I am at a point in this game where I am starting to feel like Bill Murray in Groundhog Day. I love the concept and landing on and leaving planets is something I will always remember it for. But I don't know if I can keep warping to system after system with nothing to do but grind for materials and learn words. It would help a bit if I could get some good planets, but they are getting worse and far too samey. I am seeing nothing like the promotional footage.
Essentially luck of the draw, I guess. I had seen a single lake and nothing greater (as far as liquid) in my first 10 worlds, then I came across a world that was 90% ocean. As for the promo footage specifically, the 2nd to last world I was on looked like that. I named it New Greenland so hopefully somebody someday will see the name and check it out. Flowers/grass everywhere, many types of trees (mossy, palm trees, spiky palms, etc), lots of wildlife. It had everything except an ocean/lake/river. I have yet to come across an actual river, but I doubt those were programmed in.