Summary
A player has encountered a strange bug inStarfieldthat sees a thief hilariously disintegrating into the floor after they’re killed. Bethesda’s latest RPG epic launched in September to solid reviews. While it surprisingly turned out to be one of the most polished Bethesda Game Studios outings to date, most likely due to extended development time,Starfieldplayers still report coming across some bugs from time to time.
Starfieldhas just recently received an enormous new updatewhich saw many technical improvements to its visuals and a ton of bug fixes. Improvements to textures, lighting, and shadows populate the graphics portion of the update, helping to redeem one ofStarfield’s more criticized areas. A problem that had players' characters close their eyes while in third-person has been ironed out, as well as the headache of having all ship crew members flooding the cockpit upon fast traveling to one’s ship. The huge update even addressed several issues with a laundry list of quests, as well as with one ofStarfield’s more beloved systems, ship and outpost building.
Despite all this, it seems some bugs are continuing to slip through the cracks. One player on Reddit, Justin_General, posted a clip of a scripted event players encounter whenarriving at the Crimson Fleet HQ, the Key, for the first time to begin their faction questline. Two members of the Fleet get into a dispute over stolen goods before the thief gets shot dead. This time, though, the dead thief’s groaning corpse melts through the ground as it garishly distorts and slowly slides away.
Sitting nearby, one of the Fleet’s respected leaders, Naeva, adds to the hilarity when she comments about making “a mess in front of my new rook” as the glitching glob of a melted thief continues to cruise through the room. It’s strange that a bug from a scripted moment inone ofStarfield’s more popular faction questlines,which unfolds the first time players set foot on the Key, has gone seemingly unnoticed and unfixed by Bethesda. With that in mind, it must be quite a rare bug. Commenters under the post seem to be mixed, though, with some players saying they haven’t encountered a bug like this in hundreds of hours of playtime, and others adding they came across the exact same one recently.
What’s Next For Starfield?
Bethesda’s support forStarfieldis far from over, as the plannedShattered Space DLC is still on the way. Though some believe it’ll launch in 2024, a release window for the DLC is still unconfirmed. However, fans can almost certainly expect Shattered Space to arrive with a healthy dose of even more bug fixes and improvements whenever it may come.
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WHERE TO PLAY
Starfield is the first new universe in 25 years from Bethesda Game Studios, the award-winning creators of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim and Fallout 4. In this next generation role-playing game set amongst the stars, create any character you want and explore with unparalleled freedom as you embark on an epic journey to answer humanity’s greatest mystery.The year is 2330. Humanity has ventured beyond our solar system, settling new planets, and living as a spacefaring people. From humble beginnings as a space miner, you will join Constellation – the last group of space explorers seeking rare artifacts throughout the galaxy – and navigate the vast expanse of the Settled Systems in Bethesda Game Studios’ biggest and most ambitious game.
