Many games feature nightclubs, including Cyberpunk 2077 and Starfield. However, while one of the RPGs is praised, the other receives criticism.
What is this comparison about? Starfield and Cyberpunk 2077 are two extremely ambitious sci-fi role-playing games. In both titles, players can visit various locations such as clubs or bars and get a glimpse of the NPCs’ nightlife.
On the YouTube channel Mordor, there is now a video comparing the nightclubs of both RPGs. While Cyberpunk 2077 features the “Toe Dance” occupied by Maelstrom, Starfield is represented by the club “Astral Lounge” found on the planet Neon.
The video comparing both nightclubs can be seen here:
“Starfield nightclubs are like how 12-year-olds imagine nightclubs”
How does the comparison turn out? The comparison of the nightclubs clearly goes to Cyberpunk 2077. Many comments speak positively about the clubs and bars of Night City. Especially the love for detail, the atmosphere, and the behavior of the NPCs are praised.
Overall, Starfield does not fare well in the comparison. One player summarizes the difference between the nightclubs on YouTube in a comment and writes:
- “The main difference is that in Starfield, NPCs constantly emphasize how much fun they’re having in dialogues, while in Cyberpunk, NPCs are actually having fun.”
Overall, there is much praise for Cyberpunk 2077 and criticism for the Astral Lounge of Starfield:
- “Starfield’s nightclub was designed by people who have never been in a nightclub.”
- “The way they muffled the music in CP2077 and then clarified it when entering is amazing and very immersive!”
- “The nightclub in Starfield looks like the end of the night when the lights come on and almost everyone leaves because the nightclub is closing.”
However, the comparison between the nightclubs has not only been discussed on YouTube by players. There are also numerous comments on Reddit about the topic. Many of them strike a similar chord and primarily praise Cyberpunk 2077.
- “I spent an unbelievable amount of time in this Cyberpunk nightclub. It felt so lifelike […]. Everything from the music to the darkness to the smoke/fog somehow reminded me of my rave days. What a great setting (via Reddit)!”
- “CP2077 looks way more fun. It reminds me of underground raves in our city 15 years ago (via Reddit).”
- “Starfield nightclubs are like how 12-year-olds imagine nightclubs. Cyberpunk 2077 looks like it was made by someone who has done drugs in an actual nightclub (via Reddit).”
Shortly after the release of the 2.0 update of Cyberpunk 2077 and the DLC Phantom Liberty, players compared the two RPGs with each other. Even then, Cyberpunk 2077 emerged as the winner of the comparison, as confirmed by the look at the nightclubs.
A player wrote at the time that Cyberpunk 2077 and Baldur’s Gate 3 are a must-have for role-playing fans, but Starfield can be skipped without missing anything.
