Starfield Player Points Out Big Missed Opportunity With Exploration

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A Starfield player online has pointed out one huge missed opportunity that would have been a big improvement to the game's exploration. Though the initial critical reception of Starfield was strong, the views of the community didn't entirely mirror that, with many continuing to find flaws with Bethesda's latest RPG.

Exploration is very typically at the heart of every single Bethesda game. Beyond the character customization and quests, one of the big highlights is being able to uncover new things in every playthrough. However, Starfield is a little different, with many believing that Bethesda missed the mark with this release. Starfield still has many great planets to explore, but there's no doubt that there are certain elements of the game's space exploration that could be improved with a few small tweaks.

Redditor prorules drew attention to the gap in Starfield's exploration, pointing out the lack of asteroid stations throughout the game, as well as space places of interest in general. Everyone has their own ideas about how Starfield's exploration could be made better, but this change would certainly compel players to give more attention to sections of the game, which, right now, plenty of players treat as glorified loading screens. Right now, space is used as a way to fast travel from one planet to the next, but the potential for more unique locations is huge.

One player in the thread did point out that the game actually has one asteroid station that appears during the Freestar Rangers questline. However, the existence of this one only makes the lack of them everywhere else all the more frustrating. If they exist in the Starfield universe, it would make sense for them to exist in numbers around the vast galaxy, with plenty of gameplay potential from this idea. Starfield players are still making plenty of discoveries while exploring space, so it isn't completely empty, but there's a definite feeling that it could easily be better.

With the views of many players in the