While Bethesda didn’t exactly shy away from violence inStarfield, did you know that the game was originally planned to feature gore and dismemberment? However, due to technical limitations, the studio didn’t implement it.
If you’re disappointed that Bethesda seemed to shy away from gore and limbs being cut off and whatnot like in Fallout 4, it’s not Bethesda trying to cut back on the violence, but rather, how the game’s space suits work.
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In a video chat withKiwi Talkz(viaIGN), former Dennis Mejillones, who was a character artist on The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, Fallout 4, and Starfield, explained that the space suits made things too complex.
“There was a lot of implications with the different suits from a technical perspective,” he said. “There’s a lot that has to go with it. You have to cut the helmet in a certain way and it’s got to come off, you have meat caps to the bottom where the flesh is.” Mejillones added, “We had systems for all of that and it turned into a big rat’s nest. All these things you have to count for now with all these crazy hoses on the helmets and all that kind of stuff that we added. Or now you could change the body size significantly. The character creator had evolved quite a bit.”
Given what Mejillones shared, I guess we can rule out gore and dismemberment being added to the game as part of any updates. Perhaps the modding community can take a stab at it?
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Released in September 2023, Starfield is Bethesda’s first full single-player RPG in eight years. It managed to meet expectations, as the sci-fi RPGearned an impressive 9/10 scorefrom us. Late last year, its first premium expansion titledShattered Spacewas released, which brought in new story-related content.
If you need help in the game, go check out our in-depth guides andwalkthrough,
With the game a critical and financial success, fans might expect a sequel. While Bethesda has not announced it, a former studio staff memberthinks it will be one “hell of a game"since it will address issues from the first game.
If a sequel does get announced, one of the game’s former developersthinks Bethesda should switch to Unreal Engine 5when it comes to game engines.
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Create your own story in Bethesda’s epic open-world (or open-galaxy) RPG. With factions to join, wars to fight, and over 1000 planets to explore, Starfield is the legendary RPG developer’s most ambitious game yet.
