Late-arriving review copies are not uncommon, but access this far behind so many other outlets is extremely unusual - particularly for a game of Starfield's promience. It has, thankfully, been a very long time since Eurogamer was impacted by a similar situation, and cases such as this are very rare across the industry. We look forward to playing Starfield and providing the quality and breadth of coverage you expect and deserve.
Starfield's recent player spike is a good sign, but Bethesda desperately need to line up their Cyberpunk 2077 moment.
I feel like the second big update that releases late this year will do just that. Part of the story expansion is also new means of transportation on planets.
What player spike?
I checked steamcharts through the link in the article and it went from 8,000 to 11.500, so yea 20% but when the game peaked at 330,000 It's safe to say that the actual effect of this update was negligible.
Doubt it'll ever get redemption. As many developers have said in various interviews it's beyond saving.
Just release the mod tools and expansion and move on.
Cyberpunk 2077 had some strong bones i disliked it on launch because I could see the potential I could see the strengths of what they wanted to achieve but it wasn't done yet
Starfield fans are asking Bethesda to introduce mech piloting to the game after it teaser "major features" on the horizon.
They didn't get the memo the game is dead and the Bethesdabots only want magic and fantasy.
Starfield fans? The game only has 9 thousand current players, worldwide! As a company you cannot waste time on creating "Major features", it is simply not profitable. Just move on.
The YouTuber DeityVengy has transformed Starfield into an open-world Star Wars RPG, or The Mandalorian, with over a hundred mods.
Only 10/10 reviews are allowed :D
It's almost like MS & Bethesda don't want Eurogamer's or Digital Foundry's opinion out there affecting day one sales.
Which would imply if they expected good reviews then they would have supplied game codes in plenty of time.
I mean, if it's as amazing as it's being hyped up to be, why not supply an early code to one of the more prominent Xbox flag waving review sites?
DF got theirs... Eurogamer will just have to wait.
I think this landing zone stuff is going to hurt the exploration amazment of the game, and lower review scores. This seems like an attempt to weed out critical reviewers from embargo day reviews.
I always feel like people are insecure about their product when they wait exactly till release to drop reviews, but then again, it’s early access. So, those who didn’t pay extra for a Digital Deluxe edition will get to see reviews and unedited streams to make up their mind before the “public” release.