Starfield Review - This game is a disaster!

So you loved the Bethesda RPG's of old with their immersive world and characters. Meet Starfield it basically throws all that out the window.
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[@WorthABuyreviews]

Hate to say I told you so but all you people that dissed and thumbed down this review....Young fools, only now at the end do you understand. Currently trending on steam at 48% even lower than Fallout 76 :)

[@innerstrengthcheck]

Rightfully so! What a snooze. Review is on point mate.

[@samhart4663]

Enjoyed it for a few weeks but once I was getting the whole planet after me for stealing a glass of water it just got ridiculous and overly out of control at times just turned me off

[@liszt646]

A lot of Bethesda (and Xbox) fans just don't wanna admit that this game is bland and lacking in all regards. It's nothing compared to Skyrim and even Fallout 4

[@Seftdelmer]

Spot on, thanks for an objective review. I tried to refund, but steam told me I'd played it for too long, damn right I had, it's shite.

[@UncleMarty]

Imagine spending all that money on the game, finding out it sucks and then going online to lie to people that its an amazing game JUST to make yourself feel better about wasting your money. Because thats what I'm seeing. Nobody can truthfully say this is a great game. It's average at best.

[@gtabro1337]

My favourite summary of Starfield is “See that planet? You can fast travel to it” 💀

[@chrisstucker1813]

“It just loads!”

See that POI on that planet in another star system? You can fast travel to it!

[@gridleaf]

The zones all look like movie sets. Like it feels really obvious that there's nothing beyond what you're currently looking at.

[@asdf11389]

Wow, hit the nail on the head. Cities feel like they’re from the Truman Show, if you go in the wrong elevator it’s all propped up cardboard.

[@GeraltofRivia22]

Basically that dlc from Saints Row 3.

[@embracerodusk2537]

It looks like the moon landing

[@AnumaOnline]

Well it’s certainly not an open world game as we are used to

[@WayneCatlin]

Ohhhhh FFS!! 😂 I'm waiting for it to download now ... I had a feeling it was going to be a huge empty world...

[@petrus4]

Starfield: From the people who brought you Fallout 76.

[@TheAlanReviews]

And Skyrim

[@mf2024]

The best thing about Starfield is that now i know which reviewers to trust

[@cblack3470]

none

[@grizzlyadamblack]

The one's that gave it a 10 out of 10?

[@vaulttraveler]

@@cblack3470pretty much

[@daltonliles6161]

@@vaulttraveler Literally play it yourself because the reviews are the most mixed I've ever seen for a video game.

[@JakeLondonRivers]

bro thats hella based lol

[@Hobnobrob10]

As soon as Tod first announced the hundreds and thousands of planets.... I knew this was coming

[@anasevi9456]

Yep, and unlike earlier Bethesda releases where at least some feedback could make it to Bethesda's ear, there wasnt remotely a chance of it not turning out as bad as possible. Ever since the mmo ESO grew large in the mid 2010s, there is now a gigantic fanatical fanbase cult doing everything they can in their power; to cocoon the ears of any development team working for that publisher from criticism.

[@Battleneter]

Naa this is a fun to play game with flaws, while I agree with some of the stuff mentioned here, he has gone way overboard on the negativity.

[@BGraves]

​@@Battleneterhow old are you?

[@happygofishing]

​@@WundercruXXbox 360 had 512mb of ram, series X has 16gb. There should be no excuse to separate the world into multiple world spaces.

[@jasm5205]

Literally fucking same

[@Saint_Ixtab]

I'm more heartbroken for Mack than the actual game itself, he seemed somewhat excited for this more than i ever will, i'm so dead inside nothing gets me hyped anymore.

[@Retrofire-47]

:( friend you best do some introspection then, not that such sentiment is uncommon in this mad world. gotta create your own

[@mrwhips3623]

I knew this game would be trash

[@ninjaruss4205]

Same here. I was surprised to hear how excited he was for this game and he really wanted it to succeed. I kept my expectations pretty low considering Bethesda was the Devs. They rely on their community to mod their game and make it into something that keeps the game alive. I really wish they took some inspiration from outer wilds in terms of space travel. They wanted to try something new but it still feels like a Bethesda game

[@1aatlas]

@@Retrofire-47 They did a great deal more introspection than 99% of the npc's on planet earth already.

[@socratese5]

@@ninjaruss4205that’s what I was thinking. It feels great in outer wilds to sit in the cockpit and takeoff into space! Not watch loading screens and pre renders🤨

[@BarneyGoogl]

"Sixteen times the loading screens" - Todd Howard

[@Perfidion]

"It's just works! (Provided you have the necessary perks.)" - Todd Howard

[@purefoldnz3070]

Sixteen tim---- *loading -es the loading screens.

[@ValosarX]

At least the loading screens use your own screen shots as splash screens instead of the same few 3D rotating objects :/

[@thelittledetailscr7231]

I have 990 samsung. Literally seconds for all loading screens. So many of them tho.

[@KirkMillerShow]

bahahhaha

[@jamesli9380]

So basically if you don't put enough perks in, you can't get rep which severely limits your bank.

[@HealthyCriticism]

Also the lack of nitrous is insulting

[@ninjainnameonly-6902]

🤣

[@jtraimundo]

lol repppp xD

[@peterpan6821]

😂

[@stephendiggines9122]

Bethesda is the original perkmaster, must be Macks first time.

[@CptSquirrel]

The critical creators of Fallout 4 and 76 didnt create the epic best RPG of all time in space? No way...

[@AyeThatsHandsomePete]

16 times the detail

[@chrisw6164]

The Fallout 76 disaster was the biggest thing that made me skeptical about Starfield.

[@GeraltofRivia22]

Fallout 4 is better than this. Especially the Far Harbour dlc.

[@CptSquirrel]

​@@GeraltofRivia22Both fallout 4 and far harbour are trash. Base game looter/shooter doesnt even take itself seriously not worth to talk about. Modding for F4 is like trying to build a castle out of shit, you cant change the substance. Far harbour has half assed pointless quests like the murder robot case, mmo quests to go here and clear out this place from enemies, set up the place with the fogcrawlers then youre back to mowing the same shit enemies down with your machineguns. Factions extremely generic, atom fanatics (bad), synth refugees (they are ok except for dima) and basic human villagers. Your rpg choices are at the bare minimum, oh man who do you choose. If you kill the girl cant even check if she has synth parts or anything like that. Dimas twist is allright other that its boring as hell especially the tower defense data trash. When people have this garbage on a pedestal you know how fucking low the bar is right now.

[@RichardPhillips1066]

I know right , how much evidence to people need ?

[@Guanjyn]

Looks like something I’ll pick up on a Steam sale in a couple of years.

[@chrisw6164]

I waited two years on Fallout 76 and bought it for nothing. Played a total of 2 hours max.

[@MichaelJ44]

I remember picking up Skyrim and Fallout 4 , (All DLCs included) in 2019 for £20… played Skyrim for the first time 8 years after it’s release date and it blew me away, the freedom, music, quests, scenery.. everything. Point being, this game will age like milk, I wouldn’t bother. Bethesda will and should abandon this already failed franchise and do what it does best.. Elder Scrolls and Fallout.

[@Nerunium]

Or just pirate the thing...

[@rageplayer20]

Check other peoples reviews too. Mack is honest, but he detests AAA games so he was never going to like this game as much as the average gamer will

[@GeraltofRivia22]

Same, I'll wait for the $20 game of the year edition in a few years and have ton of mods to choose from.

[@jimboSleeeeiiice]

You perfectly described this game. It’s not that you “dismantled” or “destroyed” it, it did that to itself. You are just telling it how it is.

[@Spookyboy]

Todd forgot he was making a space game Mack

[@Alduizard]

Bcz there's only one way of making a space game.

[@eldenringer6466]

Todd knows exactly what he was making. He was and is always making...money.

[@VRGamingTherapy]

Imagine. We have the technology to have MASSIVE open worlds & immersive npc's, rich story telling & beautiful graphics. Bethesda decides to continue to use the same 25 year old engine & do the exact opposite. Shame.

[@sirderpsalot]

That and have poor optimisation.

[@Garycarlyle]

We even have AI that can write 1000 characters in minutes. There is no excuse for this game.

[@WellFunka_Round]

Bro.! It just works...

[@_Luluko_]

I can overlook loading screens and not super realistic graphics if you get an easiely moddeable game for that. But if the base game isnt appealing its quite likely modders will not bother with the game. Well at least we can hope Skywind will come out one day.

[@Garycarlyle]

@@_Luluko_ I think thats all its about. An easy cash-in. Bethesda know modders will make content for it but it could have been mods for any other game. Its not especially made for modding like ARMA is.

[@sumthing24]

Yeah, the problem with the ships is you really don’t have anywhere to fly them. Hope in your ship take off into space then you have to just open the star map up and fast travel. It would be a lot better if it had a similar system to elite dangerous where you actually fly the ship to where you are going. Because at the moment they are basically a doctor who tardis.

