Another Starfield Interview: Survival Elements, Vehicles, Romance Options and More!

[@ESOdanny]

➖ Time Stamps ➖ 0:00 Starfield Interview Summery 0:34 How did you build the Startfield Presentation? 3:20 Side Content and systems 6:05 Accessibility Options 7:00 Starfield on Steamdeck (Handheld) 7:30 Character Creation and Traits 10:09 Skill Tree Ranking System 11:20 Fishing in Starfield? 12:50 Procedural Generation VS Procedural 17:10 My main concern 18:22 Survival Elements 21:15 Predators Killing Peaceful Creatures 21:45 Iconic Creatures (Dragons Deathclaw) 22:38 Drivable Land Varchars 23:43 Play Solo or Crew Members 25:23 Romancing Companions 25:49 More Robot Companions 27:30 Music Feel 29:29 Radio Station (Fallout like) 30:50 Spaceship Limits (Selling) 33:06 What happens if you have contraband in your ship? 34:40 Gravity Bending Power in Starfield 36:20 Todd Howard on Over Promising 38:00 New Technology on Creation Engine 2 39:30 Starfield Frames Per Second (FPS) 41:06 Boring Side Quests? 45:16 Starfield Mods 46:55 Outpost Building and Resource Farm 48:50 Starfield Release Pressure 52:12 Black Holes in Starfield 52:42 Unannounced Mobile Game 54:50 The Elder Scrolls 6 and Fallout 5

[@athannaelanderson3806]

Your an absolute Legend! This video didn’t even need timestamps and yet they are provided! Liked and subscribed Brother! Great video!

[@qwert_au]

I'm pretty new to your content but I'm loving what I see so far! (don't hate me but it's *summary unless you were going for a seasonal pun in which case well played hahaha)

[@joshalmightyblades]

Jk jk 😂

[@joshalmightyblades]

Who Tf is Xcast? Todd, why TF didn't you choose one of the Two Obvious Bethesda creators. Xqc, and Logan Paul!!! Kidding, ESO and the Epic NATE. (FudgeMuppet ig.) ✌ JOOV!!!

[@ianmerkin6488]

Dddff

[@anexistencethatexists]

It’s always a good day with new Starfield news.

[@seangough2742]

I smiled when I saw a new interview

[@muzi69]

Overhyped trash

[@connorhome327]

im gonna brown

[@donmike2810]

No it's still a bad day cause I'm not playing it

[@NinjaWiener]

​@@donmike2810good thing the world doesn't revolve around you

[@DocTraubo]

Todd saying 'Starfield will be a modders' paradise' is pure gold.

[@orionriftclan2727]

I can't wait to be flying the Enterprise D in Starfield

[@redelephantsdotnl]

This actually helps them tremendously. Everyone knows Bethesda Games are typically riddled with game-breaking stuff. It's the modders that fix it for them. At the same time, it;s modders that keep their games alive - how many times have they re-released Skyrim? But, it also goes really well with their philosophy of giving players the freedom to imagine.

[@DanielSan1776]

Gunna be insane Star Wars, Mass Effect, Star Trek, Warhammer 40K, Dr Who, Firefly, Halo, The Outer Worlds (LoL)

[@jannathanielausan4671]

​@@DanielSan1776I'm hoping for a mod to add some type of coop multiplayer

[@derryfh]

Millenium Falcon ship mod incomming :-D

[@floppa9415]

Finally a game that seems both massive in content and deep and gameplay. Something like this hasn't been done forever. Its either one or the other.

[@scubasteve3032]

Fingers crossed 🤞

[@jeffdroog]

"Seems" is the keyword.Todd has a large mouth,and a great way of talking things up,and creating a great imaginative game,but they've failed to produce anything really functional,and really good in REALITY...So when they start selling something real,rather then a great story,I will buy into their shit again.

[@squares4u]

@@jeffdroogyes… “radiant A.I.”

[@dreyga2]

@@squares4u did Todd say "radiant AI? If so it's the new 16 times the detail.

[@timeschange4604]

​@@jeffdroogSkyrim? Fallout 3 (4)? Morrowind?

[@vancelee3506]

I’m glad they didn’t make the ship building or the outpost system too easy.. this will pretty much force you to explore the game in depth and really show off all of their hard efforts and time.. I love having to actually work towards building something I can really be proud of.. hard work pays off kinda feeling

[@carno.5911]

Do bethesda or general open-world enjoyers really need to be forced into exploring? Aren't they the type of guy that always gone way to far from the way as kids anyways, & now life that out in games? d

[@ebukarthur]

​@@carno.5911I mean exploration is basically a part of open world games, that's why it's an open world, to go see what there is to see

[@Afrancis16]

@@carno.5911Why would you play an open world without exploring? That’s literally the point.

[@carno.5911]

@@ebukarthur Yeah that makes it questionable why they should need to force into it, cuz players would do it anyways.

[@carno.5911]

@@Afrancis16Yeah thats excatly what i am saying. No need to force into exploring cuz peps do it anyway.

