The Picard ManeuverMar 10
It's free real estate
Show threadLillyPipMar 10

To be fair, it would be a boring show if they didn’t.

Ship enters orbit of a planet

‘Spock, what do our scans show?’

‘Intense geologic activity, no atmosphere, no life signs.’

Ship spends the next 3 months in orbit collecting data, moves on to the next target

‘Spock, what do our scans show?’

‘Planet is frozen, no geologic activity, no life signs.’

Ship spends the next 3 months in orbit collecting data

Realistic sci fi is waaayyy too boring for a general audience.

Show threadEvent_Horizon
Hey look, it’s Starfield!
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Show threadvaultdweller013Mar 10

Or Mass Effect 2 at times.

Probe launching noise

Show threadThebeardedsinglemaltMar 12
What pissed me off about ME2, amongst other things, was them saying they’re not going to “make you go to every planet just to extend gameplay”. Only to force you to go to other planets to launch probes and gather materials…just to extend the game play
Show threadvaultdweller013Mar 12
Yeah it was annoying but the sad thing is Mass Effect 2 was still an improvement over Mass Effect 1 in that regard. As much as I can enjoy the planet sections they did overstay their welcome and actively annoy me. ME2 at least never pushed it’s luck on that front.