I played 40 hours of Starfield before launch (NO spoilers)

[@nicolasjamo]

As much as I enjoyed Elite Dangerous and No Man's Sky, limiting the size and scope of the game while adding more detail does seem appropriate especially for an RPG.

[@kangke57]

Exactly! I'd take 5 well designed, crafted planets over 500 procedurally generated ones.

[@Dielawn69]

I definitely agree with you guys that id much prefer more details and unique environments. But too be fair his requirements seemed pretty low for unique areas. Two areas literally had to be exactly the same to be considered non unique. Which doesnt mean much honestly.

[@GodisGood941]

People will soon realize the reason they put so many planets was not only for the upcoming dlc but also the modders to make their own unique planets and storylines

[@requiemagent3014]

Planets are not explorable. The moment I saw this this game died for me. What this game does is very deceiving. If you land your ship it creates a fish bowl around you. Imagine creating a new tile set in Minecraft every time you land. The moment you load a new tile set, after a new landing, the old gets deleted. What that basically means planets serve zero purpose in this game. You cannot explore them. Stick with no man's sky. I can land everywhere in this game, run around the entire planet, build bases and have zero loading screens. This is another Bethesda scam.

[@Witcher-dy8gx]

@@requiemagent3014 bro youre in every comment section hating on Starfield without ever playing it,why are you so obsessed

[@jayveeeee]

here's some helpful timestamps so you can skip around this beast of a video! thanks for watching 🤠 0:00 intro 0:48 expectations 3:22 bugs 4:20 is it empty? 6:26 planet exploration 8:57 space exploration 15:05 cities 16:18 dialogue 18:58 facial animations 20:35 companions 22:50 outposts 25:49 crafting and research 28:03 combat 30:30 skills and leveling 32:13 ships 35:36 quests (no spoilers) 39:23 final thoughts 41:05 outro

[@mangaas]

Only a minute spent discussing bugs... ? That's a good sign!

[@hamishcounsell5579]

@@mangaas Its alright bro ive got half a tank of copium to share if you like.... (im still really excited)

[@manojkumarvc3589]

​@@mangaasImagine him just saying "It's like ARK Survival Evolved"

[@Sid_The_Geek]

so finally a proper long StarField video from JV !!! I am gonna pop some corns and be ready !

[@Belmont1714]

What's the name of the song that played at the countdown? 🙏

[@SPISheste]

It should be noted: The *fast travel system* can also be *semi-immersive* = pull up your *scanner* and point the cursor/controller at the desired location (given it's a fast travel place) and press E = boom, it highlights the location and a prompt is given to the player of fast travelling there WITHOUT using the map and breaking your immersion totally

[@kwleeds]

Only works for places you’ve previously visited

[@thepetterful]

​@@kwleedsWhich is already needed for most (and specially bethesda's) fast travels.

[@riplix20]

So a black screen is more immersive in first person? Ill remember that if i ever make a game

[@SPISheste]

@@riplix20 haha sorry if I didn’t articulate myself enough, English isn’t my first language 🙏🏽 What I meant was, I personally find it more immersive avoiding the map by using the scanner in-flight to land on a planet, instead of working through mission tabs and maps 😄

[@dominic.h.3363]

@@SPISheste Your logic is flawed. I can't just press F, then point my ship's nose at Porrima for example, while I am in Alpha Centauri. Only local system planetary bodies and quest objectives outside the system are present on the scanner. Therefore the scanner is not an "alternative" to fast traveling, because it doesn't allow me to go wherever I want. The map is the only way to fast travel anywhere.

[@MarcsVideoDumpster]

Emptiness can be good if done properly and in service of inmersion, a good example is Stalker where the emptiness allows you to soak in the world and in favour of inmersion

[@ItIsYouAreNotYour]

That's an excuse for laziness and this isn't a survival horror game. Very rarely is a giant world with nothing in it appreciated. You see 1 tree you saw them all.

[@lostvayne9146]

shadow of the colossus.

[@MikeP94]

RDR2

[@bing_bong2411]

the vast emptiness of places like the moon always seed tranquil and peaceful to me, and i think its good they aren't adding any unnecessary aliens or other oddities to make it feel less empty

[@Zrs3820]

Red Dead 2 and Witcher 3 did it pretty well.

