Explanation: Artists giving themselves license to draw whatever without asking a scientist.
Same way we got:
* The Milky Way visible at dusk in the Cosmodrome.
* Stars visible on Mars in daytime.
* Earthlike gravity on the Moon and Mars.
* Despite stronger gravity, the International Space Station hovers above the moon without falling or orbiting. Also, HTH did it get there?
* Rings of Saturn that orbit with a fixed radial velocity independent of distance, so the hole blown by Oryx avoids stretching out as it would in reality.
* They retconned the gravity issue with a grimoire card saying the Traveler did it, but didn't stop to think that making the moon match the Earth in mass would create devastating tides that would swamp even the highest mountains, eventually causing Earth to be tidally locked to the Moon.
* Phobos sits in the Martian sky rather than zipping overhead at speed like in reality. Retconned with a cheap grimoire card explanation.
* The sun consumes the sky on Mercury, but is small and distant when in orbit.
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Omg it would be awesome to see the giant burning sun when in orbit above Mercury, rather than the bright blob we have currently.
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Well, the gravity is (allegedly) because of the travellers space magic modifications to make those entities visible.
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That was addressed after they realized it, far too late to rewrite the game, via a block of cheap text. AKA a grimoire card.
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Because re-animated humans is also realistic? And oryx can speak english?
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Thank you.
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Space magic duh
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This guy gets it
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I love it! The art direction of the game has probably been the best part of the game to me! Even with inaccuracies! Sure Phobos isn't realistic, and the Rings of Saturn have a permanent hole in them, but it's pushed me to learn about the real objects that inspired them, and it's awesome. Thanks for watching!
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Edited by Geovenchy: 2/5/2016 9:35:26 PMThis. I hate the new trend of debunking sci-fi's/fantasies for the unrealistic physics/science.
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I'm sorry if the video came off as a debunk. I was intending it to be a possible explanation of the Reef through light and nebulae. I thought it was a cool concept. Thanks for watching!
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No your video was fine, I honestly wasn't talking about your video in particular. I was talking about the idea rather than the content. Really, it was a good video.
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Oh, okay! Thanks, man! Glad to hear it!
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Yeah sorry for the mix up. I really like videos like the one you made, it's more explaining which is they opposite of what I meant. Keep up the good work.
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It's cool, man! I totally understand. I'm just happy you liked the video. I was actually worried the explanation wasn't very thorough, so I'm glad to hear it was well done. Thanks for watching! And thanks for the compliment!