A developer from Bethesda recently revealed that the team hopes that Starfield will last as long as Skyrim and receive support for many years. When Starfield was released last year, Xbox CEO Phil Spencer expressed enthusiasm about Bethesda’s new RPG lasting as long as Skyrim, with the open-world RPG still wildly popular over a decade after its initial launch.
Released in 2011, Skyrim is one of Bethesda’s most popular RPGs, still boasting an active modding community and receiving ports for numerous platforms over the past 13 years. Starfield’s initial impressions, however, did not wow the community as much as its predecessor. Despite Starfield receiving mostly positive reviews from critics, the release of Bethesda’s space exploration game was controversial, as it was quickly criticized for having a sprawling but empty universe that lacked the attention to detail that often makes Bethesda games so special.
A Starfield player stumbles into a rare sight in the game's galaxy while on the run from three of its factions simultaneously.
In an interview with The Gamer at Gamescom, Starfield’s creative producer Tim Lamb revealed that he “hopes” the space exploration game can last as long as Skyrim. “We do plan to support our games...