Students are checking out the new video game “Starfield,” which is the latest title from Bethesda Softworks, the publishers of “The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim.”

Released on Sept. 5, “Starfield” is an open-world action role-playing game that allows players to create any type of character they want and travel through hundreds of star systems with thousands of planets.

“Starfield… makes it feel like you really are … in an exclusive group of space travelers that just want to explore and see as much as possible,” said first-year transfer studies student Cass Hay.

Bethesda began making in-depth role-playing games in 1994 with “The  Elder Scrolls: Arena.” It is mainly known for games like “The Elder Scrolls” series and “Fallout 4,” which take place in entire countries and cities, but Starfield is its biggest game to date, with a map that spans hundreds of star systems with thousands of planets.

In 2020, Microsoft acquired Bethesda, so Starfield is exclusively on Xbox and PC.

Hay said “Starfield” is “a lot of fun” but “my only problem with it is the fact that it … runs very poorly on computers.”

Nathan Curry, a part-time student, gave “Starfield” a 10 out of 10 as a Bethesda title, but an eight out of 10 as a sci-fi game.

“For me, coming from [having played] ‘Star Citizen,’ which is a game where … if you want to take the time … you can fly from one star system to another,” Curry said. “All the loading screens [in Starfield] … kind of … break up the flow of the game.”

Hay agreed.

“In terms of the exploration … it’s a little bit lacking, compared to “No Man’s Sky,” [but] “No Man’s Sky’s” handcrafted content is pretty mediocre at best,” Hay said. “The handcrafted content in “Starfield” makes it more than worth playing even if you don’t do any of the exploration content.”

Overall, Curry said he would recommend the game.

“If you’re a fan of space games and role-playing games, I believe this is the game for you,” Curry said.