What time period is Starfield set in?
Starfield’s story is set to take place in the year 2330 – a distant, but still imaginable future where humanity has developed settlements on other planets.
The first new intellectual property developed by Bethesda Game Studios in 25 years, Starfield is a hotly anticipated AAA single player, action role playing game which takes place across the vastness of space. Originally scheduled for release in late 2022, Starfield’s new release date is now set for September 6, 2023!
Starfield Time Period
Starfield’s story is set to take place in the year 2330 – a distant, but still imaginable future where humanity has developed settlements on other planets. Game Director Todd Howard has stated that the team at Bethesda wanted to keep the game in line with a mostly realistic idea of what human civilization could look like in another 200 or so years.
The developers have said they have put some limits on this type of ‘realism’ however. For example, under some circumstances it would normally be possible for adventurers to run the risk of getting stranded on their starship in the middle of space if they didn’t plan accordingly. Then the gameplay would just stop, as the only actions the player could take would be to send out a distress beacon and sit around and wait to see who may or may not respond.
While there are certainly those who might enjoy a more hardcore, survival mode of gameplay (and in the future they could probably play under such circumstances with the help of the right mod!), for the majority of gamers who would simply want to continue their quest or collecting resources this change was probably the right choice for the developers to make.
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