First Starfield Footage Shows Off Massive Scale With Over 1,000 Planets And Ability To Build Your Own Spaceships

We’ve waited for years to finally see Starfield’s CG trailers in action. Today’s Xbox Games Showcase was the moment that we saw it. It can be described as “WOW!”

Todd Howard, the game’s creator, demonstrated various gameplay elements in several gameplay clips. This science-fiction RPG has over 1,000 planets that you can explore. It doesn’t matter if you live on barren planets or are surrounded by people, there is no limit to what you can discover.

We first see Kreet, a lunar landscape with stark details and rocky terrains. There are brief flashes of color from red plants. The color scheme of Kreet is very similar to Star Wars’ Crait. The Last Jedi. This is where we get our first experience of the game. We see it from both the third and first person perspectives. Even though it appears barren, Kreet has many creatures. There are trilobites who mean no harm and huge crabs. We’ll see how these animals’ A.I. works. They may recognize you as a threat or have been designed to be skitttish.

Starfield is all about crafting. You’ll also be mining and scanning minerals while you travel to new worlds. This sequence shows iron (Fe). After spending hundreds of hours learning this skill, all minerals will be labeled in this manner.

Within a Kreet research lab, we get our first taste of combat, which looks a lot like it does in the Fallout series – a little rough around the edges and in how A.I. The way he reacts to being shot is a bit surprising, but it’s still a lot of fun. These battles mostly take place against pirates with different loadouts and levels. They hide behind bars and are also able to take flight with jetpacks. One jetpack is hit with a bullet and the attackr goes comically high into the air.

The RPG scene looks promising. You can loot up another storm and even pick locks away from sci-fi. With a Digipick you’ll find a digital minigame. Howard describes the Bethesda system as “most flexible” yet. Apart from changing your hairstyle and skin color, you also have the option to add or remove traits.

Howard states that you’ll unlock additional skills as your play goes on. These are “the best of all our games”. By using these skills and solving specific challenges, you can increase your level. The task of building your own starship includes everything from the hull design to engines and shields to weapons to all other details. The process is almost as complex as Fallout’s camps building. However, there are now buildable outposts. You can also make weapons, mods, or gear.

Your ship can be flown from space, deep space or within the atmosphere of a planet. You can use the weapons that you have installed to eliminate pirate ships. We only see a fraction of the combat between ship and vessel, although it looks very robust. Let’s hope capital-0class ships will be part of the equation.

You’ll find solar systems full of moons and planets when you explore the cosmos. You can explore all of them if desired. There are also 100 other systems that can be found, in addition to the 1,000 previously mentioned planets.

Starfield is set to be released in 2023. This one is a must-have for me.