I am an astronomer who is terrified of space. Here is my "scared of space" summary of the game Starfield.
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I am an astronomer who is terrified of space. Here is my "scared of space" summary of the game Starfield.
Good:
- no black holes!
- no danger of piloting spaceship into star
- no spacewalks
- landing on a planet is via cutscene, not manual
- stars are not terrifyingly large or close in gameplayBad:
- THE STARS ARE ENORMOUS IN THE STARMAP MENU
- yes I know they aren't even to scale that's BESIDE THE POINT
- was rotating a planetary view and JUMPSCARED myselfConclusion: playable
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Steph (they/them)replied to Steph (they/them) last edited by
Previous game reviews from the astronomer who is scared of space:
Mass Effect OG Trilogy: Extremely playable except for some planets/systems I don't like much because the stars are too big
Mass Effect Andromeda: Playable, see above, but also adds scary starmap navigation and a black hole that I DO NOT LIKE
No Man's Sky: Playable but scares the shit out of me frequently, have to avoid systems with black holes
Outer Wilds: Absolutely 100% UNPLAYABLE NIGHTMARE FUEL
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@[email protected] I'm also scared of space (but not as much as you, I think. Now, chemicals? Terrified. Which is why I studied them) and am thinking of the space things that terrified me and I won't even mention them for fear of like... yeah.
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Steph (they/them)replied to Steph (they/them) last edited by
It's quite funny because as an astronomer, people often say things to me like "ooh, I bet you'd love to go to space, right?" and they're surprised that my response is "HAHAHAHAHA NO"
Do you UNDERSTAND how big and empty and alien it is out there? How terrifyingly huge and hostile a star is? I DO! I SEE THE NUMBERS! I SEE THEM EVERY DAY
...I don't want to go to space, no.
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@[email protected] space aficionados: gleefully describing the incredibly inhospitable to life and horrifying conditions that exist on planets that stretch our understanding of local space to breaking
me (and likely you): internal and eternal screaming -
@aud I kind of love that you also studied the thing that terrifies you
I can contemplate scary space things in the abstract okay! I just can't face them in a game world. Or in my nightmares. God, space is horrible.