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[GrayChild]

86 OC with 50 reviews in.

This is hard to digest. On its own, a great score but for this studio I was expecting Elden Ring/TOTK scores.

And they still haven't counted the Gamespot/IGN scores.

 

[Flabagast]

5 from Paste Magazine

Starfield Fails to Launch

With Starfield the Bethesda RPG format goes traditional sci-fi, to less than stellar results. Who knew space could feel so familiar?

www.pastemagazine.com

Game seems like it is a bloated boring unfocused mess

 

[DenchDeckard]

Cant wait to jump in. Gonna settle around the same as fallout 4 I think.

 

[twilo99]

I was expecting worse overall

 

[Stardust_Dragon]

I don't want to sound mean here, but wasn't it a giant red flag that Starfield was being handed out for free along with buying AMD GPUs + CPUs similar to Star Wars Jedi Survivor earlier this year?

 

[amigastar]

ACG says it's absolutely worth buying.

 

[rofif]

so yeah. I will play immortals

 

[SEGAvangelist]

Surprised to see 7s and 10s. These are weird scores. Good overall, but surprising.

 

[Sacred]

91 on MC

 

[Osthyvel]

I said 83 last week, many laught at me. Well, i might change now actually, my new predict is 73!

 

[FalsettoVibe]

5 from Paste Magazine

Starfield Fails to Launch

With Starfield the Bethesda RPG format goes traditional sci-fi, to less than stellar results. Who knew space could feel so familiar?

www.pastemagazine.com

Game seems like it is a bloated boring unfocused mess

That review is pretty harsh.

 

[GHG]

You are expecting to much, I don’t blame you , it’s this generation , faster , better, more money , Big lifestyles. Easy money .

What the hell are you talking about?

 

[sinnergy]

Only focusing on two reviews?

That is the game

 

[Timberwolf25]

ACG really liked it. Good enough for me.

Fextralife also a 9.4

I trust his reviews the most so plenty good enough for me even thought this is not the type of game I would typically play

 

[Monkfish877]

Not looking good man. I was hoping it would break 90. What a disappointment.

 

[Montauk]

That review is pretty harsh.

They’ve played the game; you haven’t.

 

[Kacho]

Scores are all over the place. Gman loves it. Can’t wait to play tonight.

 

[gow3isben]

LOL

 

[Elder Legend]

Majority of the scores are in 9s and 10s. IGN and GameSpot must he bored out of their fucking minds trying to stir controversy for those desperate clickbait clicks.

 

[Stafford]

Embargo on release day says it all. Some people never learn.

That's not true though. Didn't GTA 5 and RDR2 had those embargoes too? Doom?

 

[Sleepwalker]

What the hell are you talking about?

Love the smell of new copypasta in the morning

 

[Del_X]

This guy puts in work. He says it feels like more of an RPG than Fallout 4.

 

[SlimySnake]

what the fuck going on

Its the first game in the franchise. It was always going to be a little rough around the edges. Uncharted 1, Ass Creed 1, Mass Effect 1 didnt land on the first try either.

This game will still win GOTYs at the end of the year. Critics have to be harsh because of the issues they can ignore, but fans will be handing out GOTYs to this game like candy come award season.

 

[Flabagast]

Polygon (no score) says that the game falls apart under way too much tedium

Starfield sterilizes the final frontier

Starfield buries its best moments beneath too much tedium

www.polygon.com

 

[DeaDPo0L84]

Maybe the Bethesda formula just works better in fantasy/post apocalyptic settings. Game is still gonna be a lot of fun no doubt, mods on PC will make a 7/10 into a 9/10. I'm glad I have no emotional investment in this game or any other, hope you guys are okay, it's just a videogame in the end.

 

[balls of snow]

Alright time to sleep. Will read and pour over ign and gamespot review before playing tomorrow.

 

[MiguelItUp]

Wild how so many people talk shit about IGN and Gamespot scores, but when it comes to Starfield they're praised, wtf lmao.

I was like, oh wow, is it Starfield reviewing bad?

No, no it's not, lmao.

 

[Cyberpunkd]

THey got fed up with bethesda style rpg after Bg 3 showed the light.

As they should.

 

[Represent.]

