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90% of the 1000+ planets in Starfield will have no life, according to Todd Howard

Speaking on the Kinda Funny Xcast, Todd Howard outlined that only 10% of Starfield planets will have life.

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Aloymetal344d ago

I saw a post here like 2 hrs ago saying that no other game can't touch the immense scale Starfield has. There goes that scale...

Old McGroin344d ago

100 planets is...small now?

Sephiroushin344d ago

@old mcgroin
it's not small but no man sky has a few quintillion planets which starfield is basically a clone of it, with some things that up to now look better and others are a worst implementation..

S2Killinit344d ago (Edited 344d ago )

“100 planets is…small now?”

Yes it is, compared to the previously touted 1000. That’s 900 planets not worth venturing to! (Presumably). That is a lot of empty.

Obscure_Observer344d ago

"I saw a post here like 2 hrs ago saying that no other game can't touch the immense scale Starfield has. There goes that scale.."

Lol. There´s nothing in gaming close to Starfield!

You can scream and shout all you want but that´s nothing but a fact.

I don´t think anyone was expecting to find and explore 1000+ planets filled with life. This game will get an insanely amount of content over time and I believe you won´t even be able to reach the vast majority of those planets in the first year of content without relying on some kind of unknown/alien technology.

This game is gonna be alive for at least ten years so there´ll be plenty of time to fill it with amazing and unexpected content.

Crows90344d ago

@oldmcgroin

So yeah what he said is that 90% have no life...he didn't say anything about the remaining 100...will they have much? Nobody knows. Don't pretend that what he didn't say makes those 100 actually meaningful.

This is a Bethesda game. Expect a Bethesda game.

THEzRude344d ago

Except No Man Sky and Star Citizen.

PhillyDonJawn344d ago (Edited 344d ago )

What game has 1000 exploration planets with 100 being fleshed out at the quality level of starfield? And omg will you ppl stop comparing that small budget indie title with randomly generated planets with low level detail and nothing significant to do? The only thing Nms have in common is space/planet exploration that's where it stop.

Hofstaderman344d ago (Edited 344d ago )

And this from the dude who was outright lying about the fidelity of Fallout 76. So if he’s saying this one can only imagine what people are in store for…

mkis007344d ago

What is the point of that many planets if you have to walk everywhere on them. With this information I just don't know. You cant manually land either...guessing that is a streaming issue that could have been an ssd show off.

Christopher343d ago

***The only thing Nms have in common is space/planet exploration that's where it stop.***

Someone hasn't paid attention to the NMS updates since release I see.

https://www.thegamer.com/no...

If you honestly think Starfield is doing more than this game solely because it has more handcrafted quests and curated planets but completely ignore what NMS does that Starfield isn't even considering (MP, crossplay, extensive base-building and settlements, companions, breeding, etc.). then you are just downplaying one game to prop up a game that isn't even proven itself with a release.

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crazyCoconuts344d ago

Somewhere right now Sean Murray is laughing

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frostypants344d ago

It wouldn't be realistic to have more life than that, though. Hell even 10% is too much IMO. Though the total planet count should also be higher.

4Sh0w344d ago (Edited 344d ago )

Yeah Im wondering how is 100 planets WITH LIFE small? -That's a humongous game and the 900 without life will be for artifact discovery, resources & some for investigating abandon outposts, wrecks, side quests, etc. Its literally as far as scale goes bigger BY FAR than any ps5 exclusive.

Actually in the Direct if you paid attention he already said most of the 1000 planets were "barren". Maybe some dont know what that word means, lol. Please tell me what game has more than 100 planets with unique life, cities, & npcs on them?

Lightning77344d ago (Edited 344d ago )

"Please tell me what game has more than 100 planets with unique life, cities, & npcs on them?"

Funny because there's only 8 planets in our solar system. 8 quintillion planets is a none exist amount of planets hell theres not even that many stars in the galaxy. In other words all those planets aren't unique, dynamic or have hand crafted quests deeply simulated just doing basic procedurely randomized things over and over when compared to Starfield scope with 100 unique planets and civilizations. Even the 900 planets are literally still worth exploring as stated for various reasons as you stated.

No dissing just facts. Yet ppl argue with facts and come up short every time all they have to do is watch DF they'll tell you about Star Citizen and NMS.