[@xanderrednaxx]

GREAT REVIEW. No spoilers at all, feel real respected on that part. And wow the game looks absolutely stunning. I'm going to be immersed in this game for HOURS

[@tyrannosaurusflex3698]

Hours? More like MONTHS

[@joshisasjoshdoes8760]

Months*

[@Innovate-pq9ci]

Save your time and go for baldur's gate 3 instead

[@ChopPvP]

@@Innovate-pq9cinah BG3 is trash

[@LordAngelus]

L comment@@ChopPvP

[@acemaxximus7175]

By far, the most comprehensive review of Starfield I've seen

[@nobodyknowsimgay]

Luke Stephens seems much more comprehensive and honest. This feels like an ad from a Bethesda fan boy.

[@LXXVIIZONE]

What others have you seen

[@niers9952]

Ign gave it a 7 after playing for like 2 minutes 😂

[@SaintSullys]

IGN Japan gave it a 10, I wonder who we should trust @@niers9952

[@BBake]

Luke Stephens, ACG, Mortismal Gaming, Fextralife, LegacyKillaHD. All those reviews are quite in depth and worth checking out. Jayvee did a great job here too

[@jo_winston]

Only 40 hours. Those are rookie numbers, you gotta pump those numbers up.

[@jayveeeee]

i tried man, i really did. i had a business trip to france and grabbed a laptop so i could play more and make videos on the trip. turns out planes don’t have enough voltage to handle the newer gaming laptops and i was busy the rest of the time :/

[@jo_winston]

@@jayveeeee don't sweat about it I am sure this won't be your last video on Starfield.

[@azrielmoha6877]

@@jayveeeee " turns out planes don’t have enough voltage to handle the newer gaming laptops " You don't find that the hard way right?

[@Levi---q7p]

@@jayveeeee Lol I found that out the hard way on my way to Italy last month. I feel your pain.

[@farianandadiratama]

heee matthew mcconaughey hahaha

[@blazingsnape2959]

This first impression just got me wven more pumped get in there and start playing. Thanks for uploading this. Really enjoyed it.

[@Nomadmandude]

I actually wasn't planning on playing it but I have Xbox game pass and this review made me want to play it.

[@Dulc3B00kbyBrant0n]

@@Nomadmandude damn people arent even playing starfield even though they already have it? says everything about this turd. makes diablo 4 look like fallout 4(jk fallout 4 sucked balls)

[@Dexxter_slav]

Atlantis is so soulless. The transit shuttle is just always there. Nobody is using it. Nobody needs to go anywhere. Just stand idle or walk small circles. 9/10 say they are busy even when they are alone somewhere near to a wall doing nothing. I just cant get immersed.

[@TrigonAZR]

I wonder how is it that most reviews have a disclaimer: "this is a Bethesda game". So... it seems like reviewers are trying to lower expectations out of the gate

[@spg3385]

i’m 10 hours in and this review was by far the most honest and encouraging to watch before I got to play. 🙏🏽

[@MichaelOdendaal]

I need this game to be good man

[@allergycheese1900]

Don't worry. A Brazilian PlayStation fanboy gave 8.5/10. His review got leaked yesterday.

[@josephhynes5874]

Xbox needs it more... ! :)

[@larrybraham4884]

We need this game to be good amigo

[@allergycheese1900]

@@larrybraham4884 I mean... If the biggest Brazilian PlayStation Fanboy on KZbin gave it a 8.5/10 score, then, damn! It got to be very very very good!

[@FurryestX]

As a Bethesda Old Fan, i agree ... Also, bethesda is bethesda

[@Xphurrious]

This is pretty much what i expected Starfield to be, and it looks good. As a Star Citzen player i have that route for the more open sandbox game, but I think ill enjoy this for at least a hundred hours, maybe two if it really blows me away

[@Eight-Bites]

You've answered a lot of questions that nobody else seems to really take the time to. You earned my sub immediately.

[@jayblue398]

I like how you gave an objective review that doesn't just trash Starfield for it's many shortcomings like so many others. You highlight the positives that go under so many people's radars that get overlooked because people like to rant about things they don't like, even if those things are not the whole of the game.

[@duffj318]

I've watched a few minutes of different reviews and wasn't sure how I felt about them. But I knew I could trust this review. Appreciate what you do. So excited to get my hands on this game!

[@ravynbr]

As always, your video hit exactly what I needed to know and said it in a way that felt genuine. Can't wait the 6 more hours until I can finally jump in!

