It is the lack of such strong elements of horror that makes exploration very shallow in places. You can see an abandoned building in the distance.

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What’s in there?

Why was it abandoned?

I would like to see shivers down my spine at such moments at the thought that there may be some unspeakable evil hiding there, just waiting for the stray Traveler.

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This moment accompanied me for the first time when I docked to an abandoned space station and I was greeted by the red glow at the entrance. Flying into the darkness and fear of leaving the ship. It is a pity that apart from the atmosphere element, the station turned out to be completely empty and disappointing. Logs in abandoned buildings and terminals suggest that some dark things were happening to their authors, but we do not have a chance to find out about it ourselves in the game.

I hope Hello Games will develop this element more by drawing inspiration from various games like “Dead Space”, “Alien”, “Pitch Black” where the threat comes when the planet goes dark.

It’s not about just placing monsters that can kill us quickly, but maybe something like various anomalies, multidimensional creatures or things even using cheap “jumpscares” but catching the player by surprise and not able to be counteracted by a powerful character with a lot of suit upgrades.

I really hope the devs check this subreddit out. Cause man, I want them to know I’m loving this game. I wanted to try it when it first came out but heard it was in shambles. Waited quite a few years and played other games. Then got gamepass and seen No Man’s Sky and thought oh yeah! I always wanted to play it. Well now a couple months and 70 hours in I’m having so much fun. Great game for a mid 30’s dad to just sit down and play in the evening after kids are in bed. If I want to grind, I grind. If I want to just run around and explore, I’m in! Ran into this planet yesterday, never seen one like it so far in my travels. Rarely see the same thing twice.