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If you're an avid gamer and/or someone who can't stop thinking about outer space and what our future among the stars might hold, chances are you've been playing Starfield, Bethesda Game Studios' latest open-world video game, non-stop for the last few weeks.
It's definitely an adventure worth embarking on for fun, but we also believe it's one of those works of science fiction with the potential to have a large impact on how people perceiveis a very common one in modern video games, with sci-fi settings often being front and center, helping shape the games' many systems and mechanics instead of serving as mere backdrops.
How can a blockbuster video game change all this? It can't. Fiction will never directly control what does or doesn't happen in our world. But it can inspire new generations to ask the right questions, and it can nurture their curiosity. We've seen this happen many times before, with seminal works of sci-fi such as"." No matter the medium, powerful stories and captivating fictional worlds have a way of getting into people's heads.
"Starfield" has all the right ingredients to have a lasting impact on modern culture, like other Bethesda games such as"Skyrim" or"." As a video game, it's a refreshing and bold take on the open-world formula despite some flawed elements. Yet it's the more conceptual bits and the adventurous spirit that might make it a modern classic that we keep coming back to time and again.
Mind you, the Settled Systems are full of danger and evildoers. Earth was left behind, but our recurring conflicts weren't. It's a realistic vision of humanity and our troubled history on a larger scale. Ultimately, however,"Starfield's" main thoughts on humankind are refreshingly optimistic, much like its take on what's out there.
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