"If I was in charge of Starfield, I would have not done it that way at all" - Former Bethesda veteran would've handled the RPG's 1,000 planets very differently
Former Bethesda Game Studios senior artist Nate Purkeypile believes Starfield's approach to generating 1,000 planets was flawed, suggesting a focus on fewer, more bespoke locations instead. He argues that the current procedural generation leads to repetitive content and diminishes the sense of surprise that defines Bethesda's RPGs. Purkeypile, who worked on titles like Fallout 3 and Skyrim, would have opted for a more curated world design, drawing parallels to Mass Effect 1 and No Man's Sky.
- Entities
- Game: Mass Effect 1
- Game: Fallout 4
- Game: No Man's Sky
- Game: Skyrim
- Company: Bethesda
- Topic: Procedural Generation
- Person: Nate Purkeypile
- Topic: Game Design
- Company: Bethesda Game Studios Montreal
- Game: Fallout 3
- Game: Starfield
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