Starfield's reviews are in, and they are mostly positive, with critics praising its sheer scale, space exploration, main storyline, and surprisingly smooth performance on Xbox Series X/S.
However, it's not perfect, with some reviewers criticizing its RPG mechanics, inventory management, and its shallow RPG elements. Regardless, it seems there's a lot to love here, and we have compiled some of the prominent Starfield reviews to give you an idea of what to expect when this spacefaring adventure kicks off.
Starfield Reviews Roundup
As of this writing, Starfield has a Metacritic score of 89/100 on PC and 87/100 on Xbox.
Here's what critics are saying about it.
"Starfield is an epic sandbox open-world RPG with a beautifully immersive universe, a captivating story, and fun and compelling gameplay the whole way. I’m so happy to have experienced Starfield organically, and I really hope you get to as well."
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"It took me a long time to fall in love with Starfield, and even after I did, certain aspects didn’t work for me. But the things I didn’t enjoy are vastly outweighed by my enthusiasm for this new, original science fiction universe, the breadth of its adventures, and the appeal of its many interwoven stories. Go in with the expectation that it will take some time to find your footing in such a vast gameplay space, and there’s a universe well worth discovering here."
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"Starfield is the ultimate Bethesda game. It takes what people loved about Fallout and Skyrim, and casts it across an enormous galaxy filled with captivating characters."
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"Starfield is an expansive and beautifully crafted open world experience full of endless discovery and opportunities."
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"Starfield has a lot of forces working against it, but eventually the allure of its expansive roleplaying quests and respectable combat make its gravitational pull difficult to resist."
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"When you strip Starfield down to its essentials, it relies on a tried-and-true, but well-tread formula while missing some of the depth of the games that came before it. Starfield is a game more concerned with quantity than quality, and leaves the experience at the surface level."
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