After stopping and starting once or twice over the course of a year, crashing and nearly dying on an extremely high G planet, mistaking a white dwarf for a neutron star and nearly burning to a crisp, and making as few civilized pit stops as possible- yesterday I finally arrived in Colonia.

Next week I start my next journey to Sag A.

    • nparkinglot@lemmy.dbzer0.comOP
      3·
      11 months ago

      Do it! It took an extremely long time for me, but I was also stopping and exploring constantly so that added a ton amount of time to the trip.

      The combination of gratification, pride, and relief I felt completing that final jump to Colonia is hard to describe.

      And the amount of stuff I FD’d along the way is mind-boggling. 100% worth it.

      • Stormrvr@lemmy.world
        3·
        11 months ago

        Nice - that’s what makes this game great :D I will get around to it at some point … one of these days … soon … lol

  • kinther@lemmy.world
    4·
    11 months ago

    I flew to Colonia and haven’t picked the game back up since. The ride was peaceful but mind numbing. I’ll boot the game back up someday…

      • nparkinglot@lemmy.dbzer0.comOP
        3·
        11 months ago

        Something I realized while on that trip is that if you enjoy the exploration part of this game, you essentially enjoy roleplaying a field researcher with a dash of survival on the side. It’s tedious, boring work and you have to be really into the details of all the stuff you find to keep going.

        I keep IRL notes on a lot of my finds. I stay more engaged and I can easily find the location of some interesting thing I passed.