I wanted to believe the hype. I really did. I have only written a few reviews ever and none of them about a negative experience until this one. There are literally pages of things that were shown that are missing and gameplay is lifeless. I found myself excited to explore the worlds and running into creatures and space battles along with interstellar travel. I found that I can't even name my ship...Every ship is the same except for the amount of item slots and cosmetics. The main focus of this title as it stands is to gather resources...To go to more planets and just do the same thing again. In one video they show a giant snake on a planet. Well that snake literally does not exist anywhere on any planet that could possibly be generated. All life found on planets is reduced to small creatures about as large as a dog. Planets do not rotate and there is no sun. Moons do not orbit their planets. There are no ringed planets. Again several things missing. I created this review not based on what I was told previously but how fun the game is compared to the things I then looked up after the fact. Come to find out that this game is extremely bland. When you come into contact with other life it is so meaningless that you'd best not even bother. They can give you health, recharge your shields or give you something small. Things that you either don't need or wouldn't even care to if you saw them lying on the floor. Bottom line is this. If you like survival or craft games. Go play ARK. If you like flight and space battles go play Elite Dangerous. If you want a large universe with ships and decisions that will actually matter and planets to explore then wait for star citizen. This game has little to offer aside from exploring lifeless and boring planets.
