How Good Is Starfield 500 HOURS LATER?

[@duncanwallace7760]

Never quite understand people who play games for hundreds of hours then complain about them being crap. When I encounter a crap game, it generally doesn't hold my attention for very long at all.

[@Axterix13]

That's because Starfield isn't a crap game. It just also isn't a good game. What it is a pretty mediocre game, with a wide variety of mediocre things inside of it to do, that is just good enough that you can see how this or that aspect could have been great... if the design team had put the effort in or gone in a bit different direction. And sadly, much of it isn't something that a simple mod can fix easily. Like exploration needs meaningful rewards. This could happen if this is where you found/unlocked meaningful ship parts, mods for weapons/space suits, found really cool cosmetics, and so on. But instead, you don't store ship parts. They're acquired at set locations, and unlocked at set levels. You don't find special cool mods like the Hornet's Nest through exploration. You craft it or find it on any ol' random gun from anywhere. And the cosmetics can be found anywhere as well, are kinda meh for the most part (whoever thought limiting gear to body & head for the most part was a good idea deserves a verbal berating), as should the person in overall charge of how they look. And so on.

[@blacxthornE]

500 hours in starfield is about 20 hours of actual gameplay, the rest is menus, loading screens, and running in a straight line through empty fields.

[@airsoftgenerator]

I don't think u understand how shit games are now a days. I'm sure when they say the games trash they're speaking on game now today. Games now today are pathetic. Graphics aren't improved they're just smoother. The game play hasn't changed either. It's pathetic

[@octavianpopescu4776]

He didn't really say it was crap. Not everything is awesome or crap. Most things in the world are somewhere in between and so is this game. Also, he plays games as a job, so in order to give a review he has to force himself at times to play something he might not particularly like. And since a lot of his content is dedicated to Bethesda games... it makes sense he'd play Starfield, regardless whether he liked it or not, because a large part of his audience expects it.

[@nakiadavis9638]

Facts

[@benm.724]

I think it's great that they are adding vehicles so we can drive through nowhere to get to nowhere.

[@dethskullcrusher]

Yea, vehicules are welcome, my character is bored of using AMP to move faster 😂

[@fg786]

I don't know whether it will be vehicles. I don't think they brought their engine up to par to have fast modes of travel for the landscape to properly stream in. AN issue Oblivion and Skyrim had. That's why horses are somewhat faster than running but not by much.

[@Speculatiion]

@@fg786 This is the only option I see happening. Vehicles, but not fast. It would completely deem the over encumbrance useless.

[@64kram]

You quickly drive from one base to the same base.

[@7thsealord888]

More loading screens! YAY!

[@bstamand1985]

2:35 Remember Fallout 4 cleverly used elevators as loading screens? It felt like you were actually going up and down floors. It actually tricked me until it took 10 minutes to go up 2 floors when my computer was wigging out.

[@snaxbar]

They had so much opportunity for that, even games on the ps2 had interactive loading screens. When the guy said hed rathe have anything but a black screen showing his dissappinted reflection. I felt that haha

[@augustkraus1389]

Well that's kinda concerning you were tricked by that lol

[@bstamand1985]

@@augustkraus1389 I'm not that smart.

[@The2FRANKGRIMES]

They could just use music for loading screens. It’s very common on the phone when being put on hold

[@TheArtist441]

In Fallout and Skyrim, while travelling to my next destination I would often see something in the distance and think wow, I need to check that out! None of that in Starfield. Starfield is like permanently using fast travel but with way more annoying menus

[@quinnswanson8658]

I think is where I feel the snag too

[@claudijatzandrapova3347]

my Winterhold trip right there. Decided as I had Shadowmere I'd forego the cart provided at Whiterun and "take a short ride to Winterhold. Yeeeeah, that went as fast as any shortcut xD. I was always tagging any icon to a fast travel later. Ooo bear caaaave, oooo bandit caaaaaamp... oooo mysterious dungeon... I took like two real days to ride to Winterhold due to that very thing you describe 😋

[@charleshorseman55]

@@claudijatzandrapova3347 Try Morrowind!

[@tonyw6451]

Don't forget the long loading screens.

[@snaxbar]

I agree. Idk why i need to suffer 4 loading screens to go to my next quest, sometimes more. And the fact that you get 24 abilities, and buff abilities later on, theres hundreds of weapons and you only get 12 hot bar slots. Althought the graphics and animations and vibes in this game are great. The animations are only good in the beginning. And then they fall off pretty quick. I guess they used the good animations to pull u in and then when youre committed to finishing the game you never see them again lol

[@Anchor-Supreme]

The best thing Starfield could’ve done for exploration was having multiple areas on different planets, and only having a few planets instead of a bunch. At least this way exploration would feel more meaningful instead of useless.

[@arkeshn729]

The longer I played the more I wished this game was denser, somewhere near Mass Effect Andromeda's size.

[@davidbueso3840]

The issue I'm having with this game is that it's not as immersive as other games they've done. Also, never played a game that has so many loading screens. It just gets old and boring quickly.

[@UncleSkiBum]

I never could understand why new atlantis is the only city on an entire planet 🤔

[@arkeshn729]

@@UncleSkiBumI miss walking from settlement to settlement. Should have made the cities smaller and had more of them on the colonized worlds

[@UncleSkiBum]

@@arkeshn729 totally agree. It's so painfully disappointing as there is a really good game under there if they had shrunk the scope a little

[@ProduceBOY939]

500 hours.. Appreciate your dedication. 4.5hrs was enough for me.

[@brendameistar]

damn, 4.5 hours is a decent amount, ive clocked 58 minutes.

[@ProduceBOY939]

@@brendameistar believe me, its not my proudest moment.

[@Niko-Bellic-Soulsguys]

Well i survied 6 hours i think. This game did things to me and my body. I never had i game i got so tired playing that i need to go to bed to rest.

[@schmidth]

I lasted about 2

[@eddcerez8756]

5 hours is not enough time to see all the things the game has. Well, if you didn't like it, it's ok. It's not for everyone.

[@ShotByZy]

I was so hyped for this game before launch, I made it maybe 20hrs in and haven’t touched it since.. Definitely not what I was expecting.

[@tonyw6451]

They should be sued with a class-action lawsuit for false advertising. "Bethesda's first new UNIVERSE in 20 years" (Copies 50% of Fallout 4 and 40% Elder Scrolls and 10% Garbage)

[@MrDennis21jel]

That’s how I felt about FO4 after waiting for it to come out for so many years. Absolutely loved FO3 and NV as well as morrowind oblivion and Skyrim but while I didn’t completely hate FO4 I remember having to force myself to finish the main storyline and then I didn’t even finish one of the DLCs bc I just thought the project as a whole to be so bad. Now I wanna get the game again just so I can play London tho

[@augustkraus1389]

​@@MrDennis21jelit's always telling when people online rave about fallout 4. They clearly weren't there for the disappointing release. I'm not a New Vegas fanboy by any means, much prefer Skyrim or fallout 3. Getting one city (goodneighbor is just diamond City) in the entire map of fallout 4 was insane. Designing the institute so it takes 5 minutes to get to a room doesn't make it any less impressive. The BoS ship was worse than rivet City expansion mods. The fact the railroad didn't have a booming underground city rivaling diamond City was an insane thing to miss when designing a world space. Adding the voice and character animations just gave it a false sense of progress.