[@joshisasjoshdoes8760]

I feel so spoiled with all these new todd howard interviews. He usually comes out of his cave only once a year or so

[@bradleyhiggs3824]

his old keepers were very hands off but he's dead now :( and the new keepers are far more rigorous, but also very traditional, which is a bit of a worry but I feel Howard and Friends have pretty much stayed the course on what we expect from them (everything + everything we didn't think of yet)

[@reece42069]

Pushing a new IP so he’s having to do more work promoting as it can’t promote itself as much e.g Skyrim and Fallout

[@Dogboon-]

A few years ago I thought to myself I want to play a space RPG where I can have a ship and a crew. Here it is. All I want is that it has depth, and grit. I have faith.

[@Foxington]

So Mass Effect then?

[@Dogboon-]

@@Foxington no. Mass effect isn't like what starfield claims to be. Mass effect is on rails and you are a character with a story arc. Starfield claims to allow you to create your own character, story and ship etc. Different type of game.

[@willowispgaming1995]

​@@Foxingtonmass effect is good for the story and decision making games but it kinda feels linear and no sense of discovery.

[@ericsonofjohn9384]

Did you play outer worlds?

[@Dogboon-]

@@ericsonofjohn9384 yes. It wasn't anything like what I wanted tbf

[@mysteryman4013]

Thanks Danny, I know it must be frustrating with KZbin taking down videos of yours but I’m grateful for all you do. This was great to analyze and can’t wait for more

[@timothytreloggen9135]

I’d like to pause and say thank you ESO for your commitment to weaving true value into every video you make. Sometimes a video like this can distract from the original content with the jabbering of a floating head, but I was eager to hear everything you had to include and you truly did ADD to the podcast, rather than distract from it. I have been a subscriber to this channel for years now, and I’m so proud of you bro. Keep up the good work.

[@neonsoldier117]

Can't help but feel the hype building up internally. Please don't let me down, Bugthesda...

[@potatosalad6699]

You gotta admit the bugs in Bethesda games are hilarious 😂

[@matilija]

@@potatosalad6699 You mean the "features" in Bethesda games are hilarious, because the bugs are features!

[@Wargeee]

@@matilijait’s not Bethesda game without the best bug in the gaming industry 😂

[@RAXIIIIIIII]

@@potatosalad6699 Ambitious games, thats what it is

[@bradleyhiggs3824]

Yeah by any real measure Bethesda doesn't have bugs. They have happy accidents. :)

[@whoeverofhowevermany]

Todd is doing amazing work being the face of the company for his coworkers. i'd be so relieved to have a competent communicator to speak for the company so i don't ever have to worry about it.

[@jousis_]

I don't know how good/relaxed he is as a boss but omg his public persona is amazing. Impossible to not like him.

[@FazeParticles]

He’s not called Godd Howard for nothing.

[@WartimeConsigliere]

Space Piracy sounds like its gonna be one of the best features of this game; I hope the devs lean into even more in the future.

[@TwistedSisler]

I'm more interested in the smuggling aspect of hte game. I'm hoping the Red mile is a smuggling faction.

[@HoneyDog]

Yeah, I'm hoping they also lean into the "evil" route more than their previous games. I love FO4, Skyrim and FO3, but they were kind of lacking in morally corrupt options. New Vegas was the only game under Bethesda that really allowed you to be an actual evil bastard; Kill who you want, tell some dude him and his dead brother are bitches, etc etc. I'm hoping for more of that in Starfield :P. Personally I usually play morally "upright" characters because I end up feeling bad for the NPC's when I'm evil but having the option just adds more replayability and makes your actions feel genuinely impactful.

[@Veldore]

that gravity bending power is straight up misinformation. It's VERY obvious that Todd is talking about bending gravity for grav jumping and NOT for the "power" we saw at the end of the direct.

[@ESOdanny]

If you listen, he starts off talking about the lore behind warp drives/grav drives then he says ‘we do get into gravity, how that effects people in the universe, how they bend it, how they feel about that’ 25:39 If you look at his face he smiles before saying too much. Theirs clearly something interesting regarding powers (that we see in the trailer) and their connection to gravity. It’s the closets mention we have about the power we saw in the reveal trailer and given the grounded themes of starfield it would make sense. But we will find out in July if I was right or not. Hopefully it won't be like the time I announced The Elder Scrolls 6 Redfall (which my goodness fited perfectly with the fall of the redguards in hammerfell).

[@Veldore]

@@ESOdanny Quite literally. How it affects people = how lower / higher gravity affects human physiology/ people may get sick during grav jumps like people get seasick on boats, how they bend it = warp drives, and how they feel about it = How humanity usually gathers together in cities / planets rather than each ship owner having the power to go literally anywhere, live alone or escape persecution by going to some outreach of the galaxy. It just seems like Todd is stating that gravity indeed has a large focus in the game and maybe it does relate to that power we saw. My point is I think that statement you made in the video seems like a reach made from so little information to the point of just being misinformation.

[@jadedjacob4176]

​@@VeldoreYou're right. Don't listen to him.

[@Veldore]

This comment was proven even more correct by the more recent talks by bethesda about how the religions base themselves around gravity and how the existance of warp drives are God saying to find him. lets go baybee

[@dgmaffi]

Very minor detail, but I love that the skills you choose will be represented as patches on your spacesuit. It's the little details when added up that make great games all-time games.

[@dgmaffi]

@@AnmolMishra946 That joke stopped being funny years ago. If you want to be a snarky d-bag, at least be creative.

[@TaderSamich]

He said "on A space suit". He was describing the patch. Not what you can do with it.

