Mike_L said:
Angelus said:
Except we all know 2 is an over simplification people like to use when they wanna argue a certain point of view. In truth, certain things simply are right, because they're objectively, and factually correct. The contents of this review, are correct. The game is riddled with technical issues. That's a fact. The game doesn't offer a whole wealth of unique content on it's near limitless planets. That's a fact. You will need to do a lot of tedious, boring mineral collecting to keep going. Even the people who are enjoying the game are acknowledging this as a fact. The combat is simplistic and shallow. Not disputed by anyone. The main draw of the game is to just keep keeping on and seeing what new crazy weird alien designs and planets you might find. Also fact.
Now we can argue score. Scores are completely subjective and tell you very little about whether a game might appeal to you. But the actual meat of a well written review, while framed by experience and personal preferences, contains a great deal of information that is simply right.
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Can't argue with that as I haven't played the game.
The only thing I know is that I have 3 PSN friends playing this game and enjoying it. I'll put their words over those of some Nintendo fans that haven't played the game (no offense). That's for sure. Of course the game should be punished (and it is) for its tecnical issues but still many people are enjoying it and it runs fine on PS4 (for my friends at least) 
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There's no problem with people liking the game. If you like something you like it, good for you. A critical, objective look at a game's quality isn't going to change your mind on what you like and don't like, nor is that it's purpose. The purpose is to inform the larger consumer base, looking for input on a potential investment, what exactly they can expect to get for their money. Not everyone scavenges the internet for every bit of pre-release news on a game to know everything it might entail, not every game ships with all its promises delivered upon, not every game runs smoothly on one's choice platform (it's nice NMS is running well for your friends, I saw another user here stating it's crashed his PS4 like 50 times), etc etc. Point being, whether one enjoys a game or not for what it is, there is certain critical information consumers thankfully deserve to have, which can be objectively measured as positive or negative, regardless of ones overall opinion of "well this is really quite good quality wise, but I just don't like it," and/or "well there's a lot wrong here but I just can't get enough anyway."
