I also found the game to be extremely underwhelming. It seems like they have added a lot of features, but there's still no core compelling gameplay loop. Also

I also found the game to be extremely underwhelming. It seems like they have added a lot of features, but there's still no core compelling gameplay loop. Also it's the worst type of procedural generation, where after a while you can practically see the perlin noise everywhere. IMO the most interesting thing about NMS is their marketing story. They were able to achieve enormous hype before launch, and since then they've been able to continuously grab headlines with the redemption narrative. I would love to know who's doing their marketing/PR because I believe they are very talented.