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Starfield Shattered Spaceis finally here, adding a chunky story expansion to Bethesda’s open-world sci-fi adventure.
It tells the story of a human faction that is at the edge of ‘normal’ civilization.
In fact, Morrowind and its themes and overall vibe were a big inspiration."
“We talked a lot in those early days about what Varuunkai was like,” Pagliarulo says.
And wed be able to give players Varuunkai.
And however else you want to describe it, Varuunkai would be… weird.
And weird in what way?
What could we pull off?"
There are traces of Star Trek in Shattered Space, too, particularly the harshness of the Klingon planet.
“The Klingon homeworld and Rura Penthe both came up as references,” Pagliarulo adds.
Todd Howard reflects on Starfield development: “How do we generate these planets?
Is that even a good idea?
OK, maybe at the time, no, but we made it work.”
