Starfield (General discussion. No story spoilers)

I'm hoping we finally get more information on Starfield this summer regarding story/setting and more art, even if the game is probably still is far away.

Nothing can fill the Mass Effect void for me so far. Not Expanse , not any Star Trek - so resistance is futile

I do (still) replay MET 2-3 times a year and now since I have the luxury of experiencing some awesome mods, especially for ME3, it sometimes feels like a new(ish) game.

I make no claims whether this is legit or not, but since it's been gaining traction today...

These are apparently screenshots from a 2018 build of the game.

Based on the comments they've made before, it sounds like it'll be a little more grounded than ME or ST...

"Traveling in space in our game, I want to say it's like flight in the '40s, like it's dangerous," said Howard. "It's still dangerous to go and explore, even though lots of people do it."

Howard also said he visited Musk's SpaceX headquarters as part of an effort to bring "authenticity" to Starfield, and mentioned that Helium-3—a speculative fuel for nuclear fusion—could be the isotope used to fuel Starfield's ships, or at least is something to be debated.

Starfield shouldn't be confused for a rocket engineering sim, though. "We have to gamify it some," said Howard, "so that it's not as punishing as actual space travel."

My impression is that, while it's an RPG and not a sim, Starfield's setting and fiction will lean toward 'hard sci-fi'—speculative, but grounded in present-day theory. As for when we'll see more, Howard repeated that we'll need to be patient.

I love the design of that ship. It kind of gives me an Expanse-like feel, but also ever so slightly Star Wars-y, the good kind not the........now kind. Having an RPG set in space that isn’t dictated by a “magic” system has a lot of promise to be a huge breath of fresh air. I’m just yearning for this to really deliver. 

The space suit looks a little weird, no? I mean, presumably the dude is in hard vacuum in that picture. Yet his "space suit" looks like it's made out of cloth which wrinkles. So either the suit is not pressurized or there is another suit under the cloth (which would be weird).

AFAIK
NASA is working on more flexible pressured space suits.
The current SpaceX/Spaceman ones, I think are rated for vacuum at least in emergency use too.

as for the "astronaut" it looks like he has valves below the elbows, making the suit more flexible than a "jumping jack".
or maybe Starfield has Mass Effect fields too for navel free clothing

Certainly it's looking like thrusters/jetpack and air on the back. Interestingly the graphic circle at the bottom left has O2 and Co2 and what looks like gravity meter, rotation? and at the bottom right you can see a tool or shotgun of some sorts.
the ship also has a lot of thanks, thrusters openings and what looks like tiles akin to the shuttle.

Another image leaked today (2018 build):

Also, the leaker said the game is slated for release next year.

As a aside this was 2018, I think i read early 2018 build. When I look at what they released of the state of DA4 I think Jesus they aren't even at this 2018 state. is DA4 like 2024, 2025?

Please let this be a base building picture...

Lack of space magic fits what we have heard about what they are going for better.  I am not sure what I'd prefer is such a grounded leaning towards hard sci-fi take on a setting. He's got what looks like a shotgun in hud, but I feel when you lean towards hard a lot of the action gets taken out.

Sure, avoiding fights through dialogue should almost always be a option. Killing your way through a building should be as well.