[@GK_Squid]

Are you still playing starfield?

[@lisan_al_gaibb]

It's insane how good this year has been for gaming. Tears of the Kingdom, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Baldur's Gate 3, Starfield, Resident Evil 4, Jedi Survivor, Street Fighter 6, FFXVI, etc.

[@shadowfreaper8158]

most of this is thanks to delays that were in 2021 and 2022

[@stardawg]

Spiderman, crew motorfest, mortal kombat 1, payday 3

[@aaroncuanto3469]

Armored Core 6, Blasphemous 2!

[@abnormalitiesinreality6649]

For what its worth, AC Mirage is looking promising

[@xman777b]

Essentially no *outer space* in an open world *space* game. No outer space travel, what? Todd Howard: "We let you design and build your own ship. And yes, you can fly it." Fly it, or 'fast travel it', Todd ?

[@LUCAS420BLZ]

Ships are only useful for certain things like cargo hold and missions that spawn certain enemies near planets Other than that it's a hollow and empty system No vehicles to explore planets was already a red flag to me

[@Yamthief]

This video was so useful. Clear, concise, zero spoilers. Good work! I'm definitely looking forward to this game.

[@Zacatk23]

Great review, but I really feel sad about the world borders, I mean maybe it would break the inmersion, like if I land somewhere and see a cool mountain, I'd like to just go to the mountain even if it's far, but still, looks fun Edit: Just watched game riots video of getting to the border, I mean is not that bad, seems pretty big area, although I pray a mod where you can fly your ship in the planets, if that's even possible

[@UnknownPerson-cq3qv]

Playing it now the zone is pretty big, at least 2-3 KM

[@jonathanbukey4424]

I've watched about 5 videos from channels I follow. This is by far the best. Thanks for the great overview

[@skorpion7132]

One thing I noticed, and this is a preference thing, Rockets basically liked like a slightly slower and smaller laser burst (maybe with a different color?). I personally would've preferred something a bit more missile-like with a smoke trail so it's a bit more destinguished. Also I usually prefer if the missile arcs in a bit near the end of the trajectory.

[@Denzao-D]

As expected. This was exactly what I thought the game was about. Nice. Thank you for this. "I am just In the beginning of the game after a couple of dozens hours" 😆 great.

[@loganlevesques]

So good to see Cal take a break from fighting the Sith and just exploring the galaxy

[@shawndinnall2959]

Lmaoo

[@r0beh280]

seriously good review, thanks for taking the time to provide so much detail.

[@mihmo2663]

This sounds like what Mass Effect Andromeda should have been. Maybe not this involved, but it turned out nothing like it was promised.

[@ukmaxi]

Because it was only brought together in the final 18 months due to indecision and infighting between different people (apparently).

[@morgothbloody7181]

Andromeda looks better

[@dougkenworthy5079]

Space travel and planet exploration seems like a juiced up version of how mass effect did it, which im not mad at. Each planet being its own complete open world would have been expecting too much let alone asking for the entire universe to be one. Seems like the maps are still pretty expansive and it doesn't seem like it holds you back too much.

[@oasisgaming1026]

Great review mate. Hope everyone has a blast the next couple weeks playing Starfield 🙌🏻

[@blackout4338]

Or next couple years 😅

[@oasisgaming1026]

@@blackout4338 hope so mate 🤣

[@homiesoprano]

Overhyped mids, Skyrim and New Vegas still GOATed.

[@DenethKaushika-ec5tj]

All other reviewers who have played for like 60 hrs are saying that there are a lot of copy and pasting.

[@RomaInvicta202]

Nice job, man - objective, not stupid, shouty review that tells me what I can expect and helps me to make a decision. Great job, thank you

[@capbaconstrip1052]

I’ve played about 3 hours today and I’m enjoying it for sure! BUUUUUT I have run and I have run into 2 pretty annoying bugs… One time I loaded into an asteroid field around a planet, problem was the asteroids didn’t load in so I was tuning into invisible things taking massive damage. and 2 and this one was way more annoying… I landed on a planet and for some reason every time I exited my ship I would teleport 2000 meters away from my ship and destination 😂😂😂 I tried reloading saves, fast traveling to my ship and even restarting the app, still every time I exited my ship I had a 2000m hike

[@magical5181]

Bethesda classic 😂

[@DerKilianist]

11:13 manually taking off is exactly the opposite of seeing a loading screen

[@FiddlesticksDraws]

Looks like Space Exploration is going to be just like space exploration in Lego Star Wars the Skywalker Saga

[@Seussenshmirtz]

LMAO my thoughts exactly

[@charldenvanwyk5746]

Starfield's space exploration was completely falsely advertised

[@bi0h4z4rd4]

@@charldenvanwyk5746how?

