Starfield

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  1. ItsHobogoblin
    Sep 7, 2023
    3
    I literally had to reset my password and log back into metacritic on this ancient account just to describe my utter disappointment in the game and its first impressions. I kid you not have tried playing this game 5 different times trying to get into it and I just can't. Im one of the biggest xbox and Microsoft fan boys but not even I can defend this utter boring and soulless feeling game.I literally had to reset my password and log back into metacritic on this ancient account just to describe my utter disappointment in the game and its first impressions. I kid you not have tried playing this game 5 different times trying to get into it and I just can't. Im one of the biggest xbox and Microsoft fan boys but not even I can defend this utter boring and soulless feeling game. The first impressions you get from this game are terrible my god everything just feels in a words I can't even properly describe. I literally wanted to stop playing after a terrible ship combat tutorial and landing on the first new planet. Also it doesn't help the character creator and the models look absolutely terrible and how can I get invested into my character when he looks like a mentally handicapped freak. My personal Ethos with video games has and always will be is that if I can't be pulled into the world and its immersion within a hour it's just not for me. Also don't let us ignore the sneakily added identity politics and pronouns in the character creator stage that just makes my **** eyes roll. Escapism in gaming is dead and has been for awhile sure we will get one or two gems but besides that its all garbage. So to end it off don't buy this garbage steal it from your dumbass friend who probably bought it and hide it from him so he will not have to suffer the same fate.… Expand
  2. RealestReview
    Sep 7, 2023
    3
    Finished the game just to have all my progress removed (credits, ship, relationships with character). Ridiculously bad game design and sad excuse for ng+. You have to f5 quicksave every 2 minutes to avoid gamebreaking bugs. To say I'm disappointed is an understatement.
  3. filmfantv
    Sep 8, 2023
    3
    What a mess. I‘m glad I could play this for free with Gamepass. What I like is the combat, but that only reminded me to get the new DLC for Cyberpunk. Besides combat, it‘s just fast travelling from area to area.

    Many awkward details and glitches destroy the immersion. In the tutorial, you can even shoot at your sidekicks and no one reacts. The plot is ludicrous, the actions of    What a mess. I‘m glad I could play this for free with Gamepass. What I like is the combat, but that only reminded me to get the new DLC for Cyberpunk. Besides combat, it‘s just fast travelling from area to area.

    Many awkward details and glitches destroy the immersion. In the tutorial, you can even shoot at your sidekicks and no one reacts.

    The plot is ludicrous, the actions of everyone feel forced and don’t make sense. Especially compared with Baldur’s Gate 3, Starfield’s storytelling appears ridiculously bland. Dialogues tend to be silly.

    Space exploration is non-existent - the game tells you unmistakably and even forces you to use fast travel. No exploration like in Skyrim. Load screens en masse.

