Todd Howard Compares Starfield To Red Dead Redemption 2
With less than three months to go until Starfield's launch and the sprawling space RPG getting its own Direct last weekend, we now know more about the game than ever before. Bethesda's Todd Howard continues to tell us more though, including that Starfield pulled inspiration from an unexpected game in Red Dead Redemption 2.
IGN spoke with Howard following the extensive Starfield Direct in an attempt to fill in even more of the gaps when it comes to what might well be Bethesda's most ambitious game yet. Throwing iconic sci-fi titles like Mass Effect and No Man's Sky out there as logical comparisons to make, Howard responded by explaining why Starfield shares some DNA with Red Dead 2.
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“It's the games that put you in a world, that transport you to a place. So I think it also as a flow, probably has more of a feeling of a [Red Dead Redemption 2],” Howard explained. “I'm living the Western fantasy. So in this, you're living this science fiction explorer fantasy, and sometimes that's being on a barren planet and nothing is going on.”
Highlighting that will add even more layers to Starfield, especially for those who have spent an extended period of time in Rockstar's Red Dead world. Yes, while famous space RPGs will immediately spring to mind while watching and playing Starfield, it appears to be the want to make players feel like they have an entire galaxy to explore, and that every journey will be unique, that Howard and Bethesda have tried to capture.
Howard also highlighted that despite having a very different backdrop, Starfield will naturally have a Fallout and Elder Scrolls feel to it as well. “It has similarities to Elder Scrolls and Fallout and the things that we've
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