>>716383148 (OP)I got it gifted when it was dirt cheap on sale after DLC and patches to fix the release state. Honestly it's not an awful game. It's a 6/10. It had some good high points and design concepts but it's execution was overall shallow. If they had cooked it longer, it might have resonated a lot more.
They should have implemented a character creator instead of Kay. She's not a bad character on paper (as in, she's quite heavily flawed if you pay attention and not a Mary Sue) but still, they could have worked in those ideas through character creation. It also needed more depth to every gameplay system. Just a little more but then again, the foundation was pretty solid. The way the game handles upgrading your gear and worldbuilding is top notch though, it deserves credit for that. The story had a lot of Saturday morning cartoon vibes, they should have gone the Andor route instead with more grit and hairy balls. Obviously disney sanitation at work.
Oh and you can fly around and enter building without loading screens (only a short hidden one, disguised as going through clouds as you enter the atmosphere) so it completely mogs Starfield in that sense, not that it's a high bar to reach.
