The latest Starfield controversy is a reminder that gamers really love pacifism

When I wrote up yesterday's big dollop of Starfield info I was expecting readers to focus on the stuff about housing, mechs and giant snake cults, in roughly that order. I wasn't expecting a slight stir about the inability to complete the game without killing anyone. "Disappointing", responded Youtuber Mike BurnFire in the QTs. Opined Mama Bedlam: "A fully pacifist run not existing (without mods) is a genuinely worrying sign to do with the flexibility of what the game can do". Some players took the news as a brazen provocation. As ManyATrueNerd put it: "CHALLENGE. FUCKING. ACCEPTED."

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