[@nathenbosher1067]

​@@dgmaffispeaking of douchebags...

[@RAXIIIIIIII]

What do you mean by minor details?

[@Stenny833]

That's not his implication. Just like they look like they could go on a space suit. sorry bud!

[@t-rexreximus359]

If the planets are procedurally generated - but you choose to set up an outpost on one - does that then ‘fix’ the landscape of the surrounding area to stay the same when you return?

[@Nara.Shikamaru]

We’re gonna be playing this for a long ass time and I’m gonna love every second of it

[@trucid2]

That's what they were saying about No Man's Sky and Cyberpunk 2077 prior to release.

[@rpkez8257]

Are you still playing it?

[@gitarmats]

Looking forward to checking out the planets with many diverse biomes. Sounds like those will be cool to build bases on.

[@mirko7587]

Remember the time when I was little (2000s), imagining a game set in space, with a playable character capable of flying a space ship, docking into another, getting cargo, making bases on planets and exploring planets, finding caves full of aliens and having crew and romance and just be a space legend. 2023, Starfield is here.

[@117Haseo]

Something I would like to see is if you sell planet scans to one of the many factions if it will unlock different side quests on those worlds involving the planet you scanned thus allowing for even more replayability depending on what factions your courting.

[@TwistedSisler]

I think the gravity bending thing was referring to the grav-drive functionality and how people feel about that technology, not about the power at the end, but I could be mistaken.

[@TwistedSisler]

@@alexwalters35 He said nothing whatsoever about he powers at the end. Not a single word about it. The entire conversation was about the grav-drive technology.

[@Ilzhain]

at 35:24 I think there's a decent chance you misinterpreted what todd said about gravity bending, I think the way he worded it seemed to me he was talking more about the influence of artificial gravity tech and the societal impact that has had. The way it was a follow up to the grav drive explanation also makes that seem likely. Not to say that the powers shown at the end of the direct aren't various gravity related powers, that also seems likely given the time bethesda seems to have put into their gravity systems in this game with the different gravities on each planet and the IGN interviewer who got a hands on experience talking about a ship with a faltering artificial gravity that turned on and off periodically.

[@The_Dead_Zone]

Excited for Starfield and your uploads Danny 👍 As for character creation and background i always go stealth with heavily focused on sniping in these games, normally a ex military background or you grew up with a father who was a gun nut etc.....The Crimson Fleet and jetpacks really remind me of Boba Fett which i'd imagine most people relate to...So Crimson Fleet all day long👍

[@ishogunronin6626]

i'll be playing as my halo 2/4 multiplayer character. hopefully a modder creates the battle rifle.

[@The_Dead_Zone]

@@ishogunronin6626 Mods are going to be crazy

[@SpinDlsc]

If nothing else, I really hope this game is awesome and isn't a bug-ridden mess. I'm still holding off on buying it until I see a few days worth of Steam reviews, but for a Bethesda game, I REALLY want this one to hit the ground running and to be an absolute banger! I'm at least glad that Todd is keeping his responses more grounded this time around.

[@TwistedSisler]

I wouldn't trust a steam review if my life depended on it to be honest. The amount of poorly reviewed games that I just absolutely loved is insane. Not to mention Steam does no moderation on reviews so you can literally just say "Game sucks" and review it negatively and that's not really an actual review of the game but counts towards the score. I always recommend, instead either trying the game yourself or watching someone else play through it for a bit to get a more accurate feel about how YOU feel about the game, not about how others feel about it, because ultimately if you like it is what actually matters. That said, expect bugs. A game this massive will always have bugs, it's just inevitable. At least BGS bugs are usually just funny stuff happening and nothing game breaking.

[@sillyking1991]

oh i absolutely expect it to be a bug ridden mess. what i hope for is that its kept at the levels that are typical of bethesda releases (i.e. bug ridden, but playable and even enjoyable) rather than what has become the standard for big new releases (i.e. cyberpunk 2077, halo infinite, fallout 76) where the game is unplayable on release and as a result basically tanks.

[@SpinDlsc]

@@TwistedSisler Parsing, my friend. Takes a bit of digging sometimes, but there are some good reviews in the swarm of bad ones. Also, the ratio is still generally a good indicator of knowing how the audience as a whole reacts to the PC version of the game. I've read from others that GOG reviews generally tend to be better, but I'm not a GOG user, myself. It's definitely true though. Reviews should be moderated on Steam and should at least have some thought behind them, and be more than 500 characters in length.

[@TwistedSisler]

@@SpinDlsc Regardless though, in general I couldn't care less how someone else feels about a video game. I care about how I feel about it. No amount of good or bad reviews will give me the experience of seeing it or playing it for myself for me to decide with my own brain, not with someone else's. What I tend to do is start watching a let's play of something and the moment I realize I'm interested, I shut it off and buy the game to play it myself. If I'm interested but it's not the type of game I would play myself then I'll keep watching. I don't care if the person playing it likes the game or not because they aren't me. Hope that makes sense. My opinion is that game reviews just influence someone else's opinion of something onto you before you even go into it and I see that as very bad. I will always advocate for people playing games for themselves to see if THEY like it, not worry about what other people think about it.

[@shredderly]

The fact that microsoft told them to delay and polish the game and call in other studios to help gives me hope, it'll propably be the least bug ridden release since morrowind. If toddy would have had his way it would've already been out and underwhelming af.

