Is Starfield New Game Plus Worth It? - NG+10 & Level 100

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The fact that the more you play, the more jaded and cynical you become until you identify the most with the Hunter is slightly terrifying, very thematic, and a really cool twist on the ng+ formula

It's actually really interesting that they did something so bittersweet with it. You don't know what you're giving up until it's already gone.

Finding your original romance option that “chooses to become starborn” should absolutely be a quest. You could do it in every new universe and have different dialogue options and talk about how many times each of you have gone through and at what point you want to stop and settle down.

You hit the nail on the head bringing up a feeling of emotional disconnect with the companions in NG+. The whole thing actually made me feel like nothing matters, and I burnt out.

Sounds like a very bittersweet option. All the power and mystery and adventure you could ever want, but doing so mean you're doomed to always be alone.

I really wish Bethesda added the previous NG+ armors as skin to your current armor. There's no need to give us every armor possible in every NG+ cycle, just make them available as skin so we can choose whatever looks more aesthetically pleasing to us. I hope they add this in the future.

From a story perspective, NG+ is awesome, where you'll likely resemble The Hunter more each time. From a gameplay perspective, it's just okay. The problem I have with it is that the next time through, I'd want a different set of skills. It would be nice if there was an option to refund your skill points.

NG+ is like death, you die alone and you don’t know if you’ll be alone afterwards. Once your in the NG+ everything feels dead and not worth it, and constantly feels like everything you had continued without you, takes away the homely feeling of the game and makes you not care as much. If you could go through unity with one of your companions or maybe return to your old universe after so many it would give more of an incentive to grind through it all to return to your original home.

There should be an option(modded or otherwise) where you get to destroy the artifacts and the unity, making it impossible to skip forward for you or anyone else, and any starborn who jump to your universe remain trapped with the consequences of their actions

In my 1st universe I married sarah and had done a few major side missions before entering the unity. Once i had travelled to my 2nd and 3rd universe i felt like i was missing something and it didnt feel the same, so I went to a previous save and im happy staying in the 1st universe now

I did ng+ 9 times, definitely felt like the lives of people didn't matter towards the end, just collecting artifacts and moving on my way. I had the same issue where all the artifacts were in the same place regardless of universe, and I started to notice that I was killing the same NPCs every time. But I used that lack of morality to build upon my characters lore where I start questioning if it was worth it, so I entered my last universe, collected the artifacts, went to the unity, but when it was time to step through I turned around. I feel like, whether Bethesda intended that or not, it really hits home where you slowly become the star born you hated at the beginning of the game.

I wish that at least one ship, the one you built your armillary in, would carry over to the NG+. It would make sense lore-wise more than getting a hyper-advanced guardian out of nowhere. Hope someone makes a mod for this eventually

It was bittersweet, leaving behind my first universe. I'm still thinking I might go back to a previous save and experience more before I finally move on, as though my character has lived a full life before they decide to leave. I really, really hope the DLC lets us meet up with the Starborn versions of the original characters. I'd like to think the character you romanced would try to find their version of you again. Being split up from Sam and Cora was really sad.

Story wise, for my character at least, it only makes sense to go through once. All your companions decide to go through it too so why stay. Also the Hunter killed Sarah whom I was married to. I really had nothing left in my original universe after I avenged her.

I needed this perspective, my friend and I have been ng+ grinding and it’s been killing my love for the game… Starfields a wonderful game and I agreed with you when you said you truly start to feel like the hunter after awhile, skipping every conversation, sprinting to the artifacts, you become an actual star born in a sense.

Personally I think the best way to go about it is, enjoy the main story your first time around. Grind (skip main story) until you get the venator suit. Then enjoy a starborn playthrough with the venator suit where you do the side quests and make a relationship with a character.... but that's just what I did 😂

Thanks for the amazing guide! We always appreciate it!

Bit of advice. You can fully complete the story and meet yourself at the end and they'll give you the option to go through to a new universe or stay with tour friends in the old one. The reason I'm saying that is because you can collect all of the artifacts and say no and still hold on to them until you eventually want to go through and you'll stop getting random attacks from starborn. If you choose to fight both the hunter and the emissary you will also get two COOL ASS guns from them when you beat them to play through the rest of the game with. So just enjoy the game for what it is. I tried ng+ and as he said it just isn't worth losing everything for a fraction of beneficial gain. Just complete the main quest up until you defeat the two main villains, grab their guns, tell yourself you wanna stay and enjoy the rest of the game lol.

You have saved me from the grind, I started my second new game plus and it started to feel way too Grindy right away, thank you for your sacrifice!