Starfield - Inspiration from Red Dead Redemption 2

Gamingbolt reports that Starfield took inspiration from Red Dead Redemption 2’s immersion:

Starfield Took Inspiration from Red Dead Redemption 2’s Immersion, Director Says

Bethesda's Todd Howard talks about how Starfield has taken cues from Rockstar's Wild West open world epic.

Bethesda Game Studios RPG have a very particular identity, and though different properties transport players to different locations with their own unique experiences, the studio’s DNA is prominent in each of its games. That is, of course, going to be the case in the upcoming Starfield as well, but as BGS’ first new IP in 25 years and as its first ever sci-fi game, did the studio also look at other similar games for inspiration- like Mass Effect and No Man’s Sky, maybe?

Starfield director Todd Howard was recently asked that question in an interview with IGN, and interestingly enough, he said that though there are obvious similarities to point to given Starfield’s sci-fi setting, the game that Bethesda Game Studios looked to more than the aforementioned pair was Rockstar’s 2018 open world Wild West epic Red Dead Redemption 2. According to Howard, similar to Red Dead 2, Starfield focuses on transporting players and fully immersive them in its world, in order to allow them to live out its “science fiction explorer fantasy”.

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