People had a lot more to work with in those games. NMS is little more than a tech demo. No physics, and superfluous variety. No real goal. The game is a fuel mi

People had a lot more to work with in those games. NMS is little more than a tech demo. No physics, and superfluous variety. No real goal. The game is a fuel mining simulator, and the fuel is abundant with little effort to achieve. The only challenge is in overlaying your imagination on top of the cardboard box that is in front of you.