[@Profoundobserver]

I love this game! I got tricked into not playing it because everyone said it sucked. I picked it up 2 months ago and have played everyday atleast for a hr.

[@Alex-444x94]

I didnt like A LOT of things with this game. But overall i still had a great time. None of the problems with the game stopped me from having fun.

[@SimmerCK]

The main story doesn't feel like a main story for me. It's more like a cool setup for New Game Plus. I think a main story would be something more impactful to all of human society. The Starborn are pretty much invisible to them all and are not a current threat. The first DLC that is impactful for all factions concerned will probably feel more like the main story than the Starborn.

[@SM-McKraken]

I feel like the intent was never to have the player's actions have huge, overarching impacts accross each NG+ playthrough. In fact, I'm sure that in some cases the subtlety is intentional. Not all RPGs are intended to end with the player's character being godlike and having saved all of humanity. Frankly, imho, that'd get boring.

[@namaikikitsune]

I believe this was intentional as alternate start mods are fairly popular for their other titles due to repeat play throughs. You can more easily skip the main questline here.

[@Thatswtsup]

The issues with this game reek of being released before it was ready. If Bethesda would’ve let this game cook for another 6 months before releasing it, they probably could’ve added enough details and content to make it amazing. Can’t wait for updates.

[@JustSomePerson8]

​@chrish62704 they spent years on it. I don't even think they tried to make it good. Genuinely believe that. People will buy it and play it anyway

[@Deadlyvoltage3]

I agree but tbf the hunter guy did cause one of the couple major events in New Atlantis

[@Hemedali]

I agree with your review 110% I’ve been playing this game for so long but I just can’t put the feeling it gives me into words. You’ve described what most players have felt about this game perfectly and I hope the developers see this and make adjustments.

[@frankiechan9651]

I think your take on the enemy groups is brilliant - a small AI tweak as you said to make one group more agressive, one using stealth etc is something that could be rolled out in a patch. I have noticed though, when boarding ships to take over in space - that Varuun do have some distinct dialogue that is different to other groups, Starfield is a roller coaster of a game - brilliant moments, average moments, tedious grind, funny moments and some plain bad things that did not land. I am glad that they tried though and I hope that they take the learnings and go forward from there.

[@brandondanforth8342]

This though. At the end of the day, its an ok game, not offensively bad by and means and not the greatest game ever, and contrary to popular belief, every game that comes out doesn't have to be a revolutionary, genre-redefining, once-in-a-lifetime event, they just need to be fun, which this is (usually) I just hope that the influx of negativity doesn't dissuade Bethesda from continuing to try to innovate and doesn't discourage them from taking chances because its that same energy Bethesda had when they made Morrowind, which is what we, the fans, need from them, the willingness to try something beyond the tried and true "cookie-cutter" "Bethesda" game (not saying Starfield doesn't still fall into that, just that you can see they tried to shake things up and took more risks this time than with, say, Skyrim"). We don't need a Morrowind Remastered or a Morrowind II, we need them to go back to their RPG roots that were peak around Daggerfall/Morrowind and combine that with the new technology and blending it with the things that really work from the newer games (Like Fallout 4's exploration or Skyrim's cinematic storytelling, so long as the latter doesn't compromise the integrity of the writing and dialogue).

[@skyriminspace]

@@brandondanforth8342 100% true & i think that's the sense that will stay with the game going forward after the (understandable in many cases) disappointment drops off, & the (completely sad) hate train guys get bored & move on. End of the day video games are an industry, a business, & if the real players (silent majority like myself for example, play offline so i'm not even on steam or xbox player counts) keep playing, Bethesda will keep updating & expanding. Starfield badly needs "filling out" a bit & of course the power of tweaking one's experience to personal taste through mods cannot be overstated. But really i think it's here to stay & will live on for a long time.

[@JohnDoe-dr9ff]

Starfield is at best a 7/10 if you’re being VERY generous. I’d give it about 5/10. Skill trees are trash. Building is awful. Fighting in space is just who has the bigger ship. Can’t grow crops. Can only grow plants in hydroponics on the planet you scanned them. Storage is GOD AWFUL. Weapon variety is less than Fallout 4. Very hard difficulty is completely unbalanced and broken - enemies go from being gimp level 1 to Uber gods that can 1 shot you or kill you in less than a second forcing you to abuse phase time. No factions. Every companion is a carbon copy of the other. They’re all goody two shoes leaving no room for evil players. Skyrim - 500 unique locations on release Fallout 4 - 350 unique locations on release Starfield - less than 100 unique locations on release Load screens…and cutscenes… Melee is garbage. Unarmed is so bad it shouldn’t even be in the game. Ship variety - minimal. Once you hit lvl 57 and can pilot class C, there is little to no variety on ship load outs. NPCs are utter trash. They don’t have homes. They don’t sleep. They don’t close their shops (they awake and open 24/7). They’re NOT human…they’re all robots, quite literally NPCs. Memory leak - after 2-3 hours of playing Starfield WILL crash on Xbox X. Sometimes it’s at 1 hour, sometimes it might reach 4 hours. Skill trees are absolute trash. You have to unlock level in sneak to know how to sneak. 😂 Skill bonuses are pathetically uninteresting, and leveling the skills up is a degree of tediousness to be on par with pulling your own teeth while kicking yourself in the nuts. POIs - once you’ve seen one planetary POI, you’ve seen them all as they’re the exact same from planet to planet. All in all there’s probably about 50 unique locations in Starfield, and that might actually be on the high side. Bethesda made a game. It’s kind of stable…for a couple hours. Every aspect of the game is just…meh. Bethesda made this game to be crap with the intention of modders fixing it for them. This game isn’t a AAA title. Its not even AA. Starfield is basically a beta A title game, something I’d expect from a new indie company.

[@JohnDoe-dr9ff]

Skyrim - walk up to shout wall, unlock new power Starfield - fly through THIRTY-FIVE space farts to unlock ONE power The fact people are defending this game is evidence they are victims of Münchausen syndrome. It is a bad game by Bethesda’s standards. It is overly abusive with load screens and cutscenes. Its NPCs are garbage. Building is worse than Fallout 4. AI is just as bad (if not worse) than previous Bethesda titles. Less weapon variety than FO4. Less armor variety than FO4 (and that game’s armor looked atrocious). Less than 50 unique POIs compared to 500 for Skyrim (on released) and 350 for FO4 (on release. There is not a single thing that Starfield improved upon from previous Bethesda RPG titles. Nearly everything is worse and indefensible. Even the graphics and appearances of NPCs looks like FO4 was just reskinned for space.

