Yeah, I can definitely see more creative-minded people having a blast with this game. I‘m just not that type of person. The X series is more to my liking, I just wish they had the same freedom in terms of space travel as NMS. Or if NMS was more like X or Mount and Blade in space.
It is fairly shallow, yes, but it’s also open ended so you can set your own goals. It’s also pretty good for creative types, with building bases and ships and such. I have some 700h in it but spread over a few dozen saves, played during updates over the years, and very few go past the 30h mark. I also haven’t touched some gameplay elements so there’s that. But it’s a great game in shorter batches.
dingleberrylover@lemmy.world 16 hours ago
benjirenji@slrpnk.net 19 hours ago
I never understood the base building if one main mechanic is moving on and on and on to explore. I may never have progressed far enough, but the base building is introduced very early and I never understood why I would waste resources on a base I’ll just leave behind.
dreamkeeper@literature.cafe 16 hours ago
You didn’t have to move on. If you go like 10,000 ly away you can still teleport back from any station if you build a portal at your base.
I still have the same shitty base I built years ago even though I’m a few thousand ly away from it now.
absquatulate@lemmy.world 18 hours ago
Some people love to have a base they can revisit on a planet they liked. Some also build mining outposts for particular resources. Bases are also useful for inter-galaxy travel.
Sabata11792@ani.social 18 hours ago
I spent 40 hours looking for a cozy planet, but my corvette is my base.
I also basically have no progress in the install X component to your base quest.