[@jvb4450]

My biggest concern is that planets will feel like (for example) Skyrim instances or dungeons. You will always land on the same spot with a cutscene, instead of manually land on a spot you like. Atleast for me this can disrupt the whole immersion. I hope a skilled modder will create this. Now it just feels like you won't explore planets anyway, you just land through a cutscene, do what you want to do, and leave instead of getting in your spaceship, fly 100 miles over the surface and land again. We will see how it plays, i won't judge now but this bothers me.

[@andrewcrossman2165]

People are worried about the 30 frames per second; I can assure you they have perfected the motion blur, and all you have to do is think about red dead redemption 2; 30 frames per second- and it is one of the best games ever made. Please don't forget the fact that ID software has helped them make the game- all you have to do is look at doom and know that those same guys are going to have their irons in the fire

[@Fazal12d]

Man they should have legit given us a customizable Bike , buggy , hover Bike something to use when exploring planets. Also kinda sad that we only get companions from a singe faction wished there were more companions from different factions to romance and Quests

[@TaderSamich]

I'm guessing the way the planet loads is why there's no cars. Hint: "You land. You explore around that landing spot."

[@TylerMarkRichardson]

​@@TaderSamichthats not what they said

[@TwistedSisler]

1. He explained that there's no need or point for land vehicles, as their map design just doesn't make it necessary. He goes even further to ecplain that in this game, you land and just have a generated map of terrain to explore around your ship, then get back in and take off when you're done. Zero need whatsoever for land vehicles. I'm not sure how much clearer they can make it and they've been saying no land vehicles for like a year now so not sure why people keep expecting it. 2. He said you can only romance the Constellation crew, he didn't say those are the only companions.

[@KBreezy_]

@@TwistedSislerI’m sure the modding community will divy up something cool. Why not have a space rover or dune buggy available in like a vehicle cargo hold apart of your ship??? I mean just saying.

[@TwistedSisler]

@@KBreezy_ Personally I don't see any point in land vehicles whatsoever in a Bethesda RPG. I never even used the horses in Elder Scrolls. There's just no need for them. But if people want to add them via mods, then obviously that's cool. Just not something I'd personally be interested in.

[@reyiza373]

ESO after Starfield released for 3 hours: How to become a millionarie in Starfield with this three steps.

[@RAXIIIIIIII]

My tip is. Play the game for 50 hours get lost in the world. After that look on youtube vids

[@geisr8392]

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[@Surething-jt7zx]

I Wana know a few of the day night cycles in the game how long they take on different planets if the lightning from the stars is such a big thing

[@ESOdanny]

True, I imagine it works very differently in a space game with the effects of gravity

[@joshbrosh6626]

The day night cycles may change being shorter or longer depending on the distance between a planet and the sun Also the temperatures and the terain may differ depending on that too Planets closer to the sun would be volcanic or deserty Planets in the habitable zone will be lush with life And the planets that are furthest away from the sun will be icy cold So yeah we do have to consider distance as a factor

[@Surething-jt7zx]

​@@ESOdannyThink about the different atmospheres when you enter one cause I would like to think they are all a little different

[@TwistedSisler]

They are condensed in scale solar systems so likely way faster than a real life day/night cycle. I imagine roughly about the same as usual in their games give or take depending on the size of the planet.

[@Surething-jt7zx]

@@TwistedSisler I know not real life cause some day night cycles take forever compared to earth bit I hope they are all different and not the same let's hope brother

[@oldmatttv]

Great video. Thanks for sharing your thoughts too. I think your main concern is also my main concern. I do like how Howard answers that question about "is there anything worth seeing in those places", it feels fairly open and honest and avoiding of huge diappointments. But to me, the bigger concern is whether this game is going to feel like repeat, fast travel, repeat, fast travel, and the other one related to that if the exploration feels anything at all like actually exploring since it is all fast travel and generated. I'm not even entirely sure I like the idea that you can just see on a map where everything is and you don't have to find the places, though it makes perfect sense in universe. Anyway, I'm not making a huge amount of sense probably, and I'm still cautiously optimistic about the came, but I'm not entirely convinced about the overall feel and depth of it.

[@Spidder81]

i just hope the random handcrafted buildings have a lot of different varieties etc, instead of seeing the same one constantly on different planets.

[@BorgWolf359]

I can't wait for the Starfield builds people are going to make!

[@erikweltz8187]

Fudgemuppet: “business is boomin”

[@Alopen-xb1rb]

Its funny to me hearing an interviewer ask Bethesda about the importance of music transition in an open world. Thats one area Bethesda nailed down decades ago with the elder scrolls series. The theme from Moreowind was still Oblivion and skyrim with adaptations that just matched the changed atmosphere very well. Even Fallout series had an atmosphere about it that the music centred around. Maybe not to everyone’s taste but they do music pretty well traditionally.

[@jadedjacob4176]

35:42, I think you're making a huge assumption. Perhaps Todd was making a bit of a double-entendre there, but it's in the context of the ship's technology. I think he just means how people feel about the technology of grav (warp) drives and bending space with them. Much like how there's controversy around the development of AI today. I wouldn't say "OMG THAT'S HUGE," like he's referencing some taboo, forbidden magic like necromancy, because I don't think he's even talking about the force-like powers we saw at the end of the direct. It is interesting nonetheless but I'm pretty sure it's just about the implications and people's perspectives on such advanced technology.

