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Not Recommended
0.0 hrs last two weeks / 30.0 hrs on record (29.0 hrs at review time)
Posted: Nov 7, 2023 @ 1:46am
Updated: Nov 9, 2023 @ 4:57pm

A game about space in which your ship is nothing more than set-dressing for storage containers and an optional, extremely simplistic, arcade style mini-game where fly your ship in a line while holding the trigger long enough for every AI to blow themselves up by flying directly into your path.

A game about exploration that delivers the thrill of opening your menu, selecting the fast travel option, clicking to fast travel to a star system, loading, then opening your menu, clicking to fast travel to a planet, loading, then answering the same NPC dialogue at every planet before you're treated to another loading screen to finally land on planet.

An immersive RPG in which every door in every colony is a loading screen and firing an infinite stream of bullets around citizens heads in the middle of the city is apparently just another Tuesday in America for the New Atlantians as they, completely unbothered by the frag grenades going off all around them, continue to partake in every colonists favorite activity -- walking aimlessly into walls.

A game which offers swashbuckling adventures in which successfully stealing a ship is as easy as killing 5 brainless NPCs. The payoff is possibly the most accurate Gamestop trade-in simulator ever made. It costs 20k to "register" the ship, the ship only sells for 22k and once you've collected your pittance, you'll see the exact same ship on the market with an asking price of 500k from the guy that gave you 2k for it.

A game bursting with content in which each outpost and mission are functionally the same as the first 10 you play and you'll be asked to do them all 100+ times with almost zero variation. Honestly, after the first 20 hours, Starfield practically begs you to save yourself 120GBs of storage space and forget it exists.

A gripping story-line in which every character is as exciting as the bread isle in the grocery store and none of your choices matter. Seriously, exactly which brand of white bread you take home with you from the grocery store has more serious consequences than literally any decision Starfield asks the player to make. "White or Wheat?" is a more thrilling dilemma than anything in Starfield's narrative.

A ground-breaking new IP that tries its hardest to be exactly like its sister IPs while utterly failing to deliver a fraction of their charm or greatness. This is easily the most disappointing Bethesda title ever made, including "Elder Scrolls Blades," because at least no one cared about, wanted, or had any expectations for a mobile title. It genuinely feels like, at some point in development, the list of "Good Ideas for Starfield," and "Bad Ideas for Starfield," got swapped and they made the worst possible version of Starfield that could be made.

The absolute best that can be said of this title is that it really is one of the games of all time.
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Developer response:
Bethesda_FalcoYamaoka  [developer] Posted: Nov 9, 2023 @ 6:31am
Hi there,

Thank you for taking the time to provide your review and we are sorry to hear that you were disappointed with encountering many loading screens while playing.

While there may be loading screens in between fast travelling, just consider the amount of data for the expansive gameplay that is procedurally generated to load flawlessly in under 3 seconds. We believe that shortcoming will not hinder our players from getting lost in the world we created.

Starfield is an RPG with hundreds of hours of quests to complete and characters to meet. Most quests will also vary on your character’s skills and decisions, massively changing the outcome of your playthrough. Try creating different characters with backgrounds and characteristics that clash or are oppositive of your previous character. You will feel like you are playing a totally different game. Put points in different skills from a character you’ve previously created, and you are now faced with completely different decisions to make and difficulties to encounter. There are so many layers to Starfield, that you will find things you’ve never knew were possible after playing for hundreds of hours.
Even after completing the Main Story, your adventure doesn’t end! You can continue onto New Game+ to keep exploring Starfield and all that is out there!

You can send further feedback to development here: https://beth.games/46e5g8E

Never stop exploring!

Bethesda Customer Support
621 Comments
LtGnar Jul 8 @ 6:42pm 
They should not be replying to these comments..
lolzemeister Jul 8 @ 1:48am 
“in 30h you barely have time to do anything” i’ve played 20h of cyberpunk 2077 and it’s already my favourite game
gravedigger Jun 20 @ 8:49am 
Thumbs down for the dev response its as bland as the gameplay
Brock Samson Jun 1 @ 6:14pm 
The copy and pasted dev response proves that they handle their PR the same way they make their games. Does anyone actually work at Bethesda or is it just a few robots and a wizard? The game and everything surrounding it has a striking lack of humanity, including the language of the marketing. Its so bizarre that it wouldnt surprise me if my joke turned out to be true. Maybe the entire company is a small room of Gen Z 'rs, an old man and the cheapest AI god they could purchase. AI's dont get wages so its cost effective long term.
Brock Samson Jun 1 @ 6:08pm 
"A gripping story-line in which every character is as exciting as the bread isle in the grocery store and none of your choices matter. Seriously, exactly which brand of white bread you take home with you from the grocery store has more serious consequences than literally any decision Starfield asks the player to make. "White or Wheat?" is a more thrilling dilemma than anything in Starfield's narrative"

- I spilled my coffee on myself I laughed so hard.
Clown Under Naughty Threat May 22 @ 2:53am 
That's the point. They don't want to give an opinion, they can't. They are damage control, and even then Bethesda is doing a piss poor job at it by using a cookie cutter replies to people's actual complaints. Honestly is sad, I feel for these guys, is like Bethesda is sending someone to put out a fire with a toy water gun.
stubie619 May 15 @ 6:45am 
This developer from Bethesda Customer Support is barely even giving an opinion.
The ONLY part of what "FalcoYamaoka" has said that might count as genuine opinion is where he apologizes and talks about loading screens being not so bad.


Everything that's been written from "Starfield is an RPG" to "Keep exploring Starfield and all that is out there" is a copied and pasted generic description that you would find right under the price tag of whoever was selling the game. I've also seen other responses to other reviews with those exact words so it's 100% a copy and paste job.
You can copy and paste all you want I guess but at least the people in the reviews are giving genuine, heartfelt reactions and opinions after playing the game.

Don't get me wrong. I'm not a hater, either. I play Starfield on Xbox and absolutely love it with the only drawback being that we still have yet to acquire Mods on Xbox sadly.
gabrielrock May 12 @ 10:52am 
It just works!

-Bethesda Customer Support
DazedMaestro Apr 25 @ 4:03pm 
In 30h you barely have the time to do anything, mate. Your review is totally useless.
Apteryx Apr 11 @ 11:42am 
Dear Bethesda bot: No Man's Sky did seamless planet transitions back in 2017