Hey, I see a couple folks don't agree with me in a couple areas, or maybe heard another reviewer disagree with a take I had. Honestly, I'd love to hear your thoughts on this from either playing a bit yourself, or just from your opinion based on other reviews! I do like hearing your perspective
Honestly im enjoying it. Got the game for free with a Laptop purchase, went in blind with no idea what the game was actually about or watching any promo...ever... . Expected fallout in space. Got fallout in space. Happy chappy.
@Kevduit How does the game perform for you? Because the main complaint I have noticed and from tech youtubers mainly is the game's optimization. Almost all of them have reported low performance on cards like 3060s, 1060s and AMD/Intel equivalent (even the Starfield RX6700XT variant that comes with the games has a bit of a struggle). Because performance is quite an issue with the game when most people can't or don't want to get an high end card just to get a stable framerate.
Hey Kev, I know this is pretty different from your normal style of videos, and it obviously took a long time to write and edit, but if you wanna do this again for more games, I'd be really down to see more. Old games, new stuff, whatever, I really like the way you articulate and you obviously know your stuff with all the comparisons and examples to similar games.
Starfield took long cause it was something new and they had to start from scratch. Bethesda knows what elder scrolls already is so I don’t think it will take as long to make
Meanwhile the console gamers get shafted and will never get qol updates or anything they don't pay for added to the game, all Bethesda does is patch their games never adds new stuff unless it's part of paid DLC.
The ai reactions were so painful. Skyrim would legit have a guard investigate dead bodies and citizens would react. Hell you even get a heads up when an important AI dies via obituaries.
We all know before we get horror mods, anime waifu character mods are going to show up first, lol. Second would be furry mods. Horror is going to be late to the party.
After 50 hours I can tell you now with honesty I’m bored, it’s good but it’s boring after a while, it’s go here fast travel here! Go to this planet…. Walk 1000 meters talk….. walk back or fast travel back to ship, fast travel to another planet… rinse repeat. It really isn’t that great
@@kye4216 no mate lol Skyrim you enjoy the walk as there is so much to see, this game is go talk to this guy walk 20 mins to then open the map screen and fast travel back because you can’t be assed walking to your ship to then fast travel out and repeat the same thing
@@madhouse2594 yeah and morrowind actually makes travel a challenge at the beginning of the game. Combat is unforgiving and magicka doesn’t regenerate meaning you have to plan more when going to a city that is far away. You feel like you’re actually going on a journey to a far away place.
Not nesseceraly. You can make a very good RPG in a space theme, like Mass Effect. I prefer the fast travel here, cause I want to jump from adventures to stories, not being a space trucker sleeping on the job like a space sim... I have other games for that. And there is PLENTY of exploration in Starfield, in fact it's the most rewarding exploration in the industry.
All I heard was: "this game ropes you into a million quests like new vegas and the next thing you know it's 3am and youre part of the kings, or the pirates."
Yeah, that happened. Woke up at 1 AM, worked with some shady Chinese corporation in Neon, became a Spy/The Among Us imposter and got rid of the competence, and after 3-4 hours, I helped a criminal gang to defeat another criminal gang and got them to become Cops after the missions were done. It's 5 am rn.
Kevduit: “I have played over 100 hours of Starfield. I haven’t shaved in 3 days, I forgot to feed my cat, and pay the rent”. That’s gonna be me when I buy this game lol 😂. Seriously though thanks for the review man. You’re one of the main channels that I really trust when it comes to Game reviews.
@@megilacuttyjones735 yeah man I can’t stop playing. Right now I’m doing the Freestar Ranger quest line. I wanted the Ranger gear before I complete the main story lol 😂. The spaceship fights are surprisingly difficult but still fun
Kev, I have been an avid viewer of your content for years, and I have taken a lot of inspiration from what you produce. You are highly entertaining but informative, and your voiceover work is second to none. With this video, as always, very well done. Thanks to Starfield's ship builder, I have started a channel of my own that has received (for me) an unprecedented amount of attention. And, believe it or not, the vast majority of the feedback I've received has been very positive. I do not have the experience that you do, nor have I reached the same level of production quality, but for some reason, (most) people who watch my content seem to enjoy it. I have over 500 hours in the game now, with the majority of that time spent building and flying my own ships. I've gotten quite good at building ships, and have a lot of experience tuning ships for different roles. If you're still enjoying Starfield, and you need a ship that can get you through any space encounter on Very Hard difficulty, basically any of the ships that I have published build guides for would suit your needs perfectly. I would be more than honored for you to follow any of my builds and use them in your playthrough. Cheers Kev, and thank you, as always, for your excellent commentary and content!
Look I loved my time with Starfield, but the planets were mostly the same 7 randomly set places and every planet felt like a waste of time once I found them all that I was just going from one dot system to the other dot system that I knew had an actual quest thanks to the internet. Space combat and ship building was garbage, the ship building was just a whole bunch of " YOU CANT DO THIS UNLESS YOU DO THAT FIRST!" and "YOU DID THAT FIRST BUT NOW THIS IS WRONG!" and ship combat was a lot of "5 guys team up on you while your allies sit around doing nothing, so YOU DIED" Fallout 3 I played for like 1000hrs, Fallout 4 I played for 800 hours, Fallout NV I played for 1000+, Starfield I played for 100 and I'm done with it once the main story concludes because we're not getting into spoilers here. Honestly, the story... was awful to me, it was great until a certain point and that is the twist, the twist RUINED the story because it takes your agency away as even if you don't want to do what the main quest wants you to do your companions are always "Well when are you going to do the thing you should go do? You obviously don't want to, but you're going to anyway, so why not do it now? huh? why not do it now? You doin' it now? LETS FINISH THE MAIN QUEST THE RIGHT WAY!! ALL YOUR COMPANIONS WANT YOU TO!! SO DO IT! !! SAY YES! YOU HAVE NO AGENCY! GOGOGO! and then I finished the main quest, despite my objections to the thing I was told I had to do, thanks guys you were a really big help especially you romantic interest who gave up on me for SPACE.
Talking about music, I now maybe understand how Oblivion was such a meaningful experience to me😂😂 Heard Wings of Kynareth in the background of this video and got sad and sentimental and instantly had a flood of memories of me exploring Cyrodiil and looking down from the Jerall Mountains in a light snowfall with that song playing and thinking ”this is the peak of gaming, it simply cannot get any better than this.”
It actualy is. It's a bunch of hand-crafted donjons and point of interest put on procedural planets. It's all good and all until after a while you realize that they can't keep up with the number of planets available. Empty ? Nha. 1000 different biomes with unique story/assets, absolutly not. You gonna run into system that look like Sol, with the same donjon, a lot.
I normally don't care for reviews for games like this, but your genuine enthusiasm and analysis of the game, it's pros and cons, its comparison to other titles of the same genre and of game made by the same publisher mad me wanna try this game out for myself.
Starfield's soundtrack when I open the game gives me the same feeling that I get when I open ARK Survival. However, in the case of Starfield, that feeling of excitement stays the entire time I am playing, instead of instantly disappearing when I once again remember how rough ARK is.
Copium for $100 is thru the roof ~ tbh as legendary as BG3 is as unlimited as Monster hunter world + iceborne is as "All in one" entertainment as Witcher 3 is none of these games deserve or demand freaking $100.. yet this bitch deserves it ? this game is about space and yet does everything worse than EVERSPACE 2 i played recently,.. how ? or why do ppl love to get cheated on and behave like a Cucking is best thing they got out of it and say they're happy ?!__ I guess ppl who can spend on onlyfans can easily make money for this game too.
Everybody put so much faith and hope in the modders and they've pretty much given up on Starfield. Even the official updates from Bethesda are lackluster lol
At least bethesda tried to sell dlc to us... No clue what it brings, since I didn't want to shill another 20 usd for it lol. That stuff will break so many mods.
25 years in concept, 5 years in production, and we get a game where space is an enclosed space and can just be skipped with fast travel. It is a looter shooter with magic weapons, companions who complain if you pick up random stuff, and bullet sponge enemies. It is just another Bethesda game.
I believe you. I replayed Skyrim (re-installed it, re-modded it) so many times just so I could listen to the music while on the road. There's something deeply soothing about that music.
