No land Vehicles was a mistake

[BR B-263-54]

Alright something I want to bring up - the exploration element of the game is being hugely undermined with the lack of a ATV/Bike type vehicle when exploring planet/moon side.

Walking everywhere takes a fair while and generally isn't at all fun but this could have been easily mitigated with the introduction of an ATV type vehicle (something like a quad bike - nothing fancy.)

I can't believe this never came up during design phase, play testing etc and whilst the generated maps aren't massive they are in my opinion large enough to justify the introduction of an ATV so why wasn't this added?

What does everyone else think?

[Just Chill]

I sort of agree, but maybe we'll get some later.
Like Sons of the Forest included some either. XD


So possible DLC or mod on the horizon of hope.

[DeeZaal]

Or maybe just some form of atmospheric flight like the tiny studio of No Mans Sky achieved...

[Eight-Six]

Something like the crotch rocket from NMS would be cool.

[Clail]

Likely monetized creation club ♥♥♥♥ later.

[Ruinous]

I tend to agree. Though if they had made the jet packs work similar to how they do in Elex 2 that would have been a vast improvement too. Vehicles would be a great addition though.

[Just Chill]

Originally posted by DeeZaal:

Or maybe just some form of atmospheric flight like the tiny studio of No Mans Sky achieved...

They didn't do that. They simply have a seamless environment, while Starfield is generating multiple maps (bubbles).

Like all of their previous games were either played in bubbles.
The message that you reached the border of the world exists since forever.

I dreamed of a singleplayer NMS, but got a sci-fi Bethesda game.
Luckily I played ME1 before to get myself into Starfield and it was exactly the motivation I needed. :D

[Rich]

car/truck or hovercraft is bound to happen, devs knew this, will probably come in expansion or dlc tho

[Caldrin]

Planets are pretty small does not take long to run around . Still would have been nice

[Tommyk]

hmm, maybe for technical reasons?

you are in a box of a moon and not a simulated moon.
any vehicle lets you hit the box wall too easy?
so, no free flight and no vehicle? just hopping from box to box to box?

[ximslammin]

Enjoy your walking simulator

[JimmyTheSaint™]

Why are there so many complaints about fast travel, and ALSO no fast travel? Pick one.

[ケツデカピングー]

player will quickly realize how small the landing point map is. so maybe paid dlc

[Fear2288]

I have to agree.

The game doesn’t need a Mako, but an ATV-type vehicle or a speeder bike (think the Scout Trooper bikes in Star Wars) as something to craft/build, buy, or unlock would’ve been appreciated.

The terrain of most planets isn’t hard to traverse on foot, and yes there’s plenty of resources to collect or things to scan and kill along the way, but trekking it to every point of interest on a planet’s surface is an incredible time sink that really doesn’t need to exist.

Hopefully, either Bethesda realizes this misfire and introduces such a vehicle in an update, a mod effectively implements it, or - at the very least - it gets introduced in the first inevitable DLC.

[Eight-Six]

Originally posted by JimmyTheSaint™:

Why are there so many complains about fast travel, and ALSO no fast travel? Pick one.

It's a bit schizophrenic isn't it? Imagine if transiting space were done like EVE, where you set your ♥♥♥♥ to auto and then go fill out spreadsheets or whatever people who play EVE do for fun; these same people would still be losing their ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ minds calling it the most boringest game ever.

[BR B-263-54]

Originally posted by JimmyTheSaint™:

Why are there so many complains about fast travel, and ALSO no fast travel? Pick one.

How about both?

There's an idea...

I want to drive around a planet and immerse myself within the environment, the map sizes around ships aren't huge BUT they're big enough in Mt opinion to merit a small ATV that can travel perhaps slightly faster than running speed.

Plus the vehicle could serve as a means of extra storage with its own skill tree to unlock similar to the jet pack.