Personally for me they look at it from the right perspective, what the game is instead of what the game isn't. They forget all the games promises and concentrated on the actual game that they loaded up. They final score is maximum marks 5/5
http://www.digitallydownloaded.net/2016/08/review-no-mans-sky-sony-playstation-4.html
Since launching last week, No Man’s Sky has been met with more than its fair share of controversy. One of the biggest launches of a new IP by Sony was a massive commercial achievement, but there are more than a few people that seem to be disappointed by the game’s heavy emphasis on resource collection and survival, the lack of multiplayer interaction, and otherwise the perception that Hello Games’ work hasn’t lived up to its promises or ‘hype.’
And that’s a pity, because this game is utterly brilliant and deserves to be analyzed for what it is, not what it is not. No Man’s Sky is a thematically dense exploration game that is absolutely breathtaking to simply exist within, and that’s just as well, since that's also the point of it. It’s a game that actively rejects the standard concept of objective-driven gameplay, and the result is an experience that is in many ways as alien as some of the worlds it offers. But by the same token it’s a game that is majestic to behold and almost unique in tone...