With less than three months to go untilStarfield’s launch and the sprawling space RPG getting its own Direct last weekend, we now know more about the game than ever before.Bethesda’s Todd Howard continues to tell us more though, including that Starfield pulled inspiration from an unexpected game inRed Dead Redemption 2.
IGNspoke with Howard following the extensive Starfield Direct in an attempt to fill in even more of the gaps when it comes to what might well be Bethesda’s most ambitious game yet. Throwing iconic sci-fi titles likeMass EffectandNo Man’s Skyout there as logical comparisons to make, Howard responded by explaining why Starfield shares some DNA with Red Dead 2.
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“It’s the games that put you in a world, that transport you to a place. So I think it also as a flow, probably has more of a feeling of a [Red Dead Redemption 2],” Howard explained. “I’m living the Western fantasy. So in this, you’re living this science fiction explorer fantasy, and sometimes that’s being on a barren planet and nothing is going on.”
Highlighting that will add even more layers to Starfield, especially for those who have spent an extended period of time inRockstar’s Red Dead world. Yes, while famous space RPGs will immediately spring to mind while watching and playing Starfield, it appears to be the want to make players feel like they have an entire galaxy to explore, and that every journey will be unique, that Howard and Bethesda have tried to capture.
Howard also highlighted that despite having a very different backdrop, Starfield will naturally have aFalloutandElder Scrollsfeel to it as well. “It has similarities to Elder Scrolls and Fallout and the things that we’ve made and how it feels in your hands or some certain mechanics,” Howard told IGN. Understandable since Starfield has been developed by the same studio and worked on by a lot of the same people, Howard included.
Howard,Xbox, and Bethesda will be hopeful Starfield can replicate some of Red Dead 2’s success. While its numbers are overlooked as every time they’re updatedGTA 5’s sales increase by five million copies, Red Dead 2 has sold 53 million copies to date making it the eighth best-selling game of all time.
The reactions to Starfield after its Direct last weekend have been largely positive. The one reveal that hasn’t gone down well is thatStarfield will be capped at 30fps. Xbox boss Phil Spencer attempted to explain why that was a creative decision made by Bethesda, but that doesn’t appear to be good enough for some people.
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