Like a lot of people. I followed NMS from the beginning. I was excited for the prospect of playing Starfleet, exploring new worlds, naming creatures I discover, fighting enemies in my ship, etc. etc. I very nearly bought a PS4 for this game, but I didn't. I never pre-ordered it either. Something kept me from doing it, maybe it was my experience in the fact that there was no way a tiny indie company could make such a huge scoped game in such a short period of time. Certainly the subtle warnings came rolling in shortly before release didn't help. So I didn't get the game, and I watched from day one as it went down in flames. Now it's a year later and here I am buying it. And I'm happy with my purchase. Was it a flawed game? Yes, and it still is in some ways. But it's clear they are making attempts to fix it with the new patches and content. Will it ever be the game they promised? No. Not even close. But it's still a decent game. Pros: - Gorgeous graphics. Clearly the highpoint of the game. - It's engaging and fun. Trying to balance resources to get to the next planet to see what you can find is just fun. - I can run 1920x1080 at Ultra on my Razer Blade (2017) without a hiccup, so earlier complaints about it being "unoptimized" seem to have been addressed. Cons: - Despite everything being procedurally generated, it really tends to look the same everywhere you go. That's not to say there aren't surprises, but after awhile there's not much differentiation from one planet to the next. - While it's nice that the game doesn't absolutely hold your hand, there is a bit of a learning curve and a lot of features are left up to you to find. - It's built upon a foundation of lies Did Sean Murray intentionally scam millions of dollars from people and bail? Maybe, but at least someone at Hello Games is stil working on the game trying to improve it. As I said earlier, it's never going to be what they promised. But at least it's fun.
I haven't even played the GOG version yet but I still have to review. TIE Fighter pretty much owned my childhood. I spent many many many hours playing TIE Fighter. I indeed completed every single task down to the smallest detail. I spent hours in the training simulator flying unshielded TIEs against Capital ships, just to see if I could do it. I enjoyed every minute flying a TIE Avenger (which quickly became my all-time favorite until it became an egg-shaped mess in XvT) and a TIE Defender against Zaarin and his traitorous bunch. This game shaped my adulthood and my love of Star Wars. Heck, it was even because of this game that I put together a TIE Pilot costume on a whim for a costume party one year. This game is the reason I now obsessively buy anything I can find in the toy isle that has a TIE Pilot. Finding out this was going to be available on GOG was like finding out I had access to a time machine back to 1995 and could relive all the good parts. Thank you Disney!
