No Man's Sky

[Outlander]

Still much more fun and more depth than minecraft ever did

Ay ay ay, from 'best game of ze century' to 'better than Minecraft' in a couple of pages.

 

[WhiteGuts]

All bullshit aside, is it a good game ? Feels like except for the artstyle, it's really hard to tell apart from the hundreds of procedural sandbox/survival/whatever games out there.

 

[Alienman]

Nein. It's boring and bland.

 

[Black]

Are you talking about NMS or PoE?

 

[Excidium II]

It's a 2.5GB download, see for yourself.

 

[BlackAdderBG]

You have to hold mouse/key to confirm any action and I mean any, even changing menu options.

 

[Black]

Heh, you just don't get it.
It's 2016

 

[sullynathan]

It's a 2.5GB download, see for yourself.

I'm on my way

 

[tormund]

All bullshit aside, is it a good game ? Feels like except for the artstyle, it's really hard to tell apart from the hundreds of procedural sandbox/survival/whatever games out there.

From what I've saw so far, it really is another one of "them" (perhaps even shallower than your average procedurally generated sandbox title from Steam early access, with even more of quantity >>>> quality thing going on).

 

[GrainWetski]

All bullshit aside, is it a good game ? Feels like except for the artstyle, it's really hard to tell apart from the hundreds of procedural sandbox/survival/whatever games out there.

Just like other games in the genre that just entered Early Access, it lacks content and isn't worth the price by any stretch of the imagination.

What sets it apart from others is that this is supposed to be the full release.

 

[vean]

http://www.pcgamer.com/what-no-mans-sky-could-learn-about-exploration-from-kerbal-space-program/

While Kerbal Space Program is more obsessed with the technical mastery of engineering rather than exploring the far reaches of a galaxy, it's also been the one game that has given me that sense of adventure I so desperately want from No Man's Sky and Elite: Dangerous. Kerbal Space program cares little about what awaits me on its boring planets but invests everything in making sure that getting there is a struggle for the ages. Whether I'm correcting orbital trajectories, plotting slingshot maneuvers between planets, or panicking as I design a rescue mission to save a stranded kerbal, each one has me painfully aware of the stakes. When I completed my first successful Mun landing, I felt like I had conquered more than the millions of miles in between but my own expectations of what I thought I could achieve. I felt like an explorer.

 

[Jaedar]

http://www.pcgamer.com/what-no-mans-sky-could-learn-about-exploration-from-kerbal-space-program/

While Kerbal Space Program is more obsessed with the technical mastery of engineering rather than exploring the far reaches of a galaxy, it's also been the one game that has given me that sense of adventure I so desperately want from No Man's Sky and Elite: Dangerous. Kerbal Space program cares little about what awaits me on its boring planets but invests everything in making sure that getting there is a struggle for the ages. Whether I'm correcting orbital trajectories, plotting slingshot maneuvers between planets, or panicking as I design a rescue mission to save a stranded kerbal, each one has me painfully aware of the stakes. When I completed my first successful Mun landing, I felt like I had conquered more than the millions of miles in between but my own expectations of what I thought I could achieve. I felt like an explorer.

To put it simply: It's about the journey, not the destination.

 

[Perkel]

All bullshit aside, is it a good game ? Feels like except for the artstyle, it's really hard to tell apart from the hundreds of procedural sandbox/survival/whatever games out there.

Good game ? No
Good space time waster ? Yes


If you like Space Engine this is kind of game you want.

 

[Makabb]

Experimental branch is out and it fixes most reported problems, time to kick this baby into overdrive on day 2+


I bet tomorrow is the full patch release, the future has never been this bright. Load dat thamium9 in my thrusters son, where we are going, we don't need no roads.

 

[iZerw]

Experimental branch is out and it fixes most reported problems, time to kick this baby into overdrive on day 2+


I bet tomorrow is the full patch release, the future has never been this bright. Load dat thamium9 in my thrusters son, where we are going, we don't need no roads.

Please, do LP.

 

[Makabb]

Nah my attention span will not allow it.

 

[Makabb]

There is no stopping this train now

No Man's Sky is one of the best-selling launches on Steam ever.

http://www.pcgamer.com/no-mans-sky-sales/

 

[---]

I still don't understand this argument, that everyone (literally) who is liking No Man's Sky (no problem at all, I can respect your tastes) uses to defend this game. Maybe you guys will be able to help me.
The statement is, more or less:

"Why the negative scores? The game has all the features that developers promise during marketing campaign."

It's completely non-sensical.
If I promise a game with tons of platforming, and the final product it's plenty of shitty platforming, my game respects my statement, but of course a so-called "reviewer" or, better, an intelligent player, will complain about the shitty platforming.
So why, if exploration, which should be the main appeal of this game, is shitty, I can't complain about it, even if developers promise exactly tons of exploration during the marketing campaign?

 

[Theldaran]

I don't usually follow the trends, but NMS is #19 place on SteamSpy.

It has nearly 30,000 reviews on Steam and growing, with like 4,000 negative ones on launch day. A day later, the negatives almost tripled. It has attracted a lot of attention but they have work to do, namely release a patch that fixes the shortcomings of the PC port... I mean... version. And only then can we judge the game for what it is.

Also the developer promise thing is stoopid, no one really know how the game was going to be until very recently. They even outright lied to us (well, not me) by selling it as a multiplayer game, with potential PVP or at least interaction, and the final release box has such statement removed, since it's deceit.

 

[---]

Another low score (six) from Polygon:

http://www.polygon.com/2016/8/12/12...ps4-playstation-4-pc-windows-hello-games-sony

 

[VladimirK]

Another low score (six) from Polygon:

http://www.polygon.com/2016/8/12/12...ps4-playstation-4-pc-windows-hello-games-sony

https://archive.is/20160813184744/h...ps4-playstation-4-pc-windows-hello-games-sony

fixed your link

 

[Theldaran]

Apparently it has sold around 100,000 copies in two days. Fallout 4 effect. But I believe the fad will die out soon, since not a whole lot of people are into craft games, namely this is not for everyone. It can dethrone Minecraft, but only if it fixes its problems, and only because it's a new offering. I don't see people playing this for thousands of hours.

 

[Makabb]

my 4k starting planet

 

[Theldaran]

Oh, that wonderful popping.

 

[Makabb]

I don't see people playing this for thousands of hours.

oh boy, you are in for a treat