[@Nisunsu]

How exhausting would it have been to manually embark on each mission, launch your ship into space, plan your course like a elite dangerous, travel through the solar system for 10 -20 dam minutes to reach the mission's target planet? I'd rather not.

[@EmergencyChannel]

​@@NisunsuYou could fast travel, us that enjoy space sims and actual roleplaying could fly, just give us the option.

[@xStarblazer]

@@Nisunsubingo. The novelty honestly of flying off a planets surface would get old to me. I’m not making excuses, but with a space game you’re gonna have to have fast travel. So what, launch of the planet into space and then hit hyperspeed/warp/grab jump or whatever fast travel? But then what’s the point of that, you’re just adding an extra step.

[@vaengr2695]

@@xStarblazer the idea is to design it like you would a normal bethesda game, having intersting content to do within space as opposed to random ship encounters, its the reason why no one complains about fast traveling in skyrim, because there is compelling things to gain from exploring the map. bethesda should have known going into making a game in space that ppl would expect proper space travel in that format

[@Deadsmegma]

It's not a space sim

[@GB_Rusty]

I almost didn't watch this review as I'm kind of liking Starfield at the moment. But... you've hit the nail on the head. I've realised I'm not twitching to play it when I'm not. I should be dreaming of the places I can go to and the things I want to do, but I'm not. However I've not hit any bugs yet in 8 or 9 hours of gaming time. There's that, I suppose.

[@B.L.S.]

It just works.

[@lukemurphy6244]

They've lost the magic.

[@martymcyourflysdown6872]

I think the games good but there’s always someone who rushed thru it who says it sucks. Early access starts: *48 goes by* “I’ve played for 40 hours and the game sucks” ..Well if it’s only been out for 48 hours and you’ve already beat the game then I take your opinion with a full plate of salt 🧂

[@POTBELLY15]

@@lukemurphy6244you’ve just grown up.

[@POTBELLY15]

This game plays a bit differently from other Bethesda games but that feeling is still there. There’s SO MUCH you can do that you can start whenever. I mean ffs this one dude on the subreddit went straight to neon and started smuggling drugs as a career to buy bigger and better ships. It’s INSANE how much is packed in here

[@Democritus8181]

The Biggest killer of the AAA games industry, is grey men in suits, rather than a ponytailed nerd throwing in his passion all day behind a computer desk.

[@nickv1212]

Well, it's also grey men in suits forcing the passionate nerds to burn themselves out. But it seems Bethesda doesn't even have them. All their nerds are doing is making the knick knacks look the knackiest. Bethesda is anti-substance.

[@proximacentauri3358]

Grey men in suits are nerds evolved to those mens

[@noneofyourbuisness2539]

​@thomasov2004straight over your head, eh? The grey men aren't the evolution of the nerds. Most of them never played an actual good game, you're lucky if they've even bothered to play some mainstream shite the 'AAA' publishers charge a fortune for. AAA games are for the benefit of one set of people only, and it isn't people who enjoy games, it's investors.

[@Chuked]

@@noneofyourbuisness2539the last good AAA game I played was probably Doom Eternal and RDR2

[@icedsmoke]

I’m only 6 hours into it. And the reason is because I understood all you are saying immediately. When leaving the mine I was expecting a huge intro like oblivion when you leave the cave, or when fallout you leave the shelter. This is tragic.

[@conyo985]

IKR! Basically you're a chosen one and your boss just slightly irritated that you just have to leave because someone said so. LOL!

[@isleeg]

no dragons, no nuke, only touching a metal piece of shit.

[@fcukugimmeausername]

Yup. It is an bad as I was worried it would be. I just can't believe that they would spend all these years working on what was CLEARLY a bad idea.

[@RRP801]

So them not panning the camera out for 5 seconds is tragic

[@icedsmoke]

@@RRP801 not that. The panning the the camera and majestic music was all complementary to the sense of awe of the sight of the world. I thought i was certainly getting that when on the ship, but the ship doesn’t even move. Even in space you press w and you literally don’t go anywhere. Space is just another small sandbox of vacuum with pictures of planets and moons you can’t get to. That’s what I meant by tragic. It’s not Skyrim in space. It’s something else.

[@AndScrambledEggs]

A lot of people on the Starfield subreddit are having a massive cry about this review. They are still at stage 1 of the grieving process (denial) about how the game turned out.

[@Archangelm127]

Let me guess, anyone who speaks up to them gets banned?

[@cartermoth6447]

@@TheFreedyShow Seriously? They make the most on-rails safe shlock for reviewers who play on easy mode. "Cinematic"... & barely a video game. I'm all for criticizing modern media but not when someone inserts "rival company is so much better! trust me bro!" into the conversation.

[@stickstu2866]

It's Reddit, most users are afraid of their own shadow and have no life 🙃

[@twodyport8080]

Reddit... enough said.

[@gdgd5194]

Same people who attack bg3 critics. They will defend every game that is marketed as "the most popular". And starfield currently is the most popular, it is better than bg3 (steam stats).

[@fenomenopepe1159]

Bethesda fan and old gamer here: I want to say something about this review: Based and truth review. The game is souless, yes, lacks soul. Oblivion has soul, Morrowind has soul, even fucking Skyrim has soul.

[@fenomenopepe1159]

Ok, here is the debriefing. I ended starfield and tried elite dangerous, but that game is too fucking dificult to play, also look old gen, so i returned to starfield playing the after ending save i lefted. Sad thing but game are getting worse day by day.

[@Colonel_Mustsard]

this game cost $400,000,000 and 9 years to make, yet is being praised for basic RPG features awkwardly pushed alongside what just feels like early concepts for game mechanics. They could have left out all the procedurally generated stuff and should have included more handcrafted environments.

[@Hoonter101]

That number makes me sick

[@tanork47]

It reminds me of the OuterWorlds without the world charm that game had. It had boxes but those boxes were worlds you can explore.

[@Colonel_Mustsard]

@@tanork47 Starfield has literally got me playing Outerworlds again. It’s such a good game & I’m not entirely sure why it was disliked so much on release! I think a lot of people don’t have an issue with world boundaries but at least in a game that isn’t procedurally generated they can make the boundaries make sense, right?

[@Ziplock9000]

Yep you can tell which reviewers are too scared to tell the truth. They don't want to miss out on review keys next time

[@UGPSSR]

400000000???? Are you serious right now?

[@recon4085]

Todd has surpassed himself. This is indeed his greatest achievement in bland games.

[@razorback0z]

Listening to this basically summed up my posts for the past 3 months, since the "showcase". The dev team told everybody it was wallpaper and instances and no one listened, in fact they went into denial and kept talking about "exploration" and "discovery" Mack has summed it up so well as usual.

[@desireless4092]

I am actually impressed. He will make a great politician with his snake oil merchant skills

[@jackastor5265]

@@desireless4092 Todd Howard needs to be fired. He needed to be fired a long time ago.

[@desireless4092]

@@jackastor5265 I am interested to see Crowbcat video too. It is always entertaining as hell when he makes internet go big mad. As for Todd - doubt it. Dude can sell you bottled air and the Bethesdrones will run you over to go and buy it. And just dare to say anything but positivity about it.

[@jackastor5265]

@@desireless4092 Bethesda has made a lot of fans over the years with titles like Elder Scrolls and Fallout, and rightfully so, but that makes something like this all the more disappointing.

[@Elburion]

They could have made half the star systems and really put in more work on making them unique. Handcrafted dungeons, more settlements. I worry about ES6

[@swiftbear]

After you've played Baldur's Gate 3 and play this it's just embarrassing. What Larian did with the story, companions, animations, character creation and NPC's in general really puts the Starfield team to shame.

[@johncollins8471]

Aku cuba main BG3 dalam 2 jam macm tu lepas tu uninstalled terus.Benci turn based rasa macam orang bodoh tunggu turn nak lawan.

[@shivan2418]

@@johncollins8471 no one can understand what you write.

[@ALifeOfWine]

​@@johncollins8471I've heard quite a few people say this in comments sessions recently, and it baffles me to no end. The combat is essentially like a game of chess, where you position your pieces in the most effective way you can think of and deploy a strategy to try and win. Do you feel like a fool waiting for your turn in a board game too?

[@lost.projects387]

Yeah I think I’m gonna bounce after a couple hours on this and head to Baldurs Gate. Maybe revisit it in a couple of years when we have some mods, DLCs and hopefully improvements from Bethesda to some core systems.

[@thesongoflunch]

Completely agree despite them being different styles of games. The NPC's looking blankly down the camera lense, the weak systems and combat that hasn't evolved since Fallout NV. Package that with terrible performance and what I'm sure does work here has lost me 2-3 hours in. Wait for modders to fix this as best as possible and check in later. On the bright side it did make me want to do a modded Fallout run for the open world freedom once again!

[@rorylol]

About what I expected. Thanks for the honest review Mack!

[@a-j6798]

To be honest I expected more. I am blown away they really removed the exploration aspect - the very thing why I play Skyrim and Fallout 4.

