The more that’s revealed about the game, however, the more the structural similarities between the stories of Bethesda's new IP and Skyrim seem apparent. When Todd Howard called Bethesda’s new sci-fi RPG Starfield “ Skyrim in space,” it was easy to write the comment off as an appeal to the studio’s greatest hits, glossing over the bumpy recent history of the Fallout franchise and assuring fans that a more traditional Bethesda RPG with a focus on freedom above all else was on the way.