Image: Bethesdaīethesda’s RPGs focusing so much on making sure the player is catered to, treated well, and served up all the adventure they want isn’t a mistake or a glitch in the system. Even if you tell them no, they’ll just wait around until you change your mind or need some more XP and come back, ready to solve their problem. And weirdly, it seems like everyone in these games knows this and will pester you for all their problems big or small. Not only that, the world or even the universe needs you because only you the player can save the day. Turns out that I still could help him with his scientific endeavors.Įveryone in Bethesda RPGs needs you. This guy didn’t know me, had no idea what I was capable of, and had zero clue about my education or science background. In Starfield, I couldn’t help but laugh when early on I bumped into a scientist studying a large, alien tree. That guard looking for a murderer will ask you, yes you, to help them solve the case. That random bartender who is in debt will ask for your help. In Bethesda RPGs you are almost always the most powerful, skilled, coolest, fiercest, smartest, sexiest, noblest, and legendary-est hero in the world. Bethesda’s games revolve entirely around the playerĪnother big Bethesda RPG trait is also prevalent in Starfield, and no I’m not talking about bugs or sweet rolls: Starfield, like Fallout 4 and Skyrim before it, is completely and utterly focused on making sure you, the player, are at the center of everything. Likewise, beds still heal you when you sleep, characters still stop you in your tracks to discuss quests via oddly zoomed-in conversations, and every group in the galaxy will let you join their ranks regardless of your other alliances. Players can also still find a random chair, sit down, and quietly wait for 24 hours like a meditating monk. All of these things have physics, which can lead to wild piles of trash. Image: Bethesdaįor example, as in most previous Bethesda-developed games, you can still pick up and collect nearly every mundane object you see, including all the worthless sandwiches you can carry. You can almost feel the ancient bones of Morrowind and Fallout 3 poking through bits of the scenery and menus as you play. Yet while Starfield is filled with aliens and spaceships, it’s still a Bethesda RPG.
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Instead, Starfield is a large-scale sci-fi game heavily inspired by NASA, Star Trek, and countless other space-based movies and TV shows. Nor is it a post-apocalyptic wasteland survival sim like Fallout 3 or Fallout 4. This isn’t a fantasy RPG like Skyrim or Oblivion. This giant space adventure, the first new IP from Bethesda in decades, is set in a fully explorable galaxy that contains hundreds of planets and quests. The studio’s latest massive open-world RPG is Starfield, out now on Xbox and PC. Starfield isn’t a new game, just a new shell And in Bethesda’s defense, it’s gotten really good at making this kind of game after 20+ years of doing it. But for others it works, and is like returning home every few years to a slightly glitchy world that’s built entirely for the player.
The bones are always unchanged.įor some, Bethesda’s dedication to continually making the same game is boring and disappointing. But in many ways though, each of Bethesda’s games-whether Fallout, The Elder Scrolls, or now Starfield-are merely variations on the same melody.
Sure, the setting shifts, the characters change, the main quests differ, and the name on the box swaps out every few years. Like a warm, comforting, and utterly predictable bowl of oatmeal, Bethesda’s open-world adventures often feel very similar. What game did I just describe? Basically, every Bethesda Game Studios RPG ever released.
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