you forgot "Journey Milestone Accomplished - Game Refunded"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJMtCgqqoyE


And ya it's a bit bad that that in this case the good drm free puts GOG and their customers in a tough spot.
As already stated above steam just revokes license and you can't play game anymore and get your money back and that's it case closed.
With GOG the problem is if you have downloaded the game/installer you will be always be able to play the game (in it's current state - well regarding no man's sky this may not be a good/viable choice ^^ - regarding other games it may be - thus the general Gog refund policy only for non-working games) and there is no way for GOG to control if you are playing the game/stopping you from playing/accessing it (this is the drm free we pay for ^^)
But ya GOG allowing mass refunds for games may actually send a bad signal to publishers on releasing their future games here (from their perspective GOG could be "opening a loophole for ""legal"" piracy of their games") so gog somehow has to find a compromise in "appeasing customers" and not pissing of the publishers which might prove quite hard. So ya DRM-Free and Refunds is a delicate case. In the case of no man sky i still strongly believe that a general refund offer should be made.

Definitely not what was advertised for sale, regret spending $61.73 aud.
Bit of a ripoff really....

I can counter your argument with the fact(?), that all that (and much more?) is in the game, just YOU haven't encountered it yet.

You may then re-counter with a dozen, a hundred or a thousand links to Steamreviews, redditchats, etc. where other players claim the same lack of features - whereas I will re-re-counter, that all these guys also just haven't encountered these "missing" features, yet.

Actual fact is: only the devs know, what is and what is not inside the game - and they certainly won't admit some crucial parts missing.
And they don't have to - because "procedurally generated" - their response can always be the same: "It's in there - you just have to find it!"

And the refund offered from GOG: some guys seemingly fail to notice the big difference between GOG and Steam refunds:

Steam (and PSN) can revoke access to your game - GOG can't!

As a matter of fact - GOG is already very generous with their offer: they offer you refund for games, where you CLAIM, you can't get them to run (they can't check your claim to be true)...after trying to give you help to get the game running, but again - they can't really check, whether you follow their advice (or if you even need it, in the first place).

Biggest plus of GOG when it comes to "owning" games = DRM-freeness
is simultaneously the biggest minus, when it comes to refunds.

As should be obvious to everyone.

A lot of games don't end up having every feature promised or use false advertising. Back in the 90's most games hadfake screenshots on their box art. You should've waited for more information before you bought the game, it's as simple as that. Stop being a baby about it.

Looks like this ship is sinking due to "steam refund" hole.
In 12 hours since my last comment the positive reviews on steam dropped from 45% to 43%.

yes, I agree.
What ever GOG does with game it will effect them for sure.

Not sure where people are seeing Steam giving refunds regardless of time played for this game. On the NMS steam webpage it specifically says "The standard Steam refund policy applies to No Man's Sky. There are no special exemptions available. Click here for more detail on the Steam refund policy." Guess its one of those YMMV type of things.

Yes, but customer service reps have flexibility.

There are people who have received refunds despite a high play time.