Starfield Reddit thinks we can ‘kill’ our parents in the Bethesda RPG
The Starfield Reddit is aflame with discussion of the upcoming Bethesda RPG game, and who can blame them. It’s one of the most anticipated games of next year, and Bethesda has kept mostly quiet about what new mechanics and ideas we can expect from the space game. So naturally, the Starfield Reddit now thinks we might be able to kill our parents in the game, after the community did a little sleuthing.
Will we actually be able to literally kill our parents in Starfield? It’s unlikely, but the Reddit does make a compelling case as to how this could happen, and it comes straight from the mouth of game director Todd Howard.
In the recent ‘Constellation Questions video’, which also seemed to confirm that the adoring fan from Elder Scrolls will be back in Starfield, Howard talks about how we’ll be able to remove character traits through specific activities and quests.
“I love our trait list, it’s super fun, but each one obviously comes with some sort of negative as well and we have a way in the game – kind of an activity or quest you can do – to remove that trait as opposed to ‘I don’t like my character I want to start over’. Each of [the trait quests] are something that you can solve that removes the entire trait, for the rest of your playthrough.”
Without the prospect of killing your parents, as the Starfield Reddit has deduced, this sounds like a really interesting idea for an RPG. Tying quests and activities to the removal of traits adds another layer of depth that connects how you build your character to the world – or universe in this case – and that seems like a great idea.
Now then, how does this fit into killing your parents? Well as outlined in this Starfield Reddit post, Howard’s quote isn’t the only interesting
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