Knushwood Butt344d ago

Why would there be artifacts if there's no life on the planet?

4Sh0w344d ago (Edited 344d ago )

Well they could have been hidden there long ago, they could have shipwrecked there, the artifact could be something that is naturally part of the planet itself or even a relic from a now extinct life form that use to inhabit any particular planet= no life on the planet does *not mean there was *never life on the planet before.

Lightning77

Yeah I know, it's funny how some just pretend that a few higher raw numbers actually decide the breath of a game vs another. It's like saying X game is bigger & better than game Z because X game boasts more granules of sand on the beach than game Z. I know they have to be smarter than that? Other than Star Citizen which is pc only & long from ever being done, Starfield is in a league of its own as far as pushing the scale of what's possible on a console, lots of other great games but it's exciting every once in awhile to see one so ambitious, the hate only comes bc its not on ps5, thats why I get disagrees but no logical counter, which I take as a compliment.

Reaper22_344d ago

Reminds me of that Infamous game...lol

DarXyde343d ago

To me, 1,000+ planets with life is like a level cap in a SoulsBorne game: it's there... But realistically, why would you even think about it? In a weird way, we have 9 planets in our solar system, one with life, so... Statistically, it's reasonably accurate.

I should add, the criticisms do make sense. Todd Howard didn't lie it seems, but he definitely oversold the vision.

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darthv72344d ago

Does he mean life in general or naturally occurring? Because i can see how many of those planets may not contain life by default but there would be life as it relates to settled colonies of other explorers / pirates.

VenomUK344d ago (Edited 344d ago )

They may function like the radiant quests in Skyrim which can lead you to a cave with, for example, a vampire coven.

Lightning77344d ago (Edited 344d ago )

Radiant Quest in past Bethesda games is what keeps the players engaged and constantly exploring the world, area biomes. I remember playing a quest in Skyrim that lead me in a cave then that cave led me down a underground world with even more quests down there. I suspect that's exactly what they're doing here. Continue to lead you down rabbit holes of areas and constant exploration.

zeuanimals344d ago

@Lightning77
Preston Garvey's quests in Fallout 4 were also radiant quests, and everyone hated them. It's the source of many memes. Since Morrowind their quests and writing have just gone downhill, but atleast Oblivion had some fun side quests. I doubt they've improved on that, especially when they've gotta spread their resources across a galaxy.

HyperMoused344d ago

Wouldnt a vampire, mean...in a weird way...life

Crows90344d ago

Think of planets as the caves in Skyrim. Each planet will likely have something you can. Do. They also have a resource system so I'm guessing the majority of planets will be used purely for resources or discovery XP,etc.

PhillyDonJawn344d ago (Edited 344d ago )

Life as in animals, people, etc. Just like in real life. Mars and every other planet in the galaxy other than Earth for example is lifeless. Let's say there's 100 galaxies. And 10 planets per. Probably 1 out of 10 would have life. The others will have resources you could harvest for XYZ. Some may even just be gas giants. Actually think real life but futuristic/fantasy.

4Sh0w344d ago (Edited 344d ago )

Disagrees incoming but you are correct.

Actually its estimated theres about 300million planets in our galaxy alone that could support life. 99.9% are too far away for any of our instruments to ever reach, we've sent radio waves, etc to about 30, no signs of life yet. If we're around another million years we still might not find life, thats how huge space is.
https://www.seti.org/press-...

Now realistically nobody wants to play a REAL space game like that so yeah 100 planets with life will be alot of fun.

RupeeHoarder344d ago (Edited 344d ago )

So a bunch of randomly generated loot planets with no land vehicles to explore..... sounds kind of like it defeats the purpose. I'd love to be able to cruise around barren planets.

Sonic1881344d ago (Edited 344d ago )

The more I hear the more it's reminded me of No man sky but not in a bad way

BriBri344d ago

I'm looking forward to Starfield but I'd be surprised if there's even 10 planets that are interesting so I'm not buying this 90% quote, although there could be quite a lot of recycled, randomly generated filler side quests I suppose

Crows90344d ago

The place to explore on each planet will likely be small.

