Starfield

 Xbox Series X
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6.4

Mixed or average reviews- based on 6232 Ratings

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  3. Negative: 2,118 out of 6232
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  1. masterchierf010
    Sep 7, 2023
    1
    had to refound when i realize its the same game from previous bethesda games but this time in space, same old graphic motor, same bugs (even the bucket thing to steal items from skyrim) and a lot of new bugs, bad gun play, boring gameplay, terrible AI, enemies are bullet sponges, 30 fps in consoles(its 2023 guys, the most powerful console can't handle 60 at least?) ... sorry ill pass. Fohad to refound when i realize its the same game from previous bethesda games but this time in space, same old graphic motor, same bugs (even the bucket thing to steal items from skyrim) and a lot of new bugs, bad gun play, boring gameplay, terrible AI, enemies are bullet sponges, 30 fps in consoles(its 2023 guys, the most powerful console can't handle 60 at least?) ... sorry ill pass. Fo 4 was mid game, fo 76 was horrible, now we have starfield, i have no words... i just refound.… Expand
  2. y2jarmyofficial
    Sep 7, 2023
    10
    Good game. Ok graphics and it runs well on series s .if you do some of the side quest this game can last past 40 hours.
  3. Rhombuscomic
    Sep 7, 2023
    10
    Absolutely fantastic Game. Play and have fun.
    GAME OF THE GENERATION
    Everyone should play it. It is in Gamepass, and its so huge. You can do so many fantastic things, you dont not know where to start
  4. GodkillerXD
    Sep 7, 2023
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Uma decepção um completo lixo
    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 ? Collapse    … Expand
  5. manza5
    Sep 7, 2023
    10
    Gift for Bethesda RPG fans. Even searching for certain elements for your base building will branch out and you will be in another system doing another side quest
  6. Solracson
    Sep 7, 2023
    10
    Goty contender without a doubt. Epic in scope and spectacle. Five star effort on graphics , gameplay, story and wow factor.
  7. Lemanrus
    Sep 7, 2023
    10
    Un gran juego al estilo de Bethesda
  8. Larry3
    Sep 7, 2023
    10
    Explorar el universo de la manera que lo hace Starfield te motiva a seguir sentado por horas jugando. Juegazo
  9. Floddux10
    Sep 7, 2023
    0
    El juego es malo tiene mucho hype no lo recomiendo es bastante repetitivo y para nada creativo
  10. Rand0mDude766
    Sep 7, 2023
    10
    Brilliant game. I have 60h playtime, and this game full of surprises. This game ACTUALLY good, just first ~10hours slowly.
    Don't get fooled, with all these ps fanboys who simply hating game
  11. litnlowkey
    Sep 7, 2023
    9
    Bethesda Game Studios latest project masterfully blends the analog feel of 70s/80s Science Fiction with more fantastical elements of modern takes like Interstellar or Dune into a captivating and unique experience worth fully immersing yourself into. The stories told, both through the main quest as well as through side content like factions, capture the sense of awe that major franchises inBethesda Game Studios latest project masterfully blends the analog feel of 70s/80s Science Fiction with more fantastical elements of modern takes like Interstellar or Dune into a captivating and unique experience worth fully immersing yourself into. The stories told, both through the main quest as well as through side content like factions, capture the sense of awe that major franchises in Sci-Fi have captured for decades. Whether you want to play as a space explorer working for a long forgotten institution mapping the most distant portion of the universe, or a bounty hunter hired to eliminate major threats to the system, the story is yours to create.

    Throughout the game, Bethesda has shown arguably it best writing since Oblivion, though it may be their best writing yet. The main quest has a major element of mystery, providing the player with a sense of discovery during their adventure, effectively reinforcing the feeling of being one of the first to discover the mysteries of the beautifully crafted universe. Side quests and faction quests will pull you into rabbit holes of experiences so vast and deep they will leave you forgetting the main quest even exists. The wide array of gameplay mechanics from outposts, the logical next-step of Bethesdas Fallout series, to shipbuilding, a feature fittingly unique to the genre, leave the power of a choose-your-own-adventure game fully to the player. Gunplay feels very good, the best a Bethesda game has to offer. And space combat while tough in the early hours captures the starship dogfight feel perfectly.

