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[–] [email protected] 44 points 1 year ago (1 children)

On the other hand, using procedural generation should free up a bunch of dev time that you could than be using to make sure the models that the generation uses are quality.

Now comparing individual features, elex looks better, while starfield should be better looking. Since they used procedural generation and should have used that time saved crafting hand crafted worlds making their base models better.

It’s more than an apt comparison, if you look at what they want you to compare.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

On the other hand, using procedural generation should free up a bunch of dev ~~time that you could than be using to make sure the models that the generation uses are quality.~~

FTFY

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago

Hence the “should”, most places just use it as cost cutting and don’t polish other parts unfortunately.