2:43 Did he really just show a clip of Cyberpunks npcs aimlessly wandering around, then show a clip of Starfields npcs aimlessly wandering around and voice over "these people are actually doing stuff" No there not lol
I think he’s just assuming they do stuff since Bethesda have done that for their previous games. For Starfield they went for simpler but more numerous citizens. Personally I don’t care I always found it annoying when the guy I had to talk to for a quest was hiding in some bedroom.
Haha, yeah, that was a bad example. I wish I could've just shown the Starfield people over the course of a day, going around, grabbing coffee, shopping, etc. Cyberpunk NPC's just walk forever in circles... but they DO react to you being crazy, so there's that
Starfield is more like The Outer Worlds than No Man's Sky. It's more about talking to people around the world than space flight. Limiting the world or zones you get into allows for much better details and depth.
now if only Starfield adapted the RPG elements of outer worlds, then it'd be cooking. and yeah, if more planets meant less detail in the main ones, that is upsetting
This is what I've been saying. If they just ditched the obvious buzzword that is "1000 planets" and just did a solar system with actual planet to planet space flight and 4 or 5 handcrafted skyrim sized areas to play in the game would be 10000% better and probably actually been a 10/10 game. As it sits now it is a very 7 or 8 type game.
The funny thing is that Bethesda fanatics have swallowed this garbage, and now justify it by saying that there is a filled world there that is interesting to explore. While the main problem of Starfield is just that this world is not interesting to explore, the integrity of the world is not felt due to constant screen downloads, empty planets, there is no need to do anything at all, because the main storyline can simply be run in 18 hours. Thanks to Bethesda for the fact that I can safely go through Fallout 4 and Skyrim (which are much better made initially with their spirit of exploration and discovery) with their thousands of modifications.
After 30 hours, I really love this game. I accepted the package and it's one of the best RPG out there. Your review is so good dude, and I hate RUclips reviewers mostly because they just invent negative narratives for a weird public. Have fun with the game you all, I barely scratched the surface in 30 hours, the content is huge, exploration rewarding. Not perfect, as said in the video, but a hell of a good purchase when it clicks.
This is the 4th review I watch about starfield. In each of them the game get always "defended" by some "accusations" people made and it's labelled a "good" game and for me these are huge red flags. A review shouldn't "defend" a game and AAA studio with huge budget and experience can't just release a "good" game and get praised, a good game should be their standard actually.... P.S: this game didn't need 10000 planets, they should have focused on 10-20 planets and it would be ok. Most of these randomly generated planets are empty or feel "boring". This game isn't about space exploration like no man's sky but THEY focused on the "10000 planets" thing
Thats because people who havent even tpuched the game have tried to be critical of it based on one or two things and dont know about the 1000+ other good things you can get into/do
For 100gb they optimised the heck out of it. If this was Activision and the cod franchise it be atleast 300gb. Only had one bug so far on series x, the beginning is a slow burn so be prepared to waste 3 hours in dialogue alone. After that its hella fun.
Not really dialogues, more like forced walking sessions. But holy shit do I get addicted in first time experience. Will finish it and try the replayabilities.
look the optimization debate is a nobrainer. The game demands performance of dystopian levels and it can't be excused. Why that is the case is another topic, most likely it's just their stubbornness in regards to their engine. Spending thousands on a PC and achieving "just" 60fps at 4k is horrible performance. In other games you'd get double or more.
For everyone complaining about performance, tbf, there are different ways of optimizing. It would appear they just optimized for storage size instead of performance, which usually (not always, but usually) have an inverse relationship.
Thanks, Kev. For a moment, I thought I was lost among those "sheep", but here you are, an individual with an opinion of your own. It's a delight to watch you.
I bought it within a heart beat for my wife, because it's absolutely worth it for our gaming preference. I think the issue we're facing these days is there are SO many reviewers, so many opinions, biases, it's complicated to actually enjoy and have fun with a game due to SOMEONE pointing out all the bad somewhere. For me, I don't read reviews before I put mine out, that way I can compare afterwards what we agreed and disagreed with.
@@bmagadai mean free with game pass which this month includes Lies of P and Payday 3, I paid $30 for the premium upgrade for a few days early plus the dlc...but theres definitely more than $100 worth of content in the game already, not including mods and extra content
I've honestly heard the complete opposite; That the game IS empty, and would actually benefit from less loading screens. It's so divisive in fact that I'm probably not gonna buy it until I've played it first lol.
If you just jump on every planet you see then yea most will be empty. There is a huge amount of content on some planets so just go there if that’s what you want. Iv been on Neon for like 10 hours doing random stuff.
The cyberpunk levels of hype and the fact it was announced as an exclusive immediately put me off of this man and I'm glad to see I was right on it not at all living up to expectations. I mean it doesn't look bad don't get me wrong but it's just the same Bethesda formula but in space. Apparently this was in development for 8 years and the dialogue is on par with Skyrim and older fallout games that came out I believe more than a decade ago at this point. And I get that it's part of the charm I guess but I find it difficult to care about a story when the voice actors aren't really into the script or the writing isn't the best. And when you have games like red dead redemption 2 that were in development for similar times with brilliant dialogue and some of the best writing I've ever seen in a game it kinda makes you wonder what they were doing in that time. I know that's not the most fair seeing how starfield does have a massive map so I bet a lot a time and money was dedicated to that but even so one of the biggest issues with Skyrim and fallout (for me at least I don't know if anyone else feels this way) is that their stories aren't really fun to get involved with they don't really have that depth or value to them that other games have.(fallout new vegas was alright but thats just because you can be an evil bastard lol) The lackluster stories along with the combat that gets old around the 20th quest just makes these games such a drag to play. Who knows maybe mods and future updates will bring more to the game but it definitely isn't worth buying a console for lol. But hey I mean if people enjoy it they enjoy it to each their own I just don't see the appeal lol
@@kye4216 my man the game was in development for 8 years and is basically just fallout in space. Not even I was expecting them to be that lazy and I have a very poor image of Bethesda already. It's just the same lackluster writing and story with a just okay game. Bethesda combat basically just boils down to pointing and clicking until an enemy is dead popping into a menu healing 4 times then moving on to the next enemy. Its serviceable yeah and if the story for any of their games was even half way interesting to me I could look past the combat but they always suck so I'm stuck with hours into a game I have no desire to finish. If that's your style of game then that's alright but you have to admit this is terribly mediocre for how long it was in development. The games alright but it's got so much holding it back for me on top of the fact I'm not gonna buy another fucking console to play a game that's essentially fallout 4 and the outer worlds if they had a big baby. Edit: no hate or anything just feel the game was lazy
@@zgama6511 Thats the type of game they make. If you dont want a Bethesda RPG then yea you're not going to like it. But you cant say that makes the game bad and lazy. I dont even really understand the fallout comparison. What is similar to fallout? just because there are guns? its a completely different universe, completely different factions, dialogue system, locations, skill tree, enemies, weapons. the only similarity is the settlement building system, but i dont see why that is something that should be exclusive for fallout.
Talking about ship battles, I took down the 3 snake worshiper ships before hacking the satellite and it took me like 20 tries on normal. But in the end, I stole one of their ships and pimped it out. It did take a while for the bodys and blood to go away though.
