulse RX 7900 XTX

    I run this game at 4k on ultra settings with FSR and VSYNC off.

    Performance: 5/10:
    The performance of this game is mediocre even on good hardware, I get about 70fps average during gameplay, don't look at the reviews touting 100+ fps, they are including the loading screen fps in their averages. The game has frequent crashes to desktop, it seems it is crashing the AMD driver, as of this review, I am on the latest Adrenaline driver 23.9.1. When it is not crashing, performance is ok with minimal stuttering and loading screens are fairly quick.

    Graphics 6/10:
    - Textures are bland,
    - NPC models and facial expressions seem like a downgrade from Skyrim.
    - The lighting effects are good
    - Atmospherics are good
    - Water effects are dated.
    - Cities are well designed
    - Planets seem to be a quantity over quality approach

    Gameplay 7/10:
    - Gunplay has slightly improved over what was available in Fallout 4/76, enemies are bullet sponges though.
    - Melee is not as good as Skyrim.
    - Stealth feels like an afterthought in this game, and upgrades are locked behind grindy challenges
    - Speaking of grindy challenges: its tedious and annoying and must be in there only to artificially increase game playtime metrics.
    - Inventory management still has issues of previous Bethesda games
    - Ship building is fun, and you can definitely spend hours just customizing your ship, this seems kind of pointless though since you will spend hardly any time in your ship.
    - Loading screens for everything, its been how many years since Fallout 76 and they still cant do seamless areas?
    - You will end up fast traveling everywhere due to how annoying it is to use your ship for travel: Load screen to enter ship > cutscene to sit in captain's seat > cutscene to take off > load screen to enter orbit > cutscene to fly/jump to another planet/system > load screen for arrival to planet/system > load screen to land on planet > cut scene to land on planet > cutscene to leave captain's chair > load screen to leave ship.
    - Base building brings back bad memories of Fallout 4 outposts, but is improved.
    - Persuasion options are generic
    - Exploration is boring, there are around 5 points of interest per planet, and their is heavy asset reuse. this goes back to my quantity over quality comment. Would have preferred less more detailed planets akin to mass effect rather than 1000 boring ones.

    Story 6/10:
    - Majority of quests are either fetch quests or kill quests, would have liked to see more exploration quests since exploration was sold as a big part of the experience.
    - Main quest is pretty boring, I keep seeing other reviewers say "It gets better 20 hours in," if the story can't keep your interest in the first hour, there are major issues with it.

    In summary, I returned the special edition game, to pay $100 for a game that is using an iteration of Bethesda's dated, poorly optimized engine is not worth it.

    The game still has issues that have plagued the engine since Oblivion such as items randomly flying about if you get to close to them, to bodies clipping through items, to NPC pathing trouble.

    Overall, I will probably re-purchase this game when it is heavily discounted, and hopefully modders will have fixed the major issues with Starfield by then, which in my opinion, sheds a bad light on Bethesda that has supposedly been working on this for 20 years, seemingly having learned nothing from their past games. Disappointing to say the least.    … Expand
  70. lyekay1
    Sep 8, 2023
    6
    It's okay, nothing special. I agree the graphics are outdated, but a fun game nevertheless.
  71. MadWasp79
    Sep 9, 2023
    6
    There are so many things to like about Starfield, however, I can't like it as a whole.
    I spent hundreds and hundreds of hours playing Elite Dangerous, Fallout, Skyrim, and Mass Effect, I hoped so much that this would be some glorious mix of them all.. and in a way it I, but. Boring, glitchy, repetitive, you can't swap modules between ships, no land vehicles and I don't like to walk so    There are so many things to like about Starfield, however, I can't like it as a whole.
    I spent hundreds and hundreds of hours playing Elite Dangerous, Fallout, Skyrim, and Mass Effect, I hoped so much that this would be some glorious mix of them all.. and in a way it I, but. Boring, glitchy, repetitive, you can't swap modules between ships, no land vehicles and I don't like to walk so much for nothing, exploration without a soul. Bethesda, you have failed us. Again. The only hope (as always) for mod community.    … Expand
  72. Blighty
    Sep 10, 2023
    6
    Dissapointing.- A bit soul-less as others have already said. They made some aspects of their game worse than it was in the past, and have not improved in the other areas.

