The gameplay of Starfield was revealed in the Xbox & Bethesda Showcase 2022 in the trailer. The gameplay looks like a mix of No Man’s Sky, Star Citizen, and Fallout – suggesting that it might have a significant multiplayer component.
In the 2022 showcase, Bethesda head Todd Howard appeared and shared more about Starfield.
What was shown about the gameplay? Starfield looks massive and offers quite a few gameplay elements at once. There are:
- a character editor
- a skill system that aims to “combine the best of previous games”
- survival elements with crafting and base building
- your own spaceship that you can build and customize in terms of appearance and functions
- space battles with space pirates or large creatures
- huge worlds and countless planets that can be explored. The impressive numbers mentioned were: 100 systems with 1000 planets. In this regard, Starfield resembles No Man’s Sky
- NPCs that promise story elements and NPCs to hire
Is there multiplayer? No. Although Starfield has enough elements that would make a multiplayer mode sensible, it is intended to be a pure single-player experience.
When is the release? 2023. There is no specific date yet.
