Everything you feared became reality.

This has aged like fine wine.

"You're definitely going to be able to run from the east side of the planet to the west side of the planet." Yeah... so... about that...

I like how the second gunplay demo looks like it went from a guy who played shooters sometimes to a guy who has played Doom for 200+ hours.

"Fallout76 was about getting mad at bethesda" is absolute gold

"the guy responsible for making companions might be a companion himself" actually had me rolling

can we take a moment to appreciate the fact that they teased ES6 12 years before it will be released.

This is a really good Skeptic video. All the worries are solid and they aren't exactly enough to solidify that it'd be terrible or the best thing to ever exist.

My fear is that the less u handcraft the world and make it bigger, the more quests u need to fill it. So get ready for those “spacebase is under attack” or cave 1643 that looks like cave 534 with a random item

Okay…. The cut to Anikan saying “I don’t like sand” really got me. Well done Jack… well done.

This was refreshing to know that other people have the exact same worries and hopes. I've seen so many people so hyped about the game and I am too but I'm really hoping all these things are addressed in a good way.

Come back here after Starfield released. Man, I hope all that this guy feared will not come true, but instead everything become true

I think it would be absolute hilarious if just like our solar system, half of Starfield’s planets were gas giants, effectively making them giant JPGs in the sky.

I think Starfield will need a Mass Effect-esque stake in the Galaxy if they plan on going big. Otherwise they need to write an extremely compelling "down-to-Earth" character story.

8:40 He's gonna have to come back to this video where its in black and white with a ton of reverb :(

For exploration and finding a certain spot in the universe, outer wilds is AMAZING

The main story for this game is directed by Will Shen, who did Far Harbor which was really good, so I hope the little information we've received is due to not wanting to spoil it, as opposed to it being very simple

wow you described my feelings towards starfield to a capital T, I really wasn't interested in starfield at first but the recent gameplay was blowing me away and I'm skeptically excited

Hope you're ready to do A LOT of cutting back to these clips lol.

Looks like you'll be cutting back to that clip😢

I miss watching videos like this. Some comedy, some smack talk but overall optimistic

Jack makes some of the best, most personal, and intricate video game reviews/essays on youtube, and then gets surprised when people love them smh.. of course we do buddy. This shit is gas

He will cut back to that clip in black and white

It's nice to see someone give such thoughtful, balanced analysis about an upcoming game, rather than blind hate or blind fanboying.

Personally I don't mind the Creation Engine. Obviously it could look better and be less buggy, but for me it gets the job done. The amount of customizing/modding it allows is mindblowing, which is the reason I've kept playing Skyrim over the years.

First video of yours, and man I'm impressed, that was a great watch. The editing is just right and you are very charismatic.

why did the "business man with the briefcase full of business" make me laugh so much? well done Jack!!!

Can't wait to download 140GB worth of slide show

Honestly this guy is always able completely capture my opinions on games as well as making all his videos really funny

This is the only balanced starfield video I’ve seen in the past month that isn’t 1000% over-hyping everything. Fair takes that temper expectations while giving credit where it’s due. Nice job!

10 hours in, meh...

This aged so well, it is one of the worst games I’ve ever played

One thing I will say is your interpretation of a futuristic spaceship sound was dope 😂 9:15

Being a skeptic always proves me right these days. Hyping something up always ends up the way Cyberpunk or Fallout 76 did.

My boy was correct!

Bro predicted it! 🎮

The base building and decorating is one of the things I'm most excited for. I have 100s of hours in Fallout 4 settlement building & countless hours in games like Valheim or Minecraft & I'm always the builder for my group in Rust, with 100s of hours in build servers perfecting my base. I think it's safe to say the outpost building is for people like me

Jack you’re the first content creator I’ve actually donated to via Patreon and videos like these make me realize it’s a worthy investment

Well...now that Starfield out we find out ALL spacetravel is FAST TRAVEL.....no need for a ship really for it has no purpose but the fact you need one in a space game. Starfield is a true Bethesda JOKE

7:59 Wow, you must've travelled to the future, then went back in time to make the video, LOL

as long as we can wear todd's leather jacket in game its a 10/10

I thought I knew how to play Fallout 4….then I got my gf into it. She spent hundreds of hours making bases, building settlement supply lines, and making her own vault look like the coolest Fallout vault youve ever seen! Over time Fallout 4 had so much more to offer beyond the surface and im excited to see how Starfield adds or twists on it.

This perfectly encapsulates why I love Bethesda games, the issues I have with space exploration games, and my concerns from what we’ve seen so far. Well done!

