Bethesda has launched a new video diary series focused on next year's release Starfield. The first one features Todd Howard answering some popular questions.
Towards the end of the video, Todd mentions how this latest game currently has over 250,000 lines of dialogue in it, which is a lot more than previous games. The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim had around 60,000 lines of dialogue and Fallout 4 had about 111,000 lines of dialogue.
"We've gone back to a classic Bethesda style dialogue, you're looking at the character and how they emote, you have a series of choices there...We just passed 250,000 lines, and so that's a lot of dialogue. But we've gone through it and the impact is really there, and that includes my favourite speech persuasion system...it feels like it's part of the dialogue but you're spending points to persuade them, it feels natural...I'm in this mode of persuading you to get what I want."
It follows on from Bethesda mentioning earlier this year how the player's character in the upcoming space exploration RPG would not have a voice. In addition to this, all dialogue will play out from a first-person perspective.
Todd has also previously mentioned how there would be over 1,000 planets in Starfield. Read more:
Starfield will launch on Xbox Series X|S and PC in 2023. Are you excited about this game? Tell us below.
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Honestly I can't wait for this game. I pray pray it's deep and not like a mile wide but an inch deep. I want to lose myself like I do in skyrim and other games made by them.
I guess you could say there's a lot of talk about and in this game 😁 I'm really looking forward to it. 2023 is looking really busy.
I'm ready for a full fat bethesda rpg. They've made some of my favorite game worlds ever and I'm fairly optimistic this will be another on that list.
@SithItachi I think it wont matter too much if it's an inch deep honestly. Giving their games breadth means the modders have a lot to work with to add depth. From what we've seen this looks like the most ambitious framework they've ever attempted, and appears to be a great foundation for the community to build on. That's why Skyrim and even Morrowind are still played even decades later.
Even though I was disappointed with the whole mute protagonist thing, I must say I'm frickin excited for this game. It checks all the boxes of an immersive RPG, and I do love my space exploration. Hope the story is as good as it looks.
16 times the dialogue!
I used to be a frigate pilot, but then I took a blaster shot to the knee.
@UndyingInsurgent95 Mute protag is better, at least for bethesda rpgs as we've come to know them. The voiced protag for Fallout 4 really limited the dialogue options and it sort of forces a role on the player when they really should be able to create whatever role they want to play.
October, November 2023 release.
I’d be a bit more excited if we had a definite release date for this one. I originally thought Starfield would be Goty 2022, but after the last Xbox presentation with it, I dunno, I remembered that the last time I loved a Bethesda game was Skyrim, which was a long time ago. Now, granted, Skyrim is a game I could still just sink into if I started the game up, but still… I’m not getting my hope up til I can really play it, and I will play it, regardless of any reviews or looks at the game. Bethesda was my favorite developer in the 360/PS3 era, but I just was underwhelmed all of last generation by them. I’m really hoping this is a return to form.
If they put "it just works" in the game that would be funny.
I still think this will be delayed again and then come out and be full of bugs like all Bethesda games.
@BBB Full mod support has been confirmed in a reddit ama. I haven't heard anything about console vs pc, or creation club. There were some lawsuits about the season pass and not having access to creation club content on Fallout 4. I'm not sure what happened with those or if that will motivate them to open up the console to full mod support or not.
My guess is it will be similar to previous games, but as this is their first game as an xbox studio we don't really know.
Any of it well written or interesting? Bethesda's writing gets weaker and weaker every game.
Over 250,000 lines. I honestly don't care at this point. It's hard for me to get excited about a game that's not coming out for a year (most likely Holiday 2023).
@Romans12 Agreed. I don't want to hear about a game till its about 3 months from release.
Coming in 2024
250000 lines of dialogue....
.....all spoken by the same 5 voice actors....
I can't wait for this game!
Todd "16 times the details" Howard...
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