Monday 13 June 2022

Starfield

Starfield, the new space opera video game from the company behind Skyrim and Fallout, gets a longish preview ahead of its 2023 release.


The ships and bases mostly look sort of grottily industrial in an Alien or Firefly way with some shinier Alliance areas, with lots of shooting at alien creatures and pirates on the ground and space dogfights, while sounding more optimistic and Star Trek with hopeful music and a cooperative group looking at a plot involving Mysterious Alien Artefacts.


The standout visual moment for me was the Constellation group HQ being a library with wood paneling, comfy armchairs and portraits on the walls, a charming retro aesthetic for an explorers’ society compared to the shiny Starfleet areas elsewhere in the city. This says something about me as well as them, as someone who likes the Library at Teviot.


I’m very tempted to steal that for the Aeon Trinity.

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