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Yesterday a friend was streaming the game in our discord.
Dear lord, it felt so dull. We came to the conclusion that the ambiance and art direction, that made the mid Skyrim so awesome, wasn't there.
The Nasa style is just so boring. Is like an hospital, where everything is clean, white and monotonous. There is a word for it, but I don't remember it.
Is just Capitalist Realism in space.
Is not for me, but I'am glad other comrades are enjoying it. Also, I liked the customization.
I used to really, really like space sci-fi, but the decades of "what if truckers in space" "what if mercantilism in space" "what if manifest destiny in space" "what if corporate police state in space" capitalist realism have made it both a bleak thing I rarely look forward to in games/fiction and it also normalized the idea of "space exploration is about doing a capitalism" for way too many people.
Which is hilarious, because exploring space is probably one of the worst ROI things that there is, next to trying to economically exploit the lowest depths of the ocean floor.
It's usually "ASTEROID MINING IS GORILLIONS OF EXTRA RESOURCES THAT WOULD SOLVE EVERYTHING" takes, ones that never ask or even think about where all that extra pollution would go, or whether those extra resources would really solve anything or if they'd be hoarded like DeBeers diamonds.