Don't buy this. Just don't.

I put in 143 hours, completed all the curated content and got all the achievements just to make sure I can safely tell you not to buy this.

The planets are empty wastelands of absolutely nothing, and what DOES exist are the same, repeating points of interest, identical down to the clutter, over and over and over again. The devs responded to another review claiming that "The moon was empty when humans went there for real, so we're totally justified in not making content for our game" which is such a nonsense, cop-out response for refusing to do the work to make a fun game that it's actually laughably stupid.

Having done the research, in terms of content, Starfield is the smallest game ever released by BGS. It has;

About 270 unique locations (including the 118 possible NPC ship interior configurations), almost half of which are repeating POIs found in the procedurally generated planets (which are mostly empty voids that the devs defended as "Not boring"). It has less unique locations to see and find than Fallout 3's before including DLC, a game from 2008, which until now had the smallest number of locations (marked and unmarked) in a BGS game.

196 quests TOTAL, which is only 5 more than Fallout 3's 191 quests in the base game.

Only 53 weapon types, not including the uniques, wherein only about 5 of them have unique models, since the uniques are literally just "Weapon but specific traits" which are able to be found through regular looting, don't scale to the player's level and are visually identical to the base version of the gun. This is exactly the same as Fallout 3's base game weapon count EXCEPT that Fallout 3 had a number of fully unique unique weapons (as well as just "weapon but with different stats").

Only 4 companions, again, the smallest number of any BGS game, and their companion quests are shorter than any other to date.

Less customisation, and more restricted customisation for weapons and armour than Fallout 4.

Less cosmetic items (glasses, hats, etc...) AND you can't loot an NPC's clothing since all the loot is randomised and not what they visibly have on them. If they were wearing a hat, for example, their loot will not actually contain that hat.

The same lead designer and writer that thoroughly RUINED Fallout 3, Fallout 4, Skyrim and Fallout 76's stories and most of the writing.

Just don't buy this. It's a waste of your time, my time, your money and my money. Bethesda basically just dropped a turd, wrapped it in tinfoil, spray painted it gold and pretended it was fine art. It's not just an insult to fans of the studio, but also an active waste of space on your SSD since the game can't even run properly on an HDD.

Don't buy this. Spend your money elsewhere. Seriously, don't even get this on sale, it's not worth it.

Don't buy this. Just don't. I put in 143 hours, completed all the curated content and got all the achievements just to make sure I can safely tell you not to buy this. The planets are empty wastelands of absolutely nothing, and what DOES exist are the same, repeating points of interest, identical down to the clutter, over and over and over again. The devs responded to another review claiming that "The moon was empty when humans went there for real, so we're totally justified in not making content for our game" which is such a nonsense, cop-out response for refusing to do the work to make a fun game that it's actually laughably stupid. Having done the research, in terms of content, Starfield is the smallest game ever released by BGS. It has; About 270 unique locations (including the 118 possible NPC ship interior configurations), almost half of which are repeating POIs found in the procedurally generated planets (which are mostly empty voids that the devs defended as "Not boring"). It has less unique locations to see and find than Fallout 3's before including DLC, a game from 2008, which until now had the smallest number of locations (marked and unmarked) in a BGS game. 196 quests TOTAL, which is only 5 more than Fallout 3's 191 quests in the base game. Only 53 weapon types, not including the uniques, wherein only about 5 of them have unique models, since the uniques are literally just "Weapon but specific traits" which are able to be found through regular looting, don't scale to the player's level and are visually identical to the base version of the gun. This is exactly the same as Fallout 3's base game weapon count EXCEPT that Fallout 3 had a number of fully unique unique weapons (as well as just "weapon but with different stats"). Only 4 companions, again, the smallest number of any BGS game, and their companion quests are shorter than any other to date. Less customisation, and more restricted customisation for weapons and armour than Fallout 4. Less cosmetic items (glasses, hats, etc...) AND you can't loot an NPC's clothing since all the loot is randomised and not what they visibly have on them. If they were wearing a hat, for example, their loot will not actually contain that hat. The same lead designer and writer that thoroughly RUINED Fallout 3, Fallout 4, Skyrim and Fallout 76's stories and most of the writing. Just don't buy this. It's a waste of your time, my time, your money and my money. Bethesda basically just dropped a turd, wrapped it in tinfoil, spray painted it gold and pretended it was fine art. It's not just an insult to fans of the studio, but also an active waste of space on your SSD since the game can't even run properly on an HDD. Don't buy this. Spend your money elsewhere. Seriously, don't even get this on sale, it's not worth it.