One Of Starfield’s Biggest Mysteries Shows the High Price of Progress

One of the things setting Starfield apart from many sci-fi games is just how “human” its world feels when compared to its contemporaries in the genre. While much of the game’s tech is still far beyond humanity’s current capabilities, such as the grav drives in Starfield that power interstellar travel, nearly everything players interact with feels like something that is plausible even if its construction isn’t currently possible. The surprisingly grounded world of Starfield isn’t just limited to its tech, though, with the sometimes-questionable motivations of the game’s various characters illustrating that all-too-human traits like greed and a lust for power still persist in the far future.