[@jameswayton2340]

I mean he played only 18 hours of the game so far...

[@jprice_]

@@jameswayton2340 'don't worry guys it only gets better! wait till you are 100h in!' xD

[@papascrumpeeh]

​@@jameswayton2340u realize that amount of hours should be enough to see most of the important parts of the game right?

[@masso392]

@@jameswayton2340I hate these kinds of arguments, the beginning of the game should be the most gripping no? If the game does nothing to entice you for the first 20 hours it's a shit game

[@DingbatToast]

Mack, you need to work your way up Tods perk tree if you want to get a key

[@zzzdartfrogzzz]

and get paid xD

[@rvh1999]

LOL 😂👌

[@argentest]

It feels like Starfield has gotten into the age-old trap of open world games, which is quantity over quality :(

[@GeraltofRivia22]

It's especially sad because Bethesda is literally known for their quality open worlds. That's why people play their games.

[@dallesamllhals9161]

THEY made Open World-games, dear kiddo!

[@mcride9773]

​@@GeraltofRivia22they havent been good since skyrim

[@GeraltofRivia22]

@@mcride9773 Starfield was their chance to show they still had that Bethesda magic after the mess of Fallout 4 and 76. Clearly they don't.

[@alexandrep4913]

It's not really open world, it's more like open isolated levels.

[@Mannu385]

Almost bought the Premium Edition to play it earlier, so glad I decided to wait for your review, you saved me 85 quid, Mac. Nobody mentioned in their reviews what you mentioned here. Thanks, buddy!

[@conyo985]

Everyone was bought Even my most trusted ACG! So disappointed.

[@GeraltofRivia22]

Synthetic Man is also probably gonna be scathing in his review, though he's a lot edgier.

[@yewtewbstew547]

Yeah always wait now. Even if you think it's a sure thing, the game can't possibly be bad ... just wait a few days anyway lol.

[@sinephase]

Me too, I was really getting the itch but I've learned my lesson in general but especially when it comes to Bethesda LOL

[@mraso30]

@@conyo985 The game is actually good though, these people weren't bought, Mack just hates on basically everything (if you somehow haven't noticed). He's gonna go play NMS instead. That game freaking sucks overall, it has better use of a spaceship, and literally everything else about it other than that is worse than Starfield, yet, somehow he wants to play that, instead of putting skill points into actual useful perks and getting the most out of Starfield. ACG actually knows how to play video games, so, he didn't make the dumb mistake Mack did, putting all his skill points into "combat". Who does that early on into an RPG? Who the heck plays an RPG and not read all the perks when they get their first skill point and try to prioritize things that are actually useful, like lock picking and persuasion and carry capacity, etc. you save combat for mid or late game.. It is like he never played a Bethesda RPG before because they ALL have advanced and master locks that you can't open without putting skill points into lock picking, the reason those locks are so hard to open is because there is some really freaking good loot behind them and you gotta work for a while and get later in the game to get to it, that's how these games are made, you can't do literally everything in the first 10 hours. Seems like he went astray on some random crappy quests or late game quests and got disappointed that he wasn't rewarded for playing the game without any real sense of direction himself, like he WANTED to have his hand held in this game, for some reason, yet when other games do it, that is a flaw of those games... But if a game requires thought on his end, it is also crap. This guy likes the worst games honestly, and has shat all over some real gems. I've listened to this idiot for probably 8 years, he's cynical the entire time, basically can't enjoy anything, but the few games he does enjoy a lot, like No Man's Sky apparently... Leaves me scratching my head. Valheim too, remember the Valheim hype, best game he'd ever played in his life it seemed like, I hated that game so much I thought it was so bad and over-hyped. I don't even like Starfield a ton or nothing, just think it is a solid game that is getting way more flack than deserved, but I feel his issues with it are all pointless except I do wish it had in atmosphere flight, and proper take offs / landing, but then I'm not so sure, I think I'd just fast travel after a while anyways... It would be a nice novelty though, for sure, just not sure if it actually would make the game better..

[@Kidge.6081]

Finally, the candid truth, while everyone else is fawning over the hype. When do they need hype? When they know that the game is shallow and won’t sell on its own once it’s released. When I saw how much money and time they were spending on hype the month before release when all hands should be on deck, I knew it was a bad sign.

[@retroarcadefan]

Of course they were going to spend a lot of money on marketing. They did for all their other games. That argument makes no sense.

[@anasevi9456]

Hardcore Bethesda fans, whom believe it or not mostly festered out of ESO, and not prior greats like Skyrim/Oblivion/Morrowind, are utterly nuts and will brigade anyone hard with harassment whom criticises anything directly related to their grand Cult of Zenimax. I am an old school Bethesda fan, and anytime someone like me tried to telegraph on the forums or reddit our concerns to the developers; we were shut down hard.

[@danielsetiawan8754]

Todd's words are ..... well it's todd

[@ThatToddGuy60]

I stand by my words

[@danielsetiawan8754]

@@ThatToddGuy60 the other Todd i mean XD

[@GeraltofRivia22]

He's literally a serial liar like Peter Molyneux but he's given a pass because reasons.

[@Cenot4ph]

​@@GeraltofRivia22100 percent, molyneux also turned out to be a thief. Godus debacle really exposed this ahole

[@0owmjapo0]

16x the lies

[@Alduizard]

I honestly dont get what your criticism is. > How is the AI any worse than any of the previous bethesda titles? > Bethesda has had loading screens for every single city, dungeon, hell even every single building, even some rooms inside those buildings, atleast since the time of Skyrim. They haven't had a "seamless" world for a long time now. How is it that those aren't "boxes" but this is? > Train seems to work no different than Travelling Carts of Skyrim. Those carts also used to stand idle outside every city for you to take and travel between points, and simply gave a loading screen if we took them. > Again, how is fast travel in other Bethesda titles immersive, but not in this? You can choose/not choose to fast travel in every bethesda game, including this one, making the game as "immersive" or as convenient as you want. > They chose the perk system for this game, but that is a huge part of what enables roleplaying in this game. Ofcourse you can't just pick anything and everything and have to work your way to get better cooler stuff. Funny how you declared that its just a looter shooter and not an RPG, when you literally ignored the entire perk system that grants abilities based on ur preferred choice for character. Whining abt how you cant steamroll through the entire game without giving any thought to your character, build, and the roleplaying systems. There are multiple ways to go about things in this game, even stuff that you showed, with the door requiring lockpick, it can be done without lockpick, which you would know this if you actually engaged with the game. > The ship combat is also apparently shit bcz its all behind the perk system which you cant be bothered with. As for that "immersion" that bethesda is known for, it comes from the organic storytelling, where you create your own story/adventure in these worlds through a whole variety of out-of-the-script emergent events, activities, interactions etc., stuff that just happens to you as a player/character, that feels unique and organic. That core is still very much present here in Starfield as well, so I don't really understand what you are talking about. If you don't like it you don't like it, but atleast engage with the game before reviewing it.

[@cyanide7270]

Starfield is the result of Bethesda asking if they can copy No Mans Sky and Star Citizens homework, then proceeds to take a piss on it.

[@fedupwiththetimes6413]

Todd Howard being involved at all should raise red flags for anyone not simply running off nostalgia. What has he boasted of in the last decade (or longer) that hasn’t been a crock of sh!t?

[@WhoaD614]

agreed. todd is too old and too rich now to stay connected to what fans actually want. he is a great salesman and public speaker and im sure he is cool to work for but they greatest thing Bethesda has ever had their name tied to was a game call Fallout New Vegas...which Obsidian developed...

[@rvh1999]

Absolutely true!

[@GangsterFrankensteinComputer]

Tbh this looks a lot like Fallout if it was half decent.

[@cinifiend]

Frankly I don't understand how the gaming community let Bethesda get away AGAIN with their ridiculous massive hype train. It's like they haven't learned that Bethesda just releases the same broken game over and over and over. Bethesda releases shitty games that look and play like they should have come out 10 years ago and need to be fixed by modders.

[@Aenygma_]

Career over. Move on, Todd!

[@Treayom]

It seems to be a growing trend that "new AAA games " lead me back to 10 year old games. Diablo4 led me back to POE and now Starfield led me back to No Man's Sky.. 😂😂 I'm left with Silent Hill 2 and Cities Skylines 2 releasing in Oktober.. fingers 🤞

[@westonstaufenberg7278]

can you believe Gmanlives called this game a phenomenal achievement. HAHAHAHAHAHAHA

[@Vert_GreenHeart]

That guy praised Fallout 76 so it's no surprise really.

[@johnlocke4715]

He also said “I have a 4090 and i9, I’m not sure how it will run on your system”. A 4090 ($3000) and a i9 ($1000). How many people do you think can afford that setup in a recession.

[@Vert_GreenHeart]

Spending $3000 on hardware to play a game that feels soulless and looks decade old... Yeah no thanks i'll just play No Man's Sky or Outer Wilds instead. Even Star Citizen has more soul than this.

