No Man's Sky [PS4, PS5, XO, XBSX|S, PC, NX, XGP]

[Rangers]

This game...I dont wanna crap on it but man, it just seems so pointless to me. I cant understand what you do at all by reading comments here/neogaf about it. And the graphics are not great which is half the reason I play games...like I still havent gotten a game to show off my new PC rig and well, this is not gonna be it lol. Procedural generation is also pretty much a red flag to me in any game going back to the Genesis when it had a RPG with procedurally generated dungeons.

I dont play much indie but if I did, I would think one where you try to survive on a planet might be more fun.

 

[RenegadeRocks]

The game just blew my mind ! And to think its all unscripted and unique to me ! Wow !

also, my worries about longevity are pretty much quashed now, there is so much variety to what can happen or what u might end up doing now. i was worried yesterday but what i did for almost three hours today was something i had no idea I would do in this game. I like this ....now I am confident about the game. this, my friend, is a good game !

 

[Sigfried1977]

The push for every single game to be stylized is getting ridiculous.

Sarcasm? Cannot really tell. Low budget indie games notwithstanding, how many games are going for a stylized look these days exactly? At this year's E3, I spotted roughly zero games matching that description. And sure, to some degree all games are stylized, but I'm assuming you're not complaining about the degree of stylization found in the Gears or God of Wars of this world.

 

[Technewsreader]

From what i've seen gameplay wise and in the reviews its what I expected. It should Not be sold a full price game in my opinion.
Just because you're doing something new it doesn't mean it should be next to polished console/PC games that hundreds of people created.
The tech behind it is really cool and one thing that is guaranteed is a real sense of unique travel/adventure. The problem however is the Illusion that will kick in after a while because only few planets will feel fresh&new. And I have yet to see a advanced 'Star Warsy' planet filled with space stations, sky scrapers and aliens. Idk if something like that is in the game but that would've been pretty cool.

On top of that the combat isn't very good according to multiple reviewers.

Sounds phenomenal on paper but as expected the final product is less impressive.

 

[goonergaz]

This game...I dont wanna crap on it but man, it just seems so pointless to me. I cant understand what you do at all by reading comments here/neogaf about it. And the graphics are not great which is half the reason I play games...like I still havent gotten a game to show off my new PC rig and well, this is not gonna be it lol. Procedural generation is also pretty much a red flag to me in any game going back to the Genesis when it had a RPG with procedurally generated dungeons.

I dont play much indie but if I did, I would think one where you try to survive on a planet might be more fun.

I felt the same, but watched an hour or so of someone playing (and chatting - he was talking about what he was doing and why - as well as anyswering questions) and then it clicked for me and now I can't wait to try it out. I don't think reading what you do helps.

 

[Technewsreader]

Oh you can, bbut they are so far away, so each jump to a different solar system requires a Warp Cell, which needs to be crafted. Its rare, as of now for me, and frankly the game hasn't shown me how I could make it common, cos the progress of my character is not supernatural so I don't see myself rolling in Warp Cells. Which means, currently at least, that its best you don't go back to a previously visited solar system simply cos u could move forward at the same expense and the expense is high !


Got more used to the game now, made a whole tunnel into a planet cos it had a ton of carbon so i didn't have to worry about running out of gun energy. The tunnel I was making joined into a natural one and then I merged out on th esurface ! Little tihngs but its so fun cos I never get to do such stuff in other games.

ok that sounds kinda cool

Can you create a tunnel and then navigate your space ship carefully trough it?(I doubt it) And No ground vehicles in this game right?

 

[Sigfried1977]

It should Not be sold a full price game in my opinion.
Just because you're doing something new it doesn't mean it should be next to polished console/PC games that hundreds of people created.

Yeah, like all those super-polished mega budget AAA games like Watch Dogs, or the ones where the PC versions barely work. Like Arkham Knight (and also Watch Dogs ). And what about the games that didn't have hundreds, but thousands of people working on them. Like pinnacles of game design, performance and polish such as the Assassin's Creed games. Should they go for 500 bucks instead of 50 now?

Do you also believe a ticket for the next Transformers film should be 10 times more expensive than a ticket to something like Dredd 3D?

 

[babcat]

Sarcasm? Cannot really tell. Low budget indie games notwithstanding, how many games are going for a stylized look these days exactly? At this year's E3, I spotted roughly zero games matching that description. And sure, to some degree all games are stylized, but I'm assuming you're not complaining about the degree of stylization found in the Gears or God of Wars of this world.

I am not being sarcastic. Very few games are going for a true photorealistic look. I know 100% photorealism is not possible at this time, but very few developers are even trying. For example, look at Uncharted 4. The game is graphically complex, but the characters are clearly stylized. Gears of War is also going for stylism. I want to see more companies try to build games that at least attempt to be photorealistic. Racing games and "Quantic Dream" games are about the only companies I know who even try.

 

[Technewsreader]

Yeah, like all those super-polished mega budget AAA games like Watch Dogs, or the ones where the PC versions barely work. Like Arkham Knight (and also Watch Dogs ). And what about the games that didn't have hundreds, but thousands of people working on them. Like pinnacles of game design, performance and polish such as the Assassin's Creed games. Should they go for 500 bucks instead of 50 now?

Do you also believe a ticket for the next Transformers film should be 10 times more expensive than a ticket to something like Dredd 3D?

