Starfieldis Bethesda’s next massive open world game, allowing players to explore over 100 solar systems and thousands of planets. Ever since the game was first announced, one question has been if it would include alien races or not. After all,The Elder Scrollsseries lets players create non-human characters like Argonians and Khajiit, so one would thinkStarfieldwould provide the perfect opportunity to let Bethesda design some truly creative alien races.
Bethesda recently showed the firstStarfieldgameplay, including the game’s character creator. Based on the footage, it does not appear as though players will be able to create an alien character, with all the options being strictly human. The trailer did confirm that there will be animal-like aliens thatStarfieldplayers encounter on their adventures, including large insect-like creatures and a beast that resembles a dinosaur with a sci-fi twist. However, there is also evidence that intelligent aliens could very well exist in theStarfielduniverse.
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The first evidence of this is theStarfieldcharacter creation tool.Starfieldplayers are able to choose from three different traits whenever they make a new character in the game, and one of the options is Alien DNA. Now, it’s entirely possible that Alien DNA could refer to the animal-like aliens that are spotted in the trailer as opposed to intelligent alien life that players may encounter in the game, but that would be odd. Unfortunately,Starfieldfans don’t have more information on what the Alien DNA trait pertains, as the gameplay videos did not reveal anything else beyond that it exists.
While this is evidence thatStarfieldwill have intelligent alien races, not just the animal creatures spotted in the trailer, there is also evidence that these alien races could be hostile. On Reddit, user i_need_a_fast_horse posted a screenshot of graffiti from theStarfieldcity Neon. Neon is one of themajorStarfieldcitiesthat players will visit during their time in the game, but graffiti there serves as a grim warning.
The graffiti says “THEY ARE COMING.” Now, this could be in reference to humanStarfieldcharacters. After all,Starfieldwill have multiple factionsin conflict with one another, so perhaps this graffiti is in reference to an antagonistic faction. However, the tone of it definitely seems to be pointing in the direction of a hostile alien race.
TheStarfieldrelease date is now some point in 2023, so fans will likely have to wait until next year to learn what exactly this graffiti means and if there is any intelligent alien life to find in the game. While they wait for more info,Starfieldfans can continue analyzing the gameplay footage for more clues about what Bethesda’s next major game will entail.
Starfieldlaunches in 2023 for PC and Xbox Series X.
