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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_Sakai250d ago (Edited 250d 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.

CrashMania250d ago (Edited 250d 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

z2g250d ago

But have you played it….

ken2813249d 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.

crazyCoconuts249d ago

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

notachance249d 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.

Rdeal249d ago (Edited 249d 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

LordoftheCritics249d ago

Jim's final attempt at relevancy.

CrashMania249d 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.

andydalum247d 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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outsider1624250d ago

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

thesoftware730250d ago

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

wow.

outsider1624250d 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..

neutralgamer1992249d ago

Software

You never heard of Jim Sterling ?

LightofDarkness250d 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.

Crows90250d 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.

neutralgamer1992249d 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

BaughJaughs250d ago

Literally don’t understand the word literally.

execution17250d 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

Traecy250d ago

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

Yui_Suzumiya249d ago

Just like Jim was when he wrote this review, lol

z2g250d 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.

EvertonFC249d 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.

chronoforce249d 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.

BaughJaughs249d 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

S2Killinit249d ago

I wish. But Skyrim was inspired. This isnt imo

DaleCooper250d 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

thesoftware730250d 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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cammandogreen249d ago

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

BaughJaughs249d ago

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

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SyntheticForm249d ago

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

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ChasterMies250d 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_Spark250d 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.

VersusDMC250d 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__250d ago

@VersusDMC He also gave FF 16 a 7.5.

Lightning77249d ago (Edited 249d 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.

outsider1624250d ago

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

MatrixxGT250d ago

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

jznrpg250d ago (Edited 250d ago )

are you the watcher of his penis to know this ?

MrDead250d ago

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

CrashMania250d 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

Sonic1881250d ago (Edited 250d ago )

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

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

ziggyzinfirion249d 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.

Gunstar75249d 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_Long249d 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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Vengeance1138250d ago

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

__SteakDeck__250d 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.

Vengeance1138250d 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.

shinoff2183250d ago

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

Sonic1881250d 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-249d 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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solideagle250d ago

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

__SteakDeck__250d ago

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

Vengeance1138250d ago

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

ravens52250d ago

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

MarkSony2250d ago

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

tagzskie249d 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.

Tedakin249d ago

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

ziggyzinfirion249d 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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anast250d 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...

Aloymetal250d 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.

MatrixxGT250d ago

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

Old McGroin250d 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.

EvertonFC249d 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.

aconnellan249d 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

Cernunnos250d 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".

MarkSony2250d 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🤣🤣🤣 🤣🤣🤣

EvertonFC249d ago (Edited 249d 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.

pezking249d 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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Starfield is still broken despite major 25 GB update

Bethesda has just released the latest update for Starfield and players have discovered that the game is still incredibly broken.

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The-VG-shamman1h ago

It will never be running as expected, because these fixes are mostly for the compensation of the series s lol. The games legit compromised Already.

Monkeycan81h ago

Which is why I am waiting for the PS5 version.

Tacoboto1h ago

Gotta hand it to Bethesda.

One way to avoid laying off QA staff is to just not have any at all!

Goosejuice31m ago

Why have QA when modders fix ur game for u

Flakegriffin11m ago

Didn’t the modding community give up on Starfield shortly after launch?

Goosejuice49m ago

I really tried to get into this game as I love Bethesda games. Put 40 hours into and even bought the 100$ edition...but this game just isn't good. It's an ok title at best. Dosnt have any of the charm that elder scrolls or fallout has. It's incredible how bland this game is despite having the opportunity to create a whole new universe..literally, and they give us this mostly human universe with the same things to do over n over just on a different named planet.

They had such a huge opportunity to give us this incredible universe akin to star wars and instead made it bland af. It saddens me a bit cuz I truly tried, and i love Bethesda open worlds. Maybe shattered sky's helps? Idk. To me the core of the game is just not good. The only thing I truly liked was the ship building.

CyberV40m ago

I really wanted to like this game since I’m a big Bethesda fan, but man was it disappointing.
I played for 20 hours and then redownloaded fall out and never looked back. Such a shame.

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Interview on Fallout 4 with the Actor for Nick Valentine, Codsworth & Mr Handy (Stephen Russell)

Interview with Stephen Russell, Actor for (Nick Valentine, Codsworth, My Handy) in Fallout 4 which is a vast open world role playing game set in the apocalyptic wastes of Boston, the Commonwealth. The career goes further with other Bethesda games from Starfield to Prey to The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim.

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How Starfield Remains a Success Story In The Face of Failure

Expectations for Starfield were sky-high, and while many felt it fell short of them, raw sales and other statistics tell a different tale.

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anast7d ago

The stats can say anything, because they don't release the stuff that counts.

Scissorman7d ago

Agreed. I'd love to know the budget on this one to be honest. What was it? 6-8 years in development?

anast7d ago (Edited 7d ago )

Howard said this game had been a concept for 25 years. Let that sink in.

TwoPicklesGood7d ago

I play it on Steam and it’s phenomenal.

Flewid6387d ago

I have it on GamePass PC and I have yet to encounter a single wow moment.

Vits7d ago

The ship building is kinda cool... And that's about it. In all seriousness, I don't think it's a bad game, but violently mediocre with some really head-scratching choices that made me go "why" rather than "wow" more often than not.

DustMan7d ago

Same here. Not saying it's the best they've ever released, but the hate it gets is pretty absurd. I've been completely enjoying the 50 or so hours I've dropped into it.

Flewid6386d ago

To be fair, I have yet to play a single Bethesda game that I found enjoyable. The whole "talking to cardboard cutouts from the uncanny valley" thing is tolerable in games like Mass Effect, but it loses me completely in Bethesda titles.

Flewid6387d ago

Hunger is the best spice. lol.

Knightofelemia7d ago

I'll never forget advertised as an open world sandbox game but you run into invisible Star Trek barriers when exploring. GTA has never done that and neither has No Man's Sky. If people love this game good for them I am not touching it. And if Microsoft does say port this game to Playstation I am still not touching this game.

DustMan7d ago

I started playing a few weeks ago and am enjoying it thoroughly. Perfect, absolutely not. Yet it's nowhere near as bad as what people make it out to be. Plenty of quests to get side tracked with. The gunplay has been tightened up significantly in my opinion since Fallout 4. I originally listened to the online crowd absolutely crap on the game and made me curious to see if it was that bad. It's not. It's a good and fun game. It just didn't live up to the developer hype and peoples expectations. Which wouldn't be the first time Bethesda, or Microsoft promised the world, and gave us the moon.

I will say that the beginning few story missions really kind of drag, but once you unlock powers it picks up. I think that first few hours soured a lot of folks who left it behind before really digging in to it. Which is understandable.

jwillj2k47d ago

First few hours??? How about the first 130 hours according to the developers. Need to get past 130hrs to start enjoying the game.

Hugodastrevas7d ago

That's when the Stockholm syndrome kicks in

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