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Bethesda Is Responding to Negative Reviews of Starfield on Steam
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<blockquote data-quote="Admin" data-source="post: 61520" data-attributes="member: 1"><p>Bethesda has taken the unusual step for a triple-A video game maker of responding to negative reviews of <a href="https://www.ign.com/games/starfield" target="_blank">Starfield</a> on Steam.</p><p></p><p></p><p>As spotted by <a href="https://twitter.com/CaptainBinky/status/1722284949468803102" target="_blank">Project Zomboid developer Andy Hodgetts</a> and flagged in a tweet, representatives of the Microsoft-owned company have been replying to negative reviews on Valve’s platform since early November amid Starfield's ‘mixed’ user review rating of 69%.</p><p></p><p>Many of the negative reviews echo common complaints with the sprawling space game, like <a href="https://steamcommunity.com/id/podsaurus/recommended/1716740/" target="_blank">this one</a> posted on November 6 from a player with 56 hours in Starfield.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>This review sparked a response from someone called “Bethesda_Kraken [developer]”, who signed off their post as coming from Bethesda Customer Support:</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>It’s a pretty stock response, and quotes Ashley Cheng, Bethesda's managing director, who uttered the phrase “when the astronauts went to the moon, there was nothing there. They certainly weren't bored” in a <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/31/arts/starfield-bethesda-microsoft-xbox.html" target="_blank">New York Times</a> feature published ahead of Starfield’s September launch.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Here’s <a href="https://steamcommunity.com/id/bingbong123456789/recommended/1716740/#developer_response" target="_blank">a more recent response</a>, again from the busy Bethesda_Kraken, to a negative review from a Starfield player with over 76 hours on record.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>And here’s the developer response, posted on November 27, the same day as the review.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Here’s another <a href="https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198089168523/recommended/1716740/" target="_blank">example</a>, but this time from someone called Bethesda_FalcoYamaoka, who also signs off as from Bethesda Customer Support:</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Here's <a href="https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198027183273/recommended/1716740/" target="_blank">Bethesda_Kraken's response</a> to a negative review from a player who couldn't get over Starfield's much-maligned loading screens:</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>And let's end with <a href="https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198017125921/recommended/1716740/" target="_blank">Bethesda_Kraken's response</a> to a negative review that points out "having to fast travel instead of flying through space makes the game feel less of an open world game".</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>While indie video game developers respond to Steam reviews all the time, big publishers like Bethesda rarely get stuck in, which makes these responses, however robotic, noteworthy. Why would Bethesda bother? It may be trying to steer Starfield sentiment in a more positive direction, mindful of that troublesome ‘mixed’ user review rating. Starfield is currently the lowest-rated Bethesda game ever on Valve’s platform (Fallout 76 currently has a 'mostly positive' user review rating of 76%, if you were wondering), and management will no doubt be keen to address that. Of course, there's a risk that comes from responding to negative reviews, particularly when you use them to insist landing on empty planets isn't boring.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Bethesda has updated Starfield a number of times since its launch, <a href="https://www.ign.com/articles/starfield-hits-10-million-players-in-less-than-three-weeks" target="_blank">which saw 10 million players in three weeks</a>. The latest patch, <a href="https://www.ign.com/articles/starfields-1886-update-officially-adds-dlss-support-and-finally-allows-you-to-eat-food-on-sight" target="_blank">1.8.86</a>, added DLSS Support and the ability to eat food on sight. The studio already has a Starfield post-launch story expansion pack in the works, called <a href="https://www.ign.com/articles/bethesda-preps-starfield-shattered-space-story-expansion-for-post-launch" target="_blank">Shattered Space</a>, and development chief Todd Howard told IGN in an interview ahead of the Starfield Direct that Bethesda plans to release “a lot” of add-on content for the space exploration game.</p><p></p><p>“We're going to be doing a lot of add-on content for Starfield,” Howard said. “We love doing it. Our fans love it. We're going to do a story expansion pack that's going to be coming. Our plan is to do things of varying sizes, and we've done a lot of that in our previous games, so it's something that we really like doing, our fans like. So despite the size of the game, there's still things we want to add as far as features in the future or stories and things like that. Hopefully it's going to continue for a long time that way.”</p><p></p><p>For more, check out our complete <a href="https://www.ign.com/wikis/starfield/Walkthrough" target="_blank">walkthrough</a> as well as our guide to <a href="https://www.ign.com/wikis/starfield/All_Ships_in_Starfield" target="_blank">all of the ships in Starfield</a>.