At launch, you could call this game a scam. Zero content, broken systems (they only really had like 3), and just an overall lack of polish.

7 years of updates later, we have gained a lot of polish, and quite a few new systems. For many people, this is enough. To those people, I say: Have you ever played a single video game in your entire life? Because I cannot imagine having my standards this low. Hold Left Click and Navigate through menus. That's this entire game. This game...is garbage.

Missions are repetitive and boring. Planets are repetitive and boring. Every galaxy is the same. Every combat encounter is the same. Every single system and every single mechanic is as deep as a single drop of water. There is not a single activity in this game that is worth your time. Not ONE.

Perhaps the only highlight of my entire time spent with this game was upon arriving on a new planet. I saw a big worm creature burrowing through the ground and flying over my head. I thought that was quite the spectacle. Truly something worth exploring for! If there's more like this, sign me UP!

But then reality settled in. The worm left no tunnels, no caves. It did not have a home to find. When it burrowed into things, such as my ship or a NPC settlement, it did nothing. The worm is nothing more than a background art piece. It has zero impact on gameplay. Then I saw the exact same creature on two other planets within an hour of seeing the first. A cool idea completely ruined by the shallowness and repetition of the encounter.

And that's this entire game. It's either boring and repetitive, or the novelty of something new wears off immediately due to the repetitive procedural generation.

No planet is worth exploring. No upgrade is worth chasing. No ship is worth obtaining. They even have freaking MMO-esque daily missions via frigates. I want nothing to do with this garbage and neither should anyone else. In 7 more years we might have a game worth $20, but it aint worth $0 at its current stage. If I was paid $60 to play this game I'd ask to refund their money back to them.

At launch, you could call this game a scam. Zero content, broken systems (they only really had like 3), and just an overall lack of polish. 7 years of updates later, we have gained a lot of polish, and quite a few new systems. For many people, this is enough. To those people, I say: Have you ever played a single video game in your entire life? Because I cannot imagine having my standards this low. Hold Left Click and Navigate through menus. That's this entire game. This game...is garbage. Missions are repetitive and boring. Planets are repetitive and boring. Every galaxy is the same. Every combat encounter is the same. Every single system and every single mechanic is as deep as a single drop of water. There is not a single activity in this game that is worth your time. Not [b]ONE[/b]. Perhaps the only highlight of my entire time spent with this game was upon arriving on a new planet. I saw a big worm creature burrowing through the ground and flying over my head. I thought that was quite the spectacle. Truly something worth exploring for! If there's more like this, sign me UP! But then reality settled in. The worm left no tunnels, no caves. It did not have a home to find. When it burrowed into things, such as my ship or a NPC settlement, it did nothing. The worm is nothing more than a background art piece. It has zero impact on gameplay. Then I saw the [u]exact same creature[/u] on two other planets within an hour of seeing the first. A cool idea completely ruined by the shallowness and repetition of the encounter. And that's this entire game. It's either boring and repetitive, or the novelty of something new wears off immediately due to the repetitive procedural generation. No planet is worth exploring. No upgrade is worth chasing. No ship is worth obtaining. They even have freaking MMO-esque daily missions via frigates. I want nothing to do with this garbage and neither should anyone else. In 7 more years we might have a game worth $20, but it aint worth $0 at its current stage. If I was paid $60 to play this game I'd ask to refund their money back to them.