168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Starfield is the first single-player epic RPG from world-renowned Bethesda Game Studios in eight years. Few game launches are treated with so much fervor, but that's what happens when you sell so many copies of Skyrim. Starfield is a space-based sci-fi extravaganza, bursting at the seams with sights, sounds, story, and seemingly endless gameplay.
It's the mark of any big Bethesda role-playing game, but Starfield can feel more than a little intimidating when you're first learning the ropes. There are, indeed, many ropes to learn; you'll pilot a battle-worthy starship across the known galaxy, and that's just the tip of the tale. Here's what you should know before you take a seat in that cockpit.
In A Scanner, Brightly
Starfield's scanner is even better than it first seems - and it leaves a pretty solid first impression. Consider this thing your best friend. From the moment you realize how big New Atlantis is, to the last wave of enemies in the final story mission and beyond, never forget this thing's a quick button tap away.
What makes it so great? Besides the whole resource-scanning thing, and the way it highlights the myriad interactive objects everywhere you go, so you can separate the epic guns and credit stashes from the coffee carafes? The scanner also lets you differentiate between the thousands of nameless one-liner NPCs wandering Starfield's settlements from the hundreds of named NPCs who might offer quests, provide key information, or be linked to something you'll bump into later on.
Beyond that, the scanner can also help you keep track of all those murderous spacers and violent misunderstandings you'll inevitably come up against. It outlines enemies in your line-of-sight, and keeps modest tabs on them thereafter, making it the perfect companion piece to your advanced targeting weaponry. Make sure to upgrade your scanner fairly early🔯 on for maximum usefulness!
Toggle Your Close-Up
Bethesda's RPGs have never felt entirely correct somehow in third person view, at least in our opinion. But Starfield makes some nice strides toward making it work. This is great, because what's the point in all that decorative, albeit defensively useless, garb if you never get to see yourself waltzing around in it?
In addition to the two third person camera angle options, though, there's also a neat option tucked away in the inventory menu to hide your helmet when you're in settlements and similar fare. If you care even remotely what your starship captain looks like, you'll probably find it tedious equipping and unequipping the helmet without this setting. We strongly recommend it.
If At First You Don't Persuade
Starfield is loaded with conversations that'll let players attempt to persuade folks in their favor. This is a staple of several Bethesda games, and hardly a Todd Howard invention - but it's always a welcome layer of noncombat depth that helps to enrich that role-playing vibe.
There's a lot to say about the persuasion system in Starfield, and indeed, we'll provide full coverage for it soon. The point, for now, is that sometimes if you fail at a persuasion attempt you can exit the conversation and come back later. This isn't going to work for a lot of the story-heavier bits, including plenty of faction-related discourse, but give it a shot whenever you're in less dramatic scenes, like many side quests.
An early example involves the New Atlantis gig from Sergeant Yumi that sends you to handle a dispute between ex-lovers, one of whom has seemingly made off with a ring belonging to the other. If you botch an attempt to smooth things over with the guy, say you'll be back later, wait at a chair for a few hours, and he's willing to hear you out all over again.
Hey, Listen
Linger for a while when you pull up at ports. Many of Starfield's quests unlock multiple ways, including just hearing citizenry banter as you make your way through cities. Indeed, right from the get-go, you'll likely hear about a scientist hanging out by a tree in New Atlantis, among other bits of gossip.
This doesn't slow down once you're exploring the cosmos. People like to talk in Starfield, and it pays to listen. If you overhear NPCs conversing, and it's not something you've heard previously, slow down, so you can hear the full thing.
Put Down That Fork
Look. We get it. The temptation to grab every plate, every digital photograph, every pill bottle, every notebook, and certainly every gun can be overwhelming. Save for ammunition, everything in Starfield is worth some amount of credits, and besides, who knows when you'll need another six alien genetic samples?
Starfield is kind of brutal when it comes to carrying capacity, even as it offers more storage possibilities than ever before. Almost from the beginning, you'll have a place to crash, meaning a place to toss junk. You'll have ship cargo holds, not to mention the ability to throw extra stuff into your allies' inventories.
All well and true, and yes, there are skill points to assign to increase your capacity, and there are stims, and all that jazz. But it's still harsh. Grab only what you're confident you either need, will eventually need, can sell for lots of credits, or you're certain will look good in your house somewhere.
That does not include the paper clip.
You Can Delete Your Parents
Don't be afraid to go ham with the traits you can assign during character creation. You can toss in up to three, though the game doesn't make you do so. There are pluses and minuses for each one of them, and indeed, the game lets you know you can remove them later. But it doesn't say how.
Turns out, many of these deletions are remarkably simple, so again, experiment with traits to your heart's content. For instance, your parents live in a nice condo in New Atlantis if you take up the 'Kid Stuff' trait. They're nice folks. Dad gives you a pistol, so that's something. On the flip side, you have to send around 500 credits to them weekly, so they can support themselves. How easy is it to make that stop? Tell them to their faces you no longer want to do so, and uh, they're more or less out of your life entirely.
Have a chat with doctors to get rid of 'Empath'. Tell a leading UC political figure you no longer feel like much of a UC-lover. It's all there, so have fun, and don't regret a thing.
You Wouldn't Download A Ship
Sure you would. No matter how altruistic a character you wish to present in your role-playing opportunities throughout Starfield, there are still some ships you can steal with no real moral consequences. That's because these vessels belong to no-good groups like Eclipse mercenaries, Crimson Fleet personnel, and spacer scum. Whether you're boarding after a space battle, or you find one while exploring a planet, clear out those aboard and the ship is yours.
In fact, you can do this very early on, adding a second ship to your name or simply selling it for good cash. From the docking end of New Atlantis - this takes a while, for the record - exit the city entirely, and follow one of the 'Unknown' map markers a kilometer or two out into the wild. Some of those aforementioned Eclipse mercs are hanging out near a ship. Slay 'em all, and bam, another starship barely an hour into Starfield.