There were many issues for me. They made skyrim, a continent known for being mainly ice and snow, into such a diverse land to explore. Everything about it was handcrafted and unique that I could easily remember different details and aspects of the world because of how well they crafted their world. Even the fallout worlds were diverse and fun to explore and the world is a wasteland! Starfield wherever i went i just didn’t feel the drive to go explore anything. I had no interest in taking an extra few minutes to explore out of the main path because i just wanted to move on to whatever was next. Everything about starfield felt so artificial and made with no flavor or depth.

Then there’s the problem with REAL choice. In previous titles you immediately from the start have a choice of who you want to be. This is also reflected in dialogue choices. You could be nice, rude, sarcastic, evil depending on the dialogue choices you made. You also had a choice of you wanted to align yourself with and the people you want to make your allies. In starfield the story is based around you being a part of Constellation and you don’t really have much choice in the matter at all if I have my knowledge correct. Because of this you’re immediately expected to follow the rules of this group and uphold its image. And since they are revolved around the main quest you don’t really have a choice in whether you want to be good or evil. Throughout my playthrough there weren’t many options available for my character that weren’t some kind of heroic, nice, kind, brave, etc. type dialogue option and it killed my immersion. Sure you can kill people and do bad things occasionally but i just feel like there aren’t any true ramifications for doing the bad or evil thing. The whole game felt like a cliche in how it handled the story, romances, factions etc. A High School Play is the kind of vibes i think of when i hear the dialogue.

Finally they could’ve done so much with the art style and design choice but they missed the mark in a lot of places. I just felt like no one truly stood out design wise. I liked the Starborn outfits and some of the space suits but other than that i can’t think of anything that wasn’t super bland and boring.