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Starfieldhas received immense hate from players after a recent leak. The clip showed a player standing with a“boundary reached”message on the screen. Just before the release of this triple-A title on 6th September, it was the target of a huge controversy. However, leaked information should be taken with a grain of salt.
The controversy sparked with Bethesda’s Pete Hines and Todd Howard claiming seamless exploration of planets. Players took their fury to X, saying that Bethesda lied to them andStarfieldisn’t a masterpiece anymore because of the Boundaries compared to other RPG games with massive maps like TheWitcher 3.
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What is the Starfield Controversy?
Bethesda claimed thatStarfieldwill have an entire planet exploration game.Starfielddirector Todd Howard said to players during theStarfieldDirectback in June that they could land anywhere on a planet and start exploring.
On August 18, 2025, the Head of Publishing at Bethesda, Pete Hines replied to a tweet.
Yup, if you want.
Walk on, brave explorer.
— Pete Hines (@DCDeacon)June 13, 2025
However, recent leaks show a “boundary reached” message pops on the screen at certain positions. This implies that the planet exploration isn’t as seamless as Todd Howard made it out to be. There are limits to how much a player can do on a given planet. However, these leaks resulted in a terrible backlash towardsStarfield. Players have been disheartened and some even expressed their thoughts on how Bethesda lied about the size of the game to them and misled them.
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Did Bethesda mislead their players?
It wouldn’t be correct to say thatBethesdalied to their players. The basis on which these allegations, being thrown upon the developers, is information from leakers. Several people are playingStarfield, but embargoes restrict them from exposing anything substantial. To take information without any credible source to the heart and bash on a game isn’t appropriate.
Paul Tassi of Forbes expressed his honest opinion on the entire ordeal at the moment. Considering he is one of the people with hands in the game early on, he tweeted his thoughts.
The Starfield “boundary reached” drama is very stupid, that’s all I’ll sayhttps://t.co/TcqNkVjpxo
— Paul Tassi (@PaulTassi)July 22, 2025
Just from a leaked moment of the game, it’s rather difficult to judge what triggered the “boundary reached” message and if it’s at all real to begin with. Keeping this aside, even if a player wanted to reach this boundary in question, they’d have to walk for 40 minutes in whatever direction they chose continuously. This simply indicates thatStarfieldis a massive game.
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Did the Starfield controversy ruin The Witcher 3 for players?
The recentStarfieldordeal won’t ruin any other game for players if they really love to play that game. Players couldn’t help but express their utter disappointment at the recent revelation aboutStarfield. Apparently, Bethesda couldn’t keep up its promise regarding the seamless exploration of planets in the game universe.
But what triggered the gaming community more was the “Boundary reached” text as it resulted in complete detachment from the game at any given moment.The Witcher 3is quite a massive game but it doesn’t pop a message when the player reaches the boundary. Considering, that every game has boundaries on the map no matter how colossal their said maps are, be itMinecraftorNo Man’s Sky.
Source:X (Formerly Twitter)
Archak Mitra
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Despite holding a degree in Chemistry Majors, Archak found himself as a Journalist. His love for anime and choccy milk is unmatched! When not writing, Archak can be found indulging with motorcycles. After all, four wheels move the body but two wheels move the soul!
