In a shocking announcement, Bethesda has revealed that Starfield, their highly anticipated space RPG, will be delayed until 2024. The reason? They need more time to add countdown to every aspect of the game. Yes, you heard that right. Timers. According to Todd Howard, the director of Starfield, timers are essential for creating a realistic and immersive experience in a vast and dynamic galaxy. "We want players to feel the breadth and scope of our universe, and the consequences of their actions," he said. "That's why we decided to implement timers for everything. And I mean everything." "From the moment you log in, you'll see glorious countdowns calling out the seconds, minutes even hours before you're able to do... well pretty much anything." he continued, "From the 15 second delay to open the ramp to the hours long delay to land on a planet, we've managed to eliminate all of the instant gratification that previously players were forced to endure." As readers may know, competing space sim Start Citizen recently went all in on extra realism with an exceptional engineering effort to increase timers 2x, 3x and even 6-fold, and now Todd wants Starfield to offer a similar level of realism. Unfortunately this reporter wasn't able to persuade him to reveal just how long it will for a player to recover their ship, but he did say that it would be something truly exceptional.