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I am looking forward to this, lot's of people seem to be a bit down about it though and saying its boring so it is a bit of a risk at £40 I must be honest.
No Man's Sky - Procedural space game
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Pretty pleased I didn't spend £40 on it from the reception it's received so far.
I'm playing the game, I'm enjoying the game, I'm given an honest opinion of my experience. I'm explicitly warning people that if what you have seen so far has you thinking you'll be bored, to not buy it.
It's a sandbox, you make what you want from it. If you want a telegraphed game that pushed you down a carefully crafted narrative or story, this isn't for you (although there are a couple of objective 'routes' to go down if you want to).
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But it's not though is it. It's not a platform to do 'whatever you want'.
I would have thought that when talking about a video game most people wouldn't need a caveat to point out that you can't use it to make perfect lemon meringue pie.
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Joint KB/M and Gamepad controls too, awesome.
Still wondering if I can set my joystick up for flying in it.
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Didn't take long for you to resort to attempted insults. Grow up. Hey ho.
All i'm trying to get out of you is some honesty...what you said about 'doing what you want' is nonsense.
Me too, can't see why they wouldn't put it in though.
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We will find out in about 3 hours hopefully.
One thing I did notice however was that there is no view distance slider.
One thing I did notice however was that there is no view distance slider.
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It's a tough one to call, I'm genuinely a huge Sci Fi nut, have been looking forward to the game for years..but with all the info that's come out this week, I'm finding 40 quid way to steep for what you get. I guarantee after the initial excitement, I'll be bored, theres only so many different leaves or animals you can see and planets that are a different colour. If there's no glue there, story, something to grab on to, give it half a day and I reckon I'd be bored of mining to get to the next system.
I wonder if this will be the biggest refunded game on Steam? I can see a lot of people being pretty unhappy with the final product.
I wonder if this will be the biggest refunded game on Steam? I can see a lot of people being pretty unhappy with the final product.
Merely pointing out the ridiculousness of this bizarre straw man you've conjured up where someone has said No Man's Sky lets you do ANYTHING ANYONE HAS EVER DONE IN THE ENTIRE UNIVERSE. But I get it, you've got your panties in a bunch because someone has an opinion on a video game you don't agree with and you're upset. Calm down. You'll get over it.
There's plenty to do in No Man's Sky. If you're the sort of person that doesn't enjoy sandbox games, you're probably not going to think it's 40 quid's worth. As a 15-20 quid game I reckon anyone will get good value from it, and if you're in the camp that where you're not sure it appeals, I'd wait for a sale.
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just seen this, graphic settings
http://www.geforce.com/whats-new/articles/no-mans-sky-pc-graphics-settings-4k-screenshots
That looks promising
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A big play space (universe in this case) doesn't equal a sandbox.
Tell me about some of the fun, interesting, unusual things you've done..outside of mining, flying, walking, collecting resources.
The game's four gameplay pillars : Explore, Survive, Fight, Trade. I'm having a fun and interesting time doing just those things.
Have you fundamentally just not got what the game is about?