I hope you had a great vacation, because a certain open world space RPG certainly didn’t. As of approximately December 25, 2023: Starfield had received enough thumbs-down reviews on Steam to push its user review status into the “Mostly Negative” range. It’s a troubling fall for such a hyped title from one of the most celebrated developers of modern times.
Announced in 2018, Starfield Anticipation for the game continued to be quite high in the years leading up to its September 2023 release. It was renowned developer Bethesda’s first original IP in decades, enticing fans of the studio’s massive open-world games to immerse themselves in an epic space opera with over 1,000 exploreable planets. However, in the months following the game’s release Starfield has received a lot of criticism from fans and media for its shallow narrative offering, segmented presentation of the galaxy with loading screen, and the feeling that there’s simply not much to do other than wander around barren, albeit pretty, planets. That disappointment has now turned into a disastrous reception at the world’s most popular and important PC gaming showcase.
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Starfield had already gotten into difficult waters on Steam in recent weeks and reached its previous low with the status “Mixed” around November. By now many people had seen the game People are deviating from his galactic offerings; A trend that might be common in other single-player open world games, but is noteworthy Starfieldis the case, as Bethesda and Microsoft have insisted made to be played consistently and for years.
People in the r/Starfield subreddit noticed the declining review status around the holiday season, when the game received an influx of 245 negative reviews on Steam. “Cyberpunk‘s revival definitely didn’t help,” one comment read, followed by a mention of Baldur’s Gate 3which was named Game of the Year at this year’s Game Awards ceremony (StarfieldNotably, he only received one nomination and brought home no awards).
Starfield Steam reviews: “Just buy it.” Cyberpunk‘
One of the best Steam reviews for the game right now is “Just buy Cyberpunk.” Other fans have drawn direct comparisons to other Bethesda games: “Don’t play by it Skyrim or Fallout 4 or Fallout New Vegas or Fallout 3 […] It will be you [disappointed].” Another review describes the game as “Excess of nothing. An open-world RPG so crammed with meaningless content that seams begin to burst and the empty calories ooze out.”
Negative Steam reviews are nothing new for Starfield. Previously, Bethesda had begun to respond officially to individual reviews on the platform after the game received an overall rating of “Mixed.”
Starfield is expected that Get new features and updates until 2024, such as “New Ways to Travel.” Bethesda has announced that it will provide such updates every six weeks starting in February.
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Will these updates be enough to change fans’ moods? Well, in a world where Cyberpunk 2077 literally won an award for coming togetherit’s not entirely implausible.
