“VARIETY IS THE SPICE OF LIFE”: 3D virtual reality, grappling hook, 3rd person flight and likewise avatars, denser forests and lusher jungles… A hunger meter requiring the traveller to seek food (Maybe sleep, too? A shovel &/or porta potty for easing nature? squatty potty? hmm, lol - ok, maybe not - let’s forget I wrote that - moving on)… Massive creatures capable of destroying everything in path: The trees, landscape, etc. (A crushed starship needing repair; A squished traveller, death quote and regeneration )… Also females (“Questions of Parents?”), visible hands, other tools, pets/livestock, deeper agriculture (tractors?), fleets of ground vehicles (s-class?), creature refinements, oceanic boats and submersibles (submarines?)… Flowing creeks, rivers, streams and breathtaking waterfalls.
100% ocean planets with serpents, mecha, tremendous flora, and more. Proper underwater bases. Multi sized ocean/land insects (micro/giant); Combo with slithering/beasts. Creatures on the ocean floor and spiders/etc. that walk on water. And what if ? And of AI? And increased cave diversity? …Discover an ancient civilization deep within the planet’s crust ! …a 5th race? 6th? or 7th?
Super massive bazaar trees with complex systems of interconnecting treehouses. Containing associated AI and tree dwelling creatures. (Did I mention grappling hook? ) Ability to actually see associated AI sitting in their starcraft, on ground and in flight. AI just a mosin’ about, tendin’ to everyday tasks, etc. AI driving exocraft, oceanic boats, submarines, etc. Did somebody say BMX and Harley Davidson? {checks date on wine}
And some planets with occasional &/or circumstantial ProcGen based…
traumatically severe weather and other phenomena.
Customizable fullbody avatars with craftable/tradable aesthetics. Conditions right? Helmet off. (Special planet type; Visualize running with flowing blond hair.) Same with indoors.—And 1 pet or so, as a traveler companion, would be adorable. (Perhaps even helpful.)
Oh ya… And the land serpent. And well I uh, why not throw in space whales, lol. (At cloud level? a planet type? …outerspace?) Suddenly… -kzzet- an eerie nightfall -kzzt- approaching… inferno of heat -kezzt- …fire breathing s. -kzzt- …narrow escape; scars -kzzt- earth shattering -kzzetzzt- …silence …there is sunshine, yet darkness (then night sky, yet illumination) …trembling, an uncomfortable quiet, splintering …lifting into distant atmosphere, the great sentience of crumbling rock… fingers burst up before me -kzztezzt- not loop1[-]… not…