Starfield Pre-Release Thread [GAME RELEASED, GO TO NEW THREAD]

[Makabb]

Is there any chance this is not gonna be Bethesda: The Mass Effect?

That's exactly what it's going to be, but that'll sell a billion copies.

No one knows yet, it can be like No Man's Sky

 

[Makabb]

Some leak floating around


- Its a traditional Bethesda game that has you make a character and explore the world
- At the time had 5 different races but they all used placeholder models
- Had 5 planets to explore, 3 of them have Skyrim sized maps that are handcrafted with towns and NPCs, the rest of the planet is procedurally generated
- The other 2 are completely procedurally generated
- You move between the planets with a ship and can fly through space as well

 

[frajaq]

so is this leak like a 4chan post or

 

[Infinitron]

https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2018-07-02-bethesda-new-ip-starfield-next-generation-todd-howard

Starfield being next-generation means hardware and gameplay, says Todd Howard
"It has a lot of new systems we've been thinking about for a while..."

The next big single-player game from Skyrim and Fallout maker Bethesda Game Studios will be Starfield, the company's first new IP in a staggering 25 years.

Bethesda's charismatic director and executive producer Todd Howard announced Starfield at E3. "We also thought since we're all here together tonight and it's so special maybe we'd do something a little different too," he said on stage, "and tell you what we have coming beyond this year, in the future. We have also been working on a brand new, next-generation, single-player game, but this one is in an all-new epic franchise. Our first wholly original franchise in 25 years. We're excited to announce our next adventure."

We were then shown a Starfield teaser trailer where sunlight slowly appeared from behind a planet in space, producing the bright ring effect you see during a solar eclipse, before the camera panned down to reveal a satellite, and then warped our view to blackout. Then the Starfield logo appeared.

"Starfield is a game that we have spent years thinking about and working on, something we feel uniquely positioned to pull off and that we're incredibly excited about," concluded Howard.

It wasn't a lot to go on and many questions remained - not least what "next-generation" meant. So when I sat down with Todd Howard at Spanish conference Gamelab last week I tried to clear a few things up.

What, then, does Starfield being next-generation mean?

"That to us means two things," Todd Howard told me. "It does mean hardware and it does mean software on our side, and it also means gameplay - what does the next generation of epic single-player RPGs feel like to us?

"What systems we put it out on - what's the hardware requirements - is still to be determined. We're pushing it; we're thinking very, very far in future so we're building something that will handle next-generation hardware. That's what we're building on right now, that's where our mind is, but that doesn't mean it wouldn't exist on the current systems as well."

Todd Howard specified Starfield was a single-player game but will it be a Bethesda Game Studios game in the way Fallout and The Elder Scrolls are?

"I don't want to say yes or no to that because I don't know what that means to you or whoever's going to read that," he said. "It's different, but if you sit down and play it you would recognise it as something we made if that makes sense? It has our DNA in it. It has things that we like."

Then he added: "But it has a lot of new systems we've been thinking about for a while that fit that kind of game really well. We'll talk about it in the future. See now I wish I hadn't announced it!"

His last remark ties into what Howard said about announcing Starfield and The Elder Scrolls 6 far away from launch - something I reported last week.

His remark about "new systems", though, which fit a Starfield kind of game - a space-based game - sounds like it could mean spaceships to me.

When Howard said Bethesda had spent years thinking about and working on Starfield, he wasn't exaggerating. He told me Bethesda began dedicating people to Starfield after Fallout 4 came out in autumn 2015, but the studio had been discussing it as far back as 2004.

"We had made a list of what we might want to do in the future and an epic science-fiction game has always been on my mind," he said. "OK post-apocalyptic was our first choice, sci-fi was our second at the time - we were going to do our own post-apocalyptic universe if we didn't get Fallout [from Interplay in 2004].

"We talked about it [sci-fi] and then it really picked up steam - 'we're gonna do this' - when we registered the trademark about five years ago, and then we would talk about it from time to time, 'What are we going to do?' and then we started work right after Fallout 4 was finished."

Talking to Geoff Keighley at E3, Howard confirmed Starfield as in production and said "yes, absolutely" the Bethesda team was able to play the game now. "Starfield is playable," he said.

In a talk coincidentally hosted by Keighley at Gamelab, Howard added. "It took us a while to get that cohesive 'this is what Starfield is', and now that project is off and running in a good way and that was also why we felt good announcing it."

 

[Makabb]

Starfield is much closer to completion than people think. About 75% complete. Supposedly their aiming to release Fall 2019.
There's 7 different playable races. Didn't get any info on what they look like or anything like that.
7 different planets your character can go to. Each have a large portion that was handcrafted while the rest of the planet is procedurally generated, with different, hand crafted, areas spread throughout the planet.
You'll have your own space station that can be upgraded and modified as you go. The station will include a ship that's used for travelling to each planet, which you can also modify and upgrade. No ship battles though. It's only used for travel.
It's a mix of hard sci-fi and fantasy sci-fi. The fantasy elements have scientific explanations, basically.
The visuals are incredible. Alot better than you're probably expecting.
Crafting and customization options for weapons and armor are extremely improved. The settlement system is also extremely improved. You can build places on each planet almost anywhere you want.
The main questline is very extensive. You'll put alot of hours into it alone. No details were given about the story, though.
There will also be several different "faction" questlines you can play through.
The choices you make throughout the game have a very meaningful impact on the overall story. It's going to have multiple endings depending on what you choose to do.
There will be many different followers to choose from. It is even possible to have multiple followers at some point.
This isn't like any other sci-fi game you've ever played. It's the ultimate sci-fi RPG.
RPG elements make a strong comeback. Skills, perks, etc. BGS has seen all the complaints that people had about "dumbing down" the RPG elements, so they've fixed that issue.

