It wasn't as bad as people make it out to be.

The worst part is it came so close to a perfect game as far as replayability. They should have prioritized making the game shorter but more horizontal, widely different ways to complete a few necessary goals between loops.

Just the space swimming to level up powers were a chore, and being able to keep on set of armor and a single weapon could have really helped.

Even if it just made storm outposts like in farcey would have been better.

The whole game just had the vibe that it would have been amazing if executives who knew nothing about game would have kept their mitts off it.

I really like it too, played it when it came out and gonna do another play through with all the new updates and expansions. Though that's not gonna be for a while. Playing Crimson Desert now, ~160 hours in and several hundred hours more to finish (and I'm really taking my time with it), it's an easy 10/10 for me, absolute masterpiece of a game in all ways. Have some other games I wanna play after but excited to get into Starfield again once it's time, nice to hear they are sticking with it!

It's got a ton of potential, and I can't wait to revisit it after the next expansion!