I’ve read the whole thread and nobody has said Spintires/Mudrunner/Snowrunner … it’s basically the same game, it just keeps evolving and it’s impossible to really complete because by the time you do there’s more levels released.
For me, driving big trucks through mud is repeatedly appealing.
As someone who can only get online sporadically, thank you for this update on the state of affairs … I hedges my bets a bit with logins here and Beehaw, but so far this site does appear to be vulnerable to negative posters to me too!
Xcom style combat, but also some missions being based on puzzle games would be my idea of heaven … like, you beam down expecting a fight but the locals greet you warmly and ask for help rerouting a power supply grid or something. Then on the next planet, you’ve got a fight on your hands. Etc
This may be “old man yells at cloud” energy, but my first reaction was just a broad negative “urgh.”