Starfield VS Star Citizen

Starfield and Star Citizen are two of the biggest space games around. They are very different while also sharing MANY of the same features. How do they stack up when comparing each feature side by side?

00:00 - Star Citizen VS Starfield
00:26 - Ships
02:04 - Missions and Narrative
03:10 - Planets, Cities, and Scale
04:57 - Base Building
05:21 - Spaceship Combat
06:38 - Gunplay
08:00 - Immersion
09:20 - Looting
09:52 - Armor and Clothes
10:31 - Modding
10:57 - Multiplayer
11:28 - Graphics and Performance
12:38 - Bugs

#starcitizen #starfield

[sbjosepha]

I like the whole idea of Star Citizen not even being done yet, and still winning in certain categories against a complete game from a big studio.

[ethnine]

I get the urge to play Star Citizen when certain aspects of Starfield annoys me, such as when traversing anywhere, or exploring. And I get the urge to play Starfield when I get annoyed with Star Citizen's completely lifeless questing system or gameplay loops. With that said, they're almost like two games in a similar setting trying to do different things.

[Ryecrash]

I play both and enjoy both for different reasons: Play a crafted story in Starfield or craft a story in Star Citizen.

[apex]

Every time someone mentions Star Citizen's ships and gunplay, I can't help but remember that video titled "Star Citizen: The war for Jumptown".
If anyone is interested in why Star Citizen is beholden as one of the incoming greats in gaming, watch that.

[mrthomas]

I hope SC will work better after some years, but what's wierd to me is that so many want it to fail. Some friend of mine just want it to fail because people spending money on it. I find it weird behaviour

[IVAOify]

You forgot a huge one.

Star Citizen reflects humaninty having cities. Even though they aren't interactive as much, Starfield boosts at best small villages with a few hundred npc's. Where as Star Citizen makes it feel so immersive you feel like you belong to one of those cities.

Bethesda dropped the ball majorly on this one. The United Colonies should have been one mega city planet. Rather it's a small outpost with luxurious detail that offers citizenship to people who serve after 3 years. What a freaking joke from RPG immersion!

[Adam-]

As always well done LvlCap. For me Star Citizen is the clear winner. And my love/ hate relationship with it can shift minute by minute sometimes. But there is just something about logging in, getting out of bed walking to the elevator, taking the tram, retrieving my ship taking the elevator, boarding my ship taking off then leaving the atmosphere and warping in real time to another planet or moon and all that was with zero load screens and for the most part theses days with little or no hiccups.

[metalmeltdown]

Starfield has made me want to get back into Star Citizen so bad. Both are very good games, but the more open exploration in Star Citizen still amazes me each time I play.

[Stakargord]

I am blown away at companions and relationships. If SC gets that functionality it will be bliss

[realkaibr]

Star Citizen is 1000x better when it works, but it doesn’t work 99% of the time.

Regardless they are two different games.

Edit: I shouldn't have to explain this but "1000x better" is hyperbole...

[galaxywolf]

I've been enjoying playing Starfield, but it definitely makes me appreciate Star Citizen. I'm hoping within the next yesr they can introduce Pyro and finally release SQ42.

[AcidUsagi]

Starfield which is a complete game and has been released, Star Citizen, I'm still waiting for my physical goods to arrive from the kickstarter they had.

[tHeWasTeDYouTh]

this is crazy. I have been watching so many Starfield videos and in the comment sections you always have people saying "I played Starfield and it just made me go back to Star Citizen/No Mans Sky"
I am playing Starfield and I can see why. It is just a run of the mill Bethesda game with loading screens all over, glitches and basic Bethesda quest. The biggest different from all their old games is the shipbuilding. that is literally it. Making your ship is also pretty cool but that takes you so far. I can't believe it but I am going back to Star Citizen after I am done or get bored with Starfield.

[jacobstanley]

I love that you mentioned the expanse. Fun fact. I worked on Season 5's opening titles. So the though that you possibly have seen my work gets me giddy!

[saosaoldian]

Starfield is awesome and makes me so much more excited for Star Citizen!

[justalex]

Pretty fair comparison overall I'd say, definitely more so than a few others I've seen so far. That aside I gotta say starfield's ship customization has made me realize what's sorely missing with SC's ships. Of course we'll never see modular shipbuilding in SC but goddamnit, I want to paint my ships in custom colors and decorate them with decals, but all SC offers is a few premade skins for real money that most other people also fly around with.

[Podokodo]

Glad you did this in a tongue and cheek way. They are entirely different games but do have some overlap. If anything SF has made me 100% more excited for what SC can do in the future.

[simoney]

there's no battle, star citizen wins

[yeahnahman]

I feel like this is the game that fills the gap that was between star citizen and no mans sky

SC being the high end sim space rpg and NMS being the minecraft of space games

I can see lots of inspo from both games in Starfield tbh, space combat kinda like NMS but detailed ship interiors more like SC all wrapped up in a easy going Bethesda game, it’s nice

[TinMan]

Aside from the setting, Star Citizen has more in common with Microsoft flight simulator than Starfield…