    Exploration for instance - the places feel empty, and the tile based system they use for their game may not have been so terrible if it wasn't for the fact that it makes you also feel limited in exploring. Combat    Dissapointing.- A bit soul-less as others have already said. They made some aspects of their game worse than it was in the past, and have not improved in the other areas.

    Exploration for instance - the places feel empty, and the tile based system they use for their game may not have been so terrible if it wasn't for the fact that it makes you also feel limited in exploring.

    Combat is ok, but its more like a borderlands game without a significant skill system based around combat, and a fairly uninspiring set of weapons to use.

    Bethesda have more and more become the activation company we all hoped they would not become, fallout 76 and not starfield being quite hard to recommend that seems more interested in adding features that salesmen like to sell, but without as much substance so that players will et heaps of joy from.

    Also, Bethesda, please improve your lip sync tech, its very bad compared to what's on offer these days, sometimes utterly out o sync with what an NPC is saying.

    Sure, I think a few people will di it more than me, and perhaps I am over RPG FPS games, so for those I wish you luck. But its been a real disappointment or me.    … Expand
  73. visiblelight7
    Sep 11, 2023
    6
    I feel these ''RPG games by Bethesda'' are outdated. They all become really boring if you played one, you played them all as they are just re-skins. This time, they dramatically improved the dialogue and consequences and branching paths which is a BIG improvement over Fallout 4. It's a better game overall but it's still a boring formula: You are in a massive sandbox with NPC's to talk toI feel these ''RPG games by Bethesda'' are outdated. They all become really boring if you played one, you played them all as they are just re-skins. This time, they dramatically improved the dialogue and consequences and branching paths which is a BIG improvement over Fallout 4. It's a better game overall but it's still a boring formula: You are in a massive sandbox with NPC's to talk to and hear conversations(I find that incredibly boring by now). It's all about immersing yourself into the lore of the world and getting tidbits of information from the NPCs which add to the overall world. It's no different than forcing yourself to read a novel about a story in another universe but with visuals. Problem is... it's just not fun if you've done it before(if it's your first time ever...you're going to have a blast though. It's going to blow your mind). But there's only so many times that I can play these kinds of games. I was exausted after a few hours... I realized it's just a big collection of ''checklist world'' with people to speak to and open up more dialogue trees and other stories. It was never really fun. Once the novelty wears off(which it wore off really quickly for me), I was left with wanting to go find something with ''gameplay'' which this doesn't. It's gameplay consists of going to procedurally generated environments and shooting then looting. That's the other thing, there are far too many useless items as usual you are spending 50%of the game just looting and managing your inventory. You've done it for hundreds of hours before in Bethesda games... you want to repeat that again? I just couldn't do it. It's not fun and it doesn't add anything anymore beyond faking depth into a game. The worst thing about this game is the empty promises they made initially such as ''the most expansive space world'' you've ever seen and you'll be able to ''travel'' to other planets. I'm sorry but travelling through ''menus'' and teleporting to a cutscene of your planet landing is not my idea of ''the most expansive space travel'' that they had initially hyped this game to be but then changed their claims later on. The ONE feature a space game needs is launching from earth and hitting the atmosphere and piercing through the different levels of the sky until you are in space. That's the coolest aspect of No Man Sky, why would you NOT have that option available for a space game? I'm not saying that it should be mandatory because eventually we will use the fast travel option. BUT to not have it in a space game was a huge con for me personally.