[@seanc6754]

One thing i will say about Bethesda as a game dev studio i rly appreciate how welcoming they are to the mod community..their are a lot of studios that not only hate modders but will legally go after them which is bs. Awesome job Bethesda

[@ViciousVioletteLV]

They also allow free use of their music and such to content creators.

[@Kallmaro_]

DLC OPTIONS: 1:Land vehicles and vehicle customization. As well as a vehicle cargo space for ships 2:Just like land vehicles they could add animals and stables 3:Fishing/Aquatic DLC 4:Didn’t hear anything about tattoos/ extended customization so that’s another option. --- I was thinking doing like a “Sims style” dlc output plus mods will contribute to a lot but this is just another way for a company to make extra $$$$

[@TwistedSisler]

I think they've made it pretty clear that there's really no need or point to land vehicles in this game though. It sounds like when you land, it will be an instanced map around your ship, so not a ton of distance to have to travel around like people are thinking.

[@antiochus87]

​@@TwistedSislerPersonally I'd like land vehicles to be added and I think it could add a lot, but we'll just have to see how exactly these worlds, and use of the spaceships work. From a setting point of view though, there would definitely still be a niche for land vehicles, or helicopter-like vehicles.

[@ashamahee]

you forgot DLC options 5&6: Atmospheric flights & Mecha's/Robotics - one of the videos of gameplay shows massive mechs standing in the background as if a big battle had taken place.

[@Alexandros.Mograine]

the 45min demo was massive, it got me so much into the game. even tho i own a lousy computer, i will for sure enjoy watching people play it,

[@kanannas1]

Selling planet survey data was a secondary countinue mission from Star Flight awesome game, where you had to recommend planets suitable to colonize. Can't wait

[@Raven.Bloodrot]

My biggest concern about this game was always is this just another space sim or is this a BGS game in space. That's definitely been answered and I'm excited for that.

[@Ichthyodactyl]

It feels, to me, like it's going to be somewhere in between. With the way that exploration is going to be fundamentally different from previous BGS titles, I have a feeling that it's going to feel a lot like switching modes between typical BGS gameplay and No Man's Sky-style meandering. I'm definitely not put off by that in concept and if BGS was going to do that in any game, this was the game to do it in but I do think that people who hate No Man's Sky's explorative gameplay are going to have a hard time finding value in the game outside of the pre-defined quest lines.

[@TJStaxx_TV]

I would love to see modded intergalactic radio stations

[@Stalker950-l3x]

Honestly, when I heard about the radio station that you can turn it on like in Fallout...it warmed my heart :)

[@TwistedSisler]

My guess is that Neon will have a radio station.

[@TheSkyline5467]

I like how you were falling in line with the head nodding Danny. 😆Can't wait for the game!

[@Y0kensDomain]

I'm really interested in understanding what the Industry / Manufacturing / Sales / Transport / Tycoon type gameplay will allow. Absolutely LOVE the ship building opportunities, but would also like to see what type of industry opportunities there are in lines of EVE Online / X universe etc.

[@dannymarksberry1156]

From one Danny to another, keep up the great content!

[@diomed011]

I'm so glad to hear how early and important music is to their design and development process. I love the music from Fallout and Elder Scrolls. I hope Starfield has the same musical impact on us.

[@TwistedSisler]

Todd made a good point about the side-quests question. People get annoyed simply by radiant quests existing in a game and I feel like that's a bit silly, especially considering they usually are not things you have to engage in at all if you don't want to. Radiant quests are just fine as long as that's not all there is, or them being forced on you. The only reason they were annoying in Fallout 4 was because Preston was constantly hounding you about them.

[@sillyking1991]

yeah i've never understood people's obsession with having a clean quest log.

[@LokiZemy]

After a rewatch, ESO your question is exactly what i was thinking! If we scan a planet, see the poi, land there, do the quest/tasks etc. Take off!..leaving not much if any reason to explore the 95% of the remaining world 😬 fingers crossed they have thought this through 🤞✌️❤

[@forcefed6444]

I wonder if we will be able to blast enemies/npc's out an air-lock while in space. I always thought that was such a savage way to dispose of somebody in space.

[@13DNBNGAMING13]

greetings from Javik

[@TwistedSisler]

I doubt it based on what we've seen about the ships. All the ships I've seen, you enter through a ramp at the bottom and there's a ladder to climb up into your ship.

[@Ronnet]

It's good that Todd makes it clear exploration willy feel different. I think it will, for me, be less enjoyable. But I also get that they can't do the elder scrolls type of exploration in a game like Starfield. In return starfield will offer something new. I'm excited for it. And even if it turns out underwhelming, there are still tons of quests and factions to mess around with.

[@sillyking1991]

why can't they do elder scrolls style exploration?

[@ethantwolfe]

@@sillyking1991 Scale. You can (relatively) easily walk around and explore a province on a continent on the planet in Elder Scrolls. Doing multiple entire planets -- let alone 1000 different ones -- is an insane concept by all margins. This is both in the ability to manually design and write and create content for, but also on a technical level. Is it realistic to walk an entire planet, manually fly into space with no loading screen and then fly to another planet -- again, with no loading screen? No. Beyond that, it is in space -- and space is vast and desolate. In concept and form, it is different than elder scrolls world and lore exploration -- inherently.

