Starfield

Starfieldis an incredibly challenging game , letting players travel to and exploremore than 1,000 planet and moons , but it ’s not without faults . That monumental orbit itself has become a major critique – rather of the densely load down , heavily curated creation Bethesda is traditionally known to produce , Starfieldrandomly generates plot of state for player to wander in . While the technology itself is admirably apply , the place RPG can often find lacking in variety outside its main questlines , an payoff that theupcomingShattered Spaceexpansionseemingly hopes to solve , hinted at by its accomplishment list .

Over a year after the game ’s initial launch , Shattered Spacearrives to bring theStarfieldfaithful more substance , include a take after - up story to one of the base game ’s big mysteries : House Va’ruun . MultipleStarfieldupdates have brought improvementsto the game since launch , butShattered Spaceis expected to be a more typical Bethesda expansion . Its tale is set to take players to a brand - Modern world , and will conceivably be a rather robust batch of content , if previous expansions toFallout 4andSkyrimare any indication .

Shattered Space May Address Starfield’s Issues With Repetitive Content

Va’ruun Kai Is The DLC’s Primary Location

A calendar month ahead ofShattered Space ’s release , the expansion ’s achievement were supply to Steam ( screenshot courtesy of Reddit userTERABIT ) . While most come out to be awarded for finish sure pursuit , one notably revolve around the DLC ’s main context , the planet of Va’ruun Kai . The achievement , style " The Great Unknown , " is gift to players who " Discover 50 Locations on Va’ruun Kai,“the secret homeworld of House Va’ruun , the religious religious order that worships a god known as the Great Serpent .

While Va’ruun Kai will likely take reward ofStarfield ’s procedurally give content – it ’s unreasonable to expect an entire hand - crafted major planet – The Great Unknown accomplishment is a hopeful glance into how denseShattered Spacewill be . If discover buildings are consider discoverable locations ( those in the stand biz are after the biz updated its antecedently useless surface maps ) , then even the bustling metropolis of New Atlantis barely surpasses the 50 room access with all of its named construction across all five of its territorial dominion .

Shattered Space Appears To Be Focusing On Bespoke Content

Dazra Will Be Starfield’s Fifth Major City

It would seem thatShattered Spaceis largely revolve around a single satellite , Va’ruun Kai , and the capital urban center of House Va’ruun ’s theocratic government , Dazra . Very little is bang about Dazra , and even the star system that Va’ruun Kai is situate in is a closely guard secret by the worshipers of the Great Serpent . This could potentially make the DLC ’s gameplay rather refreshing – a reprieve from constantly grav jumping between adept system to nail seeking .

histrion can take the Serpent ’s Embrace perk to become a member of House Va’ruun , though its bonuses do not include any knowledge of Va’ruun Kai ’s whereabouts . The player character is seemingly a convert without ever having chat the religious sect ’s capital .

Fast travel will still be required if locations across the major planet are chew the fat , but a tight focus presumptively think of players will find more concentrated hand - crafted area , and few cookie - stonecutter , procedurally generated full stop of interestingness . It will of course be insufferable to know beforeShattered Spacereleases and players can see for themselves , but this hint from the accomplishment list is a promising planetary house . In many ways , Starfield ’s ambition got in the room of its report , but its first enlargement looks like something of a line rectification .

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A statue in Starfield: Shattered Space, raising its arms and looking up as a star rises over its forehead.

A Space Pirate from Starfield with a tall, black and gold building on a mysterious planet in the background.

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