Starfield

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6.4

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  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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
  4. 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
  5. 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.
  6. 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.
  7. 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.
  8. 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.
  9. 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
  10. 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
  11. AntiReviewBomb
    Sep 8, 2023
    6
    It’s pretty meh. Loading screens rather than actual flying to and from planets.
  12. 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
  13. 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
  14. 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
  15. 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
  16. 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
  17. 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
  18. 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.
  19. 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
  20. 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
  21. 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
  22. 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
  23. 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
  24. 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
  25. 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.
  26. 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
  27. serges_3817
    Sep 8, 2023
    6
    God of War Ragnarok es un excelente juego que sería perfecto de no ser por un par de defectos. Llevo 50 horas jugando al videojuego, terminé la historia principal y la mayoría del contenido secundario y en conclusión puedo decir que está al nivel del anterior, es superior en algunos aspectos pero en otros es inferior.

    Gráficos: 10 Si jugaste al GoW 2018 con la actualización de PS5 te    God of War Ragnarok es un excelente juego que sería perfecto de no ser por un par de defectos. Llevo 50 horas jugando al videojuego, terminé la historia principal y la mayoría del contenido secundario y en conclusión puedo decir que está al nivel del anterior, es superior en algunos aspectos pero en otros es inferior.

    Gráficos: 10
    Si jugaste al GoW 2018 con la actualización de PS5 te puedes hacer una buena idea de como se verá este nuevo juego. Es muy difícil que mejore gráficamente al juego de 2018 porque gráficamente es perfecto. Ahora GoW Ragnarok luce muchísimo más gracias a los entornos más variados. Los modelos de los personajes son excelentes en todos los aspectos, y el rendimiento es increíblemente bueno, mantiene los 60 fps de manera consistente.

    Sonido: 9
    La música está bien, pero tampoco es que cobre tanta importancia como ocurre en otros juegos como Final Fantasy XVI o Persona 5, la música de Ragnarok es buena pero no me pareció espectacular. Lo más sobresaliente es que el juego tiene audio disponible en una gran cantidad de idiomas y en mi caso me quedo una vez más con las voces en inglés.

    Jugabilidad: 7
    Ragnarok patina muy feo en el apartado jugable, para mi gusto hicieron el juego demasiado injusto para el jugador. Arruinaron muchas cosas en el aspecto jugable que tenia el primero Kratos se siente extremadamente débil y la mitad de los enemigos que encuentras en el juego pueden matarlo fácilmente de 3-4 golpes mientras que Kratos requiere conectar como una docena de golpes para derrotar a esos enemigos. Hay muchos enemigos que son literalmente esponjas de daño, y durante los combates aparecen y aparecen enemigos de la nada siempre buscando hacer daño por atrás y algunos de ellos volando por todo el escenario.
    También es ridículo ver como muchos adversarios caminan como si nada ante los ataques de Kratos y se mueven libremente mientras son atacados y además son capaces de interrumpir tus ataques mientras ellos son atacados. Los ataques rúnicos no tienen frames de invencibilidad y te dejan por completo vulnerable, incluso cuando conectan.
    Ahora, la mayoría de los jefes vuelan a velocidades ridículas por todo el escenario y las peleas contra ellos aburren porque parecen siempre lo mismo, la mayoría tienen patrones muy similares, siempre peleando de manera cobarde, con un patrón de pega y corre, spameando proyectiles, volando de un lado a otro para arruinar el enfoque.
    La ira activada con L3+R3 ha sido nerfeada de manera importante, casi no hace daño y es ridículo ver que tantos golpes causan tan poco daño, sin embargo sique siendo un recurso útil para interrumpir los ataques ridículos inbloqueables de los jefes y acortar distancia cuando se ponen a volar como locos por todo el escenario, por lo que recomiendo mucho activarlo para interrumpir ataques, acercarte, desactivarlo y continuar con ataques con armas.
    Otro aspecto que me molestó un poco es que también hayan nerfeado terriblemente las habilidades del escudo, ahora ya no tiene un árbol de habilidad como en el juego anterior, quizás porque ahora Kratos ya no depende tanto de quedarse sin un arma, al contar ahora con tres distintas.
    Por último, en el juego puedes utilizar a Atreus en algunas misiones. Sin embargo controlar a Atreus es super aburrido y simple y la mayoría de las veces consideré sus escenarios como simple relleno.

    Contenido: 9
    El contenido secundario mejoró enormenente. La historia principal apenas cubre un 30% del contenido total del juego. Hay muchas misiones secundarias, las cuales permiten expandir el lore. En Ragnarok puedes explorar los reinos que no estaban y la mayoría de ellos son mundos enormes, semiabiertos, con muchas misiones secundarias, muchos sub jefes, tesoros y muchas recompensas por descubrir.
    No le puse una nota perfecta al contenido porque al principio tiene mucho relleno, el juego es super pesado al principio, puzzles, puzzles, y más puzzles, muchos de ellos muy mal explicados. Recuerdo que en la primera misión conté como una docena de puzzles, y así sucede con las primeras tres misiones principales.
    Las misiones de Atreus son muy aburridas también, para mi aportan muy poco e incluso alentan el ritmo y disminuyen las ganas por jugar.

    Personajes/Historia: 10
    Excelente historia, personajes memorables y excelentes actuaciones. Aquí el juego es soberbio.

    Conclusión: Es un gran juego y sería perfecto de no ser porque el combate ahora es muy injusto para el jugador, lo cual lo hace muy frustante en algunos momentos, con un Kratos increíblemente más débil que la mayoría de los enemigos y los problemas de ritmo que se sienten sobre todo al principio del juego y que me hicieron muy pesado el principio del juego.    … Expand
  28. Haggy101
    Sep 8, 2023
    6
    Honest review. It's quite janky. You can walk through most of the game with melee weapon. The traversing may be the worst i have ever seen in a video game. Fly for hours and see literally nothing.
  29. AlexChen
    Sep 7, 2023
    6
    Same old game as usual. Nothing knew in this game. Not bad, but definitely not good. Baldur’s Gate 3 and Zelda this year are making Starfield even less interesting. Great games in 2023. Starfield is not one of them.
  30. mrblancoljdldb
    Sep 8, 2023
    6
    El juego es bastante bueno y a mi parecer puede ser lo mas top de este año pero por mi parte jugar 6-8 horas ya has visto la mayor parte del juego y pues si hay planetas muy vacíos
  31. Zulkar
    Sep 12, 2023
    6
    It's a decent Bethesda game with the usual Bethesda jank. It's basically fallout 4 in space. There are some truly odd choices. In all honesty this game could be a 9 out of 10 in around 6 months to a year. Once the modding community has fixed it. It's a really good game. It's just going to take time to get there. For instance, the game is optimised to run smoothly on a RTX4080 and that'sIt's a decent Bethesda game with the usual Bethesda jank. It's basically fallout 4 in space. There are some truly odd choices. In all honesty this game could be a 9 out of 10 in around 6 months to a year. Once the modding community has fixed it. It's a really good game. It's just going to take time to get there. For instance, the game is optimised to run smoothly on a RTX4080 and that's from the horse's mouth. That card accounts for like 0.53% of users on steam. So, for the vast majority of players the game looks and feels terrible to play.

    There is this huge gap between those that have the hardware to run the game and those that don't and as a game development company. Bethesda should be aware of this. The completely out of touch comment of, this is a next gen title when for most people the game looks and feels like a PS3 title. Is sadly going to mean lower scores on meta critic.

    If reviewers were honest about the game, they would review the game on a 3060. Which is the top ish part of the bell curve for gpu performance on steam. If your game does not look and feel fantastic to play on a 3060. Ur going to have a bad day in the user review section of Metacritic.    … Expand
  32. Maki89
    Sep 10, 2023
    6
    Starfield is Ok, its not really good but also not really bad, its Bethesda. Sadly it has lots of bugs and the NPC Faces are horrible. Exploring and Sidequests are Fun and the Gunplay is Ok.
  33. Skollvaldr
    Sep 10, 2023
    6
    I genuinely don't understand how people rate this a 0 or a 10. This game is mediocrity personified. It was hyped up to be game of the decade, but fell short completely. Is it big? Yes. Is it worth exploring? Barely. Does it give you a high degree of freedom? Yes, but not to the level that was promised. Is that freedom enjoyable? Barely, almost everything you do feels clunky and like a chore.
  34. Kezza329
    Sep 8, 2023
    6
    Starfield is a game i originally downloaded via pc gamepass, but decided to buy on steam for early access.. and i'm not going to lie, its not what we were promised. its a bethesda game through n through, so if thats enough for you, youll love this. however, the constant emphasis on the 'immersion" "unparrelled freedom", and yet i dont see either. all the exploring is done mostly throughStarfield is a game i originally downloaded via pc gamepass, but decided to buy on steam for early access.. and i'm not going to lie, its not what we were promised. its a bethesda game through n through, so if thats enough for you, youll love this. however, the constant emphasis on the 'immersion" "unparrelled freedom", and yet i dont see either. all the exploring is done mostly through load screens and menus, you dont actually do most of the flying yourself, except in orbit between load times, and in fights. besides that, everything is done for you. theres very little faith in the players capabilities to do it themselves, and it takes you straight out of the game and its world, by taking control.. like as an optional feature, sure i can see it being useful and great.. but as the main and only means to transporting yourself round the world, it gets boring.

