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For example: In one quest you find an ancient Generational ship in orbit around a paradise vacation world. The Generational ship was launched hundreds of years before from Earth and its crew have no idea humanity had FTL breakthroughs while they were slowly travelling to their destination; By the time they arrive, its already been colonized and turned into a planet-wide spa. During this quest, you go back and forth between the CEO at the resort, and the desperate descendant-survivors of the generational ship. The CEO, at various points, asks if you'd do awful things like kill all of the survivors to make the problem go away, sell the survivors into indentured servitude as staff for the resort by presenting them with bad contracts, or if you happen to have a huge amount of money on you, fix up the Generational ship with a new FTL engine on your own dime because the resort's board won't greenlight the funds to do it themselves.
And instead of fighting these powerful people asking you to commit mass murder, you go back to the ship and offer them the stupid evil responses, and of course you spend the 40,000 credits and do the memory game to fix the ship because its the only option that isn't cartoonishly evil. There was never any choice, just a binary switch for the good/evil playthrough. All its really asking is, "Do you have the money to be the good guy?" and if you don't, you can just leave the planet and come back when you do.
At no point can you kill the CEO or fight the company instead, despite them asking you to do the same to the survivors. At no point can you threaten the CEO into compliance despite you being able to do the same to the Captain. The game really, really wants you to play this quest out its way. You can ATTACK the CEO and his people, but they just all take a knee and stand back up, and then talk to you like that never happened. If you just leave and choose not to participate, nothing happens they just sit there and wait for you to get back. How is that any better than just letting us kill the NPC and risk breaking a quest? Its quest writing from the mid 2000's, Fable had more depth than this.
This is a singular example, but all of the quests in the game are like this. Interesting premise with absolutely no follow through and the barest minimum of player input. The Player Character is not a silent protagonist, but they might as well have been. Even as the untouchable time-god that all Player Characters eventually become you remain the most powerless one in the story. The whole thesis of the game is "What choices will you make this time?" but there are never any choices to make.\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t
\n\n\t\t\t\tFor example: In one quest you find an ancient Generational ship in orbit around a paradise vacation world. The Generational ship was launched hundreds of years before from Earth and its crew have no idea humanity had FTL breakthroughs while they were slowly travelling to their destination; By the time they arrive, its already been colonized and turned into a planet-wide spa. During this quest, you go back and forth between the CEO at the resort, and the desperate descendant-survivors of the generational ship. The CEO, at various points, asks if you'd do awful things like kill all of the survivors to make the problem go away, sell the survivors into indentured servitude as staff for the resort by presenting them with bad contracts, or if you happen to have a huge amount of money on you, fix up the Generational ship with a new FTL engine on your own dime because the resort's board won't greenlight the funds to do it themselves.
And instead of fighting these powerful people asking you to commit mass murder, you go back to the ship and offer them the stupid evil responses, and of course you spend the 40,000 credits and do the memory game to fix the ship because its the only option that isn't cartoonishly evil. There was never any choice, just a binary switch for the good/evil playthrough. All its really asking is, "Do you have the money to be the good guy?" and if you don't, you can just leave the planet and come back when you do.
At no point can you kill the CEO or fight the company instead, despite them asking you to do the same to the survivors. At no point can you threaten the CEO into compliance despite you being able to do the same to the Captain. The game really, really wants you to play this quest out its way. You can ATTACK the CEO and his people, but they just all take a knee and stand back up, and then talk to you like that never happened. If you just leave and choose not to participate, nothing happens they just sit there and wait for you to get back. How is that any better than just letting us kill the NPC and risk breaking a quest? Its quest writing from the mid 2000's, Fable had more depth than this.
This is a singular example, but all of the quests in the game are like this. Interesting premise with absolutely no follow through and the barest minimum of player input. The Player Character is not a silent protagonist, but they might as well have been. Even as the untouchable time-god that all Player Characters eventually become you remain the most powerless one in the story. The whole thesis of the game is "What choices will you make this time?" but there are never any choices to make.\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t56.7 hrs on record\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t(36.9 hrs at review time)\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tI love and hate this game. More so hate because the loading screens kill the immersion for me. Take off from a planet? Loading screen. Travel to a new planet? Loading screen. Dock with another ship? Loading screen. Dock with a space station? Loading screen. Travel to another galaxy? Loading screen. Land on a planet? Loading screen. LOADING SCREENS! This game would be so much cooler if they did what no mans sky did with their traveling. Why don't I play no mans sky then? I am not of fan of no mans sky art style personally. I like that in this game i can explore our solar system and land on most of the planets and moons. And i love that they used NASA resources for a lot of it. For example if you go to our moon you can see where we landed on the moon and put the American flag down and explore that area. For a space nerd like me that's amazing to see. But still even with those great moments it gets ruined by loading screens for me. When you go to a planet you don't actually get to fly directly to it its covered up by a damn loading screen and when your in orbit the planet is just apart of the background you have to use a menu to land which again leads to another loading screen. Whatever Bethesda's next game is they need to do something with these loading screens.\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\tNVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 - VRAM: 8 GB
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tI know it gets a lot of hate but i always find myself coming back to Starfield. Even after 2000+ hours i keep finding new things.\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tI played this at launch, pre-purchased, in fact it was the last game I ever pre-purchased. I am without a doubt the biggest Bethesda fan I know, and this was an insane shift in sentiment for me. How could you let UNLIMITED POTENTIAL go so far south that it impacts the hope and future of your most anticipated game of all time TES:VI? Starfield was my biggest disappointment in game history, bigger than HALO, bigger than WoW, hell; bigger than DOOM: Dark Ages, which was supposed to be an easy lay-up. For the first 3 hours of this game, I was trapped in a state of sleep paralysis, so bored I kept falling asleep damn near, but my hands kept playing because I thought it would get better and Bethesda earned my respect at a chance. I couldn't have been more wrong. Why did you do this? Why bother making a game so empty, so void and colorless that you wound up having to justify it by saying..
