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r/Starfield•
makeit95again

Where is the Depravity? Where is the Gore?

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Alright I'm not a hater. I've enjoyed every Bethesda game I've played. But how is this game rated M? In the fallout universe there was no end to the horrors you would find throughout the Wasteland. Skyrim was no slouch when it came to violence, the KillCam is the reason I played for hundreds and hundreds of hours. Same with Fallout 4. kills were violent.

Maybe I went in expecting the wrong things. I've done it with games in the past. Even the bad guys in this game seem to just be jerks. I'll never forget the first time I walked into Nipton and saw what the Legion was capable of. not Bethesda, I know, but this is the sort of stuff I was hoping for. Maybe humanity has evolved.

I know in a year from now the definitive version will be very polished and fix a numbers of the gripes people have. But I think that the Mature Rated Adult Space Skyrim rpg I was hoping to play, will never exist.

What did I miss? What horrors did you encounter in side quests, that gave you chills, made you recoil in disgust? Do I just need to explore more? Where's my "Andale" planet? I don't want to wait for another Nuka World "Sort-of-evil-but-not-really" expansion. Has Bethesda just become too concerned with backlash, in a world that has to tip toe around anything remotely difficult to talk about?

Posted Sep 22, 2023, 6:49 PM UTC

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MeltingVibes•

I think the general vibe they were going for just wasn’t as dark as Fallout or the Elder Scrolls. While it’s not the only thing you can do, and definitely not the best, exploration is one of the major themes of the game.

I think the M rating is only because of drugs, swearing, and the fact you’re able to indiscriminately murder innocent civilians. Overall the game seems to be a lot more lighthearted compared to their other IPs

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nmskelz•

Are gamers okay?

It simply isn't part of the setting. Starfield takes place in a "mostly" civilized world. The theme is about exploration.

Fallout is set post apocalypse, where society has crumbled and people are doing everything they can to survive, whatever it is. It explores humanity as an animal, separated from modern sensibilities.

Not every mature rated game needs to be a violent gorefest with blood on every wall.

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attocurie468•

I find most of the horror in derelict ships and unique named bases ( safe house gamma etc). I believe when the inevitable house varuun dlc drops we should get some darker stuff.

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protato77•

After 60hrs I found a couple of skeletons for the first time at a POI. A terramorph glitched into a mountain so was making spooky noises on a loop. Those were the nearest things to horror I have encountered.

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_BoneZ_•

This game was made for PG-13 audiences. Wait for mods....

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VaultofGrass•

Fallout is a dark humour game, Starfield is a sci-fi game.

It’s easy to forget as they feel very similar, but aside from the fact that they run on the same engine, they are entirely different games and we shouldn’t expect too much crossover.

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