Why is D&D still Medieval?

[Anonymouswizard]

If you want Sci-Fi in your D&D, you really should just go play Starfinder.

While I personally quite like that game, it really needs a rework. Also the entire levelled weapons thing annoys me, it's clearly because of the fast scaling of HP and Stamina but it feels like it would have been more elegant to give an extra damage die every X levels.

That said, there are many science fantasy games out thereleaning to every side of the spectrum, and some which technically aren't but can easily be hacked to be (such as Stellar Adventures material being easily cross compatible with Advanced Fighting Fantasy material).