"Some of Starfield’s planets are meant to be empty by design — but that's not boring. 'When the astronauts went to the moon, there was nothing there. They certainly weren't bored."
Really?! That is your justification of poor environmental design, of sub-par story telling?, of abysmal exploration? You even brought in the DOOM team to help with the combat and somehow managed to make it worse than Fallout's V.A.T.S. system, which the only thing it has going for it is that it is entertaining.
Congrats you paid voice actors, to what end though? You didn't have a story worth telling?! Oh boy, I filled my story line with more me! Time Travel is mysterious! GROUNDHOG DAY?! Bull man. What a cop-out, you should be ashamed of such a half-baked strategy.
Bugs and QoL, dear lord where to start. I had to play this game with mods on from almost the start because it was damn near unplayable from an excitement and understanding angle. I know Bsoft games are buggy but damn dude, you tried to set a record here. From voice interactions to open world shenanigans, this is just a crime.
And lastly yes, my review is damn near 3 years past launch, but seeing upcoming games like FATEKEEPER, the success of Crimson Desert and Fall of Avalon or even your own REMAKE of Oblivion, this just lit a fire under me to really drive home the importance of how terrible this game was; and how it will HOPEFULLY NOT ruin the success of TES as a series. If TES:VI fails, the hope for this new IP in space is sure to collapse as well.
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Really?! That is your justification of poor environmental design, of sub-par story telling?, of abysmal exploration? You even brought in the DOOM team to help with the combat and somehow managed to make it worse than Fallout's V.A.T.S. system, which the only thing it has going for it is that it is entertaining.
Congrats you paid voice actors, to what end though? You didn't have a story worth telling?! Oh boy, I filled my story line with more me! Time Travel is mysterious! GROUNDHOG DAY?! Bull man. What a cop-out, you should be ashamed of such a half-baked strategy.
Bugs and QoL, dear lord where to start. I had to play this game with mods on from almost the start because it was damn near unplayable from an excitement and understanding angle. I know Bsoft games are buggy but damn dude, you tried to set a record here. From voice interactions to open world shenanigans, this is just a crime.
And lastly yes, my review is damn near 3 years past launch, but seeing upcoming games like FATEKEEPER, the success of Crimson Desert and Fall of Avalon or even your own REMAKE of Oblivion, this just lit a fire under me to really drive home the importance of how terrible this game was; and how it will HOPEFULLY NOT ruin the success of TES as a series. If TES:VI fails, the hope for this new IP in space is sure to collapse as well.
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tI don't know how to review things. But I keep getting nags to write this from Steam because I keep playing it so much. Here goes nothing.
The new one from the iconic creators of Fallout 3 and The Elder Scrolls series. Bethesda RPGs have a type. I don't know how to describe it, other than to say it works. These games are instantly replayable forever. I'd say it starts out with a big world. Then they add the systems. These are games I want to play forever. Sure, the Main Quest is always good, but then they add in hundreds and hundreds of side quests, most every bit as good as the main roster.
They add working cities, settlements, people that feel real. Then there's lore, both real an imagined. There's rules for how it all functions.
They let you play whoever and however you want. Chose your background, choose you face. It's a lot more than just being good or evil. Your character can be as simple or as detailed as you want. Meet and talk to thousands of named NPCs, people who are not just there to serve your story. They work, eat, seek recreation, and go home to sleep. Then there are the factions, each with their own epic stories. Make it so the gamers can add and share their own mods, to make your game into anything they want. Rinse, later, repeat. This is Bethesda.
I waited for this one for a long time. I spent over two thousand dollars to upgrade my gaming rig to play it the best. Then, I don't know, I learn it pry would have run just fine on the old one.
I get why some left bad reviews. Bethesda is better than everyone else. We expect more from them than the others, and they should make each game better, more iconic, more mind-blowing. And we got loading screens. We didn't really get to fly the apace ships. Instead, we would go into menu after menu and click on a planet, fast travelling there. In previous games, there were those characters who you could never forget. After a little over five hundred hours in, I don't feel that connection with anyone. It's not like Fallout 4 in this way, and not like Skyrim in another. We all demand more of the same, everything we like, yet different enough and totally new. It's impossible.
I had a lot of issues when it first launched. I mean, I was having a good time, but I was fighting the systems, too. Not only were there those loading screens, there were problems on the screen and the game wasn't afraid to crash to the desktop. Bethesda says they have now patched thousands of problems. They just delivered their biggest patch and free update today, along with the newest DLC Terran Amada, whatever that turns out to be.
It's off. I started as an old, purple haired retired professor working for some mining company. Skyrim and Oblivion start me off in custody, so I guess this is better than that. Fallout 3 starts out with my birth. New Vegas begins with them digging my grave. So, Starfield is better than a bullet to the brain.
The people talk. I know this isn't groundbreaking, but it is appreciated. There are still so many games where I have to read some or all of the dialogues. I CAN read, but I don't buy PC games to read them. In Bethesda games, I've discovered what is said doesn't always match reality as available through looking around, seeing artifacts. I can embrace this by presenting conspiracy theories via my YouTube videos. Like in Oblivion a bodyguard of the Emperor says to leave this huge door open because it can't be opened from the other side if it's closed. Okay, but thirty seconds later, that door is closed.
Many early reviews said, "I like this, but I don't love it." Well, I was like that at the start. but the more I moved into this world, the more people I encountered, the more I tried to do quests and follow the storylines, the closer the needle went towards the love side.
The thing is, with all these games, there's so much to do. You're not locked in to the Main Quest. It's optional. And, if you go off doing your own thing, there is still hundreds and hundreds of hours worth of content. In Starfield, people respond to what you do and say to them and their allies. So, if you are attacking a particular faction, people in that faction and those that back them are against you. And it doesn't just all go away once the bullets stop flying.