[@sillyking1991]

@@ethantwolfe gotcha, that makes sense, thanks for your explanation

[@TinMan445]

I think the most exciting part about starfield is we will all get to explore and play the base game, and in a couple years with mods it will likely be one of the best Star Wars games ever.

[@acamporota]

those are all good point that you are making. Especially when you talk the exploration like in a fallout or skyrim..where you can go out of the main city and after 1 minute you can find something else to explore because more or less everything is at walkable distance...and is part of the fun to explore... in starfield I am concern about this. If the main city is on a full planet, there is a good chance that outside of the city it self there is only an empty landscape, and if you want to find another point on interest you will need to jump on your ship.... go on a random planet, land on a random area, to have generated an enemy base, outpost, cavern or stuff like that, which after a while will all look very similar. will be hard to have that sense of exploration like fallout 4 because now the space to walk is gigantic, I hope I am wrong because this could potentially be a big issue if all the time i want to explore something i need to pass by my ship

[@ArcoProvisions]

Gravity bending wasn’t referencing the supernatural hand gesture. He was talking about space travel.

[@DaneInTheUS]

"Make it red. Go faster." This is why I love your videos good sir!

[@m1garand164]

That gravity bending clip at the end of the direct was cool and all, and if it was just gravity bending, why do all their guns just vanish, or completely clip out of the game? I hope it's not a glitch they overlooked, and it has some explanation lol

[@TwistedSisler]

I think he misunderstood. Todd made no mention of that ending scene. He was referring to gravity bending as in the technology that drives the grav-drive systems and how people feel about that technology.

[@badrasbury8171]

I think of the procedural planet with a type of "level lists" encounters, but instead of just a creature or two in Skyrim, these are areas. These are the 2 areas I hope they continue to add resources.

[@gerbenvanegmond4007]

Great interview!

[@jimcleary1161]

Awesome ESO!!!! Cant wait to watch you play this. I have a PS5, might never see this game on that system.

[@ethanedwards3146]

I truly can’t wait to have to watch more @ESO walkthroughs for starfield like I did as a kid with Skyrim 😏

[@pickle7769]

The remote guy on the screen was asking GREAT questions. Who is he??

[@OurLifeisaMiracle]

51:10 - Todd is a legend... and i love his sense of humour :D

[@jurgen4466]

Todd is a greedy lier! 😡

[@muh.andianto]

Starfield sounds like a video game version of Interstellar movie. I do hope there are some massive black holes across galaxies. That's gonna be a spiritual level of feeling.

[@TwistedSisler]

Him choosing not to answer that makes me think that it's to do with the main story arc.

[@finalcam1740]

Every space game has to have a black hole right? Probably just one though. It's a big deal , don't need to dilute it with multiple black holes. They are basically the most interesting mystery in space to us.

[@Jedmukai]

Very Great Interview to Dive in more Depth

[@OrkDiktator]

Your crew hates you, but can't leave... sounds like a normal job

[@TJStaxx_TV]

They are doing such a good job revealing this game.

[@PjaunuGryba]

Bald guy in a blue shirt: was he there only to ask uncomfortable questions? Everyone was so nice and he was always like: "how should i trigger Todd next"

[@potatosalad6699]

Definitely a yes on the black holes lol. Todd wants us to get caught in one 😂

[@emykus7717]

I would love there to be a hidden reference in Starfield regarding Giants smashing people into orbit.

[@Asle_Kaspersen]

The last part of the 45 minute showcase u could see 1 enemy got blown up to space

[@JUStCALLMEZIMM]

Please do a in depth look at the segments of the video, like the skills, the different ships, etc. Been looking for it since they dropped it.

[@footballfactory8797]

Other channels have done this well

[@JUStCALLMEZIMM]

@@footballfactory8797 like what? I'm interested

[@footballfactory8797]

@@JUStCALLMEZIMM KZbin channel starfield signal

[@ebonywarrior80]

Awesome video eso got me even more excited .....looking forward to getting the game .....sooo much lol

[@Starfield-Guy]

I think land vehicles and fishing will come later. I want to know if there’s oceans, can we swim in them or build underwater? If not I wonder if that could be added later

[@joshbrosh6626]

It would be cool if those are released as Dlcs with a cool questline where you obtain the blueprints to build them

[@ESOdanny]

I think land speeders will come with mods, Bethesda know they don't need to add it

[@DhruvRed]

I saw MC in a swimsuit so yeah there are oceans or atleast a swimming pool.

[@intermsofreality]

I don't understand why people keep wanting vehicles in a game that's designed and balanced around on-foot exploration. Add to that the fact that Bethesda has never done vehicles in their past games. I wouldn't get my hopes up.

[@muzi69]

​@@intermsofrealityskyrim has horses

[@emykus7717]

Imagine if you could connect settlements like in Fallout 4 and be able to see them coming and going planet to planet from space; landing and launching while you're doing your thing on the settlements :o I would built my own Colony.

[@TwistedSisler]

He definitely said that trade routes are a thing. Probably works nearly identical to Fallout 4. It does seem though that the outposts are more for utility, like resource gathering and research, not like building towns in Fallout 4 though. Doesn't seem like there's a settler mechanic, you can just assign crew members to an outpost.

