Highlights
- A Starfield player has discovered a boneyard on Mars while exploring the planet.
- The Starfield player even found human skulls embedded in rocks, prompting more questions from fans.
- Planet Traits, like unique geographical features, can evoke a way of wonder and earn players extra credits for completing surveys.
The Red Planet is one among the primary locations that Starfield players get sent to, but coming across an ominous boneyard on its barren surface might be not the experience that the vast majority of people had on Mars. While there’s loads of criticism pointed toward Starfield‘s procedural generation, the system continues to be able to sporadically producing interesting alien environments. Planets similar to Muphrid I stand out resulting from the unique textures they use for his or her landscape, but as a rule, finding a Planet Trait while scanning worlds is normally what leaves an impression on players after they’re out exploring the Settled Systems.
Planet Traits are key to completing a survey in Starfield, which allows players to earn some extra credits when starting a brand new playthrough. While the usefulness of selling survey data peters out after some time, coming across a Planet Trait in the shape of a novel geographical feature can still evoke a way of wonder. These features are sometimes not even tied to Planet Traits in any respect, as one Starfield player previously found a stone arch paying homage to Solitude, the capital city of Skyrim.
In the same nature, HeftyPackage discovered an eerie pile of desiccated bones on the surface of Mars, sharing their findings with the remainder of the Starfield community on Reddit. Provided that multiple players have reported finding this particular landmark on Mars (and Jemison as well), it might seem that its spawn rate was intended by Bethesda, relatively than it being the product of procedural generation alone. Along with finding the boneyard, HeftyPackage also got here across what look like human skulls embedded in a rock formation, which prompted more questions than Starfield is probably going able to answering.
Though Starfield has a mixed rating on Steam, with only 40% positive reviews left by players prior to now 30 days, the most recent Bethesda sandbox can still pleasantly surprise its fans. Ultimately, while the execution in Starfield appears to be lacking, many players would argue that the inspiration offers loads of room for growth. The official modding tools for the sport can be released in early 2024, when Starfield can also be set to debut paid mods through the brand new Creations platform, which should hopefully provide swift solutions to a few of the key complaints that the community has had about Starfield so far.
On top of Creations, Shattered Space will hopefully improve Starfield as well. The primary content expansion for Starfield can also be expected to launch in early 2024, and though Bethesda has remained tight-lipped about the small print, many fans are speculating that it’s going to likely deal with the enigmatic House Va’ruun, a serious power within the Settled Systems that only had a minor presence in the bottom game. Provided that the boneyard’s skeleton is strangely serpentine, a connection to House Va’ruun should not be ruled out.