I am 63 years old and have been playing computer games nearly as long as computers have existed. All this to say I have never found all those gaming ingredients in such a compelling way, except in games from Bethesda. If I could only buy from one company, it would be Bethesda. I could play Fallout 3, Morrowind, Oblivion, New Vegas, Skyrim, even Fallout 76 for the rest of my life. The characters and stories are so engaging. Every time I start I know I can make it vastly different from my last playthrough.
Today I played on a 4K monitor with the graphics all the way up. I have around 125 or so carefully-selected mods. The play was nice. There were no stutters, waits over two seconds, freeze-ups or crashes of any kind. I never did play Shattered Space back in the day, so now I have two DLCs for this I never got to yet since I only have the 515 hours in this so far.
I like that there are many kinds of NPCs. Sure, you have the good guys and the bad guys, but most are not pure saints or entirely evil. This makes them believable since in real life most of the people are not completely one or the other.
I say the magic is here. I don't want to build my own spaceships, but I like that I can if I want, and I can use ones others did build. Whether or not I create my own from the various parts, I can have a huge fleet with great variety, so long as I build my wealth to afford it.
There are thousands and thousands of free modifications anyone can download for this game. There are also paid mods available through Bethesda's website through a coin system. You can ignore them all, do one, the other or like me, a good combination of both. People have taken this game and sculpted it precisely to their desires. Modders took the game and creation tool to create a full Star Wars conversion. I use some of those elements, but not the entire thing because I want my Starfield to stay Starfield. But I do have Star Wars alien species installed.
There are so many planets to visit, with different levels of human or other settlements. There may even be some with none. The Points of Interest system make sure there aren't only the planets, but a reason to go there.
When combat inevitably occurs, it is good, really good, too. There are so any different weapon types, each sounding and acting differently. I was thinking about this today in an epic battle where I was grossly outnumbered and beginning to run out of ammo. The sound design for fighting is tight as well.
When I think about all the various systems that had to be thought up, created and then brought together for a title like this, it truly blows my feeble mind. Like a good relationship, the more time you spend on it, the more Starfield delivers. but it does bring all those scattered pieces together and deliver an amazing experience.
Obviously, I don't know how to write a review. But I do know what I like, or, finally in this case, love.
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\n\n\t\t\t\tThe new one from the iconic creators of Fallout 3 and The Elder Scrolls series. Bethesda RPGs have a type. I don't know how to describe it, other than to say it works. These games are instantly replayable forever. I'd say it starts out with a big world. Then they add the systems. These are games I want to play forever. Sure, the Main Quest is always good, but then they add in hundreds and hundreds of side quests, most every bit as good as the main roster.
They add working cities, settlements, people that feel real. Then there's lore, both real an imagined. There's rules for how it all functions.
They let you play whoever and however you want. Chose your background, choose you face. It's a lot more than just being good or evil. Your character can be as simple or as detailed as you want. Meet and talk to thousands of named NPCs, people who are not just there to serve your story. They work, eat, seek recreation, and go home to sleep. Then there are the factions, each with their own epic stories. Make it so the gamers can add and share their own mods, to make your game into anything they want. Rinse, later, repeat. This is Bethesda.
I waited for this one for a long time. I spent over two thousand dollars to upgrade my gaming rig to play it the best. Then, I don't know, I learn it pry would have run just fine on the old one.
I get why some left bad reviews. Bethesda is better than everyone else. We expect more from them than the others, and they should make each game better, more iconic, more mind-blowing. And we got loading screens. We didn't really get to fly the apace ships. Instead, we would go into menu after menu and click on a planet, fast travelling there. In previous games, there were those characters who you could never forget. After a little over five hundred hours in, I don't feel that connection with anyone. It's not like Fallout 4 in this way, and not like Skyrim in another. We all demand more of the same, everything we like, yet different enough and totally new. It's impossible.
I had a lot of issues when it first launched. I mean, I was having a good time, but I was fighting the systems, too. Not only were there those loading screens, there were problems on the screen and the game wasn't afraid to crash to the desktop. Bethesda says they have now patched thousands of problems. They just delivered their biggest patch and free update today, along with the newest DLC Terran Amada, whatever that turns out to be.
It's off. I started as an old, purple haired retired professor working for some mining company. Skyrim and Oblivion start me off in custody, so I guess this is better than that. Fallout 3 starts out with my birth. New Vegas begins with them digging my grave. So, Starfield is better than a bullet to the brain.
The people talk. I know this isn't groundbreaking, but it is appreciated. There are still so many games where I have to read some or all of the dialogues. I CAN read, but I don't buy PC games to read them. In Bethesda games, I've discovered what is said doesn't always match reality as available through looking around, seeing artifacts. I can embrace this by presenting conspiracy theories via my YouTube videos. Like in Oblivion a bodyguard of the Emperor says to leave this huge door open because it can't be opened from the other side if it's closed. Okay, but thirty seconds later, that door is closed.
Many early reviews said, "I like this, but I don't love it." Well, I was like that at the start. but the more I moved into this world, the more people I encountered, the more I tried to do quests and follow the storylines, the closer the needle went towards the love side.
The thing is, with all these games, there's so much to do. You're not locked in to the Main Quest. It's optional. And, if you go off doing your own thing, there is still hundreds and hundreds of hours worth of content. In Starfield, people respond to what you do and say to them and their allies. So, if you are attacking a particular faction, people in that faction and those that back them are against you. And it doesn't just all go away once the bullets stop flying.
I am 63 years old and have been playing computer games nearly as long as computers have existed. All this to say I have never found all those gaming ingredients in such a compelling way, except in games from Bethesda. If I could only buy from one company, it would be Bethesda. I could play Fallout 3, Morrowind, Oblivion, New Vegas, Skyrim, even Fallout 76 for the rest of my life. The characters and stories are so engaging. Every time I start I know I can make it vastly different from my last playthrough.