I don't know about all the games that have issues on PC because I've never been a real PC gamer. For example You can't say GTA IV wasn't polished on consoles because I played that on 360 and it was just fine and felt polished in many aspects yet I heard about the issues of the PC version early on.
I'm not on current gen yet but every game I got on PS3(when i switched from 360 to PS3) felt pretty solid and usually 360 versions were the better ones last gen. So even the weakest versions felt polished.

I have not touched NMS but I doubt it would change my opinion when its basically what I expected a long time ago. Its a concept I love on paper because Open world game usually give you that illusion to be in a big world when the map isn't really all that big(yet detailed) I feel like its the exact opposite with NMS. They give you a huge space but there the illusion is still there just in a different way.

 

[RenegadeRocks]

ok that sounds kinda cool

Can you create a tunnel and then navigate your space ship carefully trough it?(I doubt it) And No ground vehicles in this game right?

I don't think so, cos the ship stays above land automatically, it doesn't crash.

BTW, devised a method of stealing stuff. I would go into a tunnel/cave underground, scan for the commodity , go directly underneath, dig a tunnel upwards , steal it and run back in ! The sentinels can go crazy finding me ! Kept doing this for so long today and funded myself a new ship and jumped to the next system!

Loving it.

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[Sigfried1977]

I don't know about all the games that have issues on PC because I've never been a real PC gamer. For example You can't say GTA IV wasn't polished on consoles because I played that on 360 and it was just fine and felt polished in many aspects yet I heard about the issues of the PC version early on.
I'm not on current gen yet but every game I got on PS3(when i switched from 360 to PS3) felt pretty solid and usually 360 versions were the better ones last gen. So even the weakest versions felt polished.

I have not touched NMS but I doubt it would change my opinion when its basically what I expected a long time ago. Its a concept I love on paper because Open world game usually give you that illusion to be in a big world when the map isn't really all that big(yet detailed) I feel like its the exact opposite with NMS. They give you a huge space but there the illusion is still there just in a different way.

There are plenty of very polished AAA games of course, but where do you put that arbitrary line in the sand? How many years do how many people had to have worked on any given project so it becomes acceptable to sell it for a certain amount of money? Besides, NMS doesn't seem particularly unpolished. Despite millions of players, the server infrastructure hasn't crapped out so far. That's more than can be said for almost any freshly released title with a significant online component.

 

[Technewsreader]

There are plenty of very polished AAA games of course, but where do you put that arbitrary line in the sand? How many years do how many people had to have worked on any given project so it becomes acceptable to sell it for a certain amount of money? Besides, NMS doesn't seem particularly unpolished. Despite millions of players, the server infrastructure hasn't crapped out so far. That's more than can be said for almost any freshly released title with a significant online component.

Thats what I wanted to avoid. In no way am I saying that the game is or looks unpolished. Who am I to tell you this I have not even played it.

The thing is everyone involved in the marketing section of this game decided to make a big deal out of 'look what a small indy team can achieve on our console.' and they pushed it hard. You can simply not expect a certain level of quality even if everyone involved in creating this game would be a genius. Its probably a polished game for what it is but that doesn't mean it couldn't be a better game in general.

 

[Malo]

http://m.neogaf.com/showthread.php?t=1260567

Answered my question about meeting other players.

You won't even if you stand in the same spot.

No only a massive universe to discover but parallel universes as well!

Instancing?

 

[Deleted member 11852]

I felt the same, but watched an hour or so of someone playing (and chatting - he was talking about what he was doing and why - as well as anyswering questions) and then it clicked for me and now I can't wait to try it out. I don't think reading what you do helps.

Yeah, it's akin to Minecraft in this respect. Much of the fun and challenge is what the player can make of the sandbox the game gives you. For people who need a set path, specific set of goals or where the graphics are half the reason to play a gane, NMS isn't for those people. It never was.

 

[goonergaz]

Yeah, it's akin to Minecraft in this respect. Much of the fun and challenge is what the player can make of the sandbox the game gives you. For people who need a set path, specific set of goals or where the graphics are half the reason to play a gane, NMS isn't for those people. It never was.

And again, this concerns me. I don't get Minecraft - I have tried, and to be honest I was sort of enjoying the Vita version for a while but eventually got bored. I can see the difference here being that the setting is someting I can enjoy - like Elite, this looks like a game you can just exist in

 

[Technewsreader]

What if...they put the real multiplayer experience in the center of the universe

 

[novcze]

great, got money refunded and will be better spend on Assetto Corsa which is out in 16 days and it's 60fps without a doubt. But I still want to play this game, maybe after some discount ...

 

[goonergaz]

oh dear, the game is getting panned - apparently too samey and repetitive...I have to say I had my concerns but will still give it a go.

 

[London Geezer]

Wel it seems the public is dramatically divided between people who "get it" and give it glowing reviews, and those who don't get it.

The question is, which side would I be on?

Maybe I'll give it a go when they discount it.

 

[goonergaz]

I think I may be fine, I have a feeling this will be like me with The Getaway, I loved that game but all the GTA lovers hated it...I wasn't a GTA player so to me it was a new experience. I think with NMS you have the Elite folk expecting exloration like Elite and the Minecraft people expecting the mining of that - I don't play either game, the resource management sounds a little worrying, but I might just get on with it having watched someone else playing I sort of know what to expect.