I never played Starfield but had it wishlisted for a long time only to remove it after researching the game for a while after release. The major turn off/deciding factor for me wasn't that some people thought it was terrible or even just mediocre, but that no one was able to say it was a great or even very good game with reasonable articulation. There are some good parts that I know I would like but too many OK, lacking, or even bad things to make me not want to bother. The modding community, the last salvation that could have changed my mind, seems to be lacking a necessary level of enthusiasm to make up for the deficiencies like was done with Skyrim.