No Man's Sky is, as many people are likely aware by now, plagued with countless problems. These problems range from numerous performance issues on even the highest ends of hardware, frequent crashes, and probably the most offensive, completely missing features. Gamers frequently mention how Hello Games champion Sean Murray never definitely confirmed the existence of certain highly desired features, but there are very well documented interviews and articles where he does indeed confirm player interaction, meeting other players in game, and even player versus player. Beyond that, the trailers are highly misleading. Content and creatures shown in the trailers do not even exist in game. They will likely appear later, as part of paid DLC with Hello Games has confirmed they have changed their minds and decided to offer paid DLC instead of free DLC. With all that being said, I had still kept my expectations fairly low in comparison to many members of the gaming community. I would have accepted the ability to fly around in space, then drop down on a planet to interact with the wildlife, shoot things, etc. But the performance issues, lack of interesting content on the planets, non-interactive wildlife, and overall lack of anything dangerous or interesting in this game combined with the dreadful inventory management confirms for me that this should have been a pass. This game firmly deserves one star, I would personally not play this game at $30, or even $10. If it was even the least bit optimized, I would consider buying it at $10. If the developer was anything more than the shady salesman selling snake oil I would consider buying it at $20. If the game had at least the player interaction as explicitly stated by the developer, $30 would be acceptable. If it achieved what we were lead to believe it would be and didn't run like absolute garbage, then perhaps it could've been a $60 title. But for now, it will be a testament to Hello Game's true personality. Pure trash.
