{"id":3808,"date":"2022-06-12T18:43:05","date_gmt":"2022-06-12T23:43:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghostgamer.news\/?p=3808"},"modified":"2023-06-11T18:05:32","modified_gmt":"2023-06-11T23:05:32","slug":"starfield-seems-to-have-no-reasonable-stealth-mechanic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ghostgamer.news\/starfield-seems-to-have-no-reasonable-stealth-mechanic\/","title":{"rendered":"Starfield seems to have no (reasonable) stealth mechanic"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em><strong>UPDATE: <\/strong>the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=uMOPoAq5vIA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">new deep-dive video<\/a> shows that Starfield does indeed have legit stealth (including pickpocketing: No word yet if you can reverse-pickpocket grenades, though). I will leave this article as it was originally published, however, and will do a more detailed post about what&#8217;s contained later.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I actually wasn&#8217;t sure if I was going to write this or not, because, well.. I don&#8217;t know whether I care if Starfield has stealth or not.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In case you&#8217;ve been hiding under a rock today (or were unlocking the last weapons\/workbenches in Sniper Elite 5, like me), Starfield finally revealed some gameplay today. I&#8217;ve got the video here, but skip past it if you just want my thoughts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Starfield: Official Gameplay Reveal\" width=\"1778\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zmb2FJGvnAw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Anyway, my &#8220;TL;DR&#8221; summary is this: It&#8217;s (current version) No Man&#8217;s Sky with Elite Dangerous universe-scale and a bit of Star Citizen thrown in for good measure (but not a sim), built on top of the core interactions, character building and RPG systems of Fallout\/The Elder Scrolls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There are a number of fascinating bits to cover here. You not only get to fly your ship, but you can land anywhere on planets (exploration is going to get interesting); no word on how landing happens, but I doubt it&#8217;s anything like NMS\/Star Citizen\/Elite Dangerous. I&#8217;m sure that&#8217;ll mostly be an automated process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Oh, and you can build &amp; customize your own ship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Beyond that, there&#8217;s a lot of familiar territory here for those who have played Fallout 4. You have base building, NPC recruitment, factions (the police-force style faction instantly makes me think of a Brotherhood of Steel as they were in Fallout 4; not quite &#8220;good guys&#8221;), and even the zoomed-in face cam for when you&#8217;re talking to someone (which was sometimes disturbing in Oblivion).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They showcased a lot of on-rails triggers (an ugliness that I despise, as evident in my <a href=\"https:\/\/ghostgamer.news\/dying-light-2-stay-human-review\/\">Dying Light 2 take<\/a>), such as enemies landing for a pretty fight scene, or turning around to notice you at just the right time despite there being no obvious trigger..<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>..Which leads me to the whole &#8220;Starfield doesn&#8217;t have stealth&#8221; statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All we saw was a character crouched. We have what appears to be a full HUD, yet I saw no indicator of stealth status like previous Bethesda open world RPGs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We even got a brief look at the (somewhat convoluted) character traits &amp; skill system (which appears to be a mix between Fallout &amp; Skyrim), and I didn&#8217;t see anything related to stealth there, either.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Of course, that doesn&#8217;t mean there won&#8217;t be any stealth. There are a lot of opportunities here; cloaking tech would not be unreasonable (and please, PLEASE GIVE US STEALTH SPACE COMBAT). The fact that we seem to interact a lot in a vacuum means noise is much less of a factor, which would be incredibly fascinating.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, I&#8217;m most excited about the bigger dreams of new IP, regardless of stealth mechanics. The game looks good in general, and might be a fun diversion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Let&#8217;s hope Starfield isn&#8217;t another Anthem.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UPDATE: the new deep-dive video shows that Starfield does indeed have legit stealth (including pickpocketing: No word yet if you can reverse-pickpocket grenades, though). I will leave this article as it was originally published, however, and will do a more detailed post about what&#8217;s contained later. 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