Starfield's Mining Should Take Hints from No Man's Sky
As the first new IP for Bethesda Game Studios in 25 years, Starfield has become one of the most anticipated games of 2023. Conceived in the early 2010s, Starfield was officially trademarked in 2013, and active development has been ongoing since the release of Fallout 4 in 2015. It was initially scheduled for a November 2022 release before being pushed back to early 2023 to allow further work on the project.
With gameplay footage unveiled at the Xbox & Bethesda Showcase on June 12, fans eagerly got their first true insight into what Starfield is about and how the gameplay looks. While reveling in top-notch graphics that capture the look and feel of space technology and where it may lead in a realistic future, comparisons were immediately drawn to No Man's Sky, a 2016 open-universe sandbox survival game from Hello Games. One of the first similarities that fans noticed was the mining features Starfield presented, which showcased the player character using a mining gun to laser nearby rocks for iron. With such resemblances in place, there are some hints that Starfield could take from No Man's Sky to avoid that game's pitfalls and embrace its successes.
Starfield Has One Advantage Over Other Sci-Fi Games
When No Man's Sky first launched in 2016, its mining was rudimentary and tedious, with fans voicing their dissatisfaction with the repetitious qualities, lack of clarity for resources, and inventory availability. In the game, players started with a handheld mining gun that shot a laser designed to hit rocks and plants for mining supplies. Items mined with the laser broke apart, floated in the air for a moment, and then disappeared as they were automatically added to the player's inventory — which was limited on space with no way
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