Starfield Update Misses The Mark Again With Questionable New Feature

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The latest for is here and while it fixes hundreds of small issues, the community is steadily becoming more and more frustrated with Bethesda Game Studios' lack of post-launch support. While the sci-fi RPG was released in a state that was significantly more polished than the developers' previous games, the game still lacked many quality-of-life features that disappointed the community. Now, after several months of waiting for a substantial patch, the latest version hasn't done enough to satisfy players.

Announced on 's official blog, the 1.10.31 patch includes a handful of new features including a variety of poses for characters while using Photo Mode, as well as some tweaks to the core gameplay like removing the Digipick cost when using the «Undo» action in the Security minigame.

Aside from these minor adjustments, the update largely focuses on fixing hundreds of bugs and glitches that have existed since 's launch. While this is a step in the right direction, the game's community has actively called out Bethesda for not addressing much bigger problems.

Following the announcement on X (formerly Twitter) that the 1.10.31 patch was live, many users openly questioned Bethesda's priorities, with users like kratoa stating that the addition of a Photo Mode is not a big enough draw to pull them back to the game. Others, like comicalrock, are requesting some kind of information on new content, official mod support, and quality-of-life improvements like the addition of planetary vehicles to speed up exploration and a more streamlined inventory system. Whether the developer is working on such content remains unknown at the time of writing.

The release of the 1.10.31 patch also comes at a time when the community is actively waiting for some kind of announcement regarding 's major expansion Bethesda announced in late 2023 that it would share more news on the DLC in 2024, noting that it intends to launch the paid add-on later in the year. Since then, no further insight has been