Starfield, or other Bethesda type Games, are really “YMMV”.

Colleague of mine still plays it, while i dropped it after some 50’ish hours and having played the crimson raiders arc. At first i had a lot of fun exploring planets for that tasty EXP and getting a Build going.

Now i can Streamroll pretty much everything (Solo build, so no companions) and am fairly high level. Too high level (47 i think?) that Side-Quests with their 100 EXP Reward simply aren’t worth doing when i can get that per enemy on the level 70+ worlds easily without much of a fight.

(Been playing on PC though, for me it ain’t worth it to force myself to play it on Deck but i would’ve if i didn’t have any other means).

The other thing that eventually sets in: You keep repeating the same-ish loop of Exploration which can get old really fast if there’s long streches without any combat or worthwhile lore advancement. Once you begin to see repeats of certain locations and figure out that permanent upgrade magazines usually only spawn in unique locations (which you can see from orbit view after scanning)…

It’s just not worth it anymore at some point.

I’m enjoying playing it on game pass and streaming it to the deck, but I wouldn’t buy it. Doubt I’ll even buy another month of game pass to finish the game if it cuts me off early.

I didn’t like Fallout 4 on release and still think it’s the worst 3D Fallout (if we exclude 76 which I only played for a couple of hours). BUT, after a bit I started really enjoying it for what it was even if there’s still things I don’t like.

Starfield on the other hand… Oh boy. I played nearly a hundred hours up until I was on NG+2 just to see if I didn’t get it, expecting it to eventually become good.
It never did. Don’t get me wrong, I had my fair share of fun moments while playing, the combat for exemple I dinf pretty neat, like a better version of F4. The space ships are also pretty cool even though they ultimately don’t really serve a purpose. Some quests were also god.

But man, is the game bland and devoid of charm. It’s not optimized, the story is boring, the facial animations are still outdated and uncanny, there’s ZERO reason to explore which is what I’ve always enjoyed in Bethesda games, it’s not a pretty game except for some interior environments (That pretty much all look like a better version of the Institute from F4).

A lot of people have used the phrase “As vast as an ocean, as deep as a puddle” over the years and I feel like it fits Starfield the most. I had the misfortune of buying the premium edition so I’ll probably play through the DLC and uninstall the game again. Until then, I have no desire to ever play this game again.<

All of this is just my opinion btw, I don’t hate people for enjoying the game, it’s jsut not a good Bethesda game to me, or a good game period.

It’s because people criticized Fallout 4 as an RPG. Now people are playing it as a looter shooter, ignoring the main story, and wondering why people hated it.

As an RPG it’s terrible. As a looter shooter it’s enjoyable. Those who approached it as the second enjoyed it more and called those that tried it out as an RPG “stupid”.

Plus the story isn’t good. The lead writer said he didn’t put effort into the story because “we can write the best story and they’ll make paper airplanes out of it.” While I can understand not making it a priority, not giving much thought into it because some people won’t pay attention is a shot in the face to those that would.