Well said, couldn’t have said it better. We’re all moderately enjoying the game in early access stage, imagine once this games got a few updates/patches under its belt. Don’t forget about future DLC packs as well…….
one of the best breakdowns that ive seen on this game. its true that it might not be for everyone but for those who are just fascinated by the little things, those are the ones who will love it
theres so much loading screens like wth even when taking off , landing and just entering the ship 🤦♂️. there should'nt be that much loading screens even after being built 6+yrs or longer. id choose no mans sky over this copy cat
@@denizseyhan1053 yeah? a complete ripoff no mans sky was built less time then starfield was being built 7+yrs in the making for failfield oh well i guess bugthesda actually tried
After around 10 hours of gameplay, I re downloaded fallout new Vegas and fallout 3 and I think it’s safe to say I took for granted how amazing they were designed and how fantastic the worlds that they built were even fo4. And damn Skyrim too
I really am happy you're calling it as it is with starfield instead of mindlessly residing in one camp or the other. One thing that really turned me off to listening to reviews about this game was just how many people mindlessly praised it or bashed it for the same issues their preferred games had, or for needless things that don't matter. The mindless praise is just sad, but the unfair bashing is just as sad. I remember all the arguments and rallying cries about how graphics don't mean anything, effort and style does, but since starfield isn't flawlessly pretty and realistic it sucks, even though the games other people compare it to usually sacrificed something on the way just to have pretty graphics. God of War Ragnarok was pretty af but it's entire second half was painfully lackluster. Cyberpunk was pretty but then they also couldn't make even the most basic of things work without a crap ton of massive updates. Stuttering or a somewhat bad launch is something people visciously mock but if their favorite game happens to be Cyberpunk, No Man's Sky or New Vegas or something, then stuttering, breaking, and disastrous launches (New Vegas wasn't that bad but it is known for some bad bugs, at least in the beginning) is perfectly fine. Starfield has less than stellar npc and companion interactions but games like Cyberpunk speedrunning your emotional connection to your character's bestfriend (who we're also shown the death of in a trailer of all things) in a single cutscene is perfectly fine. Starfield's factions get critiqued but other factions in other games, if they even have any (another let down by Cyberpunk, not even having a faction system), get passes because those games had more time to cook after release or something. I can go on and on. It really is just tiring that every major flaw this game has can be forgiven in other games, or outright ignored. You get one decent game like Baldur's Gate and suddenly you're not allowed to enjoy anything that isn't it.
I really didn't get the same experience with the proc gen zones. The few I've looked at feel exactly like what I expected them to: Empty. Spent an hour last night roaming around some barren rock with a handful of structures that did nothing, had no one in or around them, and the most excitement I had in that hour was walking past a single set of landmines in front of a nonfunctional door, which had such a long fuse that I could just walk past them anyway.
Kev, you need to stop spitting so many facts in one video. Obviously, everyone will have their own opinions on this game, but you could not have summed up what Bethesda is as a company to its customers better. Bethesda is my favorite studio because of the longevity of their games, the absolute raw talent of their writers to produce a story everyone can enjoy, and the replayability of their games is absurd. And the obvious passion they take in making these games like you do in your videos. Thank you for the honest review keep up the excellent work.
10:20 love the two comparisons here to the distracted and focused and honestly I think I’m both. Been playing Skyrim on and off since 2013 and I think I’ve completed the story a maximum of 5-10 times. Either because I want to make a new character, or I managed to somehow break my save with mods
I think that's what people are ultimately getting fed up with Bethesda about. The constant need to have mods to improve the baseline. I enjoy playing all of the elder scrolls titles as well as fallout, but it sucks that they just can't make something that doesn't require an unofficial patch or quality of life fixes after all this time.
Honestly, you spoke my mind! I have been hearing about "planet boundaries", "no maps", "empty planets" ad nauseam. Like brother, life is not plentiful in space. Of course it is going to be empty. And on top of that the landing zones have tonnes of structures to explore, like you said, caves, camps, etc. The only complaint I have in this game is the lack of emotions in npcs when I am holding a gun to their heads. Hopefully, Bethesda will work on this. While yes, modding will make this a game of the generations to come, the game in itself is awesome! And as always Kev, great job, thanks for the review!
A couple of things. I agree that Bethesda upped their story writing game during the main quest. But completing the main quest is just the beginning. Start new game plus. See what happens. They've invented a whole new level. I can't say why because of Spoilers. But you'll know when you see it. And see it. And see it. And see it. Ship Combat. You are supposed to suck at it, but that just means you have no place to go but up. It takes time to get your piloting skills up and I'm 100 hours in on my 4th Main quest playthrough (same character) and I finally feel like I am a threat. Some tips: Keep your speed at the center of the white reticle on the left to max turn speed. Get "Starfield VATS" asap to start leveling it and target shields. Boosting breaks Lock Ons. So wait until they have lock on, boost, then immediately cut back on power to save for more boosts. The Skill system. I agree with your points. However, you can't cheese this system like you can in Oblivion or Skyrim. You can't whack on Shadowere for 3 hours to max 1-hand. You have to use the skills to rank up but more than that, it creates a leveling loop that I want 5 things every single time I level up, and I'm level 60. Great review. But we are all just getting started. Do New Game Plus. Can't wait to see what you find because it is next level on every level.
I’m gonna get the game when it comes out on game pass thanks to bills and rent 😂. kevs reveiws are always spot on never regretted playing a game after he’s played or reviewed it 😊😊😊
Kevduit is legit the only ytuber i trust for bethesda game reviews This review (unlike the slog of hate boner vidoes made by people who are still stick in the 76 era and are DESPERATE for this game to be the same easy hate views again) is so high dam quality, it puts the ither "omg its a looter shooter" cry babies Thank you kev for actually making a review and not simping or hating
Imagine if someone made a mod where 1 planet is just the Elder Scrolls universe.. Then when you land it immediately boots up Skyrim, Oblivion, etc.. Or one planet is the Fallout universe etc...
You're landing your ship on some strange planet you picked up on long range sensors when suddenly a portal opens and you feel yourself being pulled away from your ship before everything goes black. As you come back to your senses you open your eyes and find yourself in a wooden cart while those sweet words fill your ears: "Hey you, you're finally awake."
I love starfiled take on space travel. No wasting time for gathering fuel or Waiting minutes to fly to next location. Full with action and actually doing stuff.
True. I feel like a lotta folks forgot how much Bethesda loves the intro build up in their single player RPG's. New Vegas and Morrowind were pretty quick, but Oblivion, Fallout 3 & 4, Skyrim, they all had pretty large build ups, so much that people made mods to skip them haha
You sold it really well. I really dislike Bethesda's RPG elements, but you can't deny that this game branches out to many other types of gaming experiences. Plus, these guys have been at this for decades. They know how to make good content. It almost makes me want to get it, though I know I probably won't play much of it, or at least play enough to experience even half of what there is to unpack. I would say play or watch extensive gameplay for at least 100 hours before coming to a conclusion on whether this is a good game or not. I honestly can't wait to see how this game turns out. Maybe it'll actually convince me to play it myself. Who knows?
In the time that I've played starfield, while it's been very finicky, I've had an absolute blast, I spent like 5 hours at the start just looking around New Atlantis, didn't even bother with the main quest and just went off to do my own thing and I'm absolutely loving it. And I've got to say, the zero g combat is awesome, I had so much fun when I went into a zero g space casino that was taken over by mercs and just taking them all out while floating around.
I can't wait to see the results of modders creating their own settlements, planets, moons, etc. The things I was disappointed about were: no land vehicles, no seamless space to planet travel like in No Man's Sky, no ship flying around in planets and moons, and no mechs or mech-like suit similar to Power Armor in Fallout. I really hope Bethesda will add these things in updates or DLC.
Just started watching your videos within the year & you’re easily becoming one of my favorite RUclipsrs! You’re hilarious & you’re brutally honest, I love it. Amazing video!
So, this is my first video of yours that I watched (I've been watching your vids for the past month or two) that wasn't clips of you playing a silly game and clowning. So I was surprised with the very smart take on the game and well thought out and said opinions. Only think I have to add is that remember that there are different types of nerds, just sometimes some are louder than others. I personally loved base No Mans Sky. I loved chilling at 4am wandering empty beautiful planets.
Technically the game is only instanced by worldspace borders because the coordinates are based on your ship, no clue why Bethesda tied the map loading to the ship and not the player, but yeah. Once the ship unloads, the game crashes. Hence why the worldspaces when you land are 8km by 8km with the ship in the middle. They are also connected despite what initial people tried to spread based on testing from an xbox lol. So technically, Pete Hines is right, you can walk on.
76 was sub par to me. But other than that, I love Bethesda's games, they've gotten me through brutal times in life, alongside filled thousands of hours with gaming I don't regret. However, as a reviewer I won't just ignore the things I didn't like, therefore, I state those clearly. If I'm called a shill cause I think people would have fun with it, fine by me
Have personally confirmed the boundary from your ship when on a planet is 4500m away. Meaning the tile size is 9000m in diameter. I don't expect many will accidentally bump into that.
He probably just assumed because previous Bethesda games had more complex NPCs. In starfield they went for simple but more and it’s better imo. Idc if an NPC goes to bed somewhere.
i 100% agree starfield doesn't need to be no man's sky. Its starfield. And even players who play NMS know they will never walk 30 mins or even 10 mins to reach locations. So whole controversy about not being open no walls is for the sake of it even if it has no practical use. People just the like idea of it, I'm sure no one is willing to walk 30 mins into ur destinations in games especially not in RPGs.
