Unfortunately this game has only gone down the more I've thought about it. Despite riding high on how much I was enjoying some of the experience here overall I was reminded, this game feels fucking old.
Now trust me I love bethesda rpgs, Fallout New Vegas (yes trans girl loves fallout new vegas har har), Morrowind, Oblivion, and Skyrim. These are all experiences I thoroughly enjoyed and grewup on. So when Starfield was announced I thought that this was gonna showcase the next big evolution in Bethesda's rpg portfolio, that they are gonna ship something that will bring their rpgs into the modern era. Despite the year this game cameout in, it feels like it was designed for the 360.
The main story was definitely not their best, with having characters that feel oddly written. I think the twist with the story falls really flat after you think about it for like two seconds. The general worldbuilding aswell feels so barren and while there may be a lot to read, I was not given confidence through how the game is written to seek it out. With some high spots being the city of Neon and some mining colonies, nothing too memorable really. While faction quests are amazing and provide a lot of story the fact they feel better then the main quest is extremely dissapointing.
The gameplay is genuinely a step up from other bethesda games like fallout with feeling extremely satisfied to shoot and blast your way through enemy compounds. The only problem is that the gameplay feels like it doesn't allow for a lot of builds. The general layout of arenas feel extremely cookie cutter and not as engaging despite the fact the game feels like it was built to be like a shooter.
A big issue for me aswell is just the general game feel. In the post No Man's Sky era to have this many planets explorable but with how fucking little there is to do on a lot of them it just feels pathetic? The absence of a minimap on city areas leads to genuine headaches trying to remember where certain stores/important areas were. This game feels like a damn loading screen simulator which yes for 2011 loading screens made sense but we are in the year 2023. Cyberpunk cameout in 2020 and offered little to no loading screens.
Overall I think the game to a certain degree was enjoyable and the team at bethesda studios should be proud of an accomplishment which was just making this game when it had the scope it did. Just really wish it felt like they truly made a NEW rpg
Now trust me I love bethesda rpgs, Fallout New Vegas (yes trans girl loves fallout new vegas har har), Morrowind, Oblivion, and Skyrim. These are all experiences I thoroughly enjoyed and grewup on. So when Starfield was announced I thought that this was gonna showcase the next big evolution in Bethesda's rpg portfolio, that they are gonna ship something that will bring their rpgs into the modern era. Despite the year this game cameout in, it feels like it was designed for the 360.
The main story was definitely not their best, with having characters that feel oddly written. I think the twist with the story falls really flat after you think about it for like two seconds. The general worldbuilding aswell feels so barren and while there may be a lot to read, I was not given confidence through how the game is written to seek it out. With some high spots being the city of Neon and some mining colonies, nothing too memorable really. While faction quests are amazing and provide a lot of story the fact they feel better then the main quest is extremely dissapointing.
The gameplay is genuinely a step up from other bethesda games like fallout with feeling extremely satisfied to shoot and blast your way through enemy compounds. The only problem is that the gameplay feels like it doesn't allow for a lot of builds. The general layout of arenas feel extremely cookie cutter and not as engaging despite the fact the game feels like it was built to be like a shooter.
A big issue for me aswell is just the general game feel. In the post No Man's Sky era to have this many planets explorable but with how fucking little there is to do on a lot of them it just feels pathetic? The absence of a minimap on city areas leads to genuine headaches trying to remember where certain stores/important areas were. This game feels like a damn loading screen simulator which yes for 2011 loading screens made sense but we are in the year 2023. Cyberpunk cameout in 2020 and offered little to no loading screens.
Overall I think the game to a certain degree was enjoyable and the team at bethesda studios should be proud of an accomplishment which was just making this game when it had the scope it did. Just really wish it felt like they truly made a NEW rpg