[@FullTimePRO]

As a fella that played skytim and FO4 extensively, I was really excited for that "feeling" in space, aaaaaaaaaaaaaaand nope, not even a bit. It's as you said, click here, teleport, kill people, carry 10,000 guns out, quest over, click there, teleport home, repeat.

[@michaelweston409]

Same ol shit

[@billcarson818]

That seems to have some connection to how you play the game. Because what you said doesnt describe my many hours of experience in Starfield at all. :)

[@Tyriewoodcraft]

Its pretty self evident that corporate greed and laziness has taken away true talent from the gaming industry, theyve clearly learned how to market well and deliver the bear minimum just to strip peoples bank accounts, its day light robbery when we get this many loading screens in game in 2023

[@jaredbangerter8156]

Thank goodness Baldurs Gate 3 exists

[@annilator3000]

FYI, in the credits of the game, it looks like the game was subcontracted to 27 different studios lmfao

[@The_Noticer.]

And collect that ESG money by making everyone ugly and brown. Dont forget that.

[@drinkflinger1473]

@@jaredbangerter8156buddy it’s turn based combat, we get it you played WOW with all the other antisocial losers

[@mobsiesixsixsix9785]

@whitmanmaleman Oh do grow up.

[@JeremyBX]

First rule of immersion is never take a way control from the player...

[@martianhotbox7368]

'Bethesda's The Elder Scrolls 6 will use the same engine as Starfield, dubbed Creation Engine 2'. Let that sink in.

[@Doomblade1000]

that engine needs to be taken out back and shot, but honestly at this point I feel like they're using the engine because it gives them an excuse to develop lazy shit like this game with it

[@forrestdalpiaz284]

So it will be amazing good

[@DirectAim]

And what? Engines can be upgraded, rebuilt and redesigned. Windows is upgraded, Microsoft Word and Linux are all recoded, tweaked and upgraded. You obviously know nothing about software and how it’s designed and managed.

[@Colonel_Mustsard]

@@matthewhiatt3862 other games don't need mods to be good. "It just works... after 2 years of people we don't pay fixing the game for us."

[@ftniceberg874]

​@@matthewhiatt3862you really pretending they didn't try to lock mods on a previous game? Then shove the creation club mod store into it to sell stolen mods off the nexus in.

[@panzerfaustwot8530]

No threat to Baldurs Gate III becoming Game of the Year

[@vladimer7153]

Totk will be

[@Michael-hc2vs]

@@vladimer7153no

[@TanukiDigital]

I don't know how Todd keeps fooling people. It says more about people, I think, than it does about Todd.

[@guiguijol]

People fooled themselves dude. How can one believe bethesda will ever create a good game again? And I mean it's not like that's the first time a dev team spends a lot of money into a promotional campaign to push the hype like crazy. CDPR did the same "you will be able to do this and that, it works, never been done before etc etc ...) the exact words I don't want to ear before buying a game. Look at Rockstar (like them or not) or Larian: They shut up and put the hard work, knowing only the result will speak for them, that's a fact. The players are the first responsible of the video game's downfall. Stop being a blind pigeon. 70$ isn't nothing. It's one entire week of food. people tend to forget the value of money and buy games like crazy. I always wait until I'm 100% sure the game is good. I bought BG3 yesterday. I'm having a blast X1000 as you can imagine.

[@Crobian]

Modern game devs know that they don't actually have to make a good game, they just have to make a pretty showcase then pay "influencers" to shill it. It's the new meta.

[@Alduizard]

I honestly dont get what your criticism is. > Bethesda has had loading screens for every single city, dungeon, hell even every single building, even some rooms inside those buildings, atleast since the time of Skyrim. They haven't had a "seamless" world for a long time now. How is it that those aren't "boxes" but this is? > Train seems to work no different than Travelling Carts of Skyrim. Those carts also used to stand idle outside every city for you to take and travel between points, and simply gave a loading screen if we took them. > Again, how is fast travel in other Bethesda titles immersive, but not in this? You can choose/not choose to fast travel in every bethesda game, including this one, making the game as "immersive" or as convenient as you want. > How is the AI any worse than any of the previous bethesda titles? > They chose the perk system for this game, but that is a huge part of what enables roleplaying in this game. Ofcourse you can't just pick anything and everything and have to work your way to get better cooler stuff. Funny how you declared that its just a looter shooter and not an RPG, when you literally ignored the entire perk system that grants abilities based on ur preferred choice for character. Whining abt how you cant steamroll through the entire game without giving any thought to your character, build, and the roleplaying systems. There are multiple ways to go about things in this game, even stuff that you showed, with the door requiring lockpick, it can be done without lockpick, which you would know this if you actually engaged with the game. > The ship combat is also apparently shit bcz its all behind the perk system which you cant be bothered with. As for that "immersion" that bethesda is known for, it comes from the organic storytelling, where you create your own story/adventure in these worlds through a whole variety of out-of-the-script emergent events, activities, interactions etc., stuff that just happens to you as a player/character, that feels unique and organic. That core is still very much present here in Starfield as well, so I don't really understand what you are talking about. If you don't like it you don't like it, but atleast engage with the game before reviewing it.

[@EddieSpaghetti69]

TL:DR? "Let the modders fix the game again!" Getting tired of this reaction, I shouldn't have to fix a car when I buy it off the lot; but with Bethesda it always needs someone else to fix the work they do.

[@DaProdigyNyc]

@@EddieSpaghetti69 that’s not what he said lol y’all want to hate the game so badly but its a very good game and Bethesda fans are satisfied

[@EddieSpaghetti69]

@@DaProdigyNyc Modern Bethesda fans you mean, I'll take a hard pass on "Oblivion with guns, in space" for quite some time. It's not RPG enough for many of us that played games from the Oblivion era. Trying to constantly make a product that appeals to everyone eventually makes it appeal to nobody. Modding changes that; which is exactly what BGS are banking on again.

[@Christopher-es5jk]

Yeah this is a terrible review.

[@Alduizard]

@@EddieSpaghetti69 What has this got to do with modding? He repeatedly compared Starfield to previous bethesda titles like Skyrim, asserting how Starfield lacks the roleplaying and immersion of the previous games, while pointing out issues that were all but present in Bethesda's previous titles as well. What made those games special was the sandbox roleplaying through organic and emergent storytelling, which is indeed present here in Starfield, and is infact better than ever before. He would know that if he actually engaged with the game. Instead he chose to whine and lie about mechanics, like with that lockpick requirement which is a lie, you have alternate ways to get through the door and approach quests in general. I've been watching this channel since 2017, such bethesda RPGs are well liked by him. He simply refused to engage with this game bcz it did not have seamless space flight and exploration. Thats all it is. And went on to cook up bullshit narratives about lack of features, perk system, roleplaying, prev bethesda titles, "its a looter shooter" etc. Its the most half-arsed review of Starfield you will find on the internet, and it probably took me more effort writing this reply than it did him reviewing this title.

[@Olbrooks]

I had a bad feeling when I heard other reviewers saying this was the best game ever. I said I better wait to see what Mac says.

[@djedwards8394]

Always wait for Mack I don't waste my finger strength to click on other reviewer videos

[@shivan2418]

That's not the reviews I saw. Most reviewers say that it's good but not great.

[@DayDream-RR]

@@shivan2418I’ve see a few videos that say it’s not a “space sim” like people thought but we should like it anyways

[@timmcdonald9873]

Who praised it that highly? I genuinely want to watch them

[@jkeebla]

when the review embargo was lifted, the IGN video gave it a 7/10. which is honestly too much, and the commenters got so piss angry. it's funny how IGN probably gave it a 7/10 at most because they wanted to please bethesda

[@thanostrai]

How come you gave Cyberpunk 2077 a 6.5/10 in the state it launched(!) and this one which is a more finished product (despite its flaws) a 4.5/10? Makes absolutely no sense

[@categorialimperative4182]

How could a game that's incomparably better than Todd Howard's crap get a better score? How does that make sense? I mean, Todd Howard's game is so finished that in a game with a space setting, there's zero space interactivity.

[@thanostrai]

@@11123fsd So was Cyberpunk, no police system, many of the rpg aspects not working properly or not at all, no interaction with the world, buggy as hell and the list goes on... Talk about soulless game. Not trying to defend Starfield, it's just that the score here is based on Mack's overhyping and nothing more.

[@henryjohnson-ville3834]

At least Cyberpunk had an open world where you can ACTUALLY walk from one end to another versus… LOADING SCREEN. 😂

[@EchoDoctrine]

Cyberpunk at launch (on PC) was graphically better, had far less loading screens, better dialogue & characters and working skill trees. IMO i agree, Cyberpunk was better launch than this, just my opinion.

[@Mirthful_Midori]

Those are both bad scores, but at least it felt like somebody was trying to make a decent game with 2077. They obviously failed on multiple levels, but there was an attempt. Starfield is obviously just a lazy reskin of Fallout 4. The one thing that was supposed to be new and interesting was the space travel, but to nobody's surprise the engine can't handle that. So they were forced to turn the new feature of the game into a bunch of loading screens. The only thing this game has that's actually new is the dog fighting, but that is incredibly stiff and it's hardly enough to carry the rest of the game.