[@sola4393]

@@TwistedSisler ah well that sucks.

[@emykus7717]

@@TwistedSisler if that ends up being the case, seeing as there wll be "1000+" planets where it would seem we'll be able to build on,I wonder how many settlements we'll be able to build and connect with trade routes before the game explodes.

[@crimsonhawk52]

I don't think planets will be planet-sized or worth exploring for longer than 30 minutes unless there is specific handcrafted content you are aiming to do. Evidence that suggests this at 21:14, the whole survey of the planet is 7 fauna, 5 flora. Five different plants on the whole planet. Seven animals.

[@ESOdanny]

For sure, beyond experiencing what that is like, recorces, collecting survey data to sell for 100%. It's not the main gameplay loop I don't think, but people always ask about it so it seems like its heavily weighted.

[@RAXIIIIIIII]

Yes that seems very odd. He mentioned in the interview aswell that on some planets there are maybe only one biom while on others there are huge amounts.

[@jacobmiller701]

I'm surprised they didn't ask exactly how big ships can be made. I'm looking forward to making a capital freighter that holds a couple smaller ships like a fighter and a dart.

[@munkethesecond3886]

how is travel going to work? can you just jump into your ship and fly into space or are there loadscreens etc, same with between planets / systems

[@vchair23]

The point you made with the 30 second rule was so good. Have to think the beginning part of the game is in the more populated areas where that's no problem and then they begin to push you out to some of the desolation etc. Because yeah like playing fallout 4 I climb to a top of a building and look out, I can see something that I want to go find. Just won't be possible here all the time.

[@sillyking1991]

ohhhh, someone mentioned that they couldn't do elder scrolls style exploration somewhere in the comments and it confused me...this makes sense, yeah. OTOH i think its possible to somewhat get that effect when you're flying around in a given system and you see some derelict, or a space station or something.

[@Truly_Giovanni]

18:05 I don’t think the experience will be all that much different. With space stations, other ships, I feel like you’ll still have that 30 sec rule in play

[@ESOdanny]

I hope so. I do strongly believe the Bethesda cities and locations will be but Todd himself said exploring will be different to normal Bethesda games, hopefully in a good way

[@liveyourlifeb4end]

I’m sorry I’m new to this and waiting to play can you tell me what you are referring to the “30 sec rule”?

[@flyingbirdoftheground]

@@liveyourlifeb4endit’s something Bethesda does in their games where if you wander in any direction they want there to be something interesting to find every 30 seconds.

[@liveyourlifeb4end]

@@flyingbirdoftheground ooohh got it! Thanks bro!!

[@christophereasley7336]

Skyrim soundtrack was incredible. Great ambiance.

[@MrDavePed]

Having played Privateer 1 and 2 many years ago, smuggling and scan-shielded cargo were great elements. All fans of the original Star Trek TV series are completely familiar with the line "More power to the shields!" Those who have played Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic are very familiar with the Ebon Hawk which you can upgrade with internal crafting features. Those familiar with Entropia, featuring a real life cash convertible currency, know well the capabilities of their flying ships which can both fly between planets and also easily and deftly land and take off and fly at nap-of-the-earth like altitudes to explore planet surfaces. Starfield has not adopted that particular feature but it has adopted many very satisfying aspects derived from previous spacefaring games. We all can't wait but I bet we're going to ! ..

[@dougtaylor583]

One of my biggest concerns is how the randomness of the procedural generation is going to affect location modding, since "no two players will see the exact same thing". Someone may build a Starfield version of Legacy of the Dragonborn, only to have it not work for anyone else because the location is under a mountain, or in an ocean, or in the sky above a ravine...

[@av93]

Something tells me that they will enable modders to lock planets to a specific seed to keep consistency. In other words, when you download and activate a mod that affects a specific planet, that planet will be consistent across everyone's game who has the mod installed. You'd probably have to start a new save file for it to work correctly though. That or they could give modders the toolset to make the locations and it'll randomly place it just like Bethesda's own content. Edit: obviously sticking to the rules of the random generation. The game probably knows to flatten a certain piece of ground to make a point of interest fit and make sense.

[@georgejones5019]

The planet was procedurally generated with parameters to make it look natural and realistic, then saved in that state. It was a tool to save the developers' time. Then they went in and placed hand crafted sections like enemy bases, or abandoned facilities, or crashed ships.

[@TwistedSisler]

My guess is that 1. Either there is a check in place to ensure that nothing gets placed on top of content that's been hand placed there. or 2. modded locations will have to just go into the lottery of possible locations that get placed down when you land on the planet.

[@sillyking1991]

well they almost certainly aren't going to generate the entire surface of a planet for every single planet. if you just choose to randomly land on a given planet, then you'll get a procedually generated instance. But i would imagine that for some missions or quests, you may get custom instances for a given planet. thus mods could simply use that. either that or when they talked about procedural generation they were talking about having generated all the landscapes procedurally to prevent the need for an artist to go in and hand craft 1000+ planets.

[@AlexConnor_]

@@sillyking1991 That last thing. Procedural tools to make planets, not procedural generation ingame. Everyone is going to see the same terrain, just the points of interest can be swapped out.