One thing I somewhat disagree with - I think the skill system is much more intuitive and consequential compared to Skyrim. Skyrim has great presentation with the perk chart and how it directs progression, but other than that, it's functionally not limiting you in any way (in terms of skill-based actions) - meaning, less tradeoffs. So far, I feel like leveling up in Starfield means you can give your character either some new flavor or abilities that can tweak gameplay depending on your playstyle. It further reinforces itself as you can't get into the nitty gritty unless you focus on what you want to invest in first. Challenges are much more explicit about what you have to do, giving you direction on how you might want to roleplay efficiently to unlock further ranks, while I feel Skyrim is absolutely the pinnacle of a spam fest. Perks being flexible and fun, but not always having a real long-term impact. Like, sure, you can be gun guy really quick but that's just an early game benefit with specialization. You have to figure out which unlocks complement your gameplay and play into those strengths over time purposefully. Eventually, just shooting a handgun all the time is going to cap off once you max one of those skills out, so you'll have to branch out and find ways to open up that gunslinger build further with your own combinations. In Starfield, it's much more valuable to choose a background that actually gives you certain skills right off the bat, because the skills themselves give you key abilities early in the game. Such as: pickpocketing not really being a feature until your character knows how to do it by having that skill, having a stealth meter that gives you better tactile information about your positioning, or even using certain types of equipment like boost packs, mods, etc. And they're all contextualized in the universe too, in my first ten hours had a few cases where my traits, background, and even a skill came into play with random encounters that thematically fit the archetype I was playing (Bounty Hunter). I don't know, I think I prefer the hybrid system over simply doing the skill, because it requires some planning to optimize how you feed into those trees / tune your playstyle at much larger level. It's a similar mixture of unlocks to Skyrim, but I think it's more focused overall, a lot more systems that gradually reveal themselves.
Thank you, mate, for the great video! I literally yesterday had an argue with a "content creator", who's video was structured around why is NMS better ("At least you can land there"), I just asked him to flip the switch - what was he expecting and preferring? - huge, empty rocks with nothing to do or indie-style same thing on mor eor less same places, or thus approach... Well, as the poet once said - People are strange...
lets be honest. how much did you get paid for this advertisement? 100 hours and 15min video and you didnt even mention the loading screens one time!?!?!?!!?!?!?!??!!? in 100 hours did you not once freak out about them?!?!?
6:30 To be fair man, i mean games like Mass Effect and Baldurs Gate are specifically designed to tell a story first in whatever way you play your character. This game is very much more exploration driven, not saying the story or side content is bad because its not its literally incredible. It just isnt designed to only be a story game and then youre done, it wants you to explore, so im ok with taking a bit of an RPG hit here since everything else just feels so good that an extra unique dialogue option means very little
I generally hate the base building content in games. It feels like busywork, especially when I have to go out and try to find materials I'm missing. It's not so bad in games where it's optional or quick/simple to build and balanced so that you'll find most of the items you need before you need them, but Bethesda games have a history of making me go out of my way to find some random trash item that I've seen a million times, but never thought I'd need until some new DLC gave it a use. The alternative is just turning off my brain, looting everything and traveling back to my base ten times more often, which just isn't fun. Funny thing is, I like some base-building games, but if I want to play a game like that, I'll just go play one where the base building is the focus.
Base building in Subnautica was extremely fun even when I was required to go get some certain materials over and over again, somehow the tediousness of it was also part of the fun, especially when it needed new materials that require you to go explore some new and unknown locations and you'd constantly be on edge trying not to run into a reaper. And you can get by the whole game without needing a huge base, you can basically just build a corridor with the essentials but I and everyone I know that played it would always try to build the biggest and most creative looking base possible. Some games make it fun even if it's not the focus.
The feeling of the game being empty is that yes; there are lots of things on each planet to explore and see, but they are the same on each planet/moon. The only varying details are what resources and flora/fauna are there. You’ll come across the same abandoned science facility, robot manufacturing facility, single settlement, etc. I felt done personally after 54hrs.
Hey, I see a couple folks don't agree with me in a couple areas, or maybe heard another reviewer disagree with a take I had. Honestly, I'd love to hear your thoughts on this from either playing a bit yourself, or just from your opinion based on other reviews! I do like hearing your perspective
Needs a kev dlc / sum big bootie Latinas
Honestly im enjoying it. Got the game for free with a Laptop purchase, went in blind with no idea what the game was actually about or watching any promo...ever... . Expected fallout in space. Got fallout in space. Happy chappy.
Hey kevduit, I’ve already played 20 hours (in the span of 2 days) and ive finished the game twice and about to finish it for the 3rd time
@Kevduit How does the game perform for you? Because the main complaint I have noticed and from tech youtubers mainly is the game's optimization. Almost all of them have reported low performance on cards like 3060s, 1060s and AMD/Intel equivalent (even the Starfield RX6700XT variant that comes with the games has a bit of a struggle). Because performance is quite an issue with the game when most people can't or don't want to get an high end card just to get a stable framerate.
farming for comments = activity to get more views. you literally would not change your mind, bethesda shill
Hey Kev, I know this is pretty different from your normal style of videos, and it obviously took a long time to write and edit, but if you wanna do this again for more games, I'd be really down to see more. Old games, new stuff, whatever, I really like the way you articulate and you obviously know your stuff with all the comparisons and examples to similar games.
Quite a well put comment for someone named “Judgement Nutter”
This comment made me 😆 @@Calmati101
@@Calmati101incredible 😂
He actually took your advice. This is why kev is awesome
Fallout 5 in 10 Years? That’s quite optimistic Kev, even for you
id say more like 20 years.
Yeah man, Iam expecting that when I go on pension I can play Fallout 5. I think TES6 is Todd's final game
Starfield took long cause it was something new and they had to start from scratch. Bethesda knows what elder scrolls already is so I don’t think it will take as long to make
Supposedly fallout 5 is coming in 2030.
Yeah, no shitty games for 10 years, that IS pretty optimistic
Finally, Bethesda made a game that wasn't Elder Scrolls or Fallout.
And did a great job.
@@connieellerbe-maycock7115 they did
But it’s exactly like elder scrolls and fallout
@@WeKNOWTHETRUTHITSUNDISTPUTEDHow tf is Starfield like the elder scrolls?
@@WeKNOWTHETRUTHITSUNDISTPUTED .. It's a Bethesda game..
Just imagine the things that modders going to create with this game.
Can't wait to fly around on the Millennium Falcon 😂
Clone Commando with Droid replacers😊😊
Don’t tell me what to do bro
I cannot WAIT
perhaps a terraforming mod, or a mundus system or fallout-earth conversion.
If Fallout 4 is anything to go by, the modding community will eventually turn Starfield into a straight up **masterpiece**
this goes for all bethesda games lmao
I hope they add a mod page for console like skyrim.
But the thing is we shouldn't have to depend on the modding community to turn it into a masterpiece
Yeah, let the unpaid interns fix the million dollar games.
Meanwhile the console gamers get shafted and will never get qol updates or anything they don't pay for added to the game, all Bethesda does is patch their games never adds new stuff unless it's part of paid DLC.
The ai reactions were so painful. Skyrim would legit have a guard investigate dead bodies and citizens would react. Hell you even get a heads up when an important AI dies via obituaries.
This game seems amazing for the most part and I'm scared what the modding community will do I can already see a dead space esc horror mod coming out
Fighting necromorphs will be awesome!!
Warhammer 40K, Halo, Star Wars, Dead Space, etc. so much potential
@@hachelyd_i3232don't forget an xenomorph mod 💀
@@CosmicKnight_07and ofc s*x mods
We all know before we get horror mods, anime waifu character mods are going to show up first, lol. Second would be furry mods. Horror is going to be late to the party.
Perfectly timed for just finishing your last starfield vid 😂 happy to see you’re enjoying it Kev!
After 50 hours I can tell you now with honesty I’m bored, it’s good but it’s boring after a while, it’s go here fast travel here! Go to this planet…. Walk 1000 meters talk….. walk back or fast travel back to ship, fast travel to another planet… rinse repeat. It really isn’t that great
That’s literally every single Bethesda game
Welcome to Bethesda games! It’s been like this since Morrowind. Maybe even Arena and Daggerfall
@@kye4216you gonna comment on every thread little bro?
