Starfield Continues To Be Most Polarizing Game

Starfield for a year straight has been a lightning rod in the gaming community unlike anything else. Why is that?

[neutralgamer1992]

There is nothing Polarizing about it. It’s a average game and the DLC is just that “average” even below average for DLC

Honestly it needs a cyberpunk 2077 2.0 or no man sky foundation update. So far starfield is suffering with many of the same issues since launch

[RpgSama]

LOL, I literally was going to say the same thing, There's nothing polarizing about it, pretty much everyone agrees that it sucks or that it's mediocre at best.

[Armaggedon]

This is not true. Its just that the ones that dont like it are the most vocal. There are a very large number of people that like/love starfield.

[Reaper22_]

Only the sony camp thinks it suck which is pretty much expected.

[neutralgamer1992]

Armaggedo

I don’t know if that’s true or not but as someone who specifically bought XSX for this game I can tell you it’s below average. Spending $499+ tax and signing up for years of GPU. I really thought that now their have MS resources and only focus on one platform so they can make the best games but quality has gone down

If we keep defending bad games how will there be improvements? It doesn’t matter which plastic box someone likes if it’s a bad product for consumers we should call it how it is

[Armaggedon]

@neutralgamer1992

What exactly is a “good” game anyway? It is subjective. There are plenty of games people say are amazing, and I personally could not stand them. It depends why do people play games? Based off of my observations, a very large numer of people play games for stimulation. They want to be “oooohhed” and “ahhhhed” like they are watching a blockbuster movie.

Those like me play games for understanding, as vehicles for self realization and improvement. That is why we see the game so differently, because we have different purpose and values. But that does not make starfield a “bad” game. It is not very ideal for entertaining a fickle audience that have their attention spans shortened and divided in 50 different directions at once, thats for sure. To add a bit further, I wonder if people contemplate that: “Maybe Bethesda isnt getting worst and other games are getting better. Maybe the audience is getting worse, becoming more and more jaded and entitled, and brain cells deteriorating due to overstimulation. Perhaps a calamity will help people to get things into perspective, and appreciate what they got.

[GamerRN]

I think it was a solid 7.5/10 game. Although it didn't meet my expectations, I still enjoyed it. Just nothing to brag about....

[mkis007]

Bethesda should really get to making those no mans sky caliber updates too. It is the only way to salvage their future rep.

[Armaggedon]

The game is very polarizing. For every person that thinks the game is average, there is one that thinks its god tier.

[pwnmaster3000]

I’m sorry but I don’t think is 1 for 1. It seems like more people dislike the game then like.

[Armaggedon]

Because they are more vocal. People that like the game are busy playing it or doing something else. The people that dont like starfield are oddly captivated by it. It’s actually the naysayers that keeps the game in news.

[Hotpot]

This dude is on every starfield articles fighting people who say something even remotely bad about the game lmao, you're the vocal minority man.

For every person that thinks it's god tier, there are thousands who think it's meh, get over it 🤣

[MrDead]

The polarising question is, is the game dull or boring?

The only shattered things from the new DLC are the fanboys trying to defend mediocrity.

[Armaggedon]

@Hotpot

This isnt a fight, its a discussion. And I may be the VOCAL minority, but thete are many more people than you would think that like the game. It is what it is. Its like if you work customer service, its easy to get perception trapped into thinking: “This companies product is trash because all the calls are some problem or issue that needs to be resolved. Then you realize that millions of users of that product are enjoying it….its just that the place you are is specifically to funnel in people that have problems. There is a legion out there, they just dont care to do what I do.

[Armaggedon]

@MrDead

My role is not to defend starfield, as people have already made up their minds what they want it to be. Its to help people realize just how much of they themselves is actually the cause of the issue they are having.

[PapaBop]

Cyberpunk though still looks as good as any modern game today. No 2.0 is going to gloss over those god awful facial animations in Starfield.

[thorstein]

Agreed. Polarizing? Try Star Citizen.

[HansyJ]

Trash lol stop wasting time writing articles like this game is unfinished unimaginative and uninspiring

[Christopher]

How is it polarizing? It's pretty much just reported for its new DLC and how it doesn't truly improve the game. It's just mediocre. Some people like it, some people don't. But no one is really talking about it when there's no news about it. It just exists.

[Armaggedon]

You may want to look harder. A large number of gaming news channels and sites are talking about the dlc.

[Christopher]

Did you not read my last two sentences?

[Armaggedon]

@Christopher

“No one is really talking about it when there is no news about it.”

There is news. This very article… is news. 😂

[Christopher]

That's not news, it's opinion.

[Armaggedon]

“No one is really TALKING about it when there is no NEWS about it.”

Based off of what you said, talking about and news are linked. This article is talking about it starfield, so it must be news based upon what you said.

[dveio]

The Universe itself, as choice of game design, get's me interested quickly.

It's a true mystery, it has suspense, it has discoveries, it is fascinating yet frightening.

Sadly, Starfield doesn't get anything of it across in a great or perfect way.

It's the RPG formula of Bethesda put on an IP set in space. It could have been so much more. Maybe it should have even been totally different.

If I could make a wish for a new IP set in the Universe, I would love to have a mix of

• Death Stranding's built-in community features
• Red Dead Redemption 2's NPC environmental behaviour and ever-spawning side mission design
• No Man's Sky's system of researching, upgrading, crafting, farming, base building, space ship controls
• a crisp game engine (Decima is amazing)
• stellar sound design
• Dead Space's/Resident Evil's suspense, occassionally
• scientifical accuracy
• the sense of the vastness of space and size of objects

[Richhard1]

Just completed the dlc, it’s really not that bad.

[Armaggedon]

Saying anything to a naysayer about Starfield, that is not negative, is going to get you downvoted. Oopps, looks like its too late. 😂

[Rols]

Hardly a ringing endorsement of the dlc. An average dlc to an average game.

[BlackIceJoe]

It is time to move on from this world and give people what they want and that is a new Elder Scrolls, then Fallout.

[LucidIllusion]

Most people have forgotten that this game existed mate

[RhinoGamer88]

Correction...the most BORING game. #philfail #toddfail

[gold_drake]

but not for the reasons they want it to be.

polarizing doesnt mean, "good"

[Armyofdarkness]

It’s mediocre to good. There’s nothing to discuss

[DustMan]

This game was teetering around an 8 overall score for me. I really like they way Bethesda games just play and progress. I know to not dare go in at launch.

[FinalFantasyFanatic]

It's not polarising, the game isn't good, the majority would agree apart from a few very vocal defenders who would swear it's the best thing since sliced bread.

[repsahj]

They have the chance to redeem with this DLC, but they make it even worse. XD

[joab777]

I’m a PlayStation fanboy and played on PC and loved it