What was at release and what is now are, in fact, practically two different products. The author's vision of space and planets does not pretend to be authentic, but it is not annoying either. I liked the last two expeditions: Aquarius (about fishing:) and Cursed (about ghosts). There is a firestorm on the planet, + 107 heat, and you land the spaceship directly on the water and cast a fishing rod :). Sometimes the tasks in the nexus on the weekend are normal and with normal rewards (but everything is the same - dangerous flora, alien warehouse, etc.).
In my opinion, after a relatively conventional point in the passage (well, when everything has already been completed and everything is there), it makes sense to play only for the sake of expeditions and tasks in the nexus.