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Starfield - Empty Spaces (Review) | The Jimquisition

Starfield is a shallow ocean, hiding its lack of creative ambition behind the physical size of a universe that’s minuscule where it counts.

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Jin_Sakai603d ago (Edited 603d ago )

I’ve been watching lots of gameplay footage and it’s literally a loading simulator. You fly to space “loading screen” you land on a planet “loading screen” you exit your ship “loading screen” you open a door “loading screen” It will honestly put you to sleep watching people streaming the game. And don’t get me started on the dead eyed NPCs that literally stare into your soul.

CrashMania603d ago (Edited 603d ago )

Yep, there's nothing seemless about it, I think a 4/10 is harsh, I finished the story the other day and I'd rate it a 6, maybe a 6.5, not a bad game per se, but very underwhelmed is how I'd describe it for me.

Everyone is entitled to their opinion but I just can't fathom the 9 and 10 scores, interested to see where it'll end up score wise on metacritic, as it's definitely skewed with the selective code distribution so far

z2g603d ago

But have you played it….

ken2813603d ago

The 9 out of 10 comes from Xbox players having a new game to play after a record horrible drought. If you drink only water for 3 years a new green tea will be the greatest drink ever. PS fans are sipping on different kind of Sodas so we looking at XBox fans like whatever.

crazyCoconuts603d ago

Yeah 4/10 means flat out broke, it's obviously not that bad. Gotta throw out the outliers

notachance603d ago

yeah definitely not a 4/10.. I'm 6 hours in and I'd rate it 6-7/10.
It truly gets boring fast, and I don't know why but there seems a bit too much loading screen between plays even though I always use fast travel in other games too, but they're never as annoying as the one here.

It's fallout 4 in space.. literally, there's nothing different to the gameplay from their previous games other than space dogfight.

Rdeal602d ago (Edited 602d ago )

Sounds like you rushed through the story so that explains why your score it so low and if you followed a decent critic score site like opencritic, you would see it has a lot more reviews with a higher score

LordoftheCritics602d ago

Jim's final attempt at relevancy.

CrashMania602d ago

@rdeal

I had an early copy and did not rush the story, I never rush games like this. I tried to enjoy the exploration but when it's mostly just procedurally generated barren wastelands with repetitive actvitis it got old for me fast.

andydalum600d ago

I feel for many including myself that rate the game as a 9 or a 10 because of all the game elements combined make it that fun for us. Between designing our own ships, our own settlements, NG+ variants, exploration yes it exists even though many claim it doesn't, gunplay is good (much better than fallout 4). I love being able to store whatever I want on my ships, I love being able to take everything I can see mostly. If you only focus on the main story and that's it I could see people thinking it's a great game. I find it hard to believe anyone who enjoys alot of the different aspects of the game would be that low on it.

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outsider1624603d ago

So i was right all along. There's nothing unique experience about it as Mr.obscure put it.

thesoftware730603d ago

So this review, from 1 site I never heard of makes you right?

wow.

outsider1624603d ago

@software
I was talking about obscure's comment about being a unique experience when he hyped it. As i replied there's nothing unique about it..

neutralgamer1992603d ago

Software

You never heard of Jim Sterling ?

LightofDarkness603d ago

Hot take: TES and Fallout are also pretty mid as a whole. BGS just keep cranking out the same basic game and it’s always been quite shallow, certainly after Morrowind.

Crows90603d ago

Yes Morrowind was incredible. Their games have only gotten shallower and shallower.

My hot take is the following...maybe starfield not being open world is a good thing. Do we even want them to go assassin's creed on their games?

I prefer smaller areas with more content. Too much walking in these planets though.

neutralgamer1992602d ago

Light

It’s not hot take. Fallout new Vegas was the best and it wasn’t even developed by Bethesda. If you look at it fallout 3 was their best work and since than they have been good not great

Fallout is TES with guns
TES is fallout without guns
Starfield is fallout in space

BaughJaughs603d ago

Literally don’t understand the word literally.

execution17603d ago

That's what's putting me off from playing. So many loading screens when I'm just getting handed fetch quests or go to that planet in another solar system and kill a leader but first I need to chart a path with means going to a bunch of other systems first which means even more loading screens and menus

Traecy603d ago

LOL!! I noticed the bugged eye npcs, looking like they're tweaked off of meth.

Yui_Suzumiya602d ago

Just like Jim was when he wrote this review, lol

z2g603d ago

You should try actually playing games before forming opinions by watching others play. I’ve been playing it for 5 days straight and having a lot of fun. Maybe it’s not for you but watching videos isn’t experiencing the game.

