Starfield Trailer Was Constructed Entirely In-Game, No Cinematic Tools Were Used

Bethesda Game Studios Senior Lighting Artist Keith Beltramini shared that the Starfield trailer was in-game and no cinematic tools were used.

[LordoftheCritics]

Impressive.

[KyRo]

It did look great but it means absolutly nothing if they play as horrendously and as broken as Bethesda previous works. Hopefully MS will give them a kick up the arse in the testing department.

[FlavorLav01]

Not sure how much hope to invest there. Xbox’s QA approved the release of Crackdown3.

[jznrpg]

I’m a big elder scrolls fan overall but Skyrim is not a 96 game . It’s their worst game in the series since the original it just sold the best

[BrainSyphoned]

Fallout 4 was a failure as an rpg. It did other things right but there is a reason there is begging for Obsibian to take back control of a Fallout game instead of whoever is writing and creating quests for Bethesda now days.

[VenomCarnage89]

@Oeazy
Bethesda is objectively bad at coding games. There is no amount of spin that can change that fact. Oblivion was great, but Skyrim was exactly the type of average that gets huge attention from the masses. It's nothing quality or deep if you know other games that do it better, and if it were truly a phenomenal game, it wouldn't have been as popular in the first place.

I won't even go into how bad fallout has been over the last 10 years, that's just so obvious that it isn't even a discussion worth having

[thesoftware730]

love how all Bethesda's games are crap now. It's absolutely ridiculous narrative.

People forget how many different studios they have and how much great games were made from them. I would argue that their portfolio is way more diverse than most developers.

Days gone was just average like FO76(which they fixed a lot and has many active users), but I don't see Sony being judged by days gone alone.

Elder Scrolls series has been nothing but great.
Doom amazing
Prey good
Wolfenstein really good games Even Youngblood, the gameplay was great.
Dishonored great series
The Evil Within
and Fallout

All great series that all of a sudden don't mean anything. Stop the Spin please, no one believes.

[glennhkboy]

@FlavorLav01 Crackdown3 was technically stable at launch. No major bug. It is a boring game is another issue, nothing to do with QA.

[Nintentional]

Lol you’re just saying that because it’s not coming to PS5. Bethesda has put out some of the greatest games of all time. Elderscrolls IV and V, Fallout 3 and 4 are some of the best games ever made.

[Livingthedream]

Bethesda makes top tier RPG games, 2nd to none. Buggy yes, but overly ambitious so it's expected.

[SugarSoSweet]

Apparently Bethesda have a new game engine which is powering Starfield as well as the upcoming Elder Scrolls VI so maybe because of the new engine things might be better this time.

[sinspirit]

@Oeazy305

"76 wasnt great but it was their try at a mmo styled game."

1. ESO is their MMO game which came first and have been supporting consistenly. They have experience.

2. There were very basic developer oversights such as tying framerate to everything. Meaning, if your frames dip down from 60 to 30 then you run at half the speed. This is not common except for old console games, and this is a traditional PC developer. Ridiculous oversight. Players could unlock this framerate and make their characters attack, move, and recover significantly faster than other players on the server. The game wouldn't even detect this happening so they could cheat in a matter of seconds with one config file edit.

3. Their games have been buggy for so long and their Skyrim game breaking bugs and terrible optimization at launch causing games to freeze is a big issue. It's not just one or two games. They have a history and much of it is affected by reusing old engines and patching them instead of building a new one that's more efficient.

4. It was funny when ESO had first beta testing. Players took up physical space so you couldn't run through a person. The very first doorway at the player spawn was blocked by players intentionally afk'ing at the doorframe so you could leave. And, there was no afk timer. Lol.

5. Come on. They are a huge publisher and developer. It's time to hold them accountable for laziness and oversights. F76 has so many more issues and was clearly a rush job to cash in on the online survival genre. Their involvement with the community was so bad in how they handled the game. The devs literally left a chest with all items in it in a place that a player could reach it without glitching or hacks, and then banned the player for reaching it.