[@UToobUsername01]

@@JohnDoe-dr9ff You can sprint and boost jump and you could not do it in skyrim. This game was ruined by diversity hires imo. It's the one thing nobody but me will have the balls to say because its not politically correct to point out that the game industry no longer hires people based on merit but instead on whether you are a minority or have a certain skin tone or are of a certain gender. Only I will address this elephant in the room. I think the reason you hate Starfield is the same reason you the gamers hate Saints Row Reboot. It's work experience kids being hired instead of veteran in the game industry. We have to address this problem head on because its ruining a lot of games. Look at Spiderman 2 with is stupid minigames where you play as Mary Jane. Who let that pass? And why is it so buggy? Answer: the diversity hires.

[@blitskreegdeantioch5851]

All the sci-fi weapons and ships, yet a flashlight is still the only way to dispell darkness.

[@EP_mc]

Should’ve had throwable sci-fi glow sticks that fill our grenade slot

[@blitskreegdeantioch5851]

@@EP_mc a lighted drone. Low-light or thermal imaging. Heck at least make the flashlight be able to point straight up. Some L.e.d. lights on your suit for some near area broad lighting.

[@bdleo300]

Well, in Cyberpunk2077 you don't even have a flashlight....

[@Mac1Eleven]

@@bdleo300cyberpunk is so much better then starfield by far

[@DerEchteBold]

@@Mac1Eleven I just started playing Cyberpunk shortly before but since I got Starfield I haven't touched it again, also not a single one of the other games I played in parallel. The 55 hs in Sf passed much quicker than the 33 I have in Cp, don't know if that's a sign of quality but for now I very much prefer to continue playing Starfield.

[@DearMink_X]

I played for like 120 hours. Once I finished all of the sidequests I had, I was ready to explore every single planet. But, I legit only found: A ship with a lady that is stranded and recruitable, a ship who's crew was killed by an alien, and Crucible. All of that time exploring to almost no content, felt like I wasted my time. Did I just get unlucky? Will a new game plus run fill space with other random quests or something? I don't know if I'd wanna keep re-doing everything just to find out. Honestly, I'd rather play Fallout 4 again.

[@ADRI_a_REAL1]

Brother, unfortunately you did waste your time - I hope you move on to better games!!

[@pmpowalisz]

You explored the wrong way, you should have only scanned the planets and only landing on the ones with fora fauna, for a short time to get a feel for the planet. I knew going in that most of the planets would have procedurally generated content, and that I would get bored or frustrated if I spent too much time with it.

[@elusivegaming3968]

No you didn't do it wrong but you have a LOT more you haven't discovered. In NG+ you get way more random occurrences

[@seanryder777]

at least you didn't play 500 hours and then decide to complain about it

[@XxK1NGxC00K1ExX]

Brooo I been playing starfield the same way and I honestly feel the same exact way 😂😂 I wonder if I been wasting time exploring useless points of interest.

[@adams9848]

I love this game, but im also not far. Exploration, ship building, outpost building, crafting and upgrading. Ive been addicted. I recently found out you can join every faction without effecting the story, so that's next after i help Barrett finish his story line. Ive already married Sarah. I heard you get some sort of magic powers in the story, and it bummed me out.

[@luc2o]

Very well done. Put together and explained perfectly. I have well over 200 hours in and am not trying to finish the main quest. NG+ just doesn't interact me. I'm still having fun just cruising with my crew. Exploring and fighting. And testing out every bed I find with Andreja 😂

[@Lurch-Bot]

So you're not interested in jumping through the multiverse a couple dozen times?

[@leejack218]

Your really love doing stuff repetitively and mindlessly huh

[@TheManHimself4]

@@leejack218if he having fun leave em and let ‘em be don’t be a dick

[@martinjrgensen8234]

So you love doing mostly tedious busywork? Thats fair.

[@TheManHimself4]

@@martinjrgensen8234 hey if that’s what having fun is to someone then fuck it

[@patwilson2546]

I give you credit for doing 500 hours with this thing. I think you nailed it with this review. The game is not entirely awful. I spent more than 100 hours in it. I finally realized that I was not having fun. Even the faction quest lines, which are one of the better part of the game, are not really all that good. The player has very little agency. In one of them you can choose a side but it really is a matter of follow this guys orders or follow that guys orders. I know that agency is usually an illusion in a game (BG3 is one of the few games where agency is real and what you do matters), but Bethesda doesn't even try to provide that illusion. I chose to side with the UC and destroy the Crimson fleet. Afterwards, NPCs were still talking about the Crimson fleet taking over. Is it really that hard to code in a flag? if (CrimsonFleet.state == DEFEATED) NPC.say (""Isn't it great that the CF is no more!") else NPC.say (""Oh nose! Da CF is sooo bad!!")

[@neilaprea3782]

You gamers today are spoiled its a sad world when people get bored, or hate on a game like this. go back to the 80's , and play a 8 bit game that you could only button bash for 4-5 hours for the same price as modern games. this game is amazing come on! lol

[@patwilson2546]

@@neilaprea3782 You compared to games made 40 years ago. I am old enough to have played those games 40 years ago. Is it absurd to expect something more in 2023? Even back in the 80s and 90s people could write dialogue. Honest question: why is it amazing? I think the NPCs are wooden, the dialogue stinks, and the stories are generic and uninteresting (one exception). Apparently you disagree. What is it about the NPCs and stories that you find engaging?

[@docdollaz8313]

I've been playing for a little more than 800, only, I never played NG+. He ruined it by not warning people about spoilers. I've started and have gotten all the artifacts with all the beginning background stats. Now I'm working for NG+. So pissed he ruined a few timelines for me.

[@patwilson2546]

@@docdollaz8313 So you have done a lot of the stuff in the game. Obviously you like it. Why? I'm not trying to be confrontational with that question. It is a sincere question. What is it about the game that keeps you coming back. What are you doing when you get that feeling of "this is great!".

[@Lurch-Bot]

The real point of this game is venturing through the multiverse which most players will miss out on. You're not supposed to explore barren planets and the same procedurally generated stuff more than a few times and even at the 80 hour mark, I found new facilities with a new challenge. I was surprised when I was informed I had landed on 100 planets.

[@nnnneeeeuuuu]

the fact that you can boost jump to the second floor of the astral lounge but if you take an elevator it gives you a loading screen is so great

[@Zakori]

This

[@stodesign12]

I'm sorry, but that old face camera for dialogues is a huge step back from Skyrim and Fallout 4.

[@panamike6178]

What's a better game between this one and Death Stranding?

[@khazix573]

500 hours of starfield, man you're crazy

[@MetalGamer666]

Very good review. I agree with most of it. I'm currently enjoying Starfield by only doing what I like about the game and ignoring the boring parts.

[@DarkAsDeath]

Man if only the entire game wasn’t borning huh?

[@GORILLA_PIMP]

Which is what exactly?

[@traviscates916]

They changed the loading screen, now it gives you tips and tricks about the game and mission's

[@TheDapperSaint]

I think one of the biggest issues exploraton has is actaully the distinct lack of random enocunters on planets or random encounter locations. A lot of problems exploration has would be remedied by having some places be a pre set up set piece with unique characters and maybe traders and such too. Those random locations would keep a fast travel point on them, and would be accessible from there on. Random encounters help a ton too as thats one of the reasons i think orbiting works so well. Getting hailed by random ships all the time or having attacks occur is what keeps space fresh despite it being so basic 😊

[@chrisdelaney926]

When it comes to dialog 'book, movie, games, music, real people talking' there has never been a situation where quantity is better than quality.

