Mere mortals, to be exact those of us who have been waiting a long time for Starfieldwe’ll have to wait a few more days until Wednesday, September 6, before Bethesda releases the game, and that way we can start exploring the new open world, which, if it lives up to its promise, wants to be one of those titles that, thanks to its absorption capacity, could be comparable to some of the black holes we hope to find traveling through this universe.

I say this is left to mere mortals because There are people who could already try it and that after this first contact they issue the first notes of the Starfield. I’m talking, of course, about the specialized press, which has already been able to devote a few hours to it, and which will therefore serve us well as a first evaluation of the game, even though there is obviously a lot more to say about it. . And yes, it’s true that there are other users who have had access to Starfield before, but as we’ve already told you, their story didn’t end too well.

what do i mean Actually several things, mainly two. It’s the first one The first assessment, which in some cases probably, as I said, takes several hours, is not the same as an in-depth test, something that will tell us if, for example, the range of planets we can explore is wide or if, on the contrary, it doesn’t take long for them to repeat themselves. So these first Starfield comments should be seen as limited to the time of testing, although of course they should be taken into account. Attention, in this regard I clarify that there are also media that could have devoted much more time to this, so this is a general consideration, but it does not apply to all those review.

The second point is that currently Metacritic, which is a great online game review aggregator, logically only has media reviews, not from individual players. So we can take these early Starfield notes as half of the equation. Does that mean you shouldn’t buy it until there are no user reviews? Yes, that’s exactly what I mean. Unfortunately, we’ve become more than used to failed launches that were initially well-received but completely fizzled out once they actually hit the market. As a paradigm of this point, let’s recall what happened to Cyberpunk 2077 at its launch.

However, these considerations are still personal opinion, so it is ultimately up to each individual to decide how much weight they place on this type of assessment based on their own criteria. I will limit myself to share with you the first notes from the Starfieldand it will be up to you to decide how much importance you attach to them.

As you know, Metacritic takes notes from different reviews and calculates their average. Therefore, at this time, as of the date and time of publication of this article, The Metacritic average for Starfield is 87 out of 100 and for the calculation of said grade includes a total of 51 reviews published on the Internet.

None other than anyway nine media outlets gave the maximum score, 100 out of 100, to Starfield, while no less than 31 reviews published so far are between 100 and 90, meaning they give it an excellent rating. At the opposite extreme, only five outlets awarded it a 70 out of 100 or less, with Spanish outlet Meristation rounding out the list with lowest view score ever, a remarkable 58 out of 100.

Metacritic divides reviews based on the ratings earned by titles into positive, neutral, and negative, and currently the first tones of the astral field are divided between 46 positive, 5 neutral and no negative. So the outlook is quite promising, even if we run into some particularly harsh criticism (which, mind you, seems like a very honest exercise to position yourself that way if one thinks so, even though the general trend is the other way around), which will no doubt contribute to an even longer waiting for it to start.

Recall that Starfield is Bethesda’s first own IP since The Elder ScrollsFallout was originally from Interplay Productions and that it was announced at E3 in 2018, a little over five years ago, and that since then it has suffered some delays before reaching the final publication date, in less than one week. So a long wait for it «skyrim in space“, along with the progress that Bethesda is showing us, has created huge expectations. Expectations that after seeing the first notes from the Star Field, we can be clear that they will remain in the sky for the next few days.

Now, I insist (and also remind myself, because I’m the first to fall for these things) that until the game starts reaching early players and reviews are published, it’s too bold to buy it. Instead, yes, if you want to try it from day one, you have a less risky option because Starfield is part of Game Pass And what’s more, it is already possible to pre-install it, so the start on the first day is even faster. That’s actually my plan.