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Starfield review: Too much AI-generated content makes for a dull game

Bethesda's new galaxy-sprawling game Starfield gives you 1000 planets to explore. But with many of these worlds generated by algorithm, it can all feel a bit predictable, finds Jacob Aron

By Jacob Aron

20 September 2023

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Bethseda Game Studios

Starfield
Bethesda Game Studios
PC, Xbox Series X/S

A FEW months ago, in my review of Tin Can, a game that takes place in a tiny spaceship escape pod, I wrote about the joy of small video games simulating a single area in exquisite detail. That has been on my mind as I play Starfield, a galaxy-sprawling role-playing game that does almost the exact opposite.

Starfield is the latest behemoth from Bethesda Game Studios, a developer known for its gigantic fantasy and post-apocalyptic worlds in the Elder Scrolls and Fallout series. This new title attempts to go even further, …

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