Starfield: Shattered Space Reviews

Starfield: Shattered Space is ranked in the 19th percentile of games scored on OpenCritic.
6 / 10.0
Oct 29, 2024

After a year Bethesda finally comes with an extension for Starfield called Shattered Space. What can you expect from it? Especially a lot of the same and there the problem is largely. The vibe that hung around Starfield has since been put out and therefore it all feels like you already know it. A new planet with new missions is what you get back. For people who did not touch Starfield at the time, this is a great opportunity to finally pick it up. Also for the real fans of Starfield. Did you think Starfield was okay, but nothing more? Then you might be better off waiting for the extensions to be there.

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7 / 10
Oct 23, 2024

The DLC is held back by bugs that will hopefully be patched in the future, and preferably sooner than later. But even with the eventual updates and fixes, this is still a DLC that adds no spice to the base gameplay. Yet despite not making any big additions to the gameplay, Shattered Space is still a fun time. This consistency is a testament to the DLC's quality, and that of Starfield as a whole. It's for these reasons that Shattered Space is a good reason to dust off Starfield from the backlog and give it another shot.

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Unscored
Oct 17, 2024

The general perception, a year after the launch of Starfield, was that Shattered Space and all the interventions of the post-launch development team would have served to right the boat, as has happened too many times in recent times. Yet, on these pages, Starfield had been able to earn a flattering vote, which did not disregard, however, a series of problems that the product had highlighted. In approaching Shattered Space, then, your point of view is fundamental: if you were disappointed by the Bethesda title thirteen months ago you won't find anything here that can change your mind, except for a more focused world that does not force you to continuous travel in hyperspace, damaging the pace of the game.

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6 / 10
Oct 16, 2024

The story was good, but not excellent. Exploration definitely had a few wins, but still felt largely empty and did not reward players enough. Loot system is still flawed and the added content clearly did not include a whole lot of new weapons. Mainly these are reskinned versions of weapons already introduced to us.

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8 / 10.0
Oct 15, 2024

Shattered Space hits the mark by delivering a worthy expansion to one of the biggest and better mysteries in Starfield. This dive into the legacy of House Va'ruun brings precise criticism to religious fanatism to deliver excellent moments with some of the most beautiful visuals of this generation, which will please fans of Bethesda's most ambitious RPG to date.

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70 / 100
Oct 10, 2024

Starfield: Shattered Space has some excellent side quests and interesting new places to explore. Unfortunately, it's all tied together by a largely boring main quest, and leaves what could have been its standout character as completely optional and in the background.

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6.8 / 10.0
Oct 9, 2024

The Starfield expansion had a lot of potential, with a strong and intriguing start. However, it doesn't offer enough additions to be considered a true expansion. The inclusion of only one new planet and a few updates to equipment and weapons don't justify what could have been a simple update.

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6.5 / 10.0
Oct 9, 2024

Starfield: Shattered Space is the first expansion for Bethesda’s space epic, a piece of content that feels objectively unnecessary in the game’s overall context. Despite the fantastic new settings and the idea of focusing the story on a single moon, which makes exploration more engaging, everything else feels like a clear patchwork of the full game—almost as if it had been cut for time and then brought back a year later to add a few extra hours. If the studio genuinely intends to make Starfield a long-lasting title, they’ll need to deliver additional content that is far more focused and polished than what we’ve seen and played with Shattered Space

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5 / 10
Oct 9, 2024

Although Starfield: Shattered Space isn't objectively terrible, it's both lacking in content and creativity, and serves as a staunch reminder that not every game's first major update in over a year can be as good as Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty.

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5.5 / 10.0
Oct 9, 2024

Games like The Witcher 3, Cyberpunk 2077 or even Skyrim introduced lots of new, high quality content with their respective expansions. Shattered Space was supposed to be one of such add-ons – after a bumpy debiut of Starfield, Bethesda surely would deliver something really good. Sadly, this is not the case.

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6 / 10.0
Oct 8, 2024

Despite starting from truly intriguing premises, Shattered Space is a content that moves - with the brakes on - between light and shadow, failing to add a piece of great value to the Starfield content mosaic. Net of its qualitative fluctuations, Bethesda's DLC is not unpleasant in any way, but it is difficult not to attribute to the package the characteristics of an operation carried out, at least in part, on autopilot. A direction that makes one turn up one's nose also in relation to the list price, too high in relation to the scope and quality of the offer.

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7 / 10.0
Oct 8, 2024

Starfield: Shattered Space changes the rules of the game to renew your experience and expand your universe in an interesting way.

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10 / 10.0
Oct 8, 2024

Maybe one day, Starfield will finally become what everyone had hoped, with more emphasis on the mechanics people enjoy. Starfield: Shattered Space isn't the worst DLC in the world, and fans of the base game may enjoy it, but it fails to live up to the reputation that Bethesda has established as a company that makes great expansions.

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8.3 / 10.0
Oct 8, 2024

Shattered Space is a DLC that expands the lore of the world of Starfield, detailing a pleasant and well-concied tale, which makes clear the gruesome and brutal plot of House Va'ruun, which absolutely deserves consideration, from now on. From a playful point of view, here, I would have expected a little more, with some additions as has happened in the past with other Bethesda works. The final result is still very good.

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7 / 10.0
Oct 8, 2024

Starfield: Shattered Space is a compelling but messy addition to Starfield and could be recommended to Starfield fans.

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7 / 10.0
Oct 8, 2024

A strong opening and a great setting are unfortunately let down by a less than engaging story.

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8 / 10.0
Oct 8, 2024

Shattered Space takes advantage of the latest additions to Starfield to create a great adventure full of new content on a mysterious planet to explore, either on foot or at the wheel of our vehicle. The Va'ruun house becomes an exceptional protagonist of a new political plot in which we will have to choose once again our path in the stars. New content, allies, secondary missions and factions put the icing on a cake that more than fulfills as an expansion

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5 / 10.0
Oct 7, 2024

Shattered Space is just more of what Starfield couldn’t deliver. Although its focused, single-location experience and engaging quests provide a refreshing change, its overall lackluster quality proves that no updates or expansions can truly transform Starfield. While moments of brilliance remain, and Shattered Space does add some memorable moments to the pile, it's a DLC that ensures that Starfield doesn't go out with a bang like a Supernova, but rather fades into the vacuum of space without so much as a whimper.

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6 / 10.0
Oct 7, 2024

Overall, Shattered Space is a decent expansion that introduces a deep story along with a dark planet featuring larger quests and new enemies. While it's enjoyable, it doesn't bring anything groundbreaking and feels more like an additional dose of the familiar rather than offering something truly new to the game.

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6 / 10.0
Oct 7, 2024

An expansion that will not attract new players. Those who loved the main game could gain some entertainment from Shattered Space, but it's hard to give high praise for minimum effort.

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