I remember watching your "red dead online is ruined" a year ago, seeing this video about starfield recommended I thought "hmmm I definitely watch a video from this guy", and man am I not disappointed, I knew it was bout to be a masterpiece, I remembered how well your critique is structured, and how it comes all together so well. Definitely getting subbed and hope you get more videos like these that blow up. You definitely deserve it

Hope your channel continues to grow. Your videos are top tier and bring me actual joy and laughter (and probably do to many others as well)

This is obviously pretty wishful thinking but I am pretty hopeful about starfield. The direct showcase was so transparent that I think that they truly do want to release a finished game. Also I think that starfield is Bethesda's last opportunity to reestablish themselves as one of if not the best developer game studio. Their last few games haven't done very well so starfield is a prime opportunity to make a comeback.

The graphics complaint is legit. The character cutscenes from Baldur's Gate 3 has completely raised the bar for me for what character models can both look like and ACT like. It's the natural, dynamic body movements that makes the characters feel real, and it's so sad to see the Bethesda cutscenes where they just... stand there. And i knowwww the voice acting for starfield won't be anywhere close in quality to BG3. I know they're not the same type of RPGs but for the amount of time Bethesda has worked on this game, i would hope for more emotion in the characters

21:46 motion blur is actually really hard to do well - and when it is done well I actually like using it. I'm glad that they worked on it.

Probably the best and most balanced video I've seen anyone do on Starfield, so, congrats! You may not drop a video very often Jack, but when you do it makes us all wish you made more.

Thanks for saying everything we are all thinking. So well done! AAA games just haven’t been meeting expectations lately. If we aren’t talking about it, they won’t change the behavior.

Seeing the lead companion designer makes everything make so much sense now

The Lead Companions Designer sounds like a full-on NPC from a Bethesda game LOL I would love a vlog of this guy interact in various common life situations.

"It's not one world, it's a thousand worlds" sounds a lot like "Fallout 3 has over 200 endings"

It would actually be really amazing to find old exploration rovers that were sent out decades or even centuries ago. They could reveal what transpired among humanity before our split into separate hostile factions. Or maybe you could recover locations it has explored and find neat stuff.

9:16 made me audibly laugh. I can't believe I didn't know about your channel before. I'm excited to watch more!

The hands close up was the best. Way to have a sense of humor and not being afraid to make fun of yourself. Just earned a sub

I LOVE your humor and how down to earth you sound man. Like you are having a genuine convo with us. Love your energy dude you have serious skills.

I really like how you kept the momentum of the topic going even with comedic moments. Most creators try to force the jokes onto you but this was spot on

I expected nothing and somehow my expectations were still too high. Sigh...

Great video! Clearly expresses a lot of the same worries I have about Starfield. Looking forward to your review once the game is out!

20:00 right, yeah, sorry. All the decorating was put in this game for people like me. Out of the 2,000 hours I have in FO4, a good 3-400 were spent in the settlement builder. So yeah, people like me is why there was such a focus on decorating in the direct. Sorry.

Your comedic timing is on point. Every moment was entertaining. Thank you.

I'm most excited for what the modding community is going to make. Can you imagine what people are gonna do with how easily they could just make a "point of interest pack" or "creature parts pack" or "gun parts pack" and next thing you know the game is full of a _ludicrous_ amount of cool things to explore and find.

Watching all of your videos the last 3 to 4 days and i love it. Thank you

Fallout 76 was the game that killed my ability to get excited for games, and Cyberpunk broke my heart when it launched...but I'm praying that Starfield is the game that can let me trust again

Already know this is gonna be an awesome video. Watching this guys production quality sky rocket has been amazing. Feel like I'm watching a damn movie.

Starfield seems to follow all the tropes of previous Bethesda games, average graphics, but stunning environments, mediocre character models but with great characterisation, massive play areas, made with a crappy engine. It's basically everything we've come to expect from a Bethesda title, how it all comes together within the main storyline is what will make or break it though. I just wish they'd move on from the frankenstein Embryo/Creation engine, it was probably too late to move to UE5, but even UE4 would have been an improvement.

Hindsight's 20/20, but putting your faith in Bethesda after F76 is absolutely moronic. TES VI is also going to suck.

Finally, an honest take on Starfield without all the fanboy hype train. I'm excited, yes, but I also remember this is Bathesda we're talking about with a proven track record of releasing games with a supersized serving of bugs.

