Cyberpunk 2077 developer defends Starfield against fan criticism

With players recently making comparisons between Bethesda’s Starfield and CD Projekt Red’s Cyberpunk 2077, the latter’s developer has defended Bethesda by explaining that the two studios just have different priorities.

Despite being two quite different titles, players have recently been making comparisons between the space RPG Starfield and the futuristic setting of Cyberpunk 2077. With some fans claiming Cyberpunk 2077 is lightyears ahead of Starfield, even Twitch streamers are getting involved including Asmongold who recently called the latter “plain sh**ty”.

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Starfield initially welcomed positive critic reviews but since its full release on 6 September, it has been met with mixed reviews from players. So much so, that it has even fallen behind Fallout 76 to become Bethesda’s lowest-rated game. In comparison, Cyberpunk 2077 is going from strength to strength after the recent launch of its 2.0 update and Phantom Liberty expansion. The results of its resurgence have led to CD Projekt Red announcing the game has now sold 25-million copies.

Despite this, the studio has recently defended Starfield and Bethesda against criticism. Patrick K. Mills, senior quest designer for Cyberpunk 2077 is a self-confessed Starfield fan and believes the differences in the game comes down to different priorities.

"[Cinematics] is not a focus for them for a lot of reasons, and the necessarily high level of player freedom is actually as big a deal as the tools," he tweeted. "You can't do the Judy's roof thing [in Starfield] because you can have that scene play out on a hundred something different planets, at any time.”

"They do some scenes that are staged in a more refined way, like meeting constellation for the first time, some quest sequences etc”, he continued. “But they have vastly more scenes with a revolving cast of characters and a mind-boggling number of possible locations."

It’s nice to see developers sticking up for each other and despite their similarities, both Starfield and Cyberpunk 2077 should be celebrated equally (even if one does have Idris Elba).