Hi guys! This was a long time putting together. We didn't include everything this game has but if we did this video would be 6 hours long. Hope you enjoy the video! - Craig and Heather 🙂
starfield is a fantastic game i have 1600 hours on steam in it, the base and ship building make it very interesting, and the weapon selection is awesome
As a Bethesda Fanboy, I've been playing Skyrim for 15 years, it's my go to when I don't know what to play, when I want some comfort gaming, I've returned to it time and time again. As such I was sooooo hyped for this game and it did nothing but disappoint. Was it over hyped and under developed? yes. But Bethesda only have themselves to blame for that. For me the SciFi genre is all about discovery, the alure of the unknown.. and Starfield has non of it. No sentient aliens, no other cultures, no discovery of the new and unknown. You play this game for 40mins and you have experienced 90% of the discovery it has to offer. Layer in the clunky menus, annoying NPC's, lack luster main story, generic weapons, the list of issues goes on and on. It's just mind blowing that the company behind Skyrim & Fallout, brought us this. truly disappointing.
The shooting in starfield is fine but the biggest issues are the boring soulless setting, boring exploration, and complete lack of immersion. I don't know how that can be fixed without seriously going back to the drawing board, but if modders can add a one big map that feels like the Commonwealth that would go a long way to making it fun. I like the space ship but going between planets feels awful. I just want a big map to roam around and stumble into content, not 3000 little maps that feel empty and lifeless
I just downloaded this game 2 days ago and I can definitely see the bugs that are STILL in the game. I remember this game coming out and me being so excited and told myself I’d buy it after reviews come out…. After reading the reviews.. I decided to not get it. 1 year later I am playing it. I am really enjoying it. There is a lot more depth than I anticipated and great short story’s on the side. I think where Bethesda went wrong was they released very short after Baulders Gate, which was Flawless or near perfect in the gaming worlds eyes. Then around 1 month later Star field game came out. Which definitely changed the standard or expectations for them from the gaming community. That leads into my second point, bugs… game was NOT ready. This game was playable but not ready at all. The little things matter. Star field skimmed over those in a lot of areas. I am really enjoying my time playing the game right now.
I waited a few weeks to buy it and the reviews were amazing in the beginning. Also spoilers started to come out, so I bought it. So glad I did. I've enjoying playing this game exclusively, over 600 hours this last year. The story is not bad, the faction quests are very good and I liked all the companions. As a gamer in my 40s I could appreciate their back stories. I think most of the hate is from hard core gamers. This game is more of a slow burn. Those that rushed to NG ruined the experience for themselves.
Had my fun with the game- but it deserves tha bad criticism. I don't mind the loading screens, gunplay is ok. Main problem is that stories and quests are really really stupid, boring and bland. You can help each faction in a single playtrough- doesn't change anything. Main fetch quest- as soon as you get powers and figure out what to do with the artifacts.. everybody becomes power hungry maniacs who are utterly uninterested in the mysteries of the temples and artifacts. Who built them and why
Nobody give the flora and fauna enough credit but their is a huge variety. Sometimes I'll land just to see what kind of weird creatures are on a planet.
i really liked starfield, at least for a while until all the cool quests had run out. but the worst thing about this game were *CONSTANT BUUUUUGS* i had so many technical problems it was no longer funny. at every turn, from endless annoying little glitches every 20 seconds, to multiple game breaking bugs that never got fixed even after months of patching. half the time i was looking for fixes instead of playing. at first it was manageable but the longer i played the worse it got, towards the end game was literally imploding in front of me, it was borderline unplayable. in the end i wasn't able to finish it because last mission got so broken i couldn't fix even with console commands, after many days of searching and trying i gave up and had to watch ending on youtube.
I had a similar experience. Main NPC's, ships, and the floor of most major cities vanishing. Even reloading old saves didn't work. I legit couldn't finish 3 of the main quests which left the game extremely shallow. 2 months after release none of it was fixed but they fixed the underground merchant chests so the one positive of the floors being gone was taken away.
We're not haters. Its excellent that some people, like yourself, are finding such joy in Starfield and I'm sure the DLC will be a great addition. But we can't ignore the many glaring flaws of a game if we want to create an honest review.
Well, you should give a try at least. For me personally the game is to boring (including unnecessary loading screens, dull quests and side quests, ship traveling, very low imersion, some mechanics is outdated for todays gaming and others minor issues i found). I played, finished it and deleted.
I can't stand this game, I wanted to love it but I just can't. Probably going to be my last bethesda game. I jumped back into skyrim and modded the crap out of it, I am having a blast.
Great review… but I have to disagree with one thing: the Outer Worlds was also very disappointing… even more so than Starfield in some aspects I dare say. It is more forgivable though given the difference in scope of both projects: maybe an Outer Worlds 2 made with more time & resources will be a more fair comparison, but right now as disappointing as Starfield has been, I still could not recommend the Outer Worlds over it.