@@kye4216 no mate lol Skyrim you enjoy the walk as there is so much to see, this game is go talk to this guy walk 20 mins to then open the map screen and fast travel back because you can’t be assed walking to your ship to then fast travel out and repeat the same thing
@@madhouse2594 yeah and morrowind actually makes travel a challenge at the beginning of the game. Combat is unforgiving and magicka doesn’t regenerate meaning you have to plan more when going to a city that is far away. You feel like you’re actually going on a journey to a far away place.
Space travel and exploration seems like the first thing you should put into a space game.
Not nesseceraly. You can make a very good RPG in a space theme, like Mass Effect. I prefer the fast travel here, cause I want to jump from adventures to stories, not being a space trucker sleeping on the job like a space sim... I have other games for that. And there is PLENTY of exploration in Starfield, in fact it's the most rewarding exploration in the industry.
Their is a thing called light speed my friend.@@stoowoxgameplay
and i can easily disagree Skyrim was LEAGUES better. But thats your opinion :) @stoowoxgameplay @@stoowoxgameplay
Haha fair enough, taste can't be discussed they say! @@Rosa_Neco
All I heard was: "this game ropes you into a million quests like new vegas and the next thing you know it's 3am and youre part of the kings, or the pirates."
Yeah, that happened.
Woke up at 1 AM, worked with some shady Chinese corporation in Neon, became a Spy/The Among Us imposter and got rid of the competence, and after 3-4 hours, I helped a criminal gang to defeat another criminal gang and got them to become Cops after the missions were done.
It's 5 am rn.
Kevduit: “I have played over 100 hours of Starfield. I haven’t shaved in 3 days, I forgot to feed my cat, and pay the rent”. That’s gonna be me when I buy this game lol 😂. Seriously though thanks for the review man. You’re one of the main channels that I really trust when it comes to Game reviews.
You know it's a good game if you can't put the controller down. I'm on my 2 days off work and binge playing
@@megilacuttyjones735 yeah man I can’t stop playing. Right now I’m doing the Freestar Ranger quest line. I wanted the Ranger gear before I complete the main story lol 😂. The spaceship fights are surprisingly difficult but still fun
Kev,
I have been an avid viewer of your content for years, and I have taken a lot of inspiration from what you produce. You are highly entertaining but informative, and your voiceover work is second to none. With this video, as always, very well done.
Thanks to Starfield's ship builder, I have started a channel of my own that has received (for me) an unprecedented amount of attention. And, believe it or not, the vast majority of the feedback I've received has been very positive. I do not have the experience that you do, nor have I reached the same level of production quality, but for some reason, (most) people who watch my content seem to enjoy it.
I have over 500 hours in the game now, with the majority of that time spent building and flying my own ships. I've gotten quite good at building ships, and have a lot of experience tuning ships for different roles. If you're still enjoying Starfield, and you need a ship that can get you through any space encounter on Very Hard difficulty, basically any of the ships that I have published build guides for would suit your needs perfectly. I would be more than honored for you to follow any of my builds and use them in your playthrough.
Cheers Kev, and thank you, as always, for your excellent commentary and content!
Starfield psychopath run
Look I loved my time with Starfield, but the planets were mostly the same 7 randomly set places and every planet felt like a waste of time once I found them all that I was just going from one dot system to the other dot system that I knew had an actual quest thanks to the internet.
Space combat and ship building was garbage, the ship building was just a whole bunch of " YOU CANT DO THIS UNLESS YOU DO THAT FIRST!" and "YOU DID THAT FIRST BUT NOW THIS IS WRONG!" and ship combat was a lot of "5 guys team up on you while your allies sit around doing nothing, so YOU DIED"
Fallout 3 I played for like 1000hrs, Fallout 4 I played for 800 hours, Fallout NV I played for 1000+, Starfield I played for 100 and I'm done with it once the main story concludes because we're not getting into spoilers here.
Honestly, the story... was awful to me, it was great until a certain point and that is the twist, the twist RUINED the story because it takes your agency away as even if you don't want to do what the main quest wants you to do your companions are always "Well when are you going to do the thing you should go do? You obviously don't want to, but you're going to anyway, so why not do it now? huh? why not do it now? You doin' it now? LETS FINISH THE MAIN QUEST THE RIGHT WAY!! ALL YOUR COMPANIONS WANT YOU TO!! SO DO IT! !!
SAY YES! YOU HAVE NO AGENCY! GOGOGO!
and then I finished the main quest, despite my objections to the thing I was told I had to do, thanks guys you were a really big help especially you romantic interest who gave up on me for SPACE.
You sir, are Mad Lad. Keep up with good game related contents.
Talking about music, I now maybe understand how Oblivion was such a meaningful experience to me😂😂 Heard Wings of Kynareth in the background of this video and got sad and sentimental and instantly had a flood of memories of me exploring Cyrodiil and looking down from the Jerall Mountains in a light snowfall with that song playing and thinking ”this is the peak of gaming, it simply cannot get any better than this.”
100 hours? 10 of those on loading screens I guess...
I'm 20 hours in and I've barely touched the main quest. I'm stil ACTIVELY exploring Sol, and this tells you how freaking huge this game is.
It's actually a huge empty nothingness. Every solar system is like every other.
@@bangkokstallion no it's not. You just didn't play the game
Cry harder@@bangkokstallion
It actualy is. It's a bunch of hand-crafted donjons and point of interest put on procedural planets. It's all good and all until after a while you realize that they can't keep up with the number of planets available.
Empty ? Nha. 1000 different biomes with unique story/assets, absolutly not.
You gonna run into system that look like Sol, with the same donjon, a lot.
@@thewitcher8675wdym honestly curious as I tried to find some different shit boy could not in about 50ish hours, it’s all the fkn same
I normally don't care for reviews for games like this, but your genuine enthusiasm and analysis of the game, it's pros and cons, its comparison to other titles of the same genre and of game made by the same publisher mad me wanna try this game out for myself.
Starfield's soundtrack when I open the game gives me the same feeling that I get when I open ARK Survival. However, in the case of Starfield, that feeling of excitement stays the entire time I am playing, instead of instantly disappearing when I once again remember how rough ARK is.
I gotta proclaim Kevduit as a God Gamer from now on
Copium for $100 is thru the roof ~ tbh as legendary as BG3 is as unlimited as Monster hunter world + iceborne is as "All in one" entertainment as Witcher 3 is none of these games deserve or demand freaking $100.. yet this bitch deserves it ? this game is about space and yet does everything worse than EVERSPACE 2 i played recently,.. how ? or why do ppl love to get cheated on and behave like a Cucking is best thing they got out of it and say they're happy ?!__ I guess ppl who can spend on onlyfans can easily make money for this game too.
It's Fallout and Skyrim in space but with less features. This game could have been so much more.
Everybody put so much faith and hope in the modders and they've pretty much given up on Starfield. Even the official updates from Bethesda are lackluster lol
At least bethesda tried to sell dlc to us... No clue what it brings, since I didn't want to shill another 20 usd for it lol. That stuff will break so many mods.
Honestly I don't think we're playing the same game, both in starfield and cyberpunk.
My God Kev, I'm glad you gave a good review and talked about everything with detail, I'm 100% playing this game
YOU WILL BE SAD
@@skyeduke8199 dawg say sike rn
@@quadewilliams5952take your time with it. The more you play, the more it gives back. It's very enjoyable
@@skyeduke8199not as sad as you
@@skyeduke8199the games fun as fuck what are you on about
25 years in concept, 5 years in production, and we get a game where space is an enclosed space and can just be skipped with fast travel. It is a looter shooter with magic weapons, companions who complain if you pick up random stuff, and bullet sponge enemies.
It is just another Bethesda game.
Believe it or not in my case, my greatest impulse to play Starfield is the simple fact of enjoying what its OST has in store for me 🎶
I believe you. I replayed Skyrim (re-installed it, re-modded it) so many times just so I could listen to the music while on the road. There's something deeply soothing about that music.
@@octavianpopescu4776 It's just magic!
I have heard great things about the OST
You know you can listen to that on your own...right?
@@HappyLarry. Yes of course
I am in fact going to compare it to The Outer Worlds, not No Man’s Sky.
