After 4 long years of waiting, Bethesda has finally begun to lift the veil on Starfield. If the players were delighted to finally have information to put in their mouths, they only fueled the fears of some players, already feverish in the face of such an ambitious RPG.
At the end of the Xbox & Bethesda Games Show, Todd Howard revealed the size of Starfield. It’s now official, the game has over 1,000 planets spread across 100 different systems that players will be free to explore.
“And it’s not just about this planet, but all the planets in the system. And it’s not just this system, there are over a hundred, over 1,000 planets that you are free to explore”did he declare.
While the studio was already having fun calling this space RPG a “Skyrim in Space”, the announcement of this major open world, has left many players in doubt. It must be said that until now, Bethesda and the promises, it made 2 … Many players will remember the famous “Do you see that mountain over there?”a phrase that traumatized an entire generation.
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Beyond the legendary escapades of Bethesda, this announcement was reminiscent of the disappointment of players when they took their first steps on No Man’s Sky. Not very confident in the face of the studio’s promises, several players are already convinced that the vast majority of Starfield’s planets will be sterile or uninteresting and that in the end, this universe will be far too empty.
Promises that no one believes anymore
Bethesda is known for its ambitious RPGs, which make future players dream, but which end up coming out unfinished, and with many bugs. When it comes to promoting their games, Bethesda pulls out all the stops, promising gamers that they’ll be free to go wherever they want to do whatever they want, unfortunately that’s far from it. the case.
After dealing with multiple disappointments, a number of gamers are skeptical of Starfield, and they can hardly be blamed. Now, it will take much more than Todd Howard’s fine speeches to convince them.
No Man’s Sky Syndrome
The catastrophic launch of No Man’s Sky is still fresh in many minds. On paper, the game turned a lot of heads, offering everything a player could dream of, and with all the hype, unfortunately, when it was released, the disappointment was only greater.
If now the developers have managed to raise the bar, it will clearly not happen overnight. While this stinging waste is still fresh for many players, many feel like they’re reliving the same movie. After all, the comparisons are rather justified, several mechanics seen in the gameplay trailer are very similar to those of No Man’s Sky. The question everyone is asking then is will Bethesda generate its planets in the same way.
No Man’s Sky features several near-infinite systems with countless procedurally generated planets. As a result, there are no big cities, all spaceports look the same, and there are only a handful of things to do on each planet, which players were very unhappy with when the game was released. , although that was far from the only problem.
Doubt rises around the planets of Starfield
We can only hope that Bethesda will learn from the failure of No Man’s Sky when it was released. Of course the picture is not as black as one might think. Let’s assume that of the 1,000 planets in the game, 985 are procedurally generated. That would still leave 15 handcrafted planets to explore.
You can build an outpost on any planet, conduct research, harvest resources… Once you get tired of the planet you are on, you can just hop in your ship and go to a whole new one. world ready to be conquered.
Without forgetting that the generation of planet in a procedural way is not devoid of interest. It allows a diversification, even a fantasy, that the hand of man can hardly match for lack of time.
If in addition to these planets, the planets designed by the developers are as elaborate as the trailer promises, the game could be worth the effort, but it always comes to the same point, will this RPG be finished at his exit? Will the promises have been kept?
The 1000 planets promised in Starfield by Bethesda worry the players