6. Oh, and how they're trying to make modding a monetized thing and limit old mod support. They used to be a pretty cut and dry awesome developer with big games that we understood were gonna have some bugs, with great interactions and having mod support. Now they need some redemption with games going back to their roots. I really hope ES6 will be worth the wait.

[RaiderNation]

Is it? I didn't think it was all that mind-blowing to be honest with you. It just basically looked like Fallout in a space setting.

[Eviltattoo]

I agree. I haven't seen anything mind blowing yet

[Babadook7]

I agree. The footage being ‘non cinematic‘ in construction explains a lot quite frankly.

[hectorius]

LordoftheCritics1d 8h ago
Impressive.***

As is Outer Worlds 2, almost as if

https://www.youtube.com/wat...

they are taking the pee out of Bethesda and 343i. lolol

[badz149]

LOL they are so proud in making this claim like what was shown is anything graphically groundbreaking. it's NOT!

Bethesda is treated like Nintendo now. subpar and last gen graphics = GREAT! funny.

[Jin_Sakai]

“Starfield Trailer Was Constructed Entirely In-Game, No Cinematic Tools Were Used”

Then why not show some gameplay?

[XiNatsuDragnel]

Facts

[Tedakin]

The game is a year and a half from release and if one thing looks slightly wrong the entire internet will jump on it.

[DiRtY]

This.

The trailer transported a good first look, gameplay will come later.

[DarXyde]

To be fair, Halo Infinite looked very wrong a few months out from its projected release and they still showed that.

Not saying you're wrong, but I don't think that was much of a consideration.

[Profchaos]

To be fair many times Bethesda have stated that a game can be in an extremely bad state right up until a month prior to launch and it just comes together at the 11th hour. Pretty sure that was said in the noclip doco

So being this far out garuntee the game would look like a mess right now just needs more time can't blame them for not showing it

I actually prefer the old strategy of hey that project we have been working on secretly was fallout 4 and it launchs in 3 months. That was the best suprise drop to date

[Ashunderfire86]

facts

[Godmars290]

You say that, but what's Bethesda's track record for bug-free releases?

And if this is a new game engine, how does that decrease already bad odds?

[Rude-ro]

Well... then have these businesses stop lying to us about the actual products!
When multi billion dollar businesses lie to consumers continuously all for the sake of impulse purchases is absolutely nothing to stand up for.
The reason there is a stigma about the all talk is due to the reality for the last two generations.

[lelo2play]

The game is set to release 11 November 2022... there is more then enough time to show gameplay later on.

[porkChop]

Bethesda doesn't show gameplay until closer to release dates.

[GameZenith]

Why didnt Guerrilla Games show gameplay with their 2020 Horizon FW trailer?

[Profchaos]

Probably because it wasn't ready or theywanted to give it it's own space and let other exclusive games shine.

[zypher]

To be fair Sony doesn't have as much to prove in the first-party department as MS, so people are more willing to give then the benefit of doubt. Particularly since Sony's first party games tend to be some of the most polished and feature-complete games in the industry. There's little to fear about Forbidden West given the quality of the first game. Starfield? Starfield is coming off of the backs of two poorly received Bethesda MMOs and Skyrim, one of the glitchiest games of the past three generations.

[Kerppamaister]

Where's God of War - Ragnarök gameplay? You know, was supposedly coming this year...

[Smok91]

Do you know how a Calendar works? We’re only half way through the year lol there’s plenty of time

[Kerppamaister]

You mean the delay from 2 weeks ago? Still, you guys should've been screaming for gameplay for that if we apply the same logic to that as you do towards Starfield. Starfield is year and a half away, still you want gameplay. Until a little over two weeks ago Ragnarok was coming this year, so there should have been gameplay for that.

[King_Noctis]

“ Do you know how a Calendar works? We’re only half way through the year lol there’s plenty of time”

So the same thing could not be applied to Starfield?

[Smok91]

It was a reveal trailer. Gameplay coming. Pretty customary to gaming

[SeTTriP]

Facts

[JackBNimble]

Wow..a lot of salty sonyboys in here

[NeoGamer232]

We are over a year from release. Personally, I see that date as a vaporware date. Meaning it is debatable whether they make it and it is susceptible to a delay. The fact that the trailer was in-engine is a good thing.

