Bethesda Softworks' next big open-universe RPGStarfieldis finally available, at least for those who shelled out for premium early access, and players have been diving deep into its space exploration and adventure mechanics. It’s also earned itself a good deal of praise forhow cleanly it plays at launch, as Bethesda has a bit of a track record for bugs in its more long-standing RPGs,The Elder ScrollsandFallout.
Still, almost no launch goes off without a hitch, and one particular error that’s blowing up involves a spoken line that clearly should have been cut early. As pointed out on X (formerly Twitter) by Japanesegaming information account Genki, Starfield players in Japan have been finding a lot of humor in this error, which is going viral. “Someone forgot to edit out the “hai, sumimasen” (yes, sorry) at the end of the voice actors performance which Japanese users are finding funny,” Genki explains.
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Funnily enough, it’s not the first time this kind of thing has happened in a major Bethesda release, and fans were quick to jump on that fact. Back in 2006, whenThe Elders Scrolls IV: Oblivionwas first released, one Altmer in the Imperial City’s Temple District, who goes by the name of Tandilwe, has a similar audio gaffe, under the right parameters. Approach her inside The Temple of the One and ask her about rumors, and you may hear her voice actor say “I hear that thieves broke into the Arcane University, the Imperial Legion Compound, and the Temple, all in the same night!” before muttering, “Wait a minute. Let me do that one again,” and repeating the scripted line.
Still one line of dialogue seems very miniscule in the big picture. We’ve known for almost a year that Starfield would havea massive dialogue systemthat would more than double anything the company had released previously, as told straight from the mouth of Todd Howard.
Despite one minor audio gaffe—a gaffe specific to the Japanese audio track, no less—Starfield looks to be doing very well for itself. It’s currently sitting at a metascore of 88 on PC and 87 on Xbox Series X, andDualShockers' own Emma Wardsaw fit to give it a lofty 9/10, lauding it for its “Brilliant storytelling,” “Beautifly designed environments,” and “Addicting combat”. Still, a lot of fans have yet to get their hands on it, including some professional reviewers, so we’ll have to see what the court of public opinion has to say about Starfield when it releases to the general public (and as a day-one release onGame Pass, no less) on this Wednesday, September 6.
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