How Starfield's New Character Creator Works

[@Threxer]

The skill descriptions emphasize the roleplaying more now and I'm all for it. I don't want to build my character around stats, I want stats to come from my character if you get what I mean.

[@lexvt3551]

Exactly, I agree

[@grondunn9707]

I love role-playing but it's hard if there's nothing in game kind of certifying it

[@Citizen5101]

@@grondunn9707 there will probably be a fan made wiki with all of the actual stat changes out before release day due to the early play time of most of the bonus packs.

[@KamleshMallick]

But you cannot pick skills in the character creation screen right? You pick the background and traits and move on. I feel it’s dumbed down?

[@Citizen5101]

@@KamleshMallick backgrounds give you starting skills without the actual mechanical benefit to each skill. It's like the rest in Fallout 3 or NV without being able to have a custom set of skills (that we've seen)

[@aumonamoly]

I think the guy at 7:00 is actually Chris Hadfield. Nearly identical if you look up pictures of him and obviously Chris Hadfield has quite the legacy in space.

[@PuppetMasterdaath144]

I understand that you may be seeking emotional support or a space to discuss topics that interest you.

[@starfieldsignal]

Awesome, good to know!

[@MarkMT]

I think you 100% completely right... very well spotted ;) I guess it is like a sort of "easter-egg-tribute"

[@torvalis1968]

That’s because it is Chris Hadfield. It’s an homage.

[@Mythos131]

I hope he has his acoustic guitar

[@blakesanders157]

Glad to be able to have a proper full on beard on the go, a space pirate needs his beard 👌

[@shanethomas6208]

Space daddy needs his thermostat left alone

[@TheDarkAngel7777]

I think a general description of skills is better for character creation because numbers need context. If a skill gives a 10% boost to laser damage maybe a spacesuit gives 1000% damage boost and the bonus is worthless or maybe a spacesuit only gives a 1% boost and 10% is amazing. You just don’t know if a particular number is good or not without playing the game or looking things up in a wiki. So a description is better for a first play through as you just build a character on the feel that you want to go for rather than optimizing. That can come later.

[@Theosis10]

I tend to agree, I like the general descriptions. Its good for first time players who are just looking to RP and any hardcore players or speedrunners will have already looked up all the numbers so it doesnt matter to them much. Plus I think most RPG fans are compelled by narrative so giving narrative weight to a skill can be more appealing then pure numbers (not to say numbers dont have their place.) However hemming and hawing over numbers at character creation probably isnt the reactiont hey are hoping to get from this screen. They just want to get you into the game and you can hem and haw later.

[@rorythomas9469]

They will probably be there in the final game but been taken out for the preview as all the numbers might still be subject to change

[@greenpigking6974]

@@Theosis10yea I’m not a fan of games that give skill buffs that are essentially useless. Percentage increases are jarring to look at when you have dozens of options

[@Xfrimz]

I really like their decision to not infodump a bunch of numbers and info for the skills under the backgrounds, it gives me a better feeling of I am making a real person with a backstory rather than video game character with stats and numbers. Disco Elysium does the same for their skill descriptions and it works amazingly well for immersion.

[@captain4318]

This is a great way to put it. You are actually making a character instead of just picking the highest multiplier/bonus!

[@WeeBitIrish]

While I agree I think you should also be able to see the actual utility of the skills maybe make it an optional button press to uncover the usable info rather than the immersion building flavor text

[@Khajiit-f1v]

Every background gives you 3 starting skill that are in the game

[@PKAmedia]

With the Chef background having scavenging. I feel like that may of been a thing they found in testing, that characters who have the gastronomy skill and are looking to do a lot of cooking to heal and get buffs or whatever cooking does, also tended to need to scavenge up a lot of food resources to make that play style viable. Possible particularly at the start of a run when your probably not going to be rolling in cash. With the backgrounds there probably would of been quite a bit of balancing between having the skills make sense for the background and also having them be good foundation skills to have for a fun play through.