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

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

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

    summary: this game couldve been a genre defining GOTY exclusive, but has ultimately been laid flat,with the countless words being sprung out of petes mouth, that ultimately mis communicated somewhere along the way of what to expect with this game. is this game bad? no.. depends. if youre looking for an immersive flight exploration game, AVOID THIS. if you're looking for fallout in space without much ship exploration manually done.. and you can bare loading screen after loading screen, then this is for you. ive played over 50 hours to form this opinion, and it just aint what we were told it would be. too much promises, and very little delivery, its a beautiful game, and one of the smoother BGS's experiences to date, however with a uninspiring main story, and tedious exploration system that makes starfield fall flat on its face. once youve finished the game once, after 50 hours i feel very little urge to jump back on, instead im going back to star citizen and elite dangerous.. i hope with updates, mods, and the expansion, alot of these issues are resolved. but rn, id say wait for a sale.    … Expand
  35. Maikadiel
    Sep 7, 2023
    6
    Um jogo nota 6, não mais que isso. Prometeu muito para o que trouxe, muitos loadings e bugs. Pouca exploração, personagens sem carisma e alma, onde faz com que você não ligue para a história do jogo. Alguns irão gostar, eu não gostei, por esses motivos minha nota é 6
  36. LanceCM
    Sep 8, 2023
    6
    I was not excited for the game, but i tried it anyway because i played lot of Skyrim. This sadly is not close to Skyrim at space, its just boring go play side quest or do something else then main story. Pretty sad for the money. This game could be good Shooter game not rpg.
  37. Mauleonel188
    Sep 8, 2023
    6
    buen juego a secas, pero no supero espectativas y recae en las mismas cadencias que tienen la mayoria de los juegos de xbox, sin alma y no atendiendo detalles pequeños pero importantes para un exclusivo.

    tal vez en unos años pueda ser mejor, algo parecido a lo que paso con ciberpunk
  38. Ezio1459
    Sep 7, 2023
    6
    游戏看样子做的很宏大，但是贴图宇宙成为了一个无法避免的问题（已有UP用时间证明，人工驾驶飞船飞向星球后，当距离成为0后，继续向前，就瞬间穿越了贴图），与其这样，干脆做成各种传送门算了。
  39. Pandoa
    Sep 10, 2023
    6
    Good game, but like all games, it has its downsides.
    Bugs:
    As is obvious, it contains bugs. During my hours of gameplay, I have encountered several bugs; some of them do not affect the gaming experience, while others do, such as not being able to damage enemies. Exploration: Another point is the exploration. The game has many loading screens that break immersion. Exploring the planets can    Good game, but like all games, it has its downsides.
    Bugs:
    As is obvious, it contains bugs. During my hours of gameplay, I have encountered several bugs; some of them do not affect the gaming experience, while others do, such as not being able to damage enemies.
    Exploration:
    Another point is the exploration. The game has many loading screens that break immersion. Exploring the planets can be annoying because you have to walk long distances in some places since there are no vehicles you can use.
    Story:
    I can't speak much about the story because I've only completed a few missions. From what little I've seen of the story, I have loved it.
    Side Quests:
    I've been playing more side quests than the main story, and I've loved them. There are typical missions like delivering a package or killing a target with little story, but there are other side quests that have a much better-developed story and can be longer than the game's main story.

    Enemies are bullet sponges; be prepared to spend a lot of ammunition if your weapon doesn't do much damage.
    The artificial intelligence of NPCs and enemies is quite "dumb."
    You can encounter several bugs.
    Too many loading screens.    … Expand
  40. Drizztdorage
    Sep 9, 2023
    6
    After all this waiting and hype, it should be better than this. Graphics, voice acting, facial expressions... it all looks so 2015. There are many other troubling aspects of the game, like traveling. Gunfights are no better than Fallout 4. Story is not as good (I dare say not even as humorous as Outer Worlds). It provides nothing that's groundbreaking. Overall it's decent game that didn'tAfter all this waiting and hype, it should be better than this. Graphics, voice acting, facial expressions... it all looks so 2015. There are many other troubling aspects of the game, like traveling. Gunfights are no better than Fallout 4. Story is not as good (I dare say not even as humorous as Outer Worlds). It provides nothing that's groundbreaking. Overall it's decent game that didn't deliver on any expectations.… Expand
  41. Smalink
    Sep 7, 2023
    6
    Ok game but it feels broken. I don't want to explore as mich as others Bethesda games because of loading everywhere.
  42. RomieRamsay
    Sep 8, 2023
    6
    In fact and without prejudice: the plot is lame, third-party quests are mega-boring, the artificial intelligence of the game of the 2005 model, and of course loading after the loading screen. I'm afraid that there are things that Starfield will never fix. I'm so sorry to all the fans of this genre, I am silent about the lack of Russian language, thnx!
  43. Mitch_91
    Sep 7, 2023
    6
    Starfield Review - A Disappointing Space Odyssey
    Starfield, Bethesda Game Studios' long-awaited space RPG, has finally hit the shelves. Unfortunately, this galactic adventure has left much to be desired, earning a lackluster 6 out of 10.
    The Bad: 1. Endless Loading Screens: Starfield is plagued by excessively frequent loading screens that disrupt the flow of the game. The frequent    Starfield Review - A Disappointing Space Odyssey
    Starfield, Bethesda Game Studios' long-awaited space RPG, has finally hit the shelves. Unfortunately, this galactic adventure has left much to be desired, earning a lackluster 6 out of 10.
    The Bad:
    1. Endless Loading Screens: Starfield is plagued by excessively frequent loading screens that disrupt the flow of the game. The frequent interruptions detract from the overall experience.
    2. No Seamless Travel: Despite the vastness of its universe, Starfield fails to deliver seamless travel between planets and space stations. Instead, players are forced to endure more loading screens when traveling between celestial bodies, making the game feel disjointed.
    3. Buggy Mess: Bethesda's reputation for releasing buggy games remains intact with Starfield. The game is riddled with technical issues, ranging from game-breaking bugs to bizarre graphical glitches. These problems are inexcusable for a studio of Bethesda's caliber.
    4. Encumbrance System: Starfield's encumbrance system is frustrating and punitive, making inventory management a chore. It stifles exploration and detracts from the enjoyment of the game.
    5. Missing Maps: Starfield lacks comprehensive maps for its various planets and locations, leaving players feeling lost and disoriented in its sprawling universe. This absence of navigational aids hampers the overall experience.
    6. Missing Vehicles: While the game's universe offers the potential for exciting vehicle-based exploration, Starfield falls short in delivering a variety of vehicles for players to enjoy. This lack of diversity in transportation options limits the sense of adventure.
    The Mediocre:
    1. Ambitious Universe: Starfield's universe is indeed vast and visually impressive. However, it's ultimately a beautiful but hollow shell, lacking the depth and interactivity that would truly make it shine.
    2. Immersive Worldbuilding: While the game's lore and worldbuilding are extensive, they don't make up for the lackluster storytelling and underdeveloped characters. The potential for a rich narrative is squandered in favor of a generic space opera.
    3. Spaceflight Mechanics: While spaceflight controls are serviceable, they lack the depth and challenge that would have made them truly engaging.
    4. Repetitive Side Content: Starfield's side activities quickly become monotonous, offering little in the way of variety or excitement. The universe may be vast, but it often feels empty and devoid of meaningful content.
    In summary, Starfield is a game that promised to be an epic space adventure but falls disappointingly short. The loading screens, lack of seamless travel, and numerous technical issues hinder what could have been an immersive experience. Coupled with a frustrating encumbrance system, missing maps, and a lack of diverse vehicles, Starfield's flaws far outweigh its few redeeming qualities. It's a missed opportunity, and one can't help but feel that Bethesda could have done better. Maybe future patches will fix these problems and make the game, what it should have been to begin with.    … Expand
  44. MVS91
    Sep 7, 2023
    6
    The game isn't bad, just dated. If they had released Starfield 10 years ago, I would say this game was groundbreaking. Nowadays compared to games of the same theme, it is not innovative.
  45. Murath
    Sep 7, 2023
    6
    Expect more from this game, the hype that was presented was very high which does not fulfill what was promised, graphics that are not next-gen, bad physics that are the same as fallout 4. It has some things that are fun but it is lost when Bugs are presented that break the immersion of the game.
  46. DARKSIDERS03
    Sep 7, 2023
    6
    "Starfield" generó bastante hype en la comunidad de xbox. Dejando Starfield con expectativas altas, en lo personal a mi no me llamo mucho la atención de lo que se mostró hace 2 meses.

