So how is the variety of planets/biomes in this?

[Tentacule Un Seigneur]

I have seen clips showing rock strewn wastelands like Mars perhaps, but how many other planet or biome types are there?

Magma Planets?
Jungle Planets?
Ocean Planets?
Acid Planets (Like Venus)?
Habitable Moons?
Or landmasses floating in the upper atmosphere of a gas giant?
Ice Planets?
Desert Planets?

Or other types.
And any chance you encounter a derelict Dyson Sphere? Or other Megastructure?

[Chutney]

seems pretty varied to me. i keep finding new stuff. there are ice planets, but also planets with a mixture of biomes. the fauna are mostly bugs and dinosaurs (i.e. the coolest kind)
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3057975348

[tkwoods]

Originally posted by tkwoods:

Originally posted by Starbug:

In what way?

It only works for certain types of individuals. I had 7600+ hours in NMS. It's an escape from reality type game. It depends on what the person defines as game play.

If your focus is exploration then it adds depth since it is endless places to go. They are a little repetitive but you never know what is there until you go. Some of the extreme weather worlds can be a challenge.

SF has fewer places to go but much more depth in the main stories.

[JACKSin]

The random planets aren't that interesting. I mostly like seeing all the various skyscapes. That make visiting things worth it to me. The stuff to do there is the repeatable kind, like busywork.

[eMYNOCK]

unless we count the gravitational anomalies on certain planets there are no planets with floating mass... everything else.. yup.. pretty much checks out.

ocean planet.. we have Volii alpha... and some more with a bit more land to... land on..
volcanic, ice, forest, habitable moons... deserts.. everything there.

though.. on most plenets the surface is solid... means no molten lava/magma to gaze upon... unles one finds a feature that represents this kind of volcanic activity.

[777Shot]

See for yourself;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cV9kT-xcQZw

Runs fine for *me*.
ASUS CG8480
i7-3770K CPU @ 3.50GHz
Windows 10 (64 bit)
Monitor Refresh Rate: 60 Hz
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
Primary Display Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Primary VRAM: 6143 MB
RAM: 16326 Mb
SSD

1920 x 1080, depth of field off, motion blur off, game looks great.
Bought the game on 9 Oct, 2023. Zero crashes. Smooth.

[Groogo]

Originally posted by tkwoods:

It only works for certain types of individuals. I had 7600+ hours in NMS. It's an escape from reality type game. It depends on what the person defines as game play.

Wow! I may have to pick NMS up, that's quite the endorsement!