EvertonFC603d ago

I agree starfield doesn't stream well with lots of loading screens and inventory management, must seem boring to watch, however other types of games do well and can still be experienced watching.
I just don't think starfield is one of them watchable games with the points I mentioned above.

chronoforce602d ago

As Bethesda have demonstrated for decades, it is possible to have fun with their games despite all the issues present in them. They can't even properly procedurally generate interiors, I have already visited several duplicated abandoned robot research facilities. How hard could it have been to create some more variation?

There are load screens everywhere, how on earth can there be a load screen when walking into a shop? Bethesda have been making the same game for decades but every step forward, is another 2 steps back.

BaughJaughs602d ago

There are a heap of people that are watching hamfisted videos of other people trying to make the game look bad and forming their opinion from that. If you like Skyrim/fallout then you are very likely to enjoy this. I’m having a blast and the game gets better and better the longer you play

S2Killinit602d ago

I wish. But Skyrim was inspired. This isnt imo

DaleCooper603d ago

Honestly, there are a lot of loading screens (quick, but many) and menu navigation. That definitely detracts from the core gameplay, which is classic Bethesda RPG and still fun. I'm only a few hours in and will keep playing. Currently it's landing at about an 8 out of 10 for me, and this score is only because the missions have been a lot of fun. Navigating the map and space exploration is quite cumbersome and, frankly, boring. Other games have found a good balance with navigating planets, flying in and out of atmospheres, and generally have better exploration on planets*. It makes me realize Bethesda's engine doesn't match well with true open "worlds" gameplay.

* Elite Dangerous, Starlink, Outer Worlds, No Man's Sky

thesoftware730603d ago

How do you manage to comment first on every article, especially ones related to SF?

Bro, you really need to get out more.

Nonsense review lol.

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cammandogreen603d ago

You are the one complaining about every comment he makes, take your own advice.

BaughJaughs602d ago

It is nonsense. Jim sterling is trying to stay relevant by a publishing a ridiculous review.

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SyntheticForm602d ago

He's mad about how Bethesda "treat trans people."

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ChasterMies603d ago

The later, negative reviews reminds of the recent articles involving Rotten Tomatoes. Studios would have early screenings for friendly critics, some of whom were paid by the studios’ PR teams, to pump up the early Tomatometer rating. Then when the larger audience of critics could see the movie, the score would drop. But the studios got their great Tomatometer rating for the first weekend. Anyway, don’t be surprised by the less than enthusiastic response from later reviews.

343_Guilty_Spark603d ago

Jin must have wrote this lol….crazy review

Luckily there is now a PC mod that lets you put in a PlayStation boot sequence in the game.

VersusDMC603d ago

Why do people keep bringing playstation into this? He gave death stranding a 7 and forespoken a 5. A playstation logo on the game wouldn't help it.

__SteakDeck__603d ago

@VersusDMC He also gave FF 16 a 7.5.

Lightning77603d ago (Edited 603d ago )

Maybe Jimbo needs to get a new hobby he clearly doesn't like gaming and doesn't play to have fun it seems. She also has countless hate vids on how bad AAA gaming is. There's definitely truth to some of the stuff that she says however her hate with AAA gaming often reflects her scores across most AAA games now no matter how good said AAA game is she always find something wrong with it. A very extreme pessimist in the gaming space.

outsider1624603d ago

Naah..keep it. Xbox needs it more than PS does.

MatrixxGT603d ago

Not his fault he’s never felt a vagina since he was born. 🤷🏻‍♂️

jznrpg603d ago (Edited 603d ago )

are you the watcher of his penis to know this ?

MrDead603d ago

He was married. Seems more like your comment is projection.

CrashMania603d ago

Jim was married for quite some years so that doesn't really add up does it? I also fail to see how that relates in any way to reviewing a game? lol

Sonic1881603d ago (Edited 603d ago )

Denial is hitting you hard. The review scores is starting to drop

https://www.metacritic.com/...

ziggyzinfirion603d ago

That is a surprising drop. last time I checked it was 88 with 50 reviews. It further went down to 85 when 11 new reviews came in. I can only imagine if this had 110+ review.

Gunstar75602d ago

Sterling's review was not at all influencer by his perception of how a trans staff member reported transphobic bullying at BGS? No. Not at all 👍

Huey_My_D_Long602d ago

Sure...its gotta be that and not the game isn't game that good.
When I watched my boy play starfield via discord on gamepass and when he took his weapon and started shooting around people as they just didn't react unless a bullet hit them. yeeeeeah, Cyberpunk looked better than this game ..within 20 seconds at a city, I'm sitting there looking at everyone either standing or walking...thats it though...so unrealistic and uncanny as the game facial animations.
You guys enjoy your subpar space RPG.
Looks like Baldurs Gate and LoZ are the only real contenders for GOTY so far.

