In an interview with Kinda Funny Games, Todd Howard—director of Bethesda’s upcoming Starfield—mentioned that there’s a limit to the options of long-term, fully developed romances you can pursue. 

An audience question posed by Courtney asked: “Are the Constellation companions the only ones that are able to be romanced?” to which Todd replied: “The four main Constellation [NPCs] are the ones that support full questlines for them, and romance.” 

This is something of a relief, considering I—and others at PC Gamer—haven’t been too jazzed about smooching with Bethesda’s usual plastic-faced cast. Still, that long-form romance is only possible with four whole characters in a game with “over 1,000 planets” is wild to me. Apparently, even in a future …