[@johnmecca9008]

Loved your thumbnail. Just straight up honest. And then you gave us solid details in the vid. You got me bro, I’ve subbed!!🔥

[@OmegaTrooper]

the fact these aren't entire planets that you can explore and land from space on is a bit of a bummer...not game killing, but a lost opportunity.

[@SmugNOOMAD]

This guy was making this video and was thinkng about both sides yo mad respect fo you brotha.

[@Clayaka]

RIP to that NPC who was almost saved. May his name live on forever.

[@joshuaminke6629]

took me 70 hours to be finished with this game. is fantastic. highly recommended

[@IslamistSocialist371]

it's literally fallout in space, that's mean it's not for everyone. I say this because i owned and played fallout 3 and new vegas . I don't know why but these 2 games are very overwhelming for me, but it's still fun

[@Blindsyde5762]

Tod Howard set the bar super high when he said "this is THE space game we've always wanted to make/play" ....or something along those lines. I think to a lot of people, the openness of space , and traveling through it is a large part of that. I haven't played it yet, but I think the loading scenes, instead of the space traversal is gonna be a huge letdown for many people. When I think of "THE space game I've always wanted to play", I had a different picture of that in mind. That being said, ill just reset my expectations, and im sure ill enjoy it still on Gamepass.

[@JDB-tc5rs]

Not really. A big open-world Space guy here. Played the Freelancer which to me is the OG space game that had a mind-blowing size and scope for the time it was released. Anyways, you can use something like NMS or ED to set the bar, and honestly aside from the first few "scratching the itch" type of attempts to fly from point A to point B I've never done it again. It's for the exact same reason truck simulator games don't do a 1:1 size, but cut down the travel time. It's all fun and games for 30 minutes, but in all honesty - it's boring af. Sure, 10% of the playerbase will whine, but they'll get their mods. The rest of us don't want to spend our time (of which as grown-ass people we don't have a ton to invest) just flying through space, it's literally wasting time doing nothing important. From the immersion standpoint sure - go and be a long-rage hauler if that's your thing, but you'll set a course and go off on our phone or alt-tab to do other things pretty quickly. I guarantee it. If you're a hardcore ED player, well, games are probably your life so I understand, but honestly 90% of the playerbase has like 2-3hrs a day to invest in a game like this, and will skip the long-haul journey altogether.

[@Blindsyde5762]

@@JDB-tc5rs I just started playing Mass Effect 3 legendary edition, and have fallen in love. I don't even care about getting into Starfield yet, lol. I hear what your saying and can understand that. You're probably right.

[@JDB-tc5rs]

@@Blindsyde5762 first time playing ME? Maaan what I'd give to experience that first time once again. Enjoy!!!

[@Blindsyde5762]

@@JDB-tc5rs yes ! Thanks man.

[@Sticky_icky420]

The way you said world exploration works is exactly what I was hoping for…well I wanted the areas to be larger in size like multiple chunks on a planet the size of skyrims map or Fallout 4s…..but this will do

[@adbrooks95]

It'll be fine. You won't hit a wall unless you run 10 to 20min in one single direction. It's fine. You're not going to accidently "hit a wall"

[@drunkensailor112]

​@@adbrooks95you need to run full speed 45 minutes in one direction to hit border of one tile on a planet has been confirmed. You will probably never encounter it

[@Hawk7886]

​@@drunkensailor112more like five minutes of full sprinting. It's a few kilometers from your ship.

[@albertozalon8477]

@@Hawk7886 maybe it depends on where you land like it might land in one corner instea of in the center

[@ezaf5989]

you will run into the same 20 points of interest over and over again. goodluck lmao im sure it will be fun to raid the same copy pasted moon base 100 times

[@Tate20053]

Let's hope that Bethesda works on Elder Scrolls 6

[@DrBIeed]

Let’s play some Starfield while we wait!

[@EP_mc]

Coming 2029🫡

[@veqzor]

​@@EP_mccoming when we have grandkids

[@NATUREBOYP]

@@Creed5.56do you know or not if they will put it on PS5?

