You can approach Starfield in many ways: You can explore planets, test mods, or engage with the main story. One player tackled it with a skill that many probably rarely use – or might not even have on their radar.
In a video on YouTube, the user “Causal Loop” presents a summary of his run in Starfield. The special thing about it is: He completed the main story without firing a weapon himself. However, that was not the only rule he set for his run.
“Weapons are meant for one purpose: shooting. But ammunition is expensive, heavy, and it’s not honorable to kill someone who can’t even see your face,” says Causal Loop ironically at the beginning of his video, in which he summarized his experience.
He wondered what it would be like if he were a real villain in Starfield, using the firearm as a blunt tool to cause total chaos.
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All weapons allowed – but without shooting
What were the rules for his run? On Reddit, Causal Loop posted on November 23 a contribution titled “I played Starfield only through melee attacks.” There, he explains the rules he set for himself.
We summarize a few of them:
- The only way to deal damage to enemies is to hit them with the weapon.
- Pistols, rifles, heavy weapons are allowed as long as the weapon is used like a bat instead of pulling the trigger.
- Environmental damage such as exploding barrels is allowed.
- Normal ship combat is allowed.
- Companions must not deal damage or damage too much.
- He tried to take companions as rarely as possible, but some missions require it.
- He plays on normal difficulty.
Regarding the difficulty level, he writes in the post:
Easy and very easy would have made the challenge ridiculous, while hard and very hard didn’t really make it harder. It just increased the number of times I had to hit enemies and the amount of medi-packs I had to use.
Since money is incredibly easy to get, the extra use of medi-packs wasn’t really a big issue.
Moreover, playing on a higher difficulty leads to more legendary items, so I thought normal would be more balanced to play.
As background, he chose “Bounty Hunter”. So he already had points in piloting, targeting systems, and boost pack training at the start of his space adventure in Starfield. In particular, the boost pack training is one of the most useful skills because it allows you to use your jetpack immediately – which also proves helpful in combat.
Regarding the traits, he chose “Universally Educated” to gain bonus loot, “Wanted” so that he deals more damage at low health and “Introverted” because he did not want to recruit companions.
“Extroverted,” on the other hand, offers players in Starfield even such ridiculous dialogues, that you can troll NPCs and they still forgive everything.
Here you can watch his run in the YouTube video:
“How do you hit with weapons on PC?”
How the community reacts: Some users address him in the comments on Reddit and YouTube regarding his statement that ammunition is heavy and expensive. In response, Causal Loop writes that it was irony. “The joke is to say how stupid melee attacks with firearms are when ammunition is cheap/light.”
Others note that they have already spent many hours in Starfield but did not even know that you can perform a melee attack with an equipped firearm. “80 hours in the game. How do you hit with weapons on PC?” writes a user on Reddit.
Several people praise the entertainment value of the video. The user “notfound379” comments on YouTube: “This is really the most consistent entertainment I’ve experienced with this game after I had already given up on it. They should hire you.”
Another user writes that the video makes him want to buy Starfield. Every game wants to be “Soulslike”, meaning super hard, but he has neither time nor patience for that.
Have you also improved your melee skills in Starfield? Or do you prefer to try out different firearms? Feel free to leave us a comment about that.
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