New Scientist — Starfield review: Too much AI-generated content makes for a dull game
New Scientist — Starfield review: Too much AI-generated content makes for a dull game
Original (pay-walled): [https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg25934570-700-starfield-review-too-much-ai-generated-content-makes-for-a-dull-game/]
Generated by an algorithm is not the same as generated by AI.
Yeah they need to populate some more and depopulate others, they shouldn't all feel similar
They definitely put a lot of work into that and I think it paid off too. The terrain can easily hold up to actual space sims like ED & SC.
POI density can vary greatly, some planets seem to be really packed and others barely have anything at all near your landing site. Though, given the design of the game I think it should not be too empty, because you always want at least "something" near your landing site. If the game had asset streaming for all those space sim features to actually fly around then we'd likely reduce the number of POIs drastically, because we'd be much more mobile.
Hey it’s the stupid buzzword that gets you to click
I mean, that's what current gen AIs are as well. Though I'd rather not call them AIs either instead, maybe glorified algorithm but that's pretty long.