    Besides combat, my highlight are the staring NPCs. My tip is to try this game via cloud gaming so you don‘t have to waste electricity for the huge download.    … Expand
  4. Leelareso
    Sep 7, 2023
    3
    Let's start with the fact that starfield doesn't do anything well/better than older Bethesda games. Apart from the models of some suits, the game offers nothing, facial animations are like from Morrowind, the game of lights is practically non-existent, exploration does not exist as well as in space and planets (where it comes down to running between abc points after 1000m to kill 3-4Let's start with the fact that starfield doesn't do anything well/better than older Bethesda games. Apart from the models of some suits, the game offers nothing, facial animations are like from Morrowind, the game of lights is practically non-existent, exploration does not exist as well as in space and planets (where it comes down to running between abc points after 1000m to kill 3-4 enemies and that's the whole location, the building is always one and the same with the same distribution of items and opponents, the story background is the worst of all Bethesda games, the main campaign takes 15 hours to complete, the ship we are on becomes useless after 5 hours of gameplay. This game would have been good 10 years ago + the price of the cap is completely inadequate for the quality of the product. Such Daggerfall has more fun with exploration and rpg system than this abomination. Fallout 3 / NV are better in terms of diversifying the gameplay of exploration and character creation. Starfield can be described as everything and nothing, as if making a cake with the addition of salami and brawn, you can, but who will eat it.… Expand
  5. YUSKERS
    Sep 7, 2023
    3
    It is proposed as a long-awaited great game, 10 years in development, a truly innovative and exciting game idea. Then I come up with this abortion!
    A fake open world (the planets divided into zones and invisible walls everywhere, to pass between the various zones there are thousands of loadings).
    Graphics that go well we're back in 2010 (if not worse). But above all, ridiculous    It is proposed as a long-awaited great game, 10 years in development, a truly innovative and exciting game idea. Then I come up with this abortion!
    A fake open world (the planets divided into zones and invisible walls everywhere, to pass between the various zones there are thousands of loadings).
    Graphics that go well we're back in 2010 (if not worse).
    But above all, ridiculous performance at every resolution, useless and poorly managed CPU load, and they say "upgrade your PC"...
    Useless company!
    If you have played Fallout 4 and Skyrim you will immediately notice that they have the exact same movements and actions, they used the same engine as these games without even optimizing the game properly.
    If you ask for all this money for gambling and propose an abortion like that, I would feel scammed    … Expand
  6. Mustapha_Mond
    Sep 8, 2023
    3
    This is a very boring game with terrible optimization. empty planets and poor characters have already said it all.
    I would like to add that Starfield is not Fallout 4 in space, it is a poor space mod for Fallout 4.
    Thanks to Gabe for allowing me to get my money back for such misery.
  7. goliat33
    Sep 7, 2023
    3
    There is NOTHING groundbreaking in this game there are few good things in it but nothing that was not already done before and it was done so much better even in games that are 10+ years old....Loading screens are everywhere and sure they are short but they are still very annoying ,space flight feels very arcadish and atmospheric flight is non-existent so game is basically souless FPS &There is NOTHING groundbreaking in this game there are few good things in it but nothing that was not already done before and it was done so much better even in games that are 10+ years old....Loading screens are everywhere and sure they are short but they are still very annoying ,space flight feels very arcadish and atmospheric flight is non-existent so game is basically souless FPS & Loot collector with the very weak story line that could not be less immersive....… Expand
  8. VortexQueen
    Sep 7, 2023
    3
    Starfield, despite its name, lacks a soul. It fails to offer a compelling vision that makes your journey truly worthwhile. The absence of a profound perspective that could provide an existential experience within this setting reduces it to a series of mundane tasks and generic necessities. This dismantles the potential for vastness and depth, relegating it to a regressive and antiquatedStarfield, despite its name, lacks a soul. It fails to offer a compelling vision that makes your journey truly worthwhile. The absence of a profound perspective that could provide an existential experience within this setting reduces it to a series of mundane tasks and generic necessities. This dismantles the potential for vastness and depth, relegating it to a regressive and antiquated system devoid of grandeur and ambition.… Expand
  9. Gefamao
    Sep 7, 2023
    3
    after 3 hours I experienced everything the game had to offer, I went to around 15 planets, I played the main quest for awhile and did a few sidequests and that's unironically it
    bad enemy variety
    gunplay is mid at best but gets old very fast aliens are boring sidequests are boring, main quest is even more boring world is literally ai generated with some points of "interest" that offer    after 3 hours I experienced everything the game had to offer, I went to around 15 planets, I played the main quest for awhile and did a few sidequests and that's unironically it
    bad enemy variety
    gunplay is mid at best but gets old very fast
    aliens are boring
    sidequests are boring, main quest is even more boring
    world is literally ai generated with some points of "interest" that offer nothing interesting    … Expand
  10. Ateriking666
    Sep 10, 2023
    3
    played the game for almost 2 hours and I closed the game and deleted it. The optimization of the game is a disgrace. The spaceship has no meaning, you can go everywhere with fast travel. The graphics are bad. There is a stupid filter and it tires your eyes. In short, this game did not meet my expectations and disappointed me.
  11. 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
  12. lalala3000
    Sep 7, 2023
    3
    -Todd says this is a "next gen" game but I thought next gen games would not have so many loading screens?
    -The game like most Bethesda games are buggy but for some reason Todd "it just works" Howard always seems to get a pass.
    -The story is bland so are the missions, If you want to do anything, you have to go through a loading screen. -AI is poor (you can point a gun at someone and they    -Todd says this is a "next gen" game but I thought next gen games would not have so many loading screens?
    -The game like most Bethesda games are buggy but for some reason Todd "it just works" Howard always seems to get a pass.
    -The story is bland so are the missions, If you want to do anything, you have to go through a loading screen.
    -AI is poor (you can point a gun at someone and they don't respond).
    -Graphics look outdated for a "next gen game"
    -A lot of fetch quest missions.
    - a lot of the procedurally generated planets have the same abandoned mine, pirate hide out, etc.    … Expand
  13. F3GR
    Sep 7, 2023
    3
    This game is not just one of the worst games Bethesda produced , but one of the worst big games ever produced. This game is a lot worse than Fallout 4, and this is not a high bar at all.