[@jacobvriesema6633]

Kind of reminds me of a modded Skyrim run I did. Using the “Live Another Life” mod and some survival/hunger mods, I chose to wake up as a beggar in Riften with nothing but the beggar clothes on my back. I had to run around and collect herbs to make potions in order to buy food and clothes to survive. Eventually I could buy armor and weapons so I could go outside Riften and do some exploration. It was a super fun run.

[@charlie53echo]

Do you think with "Kid Stuff," the game will adjust your parents' appearance to relate to the appearance you create for your character?

[@lysgaard9292]

I was thinking this too and that would be awesome!

[@zerooskil7161]

Ok so being a chef for scavenging makes total sense because real chefs know some crazy pinpoint detail of like the same exact ingredients of different quality and like where is something more likely to grow and under what conditions would or have certain flavors and what is the best way to kill to preserve all the best features. And I honestly cant give it justice but it definitely passes in my book, but of course so would scavenging or hunting etc. if we think of it broadly enough I suppose many can be explained into many categories 🤔🤔🤔

[@bloodwolf21]

The one benefit I was just thinking for the "WANTED" trait could be after killing the hunters you have their ships for the taking = quick credits etc.

[@Tylendol]

I was thinking the exact same thing. It might be an added challenge, and a little bit more fun. However, could be good rewards if you can to commandeer their ship every time. :) Although, it might be the ship takes off if you whack all the bounty hunters that it dumped off. Will be exciting to test it out.

[@kyriosmalaka2312]

Leroy, you clearly don't play Fallout 76. People will be taking Wanted en masse.

[@bloodwolf21]

@@kyriosmalaka2312 no. I don't. 🤣

[@bloodwolf21]

@Tylendol yea my thoughts as well. I noticed one of the bounty hunters was the "captain" so hopefully the ship doesn't fly away... can't wait though.

[@artin8521]

They just confirmed that you will have to register stolen ships using credits, so you probably won't be making a profit off them

[@mickeyfrknmouse6673]

Grandma is also later in SF direct as a ship u can hail, and the older gentleman u said looks like john gleece is actually a famous astronaut. They just made it look older.

[@atomic3014]

For the diplomat, my theory is they may have condensed the diplomacy into the persuasion skill because they showed off that mechanic more this time, which may be a sign this system got fleshed out. And redid bargaining to be commerce. I think wellness is just a good balancing skill to add to make up for diplomacy being merged with persuasion.

[@emptymaggaming3863]

I think that "hey you okay" scene is the beginning of the game and then once you create your character you flash back to whatever happened because that scene when you touch the artifact shows the character's face. Also Skyrim Grandma seems to be a random space encounter called "Grandma" who invites you aboard her ship for dinner it shows her ship and dialogue in the video.

[@georgejones5019]

There was also a "Space Racoon" ship shown as well.

[@KeytarArgonian]

It’s been confirmed it isn’t Skyrim Grandma. An homage maybe, but she’s confirmed she’s not in it. She wants to be in Elder Scrolls IV.

[@shanehaworth6090]

I think the changes to Diplomat aren't confusing or bad. After all, a diplomat's job is to be a negotiator. This is why we have Persuasion and Commerce, two skills used in negotiations. I think the background is also a bit tongue-in-cheek due to the Wellness skill, poking some fun at modern day entrepreneurs.

[@michaelpease2103]

Bro I am so inspired by your vault from Zero to Hero on KZbin. Haven't commented in a while, but I am so happy to see your success. I've been lurking, just busy with my detailing business this time of year. But seriously, you have inspired me to create higher quality content for my business pages. Love the video. Great analysis as always.

[@starfieldsignal]

Man, that is high praise! Thanks so much, Michael!

[@edwardbusa2317]

It would be cool if the parents will change in appearance depending on how you make your character.

[@rispy4875]

Tbh not a fan of that in gta

[@KiLlACaMrOn94]

@@rispy4875I think their idea is the opposite of GTA Online.

[@panpiper]

A feature that I do NOT see and that would be extremely valuable, would be a feature to import and export a character preset. I expect I will spend hours in game trying to get a character I like. However it is very likely that other people will be more creative and adept at creating characters and that one of their creations would be preferable for myself. It would be quite trivial for Bethesda to assign an alphanumeric code describing the physical features selected and allow that code to be saved and loaded.

