Summary
Starfieldhas been making waves since it debuted in early access on August 31, though it hasn’t been entirely for the right reasons.Starfieldis Bethesda’s first single-player RPG sinceFallout 4in 2015, and as such expectations for it have been quite high. Unfortunately, while some people have expressed disappointment with the various glitches and bugs present in the game, others have found gripes as early as the character creation screen.
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Dr Disrepect’s Past is Too Controversial
When he decided to broadcast his playthrough of the action RPG on September 1, Dr Disrespect appeared aghast when he began the process of making his character. Players don’t have to choose pronouns inStarfield, as customization doesn’t require this, but some have been deterred by the pronoun options regardless. Thecontroversy with pronouns inStarfieldhas accrued enough attention that a portion of the player base is actively demanding refunds from Bethesda.
Though the option in the character profile screen is brief, Dr Disrespect paused for a few seconds while reading the page. He then went on to pull up the Twitter page ofPete Hines, the head of publishing at Bethesda. While still on stream, after he noted the pronouns in their bio, he nodded and took a deep breath. This was followed by the remark “Got it. Okay, now everything is starting to make sense.”
While Dr Disrespect’s latest statements on pronouns are not the reason that theStarfielddevelopers chose not to work with him, it may have been because of similar opinions or behaviors. The streamer addressed the situation on September 4 during his stream, saying “As you know on this channel, and it’s been like this since we started, we don’t deal with politics. You just won’t win. You got your extreme left, you got your extreme right.”
Bethesda has not released any official statements about Dr Disrepect’s claims. At the moment, it’s undetermined whether the publisher plans on doing so or not. It could very well be the case that the developers are preoccupied with fixingglitches inStarfieldor don’t feel the need to add anything to the story.
Starfieldis available now for PC and Xbox Series X/S.
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