STARFIELD an outstanding achievement in visual,audio/musical,storytelling mastery where even at the lowest setting on my i7 8700, 16gb ram, ssd, RTX 2060 with 6gb vram with all current drivers including those for Window 10 runs flawlessly with no lag or crashing with the exact same extremely satisfying experience with a mix of medium/higher settings. Happy days indeed!

Exploration is a wondrous journey of joyful awe and discovery as one learns the makeup of a planet's character gathering resources with countless uses from research to crafting in all their multitude of layers from creating medical aids to enhancing weapons and building the ultimate death machine space ship.

During these dreamlike moments of exploration your ears will be graced with the sweetest of musical sounds never heard in a video game reminding me of many a childhood grand science fiction musical score from a 1960's science fiction movie.

Combat is adrenaline electrifying overwhelming the senses with a terror driven instinct to survive as a universe of horrors reach out from the great vastness of the out there to shred your guts with shrapnel or rip and devour your flesh with screeching alien mandibles . Watching one's ammo count and health while moving at ninja like speeds is paramount if another day is to be seen without becoming a bleached skull from an alien sun as flesh has been stripped away by decay.

Many are the weapons ballistic and melee at your disposal which with training and skill can be upgraded with mods to make them even more effective in their killing prowess.

Skill tree is a mountain of knowledge with so much that can be learned and so many paths that may be followed all according to your choices with that classic skill improvement realism of Bethesda games where the more you use a skill the more it improves. Crafting and research is a major blast to do with all its multiple layers of progress to attain new levels of knowledge where resource gathering, research and crafting all come together to a most enjoyable level of satisfaction.

Character creation is the best yet to come from Bethesda with the variety of DAGGERFALL and the detail of MORROWIND alongside a mesmerizing face/body creation system where it feels like your a sculptor shaping your digital flesh into gaming reality. If you choose the perk where you start out with your own house which comes with your parents said parents will also have some of the same physical features as the ones on your character. Also your parents won't be just sitting at home like pieces of furniture they will actually be traveling about in the game universe where you may end up encountering them while they are on a vacation trip or shopping etc. Hairstyles, facial shaping, makeup, eye shape/color,many varities of skin tones and skin conditions including aging effects all add to some great immersive game play.

Npcs and companions are interesting with so much dialogue to be shared. Walking around in city settings there was an endless sea of chatter from npcs with all sorts of background lore and personal interaction being expressed giving everything a sense of busy city life with great areas to visit such as the commercial district with coffee shops and places to change your appearance without having to start a new character. Constellations members are a joy to with and am looking forward to the adventures which yet await us especially with Sarah Morgan. Vasco is also an incredible companion and am very happy to see i got him at my side from the get go for his great conversation and ability to lighten my carry load.

World and level design are a visual feast of graphical excellence with consistent environments and mind staggering elegance of item placement where everything gives off a real world vibe even when its a chaotic mess of a trashed base space pirates have ravaged. Landscapes are mesmerizing with their day and night cycles triggering moments of reflection in their display of light and shadow upon mountains and cities. Dungeons! DUNGEONS! DUNGEONS WITH MONSTERS! and TREASURES BEYOND MEASURE!!! As always dungeons and monsters are the main attraction for me when it comes to Bethesda ever since the days of TERMINATOR 2029 and ARENA.

I recently saw a video that may explain why many areas are a bit spacious when trekking across planets on foot with it having something to do with the spawn point of where you land and the further you move away from it the more there is a chance of things going wrong like items getting tossed everywhere.


Ai is surreal and uncanny in its realism where space pirates can be persuaded to not attack. Alien life on planets are not psychotic murder machines. They will react in realistic ways where at first i will notice their body movements showing slight agitation at my approach. If i continue to approach they will become more defensive in their movements where eventually it will turn aggressive with growling as a final warning to move away before they finally attack. This is done to different degrees with some creatures and humanoids showing different degrees of patience and leeway including those who will charge in from afar.

Scanning, surveying and mining on planets are very intuitive with multiple layers of detailed fun never feeling cumbersome and quite relaxing during those non hostile moments or when a sudden loud sound warns you there might be something very threatening lurking about or perhaps nearby environmental dangers which can cause serious damage such as burns or lung damage where oxygen intake can be effected leading to further faster depletion of oxygen when over encumbered.

Space combat and travel is very well done where even someone like me who does not play space simulators found it very satisfying and fun when going up against space pirates or mining for resources in space.

I could go on and on about STARFIELD but it would probably take at least a year to describe all that STARFIELD has to offer in its excellence of game design and execution so i will just say thank you Bethesda for another senses shattering obsession to get lost in bringing the comfort as all your inspiring previous masterpieces still and always will from the ground breaking ARENA to the dream world surreal FALLOUT 4.

Things i would like to see in the game perhaps thru updates or paid DLC:

Multiple radio stations that play many styles of music from jazz, classical, experimental ambient, music from earth's past before it was destroyed, radio station which only plays talk shows with guest interviews fleshing out the lore of the STARFIELD universe like what led up to the destruction of the earth to all current and past wars and how those in political/military power are influencing current events etc. Add in some feel good broadcasts covering topics on morality, the spiritual similar to the speeches by President Eden in FALLOUT 3.

A major increase of ship storage space where it would take exploring 25% to 50% of the planet to fill up the cargo space of a ship with resources/salvage. Human carry weight can stay as it is but could be increased with new research perks which once learned would allow the player to use exo-skeletons for a 20% or so increase in carry weight.

The ability to build communication antennas across a planets landscape which would allow more radio transmissions to be picked up over the air waves some which might be ancient earth messages similar to the recorded messages in FALLOUT 4.

A survival mode as brutal as the one in FALLOUT 4 but the ability to save anywhere.

