This is getting a lot of flak, but I mostly agree. I have enjoyed the exploration of random planets as a pleasant aside to quests. Yes, they're dull. It's a lot of scanning flora and fauna, if they exist. Wandering slowly around.

But in that sense, it's actually one of the most immersive activities in the whole damn game. If Starfield has an issue with anything, it's immersion.

One thing I didn't like about NMS, frankly, is that every planet seems to be teeming with life. It makes that life feel uninteresting when you find it, because there is no yin to the yang.