What is it about?
In Starfield, players will be transported to a vast universe, filled with civilizations, resources, and problems, where they will have the opportunity to explore every corner, encompassing countless solar systems, space stations, and undiscovered planets. The premise of the game revolves around the search for rare materials that are rumored to be able to solve the greatest enigmas in the universe, even your own creation.
The game has generated enormous anticipation among the gaming community, and Bethesda is aware of it. While the game will certainly meet the high expectations as it has a meticulous level of detail in the textures and items. It is a game that shows the hours and the creation process. The landscapes stand out both on earth and in space, the photography mode becomes widely used, each frame is a postcard, say desktop wallpaper.
Another feature that draws attention is the multiple game dynamics. Exploration, resource extraction, gun battles against pirates, against terrain, against animals, with ships, in zero gravity and the list goes on. This makes it an extremely complete game that grants an important level in each of the phases.
Starfield has been designed with longevity in mind and a title that will keep you close to Game Pass, due to the number of main and side missions, as well as exploration, which offer a wide range of content to keep players engaged. for months and even years.
In general, the combats in each of the elements are interesting. Describing how the physics of the game is altered by gravity, by the controls of your ship or the multiple types of weapons allows you to discover what your type of combat is. Especially ship confrontations, lasers, missiles or even the possibility of invading enemy ships and hand-to-hand fighting is one of the most disruptive dynamics in the game.
The game has generated controversy in its first impressions precisely for the reasons that make it different, being such a broad game and with such diverse dynamics it can have the captivating effect for those who want total freedom and exploration, and at the same time overwhelming for players more casual.
However, it is what is expected of a Bethesda game, similar impressions occurred with the installment of The Elders Scrolls: Skyrim, where the first thing you must decide is your race, tastes or abilities without even knowing the world you are entering. . Starfield allows you a huge level of customization, from the appearance of your character, weapons or outfits, to the configuration of your ship, the crew or the multiple options you have in each dialog.
This feeling of freedom in each action can also generate a feeling of ruining a mission or taking the wrong dialogues, however, you don’t know what the consequences are, whether they will be immediate or long-term.
The open world problem
The actuality of having open worlds in multiple video games carries with it an additional problem. Make them fun to explore. Games like The Legend of Zelda. Tears of the Kingdom or Elden Ring have managed to fill the map with experiences, so that it is explorable and you can find surprises along the way.
This is a job that requires a level of subtlety to create a balance between exploring and following the story it proposes. Starfield has such a high level of exploration that he requires marking the next destination on the map, which means that you are not necessarily discovering the world but following the predestined route.
In your travels and exploration you can practically interact with all the elements, you can pick them up, you know their characteristics and over time it is difficult to discern between what is relevant and what is not. You find yourself picking up multiple items, suffering with the ability to only carry a certain weight or otherwise get hurt or slowed down.
Another problem to solve with open worlds is the loading screens, because to go from one environment to another – from a planet to space or from a ship to a boarding – kinematics are required. This resource, although understandable, limits one of the dynamics that promised to be most revolutionary. Take off and go into space, see a planet, enter the atmosphere and land. These dynamics were totally eliminated.
Starfield is a game that grants much more than the 30-40 hours that the main story takes. However, some managers of the game declared having played more than 150 hours without getting to explore and discover everything it has to offer.
In short, Starfield is positioned as one of the must-see games for gamers and one of the most important of the season and of the year. We will surely see it among the Game Awards nominees for its technical sections and variety of gameplay, but it will have a difficult task to be crowned the game of the year, having to beat titles like The Legend of Zelda. Tears of the Kingdom or Baldur’s Gate III
The game is available in advance in its Premium versions on September 5 on XboxSeries X | S and Steam, while for the public through Xbox Game Pass and standard version from September 6.