Starfield

 Xbox Series X
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6.4

Mixed or average reviews- based on 6232 Ratings

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  1. Positive: 3,626 out of 6232
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  3. Negative: 2,118 out of 6232
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  1. TheRealist1
    Sep 8, 2023
    10
    Bethesda fans are happy, those who expected it to be something else other than a Bethesda game are disappointed. As for me I am thoroughly impressed and entertained with the first new IP from Bethesda in 25 years. There are so many things to do, and the writing is great, I haven't encountered a bland side quest in all of my playtime. Anything can be nitpicked or "better", but I believeBethesda fans are happy, those who expected it to be something else other than a Bethesda game are disappointed. As for me I am thoroughly impressed and entertained with the first new IP from Bethesda in 25 years. There are so many things to do, and the writing is great, I haven't encountered a bland side quest in all of my playtime. Anything can be nitpicked or "better", but I believe Bethesda succeeded in making this game what they wanted to be... An epic space story filled with content that would entertain fans for years to come.

    60fps needs to happen though, if a ROG Ally can do it I know XBox Series can.    … Expand
  2. sontopo98
    Sep 7, 2023
    9
    The game is simply amazing, from the beginning to the end. I don't give it a 10 because of the amount of loading screen and that you can't actually travel to the planets by yourself or land into the planets, you always have to use the console for it... but the rest of it is amazing. I don't think I can't get boring of it. And no, I'm not fanboying Xbox, I don't even like Fallout games,The game is simply amazing, from the beginning to the end. I don't give it a 10 because of the amount of loading screen and that you can't actually travel to the planets by yourself or land into the planets, you always have to use the console for it... but the rest of it is amazing. I don't think I can't get boring of it. And no, I'm not fanboying Xbox, I don't even like Fallout games, but Starfield really got me.… Expand
  3. JasperNLD
    Sep 7, 2023
    10
    This game isn't a 10, but neither is it a 0. I'd rate it a 7 or 8 but to compensate all the lowlifes review bombing this game I have to rate it a 10.
  4. violet97
    Sep 7, 2023
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Satrfield is a good game, but there are so many bugs, Glitch, and the character design is so ugly… Expand
  5. ustunab
    Sep 7, 2023
    10
    This is the best game I've ever played. Thanks to Xbox and Bethesda. Cry more ponies lol.
  6. Geheim
    Sep 7, 2023
    10
    Este jogo é incrível!Quem gostou da série Elder Scrolls e Fallout vai amar este game.
  7. Hound1900
    Sep 7, 2023
    10
    Game is probably only deserves 9 - 9.5 but since I hate the negative review bombing it is getting from people who have never played it I gave it a 10. NPC movements are a bit stiff, the maps suck but otherwise it is a darn good game. Tons of content. I have been playing it a unhealthy amount and feel like I have barely scratched the surface. I would write more but I want to get back to playing it
  8. Evil_MC
    Sep 7, 2023
    10
    The game is big and had more depth than anything I've ever played.
    Don't believe the trolls. This is Skyrim and Fallouts baby in space.
  9. Allisun
    Sep 7, 2023
    10
    Genuinely amazing game. If you love space and Fallout/Skyrim this game is for you.
  10. IconicGamer
    Sep 7, 2023
    0
    One of the worst games ever made. A bland story filled with fetch quest side missions. Lazy story writing prevalent throughout a main story that lasts around 15 hours. This game was overhyped and over promised and it failed to deliver on every front. The character customization is mediocre at best which is very confusing as Bethesda has made character customization time and time again yetOne of the worst games ever made. A bland story filled with fetch quest side missions. Lazy story writing prevalent throughout a main story that lasts around 15 hours. This game was overhyped and over promised and it failed to deliver on every front. The character customization is mediocre at best which is very confusing as Bethesda has made character customization time and time again yet they cannot deliver a robust and detailed customization system. Most of all this game is hard to look at let alone play because of the egregious lack of smoothness. Exclusive to Xbox Series X, yet it failed to run at 60 FPS. Terrible 30 FPS gameplay that commonly dips below 30. Seamless space exploration was promised yet there are fast travel points and boundaries preventing you from truly exploring space. This is one of many examples of how the game was overhyped and over promised yet it failed to deliver. This game truly is an insult to gamers.… Expand
  11. BlackViking03
    Sep 7, 2023
    10
    Todd and team does it again. This game is PERFECT! The side missions in this game could be $70 standalone games by themselves.
  12. reddzone
    Sep 7, 2023
    10
    Starfield is an incredible game with so much to offer. Ship building, space battles, shootouts, exploration, and so so so much more. This is in my top 3 games of all time, and is endlessly replayble.
  13. Chocolate_1723
    Sep 7, 2023
    1
    I received this game for free as a gift, i spent around 40 hours total in the game.

