Lot of criticism for this game is people playing for an hour and ranting. Same people are spawning in exploring one singular system, and going "shits empty, it's boring".

Not saying there isn't valid criticisms to be made, but I think much of the sentiment online is bad because others are sucked in. I was a day late, got it Friday, and I'm at almost 30 hours now. I'm really into this game.

If you're looking for something to complain about, you're gonna find it.

yeah just think of how many loading screens it takes to talk to benny in fallout new vegas. 1 to get into freeside, 1 to get through the weird bus doors thing, 1 to get through the strip gate. 1 to get through another gate in the strip. and 1 to get into the tops. and possibly another 1 or 2 loading screens before you can kill him if you choose not to on the tops floor

thats 5-7 loading screens just to get to 1 character

Depends on wether or not you're willing to trek halfway across the land to your destination

If you're reductive enough, sure. Anything ever is like that. However, how much are you really reducing to say this when compared to those games? I'd bet the list is much, much longer. And those games came out over a decade ago, by the same studio no less, so these problems shouldn't just be accepted quirks as they seem to be internally.

Yeah and those are all old at this point.

I am able to fly away from a location every time but sometimes my ship doesn’t “land” I just load in front of a door and I’m not sure why yet.

As far as I can tell this depends on which marker you select to land at on a planet. For instance New Atlantis has a ton of markers, such as The Lodge, if you choose that, it will load you in at the door, but if you choose New Atlantis, that should land you at the spaceport.

was literally piling up crap on the floor of my ship because I didn't have enough room and I didn't want to just leave it on the planet

How did I not think of this!! I'm also horrible at hoarding every shiny thing I see, this is going to be so clutch.

What are your specs? I'm interested in trying the DLSS mod but I have a notebook 2080 so not sure how much that will help.

I mean.. it's a Bethesda game with all the little finicky Bethesda things like long load screens and quick travel (unless over encumbered) with load screens. Buggy lag and characters that don't fully load, or speech that doesn't match the mouth movements until the second or third line of speaking. Also a fair amount of fetch quests, and lots of decisions to make about how you want to play the game.

I'm having a blast, but I don't get bored by game exploration. I feel like the random characters you can talk to and the setting make it very immersive. The voice actors are great even for rando characters that you come across. It's honestly super fun. I want to play it more during the work week, but I don't think I'll have much time again until the weekend because it really sucks me in, and I want to give it more than 30 minutes at a time.

I've got about 40 hours playing it so far. Really taking my time with side content. My biggest gripe is more with some of the skills you need to spend skill points on, some of them feel super mandatory and many of them are boring % increases. Also i wish there was more stuff to do in space. Lastly, surveying the last few things on a planet that ive missed has been very frustrating on a few occasions. haven't had an issue with running out of patience with loading screens really.

I just wish that when I set a course for a specific spot on a planet in a different star system, that I didn't have to go back into the menu to select it again and land.

Just land me on the spot I specifically set a course for so that I can skip a loading screen.

you can skip it for some time with coffee and other substances :)

That's not loading, that's a rest mechanic to remove fatigue.