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Starfield companions include a knock-off HK-47 and a space cowboy you can kissAll a growing girl needs
All a growing girl needs
Image credit:Bethesda Game Studios
Image credit:Bethesda Game Studios
What’s a captain without a crew? At the combinedXbox Games ShowcaseslashStarfieldDirect tonight, Bethesda did a deep dive on a few aspects of their upcoming space RPGStarfield- including thecompanion system. Although, given that you assign them to different tasks on your ship and various outposts, it might be more appropriate to call them “employees”. Although again, you canromance some of them, which is definitely an HR issue.
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These aren’t just for show, as where you choose to put ‘em in your operation will have an effect on how things run. Presumably if you whack ole Sam in the pilot’s chair he’ll do pretty okay, whereas Sarah would drive your carefully constructed spaceship right into a space wall. But you can take them with you for your space fights - the example beingVASCO, who is a leggy robot that looks like the loader bots in Borderlands and sounds like HK-47 from Knights Of The Old Republic. At one point in the deep dive VASCO says “It is a shame exploration requires so much bloodshed,” making a neat comment on both the events in Starfield and interactions in triple-ay gaming all in one.
Your companions might also give you unique quests to do with their backstories and character and stuff, and because this is a massive RPG you can make the right numbers go up on some of them until they fall in love with you. In the video we saw Sam the space cowboy say that he doesn’t know that he’s ever really…loved… anyone… ‘cept you… Which is a little off-putting when you’re considering starting a relationship with a grown man, if you ask me.
Starfield is out this September 6th, and it sounds impossibly massive so I’ve just decided to pretend it’s not happening, thanks.