    Starfield : Es una aventura de ciencia ficción en la que el ser humano a llevando su vida a otros planetas a lo largo y ancho del universo. Comienza en una excavación remota en la que descubrimos un    "Starfield" generó bastante hype en la comunidad de xbox. Dejando Starfield con expectativas altas, en lo personal a mi no me llamo mucho la atención de lo que se mostró hace 2 meses.

    Starfield : Es una aventura de ciencia ficción en la que el ser humano a llevando su vida a otros planetas a lo largo y ancho del universo. Comienza en una excavación remota en la que descubrimos un artefacto con el único objetivo de explorar el universo e investigar mas acerca del artefacto.

    1.- No se puede recorrer con total libertad, hay limites establecidos.
    2.- Hay planetas sin contenido, es decir con algunos puntos de interés (Se generan de manera automática) se siente como si no hubiera exploración.
    3.- Las primeras horas se desarrolla bien, aunque se vuelve simple y olvida-ble (Se disfruta no es tan malo).
    4.- Algunas misiones secundarias están bien trabajadas, aun que son muy pocas.
    5.- Algún “NPC” que se encuentra explorando te mandan a ir de un punto A a un punto B, ir a realizar mazmorras (por a si decirlo) a por un determinado botín, se puede eliminar a todo el mundo o puedes terminarlo de manera pacifica, tomas el objeto o lo que te pidieron realizar y vuelves a entregar el objeto en cuestión para cobrar la recompensa.
    6.- El apartado grafico a mejorado bastante (Aunque sigue siendo el mismo motor viejo).
    7.- No tiene nada innovador en cuanto a mecánicas de juego, honestamente ya se han visto en otros juegos.
    8.-Hay vistas maravillosas.
    9.- Crear tu nave esta genial, aunque es muy costoso.
    10.-Hay BUGS …. algunos crasheos no frecuentes.
    11.- La inteligencia artificial es HORRIBLE… Los anteriores juegos de Bethesda Game Studios tenían una buena IA.
    12.- Mejoraron el progreso de subir de nivel y otros aspectos (Ya visto en fallout 76).
    13.- Por lo visto los medios (no todos) mencionan maravillas la cual es todo lo contrario.

    Como jugador de varias plataformas, hay que ser honestos el juego tiene una calificación muy alta 86 (PARA LO QUE NOS OFRECE). Debido a los medios que tiene xbox y que (Solamente se dedican a hacer reportajes de dicha plataforma “ESTÁN COMPRADOS ES DECIR, QUE DEBEN DAR BUENA PUNTUACIÓN SI O SI”).

    EN CONCLUSIÓN ES UN BUEN JUEGO (SE DISFRUTA POR ALGUNAS HORAS) MENCIONADO ANTERIORMENTE SE VUELVE REPETITIVO Y OLVIDABLE.

    NO CUMPLE CON LAS EXPECTATIVAS QUE NOS VENDIÓ BETHESDA (LO PUDE JUGAR 5 DÍAS ANTES PORQUE COMPRE LA EDICIÓN PREMIUM).

    EN STEAM PUEDEN ENTRAR Y VER QUE EL JUEGO NO CUMPLE (PARA QUE NO DIGAN A ESQUE ERES DE PLAYSTATION XD).

    MI PUNTUACIÓN FINAL ES DE 65.    … Expand
  47. stu2012
    Sep 7, 2023
    6
    Horrendous facial animations and the worst npc behavior in the market. You might think that they have improved their engine since Oblivion, but I am pretty sure it is the same engine just with better textures. It is actually funny to watch videos of 15 years ago and seeing how npcs act in the same way as a game of 2023. Nevertheless if you have never played any other game aside fromHorrendous facial animations and the worst npc behavior in the market. You might think that they have improved their engine since Oblivion, but I am pretty sure it is the same engine just with better textures. It is actually funny to watch videos of 15 years ago and seeing how npcs act in the same way as a game of 2023. Nevertheless if you have never played any other game aside from Skyrim/Fallout you might enjoy this one.… Expand
  48. hyogom00
    Sep 7, 2023
    6
    Too outdated graphic engine, very crude animations and too many loading screens to be a game of the new generation. In terms of gameplay and content it is quite extensive and fun, but it has too many technical deficiencies
  49. Jobo3010
    Sep 7, 2023
    6
    I was looking forward to this game being the reason owning an Xbox was more than playing older titles. I even had it pre-ordered until I saw the demo and Bethesda explain what kind of game they were making, so I canceled and would wait for it to go on sale or Gamepass. Luckily Microsoft's business model is geared towards its subscription service, so I got this game day 1 for a month atI was looking forward to this game being the reason owning an Xbox was more than playing older titles. I even had it pre-ordered until I saw the demo and Bethesda explain what kind of game they were making, so I canceled and would wait for it to go on sale or Gamepass. Luckily Microsoft's business model is geared towards its subscription service, so I got this game day 1 for a month at $17, and honestly it's not a bad deal considering how disappointing the game was. I've anyways enjoyed Bethesda games in the past, with wide vistas, an interactive world with deep lore and winding stories with a few narrative choices for the player, and a leveling system that helped build all the immersion. With Starfield you certainly get the wide open maps, a heavy amount of world building and lore, but everything else feels watered down. There's no improvement to the formula with this game, it really does feel like a 4k rework of Fallout 4 with a space themed expansion. Conversation chains are redundant beyond story interaction where you choose to talk, buy, or fight out of a situation. Besides the distracting and aged face modeling and reactions, you can upset an NPC so that they 'won't talk to you again' and then just start the conversation over and try a different choice path. Interaction with the world is limited to picking up things, hitting buttons, or talking to people (besides combat). For instance: in Fallout 4 you could find a dozen computers to hack or read through to piece together a mystery through pages of context and access secret areas all in a single dungeon. In Starfield you can wander an entire city finding a few consoles to interact with that look like menus out of a PS2 era RPG, with context delivered in a few sentences. That's kind of the game in a nutshell: you get a fraction of the effort spread over an exponentially larger and emptier world. Space exploration is little more than resource hunting and developing, as there is an outpost management game that's a grown up version of what's in Fallout 4, and instead of building a power suit, now you can build ships! But the ship building isn't very in depth right now without Bethesda stripping it's mod community for content thanks to its very anti-player user agreement. The space battles are fine and the only real new thing in the game, but they're mostly forgettable considering anything else in the market like Rebel Galaxy or Elite Dangerous. The lack of depth in ship development and modification also makes most space battles not only straight forward, but really repetitive, almost a copy and paste of the ground combat. Ground combat is next to awful. Gunplay is fine, feels like a smoothed out version of Fallout 4, but controls are still clunky at times. Despite the variety of weapons adding some spice to combat, it's generally ruined by the awful AI that moves at random or not at all, acting more often as spongy sitting ducks that occasionally shoot back and glue themselves to cover.

    The game looks great and there's plenty to look at, so I've found some fun there and in some of the side quests, but like everything else in the game it's all skin deep. Exposing a corrupt politician at the end of a storyline only to have him there in his office weeks later in game and talk to you like it was the first time meeting and nothing has happened... you see it constantly and it just shatters the illusion. Bethesda tried building a giant lake instead of a deep and interesting pool, but it's only a few feet deep at parts, and often it feels like a puddle.

    I'm glad I tried it on Gamepass because it's not terrible, I'm having some fun with it, but it is a massive letdown. I might try to finish the main story and hope it doesn't play out exactly like it seems, but I'm not holding my breath and I'll eventually get bored with this and leave it for good. There's just not enough here at the core of the game to come back to, so even a better story with actual characters wouldn't hide the bland undercoat here.    … Expand
  50. Bigshow22
    Sep 7, 2023
    6
    This game is just ok.
    So many things that are ok,
    Good aspects including somewhat decent story but it’s held back by the fact that the characters don’t seem to understand or change dynamics based on out comes. Combat and enemy Ai is ok to bad. Exploring is limited. Graphics are ok to good. Loading screens ruin the gameplay feeling slightly. Performance is fine. No matter what shills    This game is just ok.
    So many things that are ok,

    Good aspects including somewhat decent story but it’s held back by the fact that the characters don’t seem to understand or change dynamics based on out comes.

    Combat and enemy Ai is ok to bad.
    Exploring is limited.
    Graphics are ok to good.
    Loading screens ruin the gameplay feeling slightly.
    Performance is fine.

