

Each skill can be ranked up four times by completing a special skill challenge, like lockpick five times or boost while in combat 30 times, and by spending another skill point in it. Since you only get one skill point every time you level up, it will take you hundreds of hours to unlock all 82 skills (I was level 30 when I beat the game at around 40 hours), and that’s if you don’t rank up your already unlocked skills. Each skill tree has five tiers and you can only make progress through the higher tiers by spending skill points in that skill tree. Instead, it splits all 82 skills up into five different skill trees: Physical, Social, Combat, Science, and Tech. Unlike Skyrim, Starfield doesn’t have classes. That combined with every planet and moon having different gravity makes jumping around while fighting a lot of fun. I also love the jetpack you get to use, if you picked the best starter skills, to boost around the battlefield. There are ballistic, laser, and electromagnetic weapons in Starfield and all of them look great, sound great, and feel great. I found so many guns that I loved using that I filled nine of those 12 spots up with different guns. Just as an example, your quick-select menu has 12 slots. Speaking of weapons, the weapons in Starfield are awesome. From then on out, you can follow the main story, find interesting side missions, and generally do whatever you want - the stars are your oyster. From there, you continue the story, get that big Bethesda open-world reveal moment, acquire a ship, and get going. You get a taste of the dialogue, story, and gameplay, then you create your character with Bethesda’s signature all-too-detailed character customization which includes selecting a Background and three Traits. There’s outpost building, lockpicking, zero gravity firefights, big decisions to make, companions to romance, and much more.Īfter selecting “New Game,” you launch right into Starfield, in a very Skyrim “hey you, you’re finally awake” sort of way. In it, you’ll roleplay whatever character you desire, complete a main storyline that sees you exploring space with a group called Constellation, customize and fly your very own spaceship, join different factions, do an infinite number of side missions, and explore thousands of procedurally generated planets. Starfield is Bethesda’s massive single-player (although minutes into the game, you’ll wish it was multiplayer) space RPG.