End of list of things which i would like added in the game.

Lastly major congratulations to Todd Howard for making his dream game a reality. May it blossom and flourish in this incredible age of gaming for many decades to come.

STARFIELD, Buy it! Play it! Experience mankind's future where SCIENCE FICTION has become REALITY!!! A SCI FI DUNGEON UNIVERSE!!! BEYOND ANYTHING YOU HAVE EXPERIENCED IN A BETHESDA RPG!!!

FALLOUT 4 a senses shattering! blood soaked pulse pounding! violent world of science fiction, horror b-movie insanity the likes which has never been seen in a video game before!

Behold before thee all which makes me adore this surreal work-

How well hidden everything in the world is. I still have not discovered where the institute is or gotten involved with any of its quest with seven hundred hours of gameplay. Fallout 4 really is a world of mysteries.

Sneaking mechanics and atmosphere where the characters will start whispering to each other and acting all sneaky bringing out the stealthy nature of the situation.

The influence of companions when i do something they like or dislike motivating me to improve on certain actions and not do others.

The elaborate electrical system when setting up power to a area.Its plenty of fun trying to figure out what does what and how to best connect everything for a smooth electrical flow and visual appeal.

When i first saw Piper praying i thought it was pretty touching. It gives her a sense of humanity as a being capable of having faith whatever that may be.

The antenna towers i come across on my travels that can be powered up where new radio transmissions are then available. Its sad and haunting to hear a message from two hundred years ago by a husband begging for his wife to come back as he takes care of their sons in a underground bunker.

Survival Mode is brutal. Your main weapon to stay alive will be patience, observation and taking a nap whenever you find a place to rest in hostile surroundings this way when you die it wont be as frustrating when it comes to doing stuff over.

On companions i always stick with Piper because of her personality but have found out she can hold her own especially in melee combat where many is the time she has done some fancy foot work making a raider fall off a building roof to their death. She is lethal with a shotgun and i make sure to upgrade one before giving it to her.

Perks i just go with whatever is giving me positive results or seems to make sense. So if i just leveled up doing something good for some people i will put a perk point on charisma instead of thinking, ' Oh i better put this perk in a combat skill because am playing survival mode'. Feels more natural this way to me playing it out in a cause and effect manner.

I carry around plenty of purified water which really helps when taking stimpaks and meds to keep the thirst away.

I love power armor but balance its use as i enjoy fighting out of power armor as well. I should use it more often in Survival Mode since it can really turn the tide of battle just enough to make a difference.

The game mechanics with the limited energy of the fusion core, the death from above damage output, the hud, the animation entering and exiting, jump jets, walking speed and sense of weight, health readings etc etc all make using power armor a futuristic joy.

The honey dripping euphoria inducing voice of Magnolia singing songs of pure bliss and rough times voiced by the always professional and very likable Lynda Carter. Nothing like listening to her sing Good Neighbor to get my straight :)

Radiation storms. Their unearthly glow and the sound of their approach is like some ghostly storm traveling from the past in time to the present where emanations of those who died when the bombs dropped echo across the commonwealth with a burning radiation kiss.

Crafting weapons and armor. It feels so great to be upgrading a weapon or armor piece with something i really like only to find out am short some supplies to make it so and thus starts the adventure of a sense of purpose to earn those mod upgrades.

Not having to open every container to see what is inside of it and instead just pass my mouse over it. Makes for a excellent quality of life effect and uninterrupted game flow.

Finding loot on animals which is related to the animal i killed like blood probicisis on bugs, molerat hide on molerats, mirelurk meat on mirelurks etc.

Animals hunting animals! Supermutants shooting and disemboweling raiders! Scavengers that dont always shoot on sight. Intelligent raiders who are not kill crazy and will allow you turn around and get out of dodge. Children who act like children and hangout in children places like schools.

Having one's own place to buy and call home or to set up shop in Sanctuary in the players original two hundred year old home.

The heartless brutal nature of the world alongside moments of great compassion and romanticism. Ah those love starved eyes of the wolf huntress Piper.

Having everything that is laying about in the world serve a purpose and the player discovering their uses over time through many ways such as leveling up, perks etc.

Being able to upgrade power armor in countless ways.

Creatures from their animations to their models they look very alive and menacing appearing as dangerous as they are. Its a real thrill of terror to see a Mirelurk Queen rise from the depths like Godzilla and know if i dont get out of there am as good as dead. All the different forms of robots also look science fiction stunning especially their damage models as they take hit after hit with the damage seen in all its sparkling dangling wiring and fallen armor plating glory. Oh and those creepy crawly roaches like something out of the movie Damnation Alley but a million times more gross. Then there are the fiendish ghouls with their fluid nightmarish movements where suddenly they are upon one like rats on cheese.

The density of the environment so much like a real city where a turn into a corner can take one from a residential block to a business center at the blink of an eye while feeling consistent never breaking the cohesion of the illusion of traveling in the bombed out ruins of the Commonwealth. Also the humongous size of many buildings that one can actually explore from the outside and inside. City towers and industrial areas never looked so good which brings me to another improvement which is being able to see so much of the greatness of the Commonwealth when standing in elevated areas.

Companions. My goodness its like talking to a actual living breathing person with mountains of dialogue and unique personalities. I cant wait to see what companions will be like for Fallout 5 and The Elder Scrolls 6.

Settlement building. Talk about creating your own place to live it up in style and peaceful tranquility along with fellow npcs. This is the life!

Variety of edibles. I think its awesome the amount of food variety available along with the plant and wildlife which can be found.

Difficulty levels. They all feel very balanced and dangerous. With the addition of Survival Mode one cannot ask for anymore.

FALLOUT 4, BUY IT! PLAY IT! Answer the call of another world beckoning you to ultimate adventure!