Skills shown off so far include classics like Intimidation and Hacking, as well as more unique skills like Xenosociology, which lets you mind-control aliens. Ranking up a skill makes its effects more potent, but you'll need to complete set challenges to reach the next rank for each. Each time you level up, you get a skill point to spend. The skill tree in Starfield is solid into five sections: Physical, Combat, Science, Tech and Social. Traits appear to have both positive and negative effects associated with them. Unsurprisingly, this can't be mixed with the 'Introvert' trait, which does the opposite. Meanwhile, Traits can shape your personality, so if you choose the 'Extrovert' trait for example, you'll have more endurance when travelling with companions, and less when alone. For example, picking 'Dueling' awards 10% extra melee damage, while 'Gastronomy' lets you create unique food and drinks, alongside researching further recipes.

You can go as deep as you'd like with this, or simply paint in the broad strokes before getting quickly into the game.īackgrounds offer three starting skills each. There's one that sets you up as a chef, which unlocks unique dialogue options. You may choose Beasthunter, which will give you access to additional contracts. Your background will come up constantly in the story, but not always where you'd expect. Then, body, face and background are chosen. From there, it's a case of choosing from 40 presets as a start point. You start your character creation journey as if cycling through employee records. It was described as being Bethesda's 'simplest' one it has designed so far, in that it offers a lot of features, but under clear and easy to understand controls. During 2023's Xbox Games Showcase, we got our best look at Starfield's character customization features yet.

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