Starfield

 Xbox Series X
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6.4

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  1. 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
  2. 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。
  3. WashLyon
    Sep 8, 2023
    9
    I loved this game. Starfield is Bethesda's best game. It took everything that was good about Fallout and Skyrim and made it better. I loved the ship fights.

    I haven't had any critical bugs in my game, just menu crashing bugs or something like that, nothing special. If you are a fan of RPG, shooting and space content, then this game is really for you! But if you don't like RPG games,    I loved this game. Starfield is Bethesda's best game. It took everything that was good about Fallout and Skyrim and made it better. I loved the ship fights.

    I haven't had any critical bugs in my game, just menu crashing bugs or something like that, nothing special.

    If you are a fan of RPG, shooting and space content, then this game is really for you! But if you don't like RPG games, don't even try it. The game really has several dialogues and decisions that are characteristic of an RPG game.

    It could have some more details in the graphics, especially the facial expressions of the NPCs, but it's still a great game!

    I recommend it to everyone. It won't win the GOTY award, but it's a great game! 9/10 easily!!!    … Expand
  4. woofe
    Sep 8, 2023
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Jogo incrível, história envolvente, passei horas jogando sem nem me dar conta do tempo. Há algumas coisas que são negativas mas no geral eu me agradei muito do jogo.… Expand
  5. CowboyH3nc
    Sep 10, 2023
    0
    This is a lazy game….they forgot so much stuff it’s embarrassing…npc’s not reacting to you firing a gun in their presence. Broken quests, bug…it’s playable…but come on. Realizing unfinished games should stop!
  6. Lucas1000grauu
    Sep 10, 2023
    1
    One of the worst games ever made by Bethesda.

    Empty, repetitive planets, combat without AI, several bugs, extremely poorly made NPCs, boring and repetitive, I got tired after just 6 hours of playing. Where have you ever seen a space ship game where we can't fly the ship into the atmosphere of the planets like in "NO MANS SKY", or even fly the ship or hover inside the planets?!!!?? ?    One of the worst games ever made by Bethesda.

    Empty, repetitive planets, combat without AI, several bugs, extremely poorly made NPCs, boring and repetitive, I got tired after just 6 hours of playing.

    Where have you ever seen a space ship game where we can't fly the ship into the atmosphere of the planets like in "NO MANS SKY", or even fly the ship or hover inside the planets?!!!?? ? At Mans Sky I already did this 7 years ago.

