Starfield Lets You Join Multiple Factions - Including the Bad Guys

ign.com:

Bethesda has revealed in a new Starfield developer diary that its upcoming space RPG will allow you to join multiple factions, including the bad guys.

As part of the diary, lead quest designer Will Shen revealed three of the main factions that will be available to join.

“One of the big choices is, ‘Which part of the game world am I going to engage in?’” he said. “We always make a bunch of different groups that represent some of the major factions in every game. And in this one we’ve got the United Colonies, that represents the future of space republic idealized. You also have the Freestar Collective, which is the space western fantasy, people that are out there on the frontier. We’ve got Ryujin Industries which represents corporate life.”

Shen notes that he believes Ryujin Industries has "one of the best starts of any of the factions." This storyline will apparently start with you being hired by the megacorporation and having to prove you can cut the mustard.

In addition to these three, there’s also the Crimson Fleet; a pirate raiders faction that seems to be the de facto choice for anyone looking to do an evil playthrough of Starfield.

Concept art of Starfield's Freestar Collective. (Image credit: Bethesda)

All four sound like fascinating factions that have the potential to offer very different kinds of quests, but there’s an even more interesting potential route for players to take. You can join up with the Crimson Fleet while also working with more benevolent factions. This creates a sort of undercover espionage role play scenario.

“The cool thing about Crimson Fleet is what if you’re a good person and you want to be a good player? And you don’t want to play as a bad guy?” asked design director Emil Pagliarulo. “You can