Starfield has a New Game+ mode with ‘unique and exciting twist,’ in case the sheer size of the game isn’t enough to keep you playing for hundreds of hours anyway

To hear Bethesda tell it, Starfield is very much like space as perceived by Douglas Adams: You just won’t believe how vastly, hugely, mind-bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it’s a long way down the road to the chemist’s, but that’s just peanuts to Starfield. In light of that, a New Game+ mode might seem like a bit of a waste, and yet according to a new GQ feature on the game, it will have one—of some sort.

New Game+ is essentially a game mode that enables dedicated players to replay a game, after completing it once, with some features, items, and abilities carrying over from the first playthrough. In Elden Ring, for instance, New Game+ lets you start a new campaign with all the armor, weapons, spells, upgrades, consumables, and other items carrying over from your previous runthrough. In most games that include the mode, it opens the door to more focused experimentation and deeper dives into aspects of the game that you might’ve missed the first time around, without having to deal with all the entry-level drudge work first.