[@jamess2873]

You don't actually need to be able to pick master locks to complete those quests btw. there is a keycard you can loot. The quests are in fact specifically done so that locked doors are bonus areas/looting, or ways to circumvent chokepoints, almost never, or never, the only way forwards. I opened that specific door you showed without picking that lock.

[@thaddeusodonnell3986]

I was gonna commit this cause bethesda games have never stonewalled you on any quests for not having a certain skill. But the aapect of the menu screen, fast travel, loading screen, walk, loading screen, skip boring ass dialogue..rinse repeat is abysmal. When I played skyrim on survival it made that game 10 times better.. fast travel absolutely kills immersion. Thats why morrowind was and still is the best Bethesda game released yet.. and this is absolutely either the worst or in competition with fallout 76 for worst game they've ever released. Ever since fast travel was introduced I noticed the immersion of the games fall off a cliff..now its all the way at the bottom with this PoS I also agree with 4/10.

[@armelior4610]

Funny that now that every AAA is open-world, Bethesda who pioneered the concept make a game about exploring space with planets and space completely separated with loading screens

[@penispaul1237]

That's the most Bethesda thing ever though

[@COMMANDandConquer199]

I wouldn't even consider this open world honestly. The only part of it that's open world are the procedurally generated barren wastelands called planets that all have the same half dozen locations copy and pasted on them. The part of the game worth playing is basically linear. With that, and the fact that you can hardly call it an RPG, I would classify this game as a space themed action game rather than a space exploration RPG.

[@kairusaotome95]

It just works!!

[@Flyeaglesfly215]

​@COMMANDandConquer199 have you played it? Because it's open world to me it's so big so much to do it's crazy

[@kairusaotome95]

@123gobirds It's big and feels rather empty to be honest. Yes, I've played. Really hoped it would be a return to form for Bethesda, honestly. It's not doing it for me, it feels so disconnected that I just get bored playing it. Honestly, I'd rather go back to Fallout 3/New Vegas. At least when those games had a glitch, it was occasional and sometimes even pretty funny. All Deathclaws go to Heaven glitch in the Broken Steel dlc for Fallout 3 is a great example of this.

[@KrisArkade]

So to address the lockpicking thing....what you stated is not accurate. You can in fact lockpick without a perk. However if you want to do advanced lockpicking, yes you need to upgrade your perks for that. However this does not block your ability to finish quests. I'm not sure where you go that. Advanced lock picking just just allows you to gain access to loot chests and some locked rooms that have a chance at giving some epic or legendary loot. They are NOT required to complete quests. I am 40+ hours in at level 27 having completed over 3/4 of the game and I have not put a single point into lockpicking. These formulas are very much part of a Bethesda RPG.

[@splooshnoonley5620]

"walk to loading screens" is the perfect fucking summation

[@jmon4286]

Your honesty is admirable when nowadays it feels like half the industry is bought by mega corporations.

[@varmastiko2908]

Half? More like 99%

[@lowserver2]

yeah, some reviewers were truly shameless

[@esmolol4091]

Todd never disappoints with being a disappointment 😂

[@SmartK8]

@@samadhi_ My comment about lying Todd under his first public Starfield reveal presentation aged very well.

[@tungchihang2007]

It Just Work !

[@tanork47]

Sweet little lies always taste sweet. Godd Howard always delivers ;p

[@Ziplock9000]

Yeah Morrowind, Oblivion, Skyrim, Fallout 3, NV were all garbage... /sigh

[@Gamers_onlyy36]

​@@Ziplock9000Imagine a 200 million budget and about 500 people workin on a AAA game just to flop.Right now starfield is up there with cyberpunk 2077 as the biggest AAA dissappoint😂😂

[@zontarr22-zon]

There is a perk that let you remove the loading screens and boxes and have a whole immersive real time play-through.

[@SpookyTanukiGaming]

It’s called the Uninstall perk. Weirdly enough you can only access it outside of the game.

[@brakozonhs1]

Or its just called ACTUAL STAR Citizen

[@larybenji]

@@brakozonhs1 Scam citizen ?! XD

[@brakozonhs1]

@@larybenji You must be one of those guys that paid 100$ for early access Starfield. At least Star citizen says it's not finished and you can buy it for 40$.

[@Naeidea]

​@@larybenjiFar better than Scamfield at this point. Just shows the difference between a passionate company and whatever Tod does.

[@tophatjoe5042]

Mack, flustered and red in the face, in the middle of one his most passionate rants to date, his vision blurring as he begins to see red, his bell already flung across the room. His mind turns to the companions, a staple of every bethesda game, but in this game, they're ruined, just like everything else. Because, in this game... The AI is so shite, they're no good for anything besides one longstanding purpose anymore, storage! Why, these awful NPCs, they're just as good as a... as a.... a donkey!!! His temper flares to astronomical proportions. How dare Bethesda take this from us, the game wasn't anticipated to highly regardless, but this is just obscene. They're only as good as Donkeys... He can't take his mind off of it as his anger reaches the heavens, even the divine beings can't help but notice the avatar of pure rage formed from a man who has been let down so many times. And then suddenly, in a moment of unbrided rage, something breaks. HEEEEEEE HAWAAWWWWW EEEE OWWWWWW HEEEE HAWWWWW. (In all seriousness, I love your reviews and your passion for gaming, keep solderin' on mate.)

[@tophatjoe5042]

Im gonna ride off my comment because I'm frustrated as well. They put out a "DIGITAL PREMIUM EDITION", with a buncha nothing trinkets, day 1 DLC, and 5 days "early access" (actual release date), and sold it for $169.95 FUCKING DRONGO DOLLARY DOOS. GOOD SWEET JESUS FUCK. And what makes it truly obscene, is when I looked at SteamDB just now, 192,901 currently playing!!! that means, they made $32783524.95 AUD of this dogshit by selling it at TWICE what you would usually expect to pay for a blockbuster AAA game, all for basically literally nothing.

[@tophatjoe5042]

32 mil is the BARE minimum for this "early access" crap. they're probably going to make their $200 USD mil investment back and then some.

[@Alienjeans]

I spit my drink out when he did that donkey noise. Lol

[@stanettiels7367]

4:43 This is why I loved Elite:Dangerous (until Frontier essentially ruined their own potential). Knowing if I wanted to get to a certain place (Guardian/Thargoid ruins) or to get to a certain engineer it would literally be a massive journey where you’d better make sure your ship was equipped for the task at hand otherwise you could add hours or even days (real time) to your journey. I remember getting to the engineer Ram Tah and it was an epic journey. Out alone in the black and just occasionally landing on a planet for some sightseeing or resource gathering.

[@sorearm]

Odysee completely fucked ED for me and I've not played it since. And I'm an OG elite player. Tragic

[@stanettiels7367]

@@sorearm Same here. I still occasionally jump in (haven’t for well over a year now I’m thinking) without Odyssey installed for the nostalgia, but that’s it. It is absolutely tragic.

[@sorearm]

@stanettiels7367 so disappointed. The grind was even worse. Fleet carriers were great and I enjoyed the xeno combat ... but the lack of VR support, no cross platform support, the sheer cba attitude from frontier. They killed the game and community.

[@stanettiels7367]

@@sorearm Yeah the grind was brutal. I remember researching what specific upgrades I was going to use for each engineer, then figuring out the amount of resource gathering was required to max roll the upgrade. Farming Jamesons crash site and Davs Hope was mind numbing. Then grinding for prismatic shields, etc. Then maxing my empire rank for the Imperial Cutter...it got tiresome. Especially when you add the unintuitive nature of the game and having to rely on EDDB (so sad they shut down) for any hope of being efficient. But the atmosphere, the ambience of the game kept me hooked. I enjoyed just chilling in an asteroid field and core mining with collector drones, then dumping a few hundred million units worth of materials (whatever materials were in demand and meta at the time). Really relaxing. I miss it badly.

[@Awfulrob]

@@sorearm I backed ED and have been playing of and on since Alpha. It's tragic the amount of potential they've wasted in that game

[@HFQca]

I hate when games lock what you would think is a core mechanic behind a skill tree

[@Samtino20]

You line up two sections of dots that are no more than three twice. It's literally child's play. This guy is a moron i guess

[@nopenope2695]

Well it’s a great way to avoid having to actually think of new things, just slap core ones where they would be

[@JeKramxel]

I don't mind it as much, it's a callback to games like Deus Ex, and other early RPGs, a kind of learn it before you do it. But it's dumb if the game does not present other ways around the same challenge. It's an RPG ffs, it should have multiple ways to solve the same problem. Even most other genre games have adopted that style nowadays.

[@szysi3k]

@@JeKramxel You should be able to do everything that's in the game. Bonus skill points shoud enhance, make things easier or better or give alternative results. The ship's targetting system barely get's a pass but it should be a part of equipment that is specific ship's progression and not the character's.

