{"id":110013,"date":"2024-10-03T19:08:57","date_gmt":"2024-10-03T12:08:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=110013"},"modified":"2024-10-03T19:08:57","modified_gmt":"2024-10-03T12:08:57","slug":"starfields-shattered-space-dlc-has-a-lukewarm-take-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=110013","title":{"rendered":"Starfield&#8217;s Shattered Space DLC has a lukewarm take off"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Shattered Space, Bethesda&#8217;s first major expansion for <a data-keyword=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/starfield-main-story-walkthrough-9352\">Starfield<\/a>, released a few days ago, but has unfortunately been met with middling PC player numbers and lukewarm reviews.<\/p>\n<p>Over on <a href=\"https:\/\/steamdb.info\/app\/1716740\/charts\/\">SteamDB<\/a>, Starfield currently has a 24-hour peak concurrent player count of 17,074, and a current player count of 9,740. In contrast, Bethesda&#8217;s much older release <a href=\"https:\/\/steamdb.info\/app\/489830\/charts\/\">The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim Special Edition<\/a> has a 24-hour player peak of 21,494, with 13,772 of us currently making our way through the fantasy world.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"primis_wrapper\">\n<p><span class=\"embed_placeholder\" data-type=\"targeting\" style=\"display: none;\"><br \/>\n<span class=\"message\">To see this content please enable targeting cookies.<\/span><br \/>\n<button class=\"sourcepoint-manage-cookies optanon-show-settings\" onclick=\"'_sp_' in window &amp;&amp; window._sp_.gdpr.loadPrivacyManagerModal()\"><br \/>\nManage cookie settings<\/button><\/span> <\/p>\n<\/div><figcaption>Starfield: Shattered Space &#8211; Official Trailer &#8211; Xbox Games Showcase 2024. <a class=\"video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=93dtPInrIMg\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Shattered Space&#8217;s Steam reviews, meanwhile, currently sit with a &#8220;mostly negative&#8221; average. Many of these reviews claim the expansion is not worth its price tag, with several accusing the developer of being &#8220;lazy&#8221; with the storytelling and overall content.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They say less is more, and with Shattered Space it&#8217;s true. Bethesda&#8217;s giving you less while asking for more money,&#8221; reads one Steam review.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Incredibly mediocre,&#8221; another adds. &#8220;Was willing to give Starfield a lot of grace due to it being a new IP but now I&#8217;ve seen what they&#8217;re doing to build on it, it&#8217;s not worth it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>One positive review, meanwhile, is a very clearly backhanded compliment: &#8220;The story is boring af. Would recommend if you have insomnia and need to work the next day.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/LegacyKillaHD\/status\/1841532730011517407\"> <\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"embed_wrapper\" data-domain=\"twitter.com\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">It&#8217;s worth elaborating since some clearly can&#8217;t read. I didn&#8217;t speed run shit, it just took 5 hours for the main story. Another 5 or so with exploring most of Dazra &amp; completing its side quests.<\/p>\n<p>This DLC is $30. It shouldn&#8217;t be. It&#8217;s dull &amp; boring. And yeah I&#8217;m disappointed.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Michael (@LegacyKillaHD) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LegacyKillaHD\/status\/1841532730011517407?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 2, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"embed_placeholder\" data-type=\"targeting\" style=\"display: none;\"><br \/>\n<span class=\"message\">To see this content please enable targeting cookies.<\/span><br \/>\n<button class=\"sourcepoint-manage-cookies optanon-show-settings\" onclick=\"'_sp_' in window &amp;&amp; window._sp_.gdpr.loadPrivacyManagerModal()\"><br \/>\nManage cookie settings<\/button><\/span>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p>On <a href=\"https:\/\/www.metacritic.com\/game\/starfield-shattered-space\/critic-reviews\/?platform=xbox-series-x\">Metacritic<\/a>, the expansion sits with a &#8216;Mixed or Average&#8217; average critic score of 54, with a current total of seven reviews. Of these seven, two are positive, three are mixed and two are negative.<\/p>\n<p>Some players are enjoying Shattered Space, however. &#8220;This DLC is more Starfield which, if you liked Starfield to begin with, means you will likely find it worthwhile,&#8221; one Steam reviewer reasoned.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If you normally enjoy the base game, it\u2019s worth it, and, obviously, if you dislike the base game, then just stay away,&#8221; another wrote.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<a data-lightbox=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/image-(390).png?width=1920&amp;height=1920&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=80&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Chart showing Starfield Shattered Space's user review history on Steam\" class=\"content_image\" height=\"452\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/image-(390).png?width=690&amp;quality=75&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/image-(390).png?width=690&amp;quality=75&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp 1x, https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/image-(390).png?width=690&amp;quality=75&amp;format=jpg&amp;dpr=2&amp;auto=webp 2x\" width=\"690\"\/> <\/a><figcaption><span class=\"attribution\">Image credit: <cite>SteamDB<\/cite><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Prior to Shattered Space&#8217;s release, Bethesda shared more details on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/starfields-shattered-space-dlc-teases-over-50-varuunkai-locations-gross-new-grenades\">Starfield&#8217;s new planet of Va&#8217;ruun&#8217;kai<\/a>, which it said featured &#8220;over 50 locations to discover&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>For more on the expansion, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/starfield-shattered-space-warps-bethesdas-final-frontier-into-full-on-horror\">our Lottie took a look at Shattered Space<\/a> earlier this year.<\/p>\n<p>As for the future, <a data-keyword=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/personas\/todd-howard\">Todd Howard<\/a> recently confirmed there will be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/bethesdas-todd-howard-confirms-at-least-one-more-starfield-expansion-after-shattered-space\">at least one more Starfield expansion<\/a> after Shattered Space, and a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/bethesda-trademark-points-to-future-starfield-expansion-fans-believe\">trademark for &#8220;Starborn&#8221; registered by Bethesda parent company Zenimax<\/a> then got tongues wagging about what any future DLC may include. <\/p>\n<p><span class=\"poll_wrapper\" data-fixed=\"false\" data-hashid=\"\" data-init=\"false\" data-poll-position=\"1\"\/><\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script>\n    function appendFacebookPixels() {\n      if (window.facebookPixelsDone) return;\n      !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n      {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\n      n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\n      if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\n      n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\n      t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n      s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window, document,'script',\n      'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n        fbq('init', '560747571485047');\n      fbq('track', 'PageView');\n      window.facebookPixelsDone = true;\n      window.dispatchEvent(new Event('BrockmanFacebookPixelsEnabled'));\n    }\n    window.addEventListener('BrockmanTargetingCookiesAllowed', appendFacebookPixels);\n  <\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/starfields-shattered-space-dlc-has-a-lukewarm-take-off\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shattered Space, Bethesda&#8217;s first major expansion for Starfield, released a few days ago, but has unfortunately been met with middling PC player numbers and lukewarm reviews. 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