The beginning of Starfield Shattered Space set the kind of tone I was hoping for. After arriving on a mysterious space station – and ignoring the advice of a distress message, warning me against boarding – I'm met with the sight of floating bodies, a luminous, warped blue substance spreading from the walls, and unsettling whispers coming from every direction. As much as I don't enjoy the floaty feel of navigating through a location without any gravity, the lack of it adds to the strange, unsettling atmosphere. As I go deeper into the station, I see something or someone ahead that evaporates out of existence in a puff of blue sparks. I have no idea what's going on, or what to expect next, but my curiosity propels me forward, and the constant whispers framing my exploration keep me on edge.
When I round a corner and see two people covered in that same shimmery, warped blue substance that bleeds through the space station, it's clear that these people are victims of something terrible. Now tasked with restoring power which will lead me to grav jump to a new star system, the opening of the first Starfield expansion does well to drip feed information to tease what's ahead, and the overall weirdness and feeling of unease also sets the first moments apart.
