I started playing Endless Sky again. My main plan is to be as a shuttle, pay off the cost of the shuttle, save enough money to mine asteroids, buy a asteroid miner, then make a lot of money for a warship class spaceship.
But I have been thinking about the original Escape Velocity and EV Nova.
Those games are where I felt like I was a caption visiting other worlds, and I loved the variety of the locations and sounds once you land on a planet.
I also loved the space battles, the difficulty and the plugins. I even forgot about EV Overide.
Basically I really was shaped by these games. Now looking forward to playing more Starfield.