After the success Bethesda enjoyed with Skyrim and Fallout 4, the company could have played it safe and moved right along to The Elder Scrolls 6. Instead, Bethesda has decided to gamble on Starfield, an ambitious open-world sci-fi game and the first original IP from the company in over 25 years. The gamble has paid off. Starfield is a landmark release that totally absorbs the player, transcending the Skyrim-in-space comparisons and establishing itself as one of Bethesda's greatest games.