Sorry, You Can't Kill Your Parents In Starfield

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Starfield's early access starts today, letting anyone who picked up a premium version of the game play it five days before its full launch. But even if this is Bethesda's first new universe in years, some things never change - the playerbase still wants to wreck chaos wherever they go. So, as always, the devs have put in some limitations on who we can harm.

As discovered by TheGamer's own Jade King, you can't kill your parents in Starfield. It's not even that they have an essential tag as some NPCs did in Fallout 3, Skyrim, etc. No, they literally just cannot be harmed. They don't even seem to mind you spraying their home with bullets in an effort to gun them down. They're very understanding folks who are just happy to see you.

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In the video below, you can see that the player does what we've all done from time to time - save the game so we can kill some innocents for no reason whatsoever. Unfortunately, the parents were saved from this rampage, and hardly even cared about the mess in their living room. Or, you know, the murderous behaviour of their child.

Given that having parents in the first place is optional, it's a little surprising to see that they're indestructible like this. They'll only be alive in the first place if you select the Kid Stuff trait when you're creating your character. This has the slight drawback of taking away 2 percent of your credits every week so you can support them, but it does mean you're the first Bethesda protagonist to have a normal family, so that's pretty great. Well, I'm assuming it's a normal family set-up - I haven't got far enough yet.

I digress - not being able to off your folks is probably a way to ensure you don't