Starfield bucks a Bethesda storytelling trend.
Starfield is Bethesda Game Studios' most ambitious game to date, and while it bears many similarities to its predecessors, its main story manages to avoid a trope that created dissonance in both The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim and Fallout 4. In many ways, Starfield operates on upgraded systems originally laid down by Oblivion, the fourth Elder Scrolls game, in 2006.
SCREENRANT VIDEO OF THE DAY SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT While the stories of the Dragonborn in Skyrim and the Sole Survivor in Fallout 4 are vastly different, they both put their main stories on a timer. There is no literal timer à la The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask, but the circumstances of their main quest lines are urgent enough that they should, diegetically, take precedent over any other task the main character might come upon.
It's a wonderfully refreshing premise for a Bethesda game. Shortly into Skyrim, the Dragonborn learns of their destiny and the apocalyptic implications around the return of the dragon Alduin, aka the World Eater. Fallout 4's dire circumstances are even more immediate, with the Sole Survivor emerging from cryogenic stasis in Vault 111 to find their spouse being murdered and son kidnapped.
Starfield Leaves Room For Side Missions & Exploration An emphasis on exploration in Starfield lets the player wander without feeling like they're shunning some emergency. The artifacts are certainly important, but the Settled Systems are massive, and no one knows exactly what they are anyway. Constellation definitely wants to learn more about them, but there are many ways to go about the organization's primary directive, exploration.
Comparatively, climbing the ranks of the Thieves Guild in Skyrim or hunting down the Silver Shroud's duds in Fallout 4 feel like tasks better left for after the world has been saved or a missing son has been found. Starfield feels as though it has a main story that fits more naturally with the rest of the game, giving players an end goal but not making it urgent enough to warrant rushing through other aspects.
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