SkyrimThe Civil War questline, however, was far from perfect. There have been several indications that Starfieldthe subplot of, as Skyrimthe civil war of, will involve surprisingly similar factions clashing. Despite the higher stakes, it is also evident that, as in Skyrim, humanity has not lost its appetite for petty conflicts. Starfieldthe main quest, like SkyrimThe plot of World-Eater appeals to the existential and promising “last voyage of humanity” and answers the “greatest mystery of life”. The more this is revealed about the game, however, the more structural similarities between the stories in Bethesda’s new IP and Skyrim seem apparent. Publication date franchise and assuring fans that a more traditional Bethesda RPG, focused on freedom above all else, was on the way.
When Todd Howard called out Bethesda’s new sci-fi RPG Starfield “ Skyrim in space, ”it was easy to write the commentary as a call to the studio’s greatest hits, ignoring the eventful recent history of the studio.