    The only positives: big 'open' world (just a ton of locations with invisible walls), variety of weapons/ship builds and infinite(?) replayability. And these factors are arguable don't mean much, because    This game is not just one of the worst games Bethesda produced , but one of the worst big games ever produced. This game is a lot worse than Fallout 4, and this is not a high bar at all.

    The only positives: big 'open' world (just a ton of locations with invisible walls), variety of weapons/ship builds and infinite(?) replayability. And these factors are arguable don't mean much, because the quality of the content of the game is beyond low.

    Everything else about this game is a complete disaster:
    - the loading screens, overall terrible user experience (UX) design;
    - the amount of bugs and glitches are astounding (not surprising considering its Bethesda);
    - 'the space travel' is a joke, its just a non-convincing, uninspiring, boring emulation of the potential experience, nothing actually happens in space itself except of repetitive boring ship fights;
    - almost all planets are empty and feel generated by AI, major cities and planets are almost as dull;
    - Lore, NPCs, dialogues, factions and quests are dull and and feel generated by AI;
    - AI of the NPCs is one of the worst I've seen in my life (on par with Cyberpunk 2077 vanilla);
    - weapons and perks are boring and don't provide any interesting and unique mechanics to the game role-playing wise;
    - enemies are repetitive and quickly become tiresome to fight with, the fights are just a shooting gallery.

