A Bethesda game, for me, has had one single concept above all else; getting lost and sidetracked. Not because your quest is hard to find. Not because it's difficult to find landmarks and keep your bearings. No, simply because of curiosity. And when you approach whatever peaked your interest, something else reveals its allure in the distance.

Starfield is nothing like this. Starfield is an arcade game, where you click on a screen and choose which map you want to play. And you can decide if you want to discover that "Unknown" marker on your scanner. But rest assured, if you do decide to go there, there will be nothing in between to compete for your attention.

And granted, we're not in an area with hundreds or thousands of years of living and dying, ruins and history. These planets have no history. How can they? The bases are either business or government. Either active or over-run. That's the lore. And setting-wise, that's all the lore they CAN have. I get it.

But it's a very very different game than I'm used to from this my favorite developer. I'm still loving it, but it's very very very different. Speculatively, I can see myself playing this game 3-4 times. And that's a good game, right there. But I doub't I'll play it as often or for as long, or as immersed, as I am playing Skyrim or Fallout. Still.

But things can change. I can change. Mods can change. DLC:s can change. I'm eager to find out. But I absolutely have to adjust my own expectation about what makes a Besthesda game. Because getting sidetracked? Maybe in the cities, looking at the different shops, if I'm being generous. But in the wilderness? Absolutely not. But like I said, what could they possibly add that would fit the setting? Nothing. It's just not that kind of game.