You may not like that Starfield does not have any floor autos, however Bethesda’s Todd Howard has stated that that is by design.
In a sport like Starfield, the place you’ll be able to virtually discover the whole lot of every of its 1000 plus planets, there is likely to be some autos like a automobile or a dune buggy you need to use to get round. That is not the case, although, leaving you to both hoof it, or fly about along with your jetpack. But it surely’s not like that is some obtrusive omission Bethesda made. The truth is it was fairly a aware determination, as defined by Howard in a current interview with Bloomberg.
“It is one thing we think about,” Howard stated when requested by Bloomberg the place there are not any floor autos to be discovered. “When you do autos it does change the gameplay. So by focusing, when you land in your ship, that you just’re on foot, it lets us actually for the gamers make it an expertise the place we all know how briskly they’re seeing issues.” Howard did additionally supply a type of “um truly,” sort of level as nicely, occurring to say, “in a single sense, you do have a automobile. You have got your spaceship, you’ll be able to go round house. On the floor you could have a jetpack you’ll be able to improve which is tremendous enjoyable.”
Lots of gamers actually do want the sport had land autos, as evidenced by among the discussions being had on Reddit. Others have even requested if one thing just like the Mako from Mass Impact could possibly be launched, which whereas identified for its jankiness, was nonetheless one thing individuals actually cherished.
In fact, it is at all times potential that Bethesda may return on its selection and introduce land autos in an replace or some DLC someplace down the road. For now, although, you may simply need to depend on that jetpack.
In the identical interview with Bloomberg, Howard was additionally requested why Starfield hasn’t been optimised for PC. His response? “Chances are you’ll have to improve” your rig.