Today I played on a 4K monitor with the graphics all the way up. I have around 125 or so carefully-selected mods. The play was nice. There were no stutters, waits over two seconds, freeze-ups or crashes of any kind. I never did play Shattered Space back in the day, so now I have two DLCs for this I never got to yet since I only have the 515 hours in this so far.
I like that there are many kinds of NPCs. Sure, you have the good guys and the bad guys, but most are not pure saints or entirely evil. This makes them believable since in real life most of the people are not completely one or the other.
I say the magic is here. I don't want to build my own spaceships, but I like that I can if I want, and I can use ones others did build. Whether or not I create my own from the various parts, I can have a huge fleet with great variety, so long as I build my wealth to afford it.
There are thousands and thousands of free modifications anyone can download for this game. There are also paid mods available through Bethesda's website through a coin system. You can ignore them all, do one, the other or like me, a good combination of both. People have taken this game and sculpted it precisely to their desires. Modders took the game and creation tool to create a full Star Wars conversion. I use some of those elements, but not the entire thing because I want my Starfield to stay Starfield. But I do have Star Wars alien species installed.
There are so many planets to visit, with different levels of human or other settlements. There may even be some with none. The Points of Interest system make sure there aren't only the planets, but a reason to go there.
When combat inevitably occurs, it is good, really good, too. There are so any different weapon types, each sounding and acting differently. I was thinking about this today in an epic battle where I was grossly outnumbered and beginning to run out of ammo. The sound design for fighting is tight as well.
When I think about all the various systems that had to be thought up, created and then brought together for a title like this, it truly blows my feeble mind. Like a good relationship, the more time you spend on it, the more Starfield delivers. but it does bring all those scattered pieces together and deliver an amazing experience.
Obviously, I don't know how to write a review. But I do know what I like, or, finally in this case, love.
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tI actually ended up liking the game. There is a cool, calm and low stakes plot, no longer the HURR DURR EPIC MEGABATTLE OF DOOM of dragons, dragonborn, secret societies and Daedra in a massive world.
The game is plain, unflavored, and I like it. After all the super-mega-stakes epic games, it's a lukewarm adventure that adrenaline addicts may find less than palatable.
Not everything has to be extreme high-stakes speed poker. Starfield is a good example of what game development can look like when it isn’t constantly trying to overwhelm the player. Except for the occasional frustrations with outpost management, the game is relatively fun and, in many ways, as good as any other AAA title out there.
What stands out most is its willingness to slow down. You’re not always being pushed into apocalyptic urgency or endless faction conflicts. Instead, the game offers space—literally and figuratively—to just exist in its universe. That calm air is something modern games often forget to include. There are long stretches where you’re simply traveling, scanning planets, listening to ambient sounds, or walking through a quiet settlement, and that restraint becomes part of its charm.
Bethesda Game Studios leans into a more traditional RPG structure here. The story isn’t trying to reinvent the wheel, and that’s fine. It provides a framework rather than a spectacle, allowing players to engage with it at their own pace. Not every narrative needs to be a grand, world-ending epic filled with constant twists and high drama. Sometimes a lighter touch, with smaller personal stories and exploration-driven moments, can be just as engaging.
There’s also something to be said about the sense of solitude the game captures. Space doesn’t always feel dangerous—it often feels quiet, almost meditative. That mood won’t appeal to everyone, especially players looking for constant adrenaline, but for those who enjoy a slower, more contemplative experience, it hits a rare sweet spot.
Of course, the game isn’t without flaws. Systems like outpost building can feel clunky, and some mechanics don’t reach their full potential. But even with those shortcomings, the overall experience remains solid. It’s a reminder that a game doesn’t need relentless intensity or deeply complex storytelling to be enjoyable—it just needs a world that feels worth spending time in.
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Not everything has to be extreme high-stakes speed poker. Starfield is a good example of what game development can look like when it isn’t constantly trying to overwhelm the player. Except for the occasional frustrations with outpost management, the game is relatively fun and, in many ways, as good as any other AAA title out there.
What stands out most is its willingness to slow down. You’re not always being pushed into apocalyptic urgency or endless faction conflicts. Instead, the game offers space—literally and figuratively—to just exist in its universe. That calm air is something modern games often forget to include. There are long stretches where you’re simply traveling, scanning planets, listening to ambient sounds, or walking through a quiet settlement, and that restraint becomes part of its charm.
Bethesda Game Studios leans into a more traditional RPG structure here. The story isn’t trying to reinvent the wheel, and that’s fine. It provides a framework rather than a spectacle, allowing players to engage with it at their own pace. Not every narrative needs to be a grand, world-ending epic filled with constant twists and high drama. Sometimes a lighter touch, with smaller personal stories and exploration-driven moments, can be just as engaging.
There’s also something to be said about the sense of solitude the game captures. Space doesn’t always feel dangerous—it often feels quiet, almost meditative. That mood won’t appeal to everyone, especially players looking for constant adrenaline, but for those who enjoy a slower, more contemplative experience, it hits a rare sweet spot.
Of course, the game isn’t without flaws. Systems like outpost building can feel clunky, and some mechanics don’t reach their full potential. But even with those shortcomings, the overall experience remains solid. It’s a reminder that a game doesn’t need relentless intensity or deeply complex storytelling to be enjoyable—it just needs a world that feels worth spending time in.
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tUpdate: Yes! Yesyesyes, Free Lanes delivered and then some! It expanded the exploration potential immensely, did the same for immersion, and made the game even more meditative than before! Systems feel truly lived in now!
And this is beyond the myriad QoL improvements and mechanical expansions it added to the game! This world just got a LOT bigger!
