Starfield

I honestly don’t understand why Starfield gets so much hate. It’s a solid Bethesda sandbox in space: exploration, ships, quests, leveling, and plenty of stuff to get lost in for hours.

This game is what you make out of it. Too many Doom Trolls, complain about features missing features and lack of content, but I'm still finding things that are new to me. Mods really add a personal dimensions to the game, sure there are problems, it's not perfect, but no game can please everyone. Once the Pointer Handle limit is address by Bethesda, what you never heard the issue, yea it suck, and Bethesda need to fix it, since it put a secret limit in the game that Bethesda bragged about removing, mod limits. That's my biggest complaint.

the game is empty and it made me feel sick

Yes. It's a Bethesda game. The review that got me to finally break down and buy it read, and I'll paraphrase "If you like Bethesda's games, if you liked Morrowind, if you liked the Fallout Series, you'll get what you paid for". Yes, I did get what I paid for - while many of the reviews hold true in that the game feels like they held on too long polishing it and not releasing it to such an extent our expectations outgrew what they delivered. You can play No Man's Sky and seamlessly move from planet to space and back again. Yes, the character's and dialog options are pretty good two shoed. You can certainly go and piss of the local security and get a large bounty, but there's not real dark path in the game, or so from what I've seen at this point in my playthrough - and of course there are pronouns...but only in the character creation! Still, why? Pandering much? Also, as with most games circa 2016 and above, the function that guarantees exactly the same mix of races in every scene, and ensures that you get the every 10th odd accent match is in place. It's a good game though, and well worth the original full price with their latest free major updates as of 2026. It could have been so much more though. Based on what I see I have to wonder what or who made certain design decisions that took away from the potential gritty space exploration story that could have been. The game begs to be dark, to thrust the player into a unforgiving world of debauchery and sin, to be gauged and judged based on your action. Instead, it often feels like I'm in a safe space, a warm bubble, merely tickled at times with the finger wagging of my "bad" decision and notion of a grander reality. In closing, I really feel like the Fallout series, the story telling and character development has been lost in newer games. The connections you built with the world that was slowly built around you as you played within it has been lost in modern gaming. Could just be me though, I'm getting old.

It's better than what most people say. Very ambitious as far as Bethesda games go which gives me hope for the future of their IP's. That being said it definitely takes a few steps back in some areas with some very questionable design choices. I respect it for what it is tho, no other game rn really gives you the freedom to be an asteroid miner, or a space pirate, or a captain kirk style space captain, with serviceable rpg mechanics and a living world to go with it. If they ever make a sequel that truly seeks to improve, that game could genuinely be something special. Overall, its fun and has significant shortcomings (aka every Bethesda game ever). 6/10

It's not as good as I expected, and honestly, I don't think it's worth the full price. It might be a good game for some, but just not for me. I really expected the protagonist to be voiced, just like in Fallout 4, but sadly that’s not the case here. Because the main character is completely silent, the story doesn't feel as smooth or immersive to me, even if the plot itself is huge and probably not bad. It's such a shame, because I really wanted to love this game, but that one missing feature ruined the experience for me. :(

Loved the game. Despite few things that need to be improved it has great potential. Enjoyed ship building/customization and ship combat, equipment upgrade/customization. Memorable companions with different personalities. There are few awesome long side quests. Main story is also great and further NG+ support.