According to Bethesda, the Starfield game has been made for 25 years. The game, which will be released for PC and Xbox in September, is one of the most anticipated of the year.
The game has invested in several details. Bethesda
The super popular ones The Elder Scrolls– and Fallout-the American game company Bethesda, known as the developer of game series, will release a long-awaited new game in the fall, a space adventure of Starfield.
The game is said to be Xbox’s biggest release ever. Some articles have called it the Skyrim of space, referring to Bethesda’s previous big game. According to Bethesda, Starfield has been in the making for 25 years and it is one of the most anticipated game releases of the year.
– We have put a lot of work into the game. Our last major release was about 8 years ago. We hope everyone falls in love with the game, Starfield director Todd Howard stated In an interview with IGN.
The game area is an entire galaxy
In Starfield ihumanity is spread all over the galaxy and the player has numerous star systems and their planets to explore. Some of these have life and some don’t.
The game is full of combinations of different stories and themes. Based on the Gameplay Deep Dive video published by Bethesda, the game mixes, among other things, Wild West and cyberpunk themes. The company itself describes its game as “Nasapunk”.
– This suggests that the technology in the game seems advanced, but still down-to-earth and reliable, of Starfield artistic director Istvan Pely states.
Punk is introduced in the game in such a way that usually clinical space mares and gadgets seem more analog than digital. In addition, efforts have been made to invest in these in such a way that they look like they are in use and not taken out of the freezer.
For Bethesda, punk means traces of use. Bethesda
The story of the game centers around a faction called Constellation. In addition, there are numerous hostile factions in the outer reaches of the galaxy that the player may have to deal with.
Flying in a spaceship
The player can move between the different star systems of the galaxy and the planets in them using the so-called grav drive of the spaceship. Light years away, the player’s spaceship warps space and reaches the desired destination in an instant.
In addition to the battles that take place on the surface of the planets, the player can also get into space battles. In keeping with Bethesda’s style, this has been put into practice and the ships are customizable as the game progresses, as are many other space gadgets.
The spaceships in the game are not completely digital, but there are also analogies. Bethesda
A huge amount of details are promised for the game. Among other things, the planets have developed their own organisms and the relationships between the characters, and diplomacy has its own meaning. Music is also used in a large part to create the atmosphere, as in the company’s other games.
Exclusive to Microsoft
The game will be published exclusively for Microsoft, and players loyal to Playstation will not be able to play Starfield. This is certainly sad news for some players, but an understandable solution after Microsoft bought Bethesda’s parent company ZeniMax Media three years ago.
According to Kotaku After Microsoft lost the eighth generation console competition, Xbox aims to invest in the quality of its game offering and thus improve its position in the game market. Xbox Game Director Phil Spencer however, do not believe that the release of Starfield will make Playstation 5 players switch their consoles to Xbox.
– It is not a realistic idea that, with the potential huge popularity of Starfield, PS5 players would start selling their consoles. That’s not going to happen, Spencer admits.
Starfield released for PC and Xbox Series X/S. The game’s release date is September 6.
Article corrected at 12:36 p.m. The name of the game is simply Starfield.