Noice once more, Kevduit - you spoke well on it all. 😁💯
You can’t fly your STAR-ship in STARFIELD. That’s all I wanted, so not planning on buying this.
You fly it in space.
what are you talking about
2:43 Did he really just show a clip of Cyberpunks npcs aimlessly wandering around, then show a clip of Starfields npcs aimlessly wandering around and voice over "these people are actually doing stuff" No there not lol
I think he’s just assuming they do stuff since Bethesda have done that for their previous games.
For Starfield they went for simpler but more numerous citizens.
Personally I don’t care I always found it annoying when the guy I had to talk to for a quest was hiding in some bedroom.
Haha, yeah, that was a bad example. I wish I could've just shown the Starfield people over the course of a day, going around, grabbing coffee, shopping, etc. Cyberpunk NPC's just walk forever in circles... but they DO react to you being crazy, so there's that
Starfield is more like The Outer Worlds than No Man's Sky. It's more about talking to people around the world than space flight.
Limiting the world or zones you get into allows for much better details and depth.
now if only Starfield adapted the RPG elements of outer worlds, then it'd be cooking. and yeah, if more planets meant less detail in the main ones, that is upsetting
This is what I've been saying. If they just ditched the obvious buzzword that is "1000 planets" and just did a solar system with actual planet to planet space flight and 4 or 5 handcrafted skyrim sized areas to play in the game would be 10000% better and probably actually been a 10/10 game. As it sits now it is a very 7 or 8 type game.
The funny thing is that Bethesda fanatics have swallowed this garbage, and now justify it by saying that there is a filled world there that is interesting to explore. While the main problem of Starfield is just that this world is not interesting to explore, the integrity of the world is not felt due to constant screen downloads, empty planets, there is no need to do anything at all, because the main storyline can simply be run in 18 hours. Thanks to Bethesda for the fact that I can safely go through Fallout 4 and Skyrim (which are much better made initially with their spirit of exploration and discovery) with their thousands of modifications.
you are the one who has sold me on this game after looking through so many reviews and reddit posts. thank you papa kev
Is that the Roach Dogs boy?
After 30 hours, I really love this game. I accepted the package and it's one of the best RPG out there. Your review is so good dude, and I hate RUclips reviewers mostly because they just invent negative narratives for a weird public. Have fun with the game you all, I barely scratched the surface in 30 hours, the content is huge, exploration rewarding. Not perfect, as said in the video, but a hell of a good purchase when it clicks.
This is the 4th review I watch about starfield. In each of them the game get always "defended" by some "accusations" people made and it's labelled a "good" game and for me these are huge red flags. A review shouldn't "defend" a game and AAA studio with huge budget and experience can't just release a "good" game and get praised, a good game should be their standard actually....
P.S: this game didn't need 10000 planets, they should have focused on 10-20 planets and it would be ok. Most of these randomly generated planets are empty or feel "boring". This game isn't about space exploration like no man's sky but THEY focused on the "10000 planets" thing
Thats because people who havent even tpuched the game have tried to be critical of it based on one or two things and dont know about the 1000+ other good things you can get into/do
For 100gb they optimised the heck out of it. If this was Activision and the cod franchise it be atleast 300gb. Only had one bug so far on series x, the beginning is a slow burn so be prepared to waste 3 hours in dialogue alone. After that its hella fun.
I have a 4000 pound pc and im getting 80 fps on average... that is NOT well optimised
@@bensmith5288 I mean atleast it's 80 fps.
Not really dialogues, more like forced walking sessions. But holy shit do I get addicted in first time experience. Will finish it and try the replayabilities.
look the optimization debate is a nobrainer. The game demands performance of dystopian levels and it can't be excused. Why that is the case is another topic, most likely it's just their stubbornness in regards to their engine. Spending thousands on a PC and achieving "just" 60fps at 4k is horrible performance. In other games you'd get double or more.
For everyone complaining about performance, tbf, there are different ways of optimizing. It would appear they just optimized for storage size instead of performance, which usually (not always, but usually) have an inverse relationship.
Thanks, Kev. For a moment, I thought I was lost among those "sheep", but here you are, an individual with an opinion of your own. It's a delight to watch you.
Hes echoing the sentiments of everyone else who got early access to the game for free, but not the people who dished out $100 for it.
I bought it within a heart beat for my wife, because it's absolutely worth it for our gaming preference. I think the issue we're facing these days is there are SO many reviewers, so many opinions, biases, it's complicated to actually enjoy and have fun with a game due to SOMEONE pointing out all the bad somewhere. For me, I don't read reviews before I put mine out, that way I can compare afterwards what we agreed and disagreed with.
@@bmagadai mean free with game pass which this month includes Lies of P and Payday 3, I paid $30 for the premium upgrade for a few days early plus the dlc...but theres definitely more than $100 worth of content in the game already, not including mods and extra content
I've honestly heard the complete opposite; That the game IS empty, and would actually benefit from less loading screens. It's so divisive in fact that I'm probably not gonna buy it until I've played it first lol.
If you just jump on every planet you see then yea most will be empty. There is a huge amount of content on some planets so just go there if that’s what you want.
Iv been on Neon for like 10 hours doing random stuff.
The cyberpunk levels of hype and the fact it was announced as an exclusive immediately put me off of this man and I'm glad to see I was right on it not at all living up to expectations. I mean it doesn't look bad don't get me wrong but it's just the same Bethesda formula but in space. Apparently this was in development for 8 years and the dialogue is on par with Skyrim and older fallout games that came out I believe more than a decade ago at this point. And I get that it's part of the charm I guess but I find it difficult to care about a story when the voice actors aren't really into the script or the writing isn't the best. And when you have games like red dead redemption 2 that were in development for similar times with brilliant dialogue and some of the best writing I've ever seen in a game it kinda makes you wonder what they were doing in that time. I know that's not the most fair seeing how starfield does have a massive map so I bet a lot a time and money was dedicated to that but even so one of the biggest issues with Skyrim and fallout (for me at least I don't know if anyone else feels this way) is that their stories aren't really fun to get involved with they don't really have that depth or value to them that other games have.(fallout new vegas was alright but thats just because you can be an evil bastard lol) The lackluster stories along with the combat that gets old around the 20th quest just makes these games such a drag to play. Who knows maybe mods and future updates will bring more to the game but it definitely isn't worth buying a console for lol. But hey I mean if people enjoy it they enjoy it to each their own I just don't see the appeal lol
That’s what happened when you have delusional expectations.
@@kye4216 I had the lowest of the low of expectations and they still managed to disappoint lol
@@zgama6511 How? its great on the RPG side of things. the only negative is the limited freedom with your ship, which we knew about months ago.
@@kye4216 my man the game was in development for 8 years and is basically just fallout in space. Not even I was expecting them to be that lazy and I have a very poor image of Bethesda already. It's just the same lackluster writing and story with a just okay game. Bethesda combat basically just boils down to pointing and clicking until an enemy is dead popping into a menu healing 4 times then moving on to the next enemy. Its serviceable yeah and if the story for any of their games was even half way interesting to me I could look past the combat but they always suck so I'm stuck with hours into a game I have no desire to finish. If that's your style of game then that's alright but you have to admit this is terribly mediocre for how long it was in development. The games alright but it's got so much holding it back for me on top of the fact I'm not gonna buy another fucking console to play a game that's essentially fallout 4 and the outer worlds if they had a big baby.
Edit: no hate or anything just feel the game was lazy
@@zgama6511 Thats the type of game they make. If you dont want a Bethesda RPG then yea you're not going to like it. But you cant say that makes the game bad and lazy.
I dont even really understand the fallout comparison. What is similar to fallout? just because there are guns?
its a completely different universe, completely different factions, dialogue system, locations, skill tree, enemies, weapons.
the only similarity is the settlement building system, but i dont see why that is something that should be exclusive for fallout.
Im still dissapointed that in a game so focused on your ship and crew you cant FUCKING FLY IT
On day 1 I gave it a 7.5
Day 2 - 8.5
Day 3 - 9.5
It just keeps getting better . Only gripe is there ain’t a local map 🗺️
Yes! Exactly
“The more you give to Starfield, the more it gives back.”
-Todd Howard
So it’s true? He didn’t like about it?
Talking about ship battles, I took down the 3 snake worshiper ships before hacking the satellite and it took me like 20 tries on normal. But in the end, I stole one of their ships and pimped it out. It did take a while for the bodys and blood to go away though.
