“Starfield” is the latest, highly anticipated release from Bethesda Game Studios, the makers of “Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim” and “Fallout 4”. The game has expansive world-building mechanics, featuring role-playing elements, character customization, and the promise of endless exploration among the stars. However, despite running smoothly on high-end hardware and a high degree of freedom, the graphics were a point of disappointment for the player, failing to show a significant improvement compared to Bethesda’s earlier titles.
A significant concern lies with the game’s progression system, which heavily relies on character perks. Unfortunately, many essential abilities and gameplay mechanics are locked behind perks, causing frustration to the player who was unable to progress through missions due to a lack of the required perks. This system forced the player to invest in perks they might not have been interested in to progress through the game which he describes as ‘padding’.
The world-building and game mechanics left the player feeling cold about the game, referring to it as ‘soulless’. The reviewer contrasts “Starfield” with its spiritual predecessors, such as “Skyrim”, “Oblivion”, or “Fallout”, where players could immerse themselves in vibrant and seamless game worlds. In contrast, “Starfield” consists of ‘instance boxes’, where players jump between tasks and quests, ruining immersion.
The Player criticized the game’s immersion-breaking mechanics, particularly the ‘instant’ travel between environments. Instead of allowing players to experience each journey by piloting vehicles or traveling by foot, the game relegates most journeys to instant travel resulting in an experience described as a ‘loading screen simulator’. The lack of immersion extends to NPC interactions, making characters feel more like storage lockers than individuals with personalities.
Despite these flaws, the game does have redeeming qualities. Some of the firefights were described as thrilling and enjoyable, coupled with a variety of guns and powers added to the enjoyment. The game also offers extensive customization options, achieving a wide range of individual expression and creativity.
However, the player was not impressed with the crafting and spaceship building aspects of gameplay due to the number of locked perks required to access them. The game, according to the player, felt less like an RPG and more like a first-person shooter. While the customization options were a plus, such options coupled with boring missions, and unengaging companions made the game feel tedious.
In the end, the Mac considers “Starfield” a disappointment. With an asking price of £85 or $60, they deemed the game not worth the money, labelling it a ‘loading screen simulator’ with subpar graphics, tedious mechanics, and lacklustre immersion. While it has some redeeming qualities such as gunfights and customization, he believes it falls short of Bethesda’s previous offerings and its competitors in the space RPG genre.
the-eradicator reacts
The Eradicator reviews a video in which a YouTube reviewer, code-named Worth A Buy, gives a negative review to the game Starfield, scoring it 4.5 out of 10. He takes issue with the reviewer’s critique, clarifying and countering several points, such as the game’s role-playing genre, the immersive environment, and the space combat system, arguing that the reviewer may have misunderstood the game’s essence due to misplaced expectations. He suggests that Starfield should score around 8 out of 10. Erad also shows concern for the reviewer’s subscribers, as he believes them to be misinformed by the reviewer’s misunderstanding of the game.
Video Transcript
thank you all right guys I’m gonna get angry here field review this game is a disaster and I think that worth a bag gave a a score of 4.5 out of 10. for Star field if I’m correct yeah there you go it’s at the end we let’s check it out you know I’m all for different opinions I’m actually happy to listen to people who don’t agree with me and so we can have a nice interesting conversation but at the same time I do expect people to remain reasonable and I don’t think that it’s reasonable to give 4.5 out of 10 to Starfield but let’s listen the field field is it worth a buy let’s read the words of the words I already Starfield is the First new universe in over 25 years from Bethesda game studios the award-winning creators of the Elder Scrolls V Skyrim and for come on that that is Salty’s Junior the guy the guy is taking footage I’ve played Starfield for 30 hours now this is this part here where you go to a temple and you’re it’s basically you’re going to one of those temples where you get your powers in the game this is the only time or I think no that’s when you rescue Heller actually anyway this is the only time in the game where the camera is within the game terrain like this it does not happen anywhere else at least for me in 30 hours of gameplay this is the only time this has ever happened but no he chooses to show that at the introduction of his video for The Narrative all out for in this next Generation I am set amongst the Stars create any character you want and explore with unparalleled Freedom as you embark on an epic journey to once a Humanity’s greatest mystery why is there so many things first up guys let’s have a look at the graphical options I’m running a 2080 GTX with a 99 32 gig of RAM and I run this on an SSD drive and it ran fine for me you know considering I was running it in 1080P revising on but you can play games in 1080P with vsync on you know that it’s not a crime to do that um it looks fine for me even though the graphics aren’t that good anyway um it just yeah it just worked I didn’t have any crashes I didn’t have any major frame drops I just kind of stuck at around about 55 to 60 most of the time graphically like I said it doesn’t look great um it’s just it’s certainly not next Generation Graphics at all that’s right so not when you look at the likes of Call of Duty that’s coming out in November uh the graphics on that are way better than this so this is not the same scope