[@lonewolf1313131]

There is a lot of mods for skyrim and fallout 4 that import Character presents

[@boxofhammers1427]

That's what the employee ID thing is. Mass effect did the same thing

[@boxofhammers1427]

maybe im wrong actually lol

[@DrNothing23]

Gameplay idea: After hearing Todd's interview with IGN where he recounted a random firefight he had with a ship of baddies that landed planetside near him, during which he boarded the enemy ship, only to have it then takeoff and enter space while he was still on it, I came up with an idea: I want to sneak onto ships at docking ports and such, stowing away, basically, to then, once in space, sneak out of hiding and KILL everyone on board, stealthy-like, then steal the ship and everything on it! BTW, I HOPE we'll be able to "Space" people out of airlocks, if they p*** us off! :)

[@JamieDavisBooks]

Wow, I hadn’t even considered stowing away as a mode of transport (mass murder 😀). Good idea.

[@starfieldsignal]

Haha, that’s wild man, but would absolutely love to see you try that.

[@DrNothing23]

@@JamieDavisBooks Ya, when Todd was describing this, he said, "Wow, you can do that", like he didn't even realize it could be a mechanic. Sign of a good game if it surprises the director. lol!

[@3winters372]

This might have already been said, but maybe with Kid Stuff, you can get special home cooked meals that come with special buffs.

[@martinsmith2778]

I like that they've removed the stat changes and added the descriptors instead to the background. If the stats were there I would totally be looking at how I could maximize my character, but now I'll be focused on the story I'm going to create. As I play I'll learn what all the stats are eventually, but to start with I'll only be focused on the story making the first play through even more special.

[@thorddespace2773]

Wearing armor with that many vital parts on the outside, you are so good as dead in a shooting skirmish.

[@teamnovember5594]

Seems like a good approach to keep the starting skills menu descriptions light. I think we're seeing Bethesda's experience introducing "hardcore" RPG mechanics while keeping things accessible for broader audiences. Jeeps the menus clean and inviting. I expect the numbers can be found in the character menu later.

[@kmac169]

It does look like the backgrounds now only make use of the skills you can unlock the earliest (i.e. with minimal or no previous investment requirements), which would make it a more balanced starting set up. Personally it doesn't matter too much for me as I know I'll do at least one playthrough for every background just to see what they are like. Granted I'm glad that when it came to traits they gave us a preview of the annoying fan... now I know I will never want to take that trait.

[@aurawolf2221]

DEFINITELY gonna spend an ABSURD amount of time on the character creation & ship builder!

[@georgejones5019]

I might actually spend time on base building too. That's to the isometric camera.

[@aurawolf2221]

@@georgejones5019 same! They tested out something similar in 76 but this looks WAYYYY more refined!

[@etherealgamer6667]

Cool idea: You choose the Kid's stuff and Wanted traits, you go and live with your parents and spend time with them, only for mercenaries to raid their house and off them while looking for you. You nake it your number 1 mission to kill as many of those mercenaries as possible. Revenge/villain storyline created

[@grisben]

7:06 is definitely a nod to Chris Hadfield, an actual astronaut who also served as the commander of the US Space Station. I can see how it looks kind of like Cleese but nope lol

[@jack100520]

The reason why Diplomat no longer has Diplomacy or Bargaining is because those two skills have been promoted to tier 2 skills. All 3 starting skills for all backgrounds are selected from the tier 1 list (in the original showcase, you can see those skills on the top layer, but now they're second layer). Wellness is a weird choice though. Maybe all the other tier 1 skills don't fit and they could justify it as having better health due to avoiding conflict and therefore injuries?

[@oliviermillour7974]

As someone who is most likely going to choose Diplomat, this is my interpretation as well. I too fine Wellness to be an odd choice. Does this mean that Persuasion and Commerce are the only “charisma” skill paths? If so seems a little limiting. Maybe Leadership or something along those lines? There must be some other personality/intellectual skill tree that should fit in there.