    Once again Microsoft is proving that everything it gets its hands on, it ruins.    … Expand
  7. sevaldsen96
    Sep 10, 2023
    9
    Amazing achievement from Bethesda. A few shortcomings makes it just shy of a 10 from me. All in all one amazing game
  8. Theluckycooper
    Sep 10, 2023
    10
    This is by far my favourite game. Have spent over 20 hours in it already and keep getting immersed to the universe.
  9. Gruzin
    Sep 10, 2023
    2
    Gra jest mega nudna i powtarzalna. Całość rozgrywki to ogromy krok wstecz w stosunku do poprzednich produkcji studia Bethesda.
  10. Trikalinos_4
    Sep 10, 2023
    10
    Great game guys well done...bethesda keep up the good work and making these types of games.. masterpieces!!
  11. ferryan
    Sep 7, 2023
    5
    To put it short, this is very much Skyrim in space. That is, what Skyrim was back when it was launched, before the modding community made it the game it is now.
    That said, it is not a bad game, even if it is extremely bare bones at the moment. You can go pretty much everywhere you see - which is nice - but sadly, there isn't that much to "see" on the way - in space, which is a big part of    To put it short, this is very much Skyrim in space. That is, what Skyrim was back when it was launched, before the modding community made it the game it is now.
    That said, it is not a bad game, even if it is extremely bare bones at the moment. You can go pretty much everywhere you see - which is nice - but sadly, there isn't that much to "see" on the way - in space, which is a big part of space travel, yes? - as every time you hop aboard your ship to switch planets/moons/systems, you're treated to a loading screen. You spend very little time on your ship considered how much that is a part of star-faring.
    There is a veritable ton of quests and little events, ranging from your usual go-there-and-find-this to surveying to bounty hunting, nothing earthshaking but the variety is there. The main quest moves on tracks, though, so if you're expecting the sort of freedom you may have found thrilling in a game that starts with the letter "B" and ends in the numeral "3", cast away that hope. You, the player, in terms of the main questline, are a hound the npcs point in a direction. You are, of course, free to ignore the main quest entirely - which you can't do in that other game - so... yeah.
    Long story short, this is a Bethesda game, at launch. As we all know, these games become great, both in looks and in in-depth content, after the players make them great. Bethesda just creates the framework, and they've done so relatively bug free for a Bethesda game, here. (Although my game crashed the moment i launched it for the first time, which made me laugh, it hasn't crashed again or encountered any game-breaking bugs after that during the c. 40 hours I've clocked in now.)
    I don't really see why people are so up in arms about Starfield being the best or the worst Bethesda title, as, in its current blank state, it sits quite comfortably in the middle, waiting to see how far the modding community will take it. And there is much, much more room here than in Skyrim.
    That being said, the price tag for what is technically a beautiful frame with the outlines of a painting is a bit steep. The time spent in development is no excuse, seeing how much of it has been outsourced.
    Hopefully, this one goes the way Skyrim did, which depends largely on the community, now. Is that good company policy for a gargantuan studio? Go figure.    … Expand
  12. tyros98
    Sep 10, 2023
    0
    It's just sad. After all those promises and hyping the game it is a major let down
  13. Pommes
    Sep 10, 2023
    5
    Another overhyped game without delivering. In its core, starfield could easily count as a fallout 4 dlc, sold at full price. I was quite shocked that the average graphics only run at 30 fps, which enhances the nostalgic fallout 4 feeling, I was hoping that lies behind us and for me that stuttering has really become a problem since I am used to at least 60 fps, considering the overallAnother overhyped game without delivering. In its core, starfield could easily count as a fallout 4 dlc, sold at full price. I was quite shocked that the average graphics only run at 30 fps, which enhances the nostalgic fallout 4 feeling, I was hoping that lies behind us and for me that stuttering has really become a problem since I am used to at least 60 fps, considering the overall appearance, this seem sluggish optimised. Further, the inventory and item System has still the same flaw as fallout, quickly you are a walking dumpster and a lot of time is spend throwing stuff away. Also, if you are used to the colourful environment from NMS, the planets are dull. I loved Oblivion an Fallout 3, I liked playing Skyrim and Fallout 4, but more of the same again is not worth my time. It came with game pass for free and it lasted half a day on my hard drive. For me simply not fun to play.… Expand
  14. 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.
  15. mjkguy
    Sep 8, 2023
    10
    Awesome game with good RPG elements, fun combat, and freedom to play how you want.
  16. freebirds
    Sep 7, 2023
    5
    Pros:
    giant open world, a few citys are pretty cool
    multiple quests spaceship building/ settlement building Cons: -open world is largely empty and the procedural generated worlds often reuse dungeons. (came across the same layout of a cave multiple times in only a few hours of exploring) -quests are very on rails with limited impact to the wider world. nothing on par with the    Pros:
    giant open world, a few citys are pretty cool
    multiple quests
    spaceship building/ settlement building

    Cons:
    -open world is largely empty and the procedural generated worlds often reuse dungeons. (came across the same layout of a cave multiple times in only a few hours of exploring)
    -quests are very on rails with limited impact to the wider world. nothing on par with the megaton bomb from what i've seen.
    - the characters seem all very dull, and the npcs are not very reactive.

    I have never seen a game look so bad yet so good at the same time. Some locations like spaceships and rooms look amazing with incredible detail. Other areas look very low pixel and from prev gen. Overall it can give you a somewhat good questing experience with some of the faction quests, but the wider exploration is lacking in depth. In previous games like fallout i would explore a building and find notes and visual aids (skeletons in certain positions, broken items etc) that would tell a story about what happened in the location. In starfield i have yet to come across something similar that provides a world build experience. Bugs are still quite common even if they are not crashing the game, and AI is non existant.