    Problem is the game was on gamepass so they easily got ''millions playing it'' so they will use that as an excuse to build more boring games like this. Sorry it's just an overdone formula by this point. I couldn't last more than a few hours before I was building boredom into my life. I rather play a game with actual gameplay versus a NPC dialogue encyclopedia with menu fast travelling simulator. Is it a bad game? Heck no! It's just a tired and overdone formula that those who played Fallout 3,4,76,Skyrim,Oblivion,Morrowind...that I am completely done at this point. How many dialogues can you listen to before you get tired of listening to random ''stories'' NPCs tell you? They should've released this game 10 years ago.    … Expand
  74. matt87
    Sep 8, 2023
    6
    Disappointing. Menu and loading screen simulator 2023. Finished main quest, don’t feel like playing it anymore… What the hell happened to Bethesda?
  75. eldz958
    Sep 7, 2023
    6
    Bethesda games were great as open world games. This is in no way open anything, its just a million different rooms you cut scene/loading screen/cut scene to. Most things about this game feel like a couple generations old, AI, UI and most NPCs, also the fact that it has to do a loading screen everywhere. This game feels extremely dated.
  76. MrBithead
    Sep 8, 2023
    6
    Starfield no es un mal juego, de hecho es entretenido, pero a día de hoy queda lejos de ser un gran juego. No tiene sentido la exploración y , al final, todo se basa en ir del punto A al punto B como otros tantos juegos. Siento que perdieron una gran oportunidad para hacer algo increíble.
  77. peper
    Sep 8, 2023
    6
    This is not a bombardment of bad ratings, the reviewer who gave this powdered fallout a rating of 10/10 is unreliable. You can't rate a game under the influence of emotions. Yes, the game is enjoyable, just like fallout4 and skyrim, but bethesda didn't do anything new except new models and a few details. The game is poorer in many places than games released 20 years ago, such as theThis is not a bombardment of bad ratings, the reviewer who gave this powdered fallout a rating of 10/10 is unreliable. You can't rate a game under the influence of emotions. Yes, the game is enjoyable, just like fallout4 and skyrim, but bethesda didn't do anything new except new models and a few details. The game is poorer in many places than games released 20 years ago, such as the character generator, inventory and clothing management. Base building is as pathetic as in FO76, well embarrassing. What shocked me the most is that the codes from Oblivion work in a game from 23!
    The game deserves 7/10, but given the misleading marketing I take away one point, because it is unacceptable for corporations to make such a mockery of players. To reviewers giving 10/10 I recommend going to confession.    … Expand
  78. Kratosz
    Sep 7, 2023
    6
    This isn't just a bad Bethesda game, it's just a bad game full stop.

    How on earth this was decided to be a next gen only game with so few next gen features as well as abhorrent amount of loading SCREENS, not just periods of gameplay where it's loading but actual loading screens that take you out of the game is beyond me. Skyrim is a top 5 GOAT and this is a step back in some ways, 12    This isn't just a bad Bethesda game, it's just a bad game full stop.

    How on earth this was decided to be a next gen only game with so few next gen features as well as abhorrent amount of loading SCREENS, not just periods of gameplay where it's loading but actual loading screens that take you out of the game is beyond me.