    Did a few side quests and the main one as well, and lets just say I'm let down. ---Pros--- Base Building Ship customization Character creator --Cons-- Literally every other aspect in the game. Annoying stamina system. Annoying weight system. Awful story that feels like I'm watching a    I received this game for free as a gift, i spent around 40 hours total in the game.

    Did a few side quests and the main one as well, and lets just say I'm let down.

    ---Pros---
    Base Building
    Ship customization
    Character creator

    --Cons--
    Literally every other aspect in the game.

    Annoying stamina system.

    Annoying weight system.

    Awful story that feels like I'm watching a cartoon on DisneyXD or Teletoon.

    AI NPCs so god awful, AI in modern day could program it better.

    13900ks and 3080 struggles to get 60fps at high settings 1440p.

    So many loading screens its so **** ridicules it baffles me.

    Perk system is awful, blocking you from leveling up perks until you do some stupid challenge.
    I leveled up, let me choose a **** perk i want.

    When shooting I feel like I'm playing games on my grandpas box TV in the guest bedroom, and its got like a two second input delay on movie mode.

    I'm using a 360hz monitor By the way and still feels like ass i cant imagine what it feels like for the regular players. You cant optimize a game for the 1% of people who are lucky enough to have the hardware.

    And no menu settings like FOV... **** FOV... Todd is on that **** ZAZA

    I got it for free but i want a refund of my time.    … Expand
  14. PrimaOfficional
    Sep 7, 2023
    3
    Game runs terribly on my relatively power system. Performance is terrible and the game looks bad for the awful performance. Also loading screens everywhere. Mouse acceleration is on and there doesn’t seem to be a way to turn it off. There is also no FOV slider as well so be prepared for a nauseating FOV. Also doesn’t support DLSS so be prepared for inferior FSR for Nvidia GPUs. BethesdaGame runs terribly on my relatively power system. Performance is terrible and the game looks bad for the awful performance. Also loading screens everywhere. Mouse acceleration is on and there doesn’t seem to be a way to turn it off. There is also no FOV slider as well so be prepared for a nauseating FOV. Also doesn’t support DLSS so be prepared for inferior FSR for Nvidia GPUs. Bethesda implied that planets would be explorable but there is an invisible wall if you travel too far on a planet. Overall extremely disappointing and Bethesda should be ashamed of the performance.… Expand
  15. Mraluncad
    Sep 7, 2023
    10
    Game is really fun! Like skyrim and fallout had a space baby, its not a space sim its a RPG so dont go in expecting to fly around the vast emptiness of space. Everything is hand crafted from cities to quests. Unfortunately sony players are upset they cant play the game so they so they wont let xbox enjoy their things. The game isnt perfect but definitely deserves a 8.9 (hence why i gave aGame is really fun! Like skyrim and fallout had a space baby, its not a space sim its a RPG so dont go in expecting to fly around the vast emptiness of space. Everything is hand crafted from cities to quests. Unfortunately sony players are upset they cant play the game so they so they wont let xbox enjoy their things. The game isnt perfect but definitely deserves a 8.9 (hence why i gave a 9 rather than an 8) try the game out for yourself on game pass for free and see why this game is getting really good reviews :)… Expand
  16. Gayaxone
    Sep 7, 2023
    9
    Un vrai jeux bethesda, la diversité des quêtes, la musique, les decors, tout est fait pour vous émerveiller. Plein easter egg, d'humour. La creation de vaisseaux est exceptionnelle. J'ai 38 h de jeux surs seriesx et je m'en lasse pas.
  17. Prygzs
    Sep 7, 2023
    10
    Um dos melhores jogos de todos os tempos, e não adianta fazer review bomb sonystas, o choro é livre.
  18. Ih8reviewbombs
    Sep 7, 2023
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Amazing. 23hours in and can't stop playing. For quick travel you can do it from the menu, go straight to the planet as long as you've been on the route there before.