Well said, couldn’t have said it better. We’re all moderately enjoying the game in early access stage, imagine once this games got a few updates/patches under its belt. Don’t forget about future DLC packs as well…….
This video is actually beautiful. Thanks Kev
Bent
@@bensmith5288 Bent
one of the best breakdowns that ive seen on this game. its true that it might not be for everyone but for those who are just fascinated by the little things, those are the ones who will love it
People complaining about thousands of planets to visit meanwhile spore had that feature for years and somehow no one's complaining about that.
You took my interest from zero to 5000 bro I can't wait to play this!!!! It looks amazing af
Fun As Fuck lol.... This will cause my Divorce😂😂😂
theres so much loading screens like wth even when taking off , landing and just entering the ship 🤦♂️. there should'nt be that much loading screens even after being built 6+yrs or longer. id choose no mans sky over this copy cat
@@locuscuztheyfocuse4581they have vastly different gameplays. Not sure why you wouldn’t be able to play both.
@@locuscuztheyfocuse4581The loading screens are fair but no mans sky is a space exploratian game but Starfield is skyrim on space.
@@denizseyhan1053 yeah? a complete ripoff no mans sky was built less time then starfield was being built 7+yrs in the making for failfield oh well i guess bugthesda actually tried
After around 10 hours of gameplay, I re downloaded fallout new Vegas and fallout 3 and I think it’s safe to say I took for granted how amazing they were designed and how fantastic the worlds that they built were even fo4. And damn Skyrim too
It’s fallout 4 with advanced warfare paint trying to be no man’s sky
Why does No Mana Sky have a monopoly on space ?
"With things to do" he says about planets exploration LMFAO
This game is really surprising. I was expecting it to fall hard but here we are and it actually looks cool
I really am happy you're calling it as it is with starfield instead of mindlessly residing in one camp or the other. One thing that really turned me off to listening to reviews about this game was just how many people mindlessly praised it or bashed it for the same issues their preferred games had, or for needless things that don't matter. The mindless praise is just sad, but the unfair bashing is just as sad.
I remember all the arguments and rallying cries about how graphics don't mean anything, effort and style does, but since starfield isn't flawlessly pretty and realistic it sucks, even though the games other people compare it to usually sacrificed something on the way just to have pretty graphics. God of War Ragnarok was pretty af but it's entire second half was painfully lackluster. Cyberpunk was pretty but then they also couldn't make even the most basic of things work without a crap ton of massive updates.
Stuttering or a somewhat bad launch is something people visciously mock but if their favorite game happens to be Cyberpunk, No Man's Sky or New Vegas or something, then stuttering, breaking, and disastrous launches (New Vegas wasn't that bad but it is known for some bad bugs, at least in the beginning) is perfectly fine.
Starfield has less than stellar npc and companion interactions but games like Cyberpunk speedrunning your emotional connection to your character's bestfriend (who we're also shown the death of in a trailer of all things) in a single cutscene is perfectly fine.
Starfield's factions get critiqued but other factions in other games, if they even have any (another let down by Cyberpunk, not even having a faction system), get passes because those games had more time to cook after release or something.
I can go on and on. It really is just tiring that every major flaw this game has can be forgiven in other games, or outright ignored. You get one decent game like Baldur's Gate and suddenly you're not allowed to enjoy anything that isn't it.
I really didn't get the same experience with the proc gen zones. The few I've looked at feel exactly like what I expected them to: Empty. Spent an hour last night roaming around some barren rock with a handful of structures that did nothing, had no one in or around them, and the most excitement I had in that hour was walking past a single set of landmines in front of a nonfunctional door, which had such a long fuse that I could just walk past them anyway.
Kev, you need to stop spitting so many facts in one video. Obviously, everyone will have their own opinions on this game, but you could not have summed up what Bethesda is as a company to its customers better. Bethesda is my favorite studio because of the longevity of their games, the absolute raw talent of their writers to produce a story everyone can enjoy, and the replayability of their games is absurd. And the obvious passion they take in making these games like you do in your videos. Thank you for the honest review keep up the excellent work.
10:20 love the two comparisons here to the distracted and focused and honestly I think I’m both. Been playing Skyrim on and off since 2013 and I think I’ve completed the story a maximum of 5-10 times. Either because I want to make a new character, or I managed to somehow break my save with mods
Seeing Kevduit praising a Bethesda game is a rare sight to see.
I think that's what people are ultimately getting fed up with Bethesda about. The constant need to have mods to improve the baseline. I enjoy playing all of the elder scrolls titles as well as fallout, but it sucks that they just can't make something that doesn't require an unofficial patch or quality of life fixes after all this time.
Honestly, you spoke my mind! I have been hearing about "planet boundaries", "no maps", "empty planets" ad nauseam. Like brother, life is not plentiful in space. Of course it is going to be empty. And on top of that the landing zones have tonnes of structures to explore, like you said, caves, camps, etc. The only complaint I have in this game is the lack of emotions in npcs when I am holding a gun to their heads. Hopefully, Bethesda will work on this. While yes, modding will make this a game of the generations to come, the game in itself is awesome! And as always Kev, great job, thanks for the review!
Haven't even felt the need to explore or set up a base and it's still great.
A couple of things. I agree that Bethesda upped their story writing game during the main quest.
But completing the main quest is just the beginning. Start new game plus. See what happens. They've invented a whole new level. I can't say why because of Spoilers. But you'll know when you see it. And see it. And see it. And see it.
Ship Combat. You are supposed to suck at it, but that just means you have no place to go but up. It takes time to get your piloting skills up and I'm 100 hours in on my 4th Main quest playthrough (same character) and I finally feel like I am a threat. Some tips: Keep your speed at the center of the white reticle on the left to max turn speed. Get "Starfield VATS" asap to start leveling it and target shields. Boosting breaks Lock Ons. So wait until they have lock on, boost, then immediately cut back on power to save for more boosts.
The Skill system. I agree with your points. However, you can't cheese this system like you can in Oblivion or Skyrim. You can't whack on Shadowere for 3 hours to max 1-hand. You have to use the skills to rank up but more than that, it creates a leveling loop that I want 5 things every single time I level up, and I'm level 60.
Great review. But we are all just getting started.
Do New Game Plus. Can't wait to see what you find because it is next level on every level.
I’m gonna get the game when it comes out on game pass thanks to bills and rent 😂. kevs reveiws are always spot on never regretted playing a game after he’s played or reviewed it 😊😊😊
You wont regret it
Kevduit is legit the only ytuber i trust for bethesda game reviews
This review (unlike the slog of hate boner vidoes made by people who are still stick in the 76 era and are DESPERATE for this game to be the same easy hate views again) is so high dam quality, it puts the ither "omg its a looter shooter" cry babies
Thank you kev for actually making a review and not simping or hating
Bro said the animations and facial twitches are an artistic choice....no dude its just the engines age showing
Im not gonna sugarcoat it. My mod list in skyrim is 120GB++ over all these years
I've barely seen more than 10 planets so far, and I'm loving it
Imagine if someone made a mod where 1 planet is just the Elder Scrolls universe..
Then when you land it immediately boots up Skyrim, Oblivion, etc..
Or one planet is the Fallout universe etc...
You're landing your ship on some strange planet you picked up on long range sensors when suddenly a portal opens and you feel yourself being pulled away from your ship before everything goes black. As you come back to your senses you open your eyes and find yourself in a wooden cart while those sweet words fill your ears: "Hey you, you're finally awake."
Great great review/commentary on the game 🙌🙌🙌🙌
I love starfiled take on space travel. No wasting time for gathering fuel or Waiting minutes to fly to next location. Full with action and actually doing stuff.
You mean that Map simulator of a traveling system?
@@little_lord_tam I think he meant that the flying mechanics most of the time only involves space combat and less about going to point B
The game takes some time to get going. Probably too much time. But when it does it feels amazing.