Original: After putting this game off since launch due to reports of instability and, well, it just not being a "good" game, I am happy to say it may be one of the best surprises I've ever had in terms of gaming.
While, true, the lack of freeform space exploration present in other games (i.e. being able to travel between planets in a system without passing through a loading screen) does make itself felt, I've found everything else to be absolutely engrossing! (to note, this will probably be an outdated observation once the Free Lanes update rolls out! Exciting times, honestly!)
This is a good Bethesda game! The writing is leagues above any of the more recent Fallout titles. While not quite as deep as Skyrim's, the world building is still a deep well of mysteries, complex lore, history, and emergent stories. In terms of mechanics, I think it's safe to say it has the best movement and combat systems in any Bethesda game thus far, and it looks great-to-gorgeous!
It is still a game utilising the Creation Engine, and some of the familiar hiccups are still there - NPCs sometimes being baffled by a chair in their path, physics hilarity still occasionally ensues when characters or the player bump into decorative objects, and I have encountered a couple of crashes. However, I must say, I wasn't expecting for it to be THIS stable! I mean it, even with a not-insignificant amount of mods and Creations installed, I think this one has crashed the least (by far!) out of all other Bethesda titles I've played so far! And, I swear, it's the first time when I'm not afraid of Alt-Tabbing out of a Creation Engine game!
But even beyond the newfound smoothness of the engine, even beyond the greatly improved texture fidelity and model detailing, even beyond the visceral immediacy of combat, it's the story which gripped me. It genuinely filled me with a sense of wonder I haven't felt in a long time! True, as mentioned, it may not be as outwardly dense as Skyrim's, but Bethesda have absolutely nailed that "epicness" of a good Space Opera! I haven't slept this little since binge-reading Foundation.
For the first time in a long time, I'm excited about the possibilities! I hope they'll stick with it in spite of the reception it got. It genuinely feels as though they're heading in the right direction with this one, especially if they manage to achieve what they've set out to do with the upcoming update and DLC.
Edit: oh, and the driving is 100% Mass Effect: floaty, fast, and fun!
P.S.: if anyone at Bethesda is reading this, please don't be afraid to go even crazier with the additions! There's so much room for space insanity in this one! From mind-boggling sentient species, to even more out-there Space Magic stuff, and even the more esoteric theories about the spacetime continuum, you've genuinely created a solid foundation upon which any and all of the above would thrive! Heck, I wouldn't even mind seeing Space Khajiit! I mean, can you imagine the massive trade empire they could've built?! Sorry, I'm going off the rails...\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t
\n\n\t\t\t\tAnd this is beyond the myriad QoL improvements and mechanical expansions it added to the game! This world just got a LOT bigger!
Original: After putting this game off since launch due to reports of instability and, well, it just not being a "good" game, I am happy to say it may be one of the best surprises I've ever had in terms of gaming.
While, true, the lack of freeform space exploration present in other games (i.e. being able to travel between planets in a system without passing through a loading screen) does make itself felt, I've found everything else to be absolutely engrossing! (to note, this will probably be an outdated observation once the Free Lanes update rolls out! Exciting times, honestly!)
This is a good Bethesda game! The writing is leagues above any of the more recent Fallout titles. While not quite as deep as Skyrim's, the world building is still a deep well of mysteries, complex lore, history, and emergent stories. In terms of mechanics, I think it's safe to say it has the best movement and combat systems in any Bethesda game thus far, and it looks great-to-gorgeous!
It is still a game utilising the Creation Engine, and some of the familiar hiccups are still there - NPCs sometimes being baffled by a chair in their path, physics hilarity still occasionally ensues when characters or the player bump into decorative objects, and I have encountered a couple of crashes. However, I must say, I wasn't expecting for it to be THIS stable! I mean it, even with a not-insignificant amount of mods and Creations installed, I think this one has crashed the least (by far!) out of all other Bethesda titles I've played so far! And, I swear, it's the first time when I'm not afraid of Alt-Tabbing out of a Creation Engine game!
But even beyond the newfound smoothness of the engine, even beyond the greatly improved texture fidelity and model detailing, even beyond the visceral immediacy of combat, it's the story which gripped me. It genuinely filled me with a sense of wonder I haven't felt in a long time! True, as mentioned, it may not be as outwardly dense as Skyrim's, but Bethesda have absolutely nailed that "epicness" of a good Space Opera! I haven't slept this little since binge-reading Foundation.
For the first time in a long time, I'm excited about the possibilities! I hope they'll stick with it in spite of the reception it got. It genuinely feels as though they're heading in the right direction with this one, especially if they manage to achieve what they've set out to do with the upcoming update and DLC.
Edit: oh, and the driving is 100% Mass Effect: floaty, fast, and fun!
P.S.: if anyone at Bethesda is reading this, please don't be afraid to go even crazier with the additions! There's so much room for space insanity in this one! From mind-boggling sentient species, to even more out-there Space Magic stuff, and even the more esoteric theories about the spacetime continuum, you've genuinely created a solid foundation upon which any and all of the above would thrive! Heck, I wouldn't even mind seeing Space Khajiit! I mean, can you imagine the massive trade empire they could've built?! Sorry, I'm going off the rails...\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t
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The game should have come out like this on release, and I will continue to criticize Bethesda for that. With that said, I think it finally lives up to the title of a BGS game in Space. People who dislike BGS's style of games won't like it, but I do, and after this updated I finally actually managed to play Starfield.
The addition of new systems and some semblance of actual exploration versus just the "fast travel simulator" of the base game allowed this game to feel good enough for me to start to enjoy more what it does well, such as how fun the background system interactions are in how to make the runs feel unique, or an overall pleasant cast with some hit or miss character events that place them above previous BGS attempts.