[@bobbyvandyke143]

@@NATUREBOYP you can play starfield or any xbox game or pc game on PS5 and vice versa by using streaming services. I already bought Starfield for Xbox and have it installed on my PS5

[@cameronjoray7685]

Why does he always get such little views he’s not just great in my opinion he’s extremely professional and truthful, doesn’t really get better than Jay.

[@ratatoskr9366]

I'm sure people's criticisms are justified, but Jayvee plays games a lot like I do, and I'm happy to know you've had a blast playing this game! I'm so excited to finally live out my Firefly dreams in a video game.

[@bigbosco6979]

You best believe I'm gonna try and recreate the SSV normandy SR1 as my ship.

[@ajbone5188]

Yuuup

[@craigkingdon4424]

My favourite thing is how much more it leans into the rqg aspects. More than Skyrim and fallout. And despite your character being unvoiced, your dialogue options still have alot of character.

[@zeedax1223]

I think the hardest genre of games to pull is spaces since you need a lot of detail, size, story, and bugs management since how big the world is and that is why game developers always is scared to make space esc game

[@blizzlichd1338]

the thing i will miss is the good ol' radio songs while exploring.... i know in starfield you wont be listening to old songs but i will miss some kind of radio music while exploring

[@corboballin9116]

there’s multiple radio channels n companies in the game but idk if you can bump it while exploring

[@TheNotSoIrishGamer]

The problem I have with not actually flying through space is, space is just a big world map. It’d be like playing skyrim but instead of walking you pick a notable location on the map and just fast travel there, no random encounters, no exploration it’s just moving from point to point which is really odd for an open world game. I think my problem (personal problem, not problem with the game) is I want a space rpg with space exploration like starcom or the outer wilds or astroneer, but for a more grounded rpg like starfield, you can’t really have planets you can just walk around the entire way. I think I would still prefer if the game was just a few properly crafted planets that you could circumnavigate BUT that would remove the whole point of creating a ship and space exploration.

[@gureguru4694]

this will be a modders paradise eventually. the graphics and how NPCs look are a non-issue. they'll be all super models with BIG bazonggas soon enough lmao

[@ashwinnmyburgh9364]

I am so excited for this game! I adore Bethesda's RPGs, and can't wait to delve into a new world, new lore and new game!

[@JAKphoenixify]

I think I'll wait a little longer before buying.

[@User-s9r7x]

we know it’s bc ur broke

[@DeViLzzz2006]

I think I will never buy this. 100 hours of romance, randomly generated planets, and other garbage in this game isn't a good reason to spend money.

[@xtr.7662]

You dont just have game pass

[@xtr.7662]

​@@DeViLzzz2006if you dont like fallout, skyrim, outer worlds then dont even bother

[@Aroraa]

RIP the guy who got his ass kicked by that alien dino lmao

[@kevinwelchhhh]

Hands down my favorite and the most helpful Starfield “review,” impressions, etc. video. Exciting, constructive, to the point, relevant, and with none of the console wars/angry person online bias nonsense. Thank you.

[@mainelymadagain9405]

We better start off in some sort of “Space Jail”.

[@aaronpitts6749]

This is why I love JV so much. He’s a fan and he’s positive.

[@megopcutubeix7419]

Checked a lot of reviews, from reviewers i like. Far longer playtime than you. You did an amazing job of contrasting everything.Pretty much the best one thus far.

[@Atonam_real]

This game is for sure will receive unnecessary hate just because it’s an Xbox exclusive

[@BloodyKnives66]

I prefer PS5 but I have a PC also and everything is in PC

[@BloodyKnives66]

*on

[@jasonkeenan4154]

Already is.