    Not impressive    … Expand
  17. Zetincore
    Sep 7, 2023
    7
    El juego no es perfecto y me sentí algo decepcionado más que nada por las espectativas tan altas que tenía, realmente pudo ser mejor en mi opinión pero tampoco está tan mal,si te gustan los juegos de Bethesda seguro este también te guste
  18. Mikew360
    Sep 7, 2023
    5
    Amazing, simple as that. Starfield is massive and so many things to do and stories that unfold in unexpected situations.
  19. 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
  20. pigroach
    Sep 7, 2023
    5
    It's ok, it's a Bethesda game so you've seen it all before. Same old engine that is way past it's best, dated visuals, no memorble npcs, wooden with no personality. Lots of side busy work to do. The main quest hasn't gripped me at all. Just doesn't compare to BG3 or Cyber Punk in terms of quality.
  21. superbarf
    Sep 7, 2023
    5
    I really wanted to love this game. When it's good - oh boy - it's good. Unfortunately there's a lot of not so good that makes Starfield hard to recommend. Too much time is spent in clunky travel mechanics, unnecessary loading screens, and vague objectives and not nearly enough time spent in the meat of what makes this game good.

    This would be great game for the mid 00s in the 2020s -    I really wanted to love this game. When it's good - oh boy - it's good. Unfortunately there's a lot of not so good that makes Starfield hard to recommend. Too much time is spent in clunky travel mechanics, unnecessary loading screens, and vague objectives and not nearly enough time spent in the meat of what makes this game good.

    This would be great game for the mid 00s in the 2020s - where creature comforts like constant loading screens are finally becoming a thing of the past. If I went straight from Oblivion or Morrowind to this - I would be blown away.

    For every beautiful space station and city, there are literal miles of bland uninteresting space - that you are required to walk and awkwardly travel through to get anywhere. For every clever line of dialog - there's thousands of meters of running, walking, running, walking, and running again in an unpolished and ultimately boring landscape. For every shiver down my spine when something cool happens, there's an equal amount of me shouting "WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS TO ME TODD?" when I fast travel to a door that treats me to yet another loading screen.    … Expand
  22. Kalcifer0311
    Sep 7, 2023
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Entretenido e inmersivo, a pesar de varios detalles es un gran juego donde he invertido más de 50 horas… Expand
  23. williamxanderso
    Sep 8, 2023
    5
    客观地说，这是一款优缺点都很明显的游戏。优点自然不必说，还是传统经典的BRPG那一套：大量的叙事和错综复杂的人物关系，交织如网的任务触发形式。这套玩法有自己独特的魅力。
    但是既然我今天在这里发表评价，就不是把媒体那一套说辞照搬过来的。我的评判标准便是用户体验和开发商的态度。
    我可以打包票，这款游戏的用户体验，除了文本叙事，其他体验几乎没有，而且特别差！有的人说预告片里有的都做出来了。是吗？并不是，比如全局光照就没有。本作的出门冒险体验比在城里逛街要好不少，因为探险的交互远比和人打交道要简单。没有运镜加上贴脸镜头以及糟糕的表情控制外加没有中文配音，让我在对话中的沉浸感极差。有时再加上生硬的镜头运用和队友NPC奇怪的站位（桌子上，墙后面，天花板），让人出戏的情况时有发生。这些用户体验方面的缺点要我罗列下来，讲不了一天一夜也能讲一个下午。    客观地说，这是一款优缺点都很明显的游戏。优点自然不必说，还是传统经典的BRPG那一套：大量的叙事和错综复杂的人物关系，交织如网的任务触发形式。这套玩法有自己独特的魅力。
    但是既然我今天在这里发表评价，就不是把媒体那一套说辞照搬过来的。我的评判标准便是用户体验和开发商的态度。
    我可以打包票，这款游戏的用户体验，除了文本叙事，其他体验几乎没有，而且特别差！有的人说预告片里有的都做出来了。是吗？并不是，比如全局光照就没有。本作的出门冒险体验比在城里逛街要好不少，因为探险的交互远比和人打交道要简单。没有运镜加上贴脸镜头以及糟糕的表情控制外加没有中文配音，让我在对话中的沉浸感极差。有时再加上生硬的镜头运用和队友NPC奇怪的站位（桌子上，墙后面，天花板），让人出戏的情况时有发生。这些用户体验方面的缺点要我罗列下来，讲不了一天一夜也能讲一个下午。
    总而言之，你以为贝塞斯达八年磨一剑，没想到它拿出了八年前的剑。其不思进取，故步自封的态度可见一斑。
    近年来，《遗忘之城》《天外世界》证明了BRPG不是只有你贝塞斯达可以做，而且可以比你更好！如果我要玩所谓的BETHASDA味道我可以回去玩辐射4和上古卷轴5，如果我要玩太空RPG我还可以去玩质量效应。
    陶德接受彭博社采访的视频你们看了吗？贝塞斯达的傲慢态度足以让我把它拉黑。    … Expand
  24. Sealow
    Sep 8, 2023
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. 50 hours+ in with the main quest completed twice and 2 faction quests fully completed. A very disappointing execution, very bad main story execution, tons of unnecessary travel waiting with no gameplay purpose, really bad world building, effectively 0 meaningful freedom in quests and storyline. Main story quest is effectively just 15 hours of doing the exact same thing over and over again. The worst part is that is that the locations are super generic and uninteresting locations. There is only one good quest in the entire main story quest line that features a research facility that is switching between dimensions. This quest is the only good quest in the game and it’s such a stark contrast against the extremely unambitious delivery for rest of the game.

