Starfield - Personal Review

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JRPGfan said:

Azzanation said:

It should review better, that's expected but I believe the games issues like not being able to fly directly to planets like you can do in No Man Sky suddenly people won't care about anymore. Things people jumped on about with its original release. Will wait and see.

Because by now, people know you cant.
There isn't the shock factor anymore, or the feeling of being lied to by Todd howard.
Thats why such a thing wont be a issue.

Actually, I think you can fly from planet to planet in Starfield. Only because Bethesda was so committed to their realistic setting, it takes like forever. I think Alanah Pearce proved the point by letting the game open for like five hours or so.

... Actually it is seven hours, I looked it up: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3cHBEWN3xI

Apparently the planets are also moving on their orbit, which is annoying for manual flight. This is the reason No Man's Sky removed that feature (and got backlash back then, because their Todd Howard variant said planets would be moving). Also No Man's Sky has a Faster Than Light drive, which makes it possible, while they also designed the systems smaller than actual solar system. Again NMS is more fantasy in the service of playability, while Starfield kinda commits to a lot of realism.