Pros:
1. Amazing open world experience, alone (to a degree) or with friends.
2. Huge areas to explore, with many planets to visit, meaning lots and lots of quests and content.
3. Large variety of weapons and armour to use.
4. Quality of the game as a whole is polished from top to bottom.

Cons:
1. No in-game tutorials or guides, you're basically thrown into the game without an idea of what to do next.
2. Unbalanced PvP, disliked by many (however, Gambit is fun af). No guarantee you'll find a server near your area either.
3. Certain quests (mostly Exotic) may require PvP tasks.
4. No matchmaking for end game content.
5. No in-game chat by default (unless you enable local chat every time you join a server, which no one does.)

Can be a near perfect game if these issues didn't exist. I gave this game a negative result initially, but in retrospect didn't think the downsides justified the recommendation. It takes quite a while to reach end game anyway. Unfortunately, you can't make friends in-game without the ability of talking to them first. The lack of chat and commands make the multiplayer experience mute.

2024 Edit: Last time I played they cut some exploreable areas out of the game, the new content to explore is behind a paywall, some weapons I enjoyed using have (or had? I don't even know anymore) a power cap so they're unusable, and a lack of effort in newer content from what I've seen.

Pros: 1. Amazing open world experience, alone (to a degree) or with friends. 2. Huge areas to explore, with many planets to visit, meaning lots and lots of quests and content. 3. Large variety of weapons and armour to use. 4. Quality of the game as a whole is polished from top to bottom. Cons: 1. No in-game tutorials or guides, you're basically thrown into the game without an idea of what to do next. 2. Unbalanced PvP, disliked by many (however, Gambit is fun af). No guarantee you'll find a server near your area either. 3. Certain quests (mostly Exotic) may require PvP tasks. 4. No matchmaking for end game content. 5. No in-game chat by default (unless you enable local chat every time you join a server, which no one does.) Can be a near perfect game if these issues didn't exist. I gave this game a negative result initially, but in retrospect didn't think the downsides justified the recommendation. It takes quite a while to reach end game anyway. Unfortunately, you can't make friends in-game without the ability of talking to them first. The lack of chat and commands make the multiplayer experience mute. 2024 Edit: Last time I played they cut some exploreable areas out of the game, the new content to explore is behind a paywall, some weapons I enjoyed using have (or had? I don't even know anymore) a power cap so they're unusable, and a lack of effort in newer content from what I've seen.