Yes I believe The Outer Worlds was a disappointment to some when it was released because they too promised a lot and didn't deliver...but I absolutely adore The Outer Worlds and I think they did a lot of things much better than Starfield (except the companions in both games are awful haha) - Heather
I've recently picked up Starfield again myself to play around with survival stuff and I'm bored. I feel that I spend more time farting around in menus, checking afflictions and trying to cure them than playing the game yet still dying anyway. There's far too many Aid items, such as different bandages that treat different afflictions with not enough.hotkey options to cover them. Remembering what hotkey is for whatever item is a nightmare. They need to be condensed imo.
@@sparkzmentalz2 lol. 😂😆 Dream on... No man's Sky can never come near Starfield graphically.... It's an indie game which has cartoonish graphics, no proper story or a plot... And zero appeal. Hahaha! In other words NMS is Starfield for the poor.🤣🤣
@Nyrok007 Facts. NMS is an indie game with worse graphics, worse combat, and a crap story. And yet somehow it's still tons more fun of a space exploration game than AAA Borefield.
I couldn't have said it any better. You hit the nail right on the head. I just commented to another video also reviewing the game after one year. I'll just copy my reply here: "I also admit the game has become slightly better with the updates. The game looks graphically better and runs more smoothly. You also got rid of the endless desert walks towards base and hideouts (which REALLY p*ssed me off). But there's still something missing. Starfield needs a 'purpose'. Raiding planets, building settlements and circulating the main story endlessly does not give me a feeling of something IMPORTANT. A game like Starfield is drowning in the Star Wars universe where you fight evil vs. good. Starfield hasn't got this. I need an important goal/mission that makes me feel I'm doing something important. Saving humanity is always a good idea in this regard. In Starfield you only do things for your self. Well, I guess some players find this ok if they're spoiled and egoistic in nature. But in general people want to do something for other people. To me it is boring doing things just for me. Yes. it can be satisfying for a short moment, but not in the big picture. Starfield simply need this 'save humanity' mission. I don't claim the idea of parallel worlds is a stupid idea. On the contrary, it's one of the main philosophical science subject of all time. The idea of countless worlds just a split second away and still unreachable is fascinating. But why travel through these parallel worlds just to explore forever? Well, if they were visible different in a lot of ways it would be interesting. But still, if I only explored these to calm my own curiosity I'd probably get tired of it because there is no value in this if you can't use it for some good deed. Fallout 4 had a good purpose for you as a player. You had to chose between the future of the Commonwealth. Good or evil? Same goes for Skyrim. But Starfield? It doesn't have a meaningful struggle to offer you. None but the endless travels through 'parallel worlds' more or less identical to each other. If the main idea was to fight the Starborn to prevent them gaining power in these worlds because they were evil and egoistic it would have given me a goal, a mission. But I have a REALLY hard time doing things just because someone thinks I should do them. I simply have to feel my adventure is VERY important, if not critical, towards other people. I need to feel I am the hero of the day." I feel Starfield is specifically DESIGNET to take as much of your time as possible. The goal for Bethesda is only this. And while playing a boring and scraped game they set up their so called 'Creations' which is supposed to earn them a lot of money for many, many years. They created a money machine. Vetra Nyx said something very wise in Mass Effect Andromeda when you first enter the Tempest: "And right now, you need people tearing down obstacles, not putting up more." PS. I played Skyrim in about 3500 hours and Fallout 4 in 7600 hours.
They really asked why like it made no sense astrodynamics, geology, space suit engineering etc was in the Science category?? 🤦♂️ as opposed to what Tech? Over things like robotics, starship design, shield systems, targeting control systems... please help make it make sense
Have you considered seeking mental health help if you consider kids annoying enough to suggest spacing them and that the mostly "goodish" companions annoying? If good people make you sick, you might be the problem not them.
Hi guys!
This was a long time putting together. We didn't include everything this game has but if we did this video would be 6 hours long.
Hope you enjoy the video! - Craig and Heather 🙂
I'll wait 3 more years for the complete edition 😅
Funny enough that's usually what I do with these modern games lol
Honestly it's the best way to game these days
starfield is a fantastic game i have 1600 hours on steam in it, the base and ship building make it very interesting, and the weapon selection is awesome
As a Bethesda Fanboy, I've been playing Skyrim for 15 years, it's my go to when I don't know what to play, when I want some comfort gaming, I've returned to it time and time again. As such I was sooooo hyped for this game and it did nothing but disappoint. Was it over hyped and under developed? yes. But Bethesda only have themselves to blame for that. For me the SciFi genre is all about discovery, the alure of the unknown.. and Starfield has non of it. No sentient aliens, no other cultures, no discovery of the new and unknown. You play this game for 40mins and you have experienced 90% of the discovery it has to offer. Layer in the clunky menus, annoying NPC's, lack luster main story, generic weapons, the list of issues goes on and on. It's just mind blowing that the company behind Skyrim & Fallout, brought us this. truly disappointing.