faces all look weird on the people especially in the in the character creation not so much in the game because all the men look feminine I just didn’t like the way any it didn’t it didn’t matter if they were bald with scars on the Fist and mud all over the face they still look like women now the game is huge it’s vast and I haven’t even touched any of it really I mean I’ve only done like about 18 hours in the game and that’s split over two characters as well I got rid of one after two hours so I’ve hardly scratched the surface I haven’t even customized my ship or anything I have had a look at that and that does look like a really good part of the game I have hardly done any crafting as well everything in this game is behind a perk tree it’s like perk wall guys instead of cash walls it’s a perk wall stuff that you would normally expect to have that other games give you from the get-go this game takes it off you you don’t have hardly anything that you can actually it’s called a skill that’s the point it’s called a skill you’ve got to play the game to earn it that’s why it’s called the pert because I did not understand the game that’s what’s that’s what’s wrong do in situations unless you put perks in you can’t even Target components on an enemy ship unless you put a perk in that’s because you know just like in real life in real life you’ve got to learn how to do something in order to do something in Starfield you got your character needs to learn to do something in order to do something not you it’s an RPG role-playing game it’s not a simulation it’s not an action game it’s a role-playing game you are playing the role of a character in a game that you are helping that character with your own skill but your character is going to have their own set of skills and their own shortcomings because of the lack of experience that they have in the game experience that you are going to eventually get in the game that’s the whole point can’t pick blocks unless you put a perk in you can’t stealth unless you put a [ __ ] perk in this is perk world it’s all about perks it’s just padding and that causes big problems because what happens is for example I have I’ve got a lot of active missions but I’ve got three missions that I’ve spent at least 30 minutes in each where I’ve had to abandon and just leave because I’ve come to a place where I have to lock pick a door and I can’t because it requires master lock picking wrong wrong wrong wrong that’s not true I have done those missions already I I know which mission is talking about you have to explore explore the area yeah the short way you want you want you want to skip a lot of the exploration you don’t want to go down the bowels and kill all the bad guys you want to do the short way yeah get the become a master at lock picking open the door boom you’re there already congratulations but the thing is yeah this is going to be for New Game Plus when you finish the game you restart the game you keep your skills you keep your your perks and then you’ll be able to open those doors but you would do the game for the first time you’ve got to take a long way you gotta find the long way sometimes it took me a long time to find where to go but you need to make that effort this guy I’m sorry to say this guy is a noob it’s got no idea what it’s talking about and what he is saying is plain wrong you don’t need to open the door with the ggp just take the long way find it it’s there you just need to search explore use your brains and I didn’t put perks in lock picking initially I wanted them you don’t have to the combat and in the tech so I didn’t get to do lock picking now I’ve been forced into that just to completely [ __ ] quests but the thing is when you put your perks in you can’t just Advance through novice to advance the master you have to do like quests in novice question uh advanced in a question Master before you can actually unlock all of that so there again it’s all padding it’s it’s just now the game itself that’s that’s not true it’s absolutely soulless it says that it’s a Next Generation role-playing game no it’s not this is this is far from it Skyrim was way more of an immersive game than this so it was Morrowind in Oblivion and Fallout they all had the magic that this game hasn’t their heart heart and soul when you were wandering around in Skyrim rim and Morrowind you you know you with you felt that you lived in that world in this there is no world there is the it’s not a world there are there’s a thousand worlds and I I I’m when you go to Aquila City you go to knee and you go to new Atlantis it feels like you’re really you know living there experience in your life there I’m sorry I disagree it’s all little boxes little instance boxes hundreds of them that’s what this world is and you just press a button to get from one box to the next you don’t walk into the boxes in a scene that’s because you know in in these old games is all the games Skyrim and there’s like there’s like one map and that’s basically it here you’ve got millions of maps millions that you get to that’s what he do he doesn’t understand that that’s how much bigger Starfield is you cannot compare these old games to Starfield because it offers so much more in terms of of of of of playground compared to these other games which only had one map seamless where you see the boxes see that’s what makes a good game a good game you don’t notice all these little instance to boxes because you’re just walking seamlessly through the world but in this it’s like no there’s a box right next box and Xbox for example I can be on a planet a Dusty Barren planet or a wintry stop doing sound effects of [ __ ] but a very wintry Planet far far away from Sunny little peaceful home you know on Earth with me little beers and all that oh now I can be the guy hasn’t been to it the guy hasn’t been on Earth and Starfield I can tell because Earth is not peaceful eight years with the other side of the Galaxy and then I finished the quest there and then I press M for map and then I simply press my where my home is and then that’s it you don’t have to if that’s something that you don’t like