    Skyrim is a top 5 GOAT and this is a step back in some ways, 12 years later. Starfield looks great, but fails in almost every other way. Whoever decided on 90% of the game being 900 barren "planets" that are actually just small regions squared off and said that was fun should be fired. Starfield makes me worry for TES6 because I've been waiting 12 years for that and if this is their best next gen effort then that's bad news.    … Expand
  79. pedlou
    Sep 10, 2023
    6
    Bonjour, Je lui mets la note de 6/10 ça reste un jeu jouable mais sans + Je m’attendais à beaucoup mieux et dans le genre c’est un énième witcher.
  80. fkonradt
    Sep 11, 2023
    6
    Much better than fallout 4. Some of the dialogues are still cringe, but most them are really good. Neon is a blast. Main plot starts slow but interesting. Shooting is fun, ship building is really good. Face animation sucks. Very often people in dialogues are not facing the character at all, you can only see their backs.
  81. testedmedal
    Sep 9, 2023
    6
    Esperaba más de este juego, es aburrido con ganas y se siente muy lineal, nada que ver con la Bethesda de hace unos años, en fin, acabé la historia y será lo último que haré, no me quedan ganas de seguir jugando un juego tan malo.
  82. Tdmb
    Sep 8, 2023
    6
    Fallout 4 but without the open expanse to explore. Non stop loading screens break up what could be a great exploration game. Outerworlds with a larger budget and polish.
  83. GhostKill
    Sep 8, 2023
    6
    Starfield was my most anticipated game for 2 years & the wait is finally over. They said Starfield was Skyrim in space & yet it feels more like Fallout in space. The only thing Skyrim like about Starfield is the old outdated inventory system and the fact that u can pocket almost everything in the game. That's about it. In the first 10 minutes of play, the game crashed & kicked me to theStarfield was my most anticipated game for 2 years & the wait is finally over. They said Starfield was Skyrim in space & yet it feels more like Fallout in space. The only thing Skyrim like about Starfield is the old outdated inventory system and the fact that u can pocket almost everything in the game. That's about it. In the first 10 minutes of play, the game crashed & kicked me to the homescreen. I guess that too is Skyrim like. If I were someone who paid $70 or more for this game, I would be angry. Instead, I got this in Gamepass just like Redfall & we all know how that turned out. I have to admit, the visuals in Starfield look very dated. The frame rate is not stable and not locked at 30. It's not a smooth experience at all, and within 15 minutes, the game gave me a headache. That comes from poor optimization. It too is really hard playing games at 60fps & going back to 30 & that's what u have with Starfield. The space fights are about as boring as it gets. They are tedious to the point where you'll want to avoid them at all costs which is almost impossible. There literally is no excitement in this game. I almost fell asleep playing while exploring a planet. When I started playing Starfield, it literally felt like I was playing an old Xbox 360 game. It just feels dated! There is absolutely nothing next gen about this game or this experience. And why is the game freezing up on the most powerful console ever made? Why? Is Starfield a 1, 2, 3, 4, or a 5 rated game? No. I think those ratings are very unfair as people are probably review bombing the game. I think some people will have some fun in this game, just from the size & scope of the game alone.. There is a lot to do in this game! I have a friend who is a true fanboy and he absolutely loves this game. It's blows my mind, but opinions will always vary & I respect people's opinions especially in gaming. This is why the reviews are so mixed. For me, Starfield is not a next gen experience & it's not a game that people will want to sink 30 hours in before they start liking the game. Yes,, Starfield has pronouns. Pronouns are annoying and not necessary at all in this game. Why they are pushing ideologies & politics in video games is beyond me, but the pronoun thing isn't as obtrusive as some have made it out to be. It's very unnecessary but that doesn't make this game bad. It has many issues despite the pronouns. I have 3 Xbox Series Xs & one Series S in my home & 3 Gamepass subscriptions. I did not spend all of this money on this service & all of this money on the most powerful console ever made, for games that look dated & are poorly optimized like Starfield. If this is next gen on the Xbox, it's a step backwards in my book. Starfield could be better, but maybe in a few years when the mod community gets ahold of it & when Bethesda decides to use a better engine. For the people who question whether I'm an Xbox gamer & question whether this review is legit- most of my gaming is done on Xbox and has been since the OG Xbox days. Like I said, I have 4 Xbox next gen consoles & only 2 PS5s. So I'm invested way more into Xbox than Playstation. I have right at a thousand game library on Xbox & maybe 200 on Playstation. Xbox by far is where my gaming money is spent. It's sad that u have to explain stuff like this because of rabid fanboys & biased gaming sites will toss the review up as bombing. If I wanted to bomb it, I'd just give it a 1, & from where I sit, it's a 6 or 7 all day long.… Expand
  84. RelicCastle
    Sep 10, 2023
    6
