Starfield

 Xbox Series X
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6.4

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  1. 99thhand
    Sep 7, 2023
    1
    Graphics is decent but some are not policed, Story is generic, AI is bad it's from other game.
    you go. played 20 hours + and feels like a waste of time. you do the same thing over and over and it's not rewarding. This game was so overhyped Fallout 4 is way better than this game.
  2. psylife
    Sep 7, 2023
    5
    There is a fundamental lack of creativity and risk taking here. The game is disappointing, not because it fails at materializing its vision, but because of how poor the vision is in the first place.

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

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

    Bethesda has a problem, where are the talents ? Where are the visionaries and innovators ?    … Expand
  3. Mogar245
    Sep 7, 2023
    10
    The perfect space rpg, There's so much to do on every planet, so many random encounters, and so many ways to play. You can join the military, you can be a cowboy, a trucker, a freelancer, a pirate, so much more. And perfectly encapsulates the spirit of exploration. There's something new around every corner.

    I haven't had any loading screen issues, and I'm not fast travelling at all.    The perfect space rpg, There's so much to do on every planet, so many random encounters, and so many ways to play. You can join the military, you can be a cowboy, a trucker, a freelancer, a pirate, so much more. And perfectly encapsulates the spirit of exploration. There's something new around every corner.

    I haven't had any loading screen issues, and I'm not fast travelling at all. Can't really think of anything more I want.    … Expand
  4. Aullin125
    Sep 7, 2023
    0
    Buggy, Old gameplay, Bad Graphics, Loading screens everywhere, Not open world, Menu Simulator
  5. Angelooo
    Sep 7, 2023
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Increíble el juego es una delicia en los apartados donde se nota bethesda tanto en lo bueno y en lo malo, también se nota el gunplay la mano de id software. La iluminación global a tiempo real es exquisita, la inmersión que aportan los mundos:estalactitas, rocas, sombreado muy bien, las físicas del juego muy logradas, el apartado sonoro espectacular, otro nivel. La historia empieza titubeante, pero al poco tiempo es una delicia, es un título que por momentos maravilla. Crearte el personaje tiene infinidad de posibilidades. Las misiones secundarias muy buenas Lo malo los npc mejorados, pero necesita un cambio de motor. Con las horas te haces con el juego y pasan a un segundo apartado, la IA recomiendo ponerla en dificultad máxima, puedes explorar todo, pero realmente no como esperaba, sí que puedes coger la nave e ir a otro planeta, pero puedes tardar horas de ahí que esté el viaje rápido, por lo demás muy bien el juego las batallas espaciales están bien, obviando las pantallas de carga que molestan, pero no rompe la experiencia hay bugs, pero nada que ver con otros títulos de bethesda conclusión final el mejor juego que he jugado desde skyrim.… Expand
  6. TechScope
    Sep 7, 2023
    9
    Starfield has been out now for a week with early access. and I have to say that I share many feelings and opinions that the community do with this game. It is a very slow burn to begin with -- but once you get going, you can’t put the damn thing down.

    Don’t worry — there won’t be any spoilers here in this review. We will start at the begining of the game however, not discussing the story    Starfield has been out now for a week with early access. and I have to say that I share many feelings and opinions that the community do with this game. It is a very slow burn to begin with -- but once you get going, you can’t put the damn thing down.

    Don’t worry — there won’t be any spoilers here in this review.

    We will start at the begining of the game however, not discussing the story aspect but just how it goes. It’s a Bethesda title so it’s a nice little tutorial. You learn basics: walking, talking, mining, shooting, navigating menus, using your ship etc…

    The tutorial is a good entry into the game. There’s a lot to learn, but the game doesn’t throw everything at you all at once. You progressively learn how to things such as outposts and upgrading your ship. However, some areas such as the Digipicking minigame are not explained well enough and would have benefited from a better explanation.

    During the tutorial you will also create your character. This is a pretty detailed one, you can really go in on how you want to look, choose your name (and pronouns!) Aswell as a backgrounds and some traits which can unlock some new dialogue options or alter the way you play.


    Let’s not beat around the bush and ignore the main part of what makes Starfield a Space RPG. Space! The controls for your ship are basic and easy to understand after a short time using it. Space combat is relatively basic but with perks you can get a bit more advanced, taking out enemies weapons to prevent them shooting you or destroying their engines and docking then boarding their ship.