    Don't even think about buying the game, and I strongly advise you to not even try to play it with the Game Pass, any RPG player and/or space enthusiast (astrophile) would get disgusted by what he would experience.    … Expand
  14. Sebcain2023
    Sep 7, 2023
    3
    It's basically Fallout in Space. The 20-year old engine is done and it's showing its colors. The combat sucks terribly and its overall just a giant running game. Boooooring. I get it that we now live in a clown world of 2023, especially with the last 3 years of crap, but it's also lame having to pick your pronoun, doing away with male and females (instead is body 1 and body 2 lol) and IIt's basically Fallout in Space. The 20-year old engine is done and it's showing its colors. The combat sucks terribly and its overall just a giant running game. Boooooring. I get it that we now live in a clown world of 2023, especially with the last 3 years of crap, but it's also lame having to pick your pronoun, doing away with male and females (instead is body 1 and body 2 lol) and I won't get into the other ideology their throwing into the game. Faces on NPC's look like crap and I'll wait 5+ years for the modders to make their game good..... which sucks.… Expand
  15. Witnss
    Sep 7, 2023
    3
    I liked exploring this game until 2 majors bugs stopped me in the main quest and 1 faction quest without any solution to pass them. I'm stuck and can't do nothing. The game should be called "How to ruin a gamer experience". Very disappointed
  16. Rising-phoenix7
    Sep 7, 2023
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The amount of bugs is simply annoying. This could not be possible in a game with so many years of development. Hope gets fixed.… Expand
  17. Atlas99
    Sep 7, 2023
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Enganação total! Diz q pode explorar planetas, mas tudo é limitado, vc só vê praticamente q foto do planeta e nada mais, IA burra q pode estragar a experiência ao jogar no lançamento… Expand
  18. 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
  19. TheSquirrelLink
    Sep 7, 2023
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I actually created an account so i can leave a review.
    First: i've played the game for about an hour so i've not seen much but the things i have seen was enough for me.
    Graphics: Overall looks nice but the characters look dull. The coloring in this game is very boring.
    i have an rtx 3070 and my pc should be running games like these at least on high without performance issues. It doesn't. My highest FPS were 60 when i'm lucky. Also everything is grey or red. I don't think they put much thought in the visuals of the game. Synchronization: the voices and mouth animations look nice
    Story:
    Uninteresting story. I've lost interest in it almost immediately since it was just talking and talking about stuff i didn't understand. I somehow got a ship but i didn't understand the reasoning.
    Gameplay: Unintuitive. I had to look up most lf the stuff i wanted to do (talking mostly about ship movement and settings)
    Npc interaction:
    Doesn't matter as far as i've played. I selected every answer that could deny me the progress of the story but they didn't care and gave it anyway. Maybe it would make a difference later but i doubt it.
    Difficulty:
    Idk man. I played on normal and i could just walk up to the pirates and they still missed their shots. Felt like stormtroopers. Yes i needed to take a med pack but i wasn't in a rush to do so.
    Open world:
    In no way interesting. Go from A to B, kill a few dudes come back repeat. Quick travel is the most important function here and thus boring as hell.
    Ship movement:
    I've realized to late that the robot was giving a tutorial in what the energy does in each section and there was no way in letting him repeat that so... i just winged it. The destroyed ships had loot which i magically teleported to my inventory... no animation no leaving the ship or anything. Just go near and teleport it in your inventory. Seen better in star citicen. Bugs:
    It's sad to say but "luckily" i only had one. After the first pirate fight the robot which follows you on the ship was making constant irritating banging noises like he is constantly hit with anything. After i've entered the ship it was over.
    Sad to say but bethesda should stick to fantasy rpg (elder scrolls) or post apocalyptic rpg (fallout). Those games were fun.    … Expand
  20. Zefirny
    Sep 7, 2023
    3
    Boring, outdated, poorly optimized, primitive ai, frequent loading screens, quests are just shameful, fake space flights... looks like a game from an indie studio.
  21. Marni0
    Sep 8, 2023
    3
    The most overhyped and overpromised game of the decade. They sang songs of glory and delivered the most basic and generic space fps of all time. Absolutely nothing makes this game stand out and nothing makes it worth its price tag, The only way people should purchase this game is through Game Pass.
  22. FFVIIR_exclusiv
    Sep 8, 2023
    3
    The game seems half done. He has good ideas but is very weak in exploration. The gunplay is from Ps3. The NPCs seem inert. I do not like the driving un the space. I think it should have been one more year in development.
  23. Banan212
    Sep 8, 2023
    3
    Starfield is same another Bethesda game.... but worse. Firstly this is the same old engine since Morrowind (2002) with the same problems and bugs. The game is terribly empty and boring compared to older Bethesda games like Skyrim or Fallout NV. The graphics are poor and look like a game from 10 years ago. Maybe the game sometimes looks nice in the foreground, but the backgrounds are aStarfield is same another Bethesda game.... but worse. Firstly this is the same old engine since Morrowind (2002) with the same problems and bugs. The game is terribly empty and boring compared to older Bethesda games like Skyrim or Fallout NV. The graphics are poor and look like a game from 10 years ago. Maybe the game sometimes looks nice in the foreground, but the backgrounds are a disaster. Most of the characters faces look like they come from a children's plasticine competition and their animations look like they were made by a very cheap AI. The enemy AI is the worst in recent Bethesda games. Enemies movements are completely random. Sometimes they may try to hide somewhere, but sometimes they will look straight at you waiting for you to shoot them, and other times they will just start running in random directions. Optimization on PC is terrible if you don't have the most powerful components. Exploration in this game is tragic and boring. If someone wants to play a game about cool space exploration, play No Man's Sky. It will be
    better spent money .
    To sum up, the game looks like a preliminary foundation, not a finished game. Well, modders will fix it and fill it in, but then the game shouldn't cost $70    … Expand
  24. KChito
    Sep 8, 2023
    3
    Where is the game that was going to revolutionize the world of entertainment? I only see a game with countless loading screens, empty, with NPCs that move robotically, glitches at every step.
    Combat is another joke, weapons that don't have recoil, spending money on them in shops is silly when you can steal them by pushing them with an item. A complete disaster of a game.
    As usual, a    Where is the game that was going to revolutionize the world of entertainment? I only see a game with countless loading screens, empty, with NPCs that move robotically, glitches at every step.
    Combat is another joke, weapons that don't have recoil, spending money on them in shops is silly when you can steal them by pushing them with an item. A complete disaster of a game.
    As usual, a gamepass quality game.    … Expand
  25. Tomybway
    Sep 8, 2023
    3
    The game is really boring, no immersion whatsoever. Never played an rpg where I didn't care about about any of the factions or characters or finding conclusion to any storyline. Space flight is horrible and only used for combat no exploration. Menufield...
  26. Kazymierz
    Sep 8, 2023
    3
    I wanted to love this game, I love space exploration as a concept, I love RPGs and the kind of "firm" Science Fiction tone this game uses (similar to Mass Effect). Problem is this game experience is frustrating to say the least.

