Starfield introduces its first companion in a new video

Date:
Wed, 06 Apr 2022 17:05:25 +0000

Description:
In a new video, Bethesda introduces one of the companions players will meet
in the game: Vasco.

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In a new behind-the-scenes video, Bethesda has introduced one of the companions that players will meet in Starfield : a robot called Vasco.

The video, published to the Bethesda Softworks YouTube channel, is only just over a minute long but it gives an overview of Vascos origins and how the robot will be helpful to the player on their adventure, alongside some new concept art.

Starfields Lead Artist, Istvan Pely, introduces Vasco as one of the development teams favorite companions in the game. Vasco is, according to Pely, Constellations expeditionary robot who has been refurbished by the
space exploration organization to meet the requirements of its mission.

Pely describes Vasco as a utilitarian, heavy industrial machine well-suited
to the rigors of space travel. Vasco's primary role is, apparently, peaceful as, while he does have defensive capabilities, hes especially well-suited to travelling across rough terrain while loaded up with items that are useful
for extended overland journeys.

Described as a reliable companion that the player can depend on, Vasco
strikes us, on this brief first impression, as the kind of companion you keep around because theyre useful, rather than because they have a sparkling wit. Still, thats no bad thing and no guarantee that we wont get emotionally attached to his old, dented panels anyway.

Were expecting to meet Vasco on November 11 this year, which remains Starfields scheduled release date. The game will be playable on PC and on
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This isnt actually the first time weve caught a glimpse of Vasco, even if it is our formal introduction to the robot companion. We last saw a very brief clip of Vasco in another behind-the-scenes video from Bethesda, released only a few weeks ago .

In that video, footage of Vasco served as a background to a voiceover in
which members of the games development team discussed how theyre hoping to take a more realistic, immersive approach to companions and interactions in Starfield.

In that video, Istvan Pely said, its not just the appearance of your player and all that, but we want the personal interactions with all NPCs, other characters in the game, to be as impactful as possible. And for that you have to believe these are real people, youre a real person, and youre interacting with real people.

Naturally, with Vasco being a robot, we arent expecting interactions with him to be overwhelmingly naturalistic but, with this aim in mind, we are interested to see what role hell play and how hell relate to the player.

Will Vasco, for instance, be subject to the persuasion minigame mentioned in the Made for Wanderers behind-the-scenes video? Taking inspiration from the old Oblivion system, this conversation system apparently isnt one where
theres definitely a right thing to say, so will Vasco be more than a yes captain, whatever you say kind of companion? Were looking forward to finding out and to getting a look at even more of the games companions and how the system around them will work.

Bethesda is building up a healthy playlist of small, behind-the-scenes snippets of Starfield which offer brief insights into development as well as the game itself. Increasingly, however, were looking forward to seeing something bigger. The most likely time for that appears to be summer, after
an AMA on Reddit in which Todd Howard highlighted summer as a key time to
show Starfield.

Weve seen reports (via VGC ) that Microsoft and Xbox could be planning to
hold an E3-style showcase in June, presumably separate to the now-cancelled
E3 proper. If thats something that goes ahead, it feels possible that we
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