“He also said he’d discovered the center of the galaxy—one of the big mysteries of No Man’s Sky—in just 30 hours.”

“ but the delay on your dash mechanic (intentionally, I’d imagine) makes it extremely difficult to time when dodging an area-of-attack blow.”

“...demanding a level of competence and consideration from players that I’m not sure the game itself delivers.” Yet you allude to the lag in dash being on purpose, and the parry is consistent but unforgiving. So it IS a competent game. The only thing you actually point out as a flaw is the repetitive dialogue. Reading…