[@drunkensailor112]

​@@BloodyKnives66the thing is that there's this hardcore group of Sony fanboys who can only afford one console and no pc who will go on a crusade against this game

[@NATUREBOYP]

I hope not I do have a PS5 and nothing else but I do want to see this game do great And maybe they’ll put it on PS5 too🙏🏾

[@vigilantebeats7845]

This channel is so good. Becoming a go-to for sure

[@adenovito]

6:11 that gave me PTSD from death claws doing this exact thing in fallout 4 lmao war never changes

[@JStegProductions]

I love how I'm somehow even more excited for this game now. As soon as you said there is good environmental story telling I was sold

[@jacob7649]

Muh

[@phobos5475]

@@jacob7649

[@Andy_Paris]

I'm a few hours in Starfield and its 100% Fallout in space. The gameplay is giving me nostalgia 😅

[@hengineer]

Same. It's less skyrim and more fallout. Iol

[@KhanBell-x3q]

Cyberpunk NPCs look nothing like starfield, they have some of the coolest character designs and models. They even have kids pedestrians in the game. It's a huge variety of fashion ideas and customizations. To say that Cyberpunk's npc characters look poorly designed is just a bad take to be honest. We can do a side by side comparison of the npcs in Cyberpunk and Starfield and you will see exactly what I mean.

[@bvang0520]

It's interesting that we complained about mass effect Andromeda making us watch the ship take off and land as the loading screen but it's okay for this game

[@yellaturd]

I have a question for anybody that may know. Are all npcs permanent and/or named? I'm curious if all the people around town actually do things throughout the day and have a place to sleep at night. Those features were a huge part of why previous Bethesda games felt so immersive to me.

[@hengineer]

Some are labeled "citizen" without much dialog

[@ninthshark9153]

Ign under rated this. They gave a 7 because the game tried a few things differently. Elden ring didnt have a quest log- and that was a welcome difference! So i think this games a 8 or a 9

[@YouHateToSeeIt6731]

With enjoying games being so subjective, it's really a measure of the game being broken/dogshit or not. Everyone enjoys things differently.

[@corboballin9116]

@@YouHateToSeeIt6731 and this game is being talked about as one of the best games on launch recently, they were so confident they released it 2 weeks earlier than they expected the final date to be. from what i’ve seen i’d also go 8-9

[@Hawk7886]

Nah, 7 is fair.

[@corboballin9116]

@@Hawk7886 confused on where the “nah” comes in? my opinion is 8-9 and i don’t care about yours my dawg

[@Hawk7886]

@@corboballin9116 don't @ me clown

[@SussedRage]

Thank you! What you explain at 10:50 is exactly what people need to see. As tons of others are saying here, in Elite Dangerous the in system flight was spretty tedious. I most definitely WILL trade the loss of 'flight' immersion for the immense about of detail and interaction that is going on here. Boarding ships and base building..and actual proper missions...come on people this is great. The only thing I'm really missing is some sort of SRV or speeder bike! Modders.... do your best!

[@otrebor1261]

So you wouldn’t like to fly into a planet’s atmosphere and feel the G’s on your ships as it gets harder to take off or land just like in ED or Star Citizen? It’s a cool feature that you could simply get past by teleporting… it seems just lazy thinking from Bethesda

[@Caveqp]

@@otrebor1261xbox holding it back

[@AndrewSjostrom]

I bought the premium edition so I got to play early and I can 100% say I’ve never been more excited to get back into a game and play it for a really long time since the division 1, most video games I decide to play I get bored with within an hour or an hour and a half. That being said the two video games that I’ve replayed more than twice have been Assassin’s Creed Black Flag and Red Dead redemption 2.

[@midsekta6452]

It's really interesting to compare your review to the review for example from Luke Stephens, who counted seeing repeated locations and copy-pasted content many, many times over, whereas you say you've only seen repetition once.

[@jayveeeee]

i think that speaks to how different your experience can be depending on what you spend your time doing. i very well might run into more repeat locations if i’m doing planetary exploration, but if i’m focusing on narrative story content i may not see that as much. i just got back into town so i still need to watch Luke’s video :)

[@Zeiness747]

@@jayveeeee yeah he has certainly played alot more than you currently, i would like to see what your review is after 100 hours

[@hengineer]

It would make sense that a game of this scale would copy paste a lot for procedurally generated planets

[@IGhostOfWarI]

Let’s all like the video guys he deserves it!

[@holidaycomplex]

forgive me this might just be me but when i hear certain things about how it’s just not possible to do impressive cinematics in a large rpg my mind goes right to baldur's gate 3. they’re very different but my reaction on hearing that Bethesda obviously can’t do this or that in this review made me realize how much that game has changed my standards

[@uncah_bucchal2953]

Great review JV! Been with you since the Fallout 4 pre-release days and waiting for your take on this one. Looking forward to a tips & tricks series. -)

[@daviiidavo5100]

Is it bad that we have to rely on the community to make mods that should've been in the game in the first place?? I'm stll ambitious about the visible weapon holster idle (on casual outfits) on a DLC but most definitely it will be a mod instead.