    Additionally, despite space being so vast with numerous systems within the Settled Systems, it’s not always empty — of course, it will be a lot of the time but you can often find yourself encountering various NPCs who you can interact with, some are just fun little encounters, some will involve fighting. A bit of variety to make you question whether you should prepare for a fight whenever you see a ship infront of you.

    Landing back on the surface, let’s talk exploration. When you land on a planet/moon you will be given a tile to explore. Various points of interests can generate in these tiles and ships can occasionally land. However we must note that it can be at times, tedious to get on/off a surface as you will experience a load screen, animation and another load screen. I must say also, the points of interests can be really interesting with some quests/hidden story & lore buried within them if you’re a keen explorer.

    Graphically I don’t feel experienced enough to comment on this part of the game; but I recommend you check out Digital Foundry’s in-depth analysis.

    Cities: Skylines, are beautiful. The cities feel very lived in, busy, bustling. However I’d be lying if I said the NPC civilians looked great, they can be questionable but I do excuse Bethesda bit on this as they’re meant just for background noise, the key NPCs are much better modelled.

    In conclusion: Starfield is a great game if you can stomach the slow burn before you feel it start to really open up for you. The game has its ups and downs but the ups far outweighed the downs for me. There’s a lot to do and a lot to explore but this game doesn’t throw it all at once. There’s flaws such as bugs, crashes, badly explained mechanics, load screens and poor NPC models but given how far and few the crashes were, how I gradually learned the mechanics I struggled, how fast the game loaded and how rarely I looked at an NPC long enough to care? I don’t feel these detracted from the game for me    … Expand
  7. Boyoo69
    Sep 7, 2023
    10
    I love it sm, I can't stop playing it. I'm not really a fan of games like Skyrim and all that but this one really does it for me, I haven't been into a game this much since a long while and I absolutely love it and personally haven't encountered any glitches at all
  8. hyogom00
    Sep 7, 2023
    6
    Too outdated graphic engine, very crude animations and too many loading screens to be a game of the new generation. In terms of gameplay and content it is quite extensive and fun, but it has too many technical deficiencies
  9. rominomini
    Sep 7, 2023
    10
    I'm having an absolute blast, I can easily see myself playing this for 10 years. Its a must!
  10. Fraggersoulz
    Sep 7, 2023
    1
    Honestly, I can go on and on about this "game of the generation" but that will make me put more effort into this that the entire dev team did on MidField.
    - Game looks like its from 2015
    - Runs like **** for what it looks - No modern technology implementations. - Facial animations from paleolithic age - not bug free(AAA standards and not bgs stds) - nothing interesting even in first    Honestly, I can go on and on about this "game of the generation" but that will make me put more effort into this that the entire dev team did on MidField.
    - Game looks like its from 2015
    - Runs like **** for what it looks
    - No modern technology implementations.
    - Facial animations from paleolithic age
    - not bug free(AAA standards and not bgs stds)
    - nothing interesting even in first 10 hours
    - Literally most main quests are fetch quests.
    - NO minimap or map of any kind.
    - AI is worse than games from 2000s
    - Every npc or quest character dialogues are snoozefest
    - Nothing is polished or makes you say, wow that is well done.
    - movement, gunplay, looting, UI is janky.
    - Repetitive copy paste bull**** of locations in the first hours of gameplay and in the planets that TODD LIEward claimed to be handcrafted.
    - Space exploration is non existent
    - Flight controls which even games from 90s did better
    - Story is lackluster with no depth or care.    … Expand
  11. BlackKnight8266
    Sep 7, 2023
    10
    good game.. i'll say between 7-8,
    no performance issues for me
    the graphics are good story is ok (not great unfortunately) it is a Bethesda game, so if you like they're games you will like this otherwise....... but keep in mind the ahip doesn't have real space travel, it has some space battles and fast travel, you can't travel from planet A to planet b without fast travel. if you want    good game.. i'll say between 7-8,
    no performance issues for me
    the graphics are good
    story is ok (not great unfortunately)
    it is a Bethesda game, so if you like they're games you will like this otherwise.......
    but keep in mind the ahip doesn't have real space travel, it has some space battles and fast travel, you can't travel from planet A to planet b without fast travel. if you want that this game is not for you!
    PS: keep in mind that many who review this game didn;t actually play it, just hate ms or love sony (since the reason i gave it a 10 even if it doesn't deserve it) and review bomb it...    … Expand
  12. stu2012
    Sep 7, 2023
    6
