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You'll probably find that a lot of planets in Starfield are pretty boring, but Bethesda says that's kind of the point.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I can’t remember much of how Starfield was marketed but I remember the “1000 planets” thing being parroted a lot. Was the fact that these planets were going to be realistically portrayed and mostly empty wastelands something that was made clear during marketing?

They said that about 10% of planets would have life, and that one of the things they wanted to portray was an IRL astronaut's quote of being in space as "magnificent desolation."

https://www.pcgamer.com/about-10-of-starfields-1000-planets-have-life-on-them-as-the-game-tries-to-capture-the-magnificent-desolation-of-space-says-todd-howard/