No Man's Sky

I hope this game turns out as great as everyone hopes. I'll bid adieu from this thread as I won't be playing it until the Olympics is over and don't want to hear any spoilers. :p
 
anticonscience said:
Wasn't sold on this until I watched the 26 minute video.

Wow, looks great to just waste some time doing stuff.
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It looks like a massive time sink. I love when he mines the iron, a cave opens underneath, he drops down and suddenly gets attached by a plant that starts jumping around!

The textures look a little rubbish though. Not expecting them to be any better on the PC tbh.
 
montymint said:
The hype train seems to be in overdrive
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I know.

I'm normally quite positive about upcoming games but I've watched all the trailers for this and can't help but think the gameplay is fairly shallow in that there's not that much to do or a reason to be doing it other than just because. To me it looks like it'll get boring after the first half hour.

I just don't get where all the excitement is coming from?
 
Yeah, it looks a lot like Minecraft but with the ability to go and mine on other planets, discover animals/races etc and all this with the space stuff thrown in too.

I spent hours just pottering around in Minecraft and got the platinum for it so this looks like it will be right up my street.

Just gutted I'm on holiday when it comes out and I'll have to wait a week or so play it.
 
Meths said:
I know.

I'm normally quite positive about upcoming games but I've watched all the trailers for this and can't help but think the gameplay is fairly shallow in that there's not that much to do or a reason to be doing it other than just because. To me it looks like it'll get boring after the first half hour.

I just don't get where all the excitement is coming from?
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When you was a kid did you have to be told what to play or make up games yourself? This seems to be the latter, its like a huge playground where you make your own adventures/experiences, rather than a directed game. All you know is that you are supposed to get to the centre of the galaxy, how you do it, how long it takes you and what you do to get there is up to you. I am sure not everyone likes this type of game, and that's perfectly fine.
 
I don't usually pre order stuff. Especially off psn... but I felt that the devs, and Sean really deserve it. Can't wait. Ten days can't come quick enough !!
 
Slight spoilers from a guy who has the game, was enough for me to remember to trust my gut and cancel my pre-order.

This will be as spoiler-free as it can be, and anything I discuss here is so minimal of a spoiler that it should be disregarded.

So, I've reached the center. For now, I'll just keep it a secret. I realize it is "the secret" of the game and I'm sure other people will spill the beans for clickbait sooner than later, so fear not fellow spoiler hounds - someone out there will feed your appetite I'm sure.

I just want to dispel some misconceptions right now and clear the air on a few things before I (finally) sleep.

The Atlas Stone thing is not an "exploit." I was careful to word this so as to not spoil some stuff surrounding it, but please stop insinuating as if I found some game breaking cheat/exploit and abused it. This is NOTHING of the sort. The location of the Stones/Fuel is VERY specific, it's a VERY important location / theme in the game, none of this is by chance and they clearly meant to make it special. I said I PERSONALLY disagree with the design choice, but it's there for now and it is what it is.

The free Fuel doesn't bother me nearly as much as the units gained by the Stones. The pacing was going okay until I ran in to these and then it just skewed everything for me. Here, I'll give you hard numbers - I was selling stacks of rare resources for 20-30K. Uncommon ones maybe 5-10k. Atlas Stones sell for 275K...

Yes, there was life on every planet. Every single one. But, keep in mind, the life itself VARIED dramatically - when I found life on the "Fauna: None" planets, it was seriously stupid **** like prairie dogs. I wasn't encountering giant rhinos or anything. I THINK, although I could be wrong, but I THINK Sean's "90% of planets are bone dry" comment was in reference to planets LOADED with life. Or they just changed their mind last second - who knows.

Contrary to what a lot of people think, I have done A LOT of what the game has to offer. I actually intentionally took time out of my warp jumping over the course of going to the middle to explore planets to break up the monotony of it. This does not mean I have done all of the major events, however - I am still yet to swim to the bottom of a big ocean. I am still yet to destroy a space station. I definitely still have stuff to do.

Another gripe I have right now with the claims on the game before release is this whole "it gets weirder the closer to the middle you get." If you're like me, you expected some seriously obvious inclinations that this was happening as you progressed, and for me... I haven't seen much in the way of difference as I went. The ONLY ONLY ONLY big difference, and honestly the only reason I pushed it so hard, was the weapon crates you saw in the Trade video with the guns for trade improve in quality as you go further in. So, for me, my basic logic was... the sooner I get to the area at the middle, the sooner I have the best multi tool, so why wait?

Here's a HUGE gripe for me at the moment. I'm going to list some bugs at the bottom and I'm not sure if this is a bug or not, but holy **** has this been annoying. I've "upgraded" my suit to unlock all available inventory slots possible. I've found and bought what I "think" is a multi tool with the maximum amount of slots available in the game. However, ships HAVE NOT IMPROVED AT ALL throughout the entire course of the game. This is not a joke. I am at the point now where my PERSONAL SUIT has something like 3-4x the total inventory / module slots as my ****in ship. That seems wrong to me.

There are bugs. Quite a few in fact. In some moments I really start to feel as if this game would have benefited from a beta test. PRAY for a Day 1 patch, not only to nerf the sale cost of Atlas Stones but also to address some of this **** too:

Currently, Beam Upgrades for your multi tool seem broken and ass backwards. Upgrades that are supposed to slow down the heat up of your beam, actually speed it up. Upgrades that are supposed to speed up the mining speed of the beam, actually slow it down. Essentially, your STARTING beam is as powerful as it can be, and if you upgrade it with +1 +2 +3 beam upgrade modules it becomes UNUSABLE. This would, in theory, mean that the fully upgraded beam is actually the beam you're supposed to START with, which would mean my early exploration would have gone a LOT slower.