[@attrage7545]

This may well be the best comment I've ever read (No sarcasm there, I'm being completely serious 😂)

[@Lastability]

One of the best and honest reviews I've watched in a while. Great work.

[@Dustygoodz]

I played 20hrs tops and i can tell you its a great way to fall asleep quickly 😴

[@Monkey_Snot]

It's a fun game, the only problem I have is the countless repetitivness of buildings and locations all the same, over and over no matter what planet. I think they could have put more effort into having some variety. After a few locations, you know exactly where everything is lol, pretty sad imo.

[@dylanmcshane9976]

Game is fun. *Explains how most of the game is trash*. Who you lying to here bud? yourself? lol

[@ADRI_a_REAL1]

As a game developer, I would like to say Starfield is extremely lazy and features very badly crafted game design from several gameplay perspectives - if you like it, great, but in terms of genuine game design it is really not very good.

[@qwertyvypez]

@@dylanmcshane9976 Why do you want them to say its bad when thats clearly not how they feel. You are very weird, get a life. Its possible to enjoy the game and note where it can be improved

[@ashleygatton5649]

The writing could have been so much better. I beat all Main quest types in Starfield and afterwards it gets boring fast. The Side missions are very lame and PG like, mostly just running back and forth with no good NPC interactions. Afterwards I just started FO NV and the NPC writing is so much better. Starfield was fun for awhile but it could have been a Masterpiece. Guessing it will get better hopefully.

[@seanryder777]

Who plays 500 hours of a game and then decides to complain about it? If he doesn't like the loading screen you should have quit after 10 hours

[@iknownothingwillingtolearn]

Everytime i get back to Fallout or Elder scrolls there is a complete different feel to it. When i startup Starfield again it feels i got a chore to do. Specialy Skyrim and Fallout NV and 4 for me is where i can forget time and just be immersed in the world. Starfield kinda fun mostly disapointed.

[@Lurch-Bot]

It is one of the few games I have actually looked forward to continuing in a long time. Gaming, in general, feels like a chore of late. Doesn't help it has been made political. I thought Cyberpunk was fine and I enjoyed the crap out of it when everyone was bashing it. Now that PL is out, and everyone is raving about the game, I have zero interest in playing Cyberpunk. They changed it so many times it became something else. I have also started a couple dozen playthroughs, have 500 hours in the game and have only finished it once because every time CDPR released a major patch, they completely screwed up my current playthrough. At least I know Todd Howard won't bend over for the mindless groupthink and completely change the game down the line and that is comforting. It makes me willing to invest time in the game, to try multiple playthroughs and try different styles. I want to be a loner space pirate the second time around because I have been the perfect citizen this playthrough. I have had dozens of opportunities for piracy and theft I have ignored and playing it that way would make it an entirely different game. It is unfortunate there isn't a companion, like Cait, who will be ok with you letting out your inner demons. Just massacring all of Goodneighbor was one of the most fun things I did in FO4. But it ruins the place as a trading spot because the two traders will not respawn.

[@thegamerskills2345]

i hated skyrim and fallout they failed to draw me into their worlds , very boring setting and very mediocre fighting and movements , Starfield is way better has more polished fighting and movement systems and its world and setting are very attractive to me

[@mrfishsticks266]

​@@Lurch-BotDude, you must be joking. Cd projet did a excellent job fixing the game by adding content and you didn't like it? And now you're playing Starfield, which is a mediocre game that doesn't even receive an update to fix the problems it has?

[@downdriftvenom]

​​​​@@thegamerskills2345 I had the opposite effect. Starfield kinda dull to me. Every hour I spend in it the more I'd rather play No man's sky, Destiny 2 or modded Skyrim. Lot of concepts, but it just leaves me empty.

[@JingleJangle256]

Serious question: Why would I ever want to build up an apartment or a settlement when I already have a starship? The only time I ever built up a settlement was to store all of the raw materials I’d been hoarding throughout the course of the game. I tried to get into it a little more, but everything was so unintuitive needlessly complicated that I just gave up. Everything from resource management to energy consumption, to production, to cargo links, to crew member allocation, it was all such a miserable experience that I feel like it’s exclusion would’ve made the game better.

[@Jayjack681]

Right on. I’m not of fan of crafting at all. I don’t mind a lil bit of crafting. But il not building NYC from scratch

[@ShaggyShagz13]

I thought the outpost stuff was interesting until I realized how much easier it is to just buy the resources I needed. Now my ship building landing pad is my outpost and I don't bother with resource production. The ship building is really all I enjoy so I'm totally with you on a starship being superior to a stationary home. I only exit my ship to enter the ship building.

[@FoamSquatch]

For what it's worth. I have a little over 200 hours in the game and am pretty much at the end of the story. I did all 4 factions and most of the side quests. I had fun, did a lot of ship building and weapons modding but not much settlement building. I am getting ready to do my first ng+ and it's gonna suck a little bit to start over, but at the same time I find myself using the same 3 guns, the same one companion, the same armor, and 1 ship so it will be nice to be forced to start over. I plan on doing my faction quests in a different order to use different functions early game than before. Also considering making opposite choices like just being an asshole the whole time and siding with the crimson fleet. Ng+ seems like a way to play the game differently while not starting over super weak. I did this with fallout 4 but I had to mod it to get the same thing. I'm just hoping the vast emptiness of some of the planets will be filled up with each DLC, kind of like maybe people settled and developed other planets through LIST.

[@ethansmith8813]

I think that's why they added so many planets. So much more can be added with new generations of Bethesda employees adding ideas

[@Lurch-Bot]

I didn't play FO4 until 2020. Can't imagine how sparse it would have felt at launch. Adding random robot attacks at settlements to the game really makes it more challenging to maintain happy settlements because they cannot fight off robots on their own but they could deal with the occasional group of Raiders on their own. Currently, there is no motivation to build and maintain settled outposts in Starfield and they should probably do something about it. Also, building and crafting need to be simplified (the whole periodic table is too much) and you need to be able to break down the junk for crafting materials like in FO4 otherwise it is completely pointless and they shouldn't even let you collect it. I was pretty steamed about 20 hours in when I realized my character had hardly any carrying capacity because they were carrying a hundred pounds of junk that is completely pointless in the game.

[@64kram]

What they need is a companion who continually moans at you for not building settlements. That's worked before.

[@GeneralSherman64]

Just beat this today, pretty accurate analysis. Ironically, if they made a sequel with some of what you suggested, it would be fantastic.

[@van.deaux.1694]

star field just makes me realize how good mass effect was

[@bigfatchubbybritboy9445]

Especially Mass Effect 2... Truly some spectacular science fiction. Some of the best world building ever imho.

[@4evermilkman]

I'm currently playing through the series for the first time and I can't believe I didn't play it when it released.

[@blacyc]

I was playing starfield and was getting excited to play ME vD :D

[@Drakeziel]

Most disappointing thing for me, they said it was an all new game built from the ground up, but it looks and feels like Fallout 4 DLC.

