“I got lost in that all the time”: Former Bethesda Dev Claims Main Starfield Location Is Confusing and an Antithesis of Fallout’s Diamond City

When it comes to Bethesda games, Starfield‘s New Atlantis is the largest city ever included. However, the city was still heavily criticized for being hard to navigate and never feeling as large as it appeared when the game was released last year. Though its odd design decisions caused players to spend a lot of time at loading screens, its visuals were still breathtaking.
New Atlantis is the biggest city in Starfield. | Credit: Bethesda.
It is unclear whether this was a technical requirement to ensure that New Atlantis was as large as it could be. Even an ex-Bethesda developer has gone lost many times in this in-game city and compares it to the Diamond City of another popular Bethesda RPG.
Even Nate Purkeypile was lost in Starfield‘s New Atlantis New Atlantis is too big to explore. | Credit: Bethesda.
New Atlantis is the main city of Starfield, which is the capital of the United Colonies,...
New Atlantis is the biggest city in Starfield. | Credit: Bethesda.
It is unclear whether this was a technical requirement to ensure that New Atlantis was as large as it could be. Even an ex-Bethesda developer has gone lost many times in this in-game city and compares it to the Diamond City of another popular Bethesda RPG.
Even Nate Purkeypile was lost in Starfield‘s New Atlantis New Atlantis is too big to explore. | Credit: Bethesda.
New Atlantis is the main city of Starfield, which is the capital of the United Colonies,...
- 12/27/2024
- by Nilendu Brahma
- FandomWire
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