[@tanork47]

When I saw that crouching didnt give you the classic BGS hidden icon and I found it in the perk tree I was like wtf. They peaked with skyrims.

[@maxthebean8047]

Just for clarifications, the clip you're showing about "Needing Master lockpicking to do a Quest" does not need to lock pick the Master lock you've shown to complete the quest.

[@davidomu3324]

He is ass you don't have the perk you find a way around it, he's ass

[@stoney202]

Yeah, Mac quite often fails to see how the sauce is made. It's clear the developers wouldn't put a quest behind a skill, and that all Bethesda games tend to use locking either for loot or shortcuts. Mac just couldn't find out where to go/what to do so blamed the lockpicking

[@rugoshath]

Still trying to force myself to play through it. Glad you share my feelings towards this game. What a shame. At least there's always Star Citizen, who should hit beta by 2039

[@JINGWA64]

even in its current bug filled alpha state its more fun, more beautiful, more immersive etc etc, so when it works and all comes together despite 90% the game not even being implemented yet... it feels AAA++++ and my $50 bucks feels like i got a $1000 worth of goodies, but more often then not it feels like i only got my $50bucks worth due to all the bugs and issues, but the fact i feel like i get my moneys worth every major advance forward it makes and on the odd occasion things become a epic masterpiece, overtime makes me feel like i gotten allot more bang for my buck then i actually put in... and every 12 months so much changes... so yea i can forgive the long road to beta... plus ive coded my own games myself, made all the art, animations myself for them... so like i said almost a decade ago... starcitizen probably wouldn't reach beta until 2026-2027, based of my own experience making games... assuming they intend to make a legit AAA game as outlined, so were they are at now fits roughly with my expectations... the only thing i can fault them on is leading ur average backer like a carrot on a stick... i know why they did it, because telling ur average backer wait 15 years for beta... but dont worry u will have early access to walk inside ur ship in a few years... = that doesnt sound very good = carrot on a stick time... again dont agree with this, but i can understand the why... most gamers are lets face it stupid, its why the list of top grossing games is full of **** games, made by **** devs and **** companies, only possible due to fact most gamers are stupid... meanwhile star field... yea... if it released at 0$ id give it a good review for what its "worth" and if they charged $20 and said early access, id be like yea okay, i will give it a thumbs up assuming its got another 2 years of active development lined up and its not going to be hardly different in 12 months, but major progres has been made, yea sure, i will give it optimistic review... but starfield isnt that... so the only thing to look forward to as is the majority consensus = the mods, which im still waiting to see if its worth me investing the time to raise the skull and bones or not 6 months latter, because i already got other games ium currently playing that are better then starfield and other games that with confidence look to be better as well, that also cost less... so yea... might be a while before i care about starfield.... think i waited almost 10 years to buy skyrim on sale after my skull and bones expedition back in the day which left me saying "meh, u want how much for this game lol??" and i can safely say after picking it up almost for free and installing the mods, it was well worth it, but on release... hell no. As for fallout 4... after my skull and bones expidition... even after receiving them for free, including the VR version... i dont even want to touch them with mods... my VR playtime is 54 minutes and it was hell, i would have asked for a refund... but well i got it for free. its also hilarious todd took a jab at starcitizen and... then basically failed to deliver a single planet, because the planets dont even exist in starfield other then as a jpeg or 3d model u cant land on, you have nothing more then a number of levels /missions u can load as a specific biome types, that dont actually even piece together to = a planet and the so called "space" in this game doesnt fair much better either, so in actuality the didnt even deliver a single planet, perhaps a very small moon if u stitch every "level" together maybe? and remove the loading screens? im probably being optimistic there as well, but who cares if its "good"... the problem is as any sane individual has pointed out, like urself and i agree... its not. though mods im pretty sure will change this around... not sure if thats worth being happy about though if one spent money on the game though, as that $$$ really should go to the modders and not Bethesda as they basically just supplied a poor mans unreal engine 2.

[@borgestheborg]

If you don't enjoy it, don't play it. "force myself" ffs...

[@gavinpowell4607]

@@JINGWA64 No way is anyone reading this essay of petty grudges. I'm sorry that happened to you, or, congratulations on whatever it is you wrote about.

[@steviedee9826]

@@borgestheborg He's full of shite. He enjoys it, but wants KZbin updoots to satisfy his ego.

[@ItsNothingAmazing]

​@@gavinpowell4607 haven't read it properly but I think it's meant to be a copypasta.

[@MrYodi2007]

I saw a bunch of streamers playing it day one and saw it in their eyes and heard it in their voices, that they were let down by the game, especially Penguinz0's stream!

[@LorensMerz]

The first time I landed on New Atlantis I noticed all the blurry textures, bad looking trees, AI spawning from elevators and low-res clouds. And the game still barely runs with 60FPS on an RTX 3080 10GB. I also absolutely hated the first side missions on New Atlantis. Actually, the first side mission I started on New Atlantis was a cheap copy from a mission in Mass Effect 1. WOW. Skyrim modded looks much better, runs better and is much more immersive. What happend, Bethesda?!

[@23majesticblue]

Even the 2017 prey game looks better than this. Too bad there was no sequel to that game.

[@ftniceberg874]

Bugthesda has always been trash...nothing new...just people finally waking up to Tod's grift.

[@avistryfe4534]

I assure you. Every mission across every game is a copy of some other games quest. Its not specific to this game. Its just a copycat phenomena that occurs after 282525272828484625262827463 quests have been created.

[@antonkrachzer9788]

New Atlantis looks and feels terrible. It also kills my gtx 1060 card. It's below recommended but I still don't see what on earth would be making the city so performance hungry. It looks worse than GTA5 yet eats 5 times as much performance. I'm genuinely confused because there is not geometry there and the entire city looks incredibly bland. And if I'm mentioning bland I also ought to mention the terrible clothes on everyone which is perhaps the most boring I have ever seen in a video game.

[@Joze1090]

"what happened Bethesda??" They realized they could sell shite half finished games for full price and people would EAT IT UP. They didn't lower standards, we did.

[@eli34536]

the famous "Starcitizen and Elite Dangerous killer" lol

[@Mr.Giggles]

I've learned to really lower my expectations for games that will be released by a AAA game company. If one thing is consistent its the fact that they ALL no longer care about making a quality game. Their budget is aimed at advertising it and setting up microtransactions in order to bleed us dry. The good old days of buying a quality game that is fun, free of bugs and completed is over that is just the cold hard truth.

[@playin4k611]

give BG3 a try. Best immersive game I've ever played.

[@RuckFussia]

Unfortunately, it's all our fault as consumers. As long as they are able to turn a profit, they learn nothing.

[@glenbaker8593]

A game free of bugs? What fantasy world have you been living in for the past 3 decades?

[@AgentLemmon]

@@playin4k611 Maybe this is what developers meant when talking about BG3. You are picking a nearly perfect game and comparing it to a Bethesda rpg.

[@grizzlywhisker]

FromSoft is probably the only game developer I trust. They always deliver a high quality product if you like the Dark Souls type of games. Even their Armored Core series is pretty cool although quite a bit different than their action RPG games. I feel like Nintendo's first party games (Mario/Zelda type stuff) are always reliable too, but other than that, I always wait to see what a game looks like before I buy it. I definitely don't go anywhere near Bethesda on launch day or believe any of the hype from clowns like Todd Howard... Starfield looks pretty mediocre at best in my opinion. I definitely wouldn't spend 70$ on it.

[@electricmiragemedia]

Looks like BG3 will keep me happy as a real RPG for the next ten years. I have learned to expect nothing from big companies.

[@roadwarrior528]

Get the Cyberpunk expansion when that releases as well. Should keep you busy.

[@coldcrush5921]

Try larians other game Divinity 2. Personally I thought the story and characters were better in that one.

[@samithonjames370]

@@coldcrush5921 Lol No.

[@cookiebrain129]

The elves in Do2 in itself is cringe. Cool game, but BG3 when more content is released in patches will prove to be GOTY. I am already 200+ Hours in. @@coldcrush5921

[@NPC-mu9oq]

@@coldcrush5921 nah loooool def not after 3 playthroughs

[@kampfwagen2546]

The game has issues, but it is by no means a bad game. There are many points in this review that are straight up lies. You can manually go to your ship to make it more immersive (albeit there are still cutscenes). The game objectively has a bigger scale that fallout 4 and Skyrim. Your bitching about seamless travelling but I can guarantee most people would use the fast travel anyway if it did come out. Could they have done a better job? Yes Could the game be improved? Yes Has it just released and hasn’t yet had the chance to fix these issues? Also yes Does this make it a bad game? No It may not be game of the year but it isn’t terrible either.

[@arrasonline]

I usually agree with you Mac, but not today. I am having a great time in Starfield. Cheers.

