Has it really been 25 years since BethesdaOpens in a new tab gave us a new IP? The original and best masters of first-person changed the gaming world with Castle WolfensteinOpens in a new tab and DoomOpens in a new tab, and blasted it with FalloutOpens in a new tab before notably taking arrows to the knee in SkyrimOpens in a new tab. But it’s time they showed us something fresh to blow our minds again, and, well…let’s just say we don’t hate Sundays.
We’ve known for a while that something was coming called StarfieldOpens in a new tab, because of a patent filing leak. Now we know it is a single-player action game. But we’ve also heard rumors that it would be a game to connect the Bethesda-verse, and include the worlds of both Fallout and The Elder Scrolls. That would be pretty epic, and give us a the closest we’re ever likely to see to a Krull game. The Beast and the Black Fortress could totally have come from a post-nuke world, right?
At the moment, though, all we have is a brief trailer that evokes 2001: A Space Odyssey. And yet we have a creeping suspicion it will be a lot more violent, and faster-paced. Gamers don’t want to spend whole levels jogging around in a zero-gravity circle.
Right now, there’s a lot of room for guesswork–call this reveal “Starfield Without Starfield,” if you like. What do you think Starfield will bring? Let us know with your comments.
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It’s Bethesda-palooza!
- A little self-parody with Keegan-Michael KeyOpens in a new tab.
- The first teaser for Fallout 76Opens in a new tab.
- Super Nintendo-inspired Skyrim artOpens in a new tab.
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