's lead quest designer has explained why the ending was so underwhelming for many. Prior to its launch, Bethesda marketed the game as being an epic space adventure, spanning over 1000 planets, and while it was extremely well received by critics at launch, its popularity soon seemed to dwindle with players, with complaints that many planets seemed empty and ultimately, there wasn't as much to do as they wanted.
[Warning: The following article contains spoilers for Starfield]While some of the missions in were on par with other Bethesda titles, 's lead quest designer Will Shen — who has since left Bethesda — believes the studio hit the "" when it came to creating the game's final mission due to running out of time. As reported by , when speaking at the 2024 Game Developer Conference (GDC) in San Francisco, Chen stated that ""
Shen turned to 's senior level designer, Steve Cornett, for help delivering a finale to the game. According to Shen, Cornett was the one who came up with the dimension-hopping concept in which players become one of the Starborn, finding the Unity and crossing over into another dimension.
This triggered a kind of New Game Plus where decisions are wiped, and the story can be replayed or skipped entirely on the next playthrough. Although some elements aren't quite as players remember from a previous playthrough, it ultimately created a cyclical narrative. While some would argue this was a fun twist on the New Game Plus idea, from a technical perspective, this allowed to reuse earlier areas of the game in the ending, cutting down the time and resources needed massively.
2024 will see the launch of 's first DLC,. While Bethesda hasn't revealed any official information surrounding the expansion, many are hopeful that something of its size will add plenty of new content, such as new locations, major quests, items, gameplay, and ultimately, a new story campaign. How this expansion will impact the already cyclical loop of 's current narrative is yet to be seen, but hopefully, with its new content, it will please those that were unhappy with 's previous reuse of assets.
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The Iron Man video game that has been in developement since 2022, which is when it was first announced. This game is something that many are looking forward to since there really hasn’t been a standalone Iron Man game since the older PS2 and PS3 games feature a lot of the same storyline as the original movies.
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A new mod for Starfield allows players to craft their own ammunition, a feature that was strangely omitted from the RPG's otherwise deep crafting system. Bethesda's latest RPG, Starfield, launched in September 2023 to solid reception, with the game's ship and outpost building features serving as the main source of creativity for clever fans over the months since release.
A new mod has included a popular mechanic from one of Bethesda's most beloved RPGs: . In both games, players can loot various slain enemies, acquiring new weapons or items as they traversed their open world — or in 's case, open galaxy — map. Unfortunately, when was released over a decade after, players felt its looting system lacked in comparison.
players have long questioned why one of the game's most valuable commodities can't be crafted but one fan took it upon themselves to fix the strange problem with an excellently simple mod. As adventurers explore the galaxy, they'll need to contend with all kinds of enemies, and more of than not some kind of gun is the best way of dealing with them. Despite the prevalence and effectiveness of firearms, Bethesda Game Studios didn't include a way for players to craft ammunition, something that's puzzled the community since 's launch.
The season two finale of Invincible has a cheeky little easter egg that canonises Mark's appearance in Fortnite and explains how he got to the Island in the first place.
Grand Theft Auto fans who played San Andreas might be familiar with the random glitch of sorts that occasionally caused small airplanes to crash. While many believed this was deemed a myth by the community due to Rockstar Games never explaining why this happened, a former developer who worked on Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas has finally offered an explanation.
The open-world space RPG genre has found itself in the spotlight thanks to 's massive popularity. The Bethesda title has been likened to a game in space, and being from such a big name developer and the marketing push that it has had makes it easy to overlook other amazing games of a similar style that came before it. While has many unique characteristics that make it stand out, there are also lots of other games set in space that offer hours of enjoyment, each with its own distinctive qualities that could set itself up as a new favorite.
A clever Starfield player has used the game’s ship-building feature to create a classic rocket popsicle ship. The ships in Starfield come in many shapes and sizes, and this one may evoke memories of childhood for many gamers.
Players need to spend their money wisely in . Gold isn’t exactly scarce — players find it on a wide variety of enemies, pick it up from chests, and receive it in return for successful missions in . The problem is that most in-game items are surprisingly expensive. This isn't necessarily a failure of balance, or even an attempt to get players to spring for microtransactions in , but rather a provision for players to count their coins carefully.
players can finally build the house of their dreams in the game. While many players will spend most of their time in traveling across the galaxy, building outposts, or fighting bandits, others opt to spend some time at their character's home, a luxurious dream home on a planet called Nesoi that can be unlocked via the Dream Home trait within the game.