    Bethesda Has A Major Problem With There Game Engine, the Creation Engine, Anyone Who Has Played Starfield Will See That Major Problem With the Game Engine, Creation Engine Is Outdated By At Least 10 Years, Because the Creation Engine Is An Iteneration Of A Game Engine That Is 25 Years Old and the Only Reason Why Bethesda Uses This Game Engine Is Because It Has Mod Support, So Bethesda AtBethesda Has A Major Problem With There Game Engine, the Creation Engine, Anyone Who Has Played Starfield Will See That Major Problem With the Game Engine, Creation Engine Is Outdated By At Least 10 Years, Because the Creation Engine Is An Iteneration Of A Game Engine That Is 25 Years Old and the Only Reason Why Bethesda Uses This Game Engine Is Because It Has Mod Support, So Bethesda At the Expense Of Using A Buggy, Glitchy, Outdated, Missing Basic Game Engine Tech Of 2023, They Would Rather Cater To the Mod Scene To Fix the Game Instead Of Making A Brand New 2023 Game Engine ESPECIALLY FOR ELDER SCROLLS VI, OR FALLOUT 5, OR STARFIELD 2, With Starfield In Particular, Thare Are Lots and Lots Of Loading Screens and the Reason Is Obviously Because the Creation Engine Is Using Source Code From An Iteneration From A Game Engine Thats 25 Years Old, It Was Like the Most Basic Of Basic Building Blocks 25 Years Ago When Making A Game Is To Have Loading Screens, The Reason Why Starfield Has No Seamless Transitioning, Which Is the Ability To Fly From Space To the Surface Of A Planet WITHOUT CUT SCENES Is Because The Creation Engine Was Never Programmed To Deal With Flight In General, The Reason Why Starfield Has No Atmospheric Flight, Which Is the Ability To Fly In the Atmosphere Of the Planet, WITHOUT CUT SCENES Is Once Again the Creation Engine Was Never Properly Programmed With Flight Mechanics In the First Place!!! To Me This Is So Obviously To Know If You Think About It and To Know What Has Been Reported Of the Game Engine By the Press, I Have Been Calling On Bethesda To Create A Brand New Game Engine For the Last 10 Years Because I Could See the Mess Of the Engine Really Since Morrowind, Back In 2003 On the Original Xbox.....To Me, For the Fact That Bethesda Is Using This Game Engine Should Be An Embarrassment!!!! It Is the Game Engine That Is the First Building Block That Is the Determination Of How Great A Game Will Be Produced In A Great Game To Be Developed By the Game Engine!!! The Story I Have Gathered ONLY LASTS ON AVERAGE 20 HOURS, IM SORRY BUT AFTER 7 YEARS OF PRODUCTION AND YOU CAN ONLY MANAGE TO MAKE A STORY LAST FOR 20 HOURS IS EMBARRASSING WHOLLFULLY MISMANAGEMENT!!!! The Story Should Have Lasted At Least 100 Hours!!! I Never Understood In Game Development How You Can Create A Location and Yet That Location Would Not Be Part Of the Story,??? The Locations In A Game World Has To Be Made For the Story In Of Itself Not For the Sake Of Just To Be Made!!!! Why In the World Did Starfield Get Produced With 1000 Planets When Those 1000 Planets Do Not Have Any Purpose To Explore Them For There Is No Quests On Them To Do, I Would Have Rather Had Lets Say 200 Planets Handcrafted To Make As Part Of A Cohesive Story Not 1000 Planets With Nothing To Do On Them!!!!… Expand
  85. AntiReviewBomb
    Sep 8, 2023
    6
    It’s pretty meh. Loading screens rather than actual flying to and from planets.
  86. VeritasLocus
    Sep 8, 2023
    6
    In principle, the game is not bad. It looks better than average, has good physics and graphics. Nevertheless, the game that most gamers were expecting as a space-themed game absolutely lacks this space. It is purely symbolic and entirely unrealistic. The same can be said for the plot, which resembles the story of a mediocre TV series. It lacks depth and, at times, logic. Perhaps if theIn principle, the game is not bad. It looks better than average, has good physics and graphics. Nevertheless, the game that most gamers were expecting as a space-themed game absolutely lacks this space. It is purely symbolic and entirely unrealistic. The same can be said for the plot, which resembles the story of a mediocre TV series. It lacks depth and, at times, logic. Perhaps if the game undergoes improvements, in a year or two, it will become better. But today, it's a 6 out of 10.… Expand
  87. OldAndCynical
    Sep 8, 2023
    6
    I'm a old fan of Bethesda games, and have been playing them since Daggerfall.
    So, it really pains me to tell how poor this game feels when compared to the previous greats of Bethesda.
    First, the visuals really are XboxOne era, and level desing on the various habitats is painfully bland and uninspiring. And the planets are very barren and monotonous affairs indeed. Combat, enemy AI and    I'm a old fan of Bethesda games, and have been playing them since Daggerfall.
    So, it really pains me to tell how poor this game feels when compared to the previous greats of Bethesda.
    First, the visuals really are XboxOne era, and level desing on the various habitats is painfully bland and uninspiring. And the planets are very barren and monotonous affairs indeed.
    Combat, enemy AI and various other elements feel like a step backwards from Fallout 4.
    But for me, the worst part are the stories.
    Now in previous Bethesda games, the unique and original stories were what made me love them. Such fascinating stuff. But in Starfield, the stories feel very bland in comparison, and in many places, feel like they were ripped from Mass Effect and other scifi sources. So, not very original or unique.
    Any good stuff? Well, character creator is very good, and there are plenty of interesting skills to choose from. Unfortunately not all of those skills have that much use in the game proper! So, this means that you are given a promise of a deep RPG with all those skills, but then you will actually be playing a very shallow looter-shooter.
    Bugs? Sure. Lots of them. But what game does not have them at launch. But I can already see, even when patched up, the game will not be nearly as good as other Bethesda games. 6/10, and that because I like Bethesda.    … Expand
  88. Reudi
    Sep 8, 2023
    6
    the game itself is pretty good... defenite not bad at all