    No matter what shills like XboxEra say
    This game is ok. We need to stop faking reviews.    … Expand
  51. Critchy87
    Sep 7, 2023
    6
    About 25 hours in and it’s a ok game def doesn’t live up to the hype. The side quests are decent, main story is mediocre, the ai is seriously dumb I mean they stack on top of each other for you to mow them down. The space combat is atrocious it’s like your a linear point in space and space just moves around you. You can’t land on a planet. The npc and their facial expressions lookAbout 25 hours in and it’s a ok game def doesn’t live up to the hype. The side quests are decent, main story is mediocre, the ai is seriously dumb I mean they stack on top of each other for you to mow them down. The space combat is atrocious it’s like your a linear point in space and space just moves around you. You can’t land on a planet. The npc and their facial expressions look laughable especially for next gen. I have yet to run into an alien with intelligence. This game should have been a 10 for as long as it was in development and it’s not even close to that. The only real great things about it are the ship building different weapons and side quests other than that it’s a boring overhyped game that I have to beat cause I bought the early access otherwise I can’t justify the purchase. Prob will pick up on pc once the moders make it a more exciting game till then it’s pretty boring.… Expand
  52. Holynarwhale87
    Sep 7, 2023
    6
    Do you like Bethesda design formula, do you like space and/or sci-fi. If you answered no to any of these then dont bother. That being said its a fun but quite tedious experience.
  53. Leopash117
    Sep 7, 2023
    6
    Just a fallout reskin in space nothing interesting to see and doesn’t feel as advanced as people was hyping
  54. Andre82
    Sep 7, 2023
    6
    Starts off too slow and too many loading screens for every thing you do. It’s a decent game at best, not my cup of tea. Carry on.
  55. Ker1289
    Sep 7, 2023
    6
    Es un buen juego me gusta mucho la temática de el espacio pero hay cosas que me sacan de onda las pantallas de carga son una molestia cortas pero existen muchas y muy seguidas la inteligencia artificial da asco los npc son horribles la expresiones se notan muy del 2010 mucho planeta completamente vacío lastima que no existan vehículos o monturas y la exploración espacial es bastante malaEs un buen juego me gusta mucho la temática de el espacio pero hay cosas que me sacan de onda las pantallas de carga son una molestia cortas pero existen muchas y muy seguidas la inteligencia artificial da asco los npc son horribles la expresiones se notan muy del 2010 mucho planeta completamente vacío lastima que no existan vehículos o monturas y la exploración espacial es bastante mala el juego no está mal pero jamás en mi opinión jamás sería ni otra ser candidato a goty del año… Expand
  56. Rauin
    Sep 7, 2023
    6
    Poor optimization, loading screen every time you enter a location, graphics from 2011. This game is basically Skyrim's space mode.
  57. Turamao
    Sep 7, 2023
    6
    If u don’t follow the main story u are lost in this game. Everything that doesn't have relation with that is **** exploration, combat, interaction with npc, bad AI, lots of menus, bad combat in ship, bugs, glitches and performance. Otherwise the main story is good.
  58. tsukiyashinokis
    Sep 8, 2023
    6
    Dont know how to cancel rating cas I played on PC. But I do think XGP ruin great games.
  59. HuanSon
    Sep 8, 2023
    6
    Just another unready game thats releasd to early. The fakt thats there is no release for ps5 is 1 point minus
  60. Levi55
    Sep 8, 2023
    6
    Das Spiel hat wirklich Potenzial, wurde aber nicht ausgenutzt. Ich hoffe das ändert sich mit Updates oder Mods. Was mich am meisten stört, sind die total doofen NPCs. Bsp: ich komme an ein streng bewachtes Gebäude, der Typ an der Tür sagt, ich habe hier nix zu suchen und soll mich verpisssen. Anschließend geh ich hinter ihm, klaue seinen Schlüssel und gehe vor seinen Augen in das GebäudeDas Spiel hat wirklich Potenzial, wurde aber nicht ausgenutzt. Ich hoffe das ändert sich mit Updates oder Mods. Was mich am meisten stört, sind die total doofen NPCs. Bsp: ich komme an ein streng bewachtes Gebäude, der Typ an der Tür sagt, ich habe hier nix zu suchen und soll mich verpisssen. Anschließend geh ich hinter ihm, klaue seinen Schlüssel und gehe vor seinen Augen in das Gebäude rein und er sagt garnix. Ich nehme alles mit was ich tragen kann und spaziere wieder raus und keinen interessiert es. Da geht die ganze Immersion dahin. Man nehme sich ein Beispiel an das über 20 Jahre alte Game Gothic
    Oder ich komm in ein Laden, töte den Security Typ und verprügle den Händler. 5 Sekunden später sprech ich ihn an und er sagt "Herzlich Willkommen..." so ein ****
    Die Gesichtstexturen find ich auch total schlimm, das könnte aber auch an meiner Grafikkarte liegen.    … Expand
  61. mikiekelso
    Sep 8, 2023
    6
    That 'magical' Bethesda feeling in this game is just not there. The freedom to go anywhere is just not there. The memorable moments and characters is just not there. I really wanted to love Starfield. But I can unfortunately just give it a mild recommendation
  62. Homerdalors
    Sep 8, 2023
    6
    Il à 10 ans de retard et c'est un fallout dans l'espace, les mods vont augmenter la qualité de vie par la suite ce qui est dommage c'est que Bugthesda compte dessus :
    Les moins :
    -Pas de véhicules à part les vaisseaux et c'est chiant -Répétitivité des textures -Beaucoup de bugs mineurs, perso qui volent, textures, collisions, animations... -Synchro labiales inexistantes -Animation    Il à 10 ans de retard et c'est un fallout dans l'espace, les mods vont augmenter la qualité de vie par la suite ce qui est dommage c'est que Bugthesda compte dessus :
    Les moins :
    -Pas de véhicules à part les vaisseaux et c'est chiant
    -Répétitivité des textures
    -Beaucoup de bugs mineurs, perso qui volent, textures, collisions, animations...
    -Synchro labiales inexistantes
    -Animation faciale horrible
    -Répétitivité de tout
    -IA catastrophique
    -La pire interface que je n’ai jamais utilisé
    -Combat spéciaux compliqué à prendre en main
    -Absence de tuto certaines fonctionnalités se débloquent via la quête principale, sauf qu'elles auraient été utiles, beaucoup, beaucoup plus tôt
    -C'est beaucoup trop facile et augmenter la difficulté ne fais que rajouter des pv aux ennemis
    -Les visages qui restent fixe durant les dialogues
    -On peut avoir la meilleure armure du jeu dès le début du coup ça casse tout...
    -Rien est unique, vous pouvez trouver le vaisseau spécial d'une certaine quête, il sera craftable car aucune pièce n'est inédite
    -Système de compétences trop long, quand vous arrivez à peu prés au build voulu, vous avez finit le jeu du coup vous ne pouvez pas profiter de toutes les compétences...
    -Aucunes diversité de la faune et la flore, j'aurais aimé me sentir en danger sur une planète inconnue mais même à main nu vous peter tout sans forcer.
    -Vous armures / vêtements ont des stats qui ne servent a rien quasi imperceptible
    -L'oxygène est mal réparti, vous sprintez 100m c'est fini
    -On est vite limité en stockage et l'absence de tuto pour savoir ou quoi et comment faire est horrible
    -Sans exagérer 20% d'une session de jeu c'est du temps de chargement.
    -Au début avec le maximum de minutie et de précaution c'est IMPOSSIBLE de jouer discrètement.
    -Jet pack faiblard même en endgame
    -Quand vous faites quelques choses de mal (même sans le savoir) vos compagnons peuvent tout simplement faire la gueule et bloquer la quête, comme ça, sans raison
    -CAMERA DU VAISSEAU FIXE ! si vous en avez un gros vous ne voyez que la moitié...
    -Commandes du vaisseau Nulles
    -Pas de clavier AZERTY
    -Pas possible de régler la luminosité ni le fov
    -Pas de map, aucune, rien, les points d'intérêts sont tout le temps introuvables c'est horrible...
    -Pas de diversité, vos ennemis des spatiards de l'espace en combi rouge à 90% du temps, avec les mêmes armes...
    -Optimisation douteuse, 7800X3D, 7900XTX, DDR5, SSDgen4 1to... et je tombe à 60fps en ville en ultra ... c'est correct mais c'est dommage parce que la ville est vraiment moche.
    -Quelquefois on s'ennuie, parce que c’est vite redondant
    -Les dialogues sont mous à cause de cette cam fixe
    -On ne peut pas se mettre à couvert
    -Impossible d’aller sous l’eau, et si ça vous arrive d’une quelconque manière, vous perdrez des points de vies
    -Pas de recul des armes, manque de réalisme, pas d’impact et le côté rpg fait que vous avez des stats mais c’est hyper mal foutu…
    -Beaucoup de pompage sur no man sky
    -Des artefact, items, ou autre dont on ne sait tout simplement pas quoi en faire ?
    -Impossibilité de décoller et d’atterrir par nous-même donc le vaisseau sert uniquement dans l’espace.
    -Le modèle de sauvegarde, vous mourrez et rechargé la sauvegarde, ce qui ne donne pas vraiment de challenge, puisqu’au pire on perd 10 à 15 min de jeu, ça aurait été cool de se faire peter le vaisseau et d’avoir de vraies conséquences.
    -La prison, obligé de se faire arrêter pour lancer une quête qui selon moi est la mieux réussi du jeu…
    -On entend parler de pleins de trucs dans les dialogues, on n’en voit jamais la couleur…

