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To open an app launcher press Win+D, then type the name of a program you want to launch and press enter. Boom, you're using Sway. Here are the default key bindings: https://wiki.garudalinux.org/en/sway-cheatsheet

It's the blocks! (I never felt like I could create good looking buildings using the walls-stick-to-the-floor building system that NMS and other games use.)

looks good!

I’ve actually heard of The Precursors before. It was featured in Tehsnakerer’s Playing series. I don’t know what my tolerance of slavjank is. I’ve played Operation Flashpoint a lot when I was a kid. Does that qualify as slavjank?

What about it being a janky MMO takes it away from being your ideal game though?

Quite a bit, I think. It being an MMO has some practical consequences, namely the fact that I can't play it offline and the monetization of the game. It also influences the game mechanics: For example, STO's combat uses tabbed targeting¹. I like tabbed targeting² but I don't think it's the peak of combat systems; a different combat system could/would make the game more engaging and enjoyable.

I can look at the individual parts of the game. There STO shines. But when I look at STO as a one compact package, it doesn't.

¹ It also has a shooter mode but I remember it being janky as hell.

² I'd actually love to see a sort of “offline MMO” which would use tabbed targeting.

Ostranauts looks cool as heck! I've added it to my wishlist.

Yeah. It had a bad launch. I wish we had gotten the expansion about the Quarian ark.

I often see Star Control 2 mentioned as an inspiration for Mass Effect. How does Star Control compare to Mass Effect? Is there a set story or is it more of an emergent narrative?

Yeah, I’ve heard that it’s a great immersive sim. I wouldn’t call it a big space game™.

Faster Than Light's my jam! For me, it was dethroned from the throne of roguelite games by Slay the Spire.

Starbound was the first and last game I pre-ordered. I wish they would have stuck to the original vision with the survival mechanics. Thinking about it, Starbound is basically a proto-Starfield. The both promised an experience based on a different game (Terraria in space vs. Skyrim in space) that was undercut by the overuse of procedural generation. (Someone please create an 8 hour video essay about this.)

I have Elite Dangerous on Steam. I have 8 hours of playtime. Alas, without a story to hook me in, space trucking is not for me. :(

I’d say it was a solid 7/10. One of the DLCs (Peril on Gorgon I think) is better than the base game, I’ve heard.

On a good day, Starfield’s a 5/10 in my eyes.