One Highly Anticipated Starfield Update Will Totally Change The Game, & It's Not The DLC

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The future of might end up making the game a lot more exciting, and the update that could change everything isn't the DLC release. Although has plenty of fans, its reception so far has been a largely mixed one, especially when compared to the success of Bethesda Game Studios titles like Its expansive world can also feel empty, and the gameplay loop hasn't proven as universally compelling as the best RPGs to come out of the studio.

A disappointing launch isn't always a reason to write off a game, however, and there's always been a lingering possibility that could embrace more of its strengths in the future. One obvious point of comparison is, a similarly huge space-faring game that also faced significant criticism when it first released. Over the years, free updates have vastly expanded the possibilities of, and the strength of Bethesda's prior games provides a model for how could also add to its platform in an ultimately compelling way.

The planned feature that has the potential to completely transform is the Creation Kit, an official set of modding tools that will open up to community-driven projects in a significantly more expansive way. already has an active modding scene on PC, following a long tradition of extensive fan support for Bethesda games that can make them endlessly replayable in all the best ways. That's all being done without any direct assistance from Bethesda, however, which can make the process of mod development complicated and particularly intimidating for newcomers.

The Creation Kit isn't a new idea from Bethesda, as similar editors were released for and, which in turn build on a legacy established by The Elder Scrolls Construction Set for and and the Garden of Eden Creation Kit for. All of these cases prove just how useful releasing tools to the public has been, as even is still getting plenty of new mods over two decades after its release. The greatest strength of Bethesda games is arguably their status as huge sandboxes, and this makes