    Travelling takes forever. I wish this was a fast travel simulator like it’s often mocked for being. The reality is that the travelling is painfully slow despite a 4090 and NVME2 maxed out PC. They add tons of painfully slow landing sequences. You can’t fast travel directly to the planets surface but you must instead travel to its orbit first. You must get scanned for contraband in almost all of the meaningful solar systems which also takes even more time. You also have to wait for you grav drive to power up for upwards of at least 6 seconds out of memory. The worst part is that it serves so little purpose, you almost never get attacked by other spaceships. While any meaningful orbit interactions / quests could’ve been much better executed by just having them appear in the solar system map view as a distress signal. 0 meaningful choice or interesting gameplay in quests. Compared against Cyberpunk the ability to approach a quest in multiple different ways is just non existent. No proper stealth, no different approaches to the objective and instead just a simple speech check at the very end of a quest to skip 10s of combat. Abysmal non existent world building instead of the cool and extensive world building we saw in Fallout 4. The days of exploring the wasteland and coming across tons of cool structures and settings are gone. You got a few small cities that are hard to traverse with not a lot of substance. If you ever hope to come across a cool building with tons of enemies anywhere you’re going to be disappointed. It’s going to be same looking space building facility you see everywhere else. With the same generic 4x4 meter building block set.

    7-8 years of development for this? 66% of the game is spent running in barren planet with 0 meaningful world building and tons of artificially added waiting screens. The rest of the 33% is generic combat with the most linear dialogue and quest options imaginable. To call this game too ambitious is not doing it service. This is a very unambiguous game with even worse delivery.

    As for bugs I encountered 2-3 bugs that soft locked the main quest as important characters would start to float up in the air, etc. in all cases I was able to reload the save and run up to the person I needed to talk to before they floated into the planets atmosphere. Not too bad on this front for a Bethesda game.

    As someone who is a massive fan of fallout new vegas and a big fan of Cyberpunk this was a massive disappointment. The game designs and direction is incredibly outdated and I have to be honest that for Bethesda to be one of only 2 game studios producing massive first person RPGs like this is leaving me sad. If you are new to the genre and not that big of a RPG fan then maybe 6/10 can be a fair rating. But if you are a massive fan of fallout new vegas, fallout 4, Cyberpunk and were hoping for a big leap forward. Then you’re in for the opposite, it’s a far worse experience than even fallout 4. The 4/10 is for the people that never wanted a looter shooter no man’s sky but an actual RPG with a good story and meaningful freedom.    … Expand
  25. requiem835453
    Sep 8, 2023
    2
    **** of bethesda. It's only a space sci-fi themed Fallout, but everything that made Bethesda's previous games great, Starfield makes it worse, with Exploration Inexistence, bland planets, and a super-heavy introduction...
  26. PepeXbox
    Sep 8, 2023
    2
    I am a big fan of Bethesda and Xbox, but I have to admit that this time they have disappointed me, I was looking forward to this new IP from the studio, when I found out that they were going to use the Creation Engine again, I began to doubt if I would be up to 2023 standards, I was wrong.

