Watched the Starfield gameplay, when Todd Howard pulled out his space laser to mine iron ore it was like my soul left my body and i watched the rest of the trailer in a dissociative state.
I like Minecraft. It's a good time. I also really like Satisfactory. But every single other game that has resource mining would be better off without it. It's like hacking and lockpicking minigames, the only thing it can possibly offer to the player is a minute of annoyance - but with mining it's often hours of annoyance.
i'm a freak that actually likes it
i used to spend hours in x4, empyrion, and avorion just mining rocks
Avorion mining is a vibe, though. That's like Minecraft. The game has enough atmosphere and stuff for you to think about that you don't mind doing something very simple while you daydream about how you'll spend the resources.