For me, I don't want to see a trailer until they know it will release within 6 months. Even a trailer at this point was iffy for me.

Far too many games show trailers and the gameplay changes substantially before the game is released or the game is not released on time and the trailer becomes stale.

[TimmyTesticles]

Big if true

[iplay1up2]

Very cool!

[seanpitt23]

Yeah it really does look like 16 x the detail, really impressive stuff

[waverider]

In game trailers doesnt have IA, physics and a bunch more of stuff. its closer to a cgi trailer then gameplay. Anybody knows that. its just cheaper to make. Whats strange is the lack of gameplay of game coming next year... this kind of stuff is for games coming later on 2023 or 2024...

[sho0ok360]

They already announced the date, no need to speculate about the dates anymore.

Also Todd is known for showing gameplay few months before the game launches. It doesn't make sense to show gameplay a year and a half early.

[waverider]

Of course it does. Nobody knows nothing about the game and still dont. of course there a lot of speculation about launch date. With that ingame trailer there is even more doubts about a 2022 launch. Sometimes even with gameplay trailers a year before the game gets delayed. There were huge expectations about Starfield before e3 and that ingame trailer didnt worked to hype the game.

[itsmebryan]

@wave
Do you have a Xbox or PC with gamepass? If you do , the game is included in gamepass and you can try it at no extra charge. If you like it great and if you don't you didn't waste your money. Just time downloading it.

If you don't have a PC or Xbox, why do you care because you can't play is anyway.
It pretty simple.

[Palitera]

They announced the fake date (as in before the “unexpected” delays). Speculation on the actual dates are still as valid as before.

[DJStotty]

@waverider

Why do you care so much? you won't be playing it anyway.

On topic, game is going to be great at launch, can not wait for it.

#hype

[DJStotty]

In every positive xbox article as well lol, starting to think they are paid by Sony, with some of the outstanding statements they make lol.

[Phoenix76]

I glad your excited for Starfield, however. Wouldn't jump to high for the hype train just yet. Still a long way out before release. And let not forget, CP2077 had years of hype before its release and we all know how that turned out in the end.

[DJStotty]

@Pheonix76

I am quietly confident, i am a big Bethesda fan anyway, and if it does not live up to the expectation, then at least it did not cost me anything to try out with gamepass.

I think the game will be good, they seem to have spent a lot of time on it.

[waverider]

Again, dude i talk about anything i want. I really dont understand your problem and i really dont understand why the moderator doesnt do anything? But i dont care. Funny when you are on Sony new trying to spin stuff... or on the sales news trying to damage control... Here the reality was no gameplay. Nothing more. They werent able or didnt wanted to show gameplay. There no spin.

[DJStotty]

@waverider

lol i just do not see why Sony fans waste their time attempting to downplay xbox articles. I am doing nothing wrong, other than replying to Sony fans attempting to troll/downplay in xbox articles. I do not damage control, nor attempt to spin any subject, i just state factual information. I never go into Sony articles with the sole purpose of downplaying/damage controlling, i actually praise Sony, check my comment history if you like, and let me know when you find me downplaying in Sony articles.

So you want the moderators to censor all xbox fans commenting, but want the trolling in xbox articles to continue?

[Neonridr]

we don't have gameplay for games coming sooner than this..

[Jericho1337]

At first it was insecure trolling, now it’s just blatant denial 😂

As others have said, you wouldn’t buy this game anyway. Go back to commenting on PS5 sales numbers.

[rakentaja]

If you look at history, Bethesda usually shows the games for the first time on E3 and releases at the end of the same year. The only exception was "Oblivion." Starfield gameplay at E3 in June 2022 and will be released in November 2022.

[Magog]

Still just a cinematic. I've seen more impressive cinematics from last gen games.

[alb1899]

Or maybe you just didn't understand what you read.... maybe you didn't read the article and jumped to the comments.

[SeTTriP]

I've seen a cinematic of fallout 76 and that looked great to.

