Haven't played the game since 2008/2009 myself, but I do seem to recall that area being awful. Part of the Mage's Tower questline, right? 

Yep. 

Todd Howard: Skyrim, Elder Scrolls 6, Fallout, and Starfield | Lex Fridman Podcast #342 - YouTube

Bxrz said:

• He says he met with LucasArts in 2009 and pitched the Indiana Jones game (Its always been on his bucket list). Deal fell apart for publishing issues and he didn't have the team ready. ~10 years later, he pitched the game again and they (LucasArts) said he loved it. Said Machine Games is the perfect fit cause of their storytelling. Said looking at the game is part of his day-to-day (aswell as playing/making Starfield). Hes actually more involved with the development on Indiana Jones more than I initially thought.
• Fallout 3 and Fallout 4 was different intentionally. They were trying new things in F4.
• Says in Starfield the star systems will have levels attached to them.
• Says you won't be stranded out in space with no fuel. It's a "fun-killer". Maybe for a hardcore survival mode in the future
• Different space suits will have buffs to gases/toxicity/temperature. Will be useful depending on what planet you travel to
• Robot enemies are confirmed.
• Wishes their games (ES6 specifically) didn't take as long to make as they did but they do
• Will always support mods and hired modders that are now professionals.
• Not putting Starfield on PS5 helps with focus. Says they've always primarily focused on Xbox when it came to consoles. They went into development focused on Xbox, so the exclusivity isn't abnormal for them. Xbox brought Bethesda to consoles with Elder Scrolls: Morrowind
• Xbox top engineers are helping with Starfield development on Series X/S
• Delaying Starfield was tough but the right thing to do. They wanted to say they could get it done (given the amount of work left and the amount of time remaining) but it was too much risk involved to the team, the game, the fans and Xbox
• Says there's added pressure to deliver for everybody with Starfield since they are a platform seller now. Making "THE GAME"
• Says he prefers console to PC cause he's in front of a PC all day at work.

Good stuff here! It's reassuring to know that the game COULD have released on 11/11 but BGS knowing that they're a "system seller" studio, they wanted to pull out all the stops to make sure Starfield is the best it can be for launch.

"Not putting Starfield on PS5 helps with focus. Says they've always primarily focused on Xbox when it came to consoles. They went into development focused on Xbox, so the exclusivity isn't abnormal for them. Xbox brought Bethesda to consoles with Elder Scrolls: Morrowind"

It's true lol. Morrowind was an Xbox exclusive. Oblivion was on the 360 for a year before the PS3 version. The PS3 version of Fallout 3 didn't even get any of the DLC until much later than the 360. And pretty much all BGS games have run horribly on PS consoles lol

It does help me stay focused on Xbox.

Starfield sounds great. Glad planets are levelled instead of the game just scaling all enemies to the player level, I like to be able to overlevel in RPG's. 

Pokemon been taking up my time lately. By the time anyone @s me I'll have beaten both. Got a ton of new Xbox physical games though to play! Might start Saints Row 2022. After playing Pokemon, it can't be worse technically than this. They really went for nostalgia points with getting a 3D pokemon game from the 90s. Big ups.

Yup, Starfield definitely coming to PS5 by 2025.