    Ignore the review bombs and try for yourself. Bethesda have done it again    … Expand
  19. neobash
    Sep 7, 2023
    0
    This game is so abysmal that it is hard to capture in words just exactly how bad it is but I will try.

    Utter dogwater, infuriating, thoughtless pc control control scheme. The ugliest NPCs I have ever seen in a game. Not even ugly, literally uncanny valley level of bad. The most uninspired SciFi setting ever. The devs must have been like “ErrPphhss Err Cyberpunk cchiitttyyy errr    This game is so abysmal that it is hard to capture in words just exactly how bad it is but I will try.

    Utter dogwater, infuriating, thoughtless pc control control scheme.

    The ugliest NPCs I have ever seen in a game. Not even ugly, literally uncanny valley level of bad.

    The most uninspired SciFi setting ever. The devs must have been like “ErrPphhss Err Cyberpunk cchiitttyyy errr YEA put in space errrr, westernnnnnn town Errrr YAASS, geneerrrriiccc sci-fi ((((city)))) with 4 stores and a loading screen train…. Sshhhurre Another Day Another Dollar amirite guysssssss hehe”

    They could have explored so many cool sci-fi/space settings (such as those found in shows like The Expanse, Babylon 5, Star Trek, etc.) but no they just wanted to do the most milk toast generic trash possible. A literal unread toilet scrubber could write a better setting than this garbage.

    Zero effort went into planet design / procedural generation. Examples: anywhere you land on earth is a flat desert…land in the Andes? Flat desert, land in Maria trench? Flat desert. Mount Everest? Flat desert, o by the way, empire state building survived…. How.. JUST HOW. The devs know that is one of the first planets players are going to visit right… right!???

    The guns all feel like TRASH and enemies are nothing but bullet sponges and little to no AI at all.

    There is literally no exploration at all - just loading screens and fast traveling everywhere. (As many other reviews have pointed out).

    So sad to see this game release in such a state - an embarrassment for Microsoft and Bethesda. Worst 100$ I have ever spent.    … Expand
  20. Watevr
    Sep 7, 2023
    0
    Первый квестовый персонаж медленно начал подниматься вверх - с самого начала игра не дала в себя поиграть. Графика устаревшая.
  21. Ehsankhani0021
    Sep 7, 2023
    10
    The fact that Xbox and Bethesda worked so
    Hard should give it a higher grade
  22. Rakso2254
    Sep 8, 2023
    0
    20-year-old engine, 30 fps on PC for 5k and the price of this game is PLN 300
    and the worst loading screen every 30 seconds
  23. firecrackers
    Sep 8, 2023
    0
    fallout 4 in space. Ship is useless, can't even fly it except in certain instances. A waste of SSD space
  24. changfong
    Sep 7, 2023
    9
    Ah let me guess, the butthurt "Cultural war" idiots from USA? LOL. OR a Sony fanboi is protesting the "Exclusive deal" when Sony is the douchebag who insisted in relying on 1st AND 3rd party exclusive deals, one of the most anti consumer and anti competitive antics that are actually legal?

    Anyway this game is a typical Bethesda game. There are a bit of jank and can do with more    Ah let me guess, the butthurt "Cultural war" idiots from USA? LOL. OR a Sony fanboi is protesting the "Exclusive deal" when Sony is the douchebag who insisted in relying on 1st AND 3rd party exclusive deals, one of the most anti consumer and anti competitive antics that are actually legal?

    Anyway this game is a typical Bethesda game. There are a bit of jank and can do with more optimisation. But the gameplay is fun, and the Bethesda RPG elements are all present and it is a game that I can engage in for hours and enjoy it.

    Should there be more bug fix? Definitely. Should there be more optimisation? Yes. Will Mods make the game better and allow players to play in the game they want? O man, will they ever.

    So for now it is a solid 8/10. And once the mod is fully out and the game is further optimised and bug fixed, it should be a solid 9/10.

