Starfield’s main quest will be around 30 – 40 hours long, which is 20% bigger than Bethesda’s previous titles. In an interview with IGN (opens in new tab), Bethesda boss and Starfield director Todd Howard revealed that the upcoming space RPG’s main quest is bigger than some of the company’s …
Read More »Its the Starfield character creator, not its 1000 planets, that has me excited to play
During the Xbox Bethesda Showcase, nothing held my attention more than our first look at the Starfield character creator. In the upcoming spacefaring adventure, Bethesda promises that you can “create any character you want”, and such a prospect speaks directly to my RPG-loving heart. I’ve always felt that being able …
Read More »Starfields New Atlantis is bigger than any city in Skyrim, Oblivion, or Fallout
Todd Howard says that Starfield’s New Atlantis is the biggest city Bethesda has ever built. Starfield has four major cities, as Howard tells IGN (opens in new tab). New Atlantis, which we saw during the gameplay reveal at the Xbox and Bethesda Showcase on Sunday, is the biggest among them, …
Read More »Starfield has FTL and MechWarrior-inspired combat, but planet life will be separate
Starfield takes its space combat inspirations from games like FTL and MechWarrior, though you won’t have to worry about landing your ship on a nearby planet once the fighting is done. Speaking to IGN (opens in new tab), Starfield director Todd Howard explains that the team wanted to put its …
Read More »Starfield has more handcrafted content than any previous Bethesda game despite “a lot of procedural generation”
Todd Howard has confirmed that Starfield’s 1,000 planets will make use of procedural generation, but the game will still have more handcrafted content than any previous Bethesda game. “We do a lot of procedural generation [in Starfield], but I would keep in mind that we’ve always done that,” Howard tells …
Read More »Just because Starfield has 1000 planets doesnt mean itll have 1000 planets worth of content
Starfield is going to be gigantic, and Todd Howard wants you to know that. At the recent Xbox Bethesda Games Showcase, Howard boasted that the upcoming space RPG will have over 100 systems and 1,000 planets, all of which can be explored by players. But It’s important to manage expectations …
Read More »Starfield will be single player with no online multiplayer
Starfield is planned solely to be a single player game at time of writing, with no multiplayer or online modes to speak of (at least that we know of so far). In accordance with Bethesda’s long-running traditions, the bulk of their first-party output is focused on individual, personal single-player experiences, …
Read More »All we know about Starfield ship customization explained
Ship customization in Starfield has been confirmed, giving you the ability to modify your spaceship and create builds from assembling a large variation of pieces. Building ships in Starfield is clearly going to be one of the biggest appeals and challenges of the game, crafting your own Millennium Falcon and …
Read More »How Starfield crafting and research works and what you can make
Bethesda are fitting a robust Starfield crafting and research system within the game that will give you plenty of control over how things play out. Using it you can unlock mods and gear, outpost expansions, improve your weapons and suit, and generally develop and advance the tools you need to …
Read More »All Starfield skills revealed so far
Some Starfield skills have already been revealed, showing the basic stats your character will use to explore and battle the cosmos. Looking somewhat similar to skill systems in Skyrim and Fallout before it, the Starfield skills are split into tiers under five different categories that affect what you can do …
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