Another thing that is annoying is that a lot of info is available through various interviews and questionnaires. If people would bother to actually look those up, they can find out a lot about the game.
When people play a game like mass effect (any space game) and wish they could just go anywhere, explore every planet or every nook & cranny on a planet, you can do that in No Man's Sky. There's no illusion of freedom like there is in mass effect or any star trek game.
If you want to behave like a space pirate or raider and steal everything, you can. If you want to help everyone as you go along, you can. If you want to fight the greatest evil in the galaxy, you can. If you want to explore everything, you literally can. If you want to grief other players, you can. If you want to hunt exotic wildlife, you can.
I've seen alot of gamers try to roleplay even further with their characters in game than what was there already. Like in a elder scrolls game, people would make their character to be a magic using or spellsword vampire that fights for the empire or they would be a barabarian that uses claymores and bows but no magic.
If you have the imagination of a copy machine, the game isn't for you.
