Honestly, how much more can you say about a small quiet game to run while you're doing stuff.

Of course it's great for when you need some little distractions (unless you turn those options off) and helps with little "hey, take a break" times as well.

I kind of wish that Valve could put a "Mixed" Option rather than a "Yes/No" for reviews like this as honestly, this game is one that truly deserves it at this moment.

You are getting Skyrim in Space, literally, I assumed I'd get Fallout in Space but no, the Starborn system is literally the Skyrim Dragon Shouts.

Honestly, as much as Fallout 4 felt a little bland to me pre-mods, I could at least get through a bulk of the main story without even a UI mod, whereas with SF, as soon as StarUI was launched I grabbed it, as this game needed it.

But to sum up a few friends, at this stage Starfield is very much in need of DLC's and some good mods, and due to the ... blandness of the Proc-Gen landing zones, most definitely in need of more areas to explore.

I mean that last point, I went exploring and found 3 of the same Biolabs with the exact same loot, exact same layout and exact "named" dead NPCs in it all within 500 meters.

The whole "let's integrate New Game as part of the flow" also feels heavily flat, especially as you need to do each temple 10 times to level up your skills, and these get tedious after a while.

-- All in All, this is most definitely a "Wait for GOTY and the big Story Mods" situation.

"Sixteen Tons" by Merle Travis (made popular by Tennessee Ernie Ford) is a very interesting song if you look at it's history and the words sung.

That's Lynx, the corporation that "graciously" let you become an employee for them, where you literally *are* owned by the Company, and they even own your death as well due to their clone system.

Though gameplay wise this does remind me at times of the way you could destroy buildings in Red Faction: Guerrilla, though the soundtrack is **vastly** better as well.

Even if you don't like the game much, the music is good and it really does fit the theme of the game, which makes a change from a lot of other game's OST's.

Back when Bond was a parody of the "super action spy" genre rather than the current offering, it was silly.

But who wants to play Bond, when you can play BRIAN BLESSED pretending to be Russian and take over the world.

For those that have played the original Subnautica, you will have a good understanding of what to expect in regards to exploration and oxygen survival here.

However, set in the frozen wastes of 4645b you have other challenges to deal with and that adds in an extra layer of complexity, as well as the lack of the Cyclops too, so no more full-on mobile bases.

Though, as of this writing (27/Nov/19) a dev blog stated that they are redoing the story to change it up, which I have to agree, there was a "string" in there that didn't feel right, but I have confidence that UWE can pull it off.

Have fun, watch your Oxygen and don't get cold.

While the premise of the game is interesting to an RTS player. it falls a bit flat.

Or should I say that it falls flatter than the Danakil desert, the flattest place in the world, especially if you are looking for a good game to play.

Now, the RTS mechanics of limited number of vehicles has been done in Ground Control, the adaptable vehicle nature in Warzone 2100 (though CC:GA does it on the fly in your ship) and island hopping is really old style for RTS games.

The melding of them, with that you have to return to protect an Island as the automated defences aren't brilliant does make this an interesting game, on paper.

The FPS side of this falls flat as you are just "vehicle but not a vehicle" when doing that, even the ammo counter is basically a vehicle's gun, not an actual AR, vehicles will get stuck in places and can't be moved unless you have got an attachment for the plane, but then you need a bit of skill if it's doing the odd wobble.

Now, the bugs, there are some from early game still present, and the "instant detonation torpedo" bug that is in the last official patch has at least been fixed in a community patch, but is something that completely breaks the game unless you know to look for the unofficial patch.

Honestly, while I've spent ages in this to get the achievements, and had some fun in the skirmish mode, the story mode was interesting, once, and only once, the game does not lend itself to longevity, part of that is the remaining game breaking bugs, and the other is lack of good modding support and mod makers.

If you want to try it, go for it on sale.