>Spaceship building is boundless once you have the cash and get
>the hang of it. Weapon drops are damn near Borderlands-ish.
>I've gotten some crazy guns that aren't even legendary or rare
>that are powerful as all get out.


I loot every person I kill for their gun just to see if its a better modified version of what I have. Head shot does wonders with most. I found a Deadeye and a modified Coachman from a side mission and now hunting for parts to modify them.

>
>I really think a lot of the criticism of the game is sorta
>nitpicky, but some is valid.
>
>Nitpicky:
>
>1. You don't "fly" your ship except in space above a planet.
>You really don't circumnavigate planets either. But as far as
>I know, Bethesda never promised us a No Man's Sky or Elite
>Dangerous type sim. Everyone knew going in this was first and
>foremost an RPG.
>
>2. Loading screens. Yes there could be less of them, but on
>the latest hardware it's not bad at all.

Load screens are pretty quick on my PC. On my series X they arent that bad either. But still too many

>
>3. It's a Bethesda game, not innovative enough. Bullshit. Same
>folk buy Madden, 2K and COD every year cause they know what
>they are getting. Bethesda knows what works for their
>audience.
>
>4. The writing isn't emotional/engaging enough. Honestly, I
>think this just came from people who are still invested in
>Console WArZ and wanted to review bomb the latest hyped game.
>The writing is fine so far.
>
>Valid:
>
>1. You don't "fly" your ship except in space above a planet.
>For you to have a ship, there should be a little more to do in
>the ship. I would have loved if they had ship based missions
>like Star Wars Squadrons/Chorus/Everspace 2
>
>2. Menus/Maps. Some of the navigation should be in game and
>not through the pause menu. Ground maps of cities are
>absolute garbage. They're really only there for you to be able
>to fast travel from point to point. If you're looking for
>layout, you're SOL.

So it wasnt just me. These menus are frustrating. Hopping from place to place should not be this cumbersome

>
>3. NPC Animations. They really haven't come that far from FO
>4. They are a little better in terms of the framing and using
>different angles, but most of the time your are looking
>straight on at someone like you're in a Wes Anderson film and
>most npc's still have that "hey i'm animated but still somehow
>dead inside" look on their face. Even when the voice acting is
>really good for the dialog.
>
>
>
>None of these things concern me that much as if you look at
>Bethesda's track record, this game will be updated and
>expanded. And like FO4 and Skyrim, i'm sure they will have an
>update dedicated solely to crafting/base building. Which is
>exciting, cause the base game has SO much exploration,
>content, combat, mystery, crafting, building to do. It's a joy
>to play if you're an RPG player.
>
>I landed on a random moon the other day and stumbled upon a
>huuuuuge base loaded with loot, enemies and other mysteries to
>unravel. And that was a rando base. Not even part of a main
>quest. This thing is gonna be fun to ramble around for months.
>

My best loot are from side missions from (as you said) rando bases on moons or finding abandoned facilities taken over my pirates and killing their leader.