[@sofajockeyUK]

This 'might' be the first CC I can get close enough to making 'myself' (older guy with a beard). I tend not to play myself but I might do a short PT as myself for fun.

[@Citizen5101]

"I was wrong" is a fantastic way to start a video to get me to watch a video, no sarcasm.

[@appachie]

Cant wait to watch this! I know this isn't your goal, but I don't watch other content creators on starfield anymore. None of them deliver the depth, passion, and quality your channel does. I look forward to learning all there is to know about starfield from your channel.

[@Phlfwlr]

One of the things I’m curious about is the combination of the backgrounds with traits that kind of go against each other. For example, if I choose Combat Medic and he has an enhanced use of medical items mixed with the Alien DNA where you have more health, but less help from medical items. Does it cancel it out and you’re in the middle with a boost in life pool, or something else.

[@Melwood23]

as for the start perks for the background I think it just unlocks those perks right off so you don't need to use a skill point to unlock it, you probably will start off leveling up that skill soon as you get out and do things. They removed the benefits will show under the skill tree itself.

[@Batronyx]

Wonder how the Kid Stuff trait works if you've chosen a Shirly Scurry like character, or if it's even avaliable. FWIW Skyrim kept track of days/weeks and time. Shops generally closed at 8pm. One quest for the Dark Brotherhood involves knowing which location a travelling target will be in based on what day of the week it was, so you had to keep up with that time. I can hardly wait!

[@johnpetrila4823]

I already have three different characters planned out, just based on what we saw in the Direct. I'm going to be playing this game for longer than I played Skyrim, I think. Really enjoyed your thorough analysis of the character build possibilities here, Luke. Nice job on the scripting! Also, you managed to pause at a frame of the Direct that helped me put together a bit of information about what we'll be doing in a certain mission of the game, and that is very exciting. So thanks for that as well!

[@theonlysjc]

As for the first few minutes of his video, its not all that far fetched to think that they may change some of these scenes up entirely before release. I wouldn't bet on everything we see being exactly how it's going to be. That may be common sense to some but not to others. As for some of the background traits being changed, again, I wouldn't be surprised if it was changed just to keep us guessing. May look totally different at release.

[@CatDadGamer]

KID STUFF... Confirmed parents live in Jemison. Planet of New Atlantis! So, we'll be able to visit them quite often and I'm going to guess will be a "starter home" since they'll still have your childhood bedroom all set up. 🙌 Totally worth 2% weekly.

[@jacobvriesema6633]

With regards to the skill descriptions, it sounds to me like it just unlocks the skill tree. I don’t read it like my character does more damage with lasers. I’m not sure, but I wonder if you have to do certain things to unlock skill trees. Another possibility is that if you hover over the skill long enough, it might give a more detailed description.

[@KeytarArgonian]

Time has been a factor in other games. In Oblivion for example there are characters that would travel around Cyrodiil on certain days. One of the Countesses would go to Chorral on something like Tuesdays and Thursday’s. That entire game ran on a time based schedule.

[@cheezdoodle96]

Don't you mean Tirdas and Turdas? ;-) And yeah, stores would always open at 7 or 8 in the morning, I believe, and close at night, and several quests had you finding NPCs in specific locations at specific times. Towns would be less active at night... Man, _Oblivion_ was so fucking great!

[@S4R1N]

If you didn't know already, Hero Worshipped is directly referencing a character from their old game Oblivion, so direct in fact that it's the same voice actor, same hair and almost identical dialogue.

[@xboxtagthedarkfenix]

Wanna say a huge thanks to what you created here. The positivity and buzz, yes we are all on this hype train but you’ve kept us going at the right speed, never too fast and always looking for the good.

[@starfieldsignal]

Thanks so much, Ian. It's been such a joy to go on this journey with all of you. Can't wait until launch!

[@TheRealMightyHokie]

This game looks so amazing. I'm sure I'll play it multiple times. My first character will be my own visage. Maybe for my second character I'll make him look like Todd Howard!