    Horrendous facial animations and the worst npc behavior in the market. You might think that they have improved their engine since Oblivion, but I am pretty sure it is the same engine just with better textures. It is actually funny to watch videos of 15 years ago and seeing how npcs act in the same way as a game of 2023. Nevertheless if you have never played any other game aside fromHorrendous facial animations and the worst npc behavior in the market. You might think that they have improved their engine since Oblivion, but I am pretty sure it is the same engine just with better textures. It is actually funny to watch videos of 15 years ago and seeing how npcs act in the same way as a game of 2023. Nevertheless if you have never played any other game aside from Skyrim/Fallout you might enjoy this one.… Expand
  13. Adjent47
    Sep 7, 2023
    0
    Awful game. Bland, soulless, boring and unimaginative. Overpriced game that has so little attention to detail that it's an insult. Story is horrendous, AI is awful, combat is decent but the rest of the game ruins it. Voice overs are vomit inducing, characters look horrid. DO NOT BUY.
  14. JayLemad
    Sep 7, 2023
    10
    This game is absolutely majestic. There's no way it's under 90. It is an incredible, great RPG, with a space setting that has never been achieved in the history of video games. The only way you can't like this game is if you don't like the RPG genre or the space theme. There's no other way. This game will go down in history. Without a doubt, the greatest game Bethesda has created.
    But for    This game is absolutely majestic. There's no way it's under 90. It is an incredible, great RPG, with a space setting that has never been achieved in the history of video games. The only way you can't like this game is if you don't like the RPG genre or the space theme. There's no other way. This game will go down in history. Without a doubt, the greatest game Bethesda has created.
    But for some reason (I don't know why) there is a lot of hatred for Xbox and JUST FOR THAT reason some people give it low ratings. Believe me. If you play this game, there is no way you won't like it.    … Expand
  15. DARKARGG
    Sep 7, 2023
    10
    de lo mejor que he jugado los que comentan 1/10 son solo haters que ni lo jugaron y solo quieren verlo caer oir ver brillar a sony la verdad es que este juego es de lo mejor de bethesda un rpg con un universo enorme por explorar con muy buenas y adictivas mecanicas de juego, simplemente goty de lo mejor que he jugado en años 10000/10
  16. HappyNonna
    Sep 7, 2023
    10
    I bought the upgrade to the premium edition so I have 25 hours already in on my Xbox. I love this game. The graphics are beautiful. The characters are well designed, unique and Interesting, The voice acting is some of the best I’ve heard. The dialog is clever and often times truly funny. The story has me hooked as it’s unfolding. Don’t listen to the naysayers and ps fanboys. Try this gameI bought the upgrade to the premium edition so I have 25 hours already in on my Xbox. I love this game. The graphics are beautiful. The characters are well designed, unique and Interesting, The voice acting is some of the best I’ve heard. The dialog is clever and often times truly funny. The story has me hooked as it’s unfolding. Don’t listen to the naysayers and ps fanboys. Try this game yourself and if you’re a fan of rpg’s, you’re in for a great time.… Expand
  17. Thetype
    Sep 7, 2023
    3
    a lot to say but I'm going to focus on the technique and the immersion, it's a shame in 2023 for a new generation game, permanent loading, dated visuals and mechanics, catastrophic AI, low framerate, exploration in limited space in unintuitive menus
    I don't understand the success of this game in which space is just a pretext
  18. N4SS1FF
    Sep 7, 2023
    9
    The game is pretty big, and have several options to write your own history, I've been playing this two last days and the main mission are interesting but the majority I played seconds that are very interesting too, there are some bugs but nothing extreme, and the planet exploration can be better, I'll give a solid 9
  19. kito78
    Sep 7, 2023
    5
    It will be quick. I have enough of games marked as BMW M series, but you get a Dacia.
    Is game good? It is not bad, but it feels bad after all the hype. Story may be best part of game, world building is losing with copy and paste locations, terrible AI, exploitation limitations and so on. Physics kinda works but definitely not as you would expect. Early access was too expensive. Is game    It will be quick. I have enough of games marked as BMW M series, but you get a Dacia.
    Is game good? It is not bad, but it feels bad after all the hype. Story may be best part of game, world building is losing with copy and paste locations, terrible AI, exploitation limitations and so on. Physics kinda works but definitely not as you would expect. Early access was too expensive. Is game worth getting Xbox pass? Yes. Is the game worth your time? Maybe.
    I am removing points for: AI -1, copy paste -1, false advertisement -1, micro transactions -0 (thanks god not there). Graphics is good, sounds not bad, story ok, exploration could be better but it’s ok, game feels not bad.
    To studio: post bg3 I am expecting more. you have on a market games like star citizen and no man’s sky, you can use them as example how space exploration should work. No one is expecting you to deliver unlimited number of planets but cut scenes for land and start, limited exploration area….
    My advice: don’t false advertise, do what you are good in, if game will be good and fair, gamers will forgive you many imperfections, don’t overpay your managers.
    T    … Expand
  20. Lausee-
    Sep 7, 2023
    10
    One of the best games I have ever played. Truly, one of Bethesda's masterpieces.