    Pour les points positifs :
    -Des quêtes partout presque trop, dont beaucoup de Fedex mais ça reste du contenu...
    -Le scénario permet au joueur de se poser des questions, c'est ce que j'estime être un bon scénario
    -Densité de personne au m² élevé (moyennant une config pouvant le supporter)
    -De l'humour de temps en temps et des quêtes secondaire hyper intéressantes
    -Beaucoup de Lore, dur à comprendre, mais qui rajoute de la densité à l'univers
    -Le temps qui passe différemment suivant l'astre sur lequel on se trouve -Le fait de pouvoir faire tout ce que l'on veut passer la première heure -Des gravités réaliste -Quelques jump sacre -Du loot à foison -Des combiset tenues assez diversifiés -Des armes fun et multiples -Il y a des scènes, des références et des moments qui peuvent donner le sourire, comme la larme à l'œil -Une semaine après la sortie anticipée on compte déjà 881 mods sur Nexus et le modtool n'est même pas encore disponible, donc un très fort potentiel de modding qui va tout changer -Un mod multi aurait été incroyable -La construction d’avant post avec beaucoup d’éléments et beaucoup de possibilité -Beaucoup de possibilité dans les dialogues -La construction de vaisseau est sympa et satisfaisante    … Expand
  63. vh_Fe
    Sep 8, 2023
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I was very disappointed that Bethesda only delivered 60% of what it promised. The game's graphics are outdated, bethesda stopped in time, the game was made in a totally dirty and lazy way, totally dirty optimization, too many bugs, totally boring story, there's only conversation, totally ugly npcs, action parts have no emotion, very weak exploitation. And bethesda's most boring game!… Expand
  64. Crispywebb
    Sep 8, 2023
    6
    Though the game is entertaining, it definitely doesn't live up to all the hype its been getting. There's tons of loading screens, the space travel in ship just feels like an interactive loading screen, character model faces look very outdated & theres still alot of bugs/glitches to workout. Maybe in a couple years the modding community will be able to fix it.
  65. inflames991
    Sep 8, 2023
    6
    I tried to like it but after 4 hours I couldn't do it anymore it doesn't even run well on my 4090, the characters feel so lifeless with sub par dialogue and animations, AI is buggy, UI is bad, the list goes on.
  66. guico
    Sep 8, 2023
    6
    I spent 6h playing, with 2h just to test improvement mods for this game.

    • The performance is terrible. Even playing with an 11th generation i7 and a RTX 3070 and on the SSD (it's not from China), on medium settings the game runs between 40/60fps, and in urban areas it drops to 25. You can improve this with mods, but you lose quality. • Weak AI, stupid enemies that become damage    I spent 6h playing, with 2h just to test improvement mods for this game.

    • The performance is terrible. Even playing with an 11th generation i7 and a RTX 3070 and on the SSD (it's not from China), on medium settings the game runs between 40/60fps, and in urban areas it drops to 25. You can improve this with mods, but you lose quality.
    • Weak AI, stupid enemies that become damage sponges, it's frustrating.
    • Inventory hard to use, with a lot of time spent on loot, you have to use another mod to make it more intuitive.
    • Lack of map in the cities, creating frustrating navigation and forced memorization of locations.
    • Problematic ship navigation with many loadings and infinite fast travels, you have to remember where you've been.
    • Bugged and horrible NPCs, a trademark of Bethesda titles.

    The whole gameplay is a mix of very good moments with very bad ones, and you get the feeling that you are playing something unfinished, it will be another title from Bethesda that the community will have to fix    … Expand
  67. SquirreTeamSix
    Sep 9, 2023
    6
    Fun to play and explore but Bethesda hasn't innovated in anyway in 12 years and it's tiresome. This game is narratively very weak, and the companions are very cringy and annoying at times. Very few moments in the game impressed me, and the vast majority were a disappointment. The only real fun I've had is customizing my ship and exploring places when they are carbon copies of things I'veFun to play and explore but Bethesda hasn't innovated in anyway in 12 years and it's tiresome. This game is narratively very weak, and the companions are very cringy and annoying at times. Very few moments in the game impressed me, and the vast majority were a disappointment. The only real fun I've had is customizing my ship and exploring places when they are carbon copies of things I've already explored. The menus are extremely grating overtime as well… Expand
  68. thescruffyfox
    Sep 9, 2023
    6
    So at 53 years old and a gamer at that, it is safe to say that I have some experience. Games like fallout and skyrim are at the top of my list. So here is my humble take on the game 30 hours in. Story isn't bad. The characters are a little over chatty. The universe feels small because of the fast travel. The combat is where I feel the game falls a little flat and when you see the sameSo at 53 years old and a gamer at that, it is safe to say that I have some experience. Games like fallout and skyrim are at the top of my list. So here is my humble take on the game 30 hours in. Story isn't bad. The characters are a little over chatty. The universe feels small because of the fast travel. The combat is where I feel the game falls a little flat and when you see the same base design over and over even on the same planet, that was the deal breaker for me. I've stopped playing for now. Maybe mods can save it.… Expand
  69. Falconyy
    Sep 9, 2023
    6
    not my type of game. Most of the things you do are very repetetive, with some small highlights.
  70. RenanDX
    Sep 9, 2023
    6
    An average game has nothing innovative with a mediocre story but the biggest problems are the lies and proposals that were given to us and did not deliver the game is not bad but it is far from being good
  71. Gustavo2277
    Sep 9, 2023
    6
    Terminé la campaña que me tomo casi 3 días saltándome las secundarias y hasta el momento no puedo darle más de un 6 el juego está tapado de tiempos de carga, el 95% de las misiones son todas iguales una que otra se salva como la de ir cambiando entre dimensiones, gráficamente en ciudades tampoco impresiona y me he topado con unos Bugs rompe partidas como la de quedar pegado dentro delTerminé la campaña que me tomo casi 3 días saltándome las secundarias y hasta el momento no puedo darle más de un 6 el juego está tapado de tiempos de carga, el 95% de las misiones son todas iguales una que otra se salva como la de ir cambiando entre dimensiones, gráficamente en ciudades tampoco impresiona y me he topado con unos Bugs rompe partidas como la de quedar pegado dentro del diálogo con un personaje.… Expand
  72. JustMeChristian
    Sep 10, 2023
    6
    It would have been a 7 if it was not full of crashes and game breaking bugs.

    Pro: - Good game to waste some time before something better comes along. Plenty of missions and activities, managing your outpost or customize your ship - Ok combat, not the best, not the worst Cons: - Unintuitive: This game is clearly not for a new player. Nothing is explain. I played over 20 hours and    It would have been a 7 if it was not full of crashes and game breaking bugs.

    Pro:

    - Good game to waste some time before something better comes along. Plenty of missions and activities, managing your outpost or customize your ship
    - Ok combat, not the best, not the worst

    Cons:
    - Unintuitive: This game is clearly not for a new player. Nothing is explain. I played over 20 hours and I still don't understand most of the stuff. Tutorials and "hints" do not help at all
    - Too much is not something good: Too many things to take care of, give me the impression that things were thrown in there just so the game can be "huge".
    - Grinding: Crafting is awful - Spend 10 hours to get some skill points > Skill Up > Gather materials to research > Go research > Gather materials to craft > Get +1 bullet in your gun. This is just awful
    - NPC: Their faces... No expression, no nothing. Reminds me of the "My face is tired" incident in Mass Effect Andromeda
    - Repetitive: Activities and MISC mission in particular are boring and repetitive and gives you almost nothing. Planets, systems, starts - just a joke, copy paste assets just to give the sentiment of exploring a whole multiverse. Go to the stairs up and down > Take the elevator > wait for loading screen    … Expand
  73. WAGNERX10x
    Sep 10, 2023
    6
    Jogo muito abaixo do que foi prometido uma decepção, Promessas não cumpridas e muita propaganda enganosa.
  74. SalazarGOAT
    Sep 10, 2023
    6
    A Promising Odyssey Marred by Technical Hurdles

    Starfield for Xbox Series X brings an epic space adventure to life, with a captivating story, rich details, and immersive world interaction. The universe crafted in this game is nothing short of breathtaking, promising hours of exploration and intrigue. The narrative is a standout feature, weaving a compelling tale that keeps players    A Promising Odyssey Marred by Technical Hurdles

    Starfield for Xbox Series X brings an epic space adventure to life, with a captivating story, rich details, and immersive world interaction. The universe crafted in this game is nothing short of breathtaking, promising hours of exploration and intrigue.

    The narrative is a standout feature, weaving a compelling tale that keeps players engaged from start to finish. The attention to detail in the game world is commendable, creating an environment that feels both vast and lived-in. Every nook and cranny holds a secret, waiting to be discovered.