[@SergeyWaytov]

The new system is Good to me, needs much less suspense of disbelief, given that its an in-world item, not just a menu without anything to show for outside of UI

[@bagheerah_fr8782]

I'm so very curious if the Wanted trait will let you acquire the spaceship of the ppl who attacked you (after you killed them all) and that it'll be recognize differently than having boarded and stolen a ship. Like you'll need to register an unowned ship to add it to your fleet, right? So does getting a ship because mercs attacked you will allow you to register the ship in legal spaceports whereas boarded and commandeered ship would require registering through illegal means? Either way, it could make for an interesting way to make credits.

[@SilentSooYun]

3:30 It might still be the start of the game. I'm thinking this is standard Bethesda wake up and do your face, but then the rest of the intro happens as a story-time flashback: a playable flashback sequence, maybe with a bit of "unreliable narrator" to leave some mystery for later. Our previous speculation still stands, but now they can cut between sequences with "and then..." and now they don't have to go into detail about how we got there. The reason I think this will turn into a flashback is because the cutscene at 4:37 shows the character's face, meaning we'd have to get our face sorted _before_ this scene happens, otherwise they'd just show a blacked-out visor 15:45 I think it's better. It's more RP and less G. You can always look up the specifics later, but at this point they want you to take a Background because it sounds like something your character would do, not because it gets x% in y 34:00 I'm not even interested in the damage buff... I'm interested in the bounty hunters that deliver a free ship right to my doorstep! >:)

[@DressierJester]

You seem to be approaching the backgrounds from a min/max perspective which is totally cool if that's what you want to do and how you want to play, but they're presented in a roleplay perspective because it's part of character creation and I think that was the right call on their part for what they're trying to make from their perspective. Sure, I'd love to know what the first rank of the lasers skill gives me, but I don't want that information while I'm making my character. In a role playing game our character creation should be about role playing choices and min/maxing should start when we actually start playing that character. If someone creates their character based completely off of what's statically best then they aren't roleplaying, they're just playing it as an action adventure game with character development choices. There's nothing wrong with people choosing to do that, but it is a role playing game in the eyes of the developers so I think that them prioritizing role play over min/maxing in character creation makes a lot of sense.

[@dougtaylor583]

lol at the John Cleese comment. I was thinking the same exact thing right before you said that

[@AFakeSoul]

Absolutely loved this vid. Can't wait to try out some of these traits and backgrounds myself! Also, I wholeheartedly believe the only reason why the community is happy to see the Adoring Fan, is because it's the same VA from Oblivion and the fact that we get to murder him in fresh and creative ways. Strap him to a bunch of explosives and see what happens lmao.

[@Knottypine79]

For the starting skills, part of me actually does like the small descriptions a little better. I like that is left a mystery. Instead of seeing numbers and building your character around stats at the beginning, the player can just decide if they like those kinds of things. One thing that comes to mind with kid stuff, what if my character is designed as an old man, would my parents look even older? Nice character overview.

[@martinsmith2778]

Looking at the outfits, the guy with the visor does have a full helmet. If you look just to the right of his visor you can see there's a reflection on the glass that goes all the way down to his chin piece. The visor is probably more eye protection, like he's a welder or shipyard worker of some kind.

[@nighturnal9708]

When I play BGS games I just pick a preset and change the hair style, hair and eye color. Then play first person and never see myself except maybe in a kill cam or like in Fallout 4 during dialog it sometimes shows you from the npc's pov. The hard part is figuring out a name. I think the start of the game will be waking up and seeing those two asking us who we are. And of course, we don't remember. "Hey you, your finally awake." I like the details of the backgrounds. Even if I do not pick a background with a weapon skill. I think the changes in skills that are offered in backgrounds now are to match the starter level skills. I bet the others are all higher skills which we have to earn over time. Also, I think they wanted to have each possible starter skill be included in at least one background. Otherwise, we will all pick from just the same few backgrounds that give the best choices. Nice Video.

