Bethesda’s next big title, Starfield, is just weeks away from launch, and fans can’t stop talking about the explorable planets.
From its initial announcement to last month’s gameplay reveal, the hype aroundStarfieldcontinues to grow. It promises to beBethesda’sbiggest world yet, with over1,000 explorable planetsthat’ll be bigger open-worlds thanThe Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim.
Take a look at one of the trailers shown during the showcase!
While not every willsupport sentient life, planetary exploration will be a big part of the game, as it’s where players will gather new items, crafting materials, and do some general sightseeing in their shinynew spaceshipthey’ll get to build from scratch. While it’s been reported that the main story takes around30-40 hoursto beat, it’s safe to say the majority of people’s time with the game will involve seeing what each planet has to offer.
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SussyHowared321 drew comparisons toNo Man’s Sky, another space-exploration title that uses procedural generation to spawn millions of planets, albeit in less detail thanStarfieldplans on including.
Commenters chimed into the discussion, saying all evidence points to large open-worlds for each planet, all of which beatSkyrimin terms of scale and proportions.
“Looking at the trailer disproves the notion that the planets won’t be bigger than Skyrim. Very clearly they will be. It would actually be really bizarre to use procedural generation for entire planets, yet only have them be so small … The total playable area in Starfield will be thousands of times larger than Skyrim.”
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“Technically. However, I don’t know that they’ll feel nearly as large. Skyrim’s world feels huge because it’s vast in terms of content. It has caves, forts, cities, towns, swamps, forests, plains, etc all brimming with factions and their occasional interplay. “
As the hype train forStarfieldcontinues to steam forward, fans are patiently counting down the days to its release, many of which are planning to take somecheeky sick daysto have more time with the game. If you’re anXboxorPCuser, you can actually experience everything Starfield has to offer foras little as £1with a new offer…
Starfieldwill launch in September this year, exclusively for Xbox Series X/S and PC.
Topics:Starfield,Bethesda,Skyrim,The Elder Scrolls,Xbox,PC