[@roundone21]

After this Disaster of a Game ...... i will listen to what my father used to say and i will definitely go outside and " Touch Grass " enough is enough

[@chr1srugby]

What's with the random capitalisation?

[@edmundblackaddercoc8522]

Just don't touch cloth.

[@bojcio]

@@chr1srugby that's the second part of his fathers advice "Son, Touch grass and Randomly capitalize Words"

[@VampiricBard]

@@bojcio 😂

[@jasunlg]

So glad i waited for this review before buying.

[@Samtino20]

So glad you're not playing the game

[@martymcyourflysdown6872]

@@Samtino20More than likely has Playstation lol

[@homem-pobre]

Reddit defense force full copium mode in the replies already 🤣

[@POTBELLY15]

@@homem-pobreit’s a pretty braindead review 🤷‍♂️ honestly feels like he didn’t play the game

[@Fib3R21]

what are you talking about? he is spot on, I've put a decent amount of hours into it already and I 1000% agree with Mack@@POTBELLY15

[@ruinition737]

Hahaha I knew this was gonna be a good one. Thanks Mack! We appreciate your honesty over ad revenue.

[@joshhobson2340]

I think a lot of people have grossly misinterpreted what this game is meant to be. This is a space themed RPG. Not a space sim. Anyone who thinks that it was meant to be a space sim, well, unfortunately that's your problem. This is Bethesda's greatest game to date, hands down. and to people saying this game would have been good 10 years ago. Don't kid yourself. Spiderman, elden ring and god of war havent done anything revolutionary to be saying all that. And dont even think about comparing it to that disaster No Mans Sky. Get off your high horses.

[@theitechlab]

Exactly. This game was always going to be a BGS RPG in space, not a space sim like Star Citizen or NMS. Anyone who expected otherwise clearly didn't do their research, and they can only be disappointed in themselves for thinking it was something else. The game is easily BGS's best game, even in comparison to Skyrim and Fallout 4, which I love. The return to more traditional RPG roots makes this game feel so much more rewarding as you level up and acquire new perks (Skyrim and Fallout 4 were lacking in these areas IMO). The dialogue is much better and there is not a voiced protagonist. The writing is probably BGS's best. The combat here is better than in any older BGS games. Graphically, the game looks great (minus the NPC faces/facial animations). Is it perfect? No. Is it really fun? Yes. I really don't get the hate--it's a BGS RPG in space. If you're a fan of BGS games, you'll likely really enjoy this. If you're not a BGS fan and thought Starfield was going to be something other than a BGS game, that's on you.

[@joshhobson2340]

@@DCKnight0077-jw4bw are you dumb ?

[@setharora521]

Saved me the bother, so for that am grateful With two kids making the commitment to find out if a game is any good is no joke 😂

[@djstonedage5538]

Just get Baldur's Gate 3, you won't be disappointed

[@rickyfelan]

Or you can stop being a sheep and decide for yourself. Starfield is absolutely amazing and anyone who says otherwise has either a biased or hasn't played it. And if they did play it they quit after an hour or two.

[@rickyfelan]

​@@djstonedage5538not everyone likes playing top down games.

[@djstonedage5538]

@@rickyfelan I've been playing for around 10 hours and it's a cool game but very disappointing. This is the first IP that Bethesda created in 20+ years and they hyped the hell out of this one, I expected so much more from a multi billion dollar experienced developer. Baldur's Gate 3 was made by an INDIE company and it completely BLASTS Starfield out of the atmosphere. I know they are very different games gameplay wise but still, they are both RPGs and Starfield has little to none immersion or depth Skyrim, a game from 2011 and set in a single region, feels much deeper than this one that is set IN SPACE. People should really stop letting huge triple A companies off the hook and start demanding better games.

[@ryanz486]

@@rickyfelan Could just as easily say anyone who says Starfield is "absolutely amazing" is a blinded Bethesda fanboy. I played the game and it's terrible. Enemy AI somehow manages to be worse than Fallout 4.

[@markymark7803]

Microsoft paid 8 billion for this 😅

[@mraso30]

What a ridiculous statement. Microsoft wasn't focused on just a few years or one release, they own Bethesda and their IPs forever. They got future Fallout, Elder Scrolls games + Doom, Wolfenstein, Prey, Dishonoured, and all the other stuff Bethesda makes.

[@markymark7803]

@@mraso30 What a ridiculous statement. They owned Bethesda for the last 2 years. That's 2 years of development under them which Microsoft should have made sure was ready before release. Redfall all over again. Stop being a fanboy and just own up to Microsoft being a disaster

[@Yaboi-cs4je]

the only way i had fun was by immediately bypassing that perk wall with mods

[@GHOSTTIEF]

@republicshallriseagain419and the goofballs keep buying them

[@Yaboi-cs4je]

@republicshallriseagain419 always ♥️

[@ScruffyMisguidedAndBlue]

You just lost a sub with this sensationalism, just dumping on a good game for the sake of generating clicks.

[@Graylegs]

Good on ya, Mack! Atleast YOU didn't let me down. I appreciate your work!

[@Shadowx011]

This is the first video from Worthabuy where I strongly disagree. I am about 20 hours into this game and LOVE it. 😎

[@thewise3551]

Its sold though, and you cant refund after 2 hours. So the lesson for developers is hype is more important than the game. Hype makes money.

[@aschergamer2213]

Look man, I’m a fanboy. But Mack makes solid points that can’t be dismissed. What worries me is that we didn’t get any songs. Someone needs to check on this man - or send him some takeaway while he plays NMS.

[@sergeyshtykov4161]

Purchased this early access, purchased glenfiddich 15 years old to help fully immersive myself with this amazing rpg. Result is I got wasted after two hours of this souless loading screen game, barely managed to get to bed thinking WTF is this shit? I had high hopes and refunded, thanking you Mack.

[@Chickensea10]

Come on down to armored core 6!

[@toxicfpv304]

@@AJG85 i personally have had a lot of fun with AC6...... if you are into customizing mechs and managment of resources weight etc then it is a great game..... just dont expect a lot of exploration or anything..... kind of the same with all AC games tho

[@sergeyshtykov4161]

next stop is Assassins Creed Mirage!!!!!

[@toxicfpv304]

@@sergeyshtykov4161 no way..... next stop cyber punk phantom liberty

[@DeadPixel1105]

10:40 Top-notch AI right there.

[@joeyvast]

Wow thats the worst AI i've probably ever seen. lmao

[@akatsukicloak]

In 2023 no less.

[@rainy4209]

I had high Hope's for this game. Looks like I'll keep playing BG3.

[@guiguijol]

This is bethesda man, how could you have any hope? Will you react the same when they'll announce TES6? Be ready to be disappointed even more then. Dev teams like that love players like you. An expensive promotional campaign always does the trick. 😂🤦‍♂, ask CDPR...

[@gdgd5194]

I am so jealous you can enjoy a shitty game like bg3. I'd immediatelly dl psx and ps2 emulators and play every game ever made since I'd like them all!

[@rainy4209]

@@gdgd5194 BG3 is great. I have alot of fun with it.

[@jimboSleeeeiiice]

Why do we keep letting Todd Howard lie to us? It’s obvious at this point that the guy is more of a salesman than a developer Edit: developer/director/ceo whatever the fuck what I’m saying is the guy is a liar first, his job is less about making the games and more about selling them to you

[@manicms]

The Boxes thing is painfully relevant. It really shows how badly the ancient engine needs a total overhaul.

[@gccmty]

They just need to drop the "Creation Engine" (Bethesda's in-house Game Engine) and just choose between Unity 3D or Unreal Engine

[@definitelynotadam]

The Boxes analogy and open, empty world reminds of unmodded Daggerfall...but even there you could travel from point A to point B without a loading screen, until you got close to your box: a building or a dungeon.

[@theedude2207]

Starfield: Noone can hear your screams of boredom in Space!

[@NstHarlequin]

I think the super pervasive fast travel was a big missed opotrunity.

[@PointlesslyNecessaryConvos]

I agree, it was the deal breaker for me. After 7 hours I just couldn’t put up with it anymore. I think it also didn’t help that I just played red dead redemption 2 which is pretty immersive. So it felt even more awful. The one thing I will say is the music is so damn good lol

[@sentientcabbageman4140]

Overwhelmingly bland, sterile, and uninspired. If I could compare to it anything.... It's allot like room temperature chicken noodle soup. Chicken noodle soup is... safe, and simple, but it's not exactly creative, or pushing boundaries. The soup is room temperature, because by the time you get around to eating the actual chicken and noodles, you've just been slowly spoonfed broth for 4 hours. When the 10% of a game you've made is actually hand crafted, and the other 90% is watered down, radiant ai generated filler, you can barely say you've made a game at all. And even the hand crafted content is mid at best. Do NOT recommend spending a cent, or a second of your life to play this disaster. I can't believe Xbox actually thought promoting this garbage was a good idea, especially after FO76 .... any hope for elderscrolls 6 I had tucked away somewhere is dead. Bethesda and Microsoft should be ashamed.

