Pagliarulo didn’t make any specific revelations, as you would expect in an official developer profile. Still, he did fuel the hype machine when he said that Starfield covers much new ground and has turned into something really special that will blow people’s minds. There aren’t too many concrete details on Starfield, but we’ll recap what we know here. It’s set in 2330, in a relatively small pocket of the Milky Way called The Settled Systems. The player character is a member of an organization called the Constellation, dedicated to exploring the universe and all of its mysteries. Players will also get the chance to join one of the many factions, such as the United Colonies, the Freestar Collective, Ryujin Industries, and even the Crimson Fleet. The latter is a pirate faction, but the developers revealed it’ll be possible to infiltrate them in a ‘space cop’ fashion. On the technical side, Starfield is setting up to be a major breakthrough, described by Todd Howard himself as the biggest advancement for the studio’s engine, now called Creation Engine 2. Howard also highlighted the goal to go back to old-school hardcore RPGs, hinting at a greater focus on roleplaying elements than recent games made by BGS. We should learn a lot more about Starfield in the upcoming E3 2022 Microsoft & Bethesda Showcase. Until then, stay tuned.
