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Ryuu96 on 31 August 2023
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Reading IGN's Review.

Positives

  • Variety of Spaceships. Customisation of Spaceships.
  • Clever Hybridizing of Traditional RPG Skill Unlocks and Elder Scrolls System of Increasing Skills During Use.
  • Feeling Like My Character Has Honed Skills Instead of Magically Mastering Them.
  • Maybe Best Lockpicking Minigame Ever in an RPG.
  • Joys of Piloting a Spaceship.
  • Rich Sci-Fi Universe.
  • All Sorts of Morally Ambiguous Situations.
  • Mystery Story Pays Off.
  • Combat Gradually Becomes "Good Enough"
  • Immense Amount of Quality Roleplaying Quests and Interesting NPCs.
  • Stable for a Big RPG.
  • Very Fun Raid Moments in Space/Ship Battles.
  • Loot Keeps Combat Interesting.
  • Interesting Companions. Fun to Chat.
  • Eager to Finish Major Questlines Still.
  • Sprawling Universe with Detailed Lore.
  • Densely Packed, Stories Around Every Corner.
  • Interesting Side Quests.

Negatives

  • Stingy Skill Distribution (Can't Get Em All in One Go).
  • No Respec System.
  • Disjointed Space Travel.
  • Too Many Loading Screens.
  • Too Much Reliance on Quick Travel.
  • Slow Start Overall to Combat/Story.
  • Slow Rollout of Essential Abilities.
  • Disappointing Powerful Enemies, Easy to Kill.
  • Unmemorable Gunplay Without Something Like VATS.
  • Too Long to Unlock Certain Upgrades.
  • One Part of the Main Quest Being Repetitive (But Enticing and Different Rewards...)
  • Wish Bethesda Took Inspiration From Breath of the Wild For Puzzles.
  • Generally Visually Different But Barren and Lifeless Worlds.
  • Shockingly Bad Inventory Management.
  • No Maps (Including Mini-Maps) - Only Shows Points of Interest. Nothing to Guide You Around in Cities Aside From Using Shop Signs.

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Just doesn't really feel like it matches the score, Lol.

VATS is in Fallout because the gunplay is trash, Lol. VATS helps to hide how poor Fallout's gunplay is, I don't think it is needed in Starfield to make Starfields gunplay memorable. I can understand the criticism of the slow start but RDR2 was forgiven for that, Lol. Some other criticisms make it sound like Starfield is more of a hardcore RPG than previous entries.

I'm on IGN because they're the most popular and the dude gave Fallout 4 a 9.5/10 but Starfield a 7/10, Lol.