Played just vanilla, and was immediately hit with many areas I would like to expand on (I guess through mods, some paid, an even smaller fraction of those being worth the money it seems) but I still think the core vanilla experience is good enough to recommend now.\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t
\n\n\t\t\t\tThe game should have come out like this on release, and I will continue to criticize Bethesda for that. With that said, I think it finally lives up to the title of a BGS game in Space. People who dislike BGS's style of games won't like it, but I do, and after this updated I finally actually managed to play Starfield.
The addition of new systems and some semblance of actual exploration versus just the "fast travel simulator" of the base game allowed this game to feel good enough for me to start to enjoy more what it does well, such as how fun the background system interactions are in how to make the runs feel unique, or an overall pleasant cast with some hit or miss character events that place them above previous BGS attempts.
Played just vanilla, and was immediately hit with many areas I would like to expand on (I guess through mods, some paid, an even smaller fraction of those being worth the money it seems) but I still think the core vanilla experience is good enough to recommend now.\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tNo, Mr Zur, the problem is not that we "aren't ready" for this "visionary."
No, Mr. Howard, no one is going to "stand around looking at stuff" for a thousand hours.
I was willing to let it slide, the studio's been through a lot, but if you're going to be insulting instead of owning up to the real and game-breaking issues, then pfffff. Instead of throwing shade at long-time loyal customers, try following the examples of No Man's Sky, Cyberpunk 2077, hell Final Fantasy XIV Online:
Mistakes were made. Fix them. Modders can't save you this time; you broke too many things at the engine level.
Right the ship before you become the next Bioware. Please. No one wants to see that.
In fact, I'd be fine if you finished TESVI and got that out the door and boosted your cash flow to make Micro$oft happy and THEN fixed it.
But don't p**s up my back and tell me it's raining.
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\n\n\t\t\t\tNo, Mr. Howard, no one is going to "stand around looking at stuff" for a thousand hours.
I was willing to let it slide, the studio's been through a lot, but if you're going to be insulting instead of owning up to the real and game-breaking issues, then pfffff. Instead of throwing shade at long-time loyal customers, try following the examples of No Man's Sky, Cyberpunk 2077, hell Final Fantasy XIV Online:
Mistakes were made. Fix them. Modders can't save you this time; you broke too many things at the engine level.
Right the ship before you become the next Bioware. Please. No one wants to see that.
In fact, I'd be fine if you finished TESVI and got that out the door and boosted your cash flow to make Micro$oft happy and THEN fixed it.
But don't p**s up my back and tell me it's raining.
*Suit Protection Degraded*
Give me a reason to change this to a Recommend. Listen not to your ego, but to your pride.\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tcoming back to see the updates 3 years later i can say its a better but still underwhelming game. still Restricted by the same old engine but it still follow a bethesda formula and a lot of people like that. I like it enough to give it another playthrough but still i hope they do something different with Elder scroll 6 and take some risks. Kick HR out of the room while they write compelling stories. Stop listening to the vocal few in the "modern audience" who dont show up to support you, make a game for the fans.\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t114.6 hrs on record\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tThis game is dog water in a way that you can still be very entertained. The fact that I, want to play it again made me realize I have a mental deficiency.\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\thave tried five different times to enjoy this game.
The Good:
Deep customization systems, engaging outpost mechanics that allow for satisfying crafting, and genuinely compelling locations to explore. Honestly, this game would be better with less of a narrative at this point. Just give me a ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ excuse to engage with these gameplay systems, because mechanically, they are fantastic.
The Bad:
The story. The narrative is just hot garbage. I find myself actively trying to be an ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ just to manufacture some kind of compelling tension with NPCs, but the game barely lets you do it. The RPG elements are so homogenized that it barely feels like an RPG at all. You make a choice, you get XP, and that's it. No lasting consequences, no buffs or debuffs, no real gains or losses.
The Illusion of Choice:
Yes, there are choices, but the narrative is so sanitized that you have no reason to care about making them.
There is a side quest where you encounter a 200-year-old generation ship from Earth. They have no idea humanity has expanded across the galaxy or that technology has advanced to the point where they could freely integrate into modern society. Turns out, the planet they are orbiting is technically theirs by right of first claim—except a massive corporation planted a luxury resort there first.
The game presents you with three choices to resolve this:
1. Force the colonists to "pay" an arbitrary debt to the corporation via indentured servitude.
2. Buy them an expensive grav drive out of your own pocket so they can ♥♥♥♥ off to another world.
3. Destroy the ship and kill everyone on board.
The Total Lack of Impact:
On paper, these choices should have profound, lasting consequences. You would expect the game to reflect the weight of your actions:
1. If you buy them a drive, maybe you stumble upon their crashed ship later on a barren world because they didn't understand the new tech.
2. If you force them into servitude, maybe your standing with the corporation increases and you become a known corporate slaver.
3. If you blow them up, maybe it puts a permanent bounty on your head, makes you a target, or you get hunted down by their distant descendants.
None of that happens.
If you force them into servitude, they simply land, put on resort uniforms, and become background NPCs with single lines of dialogue. If you kill them, the quest just ends. You get your XP. Congrats, you're done. If you buy them a grav drive, they jump away never to be seen or heard from again. "Quest complete."
The Verdict:
I have no reason to care about any of my choices because the narrative takes zero risks and does nothing to compel me to care about anyone or anything in this universe. At this point, it is literally No Man's Sky with extra steps.
The systems and gameplay presented are genuinely good. But the universe I am supposed to immerse myself and roleplay within does nothing to make me feel like my actions actually matter. For Christ's sake, in Skyrim, you can determine the outcome of a ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ civil war! Where is that level of tension here? At no point have I felt anything other than bored with the RPG elements—which is supposed to be the core of what Bethesda is known for.\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t
\n\n\t\t\t\tThe Good:
Deep customization systems, engaging outpost mechanics that allow for satisfying crafting, and genuinely compelling locations to explore. Honestly, this game would be better with less of a narrative at this point. Just give me a ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ excuse to engage with these gameplay systems, because mechanically, they are fantastic.
