First let me say that I recently tried R189prospector again after having not played since 2.2b these are the things I noticed on the planets.
intakilled to volcanic smoke, I guess that one was kind of funny
many many intakilled to mysterious explosions with no real explanation of cause
intakilled to walking into deep acid without y/n prompt.
instakilled first turn whenever boarding ships, no chance to access situation
message spam everyturn of darkness or other useless spam
using the fire radio command the weapons graphics does not show on the correct tiles although the correct tiles are damaged
loading delay when entering abandoned ships and numbers on the screen after setting of the alarns, I expect this kinda of game to load fast
strange numbers over mobs
perhaps less sounds generally not sure about this one but it felt like some sounds where missing
Also starting with near infinite money, abandoned ships on every planet like common garbage, making something easy to get lowers its novelty value.
oxygen seems to last a long time.
so yeah thats my list of complaints legitimate or otherwise
I would say that I like to view the situation to decide the risk and those instakills with no chance to run away feel cruel