    While its pros most definitely outweigh its cons, some still do hold it back from being a true masterpiece. This mostly boils down to performance, which takes some hits in densely populated areas. This, alongside some bugs, and the lack of a proper performance mode on console leave it just out of reach of the masterpiece rating. But it is most definitely a contender for the best Bethesda experience of all time and Game of the Year on top of it.    … Expand
  12. RenaudLemieux
    Sep 7, 2023
    10
    My real score is 8/10. I put 10 to counter all ps fanboys 0. Btw I’m a giga fan of playstation. I’ve been playing on my ps5 since November 2020. I never owned an xbox until a week ago. I am one of those who did not have the choice to buy a console to play the game.

    I’m going to address to playstation fans that are extremely pissed off the game is an xbox exclusive. I understand your    My real score is 8/10. I put 10 to counter all ps fanboys 0. Btw I’m a giga fan of playstation. I’ve been playing on my ps5 since November 2020. I never owned an xbox until a week ago. I am one of those who did not have the choice to buy a console to play the game.

    I’m going to address to playstation fans that are extremely pissed off the game is an xbox exclusive. I understand your frustration enormously. That said to give a 0 on metacritic will not change anything. It is not the fault of the game that this masterpiece is exclusive to Microsoft. It’s Bethesda’s leader fault. Write them emails, flood their mail inbox endlessly, go protest in front of their office, but do not come to put 0 here. You are not happy when xbox fanboy put 0 to God of War, The last of us etc So please do not act like them.

    Let’s start with the negative. The biggest flaw in the game is not a flaw of the game in itself. It’s more the fact that the game is exclusive to Microsoft. Let me explain . The xbox controller is a real filth. It is too small, the back buttons ( the equivalent of r2 and l2 on the dualsense ) are too close. My two index fingers almost touch themselves. They are also too much forward and I have to bend my hand up a little to weigh at the bottom of the buttons to have the maximum sensations. The handles on both sides of the controller where you hold the controller are much too short. I feel like I hold a mini board in my hand rather than a controller. As a result, it’s extremely uncomfortable and destroys a lot of the fun. The other big problem is the total lack of feedback. The vibrations are okay for space combat but for ground combat, it’s awful. There is so little feedback that when I shoot with a gun, I feel like I am pressing down into the vacuum. Now, the lack of adaptive triggers makes this problem much worse. I thought it was just haptic feedback and adaptive trigger that made the ps5 controller incomparably superior. Finally it’s not just that it’s the entire design. So it makes the pleasure and the satisfaction of the fight much reduced and it’s a very big problem for me. It still not as bad as a mouse keyboard.

    The other big problem is the 30 fps. Although it is more stable than other games ( when you put them in quality mode ) since it is optimized for 30, I miss the 60. Even if you had to release it six months later or invest a little more. It would have been worth it.

    Now the positive

    Graphics:

    If we compare it to other games of its time, Starfield is their most beautiful game. We know that Bethesda never makes the most beautiful graphics but this one is the most up to date compared to other AAA. In some places, like rocks textures or robots, it feel next gen graphics. In other places it is more blurry and facial expressions are a bit dated but a gigantic improvement compared to fallout 4 and 76.

    Interaction with NPCs

    As usual, Bethesda always pushes the boundaries on this side. We can start discussions with hundreds of NPCs. Ask them questions, inform ourselves, make fun of them, lie to them, threaten them, persuade them etc. They react accordingly and several NPCs will evolve their speech the more we advance in the plot. It’s nice to listen to what they in details. You can spend a whole night just talking loll Our companions will react to our decisions but also to some of our actions. Concerning the NPCs that cannot be engaged in a deep conversation, those who pass here and there the "appearing". Even they will have more to say than what we see in rpg's. Usually in games, passers-by will have 2 or 3 lines, hello how you feel etc But here I met severals who had 10 different lines.