The Bad:
The story. The narrative is just hot garbage. I find myself actively trying to be an ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ just to manufacture some kind of compelling tension with NPCs, but the game barely lets you do it. The RPG elements are so homogenized that it barely feels like an RPG at all. You make a choice, you get XP, and that's it. No lasting consequences, no buffs or debuffs, no real gains or losses.
The Illusion of Choice:
Yes, there are choices, but the narrative is so sanitized that you have no reason to care about making them.
There is a side quest where you encounter a 200-year-old generation ship from Earth. They have no idea humanity has expanded across the galaxy or that technology has advanced to the point where they could freely integrate into modern society. Turns out, the planet they are orbiting is technically theirs by right of first claim—except a massive corporation planted a luxury resort there first.
The game presents you with three choices to resolve this:
1. Force the colonists to "pay" an arbitrary debt to the corporation via indentured servitude.
2. Buy them an expensive grav drive out of your own pocket so they can ♥♥♥♥ off to another world.
3. Destroy the ship and kill everyone on board.
The Total Lack of Impact:
On paper, these choices should have profound, lasting consequences. You would expect the game to reflect the weight of your actions:
1. If you buy them a drive, maybe you stumble upon their crashed ship later on a barren world because they didn't understand the new tech.
2. If you force them into servitude, maybe your standing with the corporation increases and you become a known corporate slaver.
3. If you blow them up, maybe it puts a permanent bounty on your head, makes you a target, or you get hunted down by their distant descendants.
None of that happens.
If you force them into servitude, they simply land, put on resort uniforms, and become background NPCs with single lines of dialogue. If you kill them, the quest just ends. You get your XP. Congrats, you're done. If you buy them a grav drive, they jump away never to be seen or heard from again. "Quest complete."
The Verdict:
I have no reason to care about any of my choices because the narrative takes zero risks and does nothing to compel me to care about anyone or anything in this universe. At this point, it is literally No Man's Sky with extra steps.
The systems and gameplay presented are genuinely good. But the universe I am supposed to immerse myself and roleplay within does nothing to make me feel like my actions actually matter. For Christ's sake, in Skyrim, you can determine the outcome of a ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ civil war! Where is that level of tension here? At no point have I felt anything other than bored with the RPG elements—which is supposed to be the core of what Bethesda is known for.\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\tNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 - VRAM: 24 GB
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t403.7 hrs on record\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tThere will be a point rather early on in your playthrough where you will realize that you are simply not having fun. You feel like you are begging this game to give you a dopamine hit and it feels like it refuses by design. This sensation will then last for the rest of your playthrough and you will never feel any sense of satisfaction, happiness, awe, or joy from this game.
This game is the definition of the Sunk Cost Fallacy. Do not buy.\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t
\n\n\t\t\t\tThis game is the definition of the Sunk Cost Fallacy. Do not buy.\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\tNVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER - VRAM: 8 GB
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t40.3 hrs on record\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tFor a game that boasts a huge number of worlds, this game is surprisingly lifeless. The worlds are all randomly generated, but most worlds have only a few resources. The quests feel like a chore, traveling between planets feels like a chore, etc. I really wanted to love this game and I gave it a good 40 hours before deciding I just wasn’t having fun.
One last annoyance: There are like 5 romance options. In such a huge world, that’s baffling to me! Even Stardew Valley has more options.\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t
\n\n\t\t\t\tOne last annoyance: There are like 5 romance options. In such a huge world, that’s baffling to me! Even Stardew Valley has more options.\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t
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\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\t\tWas this review helpful?\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t
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If there's a space game that's not Star Wars I am probably playing it... and Starfield has a lot to offer that many do not. As of writing this there isn't a single space game or sim that really has everything but with this most recent update Starfield comes quite close in a lot of respects. And when I'm craving something it doesn't offer? I'll play something else until my next return.
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No game is perfect, but I'm looking forward to putting in many more hours into this universe, and onto the next ;)\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t
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expectations:
A total rework of space travel that adds in the wonder of traveling and exploring between planets that was missing, phasing out the old loading screen system that plagued the community and made space travel boring.
First impressions:
The start of the game and it's 'wonder inspiring' intro failed to also incorporate the new traveling system, the loading screens are still there at the very start, which was concerning because this is supposed to be a 'major update.' It's scripted to hand hold the player and keep them from running off to learn how things work so i gave it the benefit of doubt.
After Jemison, a huge wall of text explains the 'cruise mode' to travel between planets, with the option to fast travel, and some POI's in between so this mechanic gets a passing wave as a start. Obviously, it doesn't want you to fly too close to planets, and if you try it becomes pretty obvious they're just sphere's floating around everywhere.
HOWEVER, it is a significant improvement from the loading screens, it nullifies them for quick ones which is basically just the screen blurring while it processes where you are, but space travel feels more involved now. Instead of watching your ship travel through space, now you are, though travel between systems is still the same.
As is a lot of things.
1 hour in and it's obvious that this is just a new mechanic, a needed one for sure, but basically nothing else has changed. I did notice some QOL improvements, so it feels a little smoother but otherwise it just doesn't feel like much outside of it has really changed. Cruising phases out other ships and effectively shunts you into a new traversable space to explore and shunts you back into the games previous mechanics when you reach a POI or exit cruise mode.
Reality:
it's a newly made mechanic that's just been fit in between everything, the only thing major about it is the huge increase in file size, more than doubling the original size of starfield. I assume because of all the assets it adds in for you to explore this effective bridge between places. It's pretty underwhelming but it also actually improves the experience significantly. Frankly, however, this should've been how it was at launch, compared to how the game is or was it is an improvement but it's pretty basic and i feel like it's essentially just a toy for modders to play with which also makes sense.