</p><p></p><p></p><p><em>Wesley is the UK News Editor for IGN. Find him on Twitter at @wyp100. You can reach Wesley at <a href="mailto:wesley_yinpoole@ign.com">wesley_yinpoole@ign.com</a> or confidentially at <a href="mailto:wyp100@proton.me">wyp100@proton.me</a>.</em></p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.ign.com/articles/bethesda-is-responding-to-negative-reviews-of-starfield-on-steam" target="_blank">Continue reading...</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Admin, post: 61520, member: 1"] Bethesda has taken the unusual step for a triple-A video game maker of responding to negative reviews of [URL='https://www.ign.com/games/starfield']Starfield[/URL] on Steam. As spotted by [URL='https://twitter.com/CaptainBinky/status/1722284949468803102']Project Zomboid developer Andy Hodgetts[/URL] and flagged in a tweet, representatives of the Microsoft-owned company have been replying to negative reviews on Valve’s platform since early November amid Starfield's ‘mixed’ user review rating of 69%. Many of the negative reviews echo common complaints with the sprawling space game, like [URL='https://steamcommunity.com/id/podsaurus/recommended/1716740/']this one[/URL] posted on November 6 from a player with 56 hours in Starfield. This review sparked a response from someone called “Bethesda_Kraken [developer]”, who signed off their post as coming from Bethesda Customer Support: It’s a pretty stock response, and quotes Ashley Cheng, Bethesda's managing director, who uttered the phrase “when the astronauts went to the moon, there was nothing there. They certainly weren't bored” in a [URL='https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/31/arts/starfield-bethesda-microsoft-xbox.html']New York Times[/URL] feature published ahead of Starfield’s September launch. Here’s [URL='https://steamcommunity.com/id/bingbong123456789/recommended/1716740/#developer_response']a more recent response[/URL], again from the busy Bethesda_Kraken, to a negative review from a Starfield player with over 76 hours on record. And here’s the developer response, posted on November 27, the same day as the review. Here’s another [URL='https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198089168523/recommended/1716740/']example[/URL], but this time from someone called Bethesda_FalcoYamaoka, who also signs off as from Bethesda Customer Support: Here's [URL='https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198027183273/recommended/1716740/']Bethesda_Kraken's response[/URL] to a negative review from a player who couldn't get over Starfield's much-maligned loading screens: And let's end with [URL='https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198017125921/recommended/1716740/']Bethesda_Kraken's response[/URL] to a negative review that points out "having to fast travel instead of flying through space makes the game feel less of an open world game". While indie video game developers respond to Steam reviews all the time, big publishers like Bethesda rarely get stuck in, which makes these responses, however robotic, noteworthy. Why would Bethesda bother? It may be trying to steer Starfield sentiment in a more positive direction, mindful of that troublesome ‘mixed’ user review rating. Starfield is currently the lowest-rated Bethesda game ever on Valve’s platform (Fallout 76 currently has a 'mostly positive' user review rating of 76%, if you were wondering), and management will no doubt be keen to address that. Of course, there's a risk that comes from responding to negative reviews, particularly when you use them to insist landing on empty planets isn't boring. Bethesda has updated Starfield a number of times since its launch, [URL='https://www.ign.com/articles/starfield-hits-10-million-players-in-less-than-three-weeks']which saw 10 million players in three weeks[/URL]. The latest patch, [URL='https://www.ign.com/articles/starfields-1886-update-officially-adds-dlss-support-and-finally-allows-you-to-eat-food-on-sight']1.8.86[/URL], added DLSS Support and the ability to eat food on sight. The studio already has a Starfield post-launch story expansion pack in the works, called [URL='https://www.ign.com/articles/bethesda-preps-starfield-shattered-space-story-expansion-for-post-launch']Shattered Space[/URL], and development chief Todd Howard told IGN in an interview ahead of the Starfield Direct that Bethesda plans to release “a lot” of add-on content for the space exploration game. “We're going to be doing a lot of add-on content for Starfield,” Howard said. “We love doing it. Our fans love it. We're going to do a story expansion pack that's going to be coming. Our plan is to do things of varying sizes, and we've done a lot of that in our previous games, so it's something that we really like doing, our fans like. So despite the size of the game, there's still things we want to add as far as features in the future or stories and things like that. Hopefully it's going to continue for a long time that way.” For more, check out our complete [URL='https://www.ign.com/wikis/starfield/Walkthrough']walkthrough[/URL] as well as our guide to [URL='https://www.ign.com/wikis/starfield/All_Ships_in_Starfield']all of the ships in Starfield[/URL]. [I]Wesley is the UK News Editor for IGN. Find him on Twitter at @wyp100. You can reach Wesley at [email]wesley_yinpoole@ign.com[/email] or confidentially at [email]wyp100@proton.me[/email].[/I] [url="https://www.ign.com/articles/bethesda-is-responding-to-negative-reviews-of-starfield-on-steam"]Continue reading...[/url] [/QUOTE]
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