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3. You Don't Need To Spend Forever On A Planet

"There might be something you miss, but there's so much stuff spread across so many different planets, it would not behoove you to worry about trying to comb every inch of every planet" - Alex Navarro, Giantbomb.

This is the big one for those of us that love to ensure we're seeing every last thing a game has to offer. Thankfully, although you can spend hours on a single planet if you like (they are literally planet-sized, so it would take you a very long time to walk around an entire globe - and the rewards may be worth it - you don't need to.

Hello Games have quite literally scattered your Resources and items across the entire galaxy, writing an algorithm into the game that always ensures planets are worth visiting, alongside giving you many items at a constant speed.

Balancing the immediate rush of new equipment versus the longterm is what brought down The Division in only a few months, but it's refreshing to know that here you can land, explore, gather and leave in relatively quick succession once you've got a handle on the basic game mechanics.