5 from Paste Magazine

Starfield Fails to Launch

With Starfield the Bethesda RPG format goes traditional sci-fi, to less than stellar results. Who knew space could feel so familiar?

www.pastemagazine.com

Game seems like it is a bloated boring unfocused mess

Out of 10? God damn lol.
This is sad to see.
But then again, all these go anywhere do anything games are a hard sell to me, right from the first gameplay reveal I was fishy.
But this game will have legs.

 

[GymWolf]

Most of yall giving this game 90’s, do you understand an embargo geting released closer to release date is normally a bad sign?

This shit was debunked so many times with so many games already and the game officially release in a week from now.

6\10 would debunk again.

 

[R6Rider]

lol some people are freaking out

 

[mrmustard]

So guys, i'm out of all Starfiled threads, i don't want get spoilered. Have fun playing playing the game or downlplaying it or pretending to be disappointed.

 

[Montauk]

The reviews overall seem pretty good. You’re all overreacting.

 

[Rac3r]

Mixed reviews on open critic

 

[Topher]

Wild how so many people talk shit about IGN and Gamespot scores, but when it comes to Starfield they're praised, wtf lmao.

I was like, oh wow, is it Starfield reviewing bad?

No, no it's not, lmao.

88 is a damn good score.

 

[FalsettoVibe]

They’ve played the game; you haven’t.

Uhh....never implied that I have. lol. Just saying it pretty rough....lol

 

[iorek21]

Worse MC than FF16 is actually an insult.

Starfield asks you to collect garlic after defeating a literal god?

 

[DeaDPo0L84]

This and Redfall, will Microsoft ever recover?

There are still 3rd party companies available to purchase so we shall see...

 

[Sweden85]

"Part of me was hoping Starfield's long years of development and 10-month delay would lead to a more polished experience. Nah. There's as much Bethesda jank on display in Starfield as there ever was"

One year delay was worth it

 

[adamsapple]

8PM EST can't come soon enough!

88 is a damn good score.

Nah man I already deleted my Microsoft account

 

[Crispy Gamer]

When Parris gave it a 4/5 I knew it wasn't gonna score in the 90s but it's gonna be a game that gets better over time

 

[ShadyAcshuns]

Majority of the scores are in 9s and 10s. IGN and GameSpot must he bored out of their fucking minds trying to stir controversy for those desperate clickbait clicks.

What's worse is some people use only those two sites to fit some sort of warped narrative.

 

[Montauk]

Its the first game in the franchise. It was always going to be a little rough around the edges. Uncharted 1, Ass Creed 1, Mass Effect 1 didnt land on the first try either.

This game will still win GOTYs at the end of the year. Critics have to be harsh because of the issues they can ignore, but fans will be handing out GOTYs to this game like candy come award season.

Translation mode

“Harsh” = “they scored below what I wanted”

 

[Flabagast]

Mashable claims that the game missed the point

'Starfield' has everything you could want, except a reason to keep playing

'Skyrim' in space sounds like such a good idea until you play it.

mashable.com

 

[Banjo64]

Starfield Critic Reviews

Starfield has been reviewed by 190 critics and currently has a 'Mighty' rating. Read and browse them all to learn what the top critics in the video game industry are saying.

opencritic.com

86 with 64 reviews in now. So settled on 86 IMO maybe falling 1 point on either side.

 

[Macaron]

Majority of the scores are in 9s and 10s. IGN and GameSpot must he bored out of their fucking minds trying to stir controversy for those desperate clickbait clicks.

LOL the coping has begun.

Maybe its the opposite and the other reviews are too lenient? Lord knows scoring games too high is a bigger problem with reviews than scoring them too low.....

 

[CloudShiner]

Enjoy that pay to play early access for this, guys

 

[Saiyan-Rox]

Did IGN just mark the game down because it has fast travel between planets?

You just know people would bitch about that if it was missing.

 

[killatopak]

4 point below my prediction wtf. At least make it better than NV. With PC mods not being present at launch either, this sucks ass cause that could make it go 100.

Definitely still hyped as fuck but I wouldn't say it didn't hamper my excitement a bit.

 

[VinnyMac]

If Morrowind, Oblivion, Fallout 3, Skyrim, Fallout 4 is a 'shitty track record', we may as well close down the gaming industry and take up a new hobby.

Simply referring to the bugs and glitches not necessarily the games themselves