[@shadowhell8378]

I think the cyberneticist's skill could be security for locks and cameras while robotics could have been moved to a higher tier. Because Bethesda made robots and turrets are in higher level areas so giving a skill your character will/could use in the starter levels and save a skill that don't apply until later for later levels.

[@BlottyWellRight]

I can't wait to see modders really expand on backgrounds...If Bethesda gives us around 20 or so in vanilla...modders might make another 20 or more!

[@ant0n5599]

14:45 could def use some advanced tool tips - aka an explanation on skill details and what it does (5% boost, etc)

[@Man11235]

37:35 bro that’s a massive stretch and if so that’ll be the dumbest thing ever

[@JamieDavisBooks]

Maybe persuasion and commerce together could lead to a higher diplomacy ability or skill? That could make sense when the two are put together.

[@DrNothing23]

Skill stacking is SUCH a good idea! Like, you can get smaller, incremental boosts to a related tertiary skill, to the ones you're actively upping.

[@asiantim1379]

im gonna make a Todd Howard clone and name him Hodd Toward

[@Tazman55x]

You going to make his deception a 10/10 too?

[@asiantim1379]

@@Tazman55x I have to

[@AHungryHunky]

At 37:45 all I could think when you said "Space Trucker" is Deep Purple and now I feel like I need to make a cargo ship as close to the Millennium Falcon as possible and blast "Space Trucking" during any combat encounter.

[@mikallr6095]

Dig your videos! They're a nice alternative to only rewatching the Starfield Direct over and over again. (Please don't leave your cursor on the screen 😅)

[@MouseReel]

Hours? That might be a bit of an understatement. I know that in addition to trying to get the look of my char just right, I'll be agonizing over choices of background, skills and traits.

[@Melwood23]

my guess is it starts where you are in first person, maybe mining, and you reveal that first artifact. You go to touch it, some kind flash happens, you get some kind of vision and then black. Then you see that scene where you are waking up. That is why she is holding the artifact, but the guy is holding your back pack or maybe oxygen pack.

[@chrisbaxter-mj2so]

I think we discuss Easter Eggs soon as there was one in this video that you did not mention. Towards the end when when flicking through different character creations. Maccready from the Fallout universe shows up. the guy that you said about the visor looking like from Return of the Jedi was clearly supposed to be Maccready.

[@christianc1769]

Soemthing that's really interesting and might make more sense in the context of how you're introduced to the character creator in game is that the sliders look like readouts for a gel electrophoresis experiment (which is used for DNA and genetic analysis). A really cool nod to real-world science. Also, the biggest reason the hero worshipped trait is getting such a great fan reaction is because that character is a not so subtle nod to the adoring fan from the Elder Scrolls Oblivion game. He was a really annoying companion unlocked after completing the quest line at the Arena (basically a gladiator quest). So it's big nostalgia vibes and I'm sure a lot of players will make a point of killing him in creative ways, just like in Oblivion

[@jeremytooke4978]

The one thing missing from character creator is the "ALL ROUNDER" a character that has the ability's to do everything and the more that's learned on one subject the better you get and if all ability's are equally learned, there's nothing in the game you can't do.

[@cosmonaut999]

That would utterly kill any replay value the game has lol

[@jeremytooke4978]

@@cosmonaut999 i don't think so as you could still concentrate on one or two and then add other that you prefer if you think needed, also you can still replay but chose another set and add on others if you like, as if you concentrate on one you'll get stuck somewhere else. I cant count how many times in games i've chosen one character class/traits and ended up doing another, i my real life i am an all rounder worker skilled in quite a few and a vast knowledge of all others so an all rounder could work.

[@harringtonmartin]

I'm glad the character creator is so robust because I've got a half dozen character concepts to build within the first few days of September. And I'll likely have a dozen more within a few months. I'm going full Skyrim on this thing.

[@gitarmats]

Seems like it would be more convenient to just have the kid stuff trait reduce the amount of credits you get, so you don't have to consider the timing of buying stuff etc... But my guess is there will be a way to remove the penalty through some sort of questline, or maybe just paying of their debts or some sort of thing.

