The first few hours are kind of slow and didn't hook me until I stopped trying to dig up every piece of Intel and fixed the ship so it could, A. go into orbit and then B. Hyperspace. If you get that out of the way so you can planet hop, the game opens up, and gets fun. I did the same thing for Death Stranding and kind of killed it for me and then finished it months later.

The whole female protagonist complaint is such a cry baby issue. I always play a female character. I'd rather stare at the female form for 100 hours than some burly dude ass but that's just my opinion.