Friday, October 4th 2024
Starfield Shattered Space Fails To Impress With 'Mostly Negative' Steam Reviews
Starfield's Shattered Space DLC launched on September 30, and it was meant to address many of the base game's major issues, with a more hand-crafted feel, more intimate encounters, and a more narrative-driven gameplay experience. Instead, Steam gamers and critics alike have lambasted the expansion online for boring and underwhelming, repetitive gameplay, calling it "more Starfield," essentially repeating the story of Starfield's initial launch. At the time of writing, the Shattered Space DLC has 1,601 reviews on Steam, with only just over 34% of those reviews rating the expansion positively—placing it squarely in the "Mostly Negative" category on Steam.
Likely the biggest disappointment when it comes to Shattered Space's poor reception is that the Starfield player base actually seemed quite optimistic about the expansion, thanks to previous gameplay and interviews about the intention behind the expansion. Critically, however, Starfield developer, Bethesda, deliberately didn't send out game keys to the press for review prior to the launch of the game, so there was no real way for players to know whether they would enjoy the $29.99 expansion before buying it.
As mentioned before, most of the negative reviews mention stale, repetitive gameplay that is underwhelming, although there are also complaints of disjointed writing and poor acting ruining the immersion. Others also lamented the DLC's $29.99 price tag, especially considering the "mediocre" gameplay experience and short runtime it ultimately delivered.
Shattered Space is meant to meaningfully expand on Starfield lore by letting players interact with a faction they had encountered in the main game but had never actually dealt with in any meaningful way:
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Likely the biggest disappointment when it comes to Shattered Space's poor reception is that the Starfield player base actually seemed quite optimistic about the expansion, thanks to previous gameplay and interviews about the intention behind the expansion. Critically, however, Starfield developer, Bethesda, deliberately didn't send out game keys to the press for review prior to the launch of the game, so there was no real way for players to know whether they would enjoy the $29.99 expansion before buying it.
Shattered Space is meant to meaningfully expand on Starfield lore by letting players interact with a faction they had encountered in the main game but had never actually dealt with in any meaningful way:
Shattered Space is a new story expansion for Starfield, Bethesda Game Studios' epic role-playing game and first new universe in more than twenty-five years. A mysterious power stirs in the city of Dazra on House Va'Ruun's hidden homeworld. Investigate a frightening cosmic threat, explore a new planet, and find unique weapons, spacesuits, and gear in this all-new adventure.What few positive sentiments there are among the Steam reviews praise the environmental design, visuals and atmosphere, while some of the more important fights in the DLC also received positive comments. The Steam review score will likely change over the coming weekend as more players pick up the expansion and pen their thoughts, but for now, it's safe to say that the community isn't particularly enthralled.
When a distress signal from a derelict starstation sparks a journey to Va'Ruun'kai, the veil of secrecy surrounding the worshippers of a deity known as "The Great Serpent" is finally lifted. Immerse yourself in the dark and complex world of House Va'Ruun, as you navigate a tense political landscape, uncover the history of the Va'Ruun people and help decide the fate of the faction in the wake of a cataclysmic event.
32 Comments on Starfield Shattered Space Fails To Impress With 'Mostly Negative' Steam Reviews
So I really wonder how CD Projekt Red managed to spin it but Bethesda could not when both of those games are so alike(at how bad they are).
CD Project Red has army of fanboys who will suck everything, no matter how bad it is. Bethesda also has its fanboys, but they are not that extreme.
I’ve seen people say that the witcher games where the most boring and stale games that they ever played.
I’ve found the mighty skyrim to have many flaws, with it’s only reddeming quality the exploration being fairly enjoyable.
Starfield is the opposite, it does nothing new and is still terribad at all of it. Its just not fun either. Its also completely soulless, an aspect Cyberpunk has elevated to its very own art. I think thats the key difference; Starfield never makes you feel like its a labor of love. Cyberpunk kinda does, even if the execution is poor.LOL. You do realize Bethesdas fanbase has been swallowing Starfield turds for several decades now I hope? Also do you really think these are different fans/people?! You really need a reality check :)
Bethesda still lives in 2008
I loved Morrowind, got bored in Oblivion and fell asleep trying to play Skyrim. Once Bethesda stopped working on substance and started to focus on flash their games have been trash, for me at least. When you read some reviews about Starfield and see some gameplay footage it just looks like a reskinned Skyrim game for space. I'm not wasting my time or money on more Skyrim that already put me to sleep. I'm not sure what people thought would be different with the expansion when they already have the base game and weren't thrilled about it.
Now they've got the guy from Adrenaline Vault as their head writer and Inon Zur writes music that somehow manages to be simultaneously boring and annoying.
I normally don't bag on game development studios too badly because I've worked in the business and I know how hard it is, but Bethesda post-2015 has devolved into a shitty corporate game factory.
- If you see a bug on a CDPR game: :cry:
- If you see a bug on a Beth game: :rolleyes:
Nah. They'll break even on pre-orders alone. As long as Todd is there the game will never be so bad it completely flops and even if he's gone Beth will survive on reputation alone. I'd be more worried about what comes after TES6. Soon enough Beth will have to make a choice between continuing to use their in-house engines or move on to something more mainstream like UE and the defining point will be what they release afterwards.They're incompetent, they're deaf, they're churning out garbage. All of the talent (and I mean ALL of it) has long since moved on to better studios. Like Blizzard, Bethesda are now wholly useless at making games.
Maybe TES 7 will come out good :D
Starfield really makes the same mistake in that sense, so I totally get your analogy; its too big, and there's not enough in it, cohesion is lost because of it, and you wonder why its all there.
opencritic.com/game/14768/redfall
opencritic.com/game/17396/starfield-shattered-space