I came into this having watched lots of PS4 footage and with doubts it would even work on my Qosmio laptop with only a GTX670M. Having tweaked the graphics settings it is running fine and is immersive and immense. For context I consider Elite Frontier, Noctis IV, Spore and Minecraft in my top 20 games of all time and this meets all of my expectations. If you like fast action games at 1440p / 60FPS or above I'd stay away. I think this is a niche title for a very specific audience. If you have fond recollections of the space part of Spore, like aimlessly wandering through Proteus and enjoy the frustration / adventure of Out There you might like this game. So far the procedural generation has been pretty amazing but this means it probably won't have the story / atmosphere of something like the Solus Project. It could certainly use optimisation to fix occasional hitches and lags - no reason why performance should be as bad as it is but be thankful it features graphics options many console ports omit. It doesn't provide much of the hand-holding that modern gamers expect and some of the UI choices are pretty counter intuitive unless you are playing with a controller. None of these gripes eclipse the fact that it is - for the right person - an amazing title that encourages exploration like few others. I hope the developers stay true to their vision and don't start compromising it to appease the haters.
