Bethesda continues to be onerous at work on new DLC for Starfield, however you in all probability should not anticipate a sequel anytime quickly.
Former Bethesda Lead Techniques Designer Kurt Kuhlmann spoke to FRVR, and when he was requested a couple of potential Starfield sequel, he informed the outlet: “I don’t assume Starfield was wherever close to profitable sufficient to do a Starfield 2.”
That is not too shocking, as the sport has been massively divisive because it got here out, regardless of getting a mostly-positive overview from us right here at IGN. Our reviewer Dan Stapleton stated: “Starfield has plenty of forces working towards it, however finally the attract of its expansive roleplaying quests and respectable fight make its gravitational pull troublesome to withstand.”
Kuhlmann then goes on to reminisce on the ambition of Starfield, and the way a sequel might have finished one thing nice, saying “It’s, in a means, too dangerous, as a result of I feel with the teachings realized on Starfield, a Starfield 2 might have been a lot nearer to the sport that Todd [Howard] had [in mind].” Starfield has improved lots because it first got here out, and it is nonetheless has enhancements down the pipeline, but it surely’s fairly clear that it fell in need of Todd Howard’s ambitions forward of its launch.
Nonetheless, Howard reiterated Starfield’s help again in July, when he put out a statement saying: “As we enter Yr 3, we’ll proceed increasing the Settled Techniques with new tales, focused gameplay enhancements, and extra updates, whereas getting ready for the launch of latest Starborn content material subsequent 12 months.” It is potential that regardless of Kuhlmann’s predictions, these updates will have the ability to flip Starfield round, but it surely’s unlikely.
As an alternative, it looks like Bethesda is fully centered on getting The Elder Scrolls VI out the door (even when it is nonetheless possible a pair years away), and Obsidian has been tapped to develop a brand new Fallout recreation. Even when a brand new Starfield recreation was by some means within the works, it might be years earlier than we ever heard about it. It is in all probability secure to imagine that it isn’t going to occur any time within the close to future.
Jacqueline Thomas
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