    but the graphics ? and the performance.. ?? jesusfcking christ man

    for the game 8out of 10
    for the shiitty performance 2 out of 10

    so 6 from me
  89. KingKabeca
    Sep 11, 2023
    6
    Mediano, nada surpreende a não ser os detalhes que somente os mais entusiasta sobre viagem e espaço vão entender Um sistema de modificação de nave interessante mas que cansa e não motiva a exploração desse recurso.
    Mas é um jogo razoável, não é perfeito e não me prendeu
  90. The_marsy
    Sep 10, 2023
    6
    Game is better on XSX then PC and I have a 4070Ti, this game is just unoptimised on there, cross save works when it wants too. The NPc's are mainly boring the dialogue is a snooze fest I skip majority of it they just aren't interesting, the gameplay is decent definitely not anything special though and I hope you like loading screens because this has them worse than most ps3 games
  91. ClassikReviews
    Sep 8, 2023
    6
    This game lacks substance, the direction, the thought is great but the execution is terrible. Put this potential gem back in the oven for another 2 more years and maybe they can flesh out some proper exploration game play.
    I know Xbox gamers are hungry for a smash hit but this just isn't it, however when you have been starved for so long, anything would be considered great.
    Critic    This game lacks substance, the direction, the thought is great but the execution is terrible. Put this potential gem back in the oven for another 2 more years and maybe they can flesh out some proper exploration game play.
    I know Xbox gamers are hungry for a smash hit but this just isn't it, however when you have been starved for so long, anything would be considered great.

    Critic score is misleading, User score reflects properly, and for the love of God Bethesda, retire the creation engine, its dated and the cracks are showing    … Expand
  92. ColBuckshot
    Sep 7, 2023
    6
    Probably my favourite game of all time, from the gorgeous visuals to the stunning artwork. The multiple amazing quests to undertake, I hesitate to call anything a side quest, so many amazing things to discover! I'm about 70+ hours in and still only level 24. So much to do there's just not enough hours in the day. Truly a masterpiece. Amazing work from Bethesda. A generation defining title.
  93. eltio
    Sep 9, 2023
    6
    Game is fine, I'll update later if they patch and improve it but after 70 ish hours I can say it's a good story trapped in clunky mechanics that are shoehorned in at awkward times with very little lead in. 30fps doesn't bother me too much in first person but is sickening in third person! I didn't realise how used to 60+ I had gotten. Definitely worth a try, but keep in mind it's BethesdaGame is fine, I'll update later if they patch and improve it but after 70 ish hours I can say it's a good story trapped in clunky mechanics that are shoehorned in at awkward times with very little lead in. 30fps doesn't bother me too much in first person but is sickening in third person! I didn't realise how used to 60+ I had gotten. Definitely worth a try, but keep in mind it's Bethesda and don't expect enjoyable space exploration. Story and ship customisation are the highlights. Hopefully they give it the care it needs afterwards.… Expand
  94. arm7114
    Sep 10, 2023
    6
    In my humble opinion Starfield isn't a bad game. In my opinion it's just not that great either. Without spoiling anything the game just starts too slow in my opinion. When I heard that from some early reviewers I dismissed as, "eh they're probably just exagerrating." Sadly I couldn't agree more. Some of the facial animations look creepy for this gen tech, I know may sound knit picking butIn my humble opinion Starfield isn't a bad game. In my opinion it's just not that great either. Without spoiling anything the game just starts too slow in my opinion. When I heard that from some early reviewers I dismissed as, "eh they're probably just exagerrating." Sadly I couldn't agree more. Some of the facial animations look creepy for this gen tech, I know may sound knit picking but it took away from the immersion for me.

