If you are looking for a spiritual continuation of The Elder Scrolls or Fallout series, Starfield delivers! If you want to explore space in an immersive fashion, you may find yourself dissapointed.
To get the negatives out the way first, lets start with the exploration. Elden Ring is an excellent open world game which always showcases something new over the horizon. It always gives you a visual goal of something you want to play towards. Bethesda are the original kings of open world games. I still remember playing Oblivion for the first time on the Xbox 360, stepping out the sewers and seeing the open world before you. Starfield doesn't capture the open world feeling. While it still has interesting locations and stories to explore, the magic they inspired in a generation of video games is missing.
The story starts strong, but I felt it was short and towards the end rather lackluster. The companions are less interesting than previous titles, and the fact they all come from the same faction feels narrow. There are also no morally grey or straight out evil companions. This is a shame because Starfield accomdates roleplaying all morals well.
However, if you are looking for a fun RPG, with lots of roleplay and interesting substories and factions, Starfield delivers. A return to glory after Fallout 4, the return of dialogue options and meaningful character creation is excellent.
If you are looking for an immersive space sim, Starfield doesn't aim to deliver there. Otherwise, it's a fun game. I would rather be playing TES6, but hopefully the lessons they learn from Starfield only improve TES6. In the same sense the feedback from Fallout 4 is what makes Starfield so much fun.
To get the negatives out the way first, lets start with the exploration. Elden Ring is an excellent open world game which always showcases something new over the horizon. It always gives you a visual goal of something you want to play towards. Bethesda are the original kings of open world games. I still remember playing Oblivion for the first time on the Xbox 360, stepping out the sewers and seeing the open world before you. Starfield doesn't capture the open world feeling. While it still has interesting locations and stories to explore, the magic they inspired in a generation of video games is missing.
The story starts strong, but I felt it was short and towards the end rather lackluster. The companions are less interesting than previous titles, and the fact they all come from the same faction feels narrow. There are also no morally grey or straight out evil companions. This is a shame because Starfield accomdates roleplaying all morals well.
However, if you are looking for a fun RPG, with lots of roleplay and interesting substories and factions, Starfield delivers. A return to glory after Fallout 4, the return of dialogue options and meaningful character creation is excellent.
If you are looking for an immersive space sim, Starfield doesn't aim to deliver there. Otherwise, it's a fun game. I would rather be playing TES6, but hopefully the lessons they learn from Starfield only improve TES6. In the same sense the feedback from Fallout 4 is what makes Starfield so much fun.