Xenoblade Chronicles X is legit the best exploration experience I’ve had in a game, and it had a survey/resource building element that was fun as well. The WiiU is honestly such an underrated console.

The biggest problem is that with all these barren planets, there’s no real space traversal. If the game were actually open world, meaning no load screens, and you could actually fly in space from planet to planet, it would be a lot better.