    Exploration is tedious because Starfield's universe is largely empty, especially when you deviate "off the beaten path." This was really surprising given    I wanted to love this game, I love space exploration as a concept, I love RPGs and the kind of "firm" Science Fiction tone this game uses (similar to Mass Effect). Problem is this game experience is frustrating to say the least.

    Exploration is tedious because Starfield's universe is largely empty, especially when you deviate "off the beaten path." This was really surprising given Betheda's history and their famous touting of their worlds, I was expecting a game where venturing off the paths of quests would be like FO4 or Skyrim, where I stumble onto some side content that pulls me in and I look back two hours later and say: "Wait, I was doing a quest!" To be very clear: Starfield DOES NOT give you this experience in the least. Many of the worlds in Starfield are largely empty and offer few NPCs or locations to interact with.

    The gameplay feels dated as well, not outright bad, more like they just took FO4, stapled on some 2016 No Man's Sky, and applied a new coat of paint. Ground combat is very stale, largely due to a combination of bad AI, bullet-sponge enemies, and that most guns have really toned down sounds... Then there is space combat. The ship and base-building mechanics are much improved from their FO4 roots, clearly this is where Bethesda spent A LOT of time, and it shows. I can say I was very pleased with what I could do with my ship after awhile and there are many options in regards to constructing your base/home. That being said, combat in space is just very poorly balanced because you have the same "bullet sponge" issues from ground combat, but the added difficulty of lacking cover. This places a lot of onus on the player making sure you are upgrading your ship, particularly on higher difficulties, and causes this heavy emphasis on resource gathering, hence the NMS comparison.

    Then there are the bugs. I expected them given its a Bethesda game, but this... It isn't as bad as FO76, but it also feels like Bethesda just haven't learned anything in the last 15 years. I can't tell you how many times I had companions or enemies stuck on level geometry that would either impede my progress, and more than a few times it required me to re-load and hope I didn't end up with an enemy shooting me from behind a wall or above the ceiling where I couldn't shoot back or end up with a companion preventing me from moving into a room with the quest objective. I had crashes, I had physics and texture bugs, I had objectives fail to properly complete requiring reloads.