My friends and I have discussed this extensively. After Spore in '08 I've gained a sixth sense in knowing when a game is going to disappoint. I call it the Wee-Woo Meter, it's a logarithmic scale. This one registers as a 6.2 on the Wee-Woo Meter, it's going to be disappointing but still enjoyable. It's going to sell like hotcakes and then a month later everyone is going to complain that it's really not that great.

I suppose Mass Effect is a popular space game that showed what you can do with the mystery of a space game, at least in the first game before it all went tits up. But another one that's far more niche that I think most of these games could learn from is Escape Velocity Nova. Multiple factions with their own storyline that is a full game in of itself, with each having its own flavor. From being an almost indentured servant to the space-CIA as a telepath constantly doing spycraft and betrayals, to leading various navies in epic wars and politicking, there's so much potential for storylines in a big space setting, but it feels like these games almost always squander it. It's funny how in ME especially while the Reaper mystery was cool at first, some of the better parts of the setting were only gestured at rather than mined for their full potential, like all the politics & war that takes place in the setting being purely in the background, rather than something you can take part in. I get it's hard to produce this spectacle in a game, and that's why Skyrim's civil war amounted to almost nothing too, but "it's hard to show cool stuff" really shouldn't be an excuse for dropping the ball, especially when it comes to AAA titles.

Awesome content! I'm glad the algorithm graced me with your videos.

This is my first experience with you, and as an optimist, I was worried. But man, this video was continuously entertaining, and you kept me excited alongside you even when you were describing your worries. Your critiques felt like genuine observations and not at all made me feel shameful for being excited about the game. This video is awesome. Thank you!

Your channel growth is actually super deserved, you can tell how much effort goes into these videos and they are all so in depth and entertaining. Keep up the good work!

First time seeing one of your videos. Just wanna say really good video man! Keep it up.

yo this video was kinda prophetic in a few ways but i'm looking forward to ur perspective on this interesting game!!

This video is what I want all gaming videos to be like. What a great channel!

That sound effect you pulled for the spaceship taking off and the hand gestures that went with it were incredible lol

Any plans to fully review this now that it's released? I'm curious to know your opinion.

i randomly found your channel this is the most entertaining video i found on starfield also i think you predicted the ending....

Seeing someone from my hometown make quality content like this really gives me motivation to do my own thing

Loved the breakdown, Jack! I'm honestly surprised about the things you're concerned on, but pleasantly surprised to see a bit of a different take than I'm used to hearing.

This video was so well done, had me giggling like a nerd. Reluctant to be excited for Starfield but hoping for the best 🤞🏻

Turns out you were right on the money with this video.

Congrats on 200k! You definitely deserve it. Your videos have some of the best production quality I’ve ever seen on KZfaq.

9:17 this caught me so off guard lmfao. Hilarious but also accurate to what I imagine a fake/futuristic video game spaceship would sound like.

1. Cut the amount of planets down by three quarters 2. Merge multiple planets together and call them different biomes 3. Generate 3x more content per planet for like 250 planets = profit

Loved the video and presentation. I'm subscribing :)

“I don’t things are going to look better than this for a while”…. With Starfield “things have looked better than this, for a while” 😂 Never disappointed with your videos Jack.

The gunplay has been the same since Fallout 3. It’s been improved drastically with FO4. Enemies have always had no reactions to being shot. You can shoot guys with a 10mm pistol and if they’re melee, theyre gonna chase your ass down.

here after release. pain.

Great video. Informative and hilarious!

I’m not even 2 minutes in but thank you for making Starfield content that doesn’t just repeat what Todd already said 10 different ways.

These videos are so well done. Just got to see your channel and I’m excited to binge watch your videos.

Todd's a proven liar. I wouldn't trust him.

Was intrigued by the title of this video but didn’t recognize the channel. It always feels like a chore to me starting a new channel, I don’t want a video essay, I don’t want to learn the person. But halfway thru this video and I’m like helll yeahhh this is great. Every second has me interested. I always like to stop at these moments and think “is this gonna be a new one ‘my channels’ that I watch for years? Is this like me stumbling on my first NakeyJakey video?” There have been false positives before where after 5 videos I get a read in the person and am like meh. But I think I’m feeling this one, time to engage bingeing

Great video man! love your humour and editing style

never fails to make me laugh and speaks his mind about different games really love your videos man also the video quality keeps goin up and up

This video touches exactly how I feel. Im keeping my expectations in check but very optimistic, since every other Single-Player Bethesda game I’ve completely been sucked in. Just a few more days!

Damn, Jack that ultra-wide in the background is a thing of beauty.