Starfield’s jail system will be “more like Skyrim than Fallout 4” devs say
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According to Bethesda developers, Starfield features a jail system more akin to The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim than Fallout 4’s Commonwealth.
To the chagrin of many players, Fallout 4 never received a proper prison system due to the understandable lack of organized law in the wasteland.
Committing crimes in Skyrim, however, results in the guilty party going to jail and serving a prison sentence – unless they find a way to break out, of course.
With Starfield’s launch on PC and Xbox right around the corner, fans can’t help but wonder what Bethesda has in store for spacefaring criminals.
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Starfield developers confirm the game has a jail system
Starfield developers hosted a Discord Q&A on August 16 (via ResetEra user vixolus), wherein one fan asked how in-game systems will manage criminal activity.
Lead Quest Designer Will Shen noted there is indeed a jail system, explaining “Yes, you can elect to go to jail or pay a fine when you’re arrested (or even resist arrest and try to escape).”
Studio Design Director Emil Pagliarulo also responded, likening the world of Starfield to The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim in this regard. Pagliarulo’s full comment reads as follows,
“[Starfield’s] Settled Systems is more like Skyrim than Fallout 4’s Commonwealth in that regard. Ya bancha criminals! There’s civilization, there’s government, and there are laws. And in a couple [of] cases, we actually explore the themes of crime and punishment in our futuristic universe.”
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Talk of Starfield’s newly confirmed jail system isn’t the only thing making the rounds. On top of hosting a Q&A session, Bethesda Game Studios also announced Starfield has officially gone gold.
As such, barring an unlikely last-minute delay, Bethesda’s newest adventure remains on track for its September 6 release date. Players can find out for themselves how exactly the jail system works in just a few weeks.