[@notLime_]

Heller is voiced by Damien Haas from Smosh

[@loC2ol]

6:13 that’s just a pure unadulterated Bethesda moment right there lol 😂

[@ggmgoodgamingmichael7706]

Not a single AVATAR jungle looking planet. It is just rocks... rocks everywhere

[@KillerBobby808]

Only three big cities

[@bachelorwhen7678]

…pity

[@Jake-dh9qk]

It's still too bad you cant get up and walk around the spaceship while in flight or in space. This would make it so much more immersive

[@rgarus]

yeah you can?

[@evanpaluch6190]

That's gay

[@melvinquebec]

Wow. You just gained a new subscriber. Excellent review!

[@Raviouliformiouli]

I’m okay it’s not like no man’s sky where you can just fly for a year in real time and get to a new planet if you want. The exploration still seems massive even if it’s a restricted.

[@The06pascals]

Regarding the space flights you are talking about around the 10 minute mark, have you tried flying from a planet to another planet or to it’s moon? I heard that it is possible but it would take some time. I know that you can also set courses instead of fast traveling. That would mean it is possible.

[@jacob7649]

No you cant

[@jonny-b4954]

I honestly think the downsides, not being able to traverse an entire planet, not being able to land on a planet from space to ground, fly in atmosphere etc. Don't matter much in the end. Sure, it'd be cool to fly in atmosphere, land, get out and walk around the entire planet. But that's a.... one or two time thing and then you're like "ughhh, where's fast travel?" At least, generally. Once you're 30-40 hours into a 200-300 hour game, you're not doing crap like that anymore, short of being a completionist (good luck in this game bud, hah) So I think it definitely is held back by Bethesda's tech. Their engine is shit, always has been, and always will be. Will only fall further behind as time moves on. Truly blows my mind they have put a team on developing their next gen engine yet. But, it really doesn't hold the game back. You're not randomly running around random planets that often. The vast majority of content, the content worth doing, is in cities and their outlying areas.

[@vargknight]

You say there are unique places, and maybe there is in the game itself, but literally some of the rooms i'm seeing in this video are direct copies of places in Fallout 4. Like, the whole game to be honest kind of just looks like a Fallout 4 rip off, it doesn't even look that much better graphically. Not saying it's a bad game, i'm sure it's not and that I will enjoy it, just not as revolutionary as Bethesda and some content creators are making it out to be

[@kamitorings]

listen man, i am just glad that they didnt pull a single player version of F76, that is something that needs to be celebrated cuz i used to be a fallout fan til that that, and if they can make space fallout 4 without game breaking bugs or your pc crashing and blowing up, i see that as a success. bethesda has the right idea but they are like an old man, stubborn and set on their ways but means well.

[@dmax9324]

I think you did a great job in this video digging into details that set apart this from other "well known review companies" that gloss over everything that makes this title stand out. Im also extremely curious just how many of these commenters that are so vehemently opposed to the structure of travel without clearly indicating if they've actually PLAYED the game or not. And for how long. Commenters who say theres no way youd be doing manual landing and flying like 200 hours in may be right... For Bethesda to pour time and money into the landing and manual flying based travel would have made zero business sense. It's a Bethesda game. In space. That's what it was always going to be. Love it or hate it, definitely need to play it before making a real opinion on how worth it is to land on planets. You can play No Mans Sky for a while to get that experience and then complain about how repetitive it is ...

[@Shiftry87]

I can definatly se ppl getting annoyed with the no master storage box like FO4 workbench but personally i think this may actually be a better system for gameplay and immersion. In FO4 u dident care what u picked up for the most part and every weapon, armor and junk item u dident wanna use at that moment just got jammed into that workbench to the point that u hade no ide what u even hade in there. It makes sense that if u wanna store raw material to build things with that u know where it is and how mutch u got so u wanna keep some things seperated. In FO4 u hade so mutch shit in that workbench that u very rarely dident have the items required for building. In fact u never actually hade the correct raw material in that workbench so the game hade to instead scrap random items in there to provide u with those raw materials. So the gameplay to build went like this. throw everything u come across into this workbench and when u think u have enough just start to build like your in free mode. Many players know what item gave what in FO4, but how many of u could actually say what items and how many got scraped in the process of building your settlements?

