I don't get this game.
1) trading seems to be the more relatable notion to me
Essentially finding economic inequalities for profit . Btw Sean Murray was surprised that was the most common way ppl play the game I'm not ... It's the I'm learning stuff to enable my goal of hyperdrive upgrade
2) exploration
Wow I get to name my own planet
I get to be an astronaut
I explore the universe like Star Trek and find new species
Name a new planet in a virtual world ? I just thought of a planet in my head and named it babam . Do anything for you ?
I get to be an astronaut. Imagine you're the only human left and can explore anywhere .... It's amazing at first but after a while you want someone or something to relate to . If it's just about experiencing new places then a game like dreams is better a lot of those experiences will be far more emotional an though provoking that anything a procedurally generated game will have .
This is like Star Trek . Notice how the main thing Star Trek ppl have to deal with is problems and issues with human near human or post human intelligence and the issues and conflicts that come with that .
3) this is like minecraft
Minecraft let's you create things . What am I creating here .
4) space battles
Okay this might be relevant like the trading option so like a shooter for credits to get me to the center of the galaxy .
So 1 and 4 make some sense 2 and 3 do not . And 1 and 4 do not seem to be the focus of the game . So yes I've seen enough videos and I'm not some uninformed person asking what do you do . I still am not sold on this game in fact I'm less sold on this than I was when I first saw it . And I'm sure there are many others like me .
So if you've read what I wrote tell me what am I missing ? Or is this simply not the game for me (entirely possible different ppl different preferences etc etc)
Edit: of course the argument could be made minecraft you're crafting in virtual worlds or dreams it's all virtual so similarly virtual exploration of planets is it's own reward but I don't see it currently maybe I have to play this game .... As of now I'm thinking more trader or space battler if I get this for the majority of my time and there better be something cool at the center.