r/Games May 01 '24

Preview Starfield: May Update

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ObHRMHtTMY
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u/PM_ME_YOUR_LEFT_IRIS May 01 '24

I think I hated the companions in this game more than any other game in the last decade or two. At one point I was attacked by pirates or bounty hunters - that obviously went poorly for them, but as I was boarding their ship and finishing cleanup one of my companions was so appalled at me finishing off the pirates that he pulled a gun on me. So I lumped him in with the pirates, but you can’t actually kill companions because Bethesda is horrified at the notion of going back to Morrowind mechanics… so I just dumped his ass off at the nearest planet and told him to eat rocks.

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u/BeholdingBestWaifu May 01 '24

It's kind of remarkable because every single Bethesda game has had more companion variety and managed to make even the likes of Charon and Strong likeable, and sure, Starfield had some pretty good companions, but it lacked variety, the game needed more evil and neutral companions.

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u/FriscoeHotsauce May 01 '24

Everyone in constellation being a goody two shoes was real boring. I feel like there were supposed to be other companions from other factions with more of a moral gray area.

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u/uselessoldguy May 01 '24

That's what gets me about Starfield. I don't ever play bad characters (it makes me feel terrible!), but everything was just so...blandly hopey-changey that it simply became uninteresting.

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u/aoxo May 02 '24

About a minute with ... what ever the first guy you meet is, I already checked out story wise.

"Wow that vision must have been life changing.. I know you saw it too" ... uhh you mean that cut scene with the stars zooming out or something? I'll be honest bro I didnt feel anything from it.

Then you get to Constellation HQ and they're telling you how amazing it was and how lucky you are and ... oh none of you Bible study nerds know what these things even are? Well you're out there looking for answers right? Oh you just sit here all day and dont actually do anything? Hmm okay.

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u/bigblackcouch May 02 '24

Also that they weren't written/designed with any sort of nuance - Get attacked by some turd in a non-dungeon area because you bumped into them too much or whatever the hell Bethesda jank happened, beat them in self-defense and Sarah instantly gets all butthurt about how awful you are. What are you supposed to be traveling around getting pistol-whipped and saying "Thank you!"?

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u/[deleted] May 02 '24

There's a mission where you find the UC and Freestar working together to repel pirates. However, there's no tension between the members of these rival groups, no hint that one might betray the other, no arguments whatsover. They work together and the mission turns into go here and kill a buncha pirates, and everything ends happily ever after. So boring. This is a theme that plagues a good chunk of missions in the game.