It’s very not slow if you don’t want it to be as soon as I got a bike I ignored all quests headed straight for high level areas I shouldn’t be. Looted chests until I got cutters and stuff to farm higher end ores and had a thopter in like 2 days tops. I’ve been doing deep desert stuff for ages and still have barely done any quests at all. It’s very forgiving about skipping ahead if you want to. And honestly that made me love the game a lot.

Most of the replies to your other post were terrible. You don’t have to justify yourself to them. But I do appreciate the suggestions on hidden gems to try out.

Outer wilds I think would be an excellent game to play for the first time with a partner and each try to work out how to progress together.

I’ve been enjoying this a lot too. Finished the story. Was just a wacky good time.