Devs Reportedly Worried Starfield Would Launch Like Cyberpunk 2077
Recent reports claim that some developers behind the upcoming Starfield expressed concerns about the game's release, worried that it would launch prematurely much like Cyberpunk 2077. Bethesda just announced that Starfield would be delayed to 2023 alongside Redfall, stating that the games needed more time to realize their ambitions and full potential.
As the next game from the same team that helmed contemporary classics like Fallout 3 and Skyrim, Starfield has gathered no shortage of hype over the past few years. The game is expected to be, per Todd Howard's own statement, "like Skyrim in space," setting players loose on a massive open-world and letting them dig into various RPG elements. While the gaming world has high hopes for Starfield, there have also been concerns raised about its previously planned release date of November 2022, as no gameplay has been shown. These concerns were exacerbated by recent leaked statements from a Bethesda developer, who called Starfield's flying "crap" and further criticized the Creation Engine, which has been known to be unreliable and buggy in the past.
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Due to these factors, today's delay news may not have come as a surprise to many fans, but the development of Starfield may have been even bumpier than some were imagining. According to Bloomberg's Jason Schreier, various Bethesda developers expressed reservations about the November 22 release date last spring considering the progress made on the game at that time. Reportedly, these developers were going as far as directly comparing the upcoming Starfield to Cyberpunk 2077.
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