[@ADRI_a_REAL1]

It is a very bad game ill be real

[@northsouthy74]

With every Bethesda game, they always say that LOL I still love the Bethesda experience though. The only real thing wrong with Stanfield is the constant loading screens and stuttering IMO (and maybe exploring a planet) just over 100 hours and still having fun here :)

[@bobidybilly]

The problem with this game is that, instead of Bethesda just making a game, they were trying too hard to make a “Bethesda game” if that makes sense?

[@Vert_GreenHeart]

It totally makes sense, Skyrim was a random stroke of luck from old veteran devs. Fallout 4 they tried and came up short but still. Starfield they tried so hard they missed what made their games good completely This is so sad man, $400m and 8 years of development they couldn't even replicate a open world game like 2011 Skyrim.

[@hulk6164]

My main complaint is that it is so difficult to get to the enjoyable parts of the game. You can’t get enough credits to build a decent ship unless you use the command console cheats or spend hundreds of hours farming credits. The amount I spent on ammo was also unreal. Also, whenever I would go to buy ammo for my main gun, most of the shops didn’t sell it! I finally gave in and used the command console cheats and added a bunch of credits and leveled up my player a bit. Now the game is actually fun.

[@MightyMarshall]

Thankful for the KZbin algorithm of finding your channel. Your great bro really enjoy your content also you've got a well good voice for a voiceovers

[@josephwhite4489]

I can't speak for anyone else, but for me the one thing that sours the experience is that I'm supposed to feel inspired to play NG+, when I find the whole thing pointless. At 178 hrs of playtime, I'm at the last mission of the main storyline with everything else done [side quests, faction quests, companion quests, etc]. I'll have all the achievements minus hitting level 100, but I'll have that too once I do a bit of XP farming. And while I collected the powers, never once did I use them or have any interest in them. So going through multiple cycles of repeat gameplay just to upgrade powers that I'd prefer not even be in the game leaves little to be desired. And I couldn't care less about variations across the multiverse when I already created the universe I most desire in my 1st playthrough. I couldn't give 2 f##ks about seeing Constellation run by children or Sarah being a plant...that's just utter nonsense. Per my take on all videogames, once the credits roll and you've got all the cheevos, the game is DONE,,,I've been gaming since the industry started in the 70s,,,every platform, every genre, every gaming generation,,and rarely have I seen an exception to this rule. I've played all the Bethesada titles, and overridingly enjoy their work, but I'm not getting suckered into squandering 100s of more hours into aimless NG+ pursuits..I almost feel insulted that They think I would want that,,,NOPE! when it's done, It's done...let go and move on to the next title...as I always say, the ONLY reason to ever start a game is to finish it and move on to the next...afterall, there is ALWAYS so many more waiting to be played!!

[@TerrorZelle]

cons00mer

[@GonnaGetYouBoi]

you scared, BOY?

[@serencheely6399]

Never been this early before, feels kinda weird.

[@5aiv.]

genuinely don't understand how there's so much loading screens when games like star citizen exist with literally no loading screens

[@AverageWatchingPaintDryEnjoyer]

My guess is something baked into the engine that they did not feel like overriding. Loading screens exist to make sure things have actually fully loaded in completely so for instance, you don’t fall out of the star citizen space station or get nuked by a ship that hasn’t loaded in on your screen for whatever reason.

[@alexkrylewski3218]

creation engine still got many restrictions, inherited from gamebryo engine. it's just outdated, even after 20 years of updates.

[@UpperKS]

That's part of why Star Citizen has taken so damn long to make. Figuring out an MMO like that with no loading screens is more effort than it's worth for most studios!

[@applecrow8]

Starfield is a great indictment of an idea that seems more and more common: that quantity IS quality.

[@Astristul]

The review is pretty good. My only objection is related to the outpost analysis, which I consider it shallow. Probably that's why you haven't got much to complain about. 🙂 Anyway, I have more than 600h spent in this game, with 1/3 of that amount spent in the ship builder mode, gameplay and outposts. During those 200h spent in outpost management, I've encountered A LOT of issues on XSS. IDK, maybe on PC it could work better but, man, the game becomes very laggy with 16/24 outposts! If you build an outpost in the forest, and fill it with greenhouses, due to the high density of trees & greenhouses, instead of 30fps, the game will run at 10 fps! After deleting the big majority of them, and kept only 4 outposts, the game started to move better. As a conclusion, even though you could think that games should be better optimized on consoles, since you only have 2 to worry about, welll ... it's not Starfield's case! The main impression is that it's not optimized on PC either! 🙄

[@UmmerFarooq-wx4yo]

The game becomes very laggy with outposts on pc as well. Or it stutters at intervals when the cargo holds are being recalculated. But outposts the more rewarding way of levelling to max

[@Astristul]

@@UmmerFarooq-wx4yo yep. I did the Vytinium fuel rod farm, but stopped at level 225, because of the lag, stutter and constant crashes.

[@Perdidu]

They could have masked the loading screens with animations or cinematics.

[@TheBevo67]

You might have forgotten that Mass Effect tried to hide fast travel by a cool travel “cut scene” - ppl hated it and demand the ability to skip the scene and just wait for the load screen to finish. I bet BGS remembered the lesson.

[@jackcooper1448]

Modern AAA games also hide them by having your player squeeze through a tight hallway, FO4 did it by elevators, No Man's Sky had a little cutscene but it was clearly loading, and it was still more immersive. It can definitely be done. Never ever mistake Bethesda for a company that can learn.

[@tonyw6451]

No, their whole concept was fucked. 1 thousand identical tiny maps, that you need to Load screen in between each of them.

[@vitorsalles5919]

dude wasted 20 days of his life just so we dont have to, hero

[@shanephillips4011]

Haha, I already knew not to waste my time whether this video exists or not 😂

[@philstaples8122]

It's not a bad game when you start to play it but the more you play it the more copy and paste it gets, go to a planet for a mission and you'll find one of the same small group of bases over and over again often with the same enemies in the same places. It gets dull relatively quickly. I have no idea how you managed 500 hours, I did about 100 or so before giving up on it.

[@bbee6556]

Lmaoo the black loading screen 😂😂, feels like they did it on purpose so you can ask yourself “did I really pre order the most expensive edition for this game?”

[@honestinsincerity2270]

I think my biggest problem with the game is just a straight up lack of imagination. It's like they forgot how to write the plot of a compelling or interesting side quest. Or they couldn't come up with a decent likeable companion. And then after the 4th custom made location they just said "fuck it", let the computer do the rest. They straight up broke Chekhovs Gun rule by talking about mech warfare (something they had to know everyone would fuckin love to see) and then didn't bother giving us at least one mission with em. Either so much was cut that we were left with just bare bones or whoever directed this travesty should be demoted. Wide as an ocean, deep as a puddle really is the perfect description.

[@kevinlist3330]

Very subjective and yeah your problem.

[@VOTENATIONALALLIANCE]

Totally agree

[@LolcowAdmirer]

It gets better after 1000 hours, keep going

[@KrispyCrem3]

lol

[@salvation7362]

You doubled my playtime, I did the main story line, did all the faction quest lines (best part of the game), built the ships I wanted and skipped building outposts except for the shipyard because I didn't see the point. Great game, minor bugs here and there for me but I'm out until some major quality of life updates are patched in but most likely only some good DLC will bring me back. My biggest complaint was waiting basically until I was finished with it (after 2 months) to finally get DLSS in the game.