    However, the experience is dampened by the frustratingly long loading times, sometimes stretching to a tedious 10 seconds. This occasional lag disrupts the flow of the game, pulling players out of the immersive world.

    Regrettably, technical issues prove to be the Achilles' heel of Starfield. The game is plagued by an abundance of bugs that mar the gameplay experience. A particularly severe bug forced me to restart the game after investing 50 hours, as a main questline became irreversibly glitched. This hiccup was only the tip of the iceberg, as subsequent missions were also riddled with bugs, rendering them impossible to complete. Sound issues added to the frustration, occasionally necessitating a full Xbox reboot.

    Furthermore, sporadic crashes proved to be a recurring issue. The game's instability became a constant source of concern, interrupting what should have been an otherwise immersive experience.

    In spite of its lofty ambitions, Starfield's technical shortcomings hold it back from greatness. With some much-needed patches and updates, this game has the potential to ascend to the stars it so ambitiously aims for. For now, it remains a journey marked by equal parts wonder and frustration.    … Expand
  75. Milktray08
    Sep 10, 2023
    6
    I honestly would of gave this game a solid 8, not my favourite Bethesda game but still a very good adventure all the same. I was very happy until my game just kept crashing, several key missions on two of three different story lines just hammered the performance of my Xbox causing the game to crash. The main story line isn’t great but I have been enjoying these side missions but always atI honestly would of gave this game a solid 8, not my favourite Bethesda game but still a very good adventure all the same. I was very happy until my game just kept crashing, several key missions on two of three different story lines just hammered the performance of my Xbox causing the game to crash. The main story line isn’t great but I have been enjoying these side missions but always at a near end mission where they throw the kitchen sink at you, it cant handle it. I understand why other have scored higher but my personal has caused me to cancel gamepass and shelf the Xbox, such a frustrating situation especially after 30ish good hours before.… Expand
  76. deki89
    Sep 10, 2023
    6
    MINUS: Outdated animations. Outdated engine. Too much Loading screen. Grinding. Typical Bethesda bugs. Boring exploring. Strange flight controls. PLUS: Solid optimization on X. Interesting characters. SHORT: Not in top 5 space games, even StarCitizen pre- alpha is 5x better and more interesting and fun. DISSAPOINTING
  77. Stewart1991
    Sep 11, 2023
    6
    Really disappointed with this.. wanted to like it so bad but the exploration is awful with completely barron worlds that contain basically one lifeform/animal and invisible walls everywhere. If you expecting skyrim or fallout in space you will be hugely disappointed with this. It fails massively in comparison with mass effect or even the outer world in my opinion.
  78. CHIDLER
    Sep 11, 2023
    6
    It was 2006 when I first turned on Oblivion, hadn't had an Xbox long and I remember venturing out of the sewer to be greeted with a feeling of being truly overwhelmed. What a game that was for the time.

    I am yet to experience this with Starfield - premise is good, flying around the infinite universe, righting wrongs or maybe causing a few wrongs yourself. Yet I don't feel free. I    It was 2006 when I first turned on Oblivion, hadn't had an Xbox long and I remember venturing out of the sewer to be greeted with a feeling of being truly overwhelmed. What a game that was for the time.

    I am yet to experience this with Starfield - premise is good, flying around the infinite universe, righting wrongs or maybe causing a few wrongs yourself. Yet I don't feel free. I feel bound by the menu's and repetitive cut scenes.

    The storyline is a little underwhelming, characters are very wooden and the locations feel very small and very repetitive.

    You essentially travel around violently murdering very similar enemies in settings that look very similar from one another, looting very similar items that encumber you but instead of having to sell your inventory to keep yourself afloat financially you get paid ridiculously high amounts for very simple missions so now I don't really loot anyone except high ranking mission bosses for the odd rare weapon or item.

    The characters you interact with have no personality, this game is a 17+ but you'd think you were sitting through a Sunday morning church service - I have not heard one profanity or met any real characters with any menace or intimidation.

    The levelling up system seems to be a complete waste of time, as soon as I found a decent gun I was able to destroy enemies far higher in level than me, so now there is no feeling of vulnerability.

    You can choose to have a high ability of persuasion to help with conversations but honestly you are better off with going down the straight up violence route to get to your goals so it feels completely useless.

    Jumping into a new system or planet I am yet to have any real random events, I haven't been part of any real space battles or anything on a grand scale that makes me think wow WTF is going on? This game just gives the impression of Fallout 4 in space and planets may as well be jpegs in the distance. Every dock, landing, jump etc is all cutscenes and you can fast travel everywhere which frustratingly is a lot easier once you realise you can press the A button on your destination to access the travel screen.

    Combat is acceptable except the AI seems very dated, some enemies just randomly get up and flee, some enemies literally bring a knife to a gun fight and charge headlong into a hail of bullets. I have not been overly challenged with the gunplay and have found all encounters to be very similar.

    I am only 10 hours or so into the game, I will happily write a review again when I have put some serious time into this game, it is keeping me going but right off the bat - this isn't Bethesda's best game. A lot of reviewers have given the developer credit for trying to make something of such a grand scale but ultimately through repetition alone it will have a shelf life.

    its the constant jumping from load screens that underwhelm me along with it being stuck on 30fps which I was quite surprised to learn.

    A couple of bugs so far was stuck in a character conversation but the game continued and a stuck loading screen both resulting in reloads but the game saves often so this doesn't result in lost time.

    Space combat is quite good, I found myself quite enjoying it once I got to grips with the controls and is a good change from the monotony of the gunfights.

    Ultimately this game has a lot going on but doesn't do any of it exceedingly well leaving you feeling a little disappointed.

    That being said RPG's that the people want cannot be made as we do not have the technology yet to create what Starfield wants to be.

    I was hoping for a game that mixes Halo, Elite Dangerous, No Man's Sky, Otherworld's and Oblivion but sadly we have an ok game that is splitting opinions, that is entirely fair.    … Expand
  79. NewKid
    Sep 11, 2023
    6
    1. What strikes me at first? This game looks and feels old. It supposed be next gen and I didn't feel that for a moment playing XSX.
    Maybe changing or upgrading the game engine would help? I think you cannot change that feeling through game mods.
    Graphic mods sure it can be upgrade but the feeling sticks with you. 2. Space is empty and so does the planets in Starfield. It's repetitive,    1. What strikes me at first? This game looks and feels old. It supposed be next gen and I didn't feel that for a moment playing XSX.
    Maybe changing or upgrading the game engine would help? I think you cannot change that feeling through game mods.
    Graphic mods sure it can be upgrade but the feeling sticks with you.
    2. Space is empty and so does the planets in Starfield. It's repetitive, feedex, loading screen etc not something I enjoyed the most. Less, more dense and diverse planets would be much more fun to play. Walking and walking, scanning, gathering materials is simply boring.
    3. Perk wall is the next thing, everything you can do in the game is behind perk wall so don't be suprised if you have to abandon mission because you don't have needed perk.
    4. There is no need for spaceship, you teleport from one place to another through loading screens and if there was no spaceship in the game I wouldn't even care. And it's behind perk wall aswell.
    5. The game for me is a bit souless and lacking of immersion. AI is mediocre at most with some exceptions of guns fights which sometimes are actually very good, guns are responsive and feels great and I think is the best part of the game.
    6. Main story is in my opinion boring. Years of development, basically unlimited budget and that's the main story?

    So to my overall rating of 6/10 it is mediocre game with couple of good moments. If this was a PS4 game or Xbox One it would be 9/10 or goty but it's not it supposed to be next gen. I feel that this game came really to late. As I said the first thing that hits me is the outdated feel and looks of the game. It's not how AAA game from big studio with big money should look and feel like. Waiting for heavy mods and DLC as big as that in Witcher 3    … Expand
  80. Sharpsider
    Sep 12, 2023
    6
    Después de estar emocionado durante los últimos meses como aficionado a la astronomía, las primeras 10 horas del juego han destrozado todas mis expectativas. Desde repetir los mismos errores que en otros juegos teniendo que gastar horas en manejar el inventario hasta reducir los viajes con la nave a meras "cutscenes", que es lo que más me ha dolido. En definitiva, es el juego de siempre deDespués de estar emocionado durante los últimos meses como aficionado a la astronomía, las primeras 10 horas del juego han destrozado todas mis expectativas. Desde repetir los mismos errores que en otros juegos teniendo que gastar horas en manejar el inventario hasta reducir los viajes con la nave a meras "cutscenes", que es lo que más me ha dolido. En definitiva, es el juego de siempre de Bethesda (tanto con sus pros y sus contras) pero en el que el concepto de "aventura espacial" parece un añadido a última hora o tan sólo un rasgo superficial. La UI es aparatosa y poco intuitiva y creo que gasta demasiados recursos para lo regular que se ve. La historia no me ha enganchado en ningún momento, creo que los desarrolladores en general deberían intentar apartarse del protagonista "recadero", lo que menos me gusta de un juego es tener que trabajar en él, sobretodo cuando ese trabajo no es nada divertido y solo lo hago para conseguir una recompensa o progresar en la historia.

