I just hit 100 hours at the time of this review. While I was waiting until I completed the game to post a review, it seems that I may have a few dozen more hours left of this game.

This game is the best game Bethesda has put out since Morrowind. Not saying the games in between are bad, just the writing in this game is worlds better then the other, some might even say systems better. The gameplay is very solid as well, while I wish the AI were more responsive in combat it's solid.

Speaking of solid, this is the most solid game Bethesda has released. Relatively bug free, however it can't be a Bethesda game without some jank. And it definitely has some, currently Stroud-Eklund Starfield is unreachable for me being 8,000 km away.

While I can't say much of the story, since I haven't completed it yet, I can say it has a VERY weak start. It falls to the Bethesda "You're the hero and we have to let you know within the first hour" trope. Doesn't even let you get into the groove before things hit off. While some may take a dozen hours before they get into the game I was enamored in the first hour.

The side quests have been very engaging, and what made me go from this is a pretty good game into this is a great game was the Ryujin story line. This was the first major side questline I did in the game. I absolutely hated the start, I didn't even want to do it. I was going to leave it for last, and then after about 4 sub quests in it hit. The writing is so well done, I went from "I hate this questline" to "I really hope the game has equally as good questlines because this one came out swinging."

I've done a few others, and all have been pretty great. I don't think there has been a bad side questline that was subpar. And I mean the major side quests, not the smaller one offs. They have all been very good.

I will update my review when I've finished the main story questline. 100 hours is, I do say this is at least a 9/10 game so far.

I just hit 100 hours at the time of this review. While I was waiting until I completed the game to post a review, it seems that I may have a few dozen more hours left of this game. This game is the best game Bethesda has put out since Morrowind. Not saying the games in between are bad, just the writing in this game is worlds better then the other, some might even say systems better. The gameplay is very solid as well, while I wish the AI were more responsive in combat it's solid. Speaking of solid, this is the most solid game Bethesda has released. Relatively bug free, however it can't be a Bethesda game without some jank. And it definitely has some, currently Stroud-Eklund Starfield is unreachable for me being 8,000 km away. While I can't say much of the story, since I haven't completed it yet, I can say it has a VERY weak start. It falls to the Bethesda "You're the hero and we have to let you know within the first hour" trope. Doesn't even let you get into the groove before things hit off. While some may take a dozen hours before they get into the game I was enamored in the first hour. The side quests have been very engaging, and what made me go from this is a pretty good game into this is a great game was the Ryujin story line. This was the first major side questline I did in the game. I absolutely hated the start, I didn't even want to do it. I was going to leave it for last, and then after about 4 sub quests in it hit. The writing is so well done, I went from "I hate this questline" to "I really hope the game has equally as good questlines because this one came out swinging." I've done a few others, and all have been pretty great. I don't think there has been a bad side questline that was subpar. And I mean the major side quests, not the smaller one offs. They have all been very good. I will update my review when I've finished the main story questline. 100 hours is, I do say this is at least a 9/10 game so far.