[@redcoataLex]

I am very hyped for this game, but I also can't forget the whole 76 debacle. If Starfield is as well developed if not more than their top rated games thus far, this game will be in the top list of games for many years to come. Here's to hoping that it's as good as they say it is.

[@pacalbalan207]

It’s not a multiplayer game, there’s no real comparison between the two. Let it go.

[@mindfulinventor3595]

I would really love space radio stations on a bigger scale rather than just local exceptions. It would be so immersive to explore and gather while listening to some space news.

[@finalcam1740]

Yeah I thought it was kind of odd that they don't have space radio stations. I'm sure it's because of the physics but they can just use technology to explain it, like using lasers to transmit long distance to localized radio stations to broadcast nearby.

[@soldier660]

33:23 what Tody said ? i failed to hear it.

[@giancarloszayas7197]

necessary 1st mods ,beauty (a must /i want a beautiful character),2nd sexy outfits(just cuz ur in space doesn't mean u can't be a slut),3rd cheats( cuz i don't want frustrating fights).4th more hairstyles(cuz there's never enough variety)

[@anexistencethatexists]

Thanks for the video.

[@benapple1997]

i wanna know how in depth the story and quests are. i never really played fallout or skyrim so dont know how many side quests and things they will add compared to other titles as i have not played them

[@zerooskil7161]

I dont think he even related it to the gravity power at the end. He meant how people bend it with their ship travel and technology, i saw you really jump to conclusions there lol The second time he probably just mean game engine physics

[@jadedjacob4176]

Exactly what I thought. Dude was going "OMMGGG THAT'S HUGE" while making a giant assumption when I'm pretty damn sure Todd was talking about the ships' technology. Like, it's literally in the context of the space ships which he was talking about seconds ago... Honestly was cringe.

[@crimsonhawk52]

If ES6 is in pre-production/production and they do the music first... that means the ES6 soundtrack is already partly done somewhere out there in the world. On Inon Zur's harddrive

[@ChrisRaine.]

Yeah, some of it is in the 2018 teaser for ES6!

[@weedhead1212]

just wait for all the star wars mods man

[@My_eyesburn]

Their guns just dissapear once that gravity thing is activated

[@Asianrodney1]

26:36 note the question and answer. "Not to the extent of humans". Then the winks kicks on Tod's face.

[@jacobwolfe2913]

Are there any loading screens inside of your ship if it's too big or is it seamless?

[@Mrtojo]

My biggest question is! If you complete the story, can you keep playing. Or do it lock you out of some content?

[@krink084]

As a cool Easter egg, it'd be interesting to make a planet and wrap Skyrim's landscape around it to see what modders do with it.

[@ModernTalkingCentral]

Modders are going to go wild and already have plans from their imaginations written down in their notebooks. I just hope that Todd and Bethesda have a set limit to a set percentage amount of planets/celestial bodies that can be modded. Perhaps 30% of all them, because the rest need to remain unpopulated, with the exception of resources and then building outposts once discovered and if needed, depending on the value and rarity of said resources. I for one, do not want all 1000+ planets populated with tons of stuff, as it would take away from realism. A few alien life forms would be a great addition too. I can hardly wait to play this amazing game! 😎

[@Dokdiamant]

what would me interest is, how much Datajunk is still in the Background of the Game, bloating up the Installation, filling the Ram, but is not useable in the Game? You know, like in Fallout 3 and 4, complete Items and Dungeons / Ruin interriors that were canceled last minute and still are in the game and maybe are cause of allot of errors and CtDs. Am thrilled how much Dataminers will find in the background later and what can be make useable again. ^^ Also it would be great to share ship blueprints with the community. Would give "shipbuilders" alot more inspiration to build unique or ships from licenses like SW, ST or SG. ^^

[@Creepy-Girl]

It's gonna be interesting to see how Starfield's planets differ from Star Citizen's planets(Now and in the future).

[@MidnightWolfSDJ]

I’m curious about dynamic missions spawned in terms of your trade routes getting pirate. Like what if one of your ships is in a it’s trade route off in another system and it gets attacked by pirates. So you then have to quickly travel to defend it or salvage what is left of it. If over done this idea would be tiring and old but if done in a healthy quantity, I think it would be fun! I just hope I’m not ever 5 jumps away from my trade ship when it is getting attacked. Would be sucky to be doing something elaborate and then get a message from your crew saying they are under attack and you have to quickly fly over there from millions of light years away. A sort of “quick a settlement needs your help!” situation could get ugly real fast like we see in F4. Please no space minutemen! 😅😅😅

[@TwistedSisler]

My guess is that the trade routes are a game system and just simulated, not something that deep or tangible that could get attacked.

[@sillyking1991]

'another trade ship needs your help. here i'll mark in on your chart'

[@finalcam1740]

The whole galactic map is 50 light-years wide.

[@Doughstroy0218]

I can't wait to play and download all kinds of mods for starfield and see what you do with it

[@Simple_Jack5]

Thanks Todd

[@Melwood23]

I am curious if you buy that shielded cargo hold in a different faction, like the Crimson Pirate, or even in Neon. I don't see it being something you purchase say in New Atlantis.

[@TwistedSisler]

I'm thinking it's more a skill rather than a ship upgrade, but I could be wrong.

[@jaythaneslegion5009]

thanks for this glad i am hyped for this game now .