True. I feel like a lotta folks forgot how much Bethesda loves the intro build up in their single player RPG's. New Vegas and Morrowind were pretty quick, but Oblivion, Fallout 3 & 4, Skyrim, they all had pretty large build ups, so much that people made mods to skip them haha
@@Kevduitw Kev
You sold it really well. I really dislike Bethesda's RPG elements, but you can't deny that this game branches out to many other types of gaming experiences. Plus, these guys have been at this for decades. They know how to make good content. It almost makes me want to get it, though I know I probably won't play much of it, or at least play enough to experience even half of what there is to unpack. I would say play or watch extensive gameplay for at least 100 hours before coming to a conclusion on whether this is a good game or not. I honestly can't wait to see how this game turns out. Maybe it'll actually convince me to play it myself. Who knows?
In the time that I've played starfield, while it's been very finicky, I've had an absolute blast, I spent like 5 hours at the start just looking around New Atlantis, didn't even bother with the main quest and just went off to do my own thing and I'm absolutely loving it. And I've got to say, the zero g combat is awesome, I had so much fun when I went into a zero g space casino that was taken over by mercs and just taking them all out while floating around.
I did the same! I barely dove into the campaign before charting out like 7 different galaxy's, haha
I can't wait to see the results of modders creating their own settlements, planets, moons, etc. The things I was disappointed about were: no land vehicles, no seamless space to planet travel like in No Man's Sky, no ship flying around in planets and moons, and no mechs or mech-like suit similar to Power Armor in Fallout. I really hope Bethesda will add these things in updates or DLC.
Just started watching your videos within the year & you’re easily becoming one of my favorite RUclipsrs! You’re hilarious & you’re brutally honest, I love it.
Amazing video!
Sounds like a sponsored review lmao you must’ve loved this game somehow
So, this is my first video of yours that I watched (I've been watching your vids for the past month or two) that wasn't clips of you playing a silly game and clowning. So I was surprised with the very smart take on the game and well thought out and said opinions. Only think I have to add is that remember that there are different types of nerds, just sometimes some are louder than others. I personally loved base No Mans Sky. I loved chilling at 4am wandering empty beautiful planets.
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Technically the game is only instanced by worldspace borders because the coordinates are based on your ship, no clue why Bethesda tied the map loading to the ship and not the player, but yeah. Once the ship unloads, the game crashes. Hence why the worldspaces when you land are 8km by 8km with the ship in the middle. They are also connected despite what initial people tried to spread based on testing from an xbox lol. So technically, Pete Hines is right, you can walk on.
Have you ever disliked a Bethesda game? This comes off like a review from a whiteknight of the company
76 was sub par to me. But other than that, I love Bethesda's games, they've gotten me through brutal times in life, alongside filled thousands of hours with gaming I don't regret. However, as a reviewer I won't just ignore the things I didn't like, therefore, I state those clearly. If I'm called a shill cause I think people would have fun with it, fine by me
Have personally confirmed the boundary from your ship when on a planet is 4500m away. Meaning the tile size is 9000m in diameter. I don't expect many will accidentally bump into that.
Did they pay you or put a gun to your head to lie about the NPCs? They are exactly like cyberpunk.
He probably just assumed because previous Bethesda games had more complex NPCs.
In starfield they went for simple but more and it’s better imo. Idc if an NPC goes to bed somewhere.
40 hours in, and its one of the most detailed games i have ever played. Ill never play Skyrim again.
How are you feeling about it now Kev?
i 100% agree starfield doesn't need to be no man's sky. Its starfield. And even players who play NMS know they will never walk 30 mins or even 10 mins to reach locations. So whole controversy about not being open no walls is for the sake of it even if it has no practical use. People just the like idea of it, I'm sure no one is willing to walk 30 mins into ur destinations in games especially not in RPGs.
I like the game, but i hate the loading screens for everything
Man if had MODS like fallout 4 this would be the Only game I would play for years. The fact I can play on a Xbox One is amazing as well
Still getting a series X soon
Its either a 100% or 0% depending on who you belive... personally I would give it a 6/10 and leave it alone for a few years. Like Fallout 76.
Procedural generation use didn't start in Skyrim. It started waaaaay back in the first Elder Scrolls game, Arena.
One thing I somewhat disagree with - I think the skill system is much more intuitive and consequential compared to Skyrim. Skyrim has great presentation with the perk chart and how it directs progression, but other than that, it's functionally not limiting you in any way (in terms of skill-based actions) - meaning, less tradeoffs. So far, I feel like leveling up in Starfield means you can give your character either some new flavor or abilities that can tweak gameplay depending on your playstyle. It further reinforces itself as you can't get into the nitty gritty unless you focus on what you want to invest in first. Challenges are much more explicit about what you have to do, giving you direction on how you might want to roleplay efficiently to unlock further ranks, while I feel Skyrim is absolutely the pinnacle of a spam fest. Perks being flexible and fun, but not always having a real long-term impact. Like, sure, you can be gun guy really quick but that's just an early game benefit with specialization. You have to figure out which unlocks complement your gameplay and play into those strengths over time purposefully. Eventually, just shooting a handgun all the time is going to cap off once you max one of those skills out, so you'll have to branch out and find ways to open up that gunslinger build further with your own combinations.
In Starfield, it's much more valuable to choose a background that actually gives you certain skills right off the bat, because the skills themselves give you key abilities early in the game. Such as: pickpocketing not really being a feature until your character knows how to do it by having that skill, having a stealth meter that gives you better tactile information about your positioning, or even using certain types of equipment like boost packs, mods, etc. And they're all contextualized in the universe too, in my first ten hours had a few cases where my traits, background, and even a skill came into play with random encounters that thematically fit the archetype I was playing (Bounty Hunter). I don't know, I think I prefer the hybrid system over simply doing the skill, because it requires some planning to optimize how you feed into those trees / tune your playstyle at much larger level. It's a similar mixture of unlocks to Skyrim, but I think it's more focused overall, a lot more systems that gradually reveal themselves.
Thank you, mate, for the great video!
I literally yesterday had an argue with a "content creator", who's video was structured around why is NMS better ("At least you can land there"), I just asked him to flip the switch - what was he expecting and preferring? - huge, empty rocks with nothing to do or indie-style same thing on mor eor less same places, or thus approach...
Well, as the poet once said - People are strange...
This was a great review, Kev and it honestly made me want to play it more. Thank you!
That plankton quote was perfect, I’m still laughing xD
lets be honest. how much did you get paid for this advertisement? 100 hours and 15min video and you didnt even mention the loading screens one time!?!?!?!!?!?!?!??!!? in 100 hours did you not once freak out about them?!?!?
Another bot who actually did not play the game.
@@Stalker950-l3xI played it, the game is trash. Admit your situation so you can have a little bit of dignity.
6:30 To be fair man, i mean games like Mass Effect and Baldurs Gate are specifically designed to tell a story first in whatever way you play your character. This game is very much more exploration driven, not saying the story or side content is bad because its not its literally incredible. It just isnt designed to only be a story game and then youre done, it wants you to explore, so im ok with taking a bit of an RPG hit here since everything else just feels so good that an extra unique dialogue option means very little
Very true, and I agree, I'm willing to take that RPG hit as well in terms of the sheer amount of stuff you can do, it's a crazy playground
I generally hate the base building content in games. It feels like busywork, especially when I have to go out and try to find materials I'm missing. It's not so bad in games where it's optional or quick/simple to build and balanced so that you'll find most of the items you need before you need them, but Bethesda games have a history of making me go out of my way to find some random trash item that I've seen a million times, but never thought I'd need until some new DLC gave it a use. The alternative is just turning off my brain, looting everything and traveling back to my base ten times more often, which just isn't fun. Funny thing is, I like some base-building games, but if I want to play a game like that, I'll just go play one where the base building is the focus.
Base building in Subnautica was extremely fun even when I was required to go get some certain materials over and over again, somehow the tediousness of it was also part of the fun, especially when it needed new materials that require you to go explore some new and unknown locations and you'd constantly be on edge trying not to run into a reaper. And you can get by the whole game without needing a huge base, you can basically just build a corridor with the essentials but I and everyone I know that played it would always try to build the biggest and most creative looking base possible. Some games make it fun even if it's not the focus.
The feeling of the game being empty is that yes; there are lots of things on each planet to explore and see, but they are the same on each planet/moon. The only varying details are what resources and flora/fauna are there. You’ll come across the same abandoned science facility, robot manufacturing facility, single settlement, etc.
I felt done personally after 54hrs.
That piece of tape that says “don’t use” on the helmet is not a bug holy shit
If anything it’s master-level detail
Finished the main story. Honestly, this might be my favourite Bethesda game.