The problem is there's literally NO reason for this game to take place in space. Can't walk more than ten minutes from your ship. Can't walk to the mountain in the distance without the tiles randomizing. Can't fly to the planet/ moon in the distance because your ship is a glorified fast travel hub, which is SLOWER than just opening your menu and directly teleporting to places, since the ship involves like 4 loading screens and teleporting requires 1. These expectations were set by Todd himself, so you can't say people were expecting too much. "See that moon over there? It's actually there, orbiting the planet, and yes, you can go there too."
These "tiles" you explore could have all been on like 5 planets with no change to the player's experience.