Todd Howard explains Starfield's opening mission

Todd Howard at Gamescom
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Bethesda boss Todd Howard visited Gamescom to explains Starfield's opening mission, giving increasingly impatient and hopeful fans a taste of w💛hat you do before you even make your char🀅acter. 

"You start out as a miner and you touch this artifact that affects you in some way, and you ꧑see a bit into space-time," Howard begins. "Then you get to create your own character. Our games are about creating and being whoever you want. And then you're off on an adventure." 

"You're joining Constellation, which is the last kind of group of space explorers, like NASA meets Indiana Jones searching for these artifacts. The story 🌜goes a lot of places, the game has a lot of surprises that we haven't talked about. I don't want to spoil them here. Really, really happy with how the story turned out and where it goes." 

"Can't wait for you to play the game," Howard conclude𝕴d.

It's a short summary, and Starfield's brief presentation only carved out a small spot in our 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Gamescom Opening Night Live blog altogether🌌, but it's a handy and tantalizing primer on the RPG's first hour. It's interesting to hear that you don't actually customize your character until after your introduction to the world and this space-time anomaly. I'm reminded of the mid-execution character creator of⛎ Skyrim, but it sounds like Starfield will do a lot more than cart you into a village in its intro. 

With launch fast approaching, Starfield details are still trickling in. Earlier today, Bethesda's publishing head Pete Hines confirmed that you can indeed explore an entire planet after landing on it

Weeks ahead of its official launch, Starfield is already being sold in stores, so be wary of spoilers online.

Austin Wood
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