There are three certainties in this life: death, taxes, and Bethesda games being released with a lot of bugs . It's been happening with the Elder Scrolls since Morrowind, with Fallout since they released Fallout 3 after acquiring the license from Interplay, and it's expected to happen with Starfield.
Although it was delayed from its original November 22nd release date this year to the first half of 2023, ahead of the next E3 , it's expected to launch with a significant number of bugs, given that it's Bethesda's biggest game yet and they're still using the Creation Engine. While it's normal for an open-world game to launch with bugs because it's virtually impossible for it to be completely bug-free, Bethesda's games have a much larger and more consistent number of bugs that can even ruin a playthrough.
It is still convenient to wait for fan mods before playing Stafield due to bugs
With every major Bethesda game comes a flood of mods. Typically, one of the most installed is an unofficial patch that fixes bugs that have persisted in games using the Creation Engine, the engine Bethesda consistently uses in its games. Many unofficial patches have been downloaded for Skyrim , Fallout 4, and soon, Starfield will join that list.
Starfield is still a ways off from release, but the modding community is already organizing behind the scenes and planning its release. According to PCGamesN, a group of modders has already begun planning a community patch for Starfield, which will aim to fix bugs in the game that Bethesda may have overlooked.
Some of the problems the patch will try to fix include misplaced objects, script errors, game-breaking exploits, and even spelling mistakes. It's not a given that these will be included, but Bethesda understands the nature of its games and development process , which often leads to shortcuts and prevents the extensive testing necessary for proper testing, resulting in bugs. One example is the bee in Skyrim, which was needed to make a potion in a quest but lacked collision detection, making it impossible to pick up. When collision detection was added in a patch, the bee would bump into everything and could even collide with the starting cart.
Source: Kitguru