    If you like Bethesda games like Fallout and The Elder Scrolls series, you will love this one.
  21. Jefferson_ROCK
    Sep 7, 2023
    4
    Não sei se chamo de DLC de Fallout 4 ou se chamo de simulador de caminha em vários planetas, porque é zuado essa parte da "exploração planetária" . Bethesda precisa desapegar dessa Creation engine e evoluir, um game onde há vários diálogos NPC's sem expressão tiram toda a emoção do game.
  22. GameYork
    Sep 7, 2023
    8
    Starfield è stato sviluppato da bethesda studio i creatori di fallout e di the Elden Scrolls questo e il loro migliore gioco che hanno fatto finora ho giocato a starfield e l'ho amato nel bene e nel male, e un gioco davvero immenso con più di 1000 pianeti da esplorare nelle loro meraviglie i pianeti sono fatti perfetti con la loro fauna e atmosfere uniche tra di loro da poter esplorare eStarfield è stato sviluppato da bethesda studio i creatori di fallout e di the Elden Scrolls questo e il loro migliore gioco che hanno fatto finora ho giocato a starfield e l'ho amato nel bene e nel male, e un gioco davvero immenso con più di 1000 pianeti da esplorare nelle loro meraviglie i pianeti sono fatti perfetti con la loro fauna e atmosfere uniche tra di loro da poter esplorare e studiare in ogni piccolo dettaglio i pianeti sono vivi, le città sono costruite bene hanno una miriade di cose da fare con dei buoni personaggi forse alcuni meglio di altri ma nel complesso hanno una vera personalità che andrà ha cambiare secondo le vostre scelte prese durante la trama, le città sono vive con i cittadini ti ricosceranno se l'incrocio per strada, la campagna principale ed emozionante con un ottimo ritmo tra una missione al altra che vi terrà a giocare per ore e ore , anche dopo la campagna il gioco si gestisce molto bene con parecchie cose da fare, la guida con le astronavi molto intuitiva e stra divertente la lotta tra astrovi e l'abbordaggio di altre navi e bello, l'ho shooting e gameplay davvero ben fatti e piacevoli tutti gli oggetti del archivio si possono modificare , la colonna e magistrale l'audio e fantastico.

    Vi do un consiglio esplorate tantissimo merita davvero di essere vissuto.

    E un gioco immenso e fantastico ma con i suoi limiti non è nulla di rivoluzionario.

    Alcuni diffeti ci sono, tantissimi caricamenti e salvataggi fatti male, a me romace non hanno mai convinto, AI rivedibile, menu l'ho trovato poco intuitivo e spesso ti sbagli il pianeta oppure fai fatica a capire deve si trova la missione, per il resto non ho riscontrato alcun bug è un ottimo titolo ma non perfetto.

    "Ti fa tornare bambino e sognare"    … Expand
  23. pentagon1
    Sep 7, 2023
    1
    This game has the worst writing of any Bethesda game. This game is also extremely politically charged to the point that It is repulsive and insufferable.
  24. makz78
    Sep 7, 2023
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Based on approximately 20 hours, early access. The game is ok if you are looking to scratch a Space fantasy itch on the weekend, but it feels like an expensive Fall out mod or a poorly directed PG-13 Syfy show episode.