[@miguuuuuz]

The preset you think looks like John Cleese is actually Chris Hadfield, a famous astronaut

[@Nocuadra66]

Perhaps we start the very beginning wearing a full suit so it's generic until we wake up. Then we can create our personalized character?

[@pyrotinker]

27:30 you mention its unique "We have never really had a time mechanic in a game just yet" That time mechanics has been a apart of all Elders scrolls and Fallout series with Bethesda, makes sense its in use here again.

[@zartul]

I think they changed, merged and separated some skills, I think Diplomacy is part of Persuasion now, same for Barganing and Commerce, it's a step some tabletop RPGs took, like D&D, to make easier to the player handle their skills.

[@lminithgarn9624]

19:30 Seeing as there is Persuasion, Diplomacy might be a type of Persuasion so it might be a higher tier or specially. It might be to streamline builds and balance. Bargain might be same as it can be within Commerce as well.

[@lminithgarn9624]

20:42 Security instead of Robotics, that might imply hacking robots, turrets, doors. Bypassing security protocols gives a wider potential usage as a skill.

[@AlphaMachina]

I immediately thought that guy looked like John Cleese. I love him. That style of comedy is long gone now, but Monty Python and all of that back in the day was just a breath of fresh air.

[@mikemitchell379]

I love the speculation......but I would put money on skills/perks changing again before release.

[@stephenbaird3329]

I think they moved skills around in the tiers and also worked on balancing the backgrounds. So presuming this has to do with balancing and wanting to keep skills to tier 1

[@Grimjr7]

From a RPG minmaxing perspective, it's worse from a role play perspective, it's better. If you want to be a chef, the skills you have shouldn't deter you from picking it. Because let's say you want to role play a chef but you don't like any of the skills so you pick something different. Picking something different won't give you any of the chef dialogue options. So to me it feels more like you're picking the background for the role play aspects it's going to unlock and then the skills you get from it are just bonuses.

[@starfield.cyborg]

My theory on why they change the cyberneticist skill from robot killer to door hacker is because other soldier classes built around killing humans, aliens and robots will be able to outshine the cyborg pretty quickly so I assume that the hacker skill is to make them a bit more of a all-rounder rather then just a robot killer. Maybe like the beast master for beasts, you can hack robots to pacify them or get them to give you access. Which I kinda prefer because it shows that your part robot better and maybe you have a brain link to your hacking tool.

[@georgejones5019]

Cyber Runner looks to be the stealth hacker and thief role.

[@azazel56]

I think waking up with the artifact will be the like 'insert back story here' point. Akin to crossing the border into skyrim, where you make up your reason for being there. Maybe amnesia?

[@jedinorseman]

With the Background page, you might be able to hover over the description and it shows how much the buff is. That would be an easy add.

[@kyriosmalaka2312]

In general, only having the Bethesda description and not the description of the buff is bad. Sometimes the descriptions are misleading or just plain wrong. When you combine that with the fact that sometimes the buffs don't even get applied or that they're applied incorrectly, it sure doesn't help bug reporting when players have to guess what a buff or mod is supposed to do. The description is good, but there should also be an inspect button to get the details.

[@Grimjr7]

Skyrim kept track of time but the time wasn't attached to any kind of quest or anything. Whenever you use the wait mechanic in Skyrim it would tell you the season the month and the day of week. But it would tell you to you in Skyrim terms. Skyrim's four seasons are different words than our seasons and their months are also different words. Hearthfire which is the name of one of skyrims DLCs is actually the name of summer or spring?

[@1969mattchew]

I feel like Scavaging can also be getting Meat or resources off Plants and animals you kill. Thus making Food later.

[@CmdrStriker]

one race, the human race. what you mean to say @7:32 is ethnicity..

[@MechaShadowV2]

though the detail to realism is nice, my personal preference is "awesome looking galactic hero," so i hope we can still make one. If not, I hope mods come out quickly that lets us. Now that I finally got to finish this, I'd like to point out that they're have been games where time actually progressed. I know at the least, in the original Shenmue it did, and I believe it was either the first or second fallout game time progressed. In both cases you have only so many days to complete the game, and in the case of Shenmue, the weather changed with the seasons.

