Bethesda Softworks' next big open-universe RPG Starfield is finally available, at least for those who shelled out for premium early access, and players have been diving deep into its space exploration and adventure mechanics. It's also earned itself a good deal of praise for how cleanly it plays at launch, as Bethesda has a bit of a track record for bugs in its more long-standing RPGs, The Elder Scrolls and Fallout.

Still, almost no launch goes off without a hitch, and one particular error that's blowing up involves a spoken line that clearly should have been cut early. As pointed out on X (formerly Twitter) by Japanese gaming information account Genki, Starfield players in Japan have been finding a lot of humor in this error, which is going viral. "Someone forgot to edit out the “hai, sumimasen” (yes, sorry) at the end of the voice actors performance which Japanese users are finding funny," Genki explains.

This Starfield video is going viral in Japan. Someone forgot to edit out the “hai, sumimasen” (yes, sorry) at the end of the voice actors performance which Japanese users are finding funny. pic.twitter.com/PfmeltH4up

— Genki✨ (@Genki_JPN) September 2, 2023

Funnily enough, it's not the first time this kind of thing has happened in a major Bethesda release, and fans were quick to jump on that fact. Back in 2006, when The Elders Scrolls IV: Oblivion was first released, one Altmer in the Imperial City's Temple District, who goes by the name of Tandilwe, has a similar audio gaffe, under the right parameters. Approach her inside The Temple of the One and ask her about rumors, and you may hear her voice actor say "I hear that thieves broke into the Arcane University, the Imperial Legion Compound, and the Temple, all in the same night!" before muttering, "Wait a minute. Let me do that one again," and repeating the scripted line.



Still one line of dialogue seems very miniscule in the big picture. We've known for almost a year that Starfield would have a massive dialogue system that would more than double anything the company had released previously, as told straight from the mouth of Todd Howard.

Despite one minor audio gaffe—a gaffe specific to the Japanese audio track, no less—Starfield looks to be doing very well for itself. You can download the latest Starfield Trainer and cheats from WeMod.

Posted: Sep 05, 2023 1:44 pm
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