    I compared this game to 2016 No Man's Sky earlier, and I really think that is what Starfield is: 2016 No Man's Sky with a Bethesda RPG skin. It has the same lifeless universe NMS did in 2016, the same mechanical issues with the world, which I assume are driven by lazy use of procedural generation, and many of the same problems with the gameplay loop. If you're willing to grind it out for the sake of the RPG mechanics and ship-building, the two lone bright spots of this title, then more power to you. Personally, I found this game tedious to play and unrewarding to explore.    … Expand
  27. LucasLhc
    Sep 8, 2023
    3
    This game is already the great disappointment of this generation loadings, 30fps, bugs, crashes,IA , dead worlds, low quality characters, graphic textures from 2013. Worlds like Gta 5 and Uncharted, Bethesta's own Skyrim and Fallout in the ps3 generation were superior.Rdr2, Forbiden West showed a great evolution in the Ps4/Xbox One generation, something that Starfield does not do in thisThis game is already the great disappointment of this generation loadings, 30fps, bugs, crashes,IA , dead worlds, low quality characters, graphic textures from 2013. Worlds like Gta 5 and Uncharted, Bethesta's own Skyrim and Fallout in the ps3 generation were superior.Rdr2, Forbiden West showed a great evolution in the Ps4/Xbox One generation, something that Starfield does not do in this one with all the power of the Series X with all the promise and Hype created, not even FPS 30/60 options were made available on the Xbox, a fact that shows the error in maintaining the Series S as a must for the studios. If it had 5 well-crafted worlds with space exploration, combat, seasons, mysteries, secret locations, landing without the need for constant Loadings. Free positive points for GamePass subscribers. Bethesda can't overcome its old titles like Fallout 4 and Skyrim . A big disappointment for the promises made and for what was delivered.… Expand
  28. j47
    Sep 8, 2023
    3
    Massively let down with this. The worlds feel hollow and empty, most of the characters are uninteresting, the combat is jarring and has no charm, the dialogue by (Bethesda's standards) is abysmal, there is no space travel or exploration; just more and more fast travel screens. I am genuinely shocked this is what they chose to release. Big no from me.
  29. falcorn
    Sep 8, 2023
    3
    Starfield is a massive open-world space RPG that has been in development for over 10 years. However, it is a disappointment. While it has a lot to offer in terms of exploration, its technical flaws and lack of polish hold it back.

    The game's biggest strength is its exploration. There are over 100 star systems to explore, each with its own planets, moons, and space stations. However, the    Starfield is a massive open-world space RPG that has been in development for over 10 years. However, it is a disappointment. While it has a lot to offer in terms of exploration, its technical flaws and lack of polish hold it back.

    The game's biggest strength is its exploration. There are over 100 star systems to explore, each with its own planets, moons, and space stations. However, the planets are all procedurally generated, which can make them feel samey and repetitive. There is also a lack of variety in the wildlife and the environment.

    The game's combat is also underwhelming. It is serviceable, but it is not very engaging. The weapons feel weak and the enemies are not very challenging.

    The game's story is also a letdown. It is predictable and uninspired. The characters are also one-dimensional and forgettable.

    In addition to the above criticisms, the game is also buggy and unstable. I encountered several bugs during my playthrough, including quests that would not progress and enemies that would not spawn. The game is also poorly optimized. The frame rate can be choppy, even on high-end PCs.

    The game's UI is also clunky and unintuitive. It can be difficult to find what you are looking for. The game's dialogue is wooden and unnatural. The characters often say things that do not make sense.

    Overall, Starfield is a flawed game that does not live up to its potential. It is a derivative game that borrows heavily from other space RPGs. There is nothing in Starfield that feels truly new or groundbreaking.

    I hope that Bethesda will address the game's shortcomings in future updates, but I am not holding my breath.    … Expand
  30. vistaplayer1009
    Sep 8, 2023
    3
    After waiting so long for this game, I am truly disappointed. The overhype was what destroyed this for me. After playing over 20 hours I will never get that time of my life back. The players that have glorified this are truly not telling the truth, they are truly trying to make something great that is mid. I gave this game a 3-10 because of the stale gameplay and copy and paste thisAfter waiting so long for this game, I am truly disappointed. The overhype was what destroyed this for me. After playing over 20 hours I will never get that time of my life back. The players that have glorified this are truly not telling the truth, they are truly trying to make something great that is mid. I gave this game a 3-10 because of the stale gameplay and copy and paste this developer did. There is no true new IP. Basically Skyrim in space and Skyrim was an amazing game. But this game does not define a game of the generation and this company needs to do better.… 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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