    Rpg:

    It’s nice to be able to customize the smallest details of your character’s face even if I haven’t seen any progress on this side. Choosing them a back round with a unique advantage is also a plus. We can modify our weapons in very details and the skill tree is extremely well made with a lot of skills divided into 5 categories and each skill has many levels. More than enough to find your favorite play style and upgrading it. We are free to engage in several companies and work for them, invest our money and build our own path etc

    Exploration

    This is again ahead of it's time. You can enter all the buildings, explore hundreds of planet, pick up almost everything you find, sell, buy, build etc. No mans sky has more planets but almost 0 combat and interactions. Those 2 aspects are extremely limited in NMS.

    Bethesda pushes the boundaries again with a world of richness and depth. Although the feeling of the fights, the almost total absence of gore are not on point, it remains much better than their previous game. Blood effects are less pixelated, sounds effects and shooting mechanics have been greatly improved since their last games and bugs are less present for a launch version.

    I would have a lot more to say but I reached 5000 characters.    … Expand
  13. DavidCouggar
    Sep 7, 2023
    10
    Un videojuego en el que de verdad sientes la aventura espacial, la creación de personaje es espectacular, la historia tiene lo necesario para atraer la atención de un fan de la ciencia ficción espacial. Bethesda cumplió, y entregó una nueva y refrescante aventura espacial de esas que casi no hay en el mercado de los videojuegos.

    No te engañes y no pretendas engañar, no te gusta el juego    Un videojuego en el que de verdad sientes la aventura espacial, la creación de personaje es espectacular, la historia tiene lo necesario para atraer la atención de un fan de la ciencia ficción espacial. Bethesda cumplió, y entregó una nueva y refrescante aventura espacial de esas que casi no hay en el mercado de los videojuegos.

