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This will be the first story expansion to Starfield. This DLC is bundled with Premium Edition (digital), Premium Edition Upgrade (digital), Premium Edition Upgrade (physical), and Constellation Edition of Starfield.
Game analysis
Monster Scorecard
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Story and Narrative
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61
Critics have mixed feelings about Starfield: Shattered Space. Some praise its emotional depth and engaging side quests, while others criticize its forced main story and uninteresting characters. The game offers positives like lore exploration and tough decisions, but falls short in narrative cohesion and captivating elements. Overall, opinions vary on the storytelling, with room for improvement to enhance the player experience.
SCORE DISTRIBUTION FOR STORY
Story Score
61
Positive (80-100)
29%
Mixed (50-79)
43%
Negative (0-49)
29%
Based on analyzing reviews that specifically scored or critiqued the story and narrative.
TL;DR
story and narrative
Critics have mixed feelings about Starfield: Shattered Space. Some praise its emotional depth and engaging side quests, while others criticize its forced main story and uninteresting characters. The game offers positives like lore exploration and tough decisions, but falls short in narrative cohesion and captivating elements. Overall, opinions vary on the storytelling, with room for improvement to enhance the player experience.
Gameplay Mechanics
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60
Critics praise Starfield: Shattered Space for its freedom to shape your own space cowboy identity, engaging side quests, and challenging combat. However, there are criticisms about poor design, lack of innovation, and repetitive gameplay. While the game offers enjoyable exploration and quests, it struggles to stand out with fresh mechanics or a truly unique identity.
SCORE DISTRIBUTION FOR GAMEPLAY
Gameplay Score
60
Positive (80-100)
14%
Mixed (50-79)
57%
Negative (0-49)
29%
Based on analyzing reviews that specifically scored or critiqued the gameplay mechanics.
TL;DR
gameplay mechanics
Critics praise Starfield: Shattered Space for its freedom to shape your own space cowboy identity, engaging side quests, and challenging combat. However, there are criticisms about poor design, lack of innovation, and repetitive gameplay. While the game offers enjoyable exploration and quests, it struggles to stand out with fresh mechanics or a truly unique identity.
Graphics and Visual Design
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65
Critics praise Starfield: Shattered Space for stunning art direction and immersive world-building on new planets, but raise concerns about performance issues and lack of variety in environments. Overall, opinions lean towards the positive side, with room for improvement noted in certain areas.
SCORE DISTRIBUTION FOR VISUALS
Visual Score
65
Positive (80-100)
14%
Mixed (50-79)
71%
Negative (0-49)
14%
Based on analyzing reviews that specifically scored or critiqued the graphics and visual design.
TL;DR
graphics and visual design
Critics praise Starfield: Shattered Space for stunning art direction and immersive world-building on new planets, but raise concerns about performance issues and lack of variety in environments. Overall, opinions lean towards the positive side, with room for improvement noted in certain areas.
Music and Sound Design
NA
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music and sound design
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Voice Acting
NA
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voice acting
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Technical Performance
NA
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technical performance
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Replay Value
NA
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replay value
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Overall Verdict
62
MONSTER
OVERALL SCORE DISTRIBUTION
Monster Score
62
Positive (80-100)
17%
Mixed (50-79)
74%
Negative (0-49)
9%
Based on analyzing all available reviews that scored and critiqued the game.
TL;DR
Critics praise Starfield: Shattered Space for emotional depth, flexible gameplay, and captivating lore. However, the game falls short with performance issues, clunky quests, and lackluster execution, failing to meet expectations. While some enjoy the exploration and challenging enemies, others find it disappointing and overpriced. Overall, the game offers engaging content but struggles to fully deliver on its potential.
62
MONSTER
Reviews
55 reviews found80
Windows Central
Oct 4, 2024
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Starfield: Shattered Space is praised for its art direction, intriguing main quest, and return to handcrafted locations, but criticized for its notable price tag and lack of new enemies. Despite some flaws, it offers a fun experience worth checking out.
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70
But Why Tho?
Oct 7, 2024
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Starfield: Shattered Space is a solid addition for fans seeking a story-driven experience and the opportunity to explore a new society, but may not meet expectations for major gameplay shifts. It offers emotional depth in side quests and flexibility in gameplay, making it worth playing, especially for returning players.
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70
Hey Poor Player
Oct 7, 2024
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Starfield: Shattered Space offers engaging lore exploration and quests, but lacks significant innovation and may not justify its price for all players. Fans of Starfield should consider checking it out, but others may want to wait for a sale.
70
CGMagazine
Oct 8, 2024
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Starfield: Shattered Space falls short of Bethesda's high standards due to performance issues, clunky quests, and underwhelming execution, showing potential but needing improvement to match its predecessors.
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60
GamesRadar+
Oct 4, 2024
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Starfield Shattered Space delivers an intriguing opening and strong ending but falls short in the middle, missing the opportunity to fully capitalize on the horror vibes and unique faction of Va'ruun. It's a solid expansion for exploration and challenging enemies, with a good amount of player choice.
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50
Pure Xbox
Oct 2, 2024
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Starfield: Shattered Space is described as a big disappointment, failing to deliver on expectations and missing the opportunity to enhance the base game experience.
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40
Metro GameCentral
Oct 2, 2024
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The DLC is criticized for magnifying the failings of the parent game, offering a boring story, uninteresting characters, lackluster gameplay, and a distressing amount of bugs. It is described as the exact opposite of what Starfield needed.
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SomHráč.sk
Oct 17, 2024
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