We’ve heard a lot about the huge scale and scope of Bethesda’s upcoming sci-fi RPG Starfield, and the latest from Pete Hines warns players not to put off doing the main quest for too long–because Starfield “doesn’t really even get going until you finish the main quest.”
In an interview ahead of Starfield’s release on September 6, Pete Hines relates a conversation he had with Todd Howard when he was about 80 hours into the game, and hadn’t even started doing the main quest. After Howard insisted he had to get into the main storyline, Hines spent “the next 50 hours just doing that.”
Pete Hines about #Starfield Quests & Size of the game
Pete Hines: I told Todd i hit about 80 hours
Todd: What do you think about the Main Quests
Pete: Oh i haven’t done it yet
Todd: What are you doing! 😂Also says #Starfield doesn’t really get going until you finish the Main… pic.twitter.com/0S39cvGOjW
— Darrius Fears (@TheRealDfea) August 24, 2023
With Starfield’s expansive galaxy offering dedicated players hundreds, and maybe even thousands of hours of potential play time, the message here is not to leave the main quest until last, as completionist players may be tempted to do.