NPCs often create strange and funny situations in games. In Starfield, a player asked an NPC to tell a joke – but the answer didn’t sit well with the player.
On Reddit on September 7th, user Jaxenquest reported an experience he had in Starfield. In a dialogue with the expedition robot Vasco, he asks the NPC if he knows a joke. Jaxenquest certainly didn’t expect the answer.
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“I was mentally devastated”
This was Vasco’s answer: In the dialogue with the robot there is the choice “Do you know any jokes about humans?” Jaxenquest selects the option and Vasco responds with: “I’m looking at one right now.”
The post on Reddit is titled “I had to uninstall the game after this incident.” Jaxenquest also writes: “I was mentally devastated. “Completely unacceptable (via Reddit).”
Of course, we can’t say whether he really uninstalled the game or wrote it as a joke. He’s definitely not the only one who had to listen to such sayings from the NPCs in Starfield.
In the comments under the post, which currently has over 4,500 upvotes, numerous users write about their experiences in the game.
The robot Vasco is not only available for funny sayings, he can even pronounce a variety of player names:
Awkward to sarcastic – the NPCs in Starfield
This is how the community reacts to the joke: A user writes in the comments on Reddit that he was mocked by an NPC in Starfield because of his weight. He made his character “a little stronger”.
Another user writes that he plays Starfield as Ronin. Ronin is one of the backgrounds you can choose for your character in Starfield. An NPC commented to the player: “You use swords? You know there are guns now, right?”
According to his own statement, Vasco was not equipped with a sense of humor; the robot previously belonged to Barrett, who is also a companion in Starfield.
The companions not only have funny sayings up their sleeves, they are also sometimes a little awkwardly distracting when they are being courted. Here’s how Barrett responded to a flirting attempt with: “Um, okay… let’s get back to the mission (via Reddit).”
The companion Sarah also reacts to the players’ actions with funny and sometimes nasty sayings. She asked me if I liked doing obstacle courses as I flew through neon with my boost pack. And she always points out to me that I simply carry too many small things with me and that I shouldn’t pick up everything that’s lying around somewhere.
The player who collected thousands of potatoes in his cockpit in Starfield and impressed the community with it also knows these sayings from Sarah:
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Have you had any funny dialogues with the NPCs in Starfield or even received nasty sayings? Write it to us in the comments.