    Many unfulfilled promises and what could have been a 10 game, turned into a mediocre game with zero    I am a big fan of Bethesda and Xbox, but I have to admit that this time they have disappointed me, I was looking forward to this new IP from the studio, when I found out that they were going to use the Creation Engine again, I began to doubt if I would be up to 2023 standards, I was wrong.


    Many unfulfilled promises and what could have been a 10 game, turned into a mediocre game with zero space exploration, animations and graphics worthy of the Xbox 360 generation, even if not Bethesda, even if not.    … Expand
  27. OrphanOne
    Sep 8, 2023
    10
    Good game imo, if you're expecting a bethesda game and not a seamless space exploration game then Starfield will be enjoyable for you. I'm not sure what people were expecting but some folks need to touch grass. If Starfield is a bad game objectively, then I'm sorry to say but you are extremely spoiled. Most negative points I see are things that are quite subjective for the most part. IGood game imo, if you're expecting a bethesda game and not a seamless space exploration game then Starfield will be enjoyable for you. I'm not sure what people were expecting but some folks need to touch grass. If Starfield is a bad game objectively, then I'm sorry to say but you are extremely spoiled. Most negative points I see are things that are quite subjective for the most part. I could say the same criticism for games like Last of Us and Red Dead Redemption 2. personal taste shouldn't be part of a review. Objectively Starfield is a 8/10 game. Personally I give it a 10… Expand
  28. 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
  29. Yog2610
    Sep 8, 2023
    8
    I have a hard time figuring out how can people right from the bat say anything substantial, even more, negative about the game without playing it taking into account a that what people do in this king of rpgs is immersion , in that account for I have some considerations about the game and the people taking trash. Many worlds are boring ? How can you you expect every single world to beI have a hard time figuring out how can people right from the bat say anything substantial, even more, negative about the game without playing it taking into account a that what people do in this king of rpgs is immersion , in that account for I have some considerations about the game and the people taking trash. Many worlds are boring ? How can you you expect every single world to be fantastic? If you like immersion wouldn’t be normal some worlds be vast and some don’t ? That’s why the game compels you to explore , because that’s the life of any explorer , sometimes you find something great , sometimes you don’t , that’s life .

    The loadings . Yes it would be great not to have them , but that we most think of what hardware would be capable fondling that . It’s just not possible . The game as a sistem to simulate that ( the so called loading screen) in order do have some things you don’t have others I agree with the animations , especially the facial animations , they could , and I hope they still will put some more work on that .

    The game is massive , and they don’t assist you properly , by the time you understand , you already invest too many hours, they should help people on that regard because it’s not simple.

    The caracter don’t have voice and that is annoying, they say it’s because it’s more immerse , but personally i don’t think so.

    All and all it’s a great game , the story it’s great , the graphic’s amazing , and like any Bethesda game it as a a large margin to evolve over the time , and you can expect that .

    Enjoy the game , don’t list to me or anyone , and fly to the stars    … Expand
  30. TheRealJTV4K60
    Sep 8, 2023
    1
    1/10 We all knew this was going to be trash because they blocked review copies and only sent it to people who would give them high ratings. I watched 20 hours of gameplay on YouTube and I can say it's trash, The game takes a lot of time to start and the graphics look like last gen, The game is also full of bugs, something you won't see on a PlayStation game. Ask Kingthrash (@DoWhatYouDo6)1/10 We all knew this was going to be trash because they blocked review copies and only sent it to people who would give them high ratings. I watched 20 hours of gameplay on YouTube and I can say it's trash, The game takes a lot of time to start and the graphics look like last gen, The game is also full of bugs, something you won't see on a PlayStation game. Ask Kingthrash (@DoWhatYouDo6) He will tell you the same thing.… Expand
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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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