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Xbox exclusive Starfield is only months away from its official release after many, many years of development. Bethesda Game Studios have so far revealed a bunch of details about their sci-fi RPG but even more is expected in just a week's time when Starfield Direct airs after the Xbox Showcase.
We thought that this week before the Direct is a perfect opportunity to wrap up everything we know about Starfield so far, including the game's setting, story, gameplay and much much more.
Below, we made a neat list of some of the most important details regarding Starfield. Keep in mind that this is only official info as we don't want to dive into rumours and speculation, which may turn out to be false.
Starfield key details
- Starfield is set in the 23rd century, in a future where humanity has colonized the solar system and beyond
- It's considered a hard science fiction game
- The story revolves around mysterious artefacts scattered across the galaxy
- The story will be around 30 to 40 hours long and will be less linear than previous Bethesda games
- Starfield features over 1000 planets and many star systems to explore
- Players will get to visit planets like Mars, which features a large settlement named Cydonia
- Several massive cities have been confirmed including New Atlantis
- Many worlds will be procedurally generated but a lot of them are handcrafted
- You can land anywhere on the planet but there's no seamless travel between space and the planet
- You will have companions who will have their opinions on your actions
- You can ask companions to speak on your behalf to try and solve complex situations
- Starfield will have a branching story with multiple endings, depending on the choices you make throughout the game
- Todd Howard previously confirmed that the game has over 250k lines of dialogue
- Bethesda describe Starfield's dialogue as "classic Bethesda" with systems like Persuasion, Lie and more
- Starfield features a silent protagonist, meaning you will never hear your character speak
- You will be able to join factions and faction quests will not lock you out of working with other factions
- You can influence the direction of factions' politics with your decisions
- There are several factions and each of them has their own goals and means to reach those goals
- NPCs will react to your decisions in a positive, neutral or negative way
- Traits will have negatives that can be removed by completing specific quests
- The game has a deep crafting system allowing you to upgrade weapons and more
- You can upgrade your ship with various mods to carry more material or have more firepower
- You can hire a crew that will take care of your ship and help you out during space combat
- Outposts are back and you can build entire small cities on planets to harvest materials
- Random encounters can now be whole outposts not just a single NPC
- Planets will have dungeons that you can explore either freely or by starting a quest that takes you there
- Each planet will have its own flora and fauna. Creatures you find can be deadly or friendly
- In a traditional Bethesda sense, Starfield features a deep character creator
- The background you choose in the character creation will have an impact on dialogue choices
- Starfield is being built on an upgraded Creation Engine
We will continue updating this article as Bethesda release more information about Starfield.
Starfield is officially launching on September 6, 2023, for PC and Xbox Series X|S. The game will be available on Xbox Game Pass on day one.
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