Summary
- Starfield fixed a major bug with a surprise update, ensuring players can now progress through certain quests without issues.
- Despite a drop in popularity, Starfield has received ongoing support with updates focusing on fixing technical bugs and improving quality of life.
- Fans are eagerly awaiting the release of new content promised by Bethesda, such as mod support and new ways to travel in the Settled Systems.
Starfield has finally fixed one of its most notorious bugs in an unexpected update, as the game will no longer disable certain quests and will allow players to continue their progress. Though Starfield had a successful launch in September 2023, its popularity has seen a sharp drop-off compared to other Bethesda titles such as Skyrim and Fallout 4. Its ship builder was universally praised by the community, but the implementation of procedural generation was critiqued by many players as diminishing the Bethesda sandbox experience.
However, with over 200 Bethesda employees still working on Starfield, its post-launch support is expected to be extensive in scope. While the Shattered Space DLC for Starfield still lacks a release date, the game has received a steady stream of updates in 2024, each focusing on quality-of-life changes and important fixes to its biggest technical bugs.
Big Starfield Announcement Could Be Happening Soon
Fans awaiting Starfield's announced and named DLC may not have to wait much longer, according to recent reports.
Latest Starfield Hotfix Addresses A Major Quest Progress Bug
The latest Starfield update is planned for Steam beta testing on March 6, 2024, but that hasn't stopped Bethesda from releasing an out-of-schedule hotfix which addresses an issue that has plagued many Starfield players since launch. The hotfix was released on both PC and Xbox, with the official announcement made by Bethesda Game Studios on Twitter. Infamously, Sam Coe's companion storyline would often get bugged, disallowing players from progressing his quests further. According to Bethesda, the hotfix will seemingly address this issue for all affected quests in Starfield.
Though quality-of-life fixes have been appreciated by the Starfield community, most players eagerly anticipated the release of announced content. Bethesda promised to deliver new ways of traveling the Settled Systems in Starfield, as well as official mod support in early 2024, and the addition of both features would significantly improve the base game experience for all players. Starfield's modding scene has already begun to thrive on the PC, but Xbox players still need to wait for the Creation Kit and the new Creations feature to launch.
Ultimately, Starfield will likely need to release new content in order to bring back its players. Given how much Fallout 76 has improved since its disastrous launch, Bethesda is more than capable of addressing the major shortcomings in Starfield through content updates and DLCs. Though details on Starfield's Shattered Space DLC remain scarce, many players are hoping that Bethesda will lean into the strengths that have made its games so memorable: exploring handcrafted content in an immersive open world. Thankfully, Starfield hasn't been plagued by a lot of bugs and glitches like its Creation Engine predecessors, and with the current slew of updates, it has become a remarkably polished experience.
Starfield
- Released
- September 6, 2023
WHERE TO PLAY
- ESRB
- M For Mature 17+ Due To Blood, Suggestive Themes, Use of Drugs, Strong Language, Violence
- Developer(s)
- Bethesda
- Publisher(s)
- Bethesda
- Platform(s)
- PC, Xbox Series X, Xbox Series S
- How Long To Beat
- 20 Hours
- File Size Xbox Series
- 101 GB (September 2023)
- Metascore
- 86
