The big Starfield gun that Bethesda just pulled out sounds terrifying

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Starfield is, seemingly, a game replete with wonder, spectacle, and the visual majesty of the universe. But based on a new update from Bethesda, the RPG game also sounds absolutely brutal, with one of the  Starfield guns packing more fear factor than any of the Skyrim spells, or even Fallout’s Fatman. With the Starfield release date getting ever closer, and a lot of wonderful gameplay showing off the planets and the solar system, I offer this as an official warning: shooting and combat in Starfield are going to be vicious.

We’ve seen plenty of Starfield guns so far, as well as Starfield armor, Starfield companions, and Starfield space combat. But in a new Bethesda developer interview, we get the low-down on one Starfield shooter that sounds frightening whether you’re the user or the unfortunate victim.

Dane Olds is the lead weapons designer at Starfield. After talking about their inspirations, in particular the original Doom, they discuss what might be Starfield’s very own BFG 9000, the somewhat more innocuously named Mag Pulse.

“One of my favorites would be the Mag Pulse,” Olds explains. “It’s one of our new magnetically driven weapons that features a grid of 25 barrels. Each barrel has its own aiming laser which is incredibly cool. When you use it in the game, you’ll see a grid of lasers projected onto objects in the world which tells you exactly where your shots will land. We haven’t done anything like it before.”

25 barrels. A laser aiming grid. This sounds like some hellish, Paul Verhoeven, Omnicorp monstrosity. Just imagine, you’re stalking through some dilapidated spaceship, trying to find a new power core, and suddenly a laser grid appears on your torso. You barely have time to say ‘oh no’ before 25 separate