you just go back to your ship take off go to space engage your jump drive arrive at the space or above the planet where you want to go and then land if you don’t want to fast travel you don’t have to it’s a convenience for players like me who don’t have the time to do all of that sometimes I appreciate doing all the wrong stuff but not everybody’s got the time it’s a convenience you don’t have to fast travel boom nobody forces you to to fast travel I didn’t walk to my spaceship get on my spaceship start on my spaceship leave orbit in my spaceship like jump across the [ __ ] Galaxy and why didn’t you do it you can no I’m just instantly there’s the Box where’s the box for his home where’s his phone but there’s the box for his home put him in there now right he’s home now oh you want to go back to another planet okay where’s the box for that one there it is there press the box came back there you go you pressed it right there we go it’s there now this guy this guy is this guy doesn’t know what he’s talking about this is bad this is bad how many subscribers does he have 300 000 subscribers and you don’t know your [ __ ] you don’t know what you’re talking about this is bad I have debunked every single thing that has been saying against this game so far he’s there now oh you want to go somewhere else now you want to go and sell some [ __ ] okay where’s the box for where the the shops are there’s the box for the shop press that no you don’t even need a [ __ ] speak this guy is unhinged this guy’s unhinged that’s that’s not true ship it’s just loading screen simulator that’s all this is you literally walk towards yeah they are looking screens that is true and that’s something that’s that’s against the game all right I’ll I’ll take that point that’s true but the whole thing that you’re just pressing buttons you can if you want but if you want to be experiencing the simula the simulation sort of uh you can also do that too screens it’s up you just press a button loading everything’s a box it’s a little [ __ ] box that you go to or there’s a mission that you’re gonna do it’s a big space station it’s not really it’s just a [ __ ] box there you go you’re in it now and enjoy your box there’s 20 pirates in this box kill them all Mac and you’ll get out and you’ll get rid of what you don’t have Master locks but yeah [ __ ] okay come on it’s not because you suck at the game that the game sucks it’s soulless guys I swear this game is just absolutely soulless this is not going to age very well I think nothing it’s how can you possibly get immersed I mean do you know what do you know how to how bad it gets you might think I’m exaggerating no um yes yes yes yes you are exaggerating quite a bit actually but let’s listen he says it gets worse let’s see I’m actually covering up for them here I’ll tell you how bad it is on the [ __ ] planet Earth you go to the train station guys this is not planet Earth that’s the kind that doesn’t know any [ __ ] It’s gotta be a troll this is gonna be this is that’s the best trolling attempt guys guys this is gonna be a troll this is gonna be a troll this guy’s not for real this is not Earth this is planet Jemison on Alpha Centauri joke I can’t do this anymore this is so bad and that’s told me on my Discord Trail you run you’ve got to watch this oh I agree with this oh this is nothing you say is correct oh we’re getting a headache I’m laughing so hard I’m getting a headache with this oh my gosh this we still have six minutes to watch that’s gonna be painful but it’s not it you go to the train station because you’re at the wrong side of town I want to be at the deserted town There’s the train there’s now you don’t have to do this you can simply press M and then just go that just instantly teleport to the other side of town yes but some people like to enjoy the life and the soul of the city if you do that of course it’s going to feel soulless if you just press the button to automatically fast travel but some people like to enjoy The Vibes of the city not everybody is like you Mr wartherby but let’s say you want to be immersive now I want to go to the [ __ ] Trails this really run through the city that looks awful by the way and you get to the train station there’s the train it’s always there it never moves it’s never not there guys you don’t have to stand there it’s there yeah so all right Point here it’s always there it’s waiting for you okay what do you want do you want to experience the train staying here it’s there you take the train you go to your location or do you want the Star Citizen experience where you have to wait for a bloody minute until the train finally comes right or even worse you the train comes every minute you can see the train is here you’re running for the Train the door closes just in front of you and you have to wait for another minute to take the train is that what you want or do you want to take the train when it’s there you know I I just people are just never happy right this this is the same guy who would be complaining about Star Citizen in the transit Star Citizen you know you go up to the train you click on it load the screen where do you want to go there loading screen you’re there the train didn’t even [ __ ] move all right enough of that what about the actual quests when you’re in there then when you’re in one of these little [ __ ] boxes what’s it like in the boxes boring lifeless soulless planets I waited years for this tot no one even give us a [ __ ] key let me not played no man’s Sky I’m gonna play delete even Chris Roberts gets it even he understands what you need granted granted he needs fundraising a million quid just to give you a [ __ ] swivel change his spaceship but at least he gets the [ __ ] deal this this is nothing this is he going to Skyrim you wonder you just this is and and that is where setting your expectations appropriately is extremely important guys this is an RPG a role-playing game I I can’t watch this at any longer this is just not reasonable let’s just like look at the end here see what his final verdict for yeah I I I can’t watch this anymore let’s go to the end and watch his