    Puntos positivos:
    - La música
    - La ambientación
    - La personalización (personaje, nave, base, etc)

    Puntos negativos:
    - La exploración (las pantallas de carga son abusivas)
    - El inventario (estoy cansado de recoger basura accidentalmente que luego tengo que vender o tirar)
    - Las misiones repetitivas    … Expand
  81. musicgamer
    Sep 12, 2023
    5
    Lots and lots to see, different ways of approaching, sone really good detail in places, huge game, plenty to do and even funny at atimes with the unpredictably that happen Bethesda games. Even the empty planets can be quite immersive just walking around reaching places and watching out for miles into a lonely desolate world, and can be a nice change. A game that where you decide to go andLots and lots to see, different ways of approaching, sone really good detail in places, huge game, plenty to do and even funny at atimes with the unpredictably that happen Bethesda games. Even the empty planets can be quite immersive just walking around reaching places and watching out for miles into a lonely desolate world, and can be a nice change. A game that where you decide to go and do one thing or reach a area but end up doing many other things as there's so many things that can distract you like: reading random books, site seeing, watching NPC, finding notes, enjoying the environment, upgrading, listening in on NPC, experimenting, discovering secrets, building ships, mining, discovering quests, experiencing random events, messing around with physics...etc..etc. The graphics at times can really impress and with detail, even when not at its best this game still looks great for most part. The games feels smooth and is great to have a 3rd perspective view. The action is good and very functional and dies the job well enough without all the OTT flashy action modern games seem to do and without QTE and Scripted events - it's more back to basics but in a very good way! This is not No Man's Sky, they are different games with only Space being the common theme. For Starfield is Mass Effect meets Skyrim but with its own features, that you experience as you further get into the game. A quality game that brings adventure, RPG, exploration, different styles of approach, action, story, quests this branch out, customisation, and other things and also considering the freedom, random events and scale of this game...it delivers a very enjoyable and immersive game that will give players different experiences each time you play - a game that can and will probably still be played 10yrs(+) from now as updates, mods, dlc will start to appear just like on classics Skyrim, Fallout games.… Expand
  82. kntz
    Sep 7, 2023
    5
    “Starfield is not open world, not even open Universe. Starfield’s problem is not Starfield. The problem was the lying promise of being a revolutionary game, surpassing RDR2+NMS, which did not happen. Disappointment is great and logically multiplies the level of retaliation for each defect. Starfield was sold by Bethesda as a synthesis of Red Dead Redemption 2 and No Man’s Sky, but“Starfield is not open world, not even open Universe. Starfield’s problem is not Starfield. The problem was the lying promise of being a revolutionary game, surpassing RDR2+NMS, which did not happen. Disappointment is great and logically multiplies the level of retaliation for each defect. Starfield was sold by Bethesda as a synthesis of Red Dead Redemption 2 and No Man’s Sky, but delivered a Fallout in Space all instantiated, anachronistic, without freedom, with invisible walls and exaggerated steroids, style a Skyrim with hundreds of random mods. Had it been sold only as a new DLC to Fallout for $30 USD, the disappointment would have been less, as it is a good game on average down from Bethesda. Yes, the engine lacks optimization, a negative surprise for the promise offered. The worst is the poor imagination story and badly told by horrible NPCs and robotics in a 50’s Pulp science fiction environment with a thousand voids, truncated mechanics, nonsense dialogues and decontextualized menus. Anyway, it lacked an affection of Devs style Baldur’s Gate 3 to make a general and professional finish. As they said, Starfield had two previous references to overcome (RDR2 and NMS), but finished well below them, it’s just a second-class space shooter. Either way, there’s no more way for Bethesda to fix, invest more, optimize the engine, fill it with new and interesting content, improve menus and offer more creative DLCs. Time has passed, Starfield is already part of the gallery that devalues the gaming industry along with Cyberpunk 2077 and Forspoken. The scam to sell GamePass worked.”… Expand
  83. bebalien
    Sep 11, 2023
    5
    This is game is disappoing when you just played BG3.
    I played all previous Bethesda games... and this one is to close to the previous ones, and as such seems to be 10 years old
    Big empty places where you spend hours walking to do very low-interest tasks Quests are fetch-and come back based for more parts Combats are like hitting bick sacks of HP until you get a better gun Inventory    This is game is disappoing when you just played BG3.
    I played all previous Bethesda games... and this one is to close to the previous ones, and as such seems to be 10 years old
    Big empty places where you spend hours walking to do very low-interest tasks
    Quests are fetch-and come back based for more parts
    Combats are like hitting bick sacks of HP until you get a better gun
    Inventory space management takes 20% of your total gameplay time... and the impact on your walking speed and O2 consumption doesn't bring any gameplay interest

    so yes, from time to time you discover a very nice place, or a quest that has more interest... but so much waiting between two interesting times.

    Being released a few weeks after BG3 which is the complete opposite hits hard. Very hard.    … Expand
  84. stoff75
    Sep 9, 2023
    5
    Game was being hyped so much that it couldn’t live up to it! And it was miles off !! It’s poorly optimised, it’s buggy, it has useless mechanics and some mechanics that aren’t ever explained, and the RPG element is completely missing! No matter the choices I make the game pretty much plays out the same with minor differences, even the +New Game mode plays out pretty much identically. TheyGame was being hyped so much that it couldn’t live up to it! And it was miles off !! It’s poorly optimised, it’s buggy, it has useless mechanics and some mechanics that aren’t ever explained, and the RPG element is completely missing! No matter the choices I make the game pretty much plays out the same with minor differences, even the +New Game mode plays out pretty much identically. They should’ve been more creative in the narrative and design to make it a real RPG.… Expand
  85. Danny_UK
    Sep 7, 2023
    5
    the whole Immersion of space exploration. You also get pop ups when you basically hit the limits of what you can explore. The spaceship battles are just average and have been done a million times better in other space games. The A.i is dumb. Bugs a plenty as with all Bethesda games. The gunplay is nice and feels satisfying though. It's just average all round. It never does one thing reallythe whole Immersion of space exploration. You also get pop ups when you basically hit the limits of what you can explore. The spaceship battles are just average and have been done a million times better in other space games. The A.i is dumb. Bugs a plenty as with all Bethesda games. The gunplay is nice and feels satisfying though. It's just average all round. It never does one thing really well and everything it does do is just average and had been done better elsewhere.… Expand
  86. YohananNek
    Sep 7, 2023
    5
    It's an okay game, 5 or 6 years ago it would have been considered an amazing game, but unfortunately, the game feels outdated and bland.
    It really suffers from being another Bethesda game with the same formula and gameplay as always, with no innovation whatsoever anywhere to be found.
  87. Jiggawatts
    Sep 10, 2023
    5
    It's just astonishing how Bethesda managed to make the vastness of space feel soooo small. What a disappointment :(
  88. psylife
    Sep 7, 2023
    5
    There is a fundamental lack of creativity and risk taking here. The game is disappointing, not because it fails at materializing its vision, but because of how poor the vision is in the first place.

    Technically speaking, there is no space exploration to be found anywhere, rather an endless concatenation of ad nauseum loading screen, and fetch quests. Bethesda has a problem, where are    There is a fundamental lack of creativity and risk taking here. The game is disappointing, not because it fails at materializing its vision, but because of how poor the vision is in the first place.

    Technically speaking, there is no space exploration to be found anywhere, rather an endless concatenation of ad nauseum loading screen, and fetch quests.