The shooting in starfield is fine but the biggest issues are the boring soulless setting, boring exploration, and complete lack of immersion. I don't know how that can be fixed without seriously going back to the drawing board, but if modders can add a one big map that feels like the Commonwealth that would go a long way to making it fun. I like the space ship but going between planets feels awful. I just want a big map to roam around and stumble into content, not 3000 little maps that feel empty and lifeless
thank you for confirming my suspicion that starfield is still unworthy of my time
The game is fine. It's mostly bug free, and more moddable than most others. If you're into this kind of game, you'll enjoy this one.
I like the double Review back and forth style. Informative and entertaining.
When I hear Todd Howard’s voice I stop listening
These days i wait a minimum of a year before I buy these modern games
I just downloaded this game 2 days ago and I can definitely see the bugs that are STILL in the game. I remember this game coming out and me being so excited and told myself I’d buy it after reviews come out…. After reading the reviews.. I decided to not get it. 1 year later I am playing it. I am really enjoying it. There is a lot more depth than I anticipated and great short story’s on the side.
I think where Bethesda went wrong was they released very short after Baulders Gate, which was Flawless or near perfect in the gaming worlds eyes. Then around 1 month later Star field game came out. Which definitely changed the standard or expectations for them from the gaming community. That leads into my second point, bugs… game was NOT ready. This game was playable but not ready at all.
The little things matter. Star field skimmed over those in a lot of areas.
I am really enjoying my time playing the game right now.
I waited a few weeks to buy it and the reviews were amazing in the beginning. Also spoilers started to come out, so I bought it. So glad I did. I've enjoying playing this game exclusively, over 600 hours this last year. The story is not bad, the faction quests are very good and I liked all the companions. As a gamer in my 40s I could appreciate their back stories. I think most of the hate is from hard core gamers. This game is more of a slow burn. Those that rushed to NG ruined the experience for themselves.
Had my fun with the game- but it deserves tha bad criticism. I don't mind the loading screens, gunplay is ok.
Main problem is that stories and quests are really really stupid, boring and bland. You can help each faction in a single playtrough- doesn't change anything. Main fetch quest- as soon as you get powers and figure out what to do with the artifacts.. everybody becomes power hungry maniacs who are utterly uninterested in the mysteries of the temples and artifacts. Who built them and why
The only step forward in Starfield from F4 is gunplay and movement. Everything else is a downgrade.
And graphics, space ships, vehicles, actually the world. Dusty postapocalyptic scowling was getting old.
Nobody give the flora and fauna enough credit but their is a huge variety. Sometimes I'll land just to see what kind of weird creatures are on a planet.
I'm a Bethesda fan and usually put 1000's of hours into their game. Not this game however. I've never felt so bored playing a game...
only thing i hate is the endless loading screens
i really liked starfield, at least for a while until all the cool quests had run out.
but the worst thing about this game were *CONSTANT BUUUUUGS*
i had so many technical problems it was no longer funny. at every turn, from endless annoying little glitches every 20 seconds, to multiple game breaking bugs that never got fixed even after months of patching. half the time i was looking for fixes instead of playing. at first it was manageable but the longer i played the worse it got, towards the end game was literally imploding in front of me, it was borderline unplayable.
in the end i wasn't able to finish it because last mission got so broken i couldn't fix even with console commands, after many days of searching and trying i gave up and had to watch ending on youtube.
I had a similar experience. Main NPC's, ships, and the floor of most major cities vanishing. Even reloading old saves didn't work. I legit couldn't finish 3 of the main quests which left the game extremely shallow. 2 months after release none of it was fixed but they fixed the underground merchant chests so the one positive of the floors being gone was taken away.
Don't listen the haters... Ok yes, Starfield was bad at launch but now it's awesome.
I have a lot of fun with it and i can't wait for the DLC.
We're not haters. Its excellent that some people, like yourself, are finding such joy in Starfield and I'm sure the DLC will be a great addition. But we can't ignore the many glaring flaws of a game if we want to create an honest review.
The companions were literally the dingle berry topping on the turd split sundae. This game was headache inducing boredom.
Well, you should give a try at least. For me personally the game is to boring (including unnecessary loading screens, dull quests and side quests, ship traveling, very low imersion, some mechanics is outdated for todays gaming and others minor issues i found). I played, finished it and deleted.
Wrong. Exploring isn't segmented anymore. You can seamlessly run in any direction now.
Starfield is the shittiest BGS game by far !!
