How Starfield Will Continue An Elder Scrolls Tradition
“You always have that ‘step out’ moment into the world,” Howard says of previous Elder Scrolls and Bethesda Studios titles. “[Now,] technology’s changed, we’ve all changed, so our expectations when loading up a game – like, ‘Okay, we’re going to step out into this moment’… Us being able to do that and have it feel new every generation, every game is something that’s really special about what we do.” The entire sitdown is worth a watch if you’re a Bethesda fan who wants to learn a little more about the design philosophy behind Starfield, but if you want to hear Howard talk about the “stepping out moment,” you can skip to about the 6:00 minute mark of the video below: As Howard notes, that “stepping out” moment has been a Bethesda tradition since the earliest Elder Scrolls games (it also appears in the studio’s Fallout titles)....