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Vengeance1138603d ago

Oh wow! This review just made the XSX version Metascore take a dive! Down to 85 now.

__SteakDeck__603d ago

@Vengeance1138 Yeah Jim is known to do this. I think his 7.5 of FF 16 is what brought the Meta score down from 88 to 87.

Vengeance1138603d ago

Seems Metacritic has as much integrity as Rotten Tomatoes right now lol Really shouldn't allow just anyone's review to count towards the Metascore.

shinoff2183603d ago

7, 7 5 seems about what I'd rate ff16 to.

Sonic1881603d ago

It's worse for Xbox though because they need more games with higher review scores. Sony has been doing that for decades now

DOMination-602d ago

"Yeah Jim is known to do this. I think his 7.5 of FF 16 is what brought the Meta score down from 88 to 87."

Serious stuff..

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solideagle603d ago

I didn't know it was on Meta...

__SteakDeck__603d ago

@Vengeance1138 Jim isn’t just “anyone” he’s a respected journalist and reviewer.

Vengeance1138603d ago

LOL good one! I nearly spat out my drink I laughed so hard.

ravens52603d ago

Think that'd be a double edge sword with all those 10/10s and 5/5s.

MarkSony2603d ago

Ah! Good news. Now we are seeing the real scores come through

tagzskie603d ago

@vengeance1138 if werent for xboxaddict, generacion xbox, somosxbox, mondxbox and other xboxes reviewer this game doesnt review high though. Its a good game compare to other released by xbox and im happy for them.

Tedakin603d ago

A nosedive and it's still higher than Hogwart's Legacy, Ghost of Tsushima and many other "masterpieces".

ziggyzinfirion602d ago

@Tekadin
Ghost of Tsushima - 83 Meta/ 122 Reviews
Hogwarts Legacy - 84 Meta/ 94 Reviews
Final Fantasy XVI - 87 Meta/ 143 Reviews
Forbidden West - 88 Meta/ 126 Reviews
GoW: Ragnarok - 94 Meta/ 140 Reviews
Elden Ring - 96 Meta/ 85 Reviews

Starfield - 85 Meta/ 61 Reviews

You may also want to consider the total number of reviews. Starfield is sitting at 85 with only 61 reviews.

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anast603d ago

The meta dropped to 85 for critics and is a stable 6.1 for users. The game isn't good. To think Todd has been planning this game for 25 years...

Aloymetal603d ago

It's all to hype their games, The whole thing about Halo half a billion$ to make was just bs and the same goes for Sf, 25 yrs planning/ making...Bunch of lies from them.

MatrixxGT603d ago

Meta critic must be that new Sony exclusive everyone’s playing.

Old McGroin603d ago

@ anast

85 out of 100 means a game isn't good now? Seriously, some of the takes on here are ridiculous. And if you take user scores on Metacritic seriously...maybe stop commenting on public forums.

EvertonFC603d ago

Nobody is saying it isn't good, just not a 9 or 10 game.
It's a solid 8 for me with some improvements needed to the enemy AI and map over haul via an update would bump it up to a 9.
Reviewers are on crack for 10s.

aconnellan603d ago

@everton

“Nobody is saying it isn’t good”

Plenty of people are saying it isn’t good, and using fringe scores to justify their position

Cernunnos603d ago

When they say "planned for 25 years", what they mean is, sometime 25 years ago one of them said: "It would cool to do a space game once".

MarkSony2603d ago

25 years in the making . Have you seen how good the AI is and how great the NPC's look? Bethesda in a league of their own🤣🤣🤣 🤣🤣🤣

EvertonFC603d ago (Edited 603d ago )

Heavy rain, la noire and other titles have better facial animations and detail and that's 2 gens ago.
The copy and paste trees also look shite.
Enjoyed the story and writing though but I don't think it's a stunning looking game overall, it's kinda all over the place gfx wise, some parts look great then other area poor looking.

pezking602d ago

have you played it?

plus jim starting saying he was a woman when it became trendy to do so, who cares what he thinks.

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Fallout 4 on Switch 2 seems inevitable, but what about Starfield?

A Fallout 4 Nintendo Switch 2 port seems like an inevitability, but what about other Bethesda RPGs like Starfield.

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neutralgamer199225d ago

I think all games will end up on switch from Xbox. MS has embraced going to other platforms now if games aren't doing well on Nintendo MS may be more selective in the future

On playstation they have been quite successful

anast25d ago

I'm not sure too many people want to play Starfield.

Profchaos25d ago

Phils all but confirmed they are going in hard with the switch 2

TheColbertinator25d ago

All are welcome to Switch 2. Microsoft Games Studios is interested in long term profits and market value not petty fanboy thoughts.

