Monday, June 12th 2023
Starfield Direct Reveals New Info and Gameplay
As soon as Xbox Games Showcase ended, Starfield Direct began, with Game Director Todd Howard and the team at Bethesda Game Studios sharing details and stories from the upcoming sci-fi RPG. The Direct began with details on the game's character customization - which has allowed to the team to introduce higher fidelity models than ever before.
We learned about the game's main questline, which will send intrepid explorers on a mission to discover the secrets of the universe. We also got a new look at how the game handles your ship's crew and Companions - the Companions you bring with you, and the crew you hire on, will provide different bonuses to your ship and outpost.Speaking of your ship, we also got a look at how you'll be able to build, customize and upgrade your roster of ships, and got a further look at how Starfield will handle exploration. From the surfaces of over 1000 planets to the space in between, discovering what's out there is nearly limitless. All of this is powered by new technology, which allowed Bethesda Game Studios to create completely unique experiences for every player, while still applying all of the hand-crafted care players have come to expect.
Starfield launches on Xbox Series X|S and PC on September 6. Play it day one with Game Pass.
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We learned about the game's main questline, which will send intrepid explorers on a mission to discover the secrets of the universe. We also got a new look at how the game handles your ship's crew and Companions - the Companions you bring with you, and the crew you hire on, will provide different bonuses to your ship and outpost.Speaking of your ship, we also got a look at how you'll be able to build, customize and upgrade your roster of ships, and got a further look at how Starfield will handle exploration. From the surfaces of over 1000 planets to the space in between, discovering what's out there is nearly limitless. All of this is powered by new technology, which allowed Bethesda Game Studios to create completely unique experiences for every player, while still applying all of the hand-crafted care players have come to expect.
Starfield launches on Xbox Series X|S and PC on September 6. Play it day one with Game Pass.
20 Comments on Starfield Direct Reveals New Info and Gameplay
That being said, I'll be playing on my 5800x3d + 3080 ;)
The problem might well have been Zenimax. I can hope, but I am prepared to be disappointed by the usual Bethesda nonsense at launch. I've enjoyed Skyrim and Fallout despite the bugs, and as long as they have the gameplay loop dialled in, that's most of the battle won. The Series S has so little RAM that developers are struggling to run their game engine in the RAM available. The 8GB shared RAM means that AAA games have barely a couple of GB to run the whole game in even when using the lowest-quality textures and the highest possible number of loading screens they're willing to accept for a decent experience.
Cross-platform devs coding games for Windows, PS5 and Series X can just allocate 6GB of RAM to run the game engine in without any issues, but they also have to launch the game on the Series S in potentially under 1.5GB RAM. Making your game work on 1.5GB RAM when everything else lets you use 6GB is a crazy restriction. IIRC they cannot release on Xbox if they don't also support the Series S.
I would be worried if I was working on Star Citizen.
But im sure the game is going to be far to limited, a friend asked "can I murder out completely one if not all of the cities?" because that was kinda what Elder Scrolls was about, although Skyrim limited that already in nonsensical annoying ways.
and also I hope your crew isnt to forced, like you can actually freely recruit npc's.
also can NPC's steal your ship? if now, thats a fail.
Daggerfall is laughing at you hysterically. That game set the trend that hasn't changed for shit since.