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Will Starfield Ever Get a Cyberpunk-Style Renaissance? - IGN

Whatever you do, don’t call it Starfield 2.0: At a recent preview event for the big updates and content drops coming to Starfield, Bethesda seemed eager to downplay any comparison to the kinds of extensive overhauls enjoyed by the likes of Cyberpunk 2077, No Man’s Sky, or indeed, Fallout 76. Overhaul or not, what’s coming on April 7th is a suite of crowd-pleasers: a bunch of free DLC, a not-free expansion, the much rumoured PS5 version, and an extension to the ever popular best-in-class ship builder. The Free Lanes update is the key thing: it vastly expands the space sim part of Starfield’s burgeoning package to include Cruise Mode, which essentially adds a new layer of game sandwiched between the on-planet and in-orbit stuff that’s already there. Cruise Mode allows for manual travel between planets, something which was always technically possible, but pointless, arduous, and infamously broken. Now it’s a cool, fast way of getting around star systems that comes with its own unique challenges and radiant events. Free Lanes also adds a new major space port, Anchorpoint, sure to be a wretched hive of scum and low-tier freelance opportunities, like the average Games Journo discord.Fans

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Will Starfield Ever Get a Cyberpunk-Style Renaissance? - IGN

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Will Starfield Ever Get a Cyberpunk-Style Renaissance? - IGN

Whatever you do, don’t call it Starfield 2.0: At a recent preview event for the big updates and content drops coming to Starfield, Bethesda seemed eager to downplay any comparison to the kinds of extensive overhauls…

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