[@dksamaritan5200]

37:37 I think, since it's on neon. The gas mask could be for huffing aurora.

[@praisethesun6078]

Wow, the fact backgrounds now affect the entire game is amazing imo. Each playthrough will feel different because of it.

[@jacobvriesema6633]

I would taper your expectations a little. I’ve heard the same thing from a number of games only to have it barely affect your gameplay.

[@greglyhoblit]

It'll be an occasional bit of flavor dialouge but I wouldn't expect it to give you entirely new quest lines or even single quests,for example im sure you can still do the beast master quest shown off without beastmaster but having beast master gives you a few unique dialouge interactions

[@AHungryHunky]

Id expect it to be more like Fallout 3 or New Vegas where different perks, traits or stats allow you to sometimes take different routes in quests, alter your rewards or just grant you access information you'd otherwise not have. It's enough to make individual playthroughs and characters feel distinct without radically changing the game to much.

[@prism_as2355]

when did they say that it will give you some dialoge options thats all they showed unless your talking about traits as well

[@praisethesun6078]

@@prism_as2355 they mentioned how if you're a beast hunter you may come across someone who needs a beast hunter to take down some monsters.

[@Theosis10]

My assumption as to why they changed some of the starting skills (such as for diplomat) was because they didn't want any class to start without some kind of combat help. Whether that be some extra health or a weapon skill.

[@hatac]

I suspect the Explorer background does not have hard numerical values because its still alpha and their working it out in testing. There is room in each of those frames to add a number or two.

[@johnmcpherson9744]

An interesting mix for a diplomatic playthrough might be (Diplomat) + (Neon street rat) = some overlapping skills/traits there.

[@KeytarArgonian]

I have a feeling we are going to start on Mercury, in the cave complex shown in the Direct. We will find the Artefact and then touch it, passing out, and then found and woken up by these guys for the character creation screen.

[@bonetower]

23:57 I swear i wasn't even on shift that day, i wasn't even in the building. I was framed. Now onto serious matters: The traits are fascinating to me, the Kid Stuff will be interesting, i wonder how the parents will react if you console command in a ton of cash and give them a big windfall, will they act differently, will they worry how you got that money? It's interesting :3 I really want a look at Alien DNA and Dream Home too.

[@jekubb4348]

I've never been more excited for a game and I have been playing games since the 90s

[@nitcore8074]

I just want to say i'm french and i really like your videos about Starfield can't wait for the release

[@Mephilis78]

Btw all of these body sliders are something that ZOS came up with for ESO.including the blended wheel.

[@GuardianOz]

I will go Wanted. The extra gear / resources that "appear" when the bounty hunters show up. Loot the bodies for armour and weapons that can be sold or scraped. They may even "hand over" new ships too. Strip the ship weapons over time building the ultimate dreadnaught.

[@pluxauag7555]

Planet wrap tech, were Asobo showing how Starfield's planets are built via the Dune reveal for MSFS? The tech was mentioned a number of months ago in one of the updates for Starfield with Asobo and Microsoft tech being implemented. Great to conjecture, this game is a great achievement in gaming.

[@JeanMauriceB1C4RD]

The old guy with moustache is Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield

[@tonylouis6072]

Finally a cool channel from someone as excited for this game as I am putting out quality videos 🙌🌌

[@trufflles9495]

37:26 the mask also kind of looks like a piolet mask when you fly a very fast plane you wear a mask like that

[@Tazman55x]

The “old man” is supposed to be Chris Hatfield. He’s a Canadian Astronaut. First Canadian to do a space walk as well as having many achievements.

[@lembueno894]

keep rolling out the vids; ill watch all these long ones

[@marconihimself]

What really intrigues me is that even with all that state of the art approach to scanning faces the stares are still vacant and bug eyed as they always have been. So that will be a mandatory mod. At least the teeth looks like an upgrade from fallout 4.

[@doctorjohn7156]

Got to say most well known chef either have an over eating problem or a drinking problem I don't think all chefs particularly healthy :D