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"Space Is Inherently Boring": Starfield Designer Explains "Where It Falls Apart"

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Bruce Nesmith is an RPG legend, and he has some insight as to why Starfield couldn't live up to the legacy of The Elder Scrolls or Fallout.
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GamespotGamespot

Starfield Designer Says Game Fell Short Of Fallout And Elder Scrolls, Calls Space "Inherently Boring"

Bruce Nesmith, who left the project before release, still calls Starfield a "good game."

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Eurogamer.deEurogamer.de

Starfield Is a "Good Game," Says a Former Designer, but the "Space Is Naturally Boring"

Starfield is a "good game", but it could not reach out to the fallout and Elder Scrolls games – because of its use of procedural generation and the fact that "all is boring by nature". read more

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»At that Point Everything Falls Apart« - an Ex-Developer of Starfield Believes to Know Where the Role-Playing Has Failed

In an interview, designer Bruce Nesmith talks about what went wrong at Starfield and why he still thinks it's a good game.

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Eurogamer.netEurogamer.net

Starfield is a "good game", says former designer, but "space is inherently boring"

Starfield is a "good game" but it failed to match the Fallout and Elder Scrolls games because of its use of procedural generation and the fact "space is inherently boring".

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Former Bethesda designer says Starfield fell flat because of its reliance on procgen planets: 'I don't think it's in the same calibre as the other two, Fallout or Skyrim'

Not all great tastes go great together.

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An Ex of Bethesda Believes Starfield Is Not ''on the Same Level''' as Fallout and the Elder Scrolls because of the Procedural Generation of Planets

Bruce Nesmith, former developer of Bethesda after Skyrim or Fallout 3, points to the trial generation as guilty that Starfield is not another top RPG work.

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