    No te engañes y no pretendas engañar, no te gusta el juego por los Bugs pfff!! Jajaja. Tú no eres fanático de la aventura espacial, así de simple, mejor ve a jugar un juego especial para tí, porque éste, definitivamente no lo es. Pd: Deseo que tu vida sea menos mediocre para que así puedas disfrutar Starfield... y si este no es tú tipo de videojuego que encuentres el que te haga feliz, que de eso se trata éste maravilloso hobby. Un saludo de esperanza a todos.    … Expand
  14. Raineeedayz
    Sep 7, 2023
    10
    Honestly an amazing game, fluid graphics I've seen little to no bugs or glitches at all in the 7/8 hours I played, I took my time with it, I love the cut scenes/loading screens for landings and take offs and I think they're a better option than player controlled landing and take off because there's no risk of ship damage or even glitches, I can say I've also seen a few corpse launchesHonestly an amazing game, fluid graphics I've seen little to no bugs or glitches at all in the 7/8 hours I played, I took my time with it, I love the cut scenes/loading screens for landings and take offs and I think they're a better option than player controlled landing and take off because there's no risk of ship damage or even glitches, I can say I've also seen a few corpse launches which is always a good sign in my opinion, the characters are really fleshed out and I love the diversity and inclusivity in the character creation, theres alot of people and the cities feel dense and actually lived in, there's always something to look at and even on the barran planets there's still loads to look for to scan, overall I'm just incredibly happy with this game and I think Bethesda have outdone themselves!!… Expand
  15. Gregori83639
    Sep 7, 2023
    10
    es un juegaso 50h y aún no le veo el fin y no e hecho ni siquiera la primera misión de la trama principal
  16. Dustin410
    Sep 7, 2023
    9
    Unfortunately if your looking for a good review of the game metacritic won’t let you post more then 4 sentences but this is one of the best games I’ve ever played. Huge world, great characters, story, and quest. combat and animations over at Bethesda have definitely improved and space combat is both challenging and rewarding. Some fps drops in major cities on series s and maybe 2 freezesUnfortunately if your looking for a good review of the game metacritic won’t let you post more then 4 sentences but this is one of the best games I’ve ever played. Huge world, great characters, story, and quest. combat and animations over at Bethesda have definitely improved and space combat is both challenging and rewarding. Some fps drops in major cities on series s and maybe 2 freezes after 60+ hours. Load screens while short are a little more present than the average AAA open world game but are being way over exaggerated. Hope you give it a chance and see for yourself how great it is.… Expand
  17. Watevr
    Sep 7, 2023
    0
    Первый квестовый персонаж медленно начал подниматься вверх - с самого начала игра не дала в себя поиграть. Графика устаревшая.
  18. RoninWatari
    Sep 7, 2023
    10
    This is exactly the game any Fallout or Skyrim fan will love. I completed the story and went into new game+. The scenery is amazing and the graphics look great. It runs buttery smooth on both PC and Xbox. The quests are full of lore and places to explore. The exploration is endless. The random interactions you come across are hilarious. I love the outpost and ship building both are veryThis is exactly the game any Fallout or Skyrim fan will love. I completed the story and went into new game+. The scenery is amazing and the graphics look great. It runs buttery smooth on both PC and Xbox. The quests are full of lore and places to explore. The exploration is endless. The random interactions you come across are hilarious. I love the outpost and ship building both are very satisfying and worth the effort. I also really like the skill trees they're full of great perks you can level up as you go with challenges attached so the hunt to get more powerful never ends. This is one of my top 3 games now and I can't wait to see what the future holds.… Expand
  19. BrotherTarzan
    Sep 7, 2023
    10
    Iv been playing this game non stop for the past few days, easily my favourite game I
    To play.
  20. HawkEyeSTL
    Sep 7, 2023
    10
    One of the Best games I've played in such a long time. Was a huge Skyrim lover and played all the older Bethesda games as well growing up and this game by far is the best game that they ever developed. Well done Zenimax & Bethesda you deserve your flowers!
  21. 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
  22. Al_Gooney
    Sep 7, 2023
    10
    Game of the generation. Truly a game that is going to age like the finest of wines. There’s a plethora of range when it comes to main story missions, faction missions, side missions, the list goes on. Truly a game that takes you to a place that is out of this world, (pun intended). A game you think about playing after you stop playing. We should be truly grateful to experience this masterpiece.
  23. Dsouls
    Sep 7, 2023
    10
    Simplesmente melhor jogo espacial tendo realmente a física aplicada nele com tamanha perfeição só o espaço q não tem nada Oq fazer tipo não tem um buraco negro negro pra ir estrela de nêutrons planeta em colisão
  24. StudentCritic20
    Sep 7, 2023
    4
    Thankful got to play from Game Pass, would regret if I had paid full price. Bethesda hasn't learned a thing from their mistakes. The opening is boring and I had already wished for a way to skip past the set up. The setting and characters you meet have nothing to them, just felt generic. The space combat was lack luster, if you played the Mothership Zeta DLC for Fallout 3, it's just likeThankful got to play from Game Pass, would regret if I had paid full price. Bethesda hasn't learned a thing from their mistakes. The opening is boring and I had already wished for a way to skip past the set up. The setting and characters you meet have nothing to them, just felt generic. The space combat was lack luster, if you played the Mothership Zeta DLC for Fallout 3, it's just like that. The combat feels off, guns and melee lack weight. The dialogue has me remembering the way Fallout 4 was, just a lot of nothing in conversations, the only improvement in conversations is the silent character is back. The game looks nice, but that's all i can say is positive. The game is a huge disappointment.… Expand
  25. CashMunnie7679
    Sep 7, 2023
    10
    I rate it 97/100, there are a few minor things like city maps that can be better but wow, this is a great game. It is the most fun I've ever had playing a game. I am 20 hours in and can't wait to play more. I have never been this compelled to play a game. I was almost late for work! Amazing work Bethesda and Xbox.
  26. paulolethal
    Sep 7, 2023
    10
    Awesome. I'm impressed with the diversity, the detail as well as the world and universe created within Starfield. Congratulations to everyone involved.
  27. shhnd
    Sep 7, 2023
    0
    **** game, I would say I won't buy Elder Scrolls 6 if they don't change the game engine
  28. Shadowsiito
    Sep 7, 2023
    3
    Antes de empezar, el juego tiene cosas buenas te mete mucho en su mundo, la personalización de la nave es muy buena, me gusta que tenga en cuenta las características de cada planeta. Tiene su cosas buenas evidentemente

    AHORA LO IMPORTANTE LO MALO. El principal aspecto negativo de este juego no es sólo el juego en si es culpa de las Mentiras del equipo de Microsoft. Y medias verdades. "El    Antes de empezar, el juego tiene cosas buenas te mete mucho en su mundo, la personalización de la nave es muy buena, me gusta que tenga en cuenta las características de cada planeta. Tiene su cosas buenas evidentemente

    AHORA LO IMPORTANTE LO MALO.
    El principal aspecto negativo de este juego no es sólo el juego en si es culpa de las Mentiras del equipo de Microsoft.
    Y medias verdades. "El juego más grande, el juego más ambicioso y el que revolucionará el mundo de los videojuegos con más de mil planetas"
    Para empezar Starfield no revoluciona en nada, estamos delante de un videojuego que no innova en nada. Que tiene muchos aspectos de muchos videojuegos y no destaca en ninguno, cada juego del que come cosas es mejor en ese aspecto, regular en todo y bueno en nada.

