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Random thoughts about Starfield after 6h on PS5

Let’s start with the bad stuff:

- Quite a lot of performance issues, even in performance mode, especially in crowded spaces like New Atlantis or Akila

- I grew tired of being called « exceptional » and « talented » and everyone trusting me with critical life or death stuff when they don’t even know me. It’s very dated and it feels fake.

- Character animations look very dated, or maybe I got bored of that first person perspective with no one really looking at each other while talking.

- It feels like Skyrim had a child with No Man’s Sky, The Expanse and The Outer Worlds, but with none of the specific stuff that makes each of those unique and memorable.

The good now!

- …it feels like Skyrim had a child with No Man’s Sky, The Expanse and The Outer Worlds, and man I love all those franchises.

- There’s a bunch of mysteries that got me hooked and I really hope we get to solve some of them (like where do these artifacts come from? Why has earth lost all of its atmosphere?)

- You can explore the solar system, land on Europa and gaze at Jupiter in the sky, and that sunrise in Mars alone made my entire day

- The whole NASA-punk look is incredibly stylish, I got chills every time someone talks to me over the comms, and that gold foil everywhere is chef’s kiss

- The locations!! Space stations in low orbit with glass on the floor?? A huge oil rig looking neon cyberpunk-ish city on an ocean planet?? I can’t wait to discover the rest.

- Andreja is cool as hell

Autumn 2023, somewhere in the Alps.