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2 weeks ago I made a post asking how could I enjoy the game more, and I realized I just had the wrong approach.

I was too used to games that reward you / give you feedback on every little action you make and walking you by hand in every mission, limiting your actions, giving you main and side goals, etc.

Every time I tried to play NMS I would get bored- I think overwhelmed is a better description, because I had a ton of stuff to do, but everything felt meaningless because I wasn’t getting feedback or progressing towards a bigger something.

And I just realized, that’s the whole point of it.

The game’s not the one supposed to give me feedback or any objective at all, but me.

There’s no “progress” in the game, because I can progress however I want.

There’s no “objectives” in the game, because I can set my own objectives.

Once I realized this, my view of the game completely shifted and I started enjoying it a lot more. I never get overwhelmed or bored or feel like my actions have no meaning.

I am the one who will decide how to play, which planets to go to, how I build my bases and where, what ships and weapons I keep for my collection and which ones I scrap. If I want to spend hours and hours farming nanites, if I go looking for new cosmetics for my character, if I want to find a new pet, if I decide to crash the galactic market of countless of systems and then take advantage of the reduced prices to make even more money, or if I just want to take a walk through space, I can do it and still not feel like I’m not doing anything, because that’s what the game is about.