[@chrisedwards253]

If the CIA is interested in hiring someone resistant to mental and psychological torture, they should reach out to this dude.

[@ricksgrandauditorium8790]

700 hrs in here, and when this man says you'll encounter a plethora of lockpicks, holy fkn hell mate ain't lying.

[@pahnnonzehn4162]

Jesus get a job

[@delitaheiral9184]

you'd be surprise how much money you can make while also having a lot of free time ;)@@pahnnonzehn4162

[@crupt1023]

When you huff enough paint anything can he fun I guess

[@RangerAstarte]

personally i think it depends on your goals and play style............like i like playing the space bounty hunter role so starfield is perfect for that role and i do plan to give being just a cargo trader and miner a go with the asteroids

[@shaundavidssd]

Take dramatic pics, they get used during loading screens

[@apolakigamingandmore6376]

This is a really nice review without comparing the game to other developer's games.

[@cezarstefanseghjucan]

Like?

[@la_engineer]

Are you working for Bethesda? :D

[@downdriftvenom]

​​@@cezarstefanseghjucan No man's sky.

[@Forest762]

@@downdriftvenom tbh, you cant say one game is really better. No mans sky and starfield target a different audience.

[@KamiSlayer0]

it's getting better after 1000 hours

[@t-rexreximus359]

😂

[@MultiRedFan]

4000 hours is the sweet spot, totally different game when you reach this milestone

[@tonyw6451]

@@MultiRedFan Underrated Comment

[@TonyTonyChopppper]

Yknow i have two issues with starfield, after playing it for 400 hours. One being that, terramorphs and alien Fauna, should have their own movements(Skeltons), I'd be more terrified at a terramorph in a confine space, crawling and tearing up the walls, then a normal encounter that just throw shouts at you. Two being that, there should be a perfect world where we can leap into player created planets, to experience different content and terrains. (Aside from the copy pasted base, all around starfield.)

[@aarachus]

Im fine with starfield. Have no intention of stopping for years. Right now still focused on gaining levels & getting perks

[@abcdefgh-hy9op]

For years Jesus christ 😅

[@s-nova9254]

​@@abcdefgh-hy9opstar citizen just killed tlit like will smith too HE lost

[@delitaheiral9184]

@@abcdefgh-hy9op

[@danielainger]

If you are happy playing mediocre games that’s great I guess.

[@LordBathtub]

Holy hell 500 hours?! You deserve a medal for that amount of service 😂

[@Frogdoddofficial]

Even with its shortcomings i love this game. Im excited to see what improvements they can bringnto the game with the dlc.

[@anshitgupta1294]

agreed

[@bongo-bongo9405]

No mods can save this

[@JohnDoe-dr9ff]

I hope the DLC brings more load screens and cutscenes. I REALLY want to see a cutscene whenever I change weapons or use my space Jesus powers. That would be awesome. Be even better if it played out in super slow motion so I can take a crap and grab a beer while it plays.

[@Frogdoddofficial]

@@JohnDoe-dr9ff ok

[@Frogdoddofficial]

@@bongo-bongo9405 ok

[@6yimi663]

Great vid mate I don’t even know this game but it looks like a lot of fun

[@MoneyMitch-AceDuece]

Quit after 8 hours. I can't imagine spending 500 hours doing a recreational activity that I don't enjoy. You could have learned an instrument or new language. Hell, you could have taught yourself to mod in 500 hours and fixed whatever you didn't like

[@TheBytao7mao]

we play so much because we hope to find something .... something

[@DARK_DEEP]

​@@TheBytao7mao did u find it?

[@xLionsxxSmithyx]

​​@@DARK_DEEP No... 😢 but that's the Risk one takes when Exploring...

[@TheBytao7mao]

@@DARK_DEEP no, only game i found something that is worth my time was gothic2

[@Toygains]

Was it good the first 5? It's one big fetch quest chore. I applaud your hard work here.

[@adhirajb]

They tried to do something new, they both failed and succeeded at the same time, it's fine. They are on the right track. Extremely excited for TESVI!

[@brandonmcgrew4367]

That’s seems to be what Bethesda does a lot these days lmao, lotta good, lotta bad, but it’s always damn fun to play somehow.

[@ADRI_a_REAL1]

Im gonna be honest im not buying TESVI im gonna wait for lots of reviews.

[@antonego9581]

what did they try to do that's new in Starfield? Its exactly the same as their other games for the most part, except worse

[@tonepilot]

No matter how stealthy I am, the enemy almost always sees me. I do enjoy the gunplay and the ability to mod weapons and suits to support your own playstyle. The visuals are phenomenal and ship modding is so satisfying. I’m on NG+ now and running out of things to do. That’s ok, the first playthrough was very satisfying.

[@Raul_W]

Great video. You put the . on the i Very well and true analysis of this game.

[@buba4267]

The fact that Bethesda is charging near on 70 bucks for this is criminal. I’m STILL waiting for it to go on sale because I at least want to TRY it before passing judgement.

[@Moacirbcn]

I bought a good laptop just to play this game. After the disappointment, I'm glad I did. Now I play a heavily modded amazing version of good old skyrim instead.

[@qui3tstorm793]

Hopefully this is a learning curve for Starfield 2.

[@sparkzmentalz2]

After Starfield's disappointment I tried No Man's Sky and never looked back. Not even mods can save Starfield without a major overhaul from Bethesda.

[@kevinlist3330]

Yeah no man sky a game a 7 year old game that's had so much updates, player feedback , because they failed to deliver on their promises, you give Starfield 7 years updates , Player feedback and DLC let's see how it stacks up 🤷.

[@sparkzmentalz2]

@@kevinlist3330 All Bethesda had to do was stick to what they do best. World building, visual story telling and hand crafted exploration. Instead we get an outdated fast travel simulator with copy/paste procedural generation that should of came out in 2007. I don't see how much better Starfield will be in 7 years unless Bethesda overhauls the gameplay loop.

[@K3vinGross]

​@@sparkzmentalz2wtf are you talking? Copy and Paste comments from user which havent played it.

[@sparkzmentalz2]

@@K3vinGross You know exactly wtf I'm talking about lol. The same copy/paste POIs on multiple planets. All you Bethdrone fanboys are hilarious. The game is disappointing which is why it has a mixed reception.

[@K3vinGross]

@@sparkzmentalz2 No i dont. I played Last 1.5 years only cp2077. After dlc 2.0 i went to Starfield and got now 55h after 9 days. Im Loving IT and IT runns So good on series x. No issues after 55h thats fucking impressive.

[@AmanBansil]

Games like these make me appreciate games like Ghost of Tsushima even more. It's hard to pin point if is really good or not sometimes because, it's an okay game...but when you play a great game and then you miss the game, and are sad that it's over...that, is different.

