While Some Players Are Still Finding Starfield's Gameplay Frustrating, Others Are Taking Issue With What Fans Are Creating For The Game - And How Bethesda's Handling It

It has been a rocky road for since its launch in 2023, with Bethesda receiving a decent amount of criticism because of the title's relatively poor performance. Despite the glitches and a tough start to life, Bethesda has continued to support the title in the hopes of bringing it to the same level as the developer's other titles, like and. It has done a decent job so far, adding more content a year after launch, but one of its biggest problems persists, and it has nothing to do with gameplay.

One of the biggest assets that Bethesda titles have over practically every other game is the modding community that tends to come with them. With the power of the Creation Kit, titles like and can allow for grand projects, like , and has one of these Creation Kits as well. In fact, Bethesda understands how important modding is to its games as it has allowed for modding on console via Bethesda.net, but the management of this website has caused a few issues in and of itself.

A Startfield mod being developed by a solo creator has confirmed that sandworms are coming, along with many other Dune-inspired updates.

Although the majority of the modding community for Bethesda titles tends to sit pretty on PC, console users have to settle for Bethesda.net and its modding capabilities. The mods are limited by comparison, but creators can be verified by Bethesda in order to guarantee quality. Unfortunately, this quality isn't exactly a guarantee, since many creators can be verified very easily, meaning that some low quality mods can come from verified creators, as pointed out by SigmaChadbino on Reddit.

This issue doesn't apply to official Bethesda mods, since the developer has to ensure the quality of these; however, verified creators are meant to be symbols of quality and aren't quite that. Due to the ease of verification, practically anyone who can tamper with the Creation Kit can make mods for, and this means that it is even harder for those using Bethesda.net to mod to find high