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Review: Starfield – After NG+ 10, This is What I’ve Learned
29.11.2023 - 11:02 / fortressofsolitude.co.za
After a little over two months, many have developed a love-hate relationship with one of the biggest titles for 2023. And, as with many blockbuster games, much praise and criticism has been levelled at Bethesda’s Starfield video game. Before its release and reviews, the hype and eagerness of fans to get their hands on the game was palpable.
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While Starfield remained extremely popular for a few weeks after its release, many have dropped off due to boredom, repetitiveness or perceived lack of content across an expansive universe you’re required to traverse. With this, there has been a steep decline in active players – at least according to the Steam statistics. From its peak opening week, which averaged between 250,000 to 300,000 concurrent sessions, this has dropped to just under 30,000 over the past week. It doesn’t paint the whole picture, though, as these are concurrent players and don’t account for those on Game Pass on PC or Xbox. After the first two weeks of gaming, I, too, switched from PC to Xbox Series X, which provided a much better gameplay experience overall.
Despite the decline, as is often common in the gaming industry, I, and many others active on the Reddit community spaces, have continued to push ahead, racking up plenty of hours of experience in the process. As many should already know, New Game Plus (or NG+) is central to Starfield’s main storyline.
Beyond that, however, it still falls into the realm of spoilers. Reading beyond this point is at your own risk if you’re still up for space exploration sometime soon.
*** Spoilers Ahead ***
During the initial hours I spent playing through Starfield, I had spent only 20% on the main storyline. That’s not to say that it didn’t matter, but part of the game’s charm was that no two players followed the same path to enlightenment. This was part of the fun within our gaming group, as each person provided feedback on their progress, missions and loot picked up.
Given the size of Starfield’s universe, there was little chance we’d all encountered the same progression with the options at hand. In addition, with the various factions at play, how you traverse the maps jumping between galaxies will also differ substantially, as there are specific systems you cannot enter without the risk of being arrested while working for not-so-kosher entities.
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While I blissfully proceeded my adventures across the stars unabated for 40-50 hours, I decided it was time to complete the primary campaign to see where the journey would take me. Having avoided much of the online chatter for that first week of gameplay, I was still unaware
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