No Man's Sky - Procedural space game

Mario · 17 Aug 2016 at 08:23

Twirlywoos said:
I'll tell you what it isn't and should have been

An Early Access Game

*Runs and Hides*

no difference from Division eh?

Paul_cz · 17 Aug 2016 at 08:27

Probably already posted, but this video by Crowbcat is a freaking work of art

Nasher · 17 Aug 2016 at 08:34

ROFL.

Just about sums it up. Though I've not seen the on-land spaz fish. Also that huge thing with tiny wings, which is able to fly...lol

Also, it crashes on PC too. Still yet to see a patch on PC either.

kinger8938 · 17 Aug 2016 at 08:34

Limpnoodle said:
It was never gonna end well, they have 10 devs, just 10, this is like an open beta.

also the word Indie could have given the game away!

Then it should be priced like every other indie game surely?

wordy · 17 Aug 2016 at 08:35

Boycey0211 said:
I'm going to try for a refund, its literally not as advertised and I feel like the fact that I enjoy it shouldn't detract from the fact that game devs shouldn't lie.

TonyTurbo78 said:
I tried for refund but got rejected Boycey. I stated even though I had played more than the 2 hours in policy, that the product was nowhere near what was promised and talked about and believed this was total false advertising.
Also explained the ridiculously bad optimisation in the game, sub 60fps is not acceptable for such an ugly game and clearly a lazy ps4 direct port with no thought for me as a pc gamer etc.

You can all but try though mate.

I tried & got the same answer. Bit gutted really, don't want to play it as I don't want to be accepting a product that isn't what they showcased. So I've got a 40 quid waste of SSD space(until I uninstall it, that is).

IvanDobskey · 17 Aug 2016 at 08:35

I'll be giving this a miss until it's had a few patches and is priced more reasonably I think.

Maverick2332 · 17 Aug 2016 at 08:38

kinger8938 said:
Then it should be priced like every other indie game surely?

If it was around £20 then they probably would have made more money in the long run, less people would bother refunding £20 and the price would accurately reflect the amount of content actually in the game.

£40 is a stupid price for this game but dev/publishers only care about pre-orders nowadays...

UberGinge · 17 Aug 2016 at 09:04

I don't hate this game outright, I just feel like it's not worth the £40 price tag.

I tried to get a refund despite playing more than 2 hours (I forgot to close it and went afk, racked up 3 hours alone doing that!) and was naturally denied on that. I guess I'll just have to wait and see what happens with this game.

Sargatanas2511 · 17 Aug 2016 at 09:10

Considering it's Hello Games only game right now I feel it will be supported well and will hopefully end quite close to what they actually envisaged.

I have a job interview tomorrow though and it helps me relax.

Paul_cz · 17 Aug 2016 at 09:10

I gotta say though, all this drama is thoroughly entertaining. And one thing is undeniable - that 65dos soundtrack is the stuff of legends. If one aspect of this game's existance has been worth it, that soundtrack is that aspect. So freaking good.

CaptainRAVE · 17 Aug 2016 at 09:27

Rroff said:
Is gold that much of a deal? I found 3 columns about that size of it within the first hour of playing but not really got a use for it yet.

You can get a good price for it. Better when you have a planet with those small crystals that contain gold or other precious elements.

Found my first planet with lakes and water creatures in them yesterday including loads of small fish and a few much larger carnivores.

I also came across a river where lots of animals had accumulated.

oulton · 17 Aug 2016 at 09:36

Maverick2332 · 17 Aug 2016 at 09:37

Sargatanas2511 said:
Considering it's Hello Games only game right now I feel it will be supported well and will hopefully end quite close to what they actually envisaged.

I have a job interview tomorrow though and it helps me relax.

Well it's not their first game, they also made the Joe Danger mobile games.

Good luck on your interview.

oulton said:
unfunny overused meme

Wow Sean has aged a lot.

avatar12m · 17 Aug 2016 at 09:37

I went for a walk in the real world and saw the same and it never cost £50 (except the gold bit)

EVH5150 · 17 Aug 2016 at 09:41

Maverick2332 said:
Also really sorry to hear that EVH5150.

Yer, we tried to get a refund, but by that point I had already played between 3-4 hours, I've tried to get into it but its just so lacking in content and boring as hell, if I knew it was on GOG I would have pointed him in that direction.

Drake5 · 17 Aug 2016 at 09:58

Legend said:
Hopefully someone can sort out the 21:9 and make that work properly. Stretched menus and everything is doing my head in, so I've reverted to 16:9 until that can be sorted.

Hey mate can you check your emails

Amatsubu · 17 Aug 2016 at 09:58

The difference between trailers and actual gameplay is pretty striking. That planet with the dinosaurs and lots of animals looked beautiful.

I'm glad I didn't buy it and ** No piracy talk - EVH ** for a while instead (already uninstalled). Got to my second planet and it looked very much like the first, including the colour palette, and was equally barren.

Maybe things pick up later on but I don't have the time to put up with abysmal performance, yet alone shell out for it like for a full AAA title. I had high hopes for this game but it's a tremendous disappointment IMO.

wnb · 17 Aug 2016 at 10:31

Boycey0211 said:
Well I'm still loving it ...

BUT...

E3 trailers that show any game whatsoever to be something other than it actually is should be legally binding. You dont watch a film trailer and see a worse film, so why is this acceptable with games?

I've watched the E3 trailers for this in 2014, 2015 and 2016 back to back and bearing in mind E3 2016 was only 2 months ago, the end result compared to what was promised is ridiculous.

I'm enjoying it, but I feel like I could be enjoying it so much more. This really is borderline false advertising. I'm aware of how much peoples hype might have got the better of them, I wasn't one of them which is why I feel like I'm still enjoying it, I refused to watch any trailers or spoilers before it was released.

Even though I'm enjoying it I think Sean Murray has a huge amount of questions to answer, and he isn't bothered about it in the slightest. Forget whatever was mentioned about multiplayer, where the hell is the kid of life and space battles that were offered up in the trailers? Where are the sand planets? What about the AI?

I'm going to try for a refund, its literally not as advertised and I feel like the fact that I enjoy it shouldn't detract from the fact that game devs shouldn't lie.

I never got suckered into that poor Alien game a few years ago but I did so with NMS. I was not going to buy it but I had become bored with gaming and wanted to try something new. Having said that I have now got VFM and I have topped 40 hours in game

Sargatanas2511 · 17 Aug 2016 at 10:51

Maverick2332 said:
Well it's not their first game, they also made the Joe Danger mobile games.

Good luck on your interview.

Wow Sean has aged a lot.

Thanks for the well wishing and thanks for the information. I don't really game on mobiles so I didn't know they had made others.

I am still hopeful. Apparently they brought in a QA team that's bigger than the rest of their team combined to help get it sorted. Why they didn't bring these people in 6 months ago baffles me but at least it's a step in the right direction.

Etheco · 17 Aug 2016 at 10:51

Reading the reddit post about NMS is pretty shocking, Specially when some stuff was only said a month ago.

I assume Sony forced there hand on all of this maybe.