Starfield Review Round Up: Should You Buy it?

The embargo for Starfield hit earlier today, prompting a plethora of Starfield reviews to become available. At the time of this post, reviews are mostly positive.

On OpenCritic, Starfield currently has an average score of 88/100, and a 94% critic recommendation rating.

On MetaCritic, Starfield is sitting at 88/100 Metascore and generally favorable reviews.

Of course, let’s start with our own review. We gave Starfield a 10/10.

“I wasn’t sure if it could be done, but Bethesda has managed to raise the bar for sandbox games even higher. In the end, 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.”

Starfield was a truly special experience for me, which prompted the perfect score. It’s not often I’m itching to play more after completion, like I am with Starfield.

Starfield Review Round Up

Here’s a round-up of some other reviews that dropped today for Starfield:

GamesRadar+: 5/5 — “With this kind of freedom ‘avoiding the main mission’ is the main mission.”

Forbes: 9.5/10 — “I really do love this game. Yes, Bethesda doesn’t match some of its peers in many places, but in part that’s because it’s trying to do everything, all at once. But if you wanted a giant Bethesda RPG set in space with better combat and a whole lot of time to level and build things and explore and find secrets, yeah, this is it. They did it. Enjoy.”

IGN: 7/10 — “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.”

PC Gamer: 75/100 — “Starfield shares plenty of DNA with Skyrim and Fallout 4, but ultimately falls short of both.”

GameSpot: 7/10 — “Bethesda’s spacefaring adventure has its moments with impressive scale, satisfying combat, and some worthwhile side quests, but its shallow RPG systems and uninspired vision of the cosmos make for a journey that’s a mile wide, but an inch deep.”

Game Informer: 8.5/10 — “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.”

Starfield: Should you buy it?

Of course, this will all depend on you, the player. If you’re interested in an open-world RPG that takes place in the expanse of space, then all signs indicate you will enjoy Starfield.

If you’re on the fence but have Game Pass either on PC or Xbox, you will be able to try out the game as part of your membership on September 1.

Starfield releases on September 6 on PC and Xbox Series X|S. It will also be on Game Pass day one. If you pre-order the premium edition you can get access a few days early on September 1.