I can't stand this game, I wanted to love it but I just can't. Probably going to be my last bethesda game. I jumped back into skyrim and modded the crap out of it, I am having a blast.
Yes!
Great review… but I have to disagree with one thing: the Outer Worlds was also very disappointing… even more so than Starfield in some aspects I dare say.
It is more forgivable though given the difference in scope of both projects: maybe an Outer Worlds 2 made with more time & resources will be a more fair comparison, but right now as disappointing as Starfield has been, I still could not recommend the Outer Worlds over it.
Yes I believe The Outer Worlds was a disappointment to some when it was released because they too promised a lot and didn't deliver...but I absolutely adore The Outer Worlds and I think they did a lot of things much better than Starfield (except the companions in both games are awful haha) - Heather
I've recently picked up Starfield again myself to play around with survival stuff and I'm bored. I feel that I spend more time farting around in menus, checking afflictions and trying to cure them than playing the game yet still dying anyway.
There's far too many Aid items, such as different bandages that treat different afflictions with not enough.hotkey options to cover them. Remembering what hotkey is for whatever item is a nightmare. They need to be condensed imo.
The question is If you want to give your hard earned money to the biggest liar in the industry.
No, thanks.
If anyone is wondering just play No Man's Sky instead
They are completely different games
Ya... NMS is nothing compared to Starfield graphically. Starfield is the best Space Odyssey out there. Period.
Facts. No Man's Sky blows Borefield out the frame.
@@sparkzmentalz2 lol. 😂😆 Dream on... No man's Sky can never come near Starfield graphically.... It's an indie game which has cartoonish graphics, no proper story or a plot... And zero appeal. Hahaha! In other words NMS is Starfield for the poor.🤣🤣
@Nyrok007 Facts. NMS is an indie game with worse graphics, worse combat, and a crap story. And yet somehow it's still tons more fun of a space exploration game than AAA Borefield.
for in space stuff they should have copied good old Freelancer.
I couldn't have said it any better. You hit the nail right on the head.
I just commented to another video also reviewing the game after one year. I'll just copy my reply here:
"I also admit the game has become slightly better with the updates. The game looks graphically better and runs more smoothly. You also got rid of the endless desert walks towards base and hideouts (which REALLY p*ssed me off).
But there's still something missing.
Starfield needs a 'purpose'.
Raiding planets, building settlements and circulating the main story endlessly does not give me a feeling of something IMPORTANT. A game like Starfield is drowning in the Star Wars universe where you fight evil vs. good. Starfield hasn't got this. I need an important goal/mission that makes me feel I'm doing something important. Saving humanity is always a good idea in this regard.
In Starfield you only do things for your self. Well, I guess some players find this ok if they're spoiled and egoistic in nature. But in general people want to do something for other people.
To me it is boring doing things just for me. Yes. it can be satisfying for a short moment, but not in the big picture.
Starfield simply need this 'save humanity' mission.
I don't claim the idea of parallel worlds is a stupid idea. On the contrary, it's one of the main philosophical science subject of all time. The idea of countless worlds just a split second away and still unreachable is fascinating. But why travel through these parallel worlds just to explore forever? Well, if they were visible different in a lot of ways it would be interesting. But still, if I only explored these to calm my own curiosity I'd probably get tired of it because there is no value in this if you can't use it for some good deed.
Fallout 4 had a good purpose for you as a player. You had to chose between the future of the Commonwealth. Good or evil? Same goes for Skyrim. But Starfield? It doesn't have a meaningful struggle to offer you. None but the endless travels through 'parallel worlds' more or less identical to each other.
If the main idea was to fight the Starborn to prevent them gaining power in these worlds because they were evil and egoistic it would have given me a goal, a mission. But I have a REALLY hard time doing things just because someone thinks I should do them. I simply have to feel my adventure is VERY important, if not critical, towards other people. I need to feel I am the hero of the day."
I feel Starfield is specifically DESIGNET to take as much of your time as possible. The goal for Bethesda is only this. And while playing a boring and scraped game they set up their so called 'Creations' which is supposed to earn them a lot of money for many, many years. They created a money machine.
Vetra Nyx said something very wise in Mass Effect Andromeda when you first enter the Tempest:
"And right now, you need people tearing down obstacles, not putting up more."
PS. I played Skyrim in about 3500 hours and Fallout 4 in 7600 hours.
They really asked why like it made no sense astrodynamics, geology, space suit engineering etc was in the Science category?? 🤦♂️ as opposed to what Tech? Over things like robotics, starship design, shield systems, targeting control systems... please help make it make sense
Have you considered seeking mental health help if you consider kids annoying enough to suggest spacing them and that the mostly "goodish" companions annoying?
If good people make you sick, you might be the problem not them.
Its really not that deep.. Cora is just annoying. like a lot of characters.