Why people are talking about Starfield’s start screen: Gaming’s latest Twitter dust-up, explained

Starfield startup menu

It’s fair to say that Starfield is Bethesda’s most important game release in years, probably the biggest thing it’s done since rejuvenating the Fallout series back in 2008. And Bethesda head of publishing Pete Hines recently made it clear that the studio is taking the job of bringing that game to life seriously—and that he’ll brook no suggestion that the studio is half-assing any part of it.

Over the weekend, former game developer Mark Kern, whose past credits include StarCraft, World of Warcraft, and Firefall, shared his thoughts on “the physiognomy of start screens.”

(Image credit: Mark Kern (Twitter))

“The start screen of a game can reveal a lot about how rushed the team was and how much pride they took in their work,” Kern tweeted. “Starfield’s start screen either shows hasty shipping deadlines by a passionate team overworked, or a team that didn’t care.



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