[King_Noctis]

Yeah, last gen Anthem had an awesome cinematic trailer. What a great game that was.

[Lamplighter123]

*Doubt*

[King_Noctis]

Bethesda Game Studios: Starfield trailer was in-game and no cinematic tools were used.

N4G: Nahhhhhhh your lying my uncle works at Bethesda told me so.

[SeTTriP]

No Bethesda track record told me so.my uncle just cleans the toilet their, he don't know shit.

[GameZenith]

And yet some distractors wants to claim that this was just some CGI trailer....

[brewin]

It's true you are right. I've caught some of these people red-handed saying oh that's a CGI trailer now those same people are saying that it's just not impressive that it's in game. So before it wasn't in game to them it was CGI because it looks so good, now suddenly they say it doesn't look so good because news came out that it's in game and not cgi?! These freakin trolls I tell ya 🤣🙈

[Azurite]

I'd say "in-engine" rather than "in-game".

[Andrew336]

It makes sense that someone on here knows better than the actual devs

[Azurite]

Anyone can make mistakes.

[senorfartcushion]

That’s nice. It doesn’t look until best though. That engine never will.

[Elda]

Let's see real-time gameplay & see if it looks like cgi that'll be impressive.

[waverider]

@DJStotty i dont need to see your history, im not a stalker... i just comment news. And yes, They should censor your comments because you are trolling. Im talking about the news and saying what i think. It doesnt matter if you like or not. No bullying from you and the others will work. Play games not companies.

[Sayai jin]

Looking forward to seeing some game play,.

[DOMination-]

I thought all the PlayStation gamers would be off N4G right now due to all the games they supposedly have to play.

Microsoft have shown gameplay for all the games releasing in the second half of 2021. I'm sure Sony would too if they had any but I just checked and.. oh.. look at that, there aren't any!

Hypocrisy is alive and well here!

[djl3485]

Pretty sure they said the exact same thing about some of the Fallout games and look how that turned out.

[attilayavuzer]

Into one of the most beloved RPG franchises of all time?

[jznrpg]

Well they said Fallout 76 had 16x the detail or something like that

[FlavorLav01]

If it’s not Doom, Wolfenstein, or an Arkane Studio game, I couldn’t care less. Bethesda RPGs suck imo.

[Andrew336]

What does this have to do with the topic?

[FlavorLav01]

The topic is Starfield, a Bethesda made RPG. Or am I in the wrong article?

[Father__Merrin]

They should have shown a snippet at least

[akaFullMetal]

I'm going to wait till I see some gameplay before I make assumptions.

[PrinceAli]

This didn't look impressive to me... it looked current gen loool.. i genuinely dont get the hype over the visuals.. The game may be great but the visuals aren't impressive theyre just WAY better than the garbage Bethesda usually releases that these SAME PEOPLE claiming how impressive this is now ALSO defended and thought was impressive... Bethesda has this bulletproof reputation its soo jarring it takes a colossal dumpster fire like 76 for Bethesda to get criticism but everything else seems to be fine.

[brewin]

Okay well if we're going to crap all over Bethesda for fallout 76 maybe we should start crapping all over Sony for stuff like destruction All Stars? That was such a wonderful first party Sony release. How about things like fat princess And The order. Such wonderful Sony releases 🤣🙄

[PrinceAli]

was this your attempt at wit? lool... Destruction All Stars is great... people just dont really care about it it doesn't mean its not a functionally solid game and its deffo one of the greatest showcases of graphics ever! Same goes with The Order, the gunplay in that game was a little weak and the games length was too short but was deffo a good game... Fat Princess? just say you've never played Fat Princess and move on instead of looking like a dumbass! That fact you mentioned 3 games that graphically and functionally are superior than Bethesda Games shows how smooth your brain is looool... dumbass

[brewin]

@ dumbaaasss

Now thats funny! I suppose you enjoyed Tearaway and Knack just as much lol. Graphically and functionally superior to Bethesda games?! Apparently you just have really shitty taste and your opinion shouldnt be trusted one lick! You lean towards enjoying shit games with no replay. Have fun with that!