 

[Makabb]

Yes Mans Skyrim

 

[Quillon]

hard sci-fi

What's hard syfy?

 

[Wirdschowerdn]

The teaser gave me a Star Trek vibe. That's softie Syfy.

 

[Citizen]

What's hard syfy?

Syfy so good it makes people with techical education hard.

 

[frajaq]

Starfield is much closer to completion than people think. About 75% complete. Supposedly their aiming to release Fall 2019.
There's 7 different playable races. Didn't get any info on what they look like or anything like that.
7 different planets your character can go to. Each have a large portion that was handcrafted while the rest of the planet is procedurally generated, with different, hand crafted, areas spread throughout the planet.
You'll have your own space station that can be upgraded and modified as you go. The station will include a ship that's used for travelling to each planet, which you can also modify and upgrade. No ship battles though. It's only used for travel.
It's a mix of hard sci-fi and fantasy sci-fi. The fantasy elements have scientific explanations, basically.
The visuals are incredible. Alot better than you're probably expecting.
Crafting and customization options for weapons and armor are extremely improved. The settlement system is also extremely improved. You can build places on each planet almost anywhere you want.
The main questline is very extensive. You'll put alot of hours into it alone. No details were given about the story, though.
There will also be several different "faction" questlines you can play through.
The choices you make throughout the game have a very meaningful impact on the overall story. It's going to have multiple endings depending on what you choose to do.
There will be many different followers to choose from. It is even possible to have multiple followers at some point.
This isn't like any other sci-fi game you've ever played. It's the ultimate sci-fi RPG.
RPG elements make a strong comeback. Skills, perks, etc. BGS has seen all the complaints that people had about "dumbing down" the RPG elements, so they've fixed that issue.

 

[Farewell into the night]

Bethesda are the masters of tease. My nipples are hard becuase I don't know what to expect, that's just a journey into the world of endless possibilities and going beyond unkown.

 

[Quillon]

Starfield vs The Outer Worlds, go!

 

[DJOGamer PT]

... let's be honest do mods really save any bethesda game anyway ?

Well if it's a quality total conversation like Enderal or Nehrim, then it makes you feel less miserable for giving your money to then.

 

[RNGsus]

Starfield vs The Outer Worlds, go!

Insomnia wins.

 

[The Wall]

RPG elements make a strong comeback. Skills, perks, etc. BGS has seen all the complaints that people had about "dumbing down" the RPG elements, so they've fixed that issue.

I believed it because I wanted to believe up until this point. Then I no longer could. This is so fake news that even CNN wouldn't publish it.

You wear that Bethestard tag like a badge of honour. Is your last name Hines, perhaps?

 

[Andhaira]

Crispy Are you planning a new rig to play this, like you prepared yourself for 11/11/11??

 

[abnaxus]

Starfield is much closer to completion than people think. About 75% complete. Supposedly their aiming to release Fall 2019.
There's 7 different playable races. Didn't get any info on what they look like or anything like that.
7 different planets your character can go to. Each have a large portion that was handcrafted while the rest of the planet is procedurally generated, with different, hand crafted, areas spread throughout the planet.
You'll have your own space station that can be upgraded and modified as you go. The station will include a ship that's used for travelling to each planet, which you can also modify and upgrade. No ship battles though. It's only used for travel.
It's a mix of hard sci-fi and fantasy sci-fi. The fantasy elements have scientific explanations, basically.
The visuals are incredible. Alot better than you're probably expecting.
Crafting and customization options for weapons and armor are extremely improved. The settlement system is also extremely improved. You can build places on each planet almost anywhere you want.
The main questline is very extensive. You'll put alot of hours into it alone. No details were given about the story, though.
There will also be several different "faction" questlines you can play through.
The choices you make throughout the game have a very meaningful impact on the overall story. It's going to have multiple endings depending on what you choose to do.
There will be many different followers to choose from. It is even possible to have multiple followers at some point.
This isn't like any other sci-fi game you've ever played. It's the ultimate sci-fi RPG.
RPG elements make a strong comeback. Skills, perks, etc. BGS has seen all the complaints that people had about "dumbing down" the RPG elements, so they've fixed that issue.

 

[Generic-Giant-Spider]

I want an interviewer to ask Todd Howard the real question:

"How many mods to fix this game?"

 

[AN4RCHID]

Look out Chris Roberts, looks like we could finally have that Star Citizen-killer

 

[fantadomat]

It will be Bethesda's Mass Effect.

 

[Zarniwoop]

More like Bethesda's Nu Male's Sky.

 

[RNGsus]

Neil De Grasse Tyson will picket for them, and they'll have TED people gush over it. The commercial blitz will be tryhard, Interstellar like. The main quest will be saving your grandpa.

 

[Citizen]

Intro cutscene is a huge space battle near the distant planet.
You are a prisoner on a capital ship.
The spaceship crashes, you're the only survivor.
Tutorial dungeon is a spaceship wreckage.
You get outside.
It's a snowy planet with magic'n'shieet.
Time to kill nordic zombies in dungeons.
I N F I N I T E Q U E S T S

 

[fantadomat]

Intro cutscene is a huge space battle near the distant planet.
You are a prisoner on a capital ship.
The spaceship crashes, you're the only survivor.
Tutorial dungeon is a spaceship wreckage.
You get outside.
It's a snowy planet with magic'n'shieet.
Time to kill nordic zombies in dungeons.
I N F I N I T E Q U E S T S

Try out this game.

 

[unfairlight]