[@BaackTheBaptist]

I like it , already got like 20 hours. Just make sure you look at it like a Bethesda RPG in space, not a space sim game

[@DarkRubicant]

This is a good way to look at it, also realize it's a bethesda game so it's gonna have bugs you'll have to fix.

[@adaman8423]

I have just read a couple reviews. They basically said that the game is sh1t and then gave it 8/10, 9/10.😮

[@ftniceberg874]

They want the real canvas goodie bags...not the "world wide canvas shortage" bags the pre-order cl0wns got from 76 then doxxed for daring to hold tod accountable. Just a bunch of pathetic sad shills!

[@jjr5233]

Yup, noticed that too. Some german ones even had to defend their "low" score around 80 while their actual score from the things mentioned in the review should indicate a 60-70 score. Another one was very enthusiasticaly written, but the actual things said were mostly negatives. "It's a good rpg because it has more dialogue choices than Fallout 4", which in the end (and in new game plus) do not matter. Slightly more branching but still leading to the simple choices you had in Fallout 4. Praised it even for "sometimes even having more than one solution to quests". Still gave it a 9.0

[@legendmir1]

@@jjr5233 Fextralifes review: I dont like the FPS combat much as the AI is bad. The space combat is also pretty bad. Gameplay: 9.0

[@jjr5233]

@@legendmir1 The 9.0 has to come from the act of looting every bolt and wrench....

[@biblehistoryscience3530]

If they add an in-game shop where you can buy perks, that would explain why everything is locked behind a perk wall.

[@HDA_III]

Get a Gameshark

[@panzerfaust480]

I totally called it back when you were hyping up the game Mack. This game was doomed to suck, and the game play confirmed it. Bethesda cannot be trusted, never give them money.

[@majorbriggs4730]

I was desperately wanting this to be good. BGS made some of my favorite games of all time. Seems they’ve lost their way in these last 5 years. A Shame!

[@hschan5976]

They've been on a steady decline since Fallout 4

[@Legiion513]

*Oblivion

[@mraso30]

You should probably try it and not rely on this awful review. If you like Bethesda games, this is a perfectly fine/good Bethesda game. Don't expect a space sim, expect a Fallout game with a space backdrop, and you'll go in with the correct expectations.

[@jkeebla]

expect a fallout game with countless loading screens with awful framerate@@mraso30

[@MrMarttivainaa]

It was fun watching the reviewers who get keys trying to make it sound better than it was to keep daddy Microsoft happy.

[@jodycwilliams]

I feel like a ton of the random user positive reviews are only positive b/c they've been fooled by their favorite reviewers. They haven't figured out quite yet that they are almost all sellout shills that make most of their money off of the dozens of videos they make off of big game releases. Their families depends on BGS getting good reviews. The next project they are working on, whether it is a vacation, a car they want to buy, or a 3rd child, all depends upon how many people they fool into buying games that power their channels. They'll all lie to you, because that's exactly what their jobs are. This is an absolutely terrible game, and the further away from release and the reviewer hype people get, the more they will agree with that sentiment. Some of them just fell for the hype with Diablo 4 that reviewers pushed and are doing it all over again.

[@EckdogsCorner]

I'm enjoying the game because it's good, I own no mans sky and elite dangerous and star citizen and eve online and this is still great in what it is trying to achieve... most people with several hundred hours in skyrim or fallout fast travel allot anyway so your just as immersed as in Any other Bethesda rog. I've already logged going on 40 hours into the game because I can't stop playing it. And I normally play multiplayer games...objectively this is a great game, but I believe it is a masterpiece. And I haven't had any major bugs or crashes which in itself is incredible as other Bethesda rpg are loaded with bugs. I feel most people will love this game and enjoy multiple playthroughs

[@andreicristian9575]

@@EckdogsCorner Most people must have very low standards.

[@jodycwilliams]

@@EckdogsCornerThat's not an objective thing to say. This isn't Elden Ring, or Warcraft 3, or Fallout 1. You're never going to see even close to universal praise for this game. I'm glad you're enjoying it. You paid way too much money for what you got, you deserve to enjoy it. However, it is absolutely terrible at almost everything it is trying to do, and you'd have more fun playing Skyrim, FO3/4, and No Man's Sky all at the same time with your attention divided, and you'd still get a more immersive, joined, and coherent world.

[@NeoCreo1]

@@jodycwilliamsThats some pretty crazy double think friend. You say his positive opinion of the game is “not objective” yet you hold your own negative opinion of the game as objective? Neither of your opinions are objective, it’s the definition of opinion. Lots of people love this game, lots of people hate this game. Neither of these groups are “objectively” correct. Same with reviewers.

[@jodycwilliams]

@@NeoCreo1 you must be a mind reader or a magician, since I did not state my opinion was an objective statement anywhere. Bravo. You’re amazing.

[@solonavi3928]

The guard calmly going about his petrol after getting shot at in 2023 is wild to me.

[@digital_waffles]

You see that planet? You can fast travel over there!

[@wisemankugelmemicus1701]

you can fly there but it sounds to me like you didn't do that lmao

[@soariticus6944]

@@wisemankugelmemicus1701 you cannot, I tried, aimed straight at another planet, full sent it and went afk for about 45 minutes, checked the map, 0 progress. Looks like there’s some invisible wall

[@wisemankugelmemicus1701]

@@soariticus6944 there's not, you cant travel directly but you can grav jump between systems in the overworld without looking at your map

[@johnlocke4715]

A person (2 hours of going straight to a moon with his ship to see if he could land) went straight through the moon and popped out on the other side. UNPARALLED FREEDOM.

[@BFG_29]

​@@johnlocke4715yeah,KZbinr Michaeldoeslife

[@jesusistheonlygodamen3406]

So many people having completely varied reactions to the game. Most divisive I've seen in a while!

[@andreicristian9575]

Some are still under the influence of hype

[@abdullahahmad4239]

​@@andreicristian9575More like idiots that didn't watch a single pre release video and expected a game they never promised. Cope and seethe

[@PorchPotato]

Yeah, it's very interesting to see. I've played about 20 hours and really love it already, but I can see why some people find it a disconnected mess. The reliance on fast traveling is a glaring problem for sure.

[@ghostZero82]

I was already worried when I found out Microsoft acquired Bethesda especially because of their track record and history to date so far with the other studios that they've also recently acquired and the results of evey day one game pass game that followed soon afterwards. So as soon as I learned that Starfield would also be another day one game pass title at launch I knew not to expect much other then more of the same. I've found that Microsoft especially when it comes to their game pass day one titles models itself much like with how Netflix does with their Movie Originals and so always prioritizes being more commercial and having a great ESG score first and foremost over everything else. Which in turn has lead to not only poor quality and the game suffering but the entertainment just as poor or cheap and player suffering as a result too.

[@TopsinOF]

4:35 - you can literally do exactly what you list here though. It seems you just took the quicker option because it was convenient, which is fine, but you make it seem like your only choice. But you can do all these things without accessing a menu. You can grav drive to other systems from piloting your ship without acessing menu My only complaint is having to explore the ground of all the planets by foot and not having some sort of rover available Edit: fixed typos

[@theonefrancis696]

I'm pretty sure rovers are on their way, it would be idiotic to keep them out. I think the main issue will be handling them with variable gravity.

[@SpookyTanukiGaming]

Larian Studios absolutely did the right move of releasing their game early. Not because Starfield was competition, but so people can experience what a well made RPG is like before seeing the soulless drivel Bethesda released.

[@BigBossXCV]

Baldur's gate is a CRPG not an action RPG, you are like comparing Assetto Corsa with Need for Speed

[@SpookyTanukiGaming]

@@BigBossXCV the gameplay may be different but the actual roleplaying part of it with characters, dialogue, and choices is still a fundamental part of each game. And Larian did it fantastically while Bethesda’s writing and characters feel like cardboard cutouts. Which is what I’m referring to.

[@BigBossXCV]

@@SpookyTanukiGaming yeah but you are still comparing assetto corsa to need for speed, both have cars you know...but they are not the same genre

[@SpookyTanukiGaming]

@@BigBossXCV So the fact that it’s a different kind of RPG excuses it from having trash writing? I’m not comparing combat mechanics here. I’m comparing the exact things they have in common. Which is the fact that they have companion characters and an interactive story. Both of which Baldur’s Gate 3 excels at and Starfield falls flat with. You’d have a point if I was comparing something like combat mechanics or the leveling system because those are drastically different. But again, I’m comparing what they have in common.

[@BigBossXCV]

@@SpookyTanukiGaming Action RPGs usually don't have the same writing as a CRPG. I'm not saying BG3 is worse than Starfield, i'm just saying compare it with a different game (i dunno mass effect maybe?)

[@EthanG298]

The AI at 10:40... 😂

[@targaryen208]

Played 33 hours and I'm fed up with it. For these exact reasons. Perk wall, loading screens, genuinely shit 2023 graphics and regular crashes. Great review.

[@grizzle273463]

Thanks Mack. Saved me money once again.