Starfield Shattered Space Feedback Discussed by Microsoft’s Phil Spencer

Bethesda Game Studios released the Starfield Shattered Space expansion roughly two months ago. The reception, however, wasn’t great. On Wccftech, the expansion got a mere six out of ten, whereas the base game was rated nine out of ten. Francesco De Meo wrote about Starfield Shattered Space:

The Starfield Shattered Space expansion leaves a lot to be desired. While it introduces a more focused and engaging story compared to the base game, the average map and quest design, along with the lack of new features, turn the adventure in Va’Ruun’kai into a bit of a slog rather quickly. Although the tighter focus is welcome, the Starfield experience as a whole needs something more substantial to reach its full potential.

One of the complaints cited in the above quote was directly addressed by Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer in his recent interview with Game File (where he also discussed the true reasons behind Avowed’s delay). According to the executive, Bethesda will try to tune the development efforts for future expansions and free updates.

We’re always learning. Todd Howard and I were talking about Shattered Space. Starfield is a game I put a ton of hours into and really love, but they’ve had this thing where they’ve added features throughout the year and then they had an expansion. I think some of the feedback on the expansion is: ‘We wanted more features.’ And he’s like, ‘Well, should we have waited to put buggies out? And so, I think you’re trying to tune both development effort and the impact of the expansion. And I think there will always be a…