Starfield's ESRB Rating Reveals Drugs, In-Game Purchases, and Jetpack Sex

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Potential minor spoilers ahead for Starfield.

While we may have to wait until June to get our next big look at Starfield, the game's ESRB rating has appeared online and confirms it will include drugs, in-game purchases, and... jetpack sex.

The ESRB, or Entertainment Software Rating Board, has given Starfield an M for Mature 17+ for "blood, strong language, suggestive themes, use of drugs, and violence." Many of these classifications are pretty standard for an M-rated game, but the rating summary is filled with some very interesting details.

First off, it confirms Starfield is an "open-world role-playing game in which players assume the role of a miner tasked with finding Artifacts across the galaxy." The next bit of text describes some more standard features, including that Starfield allows for first and third-person perspectives, and that it will feature character interactions, quests, futuristic guns, lasers, axes, and explosives, and more.

The ESRB's rating summary then gives some examples of the "suggestive material in the dialogue" players will find in the game, specifically after they share a bed with another character.

"The game contains some suggestive material in the dialogue, and after sharing a bed with characters (e.g., “Life is a sexually transmitted disease that's a hundred percent fatal”; “I'm all for getting a little wild, but next time let's try it without the jetpacks”; “Talk about seeing stars, whew… that was amazing.”)," the summary reads.

We obviously don't have the full context and it may not be exactly as it sounds or even appear in game beyond a mention, but next-gen jetpack sex is probably not something many had on their Starfield bingo cards.

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