    Pros

    - Initial appeal
    - Music
    - Scenary
    - Character customization
    - Ship building/customization

    Cons

    - No memorable characters
    - Weak main story which culminates into no answers
    - All enemies are the same - combat reduced to massive bullets and grenades spam against the same enemies from start to end of the game
    - Low weapon variety and next to no creativity of how to do dmg
    - Load screens are acceptable to some extend, but overused
    - Hitboxes are absolutely awful even with weapons specialization
    - UI - basically missing, a few colors put together in paint as background, no elements, no visual explanations
    - Inventory management - mostly annoying, no search, no filter, no sorting, all jammed up together
    - Weak graphics for a 2023 AAA game, especially one focused on Space
    - No boss fight mechanics
    - While planets have several biomes combinations, exploration is reduced to landing on planets followed by 1. walking, 2. explore cave, 3. explore base, 4. kill the same enemy, 5. loot, repeat for every planet.
    - Space combat is scenery, but lacks identity - somewhere between EVE online and SWBF2
    - No immersion in cities - no reactions to player actions    … Expand
  25. Gman1984
    Sep 7, 2023
    0
    I played past the 10h mark hoping it would get better but It did not, I just couldn't stand another minuted of this game. To me that has to be the definition of a 0/10 and I hope I can get a refund.

    It's does not have an interesting world/characters, combat gameplay is way bellow average, spaceship combat is even worse. Traversal and sense of exploration is non-existent and the story is    I played past the 10h mark hoping it would get better but It did not, I just couldn't stand another minuted of this game. To me that has to be the definition of a 0/10 and I hope I can get a refund.

    It's does not have an interesting world/characters, combat gameplay is way bellow average, spaceship combat is even worse. Traversal and sense of exploration is non-existent and the story is offensively bad. To make it even better it's very taxing on the hardware but the results are not impressive at all.    … Expand
  26. 13FIREBLADE
    Sep 7, 2023
    9
    If you are looking for fallout for in space, this game is for you. Will be a Bethesda classic. Great story, mostly great visuals, haven't stopped playing since early release.
  27. n3ns2d
    Sep 7, 2023
    10
    It's like my childhood dream come true of being a space pilot and own a spaceship. Really loving this game!
  28. AKGX
    Sep 7, 2023
    10
    titanico enorme y grandioso me encanta la dedicacin que tiene todo el juego desde la personalizacion hasta la exploracion, realmente te absorbe dentro de una travesia espacial un RPG grandioso que te mantiene pegado a la pantalla por horas tiene pocas fallas pero en general es simplemente uno de los mejores juegos que he jugado y una estrella entre todos los juegos de bethesda
  29. bolso
    Sep 7, 2023
    0
    Very bad game, a shame to release a game like this for what the company promised, it's really not worth wasting time playing this game
  30. Iskender299
    Sep 7, 2023
    0
    Crashes. Like. Crazy. Every 10-25 mins, most times before an auto save hits so if you were doing a quest you’re out of luck. Did the first space battle quest from the tutorial 4 times. Because every time it was crashing right after but before saving. “Later in game”, later like after the tutorial, you’re afraid to continue the story because is crashing. It took a week since early accessCrashes. Like. Crazy. Every 10-25 mins, most times before an auto save hits so if you were doing a quest you’re out of luck. Did the first space battle quest from the tutorial 4 times. Because every time it was crashing right after but before saving. “Later in game”, later like after the tutorial, you’re afraid to continue the story because is crashing. It took a week since early access (for which I paid for premium) and yet no fix. Crashfield The game is crashing on series x like crazy, every 10-25 minutes making playing the game impossible. I’ve done the first battle 4 times, because the crash would occur before a save was made. Since early access I tried to play, now we’re 7 days apart and still no fix. Paid premium, for nothing. What’s worse is that the issue was finally acknowledged 5 days later but not shared to wider audiences. There’s a support blog post now saying how to report (for which you need an extra app), but that was not shared out of discord. If you google “starfield series x crashing” that support page is so well indexed that it doesn’t even appear on the first page. It should have been shared on channels with wider audience, like Twitter, if you really want to collect logs. People have no idea how to report on Xbox, or that they need an extra app. And not everyone is on discord. TLDR, unplayable and disappointed.… 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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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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