What have you done with the dogs, Bethesda!?

Interstellar

Starfield has finally launched on September 5th! Critics and gamers alike have generally positive things to say (the reviews are currently “Very Positive” on Steam) and the only critique that really stands out has been that the first few hours of gameplay can feel slow and tedious. Overall, it seems like this has been a pretty smooth launch for everyone… everyone except man’s best friend.

Animals were included in the early concept art of Starfield, but there seems to be no sign of them in the game. Looking at how expansive Starfield is, this could have been a detail easily explained away by players who already have enough on their plate. Perhaps the beloved companions are just enjoying domestication out of harm's way? Bethesda could have given us peace of mind with some plausible deniability. They could have, but they certainly didn't. In a rather unsettlingly easter egg find, the Twitter (X?) page “Can You Pet the Dog?” has pointed out in a tweet that Bethesda has gone so far as to suggest that pets (or, at least Labradors) are extinct in Starfield lore.

The text reads, "Centauri Mills' chocolates, shaped like an extinct canine called a Labrador Retriever."

So far, it’s a safe bet to assume that you’re going to have to take down any creature other than a human (and maybe even some humans as well.) While this news is pretty devastating to those who were looking forward to a cuddly addition to their crew, and an interesting choice given the popularity of Dogmeat in Fallout, it’s understandable that developers chose to focus their time and energy on other projects.

Starfield is still an incredible game, but man, did they have to do this to us?

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slowseer

Galactic

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wariisop

Interstellar

Yeah, Fallout be answering those hard apocalyptic questions...lol.

GottaPetEmAll

Galactic

Did you know there is a Can You Pet the Dog curator on steam? It logs all pettables in games and even reported about starfield already

StompsDaWombat

Interstellar

Can you think of a more surefire seller than Doggy DLC? I can easily envision DLC that includes a mission to a secret lab or some forgotten ark where the player stumbles across genetic samples from a vast array of animals - a variety of canine and feline breeds, an assortment of avian creatures, a selection of reptiles and rodents, and maybe even more exotic animals - along with the cloning machines or gestation vats required to create said animals, and that's how they work pets into the game. Hell, if they wanted to get really gross with the microtransactions, that would be the way to do it: the $20 DLC opens up the pets option and offers a limited selection (a few dog breeds, a few cat breeds, and a couple birds) but then they sell both species packs (a dozen different dog/cat breeds or an assortment of birds ranging from parrots to crows to hawks to owls) for anywhere from $4.99 to $9.99 and individual animals (like a pet sloth) for $2.99 a pop. And we all know people would buy it. Shamefully, I know I would.

iplay117

Lunar

GottaPetEmAll said: 12h
Did you know there is a Can You Pet the Dog curator on steam? It logs all pettables in games and even reported about starfield already

Thanks for that

catch33

Interstellar

But, are there any cats in the game ?

Wintyer

Galactic

Well in are past the WEF succeded and kill off all are pets

bcdusk2

Lonely hoarder

I guess the dogs caused several glitches? Like they keep teleporting or something?

Lecksea

Interstellar

bcdusk2 said: 1h
I guess the dogs caused several glitches? Like they keep teleporting or something?

They absolutely should have kept that in!

Lecksea

Interstellar

StompsDaWombat said: 3d
Can you think of a more surefire seller than Doggy DLC? I can easily envision DLC that includes a mission to a secret lab or some forgotten ark where the player stumbles across genetic samples from a vast array of animals - a variety of canine and feline breeds, an assortment of avian creatures, a selection of reptiles and rodents, and maybe even more exotic animals - along with the cloning machines or gestation vats required to create said animals, and that's how they work pets into the game. Hell, if they wanted to get really gross with the microtransactions, that would be the way to do it: the $20 DLC opens up the pets option and offers a limited selection (a few dog breeds, a few cat breeds, and a couple birds) but then they sell both species packs (a dozen different dog/cat breeds or an assortment of birds ranging from parrots to crows to hawks to owls) for anywhere from $4.99 to $9.99 and individual animals (like a pet sloth) for $2.99 a pop. And we all know people would buy it. Shamefully, I know I would.

I could see this being a red herring where they introduce animals later in the game, just not labradors! 10/10 would regrettably purchase the Doggy DLC

What have you done with the dogs, Bethesda!?

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