E3-messut olivat ja menivät, eikä Bethesda puhunut omassa esityksessään mitään kehityksessä olevasta Starfieldista. Asiasta kuitenkin kysyttiin Bethesdan Todd Howardilta E3 Coliseum Panelissa.
Howard ei halunnut paljastaa yksityiskohtia, mutta suostui kertomaan jotain Starfieldin yleisestä tyylistä. Futuristisesta tieteisteemastaan huolimatta pelin on tarkoitus tuntua aidolta ja mahdolliselta.
"What I can say is, how we approach it so it feels... it's a game, but it still has authenticity to 'okay, this could happen. Like, what kind of fuel do the ships use? We're using Helium-3, which we can which we can debate whether that's a good power source for spaceships. Or how do the physics work in space, and gravity, and those kind of things?
"And that's where you get into- we have to gamify it some, so that it's not as punishing as actual space travel. But it still feels like travelling in space in our game is still like flight in the forties, it's dangerous. It's still dangerous to go and explore, even though lots of people do it."
