Man these guys are not playing the same game I am. I come to a new planet, I wander around looking at how pretty it is, I scan animals and give them names that amuse me. Visit artifacts and outposts, learn some words. Move on.

I feed the animals. I don't shoot them. If one comes after me I run. Shoot a bird from the sky to identify it? Hell no. How about accepting that you'll never name that, or trying to find a way to get close enough to peacefully lock the scanner onto it?

I run from space pirates. I'm not here for combat. I paid $50 for a giant, endless painting of a cool alien world that I can wander through for as long as I LIFE SUPPORT GETTING LOW crap I guess I should pick some zinc fruits.

No Man's Sky is at its best when it embraces being bored. There's nothing to do for vast stretches. Detach from the need to be Interacting with something, to be Engaged by a Game Mechanic, and enjoy the world's most expansive walking simulator ever built, with a side dish of Alien Petting Simulator.

And then go outside and sit under a tree for a half hour, lying on your back and watching the sun move over the insane complexity of just that one tree. And think about nothing.