[@GOOBANGI]

Lol I love how Todd Howard said he capped it at 30 fps for consoles so they could maintain the fedelity yet the game looks dated as hell on maxed out pc settings

[@justinseans]

Losing hours is a big one. Games haven't been doing that for me lately

[@scepii]

For me this game looks great as of now but for it being a space game it’s missing the space feeling of actually being able to fly into planets and being able to travel where u want manually. They just made everything a cut scene which i absoluetely hate. My opinion on this might change as i play the game myself but as of now it seems very stupid to me that it’s supposed to be AN OPEN WORLD SPACE game and was ADVERTISED that way but u can’t really do anything «space like» like traveling where u want without constantly seing a cutscene. Really hope some mods in the future will be able to fix this issue. I feel like Jedi fallen order had a good fix for this instead of just cutscenes. When u were traveling to another planet u would have to wait a minute but u would be able to Walk around in ur ship while u see that ur traveling through hyperspace.

[@itsfischer383]

Starfield AND Jayvee all in one? All I can say is: Stellar. ⭐

[@Zombie_13x33]

just bought the pre release an hour ago and currently downloading it. it wont be done by the actual release time but maybe an hour or so after. i cant wait!

[@XiiJWCiiX]

Fallout: New Vegas was my first ever Bethesda/Obsidian game. From there I played FO4, then FO3. I know, I did it out of order lol. Anyways, FONV was definitely one of the best games I've ever played. Mostly for the story telling, atmosphere, choices, and the music. Just watching these Starfield reviews, I can see tons of FONV in this game. I'm so excited for Tuesday!!

[@Glenningway]

Can we dual wield certain weapons? Like pistols or batons? Hoping they would do something like Skyrim where you had a L and an R for weapons/magic.

[@Libertas_P77]

I saw complaints in the IGN review that you can skip the boarding your ship etc completely and just do it via the star map and it completely skips all that. To me, that’s missing the point that gamers can pick their level of immersion. Fact I will always choose to board my ship, get into the cockpit etc before I open the star map to travel is my choice and time to use for that. Others won’t want to or care, the fact that reviewer couldn’t ‘unsee’ it and started doing fast travel to that level is odd to me. Similarly he criticised the fast travel as if there’s an meaningful alternative in space given the distances. The only alternative which I would personally like is that they had a Star Citizen style ‘quantum jump’ effect where you can get out and walk around the ship while you’re travelling with a timer, which you can wait based on distance too for ultimate travel immersion for say 10mins etc.. or opt to skip that fully if you wish.

[@filletmignon5221]

The thing is, if your familiar with a Bethesda game like fallout or Skyrim, every single major interior location or dungeon has a loading screen to enter it. I expected nothing different from starfield it’s the way of the formula, and if you expect anything different then you got excited for the wrong game. I was only recently hyped up for this game and that’s because I recently played fallout 3 and Skyrim and I discovered this game is basically Skyrim in space with fallout themes as well

[@bi0h4z4rd4]

Loading screens for interiors also allows for a ton more detail as they unload everything but the interior. It’s a win for attention to detail, but a loss for immersion.

[@lazycouchman]

This was a super detailed and helpful video! It looks as fun as a typical Bethesda game so that's cool. I'm just sad they continue to make the rpg elements more simple and feel less important overall. I liked having different stat values for stuff like lockpicking and melee or whatever and having major stats that govern them. Or really just anything more complicated than simply picking a perk and the starting trait stuff. I'll take janky gameplay with deep rpg systems over great combat with little rpg mechanics.

[@Eight-Bites]

This has been my only real complaint against any of their games after Morrowind, I miss the more in depth leveling aspect, with a good amount of stats and different skills. The worst for me personally was going from Oblivion to Skyrim, where the class system and attributes were just completely gone in favor what Skyrim did. I still played it for like a decade, but I just really miss Morrowinds whole system, lol. Either way, I'm stoked to play, Bethesda knows how to make games that last.

[@Stierenkloot]

You're a good presenter. Good at talking. Too many you tubers need a speech coach

[@TheNorthlander]

When it comes to bugs we have to remember that with Bethesda games new bugs can come up even after polish. It might be buggier at release than it is now because they had to tweak or change something. It happens. I'll wait and see.

[@Cay1enn]

It would be so cool if instead the space map was a fast travel map and u could manually drive or activate auto driving while afk or in your ship