The importance of getting it right the first time (Gaming)

by Ragashingo , Official DBO Cryptarch, Monday, August 08, 2016, 23:56 (3029 days ago) @ cheapLEY

Those are all bad analogies. The things you listed are all obviously not the way those things are meant to be experienced. The fact that the unpatched version of No Man's Sky was put on a disc and sent to retailers for people to buy has to mean something, in my opinion.

No Man's Sky was not meant to be experienced by the public before its release date.

I think its fine for sites or people to report on what actually ships on the disc. I think its absolute idiocy, not to mention very nearly outright dishoenst, to treat the unpatched version of the game as what players will actually experience. By all means, take a look at the unfinished version to give people a better sense of the development process and how the game evolved. Review the actual, intended, day one product to let players know if the game is worth their time and money.