A brand new quest for Starfield has not gone down as well with fans as Bethesda would’ve hoped, as its second part is stuck behind a paywall.
Not long after Starfield launched last September, Bethesda promised frequent updates including city maps, a new difficulty setting, and land vehicles – some of which were added in the May update.
A surprise update came over the weekend though, when a new free quest, made by Bethesda themselves, was announced during the premiere of the first trailer for the Shattered Space DLC expansion at the Xbox Games Showcase.
That’s great, but the second part of the quest line is locked behind a £8.99 paywall and fans are not impressed – and they’re worried that this is just the tip of the iceberg.
The most important parts of this weekend’s update is the introduction of official mod support in Starfield, through its Creation Club, and a new quest called Trackers Alliance.
The first part of this quest – The Starjacker – comes free with the update and sees you become a bounty hunter.
‘Trackers Alliance establishes the first of several missions enabling you to live your best bounty-hunting life,’ say the Bethesda blog.
That will solely get you thus far although, because the second a part of the hunt – The Vulture -is solely playable in the event you pay 700 credit, which may be obtained by buying 1,000 credit at £8.99.
This has sparked dialogue on social media, the place most followers are towards placing elements of a quest behind a paywall.
In a Reddit thread titled ‘$7 is an excessive amount of for a quest,’ Dartzinho V says:
‘I see lots of people right here arguing that the brand new microtransactions had been to be anticipated resulting from Bethesda’s historical past, and I agree with that half. However, I nonetheless assume it’s completely outrageous that they’re promoting particular person quests as a substitute of the entire quest line.’
Other fans highlight that The Vulture quest solely takes 15-20 minutes to finish.
As a outcome, gamers are assessment bombing Starfield on Steam, the place a considerable hike in damaging evaluations have been posted.
Fans’ criticism about elements of a quest line being locked behind a paywall is comprehensible, however a minimum of with the addition of official mod help there can be plenty of free content material to obtain on prime of what already exists.
Unfortunately land autos haven’t been added to Starfield but, which seems more and more prone to be a part of the Shattered Space growth.
When that can be launched no one is aware of, as the brand new trailer solely states that Shattered Space is popping out someday in 2024.
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