Wow, so I got this on pre-order way back when, and like pretty much everyone else, I thought it was great for the first couple hours and then it just kinda lost me. You just got a very strong impression that it was super rushed to be released. I tried sticking it out for the first couple patches, and everything seemed to be improving, but it just wasn't enough for me. I wanted to like this game so much, but it just wasn't finished.

Fast-forward to now, and on a whim I decided to put it back in my library and give it another go. Was I ever glad I did. NMS has totally redeemed itself in my eyes. This was the game we wanted. This was the game we thought we were getting. I started a new save just to walk through all the changes rather than trying to figure it out on an 80 hour toon. that was a solid choice. It took a little getting used to the keybinds again. In spite of how unintuitive they feel at first, they make sense over time. I was genuinely pleased that nearly all of the complaints I had previously must have been common, because they've all been addressed and rectified. I just wonder how well this game would have done had what I can only imagine must have been some investor or corporate douche pressuring a deadline not been allowed to make that call and allowed time for the game to be properly beta'd. Would have been a definite GOTY contender in my book. Thanks to Hello Games for keeping at it. I finally feel like I got the premium title I paid for. :D

Wow, so I got this on pre-order way back when, and like pretty much everyone else, I thought it was great for the first couple hours and then it just kinda lost me. You just got a very strong impression that it was super rushed to be released. I tried sticking it out for the first couple patches, and everything seemed to be improving, but it just wasn't enough for me. I wanted to like this game so much, but it just wasn't finished. Fast-forward to now, and on a whim I decided to put it back in my library and give it another go. Was I ever glad I did. NMS has totally redeemed itself in my eyes. This was the game we wanted. This was the game we thought we were getting. I started a new save just to walk through all the changes rather than trying to figure it out on an 80 hour toon. that was a solid choice. It took a little getting used to the keybinds again. In spite of how unintuitive they feel at first, they make sense over time. I was genuinely pleased that nearly all of the complaints I had previously must have been common, because they've all been addressed and rectified. I just wonder how well this game would have done had what I can only imagine must have been some investor or corporate douche pressuring a deadline not been allowed to make that call and allowed time for the game to be properly beta'd. Would have been a definite GOTY contender in my book. Thanks to Hello Games for keeping at it. I finally feel like I got the premium title I paid for. :D