Starfield and No Man’s Sky are two of my favorite games and currently some of my most played. They are both excellent space exploration games: Starfield a space RPG and No Man’s Sky a space exploration sandbox with some RPG elements. But how do they stack up to one another when placed head to head across all major game elements? I decided to find out in today’s video where I’ll be the referee for the greatest space game showdown of the century.
What do you think of No Man’s Sky and Starfield gameplay? Let me know in the comments how you feel, I’d love to chat more!
TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 – Intro
00:21 – The Rules
00:44 – Round 1
02:55 – Round 2
04:15 – Round 3
06:47 – Round 4
10:10 – Round 5
12:59 – Round 6
15:34 – Round 7
18:11 – Round 8
20:35 – Round 9
21:45 – Should You Play No Man’s Sky?
22:31 – Should You Play Starfield?
23:18 – Judges’ Scorecards
23:46 – More Sci-Fi RPG Content
MORE STARFIELD:
I LOVE Starfield – https://youtu.be/IqeHDX7p6gU
Starfield Tips & Tricks – https://youtu.be/AlUqEMRjguk
Starfield Shattered Space DLC Info – https://youtu.be/JD5xEqoGmxg
Build A Starfield Outpost The Easy Way – https://youtu.be/82810QFTIWs
Light No Fire Announcement Trailer – https://youtu.be/jKQem4Z6ioQ?si=LC7O9ybNL4QE78t4
Thank you to freesound.org for the sound effects!
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For me starfield! I like nms but it’s kinda boring!
They’re not remotely close to each other, and I like both games.
It’s Starfield for me!
Love them both
S T A R F I E L D 💯
I love Starfield, for all the reasons you gave and more. Most importantly, I take the game for what it is, not what I think it should be.
I bought NMS on launch day. Tried to give it a chance but it sucked. Bad. Forced Sony to give me a refund. I've tried it a couple of times since it's been on Game Pass. I haven't been grabbed by it. The cartoony, arcadey, Skittles-puke color palette turn me off. I'm probably too old for the game. I do believe there's something good in there and if I could get past being repulsed, I'd find the fun. I had no idea they added a story. Knowing that might keep me from quitting after 15 minutes.
It took prodding for me to appreciate Minecraft's pixelated blockiness and I now think it's a top 10 all-time video game. Of course, it does use a natural color palette. If it also looked like NMS no amount of prodding would have worked.
For now, if I want a sand box game it's Minecraft. If I want a space sim, it's Elite or maybe Star Citizen sometime in the 2030s. Starfield is neither of those things (space sim or sand box game). It's a big-assed Bethesda RPG set in space – with more side activities than any other from BGS. I sure hope Shattered Space adds substantially to the game.
No man's sky by a mile, er, light-year. Only reason anyone should be playing Starfailed is because they are a shill. It's honestly on the verge of being amoral at this point to give it any praise at all.
I like both games, but I don't think you can really compare them, as you say NMS has 8 years of updates over starfield… if you compare year 1 of NMS vs year 1 of starfield, I think your scores will be the other way around. I didn't expect seamless landing etc in SF, so wasn't disappointed by that, which seems to have been one of the main gripes with people. At heart I'm more of an explorer and I found NMS planets all started to look the same, the same biome on the planet, really? where as starfield it's has several biomes on a planet. When they bring out land vehicles and full open planet (5k limit removed) it will be great to explore.
For me. SF wins, and if BGS does updates for the next 8 years just like NMS, I think it will be much better.
I love both. Both have awesome exploration. I will have to say, To me, Starfield outpost (without mods) building is awwwwful. It is boring. Not enough creativity to build my house from the ground up.
I think no mans sky has a better redemption arc than anything bethesda will ever do, but I love them both.
I enjoy them both. But if I had to pick one be starfield for me. Main issue with nms is u kinda lack purpose or don't really feel like u have a place in its world unlike starfield.
Starfield : Single player Exploration, Procedural generation and base building scaled down & but backed by fast combat filled with Blood, Gore, Enemy Screams + Magic powers – you will enjoy it if you love being a one man army like literally every other OP Bethesda protagonist.
No Mans Sky : Multiplayer Exploration, Procedural generation and base building scaled up to the max but combat scaled down to kid mode.
So an average consumer would prefer Starfield, while a hardcore sci-fi gamer would prefer No Man's Sky.