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Tom Warren: Bethesda Have Been Working on PS5 Starfield "For a While"

Tom Warren, senior editor at The Verge, claims on The Xbox Two + 1 podcast that a PS5 port of Starfield "should be ready" this year.

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gold_drake34d ago

i believe that 100%

but not cause its difficult to work the ps5, its cause the game itself is fundamentally broken asf

RaidenBlack34d ago (Edited 34d ago )

Yea they need to fix it and I think they teased some major updates and patches this year. And as the norm we know even those won't be perfect and it'll take another year or two to reach a better state.
What Starfield also need is few more DLCs to fix the barrenness. .... and especially a substantial banger one with story and exploration to coincide with the PS5 launch and renew some interest.

dveio34d ago

"its cause the game itself is fundamentally broken asf"

Thanks.

I hate the rambling around pretty obvious things.

Such as, like you said, Starfield is just a big pile of broken code.

The latest news about Starfield's developmental environment just proved it.

badz14934d ago

If they release a PS5 version and it's still a loading screen simulator, they will just embarrass themselves.

Abear2133d ago

Corporate greed is the sole reason it’s coming to PS5. Expect the same game. This is M$ and Bethesda trying to recoup losses and capitalize on huge PS5 player base in an attempt to fund their next lame project.

neutralgamer199234d ago

Hopefully there is a huge major patch that gives the game a fresh chance

rudero34d ago

I believe it 100% because it was already being developed for PlayStation before they were acquired.

Not a rumor or a magical Microsoft push…
It was already in development.

-Foxtrot34d ago (Edited 34d ago )

They are going to have to do something to make you want the PS5 version

They can't escape all the negative coverage it's received since launch so they will need something to draw people in and honestly I can't think of anything.

It will sell, it just won't sell as well as they would have hoped for a Bethesda open world game now that they are launching late when opinions have already been made.

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pwnmaster300034d ago

Hope it does pretty good, big fan of Bethesda.
But not gonna lie this game was fucking ass.

Probably my least favorite Bethesda style rpg ever.
Regretted paying to play it early.

moomoo31934d ago

It was so disappointing.. its not horrible but its a solid 7/10

UnbreakableAlex34d ago

Have fun with this ginormous bore fest!

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Report: Starfield on PS5 Seems to Be Loaded in Backend According to Mods

The official PlayStation logo has been spotted in one of Starfield's mods on Bethesda's own creations site.

B5R49d ago

Just announce it already.

lukasmain49d ago

They should try to remove the stupid overabundance of ridiculous loading screens for the PS5 version. But I assume it's not possible because of their crap engine and/or their laziness to do anything about it. But it is possible in some instances as some modders have done so a few times for PC from what I have seen.

It will be super jarring and weird for PS5 players to see so many loading screens, I worry it will destroy any potential immersion. I don't think I could handle it honestly lol. Combining that with the uninspired gameplay, I expect it would tank my motivation to play and finish the game.

Profchaos49d ago

Yeah I feel like it was also the creation engine it was core to why I gave up on the game the forced tutorials I was still getting 4 hours in just annoyed me it did t help I had just played through tears of the kingdom st the time which had zero tutorials and being forced to stop for a guided tutorial every 20 minutes killed me I have up at 6 hours despite being a huge fallout fan

Armaggedon49d ago

If one doesnt like the screens, just dint olay the game. Just like if one doesnt not like being handcuffed, dont play a fromsoft souls game. They are integral to the games design.

BISHOP-BRASIL49d ago

Are you seriously trying to push loading screens as a voluntary design choice rather than a technical limitation in 2025? Good luck with that...

Armaggedon49d ago

I dont know… is me having input delay when I try to roll in elden ring a technical limitation?

Bathyj49d ago

Meh.
I just started Death stranding. I don't have time for that.

LoveSpuds49d ago

I am trying to wrap up my Elden Ring playthrough so I can get a replay of Death Stranding in ahead of the sequel. That new video last week has be really excited, I loved the first game, one of my fave platinum trophies.

Bathyj49d ago

This is my first playthrough.
I didn't really get it when it released.
But after that trailer I decided to give it another look.

After 5 hours, I've built my first bridge. While ïts to early to be 100% sure I think I'm hooked. I'll see how I go. It feels like a game that hard to sell to someone but if you know you know

There's just so much Kojima in the game.

LoveSpuds48d ago

Just wait until later in the game when you start building a network of zip lines. Journeys that used to take 20 mins are done on a couple of minutes, it feels so satisfying 😀

Hope it continues to resonate with you dude, enjoy!

Profchaos49d ago

If what never a matter of if but when

MaximusPrime_49d ago

I have zero interest in this game but there are people who like it. People have their personal preference.

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