[P_Bomb]

Wtf is wrong with Tearaway?!

[Destiny1080]

i hope this is not another 30fps special from the box with no compromises

[Matpan]

Looks quite amazing.

[Donjune]

Sony boys are soooo mad right now!!

[glenn1979]

It does look very good , haters gonn hate🤷‍♂️

[brewin]

Laughing at all the Bethesda / Skyrim hate in this thread. The metacritic scores are legit. The majority of people who play video games think that their games are fantastic. Suddenly PlayStation gamers are out to try to ruin the Bethesda legacy by review bombing their games. That's so typical of PlayStation gamers that's just the sort of bunch they are. Not all of them are bad apples but this is typically what they do. I know people who have put hundreds upon hundreds of hours into Skyrim and still play it to this day years and years after it's released. It was a cultural phenomenon that of which you cannot deny. But of course suddenly now that bethesda's future is not on PlayStation their games are the worst ever lol. okay well you don't have to play it nobody's telling you to. stick to your one and done story games that should have been movies like The Last of Us. If that's what you'd rather have than a game like Skyrim then clearly we don't have the same taste.

[Mrlebowski]

Yeah right😂😂

[isarai]

"It just works"

[Outlawzz]

We all know it won't match the glory of star citizen ! The game that just keeps giving ! Lol /s

[CantThinkOfAUsername]

No game can match Star Citizen. Elite Dangerous Odyssey, that supposedly was 'going to single-handedly kill Star Citizen', proves that.

[jeremyj2913]

Watching anything in motion in the trailer made that obvious. Would have been kinda bad if it were full CG and looked like that.

[smashman98]

Would've been cooler just to get some general gameplay.

[brewin]

Well there goes that narrative that they only showed a bunch of pre rendered footage of all their games! Looks crazy, this game will be a bonafide classic! "Skyrim in space" was all I needed to hear. Cant wait to see them take the lid off this thing at next E3.

[blacktiger]

I heard that before

[Rimeskeem]

I hate when they show a cinematic trailer using in game footage. How about you just show us a minute demo reel or something if parts of the game are constructed already?

[sourOG]

I feel like looking good isn’t enough anymore. “Hey that was in game!” Yeah but nothing was happening, you panned around the room. Maybe it’s just me but that seems like old thinking. All games look good now, that’s not how you stand out.

[CantThinkOfAUsername]

brewin's comment above you provides a good example of who they are targeting with this.

[Miacosa]

It shows, didn't look like anything mind blowing or "next gen" but it's sure to get better with over a year of development to go unless it gets delayed.

[Trilithon]

yeah and you can tell. lighting dont look that impressive

[Bobertt]

16x the detail, 4x bigger map, new weather systems....

[GrmpyolGamer]

Jeez. All the salt

[anast]

We need articles about The Outer Worlds 2 trailer. This was the best thing at E3 and no one is talking about it...

[OneLove]

The bigger the open world the less the graphics. Not necessarily but in most cases. None the less it will still look good.

[gold_drake]

i love how blown away everyone was by this.
it was literally just a cutscene that showed nothing

[NukeDaHippies]

Boy you'd have to be a fool to take this at face value.

[slowgamer]

It would be great to be "wowed" graphically also by some big ass deep rpg and not just be "well, at least the game is big"

Edit: They can make fallout 76 or ESO trailers look good and intereresting too but the games aren't so much

[giovonni]

All y’all can complain all you want. I’m just happy we were able to see something. Be it game play, trailer, cgi, whatever. The world was literally at a stand still for a year and some change. So, I understand why a lot of things weren’t shown or weren’t playable. Now on paper, starfield sounds intriguing, and if they can pull it off it would be a great day for real gamers. And let’s not act Luke this is something new.

[sourOG]

What is it on paper though? Where did you see it I mean? I know nothing about the game other than it’s realistic. Is it NASA simulator? Skyrim in space? I have no idea and the trailer didn’t clarify. It looks good but it didn’t say anything. It’s not so much a complaint as it is a criticism.