Uninstall both and play Star Citizen instead
You are not MY referee!
Which is better for space battles?
One thing ive found extremely odd with starfield is how people commonly compare it to games that needed 3-6+ to get fixed.
Cause in some way starfield needs some time to get fixed too, but unlike the others, its not givent the the same treatment by gamers
This is probably the most fair comparison ive seen so far. Cause usually theyre veey irrational
“Comparison is the thief of joy”
– Theodore Roosevelt
They're both crappy games, nobody's asking that and why is this in my feed
Empyrion: Galactic Survival beats both.
I don't find these games comparable at all. They're two different experiences
I keep coming back to No Man's Sky, and it always gives me something new. I "beat" Starfield once, and have no desire ever to play it again. That tells me everything I need to know. Shipbuilding was good in Starfield, but you can't actually fly it anywhere, so what's the point?
tu compare Mariokart (no man's sky) a Forza horizon 5 (starfield)… ca n'a pas de sens!
You lost me at giving Starfield any points. Starfield is a trash game all over.
If you're going to compare Starfield with No Man's Sky you might as well compare No Man's Sky with Red Dead Redemption 2. It's as ridiculous a comparison. Starfield is an open world RPG, No Man's Sky is a survival exploration game. Starfield was developed by a triple A studio on a huge budget, No Man's Sky was developed by an indie studio with a tiny budget. Comparing them as if they're comparable games is like comparing a Formula 1 car to a Mini Cooper S simply because they're both automobiles.
Does anybody actually care about either? Neither game lived up to its promise, no one seems to care that they keep trying to fix No Mans Sky and few were surprised that Starfield was a mess.
these two games are of different genre's.
might as well throw starcraft in there because "space"
also…lets compare release version of NMS shall we? lol
no mans sky was perfected with updates and to be honest starfield looks like they were overfocused on graphics not story and gameplay most of games today are all about graphics its hard to find a good game with compelling story and innovated gameplay
Let's put it like this. Other than Space this is a terrible comparison. If I wanted a Space sim, I'd play NMS…I don't. I play RPGs. What do they have in common? Space.
Difficult comparison, well done on it… I love them both, I have a lot of time in NMS, the Expeditions always draw me back, but I am still really enjoying Starfield… Good job on this vid. Thanks a lot.
I like for different reasons as they are both VERY different games
If Starfield didn't adhere so strongly to the realism in a science fiction game, we could have had something good. After you find an artifact you have to go through a minimum of 4 loading screens, (1: getting on your ship. 2: fast travel to the eye. 3: attach to the eye. 4: enter the eye.) talk to Vlad and get your next artifact location. If all you had to do was sit in your seat and call Vlad on the space phone for the next set of coordinates, I don't think the criticisms would be too harsh.
Just having a space phone in general would smooth out a lot of the questing process. They already have a News Station that can somehow run breaking news alerts across the galaxy in seconds, not to mention the bounty system that somehow knows you killed an NPC 10 jumps away from any populated system, but somehow the police know your exact crime the moment you fast travel back to Jemison. Mechanical systems aren't congruent with the established lore systems and immersion just falls apart.
nms for me + new expidition is peak gameplay
I love no man’s sky because after a long day, I can just kick back, cruise around the galaxy, farm and mine and refine stuff, and always find the time goes by faster than I expect.
I would understand if people say it’s “boring”. It sort of is, but for me it’s great. I really wish there was more to do with the success you achieve in late-game though.
unfortunately, starfield won't receive much funding in the future. It doesn't have the silver lining that cyberpunk had, as in, not nearly enough funds or profits to continue development. It lost tremendous amounts of money at launch and the current active player base is less than half that of no man's sky, an indie game that cost a fraction of a fraction to make and was released 8 years ago. Starfield is currently on life support, the only chance it has for a dlc is if it was in development before launch, no investor would look at the reception and player retention and agree with more of that.
Both Suck It Hard
I'm sorry I didn't realize it was the biggest space game battle. WTF are you talking about bro? No one is talking about this except you.
I love both games for what they are. NMS clearly wins in the "seemless experience" category and just on sheer scale, but Starfield is FAR more realistic and has a far more flexible and enjoyable ship-building system. I am constantly blown away by the fact the the inside of your ship exists in the same space as outside. (yes, some things aren't rendered if you are viewing from the "other side," but the still occupy the same euclidian space.