First things first, yes, it's a fairly awful port. I haven't experienced the worst of what's been reported, but crashes are not rare and performance is middling at best. Secondly, it is not remotely what was promised. If you hold this game up against the hype, you're looking at an optimistic 20%. In execution, what is in front of us is an okay game. It's repetitive; the planets and terrain may be procedurally generated, but you'll see identical rocks and plants and settlements everywhere you go. The systems are light at best; flight is bare-bones, and the loot/progression treadmill boils down to 90% (pretty frustrating and awkward) inventory management. But it's perfectly okay. There's a somewhat meditative experience in there, exploring and shooting and collecting. It IS an effectively infinite universe, not with the promised variety but far from empty. Bottom line, I've had fun. If you want to play "No Man's Sky" as it was defined over the last several years, you will be sorely disappointed. If you've never heard of it, it's fine. The port will probably be patched and improved, there's supposedly more mechanics on the way. Some day this game may even be good. You're not throwing away your money, but don't expect the revolution.