    It's not really a space exploration game, it's all fast travel. There are some really fun elements too the game but to me it was just too few and far between. The gun play and mechanics are decent.    … Expand
  95. Paulohaka
    Sep 8, 2023
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. O game em si deixa a desejar em tanta coisa, que e até difícil descrever. Péssima qualidade em geral ,ambientes, npcs, física, textura, parece um game de 2016 (e olha que tem alguns de 2016 melhores). Árvores estáticas, ambiente dos planetas deixados todos iguais, fauna e flora extremamente cruas e sem vida, exploração no espaço parece uma piada pois vc não consegue voar livre para nenhum lugar, apenas com animações que são telas de load. A história é pouco chamativa, assim como a interação em geral com os npcs. O combate no espaço e as características das naves são a única coisa que deu pra divertir. Os combates em terra são muito sem vida, armas sem apelo nenhum, munição inexistente. Bugs até onde há horizonte (mas é Bethesda, seria estranho se não tivesse). Em geral, é um jogo bem meia boca, espero que com atualizações corrijam muito os gráficos e como se comportam, pois é desanimador esperar tanto tempo pra um jogo de baixa qualidade.… Expand
  96. srosebrace
    Sep 7, 2023
    6
    starfield is the latest game made by bethesda
    a new attempt at creating a new world out of this world in the last 25 years in the making
    but the game falls flat and feels like another generic bethesda game but in space its world felt like they pushed a super realistc take on the space world which felt weak especialy towards something like the elder scrolls and fallout which took a    starfield is the latest game made by bethesda
    a new attempt at creating a new world out of this world in the last 25 years in the making

    but the game falls flat and feels like another generic bethesda game but in space
    its world felt like they pushed a super realistc take on the space world which felt weak especialy towards something like the elder scrolls and fallout which took a more fantasy approach to its world

    the game lacked something like the star wars world setting
    more space or alien like people you can talk or even be
    it feels too realistc compard to other games they made

    while combat is improved i felt the AI has not been improved
    ai still is braindead and easy to cheese and now you are able to kill enemies 10-15 lvl above what you are

    traveling the planets also feels mid
    the invisable wall drama only made it worse as lead devs from bethesda promised it diffrently then what we got

    the ship combat feels weak also and something you will get annoyed by
    the story felt weak as well with you being forced to play 12 hours of slop boring stuff to even get to the "good stuff"

    lets not begin about the loading screens and how that is more of the game then a real game

    this release was something many say is goty or game of the century which its not
    and rpg of the year it lost by a mile away against bg3

    pro
    -combat is improved from fo4
    -it looks at times pretty good

    cons
    -30 fps is noticable
    -weak story
    -ship combat annoying
    -dumb ai
    -loading screens the game
    -false promises

    6/10    … Expand
  97. Ababykangaroo
    Sep 8, 2023
    6
    This game is not nearly as bad as/ as good as console war warriors are claiming it to be.
    Xbox players wanted it to be there consoles saving grace to have their first new gen exclusive that is a critical success and ps fanboys wanted to **** on it to prove their console is gonna stay on top for this gen.
    In reality this game is average it does some stuff right, does some stuff horribly    This game is not nearly as bad as/ as good as console war warriors are claiming it to be.
    Xbox players wanted it to be there consoles saving grace to have their first new gen exclusive that is a critical success and ps fanboys wanted to **** on it to prove their console is gonna stay on top for this gen.

    In reality this game is average it does some stuff right, does some stuff horribly and the rest is mediocre filler content. If you really want to know whats good/bad from someone who is indifferent, here it is.

    The Good:
    Combat is cool/ varied weapons and boosting through shooting is fun
    Different equipment/stats makes for some cool builds
    Alot of missions/side mission to sink your time in
    Art style is cool
    Ship building is fun if you can digest the ui

    The bad:
    Horrible UI all over the game
    You spend about 30% of your gameplay time in menus (maybe 50% if u engage with crafting/ outpost building mechanics)
    Exploration is Instanced loading screen galore (and a lot of menus)
    Stupid encumbrance system
    Outdated graphics
    Bad Optimization

    The Average:
    Meh main story
    Many missions are either fetch quests or go kill someone
    Choices are either meaningless or has no real effect on story progress
    AI is just A without the I
    less bugs than Bethesda's history but still there    … Expand
  98. Creepierleaf
    Sep 10, 2023
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I have spent 19 hours playing this game on my Series S. I have not engaged with the shipbuilding or base building mechanic. I spent most of my time completing the main quest and think I have reached the final mission.

