I bought NMS on PS4, pre-ordered actually. I was playing it the moment the game became available and I loved it. I unfortunately ran out of things to do completed whatever you consider the main quest of the game at the time. I put it down promising to go back to it when it got better.

I believe I returned to the game around a year or so later. They had just implemented the ability to buy freighters and had the base building implemented. I ended up becoming a father shortly after and didn’t have much time for the game unfortunately.

Jump a little over 2 years in time and I decided now that I have a Series X that I would get back into the game. Boy was I excited to see all the new features and the beautiful updates. After exploring the first 4 out of 5 planets in my starting System, they were all quite hazardous in one way or another with basic flora and fauna of little interest. So I proceed to shoot over to the 5th and last planet in the system. I land and find that the planet has no real environmental hazards. I start to do a little exploring and scanning the various fauna on the planet. Out of nowhere the ground begins to shake violently and a snake the size of a skyscraper comes bursting out of the ground right in front of me. Now keep in mind that I was excited for this game before it’s actual release. That trailer they showed off before the game released, the one with the giant snake like creature, had me so excited to play the game and see such sights. I was very disappointed to find out that they did not exist in the game at the time. so seeing this massive creature leaping out of the ground in front of me had me literally screaming in excitement like a child.

Thank you Hello Games for sticking with your game and keeping the promises. That moment made my excitement for the game originally feel finally completely justified.

I apologize if my flair choice isn’t appropriate. I wasn’t sure which this really fell under.