    Bethesda has a problem, where are the talents ? Where are the visionaries and innovators ?    … Expand
  89. TheBirne
    Sep 8, 2023
    5
    The idea of a NASA punk setting and the possibility to explore space is great, but this game is not good enough to transport this dream. The space flight is nearly not existent and when it is, the steering and space combat feel dull and boring. The main Story is flat and introduced "magic" without any scientific ideas or explanations. There are no drivable vehicles nor the ability to flyThe idea of a NASA punk setting and the possibility to explore space is great, but this game is not good enough to transport this dream. The space flight is nearly not existent and when it is, the steering and space combat feel dull and boring. The main Story is flat and introduced "magic" without any scientific ideas or explanations. There are no drivable vehicles nor the ability to fly the ship on a planet. There sn no mini map and no help to navigate in cities. The ruins you can find on planets have only rarely a story to discover. Dialogues are boring written and feel cringe often ... I could continue this list for many more points, but I think you get the idea.… Expand
  90. kito78
    Sep 7, 2023
    5
    It will be quick. I have enough of games marked as BMW M series, but you get a Dacia.
    Is game good? It is not bad, but it feels bad after all the hype. Story may be best part of game, world building is losing with copy and paste locations, terrible AI, exploitation limitations and so on. Physics kinda works but definitely not as you would expect. Early access was too expensive. Is game    It will be quick. I have enough of games marked as BMW M series, but you get a Dacia.
    Is game good? It is not bad, but it feels bad after all the hype. Story may be best part of game, world building is losing with copy and paste locations, terrible AI, exploitation limitations and so on. Physics kinda works but definitely not as you would expect. Early access was too expensive. Is game worth getting Xbox pass? Yes. Is the game worth your time? Maybe.
    I am removing points for: AI -1, copy paste -1, false advertisement -1, micro transactions -0 (thanks god not there). Graphics is good, sounds not bad, story ok, exploration could be better but it’s ok, game feels not bad.
    To studio: post bg3 I am expecting more. you have on a market games like star citizen and no man’s sky, you can use them as example how space exploration should work. No one is expecting you to deliver unlimited number of planets but cut scenes for land and start, limited exploration area….
    My advice: don’t false advertise, do what you are good in, if game will be good and fair, gamers will forgive you many imperfections, don’t overpay your managers.
    T    … Expand
  91. rpasiek
    Sep 8, 2023
    5
    Apart from being boring, empty, repetitive, nothing like they advertised. Shooting is 30fps jerkfest, poor machine localization.
  92. Inoperable
    Sep 11, 2023
    5
    For me to p**p on. 2023 and there is no map that's actually usefull :-)
    Bethesda should pay real currency to modder's for fixing their half-baked
    products. Its gonna be playable in 24 months or more, but I wouldn't pay
    20$ for it now.
  93. Taiyu
    Sep 10, 2023
    5
    This game shows the developer simply does not have the ability to innovate.
    The outdated engine simply cannot support an ambitious game like this.
    A totally broken game.
    MS can recruit as many as paid reviewer here to give a 9 or 10, it will not change the fact that it is a broken game. It is real rad in 2023 we get to see a broken game like this from a well established studio.
  94. flie
    Sep 8, 2023
    5
    Formula bethesda de ser que não me agrada. A história até que é interessante, mas, com mecânica ultrapassada e chata. Pontos positivos:
    - som
    - história - gunplay
    - batalha de naves, mas,.....

    Pontos negativos:
    - limite de carga
    - loadings constantes
    - sistema venda
    - nas batalhas de naves não dá fugir/evitar
    - sistema estático das conversas. Os npcs parecem robôs sem emoções
  95. OdinX1985
    Sep 8, 2023
    5
    Finally Starfield is here with so much hype build up to which it was somewhat a let down. My mixed feelings is based on how the game was presented as if the game was this open vast space opera. I wasn't thrilled on alot of things..the world seemed empty especially on planets now this isn't an indie game but there are times that I felt I was in the same structure just on different planets.Finally Starfield is here with so much hype build up to which it was somewhat a let down. My mixed feelings is based on how the game was presented as if the game was this open vast space opera. I wasn't thrilled on alot of things..the world seemed empty especially on planets now this isn't an indie game but there are times that I felt I was in the same structure just on different planets. It's just odd to why as Bethesda just paste it just on a different planet little odd to say. The graphics are authentic and vastly impressive from the same engine of FO4 but classic Bethesda npcs look disgusting. Gameplay is what shines here definitely enjoyable and responsive no issues for me. Story..eh well it's not bad nor a great it's serviceable. Starfield isn't a bad game but Starfield feels like No Man Sky and Star Citizen in certain formula..those games exceeded the exploration well Starfield did not. But Starfield can be fun but the content seems bare to me to which feel disappointing. And I respect the game for what it is my score is a 5 for bare content, lack of exploring and reused structures within the different planets. But the game is enjoyable at least.… Expand
  96. markleo
    Sep 8, 2023
    5
    Pros:
    Combat is better than Fallout 4 and Skyrim
    Cons:Everything else is worse apart from characters which remains the same (Below average)
  97. KARF4GEN
    Sep 8, 2023
    5
    Представьте себе, что у Вас видение древнего послания.
    Представили?
    Только Вы не Шеппард, а безымянный шахтер Но Вам тоже с ничего вдруг дали звездолет и задание узнать величайшую тайну Только Вы не офицер армии Земли и не герой войны с Турианцами. Вы шахтер. Представили? Поздравляю этот сценарий и игру в целом делали более 10 лет Откровенно говоря даже немного вздрогнул от    Представьте себе, что у Вас видение древнего послания.
    Представили?
    Только Вы не Шеппард, а безымянный шахтер
    Но Вам тоже с ничего вдруг дали звездолет и задание узнать величайшую тайну
    Только Вы не офицер армии Земли и не герой войны с Турианцами.
    Вы шахтер.
    Представили?
    Поздравляю этот сценарий и игру в целом делали более 10 лет
    Откровенно говоря даже немного вздрогнул от старой-доброй анимации присаживания модельки ГГ на стул.
    Она прямо из 2008 года, когда еще в зеленых тонах мы искали отца. Отец потерялся в Обливионе из Пустошей. Старфилд же у нас коричневый, как Нью Вегас, но отовсюду торчат уши еще третьего Фаллаута.
    Впрочем и графона тут не увидел на 40 фпс с высокими 1080р с 2080s на борту..
    Вот ничего не увидел для себя интересного.
    Так жаль..
    Хотя радует, что игрока заставят отправится в Сол.Сис и посмотреть на то, что осталось от нашей Родины Земли.
    Возможно единственный полезный посыл всей игры за 3.5 тысячи рублей, а ведь кто-то купил ее за сто баксов.
    Доброго вам всем ребята здоровья    … Expand
  98. joshbreviews
    Sep 8, 2023
    5
    Fast Travel Simulator.

    Lifeless character models. World barely reacts to your actions. Generic shooting and bullet-sponge enemies. Boring main story. Ship combat like wading through a sewer. Empty planets procedurally-generated. Even the procedurally-generated content repeats incredibly frequently.' Boring companions. Companion's hook is that he's a single dad?    Fast Travel Simulator.

    Lifeless character models.

    World barely reacts to your actions.

    Generic shooting and bullet-sponge enemies.

    Boring main story.

    Ship combat like wading through a sewer.

    Empty planets procedurally-generated.

    Even the procedurally-generated content repeats incredibly frequently.'

    Boring companions. Companion's hook is that he's a single dad? Huh??

    Pr*n*uns. A man is a man. A woman is a woman. Let's not give children g*nd*r dysph*ria. The fact that I feel the need to censor myself speaks to the sorry state of the world in general.

    Boring fetch quests.

    God-awful UI.

    God-awful inventory management.

    Buggy. Buggy-ness proudly worn as a badge of honour by Bethesda. Why?

    Zero optimizations. Prepare your RTX 4090 to get stable 60 fps.

    Locking out DLSS for no good reason.

    Full expects modders to fix their game for them.

    Elder Scrolls six will be a DUD. The next Fallout will be a DUD. No good games from Bethesda since Skyrim. All hope is lost for this studio. Todd resign.    … Expand
  99. essjaydubya
    Sep 11, 2023
    5
    It’s fun, but it’s also a Bethesda game, so it’s broken. I came across a bug that has halted my progress and I’m not sure I wanna go all the way back and start the mission over. I might eventually, but for now, it’s hard to justify wasting my time with a busted game. A 5 is being generous because I did have fun for the 12 hours before that happened.
  100. Motox
    Sep 9, 2023
    5
    After a few hours in the game i have to sadly give this a thumbs down, even if I enjoy what someone called the "Bethesda's formula", there are just too many defects and downgrades to give this a pass.

    -Lots to do but It feels like they spread the content all over the "universe" , and this works against the game because the sense of immersion is destroyed by the constant need of fast    After a few hours in the game i have to sadly give this a thumbs down, even if I enjoy what someone called the "Bethesda's formula", there are just too many defects and downgrades to give this a pass.

    -Lots to do but It feels like they spread the content all over the "universe" , and this works against the game because the sense of immersion is destroyed by the constant need of fast travelling. In comparison "The Outer Worlds" made a much smarter choice by focusing on a specific star system.

    - The "procedural" content is confusing , leaves you constantly wonder if something matters or it's just generated on the fly.

    - The graphics is ok when it comes to architecture but looks terribly outdated when it comes to natural items and vegetation, F76 in comparison looked way better.

    - NPCs look repetitive and very dated compared to other recent games - and interactions feel very scripted.

    - Gore and finishers are completely missing, a downgrade from other Bethesda games.

    - Weapon modding was also downgraded from Fallout 4 and 76.

    - No way to scrap objects to harvest parts and materials, another inexplicable down
    grade.

    - The "space" part feels more like a mini game rather than something that brings it all together as it should have been. You find yourself floating around and unable to really go anywhere. It was also said that the space travelling would have had a sense of danger but in the end product it's as safe as taking an elevator.

    - I can't speak much of the main story as I left it aside for now and chose to explore around instead, but frankly this is probably because I found it so forced and cliche that I didn't feel a sense of urgency to push forward with it.

    Overall this game does give you a little "fix" of a Bethesda RPG but it's not the generational game that was promised, by far.    … Expand
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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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