Space games are one of my favorite genres and they can absolutely be fun. But space is really really vast and mostly empty and most space games are too shallow and/or constrain the player too much. Starfield does have some good polish and stories but is so frustratingly restrictive and non-immersive with traveling.
Space games really aren’t that much fun. They seem fun when I read about them, but they’re not.
NMS is the least worst analogue to Starfield, and I can’t play that anymore because it’s the same thing over and over.
There will be no Freelancer slander!
Freelancer rocked so hard, and no other game has come close to how much I enjoyed space combat in it.
Star Citizen is the ‘spiritual successor’ but I wish we had a quick and dirty standalone game that wasn’t in development hell.
Space games are one of my favorite genres and they can absolutely be fun. But space is really really vast and mostly empty and most space games are too shallow and/or constrain the player too much. Starfield does have some good polish and stories but is so frustratingly restrictive and non-immersive with traveling.
For you maybe, but I’ve got over 4k hours in Elite Dangerous and have enjoyed every last minute of fun, especially in VR with a proper HOTAS.