    And for those who think (or pretend to think) that this is a space sim instead of a space cowboy RPG (if you argue that this is RPG lite I will grant you the point), you really need to go rinse your ear and learn to read and listen.    … Expand
  25. Cometer
    Sep 7, 2023
    9
    I’ll go straight to the point. Without getting into spoilers these are the type of things you can expect from Starfield.
    - Most people that actually gave Starfield a chance and played it for a good amount of time love it.
    If you check Steam you’ll see most reviews are positive. These are people that actually played the game. - Starfield much like past Bethesda games, MMOs, survival    I’ll go straight to the point. Without getting into spoilers these are the type of things you can expect from Starfield.
    - Most people that actually gave Starfield a chance and played it for a good amount of time love it.
    If you check Steam you’ll see most reviews are positive. These are people that actually played the game.
    - Starfield much like past Bethesda games, MMOs, survival games, starts slow. As you explore the universe you start to find things that really show why Bethesda is so good at creating open world RPGs. But you won’t realize it if you just play the game for a couple of hours.
    - Understand what you are getting into. This is a game where you can find quests everywhere.
    With several major quest lines that cover different sci-fi flavors. From Firefly, to Cyberpunk style places, to Interstellar. You can build your own spaceships. Fully mod your armor, weapons. Have multiple bases.
    You will find places in space where you will be exploring in Zero G. You will be surprised by some of the events that randomly occur. Despite not being a space sim focused game, you will be surprised by some of the events that will happen to you as you fly around and space combat is indeed challenging and fun. It is not a full space sim but it is enough to give you that feeling.
    The “dungeons” vary from caves, industrial complexes, Doom style sci-fi bases as well as star bases and otherë”places” I will not disclose to avoid spoilers. They are diverse and fun to explore. Combat is challenging and fun and as you unlock more skills and get better weapons it becomes more and more entertaining.

    Not everything is perfect but the game is stable, mostly bug free.
    Is it a perfect game? No. But it does give you the feeling that you are exploring different worlds. Finding interesting things. The huge amount of quests and interesting places to visit really immerse you as you progress. The world building elements such as creating your own ship, bases and so on give you that minecraft/survival game experience. But unlike those other games, this one is filled with NPCs to talk with, quests, immersive environments and of course… space.    … Expand
  26. vortice
    Sep 8, 2023
    10
    Un gran juego para perderse y estar años jugando con multitud de historias mas la que te montes tu. Las clasicas mecanicas de juegos de Bethesda pero mejoradas y adaptadas a los nuevos tiempos.
  27. gimenezblasco
    Sep 8, 2023
    10
    Una maravilla de juego. Largo, con unas misiones excepcionales. Hay juego para muchos años!.
  28. Perjo
    Sep 8, 2023
    10
    My short review is based on roughly 70 hours of play and main story finished.
    Although the game could certainly use some optimization, its still an incredible space RPG absolutely packed with a variety of content, interesting characters and fun combat, something that we haven't really seen the likes of since the Mass Effect series.
  29. PSFBoysRTools
    Sep 7, 2023
    10
    Ignore all of these PS fanboys who are salty that they can't play this game. Is it truly a 10/10...? No, but it is a solid 9 at least. It has some flaws, but overall it is one of the most complete games I've played in a long time. I loved playing FO3 as a kid and progressing through Skyrim and FO4 for hundreds of hours. This game scratches the Bethesda itch very well. Ignore most of theIgnore all of these PS fanboys who are salty that they can't play this game. Is it truly a 10/10...? No, but it is a solid 9 at least. It has some flaws, but overall it is one of the most complete games I've played in a long time. I loved playing FO3 as a kid and progressing through Skyrim and FO4 for hundreds of hours. This game scratches the Bethesda itch very well. Ignore most of the haters. Some people may have legitimate gripes with the game, but nothing should warrant giving this game a flat 0. It's absurd how whenever an Xbox exclusive comes out the PS fanboys review bomb it...Xbox folks never seem to stoop to their level. It's pathetic actually. Have fun with this game!… Expand
  30. Razrback16
    Sep 7, 2023
    2
    Nice graphics, mediocre gameplay, but I ultimately refunded it due to the woke agenda in the game. Never buying a game that includes pronouns, alphabet stuff, modern feminism, or race-swapping.
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Metascore
83

Generally favorable reviews - based on 81 Critic Reviews

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