    I will try to judge the game based on what it is, rather than what I wanted it to be.

    **Spoilers ahead** Here are my thoughts:

    Story/main quest:
    The game starts off as poorly as everyone says. You touch a spooky piece of metal and, immediately, someone shows up and gives you a ship. The robot on board is supposed to keep you from stealing the ship or heading off course. You fight a bunch of 'space pirates' and then you blast off. This introduction didn't bother me too much because it gets you into the game very quickly. It still isn't very good, though.

    You join a group called Constellation which is seeking out these strange metal objects and associated 'xenostructures'. Most of the main missions follow one of two formulas after this:

    1: Talk to guy on space station (which means watching the docking sequence and walking through the station) -> Fast travel to planet -> Look around until your scanner starts flickering -> Walk towards the 'interference (many times I did not need to use the scanner because the temple was clearly visible from my ship) -> Find a temple and enter it (they all look the same/similar) -> Float around the interior, floating into clusters of light until you power up the structure in the middle of the room -> absorb power- > Go back to your ship.

    This essentially grants you the shouts from Skyrim and each temple follows this formula. That's it. No challenge or puzzle. Literally just walking from your ship to a temple (following your scanner if you can't see it already) and floating into clusters of light. It's repetitive and not engaging.

    2: Go to a base somewhere, fight pirates, robots, or another human faction and find the 'Artefact'. There are variations of this, with later versions having a light puzzle element, but all are fundamentally the same. This quest design makes up a majority of the main quest and is, quite frankly, insipid.

    The story itself did become more interesting abut halfway through when the 'Starborn' reveal themselves. The spooky pieces of metal that you have been collecting turn out to be a way to access 'Unity', something that grants people incredible power and the ability to hop between dimensions. The more times a 'Starborn' completes this journey, by collecting the artefacts, the more powerful they become.

    Overall, the main quest and search for powers has been uninteresting and very repetitive. People say the side quests are better. But shouldn't the main quest be one of the most compelling parts of the game? It doesn't make me want to continue with the game.

    General gameplay:
    The gameplay is very repetitive. I spent most of my time either running between objectives, talking to npcs, fast traveling, or shooting.

    The shooting is ok. most enemies are bullet sponges and don't have any unique powers. The harder enemies usually just have more shields or health, higher numbers. Most of the time, I would unload a clip into an enemy and just run up to them and punch them to finish them off. It was actually quicker to do that most of the time.

    That brings me onto the enemy AI. It is terrible, absolutely awful. One mission made me kill a bunch of space pirates, each with their own marker, and one of them ran in the opposite direction. They weren't fleeing; the AI is just broken. Similarly, the enemies never tried to flank me or do any interesting manoeuvres.

    Ship combat is equally as bad and seems to just rely on your numbers being higher than the enemy's, which is not inherently bad. But there is no skill involved. A boss in Elden Ring can be defeated if you are at a low level if you have skill. Levelling makes the fight easier. This is not how it works in Starfield.

    Bugs and performance:
    A few times characters would not appear during dialogue or would be facing the wrong way. The game crashed once when the menu failed to load, and I had to reload when my character got stuck talking to the floor and couldn't move (dialogue was triggered with a character below me). Sometimes my weapons became unresponsive. Switching to a different one fixed that. Also, sometimes the reticle flashes red like there is an enemy when there is nothing.

    Overall, the game is perfectly mediocre. There are no high highs or low lows that make the game feel uneven and boring at times. The game is relatively consistent, probably because the loop for every main mission is almost exactly the same. I wouldn't say anything in this is ambitious or even new. It's full of mechanics and systems that we have seen before and seen done better.

    I would also like to say that people should not be relying on mods to make this game better. It's literally a company benefitting from unpaid labour to make their own product better.    … Expand
  99. MolarRaquetas
    Sep 9, 2023
    6
    Unacceptable for me to play at 30fps. Sorry, but with this graphics and considering SeriesX a powerful console, this game can not run at 30fps.
  100. BaronElch
    Sep 9, 2023
    6
    Es ist leider nicht mehr als ein solides Spiel. Hätte eigentlich schon bei der Information der "prozedualen Regenerierung" wissen müssen, dass mir sehr viel langweilige Erkundung bevorsteht
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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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