Patrick Klepek weighs in on the backlash: (Gaming)

by Cody Miller , Music of the Spheres - Never Forgot, Thursday, August 18, 2016, 20:30 (3023 days ago) @ cheapLEY

But, as Cody is so willing to point out, procedural generation can only take you so far. Each planet seems unique upon first sight, but it doesn't take long for it to lose it's magic (for me, obviously) when you just encounter the same four or five buildings over and over again. Heck, even the "puzzles" you solve to unlock the computers in those buildings repeat after less than ten encounters.

This is kind of what I was getting at in the Speaking for Itself post. Once you are over the initial marvel of procedural generation, what is left? Your enjoyment of the game came from that marvel, not from the game itself.