Re: Starfield has a release date
Posted: Thu Sep 14, 2023 1:03 pm
I feel the opposite, I want it to be the case that sometimes there is just nothing of interest out there. If everything that was generated was worth exploring then I would need to explore everything. I'd much rather it be the case that only occasionally will I come across something worthwhile or a quest line to follow as that makes it more special when you find that stuff. On top of that space is meant to be pretty barren and empty so the emptiness of some of the generation is not an issue for me as it adds to the overall feel of the world.Raid wrote: ↑Thu Sep 14, 2023 12:34 pmOn a planet I saw a ship landing in the distance, so decided to go and see if there was anything there. Firstly, I agree with the comment someone made about the game needing vehicles for planetary travel, as it's exceedingly dull to run and jet for entire kilometres. I passed a few points of interest along the way, mostly just little houses with absolutely nothing inside except the same clutter you get everywhere else. When I did eventually get to the place I thought I'd saw the ship land, there was just nothing. I was expecting an illicit meeting place or something, but I scoured the area and there was nothing but survey stuff.
I know others have differing opinions on procedurally-generated content, but this is just reinforcing my belief that it simply isn't worth the development time. Use it to decorate spaces with clutter (I'm largely assuming this is how they've done it anyway, else I can't really explain the weird number of toilet roll tubes I found in a server farm), or maybe to build structures that a developer then goes and populates, but I just don't think how they're doing things adds anything to the game's entertainment value, and in reality probably detracts from it. I could have been doing a mission in the time I spent running to the non-existent landing spot, but instead I ended up bored. I'll just not bother going off the beaten track again in this I don't think, I'll stick to my quest log.