[@dajnor]

Facial animations and npcs are worlds ahead of Fallout 4. Weird take there. I do think the dialogue camera took a step back from Fallout 4 and Skyrim, however. The story is also very inspired by 2001 and the starchild. I thought it was well done. As for not spilling all the beans in the first game in the series, look at the dwemer. They'll likely never fully explain things, and that's good.

[@octavianpopescu4776]

Well, they might be better than Fallout 4, but it's still not good enough.

[@ADRI_a_REAL1]

Ill be honest brother, you can try because we all now the game is expensive and we want to justify our purchases, but in truth the game is boring, lazy, and a complete waste of time. I dislike Bethesda for what they've done to such a loyal community.

[@cptnoname]

Rimworld: 1079 hrs Empyrion Galactic Survival: 517 hrs Space Engineers: 221 hrs Minecraft a few thousand hours (I ran a server, shut up...) Starfield: 65 minutes... most of which was in character creation. Pre-purchased with all DLC available, fully refunded

[@jarviscocker141284]

Dude has played for twenty days solid , more than i managed on warzone in two years of lockdown and it has been out for a couple of months and hes not to keen on it 😂😂😂 this boys either allergic to sunlight or vagina or both , love to see how much effort you put in to greater games

[@Cartman_Kennedy]

I felt like it was missing a hand radio playing music. Roaming about planets is pretty boring, especially when you’re entering the exact same procedurally generated buildings over and over again. Even the marked locations are not unique or hand crafted. They’re just more of the same.

[@BasicBobby]

I loved it. There’s nobody offering what Bethesda offers-a true open-world sandbox with fairly deep RPG elements. Nobody else has built anything close to SF or Skyrim, much less FO4. Given that, they get slack, as they’re giving us a risky product, with no substitute. Not perfect, but ambitious and I’d rather play it in this B+-grade of content, wait for software updates and mods than wait for another 2-3 years before it’s released in a perfect state. And really, public companies don’t operate that way anyway. So keep up the support if you want more. As a dev myself, in R&D, let me tell you-it won’t get better than this in 2023. They’ve filled our offices with free riders and technically incompetent quota-filler/PR-marketability managers, so we’re lucky to produce anything at all anymore. The fact, that they can produce a fun, complex, working game when 50% of their developers do 90% of the work…bravo.

[@K3vinGross]

Bethesda is one of the best Dev. For RPG.

[@ADRI_a_REAL1]

I am really scared and worried that people like you exist, and can rate games. Im really sorry to say this to a fellow gamer but you really need to raise your standards brother. They stole your money.

[@K3vinGross]

@@ADRI_a_REAL1 i Play it via Game Pass lol. They dont Stole anything 😂 Higher standarts? What do you Play? If you say bg3 or cyberpunk pls leave

[@poptasticanimation55]

So do you think MICROSOFT PR Marketing team came in after Microsoft acquisition bestheda and then WOKE,mediocred, ripped the ful*CK out of it?? If so, I KNEW IT

[@ADRI_a_REAL1]

No im currently playing Dark Souls 3 and Far Cry 2@@K3vinGross

[@LG1ikLx]

Its great to see a review that is constructive instead of being its bad or good in every single way

[@wubsworld8946]

Overall, imo, Starfield is pretty hollow. I really tend to take my time playing rpgs'particularly in the beginning. The first 40 or so hours of the game were very fun. Then, the fun fell off a cliff. I realized I had seen every type of cave, planet, hideout, loot rate, top gear, etc. So, I then basically sped-run the main story and faction questlines, -(i found the characters' dialogue in this game extremely annoying for some reason which only made it harder to be interested in characters) -flew to every Star system and then dropped the game. I blame myself expecting a Fallout4/Oblivion hybrid in space. I don't have many nice things to say about it. Great achievement in scale,, i suppose, sort of? But that's not a selling point for me. In hindsight, I wish I had just bought Game Pass ult for 1 month@ $17 instead of pre-ordering it because I was completely done and uninterested after two-three weeks. For me, the replayability, which is important to me as I don't play many different games these days, is very low. The ship building WAS stimulating for me. That's rEaLLy about it.. Though, you can't really even do much with your ship. -sort of just admire it and move on to another build idea. Aaand its real expensive to build ships.. Hopefully mod support will be AWESOME. If not; oh well. Already wrote this one off.

[@edgecrusherhalo]

My issue with outpost building is….why do it? In FO4 I played without fast traveling and created a resource hub outpost that all my other settlements connected to and as I walked the wasteland I stopped at my settlements to drop off supplies and I’d see new faces and upgraded the settlement accordingly. As I traveled I’d encounter my caravans fighting enemies and help them out. In Starfield I can create outposts to get resources to…..make more outposts. Money was never an issue and neither was resources. The aesthetic, atmosphere, music, and environments are S tier for me, but it feels like a bunch of good things that just don’t compliment each other. Largely in part because of the travel system, but because of the currency/resource system as well.i truly hope make drastic enough changes to bring back the feel of wandering and dealing with what you encounter along the way like their previous games. I need reasons to stay on planets for extended periods of times.

[@m369.0jz]

I have more hours then I will put here or want to admit to, But I'm still loving it. I felt bad that argos came to a stop basically, so I named my toon Argos and built a massive resource business, I even have a few vendors who like me to stay over with there families to play a board game or two.

[@stevemolenaar2890]

"fraction as good as it could have been" is the only line that describes Starfield accurately. 22m video summed up in 2s. (Still liked the vid, very good :D )

[@apimb1396]

I love this game

[@ChrisvanderMerwe_cw3]

One of the more fair reviews of the game I've heard. I was considering the game because I like fallout 4 and was amazed by the graphics, but after seeing this and hearing other reviews I might be giving it a skip. But I like a review that gives me the good and the bad from somebody who has actually given it a fair chance, and is not just complaining about all the negatives without also showing the potential positives. It is disappointing though that the developers didn't make different design decisions and put more effort into the things that actually matter to someone like me, like an interesting and engaging storyline that goes with an immersive realistic world.

[@austinking9912]

I made it ten hours and then said to myself wtf am I doing.

[@micahfarrell7402]

I had to wait 3 years to play fallout 4. Ive never looked more forward to a game than starfield. I still haven't played it.

[@Necr0Mancer666]

Starfield is a victim of its own success. Its grand scale, its limitless replay options ultimately leaves you wanting for more! When I played the game few months back I found so many hidden details in the game, so many side quests I left untouched. I could give it another go but I have to play many other games too.

[@mynameisdominichughes3142]

Aka it's terrible

[@Necr0Mancer666]

@@mynameisdominichughes3142 Its kinda thoughtless for you to say its terrible. Its an ambitious project with insane amount of work put on it.

[@kwc813]

I got 15 hours in... and then went to Nexus to see if there was anything new for Skyrim.

[@qwertyvypez]

You mentioned the number of loading screens and mentioned how in Skyrim you can go 20 minutes without one. That is absolutely the case in Starfield too so I don't really get your point here. Also the loading screens last about 2 to 3 seconds, Skyrims lasted MUCH longer. Honestly the loading screen issue is overblown, but I agree they could have been disguised better.

[@_indrid_cold_]

I honestly wonder if you are talking about the same game I call “Starfield”? In the version I have, for XBox series X, you can’t even fart without a poxy loading screen mugging you.