A minor or at most regular update, really, you can sort of easily boil it down into QOL improvements and bug fixes.
modding:
a lot of mods are going to be uber broken just trying to work with this new mechanic and i feel it's going to be a scramble to fix. I am personally excited to see what mod authors will do with it, POI mods, my favorite mod starvival working it's fuel use into it. However, i fear that is also bathesda's goal, so they can monetize it.
tl;dr it is an improvement, but it's one that should've been in the game at the start, otherwise it doesn't really improve the game as a whole outside of finally letting the player explore space instead of watching their ship fly through it.
It's a space game and you watched space fly without the ability to fly through it. This fixes that, but exploring space is the minimum you should expect out of any space game period.
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Review of the game itself:
With the right mods it becomes rather interesting, but it's been happening again and again recently that burns me out on it; the lack of generative flavor and poor base building.
Straight up, if they just had doors between habitats it'd be okay for me, but they failed to have that so it was extremely disappointing to try and make anything. A mod fixes that so i'm not totally bummed out by it.
Meanwhile the generation of planets becomes stale very quickly. just a landscape without many features, landing even on mountain biomes is effectively flat terrain with some hills that is so long that i get really bored just trying to get the special features scanned. There isn't really any mods that can fix that though so it ends up being the driving thing that makes me step away from the game, it's just not interesting exploring planets at all besides money which is sad for a game with a theme for exploration. Mods that augment enemies and make the POI's more interesting does make it tolerable by making up for it with interesting combat.
Otherwise, with the right mods it becomes pretty entertaining, enough to come back every now and then. I'd probably wait for a sale for everything though.
tl;dr, planets are boring and tedious to explore, mods can help spice things up enough that i come back every now and then. 'Kinda garbage but not hot smelly garbage, like the type of garbage you'd feel okay sticking your hand in to see if there's anything interesting inside and occasionally you fight a raccoon to keep things interesting, type of garbage' as a certain stab crazy Minnesotan lizard might say. I'd recommend it on sale.\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t
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A total rework of space travel that adds in the wonder of traveling and exploring between planets that was missing, phasing out the old loading screen system that plagued the community and made space travel boring.
First impressions:
The start of the game and it's 'wonder inspiring' intro failed to also incorporate the new traveling system, the loading screens are still there at the very start, which was concerning because this is supposed to be a 'major update.' It's scripted to hand hold the player and keep them from running off to learn how things work so i gave it the benefit of doubt.
After Jemison, a huge wall of text explains the 'cruise mode' to travel between planets, with the option to fast travel, and some POI's in between so this mechanic gets a passing wave as a start. Obviously, it doesn't want you to fly too close to planets, and if you try it becomes pretty obvious they're just sphere's floating around everywhere.
HOWEVER, it is a significant improvement from the loading screens, it nullifies them for quick ones which is basically just the screen blurring while it processes where you are, but space travel feels more involved now. Instead of watching your ship travel through space, now you are, though travel between systems is still the same.
As is a lot of things.
1 hour in and it's obvious that this is just a new mechanic, a needed one for sure, but basically nothing else has changed. I did notice some QOL improvements, so it feels a little smoother but otherwise it just doesn't feel like much outside of it has really changed. Cruising phases out other ships and effectively shunts you into a new traversable space to explore and shunts you back into the games previous mechanics when you reach a POI or exit cruise mode.
Reality:
it's a newly made mechanic that's just been fit in between everything, the only thing major about it is the huge increase in file size, more than doubling the original size of starfield. I assume because of all the assets it adds in for you to explore this effective bridge between places. It's pretty underwhelming but it also actually improves the experience significantly. Frankly, however, this should've been how it was at launch, compared to how the game is or was it is an improvement but it's pretty basic and i feel like it's essentially just a toy for modders to play with which also makes sense.
A minor or at most regular update, really, you can sort of easily boil it down into QOL improvements and bug fixes.
modding:
a lot of mods are going to be uber broken just trying to work with this new mechanic and i feel it's going to be a scramble to fix. I am personally excited to see what mod authors will do with it, POI mods, my favorite mod starvival working it's fuel use into it. However, i fear that is also bathesda's goal, so they can monetize it.
tl;dr it is an improvement, but it's one that should've been in the game at the start, otherwise it doesn't really improve the game as a whole outside of finally letting the player explore space instead of watching their ship fly through it.
It's a space game and you watched space fly without the ability to fly through it. This fixes that, but exploring space is the minimum you should expect out of any space game period.
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Review of the game itself:
With the right mods it becomes rather interesting, but it's been happening again and again recently that burns me out on it; the lack of generative flavor and poor base building.
Straight up, if they just had doors between habitats it'd be okay for me, but they failed to have that so it was extremely disappointing to try and make anything. A mod fixes that so i'm not totally bummed out by it.
Meanwhile the generation of planets becomes stale very quickly. just a landscape without many features, landing even on mountain biomes is effectively flat terrain with some hills that is so long that i get really bored just trying to get the special features scanned. There isn't really any mods that can fix that though so it ends up being the driving thing that makes me step away from the game, it's just not interesting exploring planets at all besides money which is sad for a game with a theme for exploration. Mods that augment enemies and make the POI's more interesting does make it tolerable by making up for it with interesting combat.
Otherwise, with the right mods it becomes pretty entertaining, enough to come back every now and then. I'd probably wait for a sale for everything though.
tl;dr, planets are boring and tedious to explore, mods can help spice things up enough that i come back every now and then. 'Kinda garbage but not hot smelly garbage, like the type of garbage you'd feel okay sticking your hand in to see if there's anything interesting inside and occasionally you fight a raccoon to keep things interesting, type of garbage' as a certain stab crazy Minnesotan lizard might say. I'd recommend it on sale.\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t
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