I loved Fallout 4 but one of my least favorite aspects of it was how it forced me into base building when I pretty much wasn’t interested in that aspect of the game. I get Bethesda was doing something new and wanted to show it off, but it was so annoying being so prevalent in a lot of the main missions of that game. I’m really hoping they don’t make the same mistake with Starfield. I know a lot of people are hyped about the settlement building and the micro managing just as they were in Fallout 4, but personally I’m not super interested in that. I’m more interested in the RPG stuff.
Agreed, I never felt like I was held at gun point to make a settlement. The system felt alright, but not too beneficial to make other than a small house to store stuff. I will say that with some heavy duty mods, the base building was a lot more enjoyable and dynamic, which made me actually build full settlements. Really hoping the mod scene for Starfield is just as good