Because these mutherfuckers don’t get seats on the hype train, they buy the entire carriage.

I did the same as you. It’s a shame that we’ve had our standards lowered to the point where we feel like we’re being spoiled, if the game is presented without plot-gape.

The answer to your questions, and so many more, is: because it’s Starfield.

For what it’s worth, I am one of these people. I’d already watched a couple of streamers play random sidequests, but when I saw the early game I just couldn’t stomach playing any further.

It certainly put me off. Personally, I hate it when sci-fi writers use worn-out stereotypes in futuristic settings. Like the ‘Irish, but not Irish’ episode of StarTrek TNG.

I’d already seen a couple of streamers play random side quests, and this intro just made me definitively realise that this was not the game for me.

Citation needed

Is any career sustainable anymore?

idk about you, but when I think of my X, I think of a toxic place filled with hate, that I never want to go to or hear about again. Branding on point.