Out of Pod Experience

When first launching it seems a poor game with horrible frame rates and can be initially frustrating. Default options in the graphic settings limit the frame rate to 30...ramp that up to max sorts that out. The art style might not be everyone's cup of tea. I'm not sure if I'm still doing a "tutorial" or not, I'm finding "restore points" to save the game and 2 restore saves in options. I've repaired my ship and taken to the stars (I've always liked space to be black, never liked blues and greens). I've landed on a space station which had the decor of a Tron inspired interior and upset an alien (think I went wrong with the tutorial) Returned to a planet and had a 15 minute walk to meet an unidentified life form. Now I've to return to the station and sort out my jump drive.

After initial frustrations its growing on me. It really captures a sense of being lost in a universe. You can explore on foot, find alien relics to learn a few words of an alien language to make communication easier I hope, feed life forms or harvest them. I've found blueprints for equipment upgrades with no idea how to make them, had to monitor my suits power level and be mindful of entering hostile environments chipping away at my suits defences while I'm 10 minutes walk from the safety of my ship or outpost

It does have some irritating features akin to any pc game developed along side a console game such as Elite Dangerous and Fallout 4 such as the interface but NMS flight via k'board and mouse seems user friendly

It's a shame the developers haven't provided a forum and a central place to discuss and let players share views and help for other players

Guess you can say I'm impressed and hope I make some progress with the game

This is the best review of a game from anyone including the reviewer I have seen in a long long time and also seems to be brutally honest from other videos I have seen.