With how hard redditors are pushing this, it makes me almost certain that it’s exaggerated, a result of the internet journalism telephone game, or completely made up.
Here’s one of their responses in response to someone saying that the empty planets were boring:
Greetings,
Thank you for taking the time to leave a review for Starfield!
We are sorry that you do not like landing on different planets and are finding many of them empty.
Some of Starfield’s planets are meant to be empty by design — but that’s not boring. “When the astronauts went to the moon, there was nothing there. They certainly weren’t bored." The intention of Starfield’s exploration is to evoke a feeling of smallness in players and make you feel overwhelmed. You can continue to explore and find worlds that do have resources you need or hidden outposts to look through.
With how hard redditors are pushing this, it makes me almost certain that it’s exaggerated, a result of the internet journalism telephone game, or completely made up.
Here’s one of their responses in response to someone saying that the empty planets were boring:
Greetings,
Thank you for taking the time to leave a review for Starfield!
We are sorry that you do not like landing on different planets and are finding many of them empty.
Some of Starfield’s planets are meant to be empty by design — but that’s not boring. “When the astronauts went to the moon, there was nothing there. They certainly weren’t bored." The intention of Starfield’s exploration is to evoke a feeling of smallness in players and make you feel overwhelmed. You can continue to explore and find worlds that do have resources you need or hidden outposts to look through.
Im also pretty sure alot of this is just parroting streamers to jump on the hate train.
Not that uncommon.