    Gráficamente hablaban de portento, y estamos viendo cómo las caras de los NPCs dan pena.
    Donde hay detalles que hemos visto mejores en juegos primerizos de la generación anterior con INFAMOUS second sonda d PS4. O peor que el RYSE de Microsoft. La IA no representa ningún reto (que es un videojuego que no afronte ningún reto?) Nada!

    La IA es estúpidamente penosa no hace falta compararla, es que es desastroza. Nos vendían revolución ACORDAROS.
    hemos visto mil juegos con Ia muy superiores.
    Es que es absurdo que se hable de juegazo si no cumple con estándares.

    Y luego está la gente que los defiende.
    La retracción de estas personas para mí está en este ejemplo mio.

    Hace unos 6 Años salió Assassins creed Unity al mercado.
    El juego que mataron por los Bugs, donde yo que personalmente lo jugué y le heche 100h. Tenía Bugs visuales. Y bajones de frames. Y para nada llegan al nivel de los Bugs de STARFIELD O CYBERPUNK, que son continuos molestos absurdos y a veces te impiden avanzar muchisimo peores a mil niveles, hay juegos que no paran de matar y ahora sale un juego que esperaron y que les han vendido todo el hype del mundo y tienen esto y lo defienden a capa y espada.
    STARFIELD Y GRAN PARTE QUE LA APOYA, son los hipócritas que critican otros juegos y luego no aceptan la realidad. Dicho esto se que quedan muchas cosas malas que tiene el juego, pero ya caerán por su cuenta.
    Yo no recomendaría este juego inacabado a nadie.
    También recuerdo que la prensa es aquella que dicen que no hay que apoyar esos juegos que salen inacabados y con Bugs a punta pala y luego le ponen estás notas, nada tiene sentido el mundo alreves cuando les interesa.

    Espero que si alguien lee esto que abra los ojos y exija un producto de calidad acabado o que almenos no te creen expectativas para venderte el juego, que eso es inmoral y casi que debería ser ilegal. GRACIAS POR LA ATENCION    … Expand
  29. azilgath
    Sep 7, 2023
    6
    TLDR: Wait to buy this game when its on sale for $40 or less with all the DLC, it is definitely not worth the $70 or $100 for the special edition.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

    Overall, I will probably re-purchase this game when it is heavily discounted, and hopefully modders will have fixed the major issues with Starfield by then, which in my opinion, sheds a bad light on Bethesda that has supposedly been working on this for 20 years, seemingly having learned nothing from their past games. Disappointing to say the least.    … Expand
  30. Wolfbane363
    Sep 7, 2023
    10
    It’s been a long time since I’ve had a game occupy my time like this, if ever. So much attention and love was poured into the main story. Even the companions story quests are amazing. The way they weigh the choices you make and communicate that throughout the game is incredible. And the new game plus is just incredible so far. I don’t think I’ve seen a new game plus like this ever. FromIt’s been a long time since I’ve had a game occupy my time like this, if ever. So much attention and love was poured into the main story. Even the companions story quests are amazing. The way they weigh the choices you make and communicate that throughout the game is incredible. And the new game plus is just incredible so far. I don’t think I’ve seen a new game plus like this ever. From taking in the sun lit horizons, to exploring some abandoned cave beneath a science outpost at zero gravity, this game hit every mark I was looking for as a sci fi nerd plus more. I am truly grateful for the team behind this fantastic space opera. And I can’t wait to see what happens next with this brilliant IP.… Expand
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#30 Best Xbox Series X Game of 2023
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#1 Most Discussed Xbox Series X Game of 2023

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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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