Ever since Sean Murray, of indie developer Hello Games, first showed off No Man's Sky back in 2014, the game has captured the collective imagination of gamers in a way that is rare in the industry.

Awesome space travel with no load screens; Almost infinite; open universe to explore; Cool visual aesthetic

Tedious resource management; Frustrating inventory system; Limited depth to planetary environments

Let me preface this by saying that I went into this gargantuan title as blind as possible. I refused to watch trailers or read interviews from the developers in order to make my experience as unique, eye-opening and engrossing as the game would provide.

A good game is often said to be more than the sum of its parts – a special, unquantifiable feeling that comes from seeing every mechanic working seamlessly together to create variety and surprises. No Man's Sky, by contrast, is a huge collection of parts that can't find that harmony.

Bound takes the player into a fantastic dreamscape symbolizing a woman revisiting her childhood memories. Now, as you may notice, that is quite a short summary, but why is it so short?

Exploring the infinitesimal universe is fun and fascinating, but it can be immensely annoying too. No Man's Sky does have the interplanetary space-faring magic it advertises, but how much it satisfies depends on whether you enjoy the arduous, cyclical churn of accumulate-create-migrate in exchange...

Fun to discover things for the first time; Infinite playground to explore; Unpredictable algorithm produces some hilarious surprises; Good expeditions to be had if the pre-generated conditions are right or favorable

Gameplay feels repetitive and hollow after a while; too simplistic for an open world of this scale, Farming can be tedious and will often interrupt enjoyment, Lacks substance and not compelling enough for long-term play, Bad menu designs and navigation

Despite the randomization of planets and animal life, every No Man's Sky playthrough begins the same: You wake up on a planet wholly unlike Earth, with a spaceship that won't fly, inside a suit that only barely keeps you alive.

Divisive is a term all too easily bandied about. Just like 'it's not for everyone'. Of course it's not for everyone, nothing is. But I believe where both terms get their merit is when the split between love / hate is close to 50/50. That's when a game is truly divisive.

The game is simple enough. You scour around planets, non of which are non-hostile environments, gathering resources to upgrade your suit, ship, and weapon/mining tool on your way to the center of the universe. The grind is what I expected and the gameplay is more or less what I expected.

No Man's Sky is probably the biggest con to hit the video game industry since Gearbox's Aliens: Colonial Marines . Amidst the controversy, countless reddit threads dissecting lead designer Sean Murray's every published word to produce lists of promised features not included in the final launch...

No Man's Sky sets out to be an endless exploration game, set across hundreds of trillions of planets to explore, each randomly generated with it's own climate, wildlife and resources scattered. It's one of the most ambitious games I've come across in years, purely on the scale of it.