conclusion very quickly this is like way too painful this is really has no idea what he’s talking about got here with some pretty bland boring missions and uh lots and lots of mules to carry on your [ __ ] to sell it to get better ships and upgrady ships and just have some space combat which again is very very lacking compared to the likes of elite it’s it’s not a simulation Elite dangerous is a simulation Star Citizen is a simulation this is an RPG yes the space combat is pretty much the same as freelancer that’s what it is which is gay that released 20 years ago I get it yeah sure but that’s not the point of the game the game the point of the game is narration not space combat you want to play a space combat game don’t play Star field you should have known that already just it’s just lacking in all departments this game and that’s a huge shame because it should have been great it could have been grid it had the budget and it certainly got the talent to be great I don’t know what’s gone wrong but um something’s gone terrible what went wrong is that this guy who’s making this video was not informed that’s what that’s what’s wrong be wrong and Starfield has turned out to be an absolute disaster as far as I’m concerned yeah as far as you are concerned yeah so let’s see the good good customization of ships and guns bespoke ship design that’s funny because the ship design is actually what I don’t like in Starfield some good side missions okay fun weapons and here way too many loading screens well go back to Star Citizen I suppose lacking immersion that’s not true poor characters and story come on no sense of being in a big world graphic support that’s true far too expensive it’s the price of a triple again very abusive poetry come on and boring space won’t get true uh at best let me tell you because I’m I’m still waiting to finish my I’m still waiting to finish the main quest I’ve been doing a lot of other stuff in Starfield other than the main quest I’m still finishing trying to finish it maybe if I have time what time is it yeah maybe we’ll play it for about an hour right now I’m I’m starting working on my review it looks like we’re getting towards I was gonna say a nine but it’s more like an eight an eight out of 10 because there are a couple of things that I don’t like a couple but they overwhelmed majority the overwhelming majority of features of star Phila things that I personally really enjoy sell this game where you never feel that you’re part of a big world that’s really really not fair that’s because the guy has I think his he came here wrongly informed and uh he had expectations that were actually misplaced and that’s the result I think that’s what happened here um you need to be informed when when you make a purchase and he was not all right guys that’s I’ll put the link in the description down below if you want to see the original video sorry I just couldn’t watch the entire video it was just like too painful the guy calling the guy called new Atlantis Earth clearly he didn’t he didn’t spend the time to get informed and to get involved in the game and and he’s making a video out of that it’s just very unprofessional and um yeah I feel sorry for his subscribers that’s what I’m gonna say here anyway that’s all for this video I’ll catch you guys in the next one
The speaker emphatically disagrees with the original negative review by "Worth A Buy," asserting that the reviewer was not informed and had unreasonable expectations. There’s a debate over the score given to Starfield by the reviewer, who scored it 4.5 out of 10. The speaker maintains this is an unfair score and is exasperated by the critique given to Starfield.
“Worth A Buy” argued the game is soulless and lacks the character of other games of similar genre. He criticized the role of the perk tree system, stating it restricts players unnecessarily. The speaker of this video strongly disagreed with these remarks, arguing that the reviewer showed lack of understanding of the game’s design. According to the speaker, the perk system is a core part of the role-playing experience, and it requires players to gradually develop their skills.
Some of the specifics that “Worth A Buy” reviewer found issue with, and which the speaker contends with, include fast travel, lock picking, quest progression, and the perceived lifelessness of in-game environments. “Worth A Buy” saw these factors as detracting from the game’s value and contributing to what he dubbed as “soulless” game mechanics; in contrast, the speaker argues that these are features that provide challenge and a sense of play progression.
A major point of contention is the use of fast travel within the game. “Worth A Buy” criticized the button-based fast traveling, claiming it detracts from immersion, while the speaker asserts that fast travel is purely a convenience and that players can choose to travel more traditionally if preferred.
“Worth A Buy” also criticized the game’s graphics and its look, claiming that they don’t meet the standard of next-generation graphics, and that there’s a somewhat odd appearance to the in-game characters. However, the speaker defends this by reminding viewers that the in-game setting is vast and furthermore, it is more about the gameplay, exploration and progression, and not about the graphics per se.
Finally, towards the end of his review, "Worth A Buy" takes issue with the many loading screens in the game, the lack of immersion, character stories, and the overall pricing of the game. The speaker from the video acknowledges some of these issues (like loading screens) but staunchly disagrees with most, particularly those related to immersion which, according to the speaker, is a highly subjective matter.
Summarily, the speaker argues that “Worth A Buy” did not approach Starfield with the correct mindset, thus leading to a skewed review. The speaker’s opinion is that Starfield is a role-playing game with its own merits and demerits, and strongly disagrees with the overly-negative review. The speaker is aiming to give it an eight out of ten in his own forthcoming review, considering that a few drawbacks do exist.