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With the approach of theStarfield Shattered SpaceDLC , review for the title still sit at a middling " Mixed " on Steam — but expanding on one feature could change all that . Throughout theexpansive mankind break up across the Settled Systems , one of the secret plan ’s core mechanism is playfulness & challenging but deplorably underutilized .
Although I ’ve playedStarfieldfor over 250 hours at this point , I can still see and agree with many of the criticisms that endure to this mean solar day . As a fan of theFalloutfranchise of game , when it was first released , I likely reckon it through rose - tinted glasses , but as time conk out on andNew Game Plus playthroughswere started , I start to notice what the game lack .
There are different varying dimensions once Starfield ’s independent campaigns are finished . Here are the most interesting ones discovered in the game .
Starfield Just Needs More Random Space Encounters
The Most Compelling Of The Game
The best part ofStarfieldis , sadly , one that has not been explore enough . surely , core missionary work like the UC Sys Def vs. Crimson Fleet do force players into their ships for large swaths of gameplay , but beyondusing the scanner to debauched travel , space travel broadly is a extremely underutilized dowry of the plot . For someone like me , who spent several hours customizing and building their ship , the fact thatthere ’s really not that much to do out in the sweep of spaceundercuts my technology efforts .
Starfield Random Space Encounters Are The Best
From A School Bus To A Rave
There are a bit ofreally nerveless random space encounters inStarfield , set out from playfulness and emotionally touching to downright frightening . TheStarfieldparty cruise shipis in all probability one of the more play coming upon where players come across an interstellar rave ship , andspeaking to the captain enables the option to turn off the somberness for a zero - G partyexperience .
Another less playfulness but every bit interesting and touching interaction is with an elderly adult female known as Grandma , who invites you over for a cup of tea and some skilful conversation . Although it ’s not the most compelling mission , it ’s a overnice break from the rinse - and - repeat gameplay of jaunt to a full stop of involvement and shooting up a cluster of Spacers .
Two other less interesting but welcome interactions involve theValentine Sea Shanty , a roaming cowcatcher and singer who serenades the instrumentalist with his beautiful voice . Similar , more plebeian interactions like being stop by Faraday ’s Budget Tours or theMagic School Bus - esque ship with an exasperated teacher are n’t the most extensive quest , but it does provide a reason to in reality fly around in space .
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Starfield’s Horror Missions Are A Cut Above The Rest
No, I’m Not Talking Terrormorph
Probably two of the skilful random place coming upon are one that , unhappily , most player will never even see , even after hundreds or , in some cases , thousands of hours of gameplay . One such instance is a spooky tec - esque mission on a abandoned ship place station that ties into democratic finish . The Pale Lady abandoned ship inStarfieldfeatures the titular Pale Lady fromScary Stories To Tell In The Dark . While never straight seen , she can be heard , and remnants of the crowd and audio log detail a compelling quest players will never in reality be able to play .
The company has never shy away from parody or satirizing democratic media , and they still have a few sci - fi franchises they can take out from .
While there are obvious connections between the main spoilt hombre inStarfieldin Terrormorphs and the Xenomorphs in the iconic sci - fi repugnance filmAlien , there ’s also another random place face-off with a ship called the Colander , which introduces an evenmore monstrous alien named the Interloper . With standardized esthetic as the gross - out body horror present in the Entangled mission — in which player mustmake the decision to carry through Rafaelor an entire station of multitude — this random space encounter stands out as one of the cooler happenings in the plot .
Starfield Players Shouldn’t Have To Scour The Galaxy To Find Cool Stuff To Do
Radiant Missions Just Don’t Cut It
Starfieldhas see its fair share of criticism , but belike none as ever - present as the complaint thatthere ’s just not enough to doin the wide area of the Settled Systems . A noteworthy lack of interesting POIs wee Reddit threads feature rarified biome the most upvoted posts on roentgen / Starfield . In a game that supposedly embrace the wonders that can be found out in space , the lame excuse that it would be " naturalistic " for the coltsfoot to be whole vacant of the subject does n’t really hold urine in a game that is imagine to be plight and play .
Afterplaying throughCyberpunk 2077for the first timein 2024 , the weaknesses ofStarfieldbecame ever more apparent . Although a much more restricted world that lacks space locomotion , Night City is packed full of interesting and fun substance around pretty much every street corner , and there was never a mo where I mat the plot was miss in capacity . Even though that game also has pseudo - refulgent missions , I did n’t mind doing them because there was usually a play encounter or two along the style to get there .
The fact a player could spend literally hundred of hours inStarfieldand not come across every random space showdown the game has is just a testament tohow otiose space in the game feels . This is a bad thing , considering it ’s a space game — and for me , it amount just shy of failing at its main role . Let me clarify — I do likeStarfield , and I do think it ’s fun — just like I do like theFalloutgames — but I also see the glaring issues with them .
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Like a caboodle of Bethesda game — there ’s just so much more likely in their rubric , and as technical school gets better and more games are built in UE5 — the glare drawbacks of their evolution style become more apparent with every entry .
Starfield Shattered Space Needs To Include More Random Space Encounters
Va’ruun Was The Most Obvious Thing To Do
While theStarfield Shattered Space DLCdoes get me excited to learn more about the Va’ruun ( an obvious exclusion that feels more like they ran out of time than it was intentional ) , I ’m hoping it ’s not just anotherTrackers Alliance . While those quests were OK — after playing the plot for over 250 hours , I ’m looking for a few more substantial advance or content gain , even though I cognize it might be more wishful thought than a likely reality for the future .
Starfield Shattered Spaceis set to release in the Fall of 2024 , though no official date has been confirm as of writing .
Instead , I ’m hop Bethesda just begin to unfreeze some free DLC packs that tote up random space missionary station . These could lay out from just talking to other random ships over the intercom to more detailed and interesting quest like the Pale Lady ship . The company has never shied off from parodying or satirizing pop media , and they still have a few sci - fi franchises they can pull from . Sure , that bar might seem somewhat low bar to most mass , but for me , more random space encounter could potentially saveStarfieldfrom being precisely what the critic say .
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