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I haven't played Starfield, but that sounds like No Man's Sky when it first released. A few points of interest per planet, nothing else of note to do there, and the entire planet just became a rather boring trip from point A to point B to point C and nothing more.
The difference being that was NMS whole loop at launch. Exploring barren and mostly empty planets is just side content to a lot of directed story and side missions here.
You're saying that doesn't describe the current state of No Man's Sky? The only notable buildings I've found are the same 3 tiny cookie-cutter outposts dotted randomly all across most planets. Oh sorry, 4 now if you count the camps from the Interceptor update and happen to be on a dissonant planet.
I feel like it wouldn't take much effort to do better so that's sad if Starfield hasn't.
It's similar, though the the actual points of interest are way more fleshed out than in NMS and sometimes have unique quests etc.