[@dantenadir2850]

I'm just going to assume your a pc player

[@ShiftTheMatrixGaming]

GeForce now runs this game with barely any loading screens.

[@Deadsea_1993]

They are a huge problem on Series S and Series X. As much Xbox consoles have sold since release, that's a lot of people. They are constant on Xbox where you can't even enter a building without dealing with a loading screen

[@Queinty]

You can go 20 minutes without a loading in screen in Starfield at many points. While you're aimlessly wandering around an empty copypaste planet. When you're exploring a copypaste building. When you're building a ship with the nagging knowledge all your work is for naught in ng+. When you're building an outpost... for what? Etc etc.

[@lunarcontact]

That last line was said about Skyrim too, now it’s a classic

[@sgtmango333]

This entire review highlights the problem with gaming - more more more. I am not an 80 hour a week gamer. Most weeks I'm doing good to log a few hours of run and gun with friends online. I subscribed to GamePass earlier this year and started playing No Man's Sky, but I didn't put a ton of serious time into it, per usual, and very much dislike the need to gather and build. When Starfield came out I thought it was going to be more of the same and yeah, those loading screens had me thinking I wouldn't put more than an hour or two in. But I was captured by the stories and after almost 1000 hours I'm still only 85% through. The beauty of the game isn't just in the mechanics, but also in the way it moves you from being overwhelmed in the beginning to be emotionally distraught after losing a companion. I've spend time exploring cities and planets, figuring out outposts, building ships, pirating, fixing all of Neon's problems. I've had companions and shunned their company and had them ripped from me in an alternate universe. Each playthrough has been different, has hit me different. Each time I've found a new way to accomplish a mission - faster, stealthier - or found a new bobble or way to use the powers I've collected. I suppose if you are a hardcore gamer or this is your only hobby, I can see how this game might feel like a let down. I have friends that never bothered with NG+ because there are other games to play. But some of us love the game, despite the places it could improve. I'd love to see the marriage of flight and planetarty mechanics of No Man's Sky or the seamless space navigation of Eve Online incorporated instead of a loading screen. Less diaglog would definitely me more in Barrett's case! But I love the environments and the stories and the impact I have on them in this game.

[@D1eterVl]

Wait, how can you not be an '80 hours/week gamer' but you logged almost a 1000 hours in Starfield which is released 3 months ago? :D

[@przemysawgos4169]

I thought of myself as a serious gamer playing 2-3 hours a week, but 80 hours js beyond by imagination :)

[@dethskullcrusher]

Is not a bad game, all the contrary, is a great game, i have played 40 hs and i have a personal rule, in most big RPG i play as max 100 hs. Starfield feels sparse and disconnected. No Man's Sky feels seemless but focuses too much on the building and grinding of resources, i would love a seemless universe but with interesting sidequests, even if it needs to be a somewhat smaller universe, like let's say 100 planets or 10, as long as all quests are organically placed. Both are great games but they're what they're. For great ambience and supreme level design we have Darksouls. For fun exploration and fun quests we have Starfield, and for discovery and seemless universes we have No Man's Sky, but no game does everything.

[@trillrifaxegrindor4411]

1000 hours,3 months........not an 80 hour a week gamer ?????????? how the fuck can you dump a 1000 hours into this shitpile

[@owenlastname.3500]

so worried about elder scrolls 7. wanted it for so many years but with everything going on with bethesda lately we can already tell how that's going to turn out. They are probably going to compete the game to skyrim, and not skyrim nolvus like they should at the bare minimum. if you compare really old games from bethesda to skyrim and fo4, they always improve their abilities continually. but then these past 10 years they just haven't been doing anything new or better.

[@CraigLammie-nc2vo]

I have played this for about 20 days! It is realistic life style exploration game!! I like a very cool futuristic weapons and few old earth weapons too! This make it feels realistic more fun than Fallout 76 game I played before. Starfield has anything to show a big adventure and I do like to build my own starship from my ideas. It feels right and more balanced story.

[@sevenbutcher5729]

Starship?? Its more like a pimped out storage crate!

[@guideronemiguel]

"realistic life style exploration" that's rich coming from a game with millions of load screens

[@s-nova9254]

Don't forget the atrocious procedural generation, brain dead artificial intelligence and stupid generic outpost, story , etc..

[@AnonymousAnonposter]

It's only realistic if you're a soulless bot... Oh wait.

[@derederekat9051]

Starefield....

[@ShadowShinobi2012]

I definitely feel like Starfield needed to drop it's scale and focus more on rich, deep quests environments and storytelling, more variations in combat, etc. Like instead of 1000 planets, give me roughly 100-150 but handcraft each of them and make them feel interesting and unique. Outside of that, personally I love Starfield and I'm looking forward to the DLC. It's not everyone's cup of tea but it's definitely my cup of tea and I'll happily drink it.

[@jayzippo]

Loading screens? I have 556 hours and my loading screens are few and far between and last 3 seconds tops. Get an ssd and a better friggen rig man.

[@OzzyFan80]

The game was better than the haters make it out to be and not as good as the Xbox content creators that shill for the game make it out to be. I think a solid 7 is a good score it's a good game but not amazing and not goty. The combat was bland and the exploring was repetitive after awhile I didn't even want to go into a cave and base building was basically useless. They went for a huge game it's like having a 1000 page coloring book and only having 100 vrayons after awhile the colors are limited and everything looks the same.

[@t-rexreximus359]

Great review 👍

[@samtate2011]

Starfield is a MASSIVE game with not much too offer beyond the main quest and the only way to figure that out is wait a few weeks or sink 100s of hours into the game

[@stevenmarksman0927]

I've only got about 50 hours in but apparently I've done the main quest, uc, cf, vanguard, done all the uc security stuff, all the ranger stuff, all the ryuin (or whatever it is) stuff, all that's left is to do the NG+. Is there anything else I'm missing?

[@aralornwolf3140]

Installing Mini-DLCs...

[@Forest762]

I dont think thats possible, unless you cheated or play on the easiest difficulty.

[@zdim4469]

Game developers spent years to make this game be greatfull. Quite hard to make game from scratch like this.

[@aardvark870]

I think it’s amazing

[@The27thS]

The loading screens are not for literal loading. They are a masking strategy to cover up the fact that the engine has no way to move character models. They exist purely to prevent an immersion breaking teleportation event for the main character. This is apparent in Neon where you can jetpack to the landing pad without a loading screen but still see one when using the elevator. The landing pad is already loaded. It's just relying on gamers prior expectations to excuse the interruption rather than have a jarring teleportation.

[@rioplats]

The engine does have ways to move character models - there are moving platforms like cargo elevators around the game, as well as ladders in ship interiors. But yes, a lot of it is entirely arbitrary and a result of poorly considered level design. For example, the elevator shafts don't connect up in the Mast building, so if you went physically up or down you'd just clip out of the building. Same story for the New Atlantis Transit system, which gets around 75% of the way around the city and then just gives up and goes "underground".

[@saurlex1368]

Well I lasted 70hrs, I won't play again til after DLC/Expac.