I did buy No Man's Sky, but it was on super sale at some point when I bought it. It wasn't a bad game, but I found it boring. Lacking? I just didn't have a good time with it. Plus, flying the spacecraft in that was a chore that got incredibly not worth my time. Could be I just sucked at it. I just got so frustrated with it, I never gave it another chance after a few hours of play time.
I just now got off after playing Starfield for 106 minutes straight. It runs well, so that was my only concern.
I'd seen people posting hate on the game for various things, but I couldn't care less (I won't even bother to repeat them here) about any of that. I'm in a game for its engagement - visuals, story, engagement, dialogue, interactions, all of that. And in that time I played it, I saw it in droves. Now, it's kind of on rails, the first part - the game tells you what to do and where to go. I'm just more than happy to follow along as I got used to the controls. I really enjoyed looking in every nook and cranny for loot. The combat is engaging and interesting. Lots of different weapons. I'm trying to carry everything I loot off of bodies as they say they're worth tons of credits, but you can only carry so much. I hope there's a way to increase portage as the game progresses.
The environment is cool to look at; the spaceship interiors are interesting and I find myself looking every frikkin' where, wherever I go. I almost never do that in any games I play. I know I miss a lot of things but I tend to just charge through, until I get used to it. The first intro part of the game sends you somewhere, and...let's just say the storyline was conducive to me paying attention to my surroundings. It gave me a feeling of tension I'd not experienced in a game before. I can only compare it to something like Alien Isolation, though the game is not like that.
Character creation is interesting, though I had to go to Google to look some things up; you start with choosing three Traits, and each has pros and cons (which I don't really like, having negative effects right off the bat, at least not until I get to know a game and understand how it works better). I found an article that discussed them and alleviated some of my issues with making a choice with them. I won't ruin it by going into any more detail, there.
I was honestly on the fence, too; it cost $70 US (well, $69.99 US) and I almost never buy games at full price. I was worried something this large was going to have some bug issues big time, but I've not experienced anything yet in the short time I've played it. Plus, a lot of reviews say how well it works. You KNOW if there's issues with crashing, the Internet is going to let you know about it, lol.
Overall - I'm pleased with it thus far, but again, it's only been a short period of time.
