Chris Owens

Writing this story without getting rights to the Silmarillion is a travesty. Astroturfing a social media campaign that actively trolls Tolkien fans is infuriating. This glorified fan fiction deserves to lose money.

Overwrought performances that give the illusion of depth without really saying anything of note.

The gameplay is enjoyable, but not innovative. It’s Skyrim in space. Somehow more expansive, but less to explore than Skyrim as well. In terms of space exploration and flight combat, it’s arguably well behind existing titles that are now nearly a decade old… and it suffers from the same repetitive lack of depth, despite being significantly smaller in scope. Storyline is contrived and the style is derivative. Found it impossible to care about any of the characters. The soundtrack is Great Value Hans Zimmer. Felt like I was watching a bootlegged version of Interstellar every time I activated a temple. Best aspects of the game are the outpost and starship building. Designing ships is genuinely enjoyable, even though actually flying them is not. Since you just fast travel everywhere anyway.