Starfield Update Adds Much-Demanded FOV Sliders, Improves Intel GPU Stability, and More

Since launching last month, one of the most often-cited irritations with Starfield was the inability to adjust your field-of-view, something considered a must for first-person games these days. Mods have been released that allow players to alter their field of view, but it is something that really should be a standard option, and now it is!

The latest Starfield update adds a FOV slider, improves stability and performance generally, with inter Arc GPUs being a particular focus, and more. It’s a small-ish patch, but solid in terms of delivering features players want. You can check out the full patch notes for Starfield update 1.7.36, below.

General

• FOV: Sliders are now available in Settings that allow players using first person or third person to adjust their field of view.

Performance and Stability

• [PC ONLY] Improved stability for Intel Arc GPUs.
• Various additional stability and performance improvements.

Quest

• Echoes of the Past: Addressed an issue where tunneling creatures could pick an inaccessible location that would prevent progression.

Haven’t been keeping up with Starfield since it’s release? While the game had some polish issues at launch (it is a Bethesda game, after all), Wccftech’s Francesco De Meo found it to be an engaging experience overall in his full review…

“At the start of my journey in Starfield, my experience was admittedly rather dull and boring, but as I collected more Artifacts and got involved in the sprawling sci-fi universe created by Bethesda, I started warming up the game, getting to the point that I have some difficulty putting it down. While Starfield refines more than innovates the typical Bethesda formula, it is undoubtedly one of the best games ever made by the studio and one of the year's finest titles.

With an engaging story, well-developed characters and lore, and a huge amount of meaningful content, Starfield is one of Bethesda's finest games and one of the best role-playing games released in the past few years. The lack of seamless exploration and real innovation of the typical gameplay formula from the studio are noteworthy, but those willing to forego these issues will find a reactive and sprawling sci-fi universe to lose themselves in for hundreds, if not thousands, of hours.”

Starfield can be played on PC and Xbox Series X/S. The latest update should be available to download now.

Written by Nathan Birch