Yeah, I did mean astronomy. Stupid charlatans co-opting postfixes.

I did not play Starfield; only watched some videos about it. Which is why I didn't want to argue that it had no ideas, just that it's overarching premise is incredibly mundane.

But thinking about it now, I guess, even that is the case for their other games. Like, the actual Elder Scroll items are basically irrelevant. And 'Fallout' is just a generic postapocalyptic setting. Maybe it's just that it's a new series, so it hasn't yet established an own identity, which gives the weak premise much more weight.

Ultimately, they don't want a strong premise, because it's supposed to be sandbox-like. That's what their fans want. But for answering why you should play specifically Starfield, when tons of space games exist which have done a better job at the space bits, it's just not doing them any favors.