Starfield isn’t out yet and everyone is already talking about it. And not only for good, because the game has just been violently attacked following a leak.
Courage, still a few days before the official release of Starfield. The title will be available from September 1 for those who have early access, while ordinary mortals will have to wait until the 6th of the month to embark on the space adventure. If you are one of the skeptics who are still hesitant to fall for the RPG, know that the tests are coming soon and that our budding space explorer has already left to visit a few planets to give you his final judgment. On the other hand, some players already have an extremely surprising opinion which has sparked a big controversy.
Starfield attacked with full force, it is debating
Each leaked, each announcement, each information around Starfield crystallizes the attention of millions of players. One wonders if this is why Mark Kern, a former producer at Blizzard who worked on Diablo 2 and Starcraft in particular, made such a sharp post about the game on X (which now remunerates posts from certified accounts, let’s specify -THE). This August 19, the developer sharply criticized a leak from the main Starfield menu, screenshot in support, but also the game developers, who took it for their rank.
A game’s home screen can say a lot about how rushed the team is and how proud they are of their work. Starfield’s main menu shows either a game finished in a rush by a passionate, overworked team, or a team that doesn’t care.
Mark Kern compares the Starfield startup screen, which he obviously doesn’t like at all, to some he considers successful like those of Baldur’s Gate 3 or Chrono Trigger. Even if he specifies in another message that this does not determine the quality of Bethesda’s game, the damage has already been done and the fans are angry with his remarks deemed inappropriate. ” Don’t get tired playing it. If you criticize a home screen, you’re just here to be negative “, launches one of them. Moreover, the developer explains that he does not have the game yet, but that he is looking forward to it.
Unfortunately, he’s not the only one to criticize Starfield’s main menu. Many players also find it plain or even tasteless, which for some portends the worst. Yes, we’re at the stage where people can give such a strong opinion just from the home screen.
A Bethesda figure also pulls out the flamethrower
Mark Kern’s Starfield post resonated so well that it prompted Pete Hines, publishing director at Bethesda, to speak up. He first explains that the menu was one of the first elements made by the development team. The man adds that having an opinion is one thing, but that ” to question a developer’s attention because you would have done something differently is highly unprofessional of another developer”.
Indeed, it is quite unusual to see such a big name attacking his fellow men, which also explains why Mark Kern’s message has already been seen more than 8.5 million times. Many have wondered if the former Blizzard player did this to line his pockets, but he is not eligible for monetization on X according to him. In any case, Pete Hines’ answer seems to leave him indifferent, since he replies ironically: ” oh no, not the publishing director of Bethesda! How am I going to recover? What did he say regarding Fallout 76 and Redfall? “.
Anyway, Starfield will have much more to offer than just a simple home screen, because the RPG should be very rich with more than 1000 planets to explore, a large number of companions and mechanics of well-oiled progression, including a very dense skill tree.