Ha, guess it depends on your tastes. Space flight, if realistic, is pretty boring in reality.
Well, given the fact we donāt have actual āpersonal spacecraftā that can be maneuvered easily.
How much basis in reality is it lol
Itās not just an Xbox thing with Bethesda. Iāve been seeing the āActually, Skyrim was never that greatā backlash for years now. Same with Bioshock Infinite. People love to push back on whatās popular and acclaimed.
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Well the surroundings are ā¦ Black ā¦ Doesnāt sound all that thrilling. 
I would expect them to implement the usual feature of ārandom encountersāā¦ but in the space setting.
Asteroids, hostile boardings etc.
The more I think of it, the more I donāt get how this would work.
I mean the actual distance between stars is unfeasibly long, so there has to be some kind of warp/hyperdrive thing going on for at least most of the journey, right?
Maybe thereās some law that you canāt warp in too close to planet and you have to do the rest of the trip by normal engines? I donāt know, seems a bit off.
Starfield will be exactly like Kingdom Hearts
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Well, Iām not actually sure there will be multiple solar systems to exploreā¦
But with the hypotheticalā¦ yeah, a hyperdrive system between solar systems and then obviously free flying when youāre within a system of planets would make sense.
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Would have to be nearer a planet than the edge of the solar system. Think itās something like 4-5 hours to Pluto at light speed.
But I guess if you warped in between planets and then had to approach the planet manually there could be some cool stuff like space pirates, people offering you races etc. to make it fun.
Guys, guysā¦Donāt you remember? I canāt believe you forgot already
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Oh good lord, the gummi ship parts, horrible. Lol.
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Really? I donāt remember ever reading any quote from Todd Howard even suggesting such a thing, let alone outright stating itās the core of his vision & the reason they revamped the engine.
Help us out with a link?
Few posts up Iāve explained why I think that.
Heās directly said that Starfield is inspired significantly by Outer Wilds and it could only be made with next gen hardwareā¦
Ah, itās just your opinion? No bother then.
I thought Iād missed an interview where Todd was dropping some juicy info 
This article is well worth the read for a snapshot of his vision.
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Canāt read. The Telegraph is behind a paywall online.
Does he mention the player flying a ship in that article?
Todd has never said anything about flying a ship afaik
Its all been speculation based on changes made to the engine and exploring
Outer Wilds or Outer Worlds? Because they handle space flight very differently 
Donāt jinx it!
Outer Wilds.
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He definitely didnāt say it outright, thatās for sure.
Todd Howard did indeed say the tech wasnāt there yet, right after Starfield and TES VI were announced, but that was about TES VI especially, not necessarily Starfield.
Or did he mention it again for Starfield too this year? That being said I am glad it is for current gen Xbox only. But if Howard himself mentioned that things just werenāt possible on old gen Iām not sure.