@KawaSeadrake yeah the word-collection is the most compelling part of it so far to me
@KawaSeadrake Elite Dangerous felt better than that, even if I didn't actually SEE much or anything of the planets I was nominally exploring. It felt like there was an Unknown to wander into.
@KawaSeadrake helps a lot that ED actually had a scale to it.
@KawaSeadrake I'm actually really down with the idea of a lonely, atmospheric wandering-game but I don't feel like it quite delivers on that. "Land at a random spot, walk to every flagged interesting thing within half a kilometer, take off again" doesn't feel exploration-y to me.