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The sliders look like gel electrophoresis, a.k.a. sciencey stuff
We finally glimpsed our first look at some in-game footage from interstellar RPGStarfieldat yesterday’sXbox & Bethesda Games Showcase, and it had the feel of a less retroFallout 4. Everyone knows that the true heart of any RPG is the character creation screen though. It’s just science. Speaking of which,Starfield’scharacter creation menusare modelling themselves on some real-life science, namely molecular biology. That’s cool, I think.
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I’ve worked in labs and I’m married to a molecular biologist, so it did raise a smile on my face to notice this scientific touch during the Starfield gameplay footage. It seems to have caused somenerdy excitementon the Starfield subreddit as well. To change your appearance later you’ll need to visit a genetics facility in-game, which adds to the genetically fiddly nature of the game’s character customisation. It’s interesting that Bethesda has styled the creator like this but also slightly off-putting at the same time, because of the ethical implications of messing with human genetics. Your mileage may vary.
Bethesdadelayed Starfieldlast month from a November release date until 2023, along with Arkane Austin’s vampiric open-world co-op shooterRedfall. The company received some flack fromformer employeesrecently, who opened up to Kotaku with their experiences of crunch while working on Bethesda’s multiplayer RPGFallout 76. Hopefully, Starfield’s delay is an indicator that they’re taking things easier in terms of crunch this time around.
Starfield will touch down on our planet at some point in 2023 onSteam, the Microsoft Store and via Game Pass for PC. It’ll be on Xbox too, obvs. While you’re waiting for it to come out, why not check Rebecca’sguide to everything we know about Starfield?
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