VariantAEC341d ago

Like a moderately sized level...
I don't doubt that for a second.

badz149344d ago

Unpopular opinion here - I think Starfield will be more like Ratchet & Clank than No Man Sky. it has already been confirmed that there will be no seamless ascend or descend between planets and space thus implying that every place you can land on any planet will be just levels you can explore and with land vehicles already ruled out, there is just no way you will be able to travel or explore the whole planet on foot or just jetpacks. the area of the planet that you can explore will be relatively small compared to the "endless possibilities" claimed by Todd because you can't fly across the planets with your spaceship because spaceships are only for flying to space and flying in space. the scope of the game is getting smaller the more interviews Tood is doing.

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Days Gone Director Says Bend's Project Costs Over $250M; Says PS Co-CEO Doesn't Want 2 Zombies Games

Days Gone director claims Sony has already poured in at least a $250M in Bend's project; says Days Gone sold more than Death Stranding.

shinoff218318h ago

Well that sucks. Seems they want more online trash. I'd rather of had the sequel if it was single player

MrNinosan4h ago

What online trash games did PS Studios release last 10 years?

Notellin2h ago

The past has nothing to do with the future. This is such a terrible argument. Everyone knows about their current live service push.

_SilverHawk_57m ago

It's so tragic what happened to days gone. It is such an amazing game but bandwagoners trashed it and it underperformed in it's launch year. Days gone is the best open world zombie game released in the past five years. I was recently playing it on pc and I'm still amazed by it.

Games are very expensive to make and it seems like it's normal for a AAA game to cost over a quarter billion to make so if a quality game like days gone greatly underperforms then people shouldn't be upset when they see a lot of GAAS. I still remember a lot of bandwagoners calling days gone trash but years later it's now amazing when it's considered a failure by sony.

If a game isn't the best thing seen since hats with pockets then a lot of gamers who haven't played it automatically calls it rubbish and whoever made it should be incarcerated

-Foxtrot18h ago

It would be a shame if it was true that Hermen never gave the franchise a chance simply because he didn't like it and they already had a "Zombie" game with TLOU.

NaughtyDog are most likely moving onto a new IP next so it would have been the perfect time to do it.

ThinkThink10h ago

Here's where xbox steps in and releases state of decay 3 day and date on ps5.

Grilla3h ago

Days gone 2 was canceled before Herman was in charge. That happened like 4 years ago.

vfl5233h ago

4 years ago he was head of Playstation Studios. He would've probably had a hand in the cancelation.

Notellin2h ago

Man two seconds of research could have saved you from this comment. Amazing work Grilla you fit in with the uniformed N4G community who speaks before verifying anything that they say.

Redemption-6452m ago

Maybe encourage people to buy the game at full price and not when it's heavily discounted or go on plus. If this game had sold well when it was full priced a sequel would have been in the works. They made a single-player game that most people didn't support until they dropped the price.

excaliburps4h ago

Yep. Kind of weird since it wasn't a sales flop, no?

I know we have to take what Ross says with a grain of salt since we're hearing just one side of the story, but even so, the game wasn't bad at all. Heck, it's my brother's favorite last-gen game from what I recall.

The amount of zombies on screen, imagine that with the PS5 and SSD? That would be insanely fun!

Grilla3h ago

Most copies were sold on sale. Not enough ppl bought it at full price. I paid 20$ for it 6 -7 months after release.

Notellin2h ago(Edited 2h ago)

Yeah we should never believe the creators side until we hear the corporate/big business side as history has shown we should always believe billion dollar corporations.

What a bootlicker statement.

P_Bomb4h ago

Well I don’t want 10 live service games, but they have no problem doing that lol. Ugh.

CrimsonWing693h ago(Edited 3h ago)

Oh great so we only get what the big wigs want… y’know, the people that really have their fingers on the pulse of what their consumers want. Faaaaantastic!

rippermcrip52m ago

Well consider they know the sales... they do know what the consumer wants.

It sold shit.

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Greetings from the newly minted CEO - Shams Jorjani

Operating under the username BigKahuna_AGS, Jorjani created a lengthy thread on the Helldivers subreddit to introduce himself to the community following his appointment as CEO in early May.

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Frostpunk 2 Dev Talks Creative Risks, Supply and Demand, and More

Game Rant speaks with Frostpunk 2 co-game director and design director Jakub Stokalski about everything 11 bit poured into the sequel.

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