Sea creatures spawn in shallow water completely vertical stuck in the ground. This isn't like a one time bug thing either, 80% of the large sea creatures have spawned this way, which is a super bummer for me because sea creatures are my favorite and I can't even appropriately scan them or even naked eye view them when this happens.

I've had the game full on crash to PS4 menu something like 20 times now. Usually when I'm warp jumping. No joke. Save your game a lot kids, you'll be ****ed if you don't.

Again, not finding ship upgrades has been super frustrating. Is it a bug? Is the game not spawning better ship module inventories like it's supposed to? Are we actually just supposed to have ships with 1/4th the total inventory of our suit? What gives HG, c'mon.

This entire post isn't even actually a review or anything, this is just addressing a lot of major points people keep bringing up. Once I complete other things like engaging in big scale battles, I'll make a final review.

Oh, and I didn't even pop a trophy for hitting the center. C'mon man...

EDIT: Some people want some quick positives, so stealing some I wrote down below:

While I still haven't found a planet flush with Plants and Fauna as some of the trailer planets (I'll attest this to Sean's claim of those super full and awesome planets being a REALLY low chance to find) I will say that the terrain and overall vibe of the planets has been surprisingly refreshing. I never really have moments where I land on a planet and say, "Oh no, not this one again." They have a lot of variables in the procedural - even the most mundane things like coloring can mean a world of difference. One planet may seem VERY different from another simply because one is purple and another is yellow - you don't notice the similarities as much this way.

Everything is very smooth. The space combat, the entering / leaving your ship, the warp jumps, all of it just feels really sharp while you're playing. I really enjoy the space flight, it's quick enough that I don't sit around twiddling my thumbs but it's long enough at times where I legit feel like I'm traversing a realistic space-distance.

The noises and sound in this game are some of the best I've ever experienced. The animal noises are incredible. They set the mood in such fantastic ways - you'll hear them from quite a ways off and it really sets the tone for that planet. It's very immersive.'

EDIT: I've spent some time responding to comments but I really gotta hit the sack for a bit. Super tired. I'll respond to some more when I wake up.

I've decided I'll post a review when the review embargo is lifted and when other websites post them. I'd expect all the major websites will post reviews, so I'll post my own as kind of a "reddit review," but I'll respect the review embargo before I do and wait for that to lift. So when my review goes up it'll be parallel to all of the other reviews and hopefully you'll see I'm not crazy in some of the things I say, be it good or bad, if other publications agree with me to some degree on any of it.

(This is a safeguard so you don't hate me if I say anything too negatively, ofc ;) )
 
Load of guff. The guy used an exploit and only got to the centre of his GALAXY.

If you want to rush I'm sure it's doable in a relatively short time frame. Loving the haters coming out of the woodwork, the ones with a misconstrued view on what the game is ingrained in their mind.
 
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Didn't know this game existed until Saturday when my brother visited, looks interesting. Think I fancy being a trader with a huge freight ship.
 
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Noxia said:
Slight spoilers from a guy who has the game, was enough for me to remember to trust my gut and cancel my pre-order.

This will be as spoiler-free as it can be, and anything I discuss here is so minimal of a spoiler that it should be disregarded.

So, I've reached the center. For now, I'll just keep it a secret. I realize it is "the secret" of the game and I'm sure other people will spill the beans for clickbait sooner than later, so fear not fellow spoiler hounds - someone out there will feed your appetite I'm sure.

I just want to dispel some misconceptions right now and clear the air on a few things before I (finally) sleep.

The Atlas Stone thing is not an "exploit." I was careful to word this so as to not spoil some stuff surrounding it, but please stop insinuating as if I found some game breaking cheat/exploit and abused it. This is NOTHING of the sort. The location of the Stones/Fuel is VERY specific, it's a VERY important location / theme in the game, none of this is by chance and they clearly meant to make it special. I said I PERSONALLY disagree with the design choice, but it's there for now and it is what it is.

The free Fuel doesn't bother me nearly as much as the units gained by the Stones. The pacing was going okay until I ran in to these and then it just skewed everything for me. Here, I'll give you hard numbers - I was selling stacks of rare resources for 20-30K. Uncommon ones maybe 5-10k. Atlas Stones sell for 275K...

Yes, there was life on every planet. Every single one. But, keep in mind, the life itself VARIED dramatically - when I found life on the "Fauna: None" planets, it was seriously stupid **** like prairie dogs. I wasn't encountering giant rhinos or anything. I THINK, although I could be wrong, but I THINK Sean's "90% of planets are bone dry" comment was in reference to planets LOADED with life. Or they just changed their mind last second - who knows.

Contrary to what a lot of people think, I have done A LOT of what the game has to offer. I actually intentionally took time out of my warp jumping over the course of going to the middle to explore planets to break up the monotony of it. This does not mean I have done all of the major events, however - I am still yet to swim to the bottom of a big ocean. I am still yet to destroy a space station. I definitely still have stuff to do.

Another gripe I have right now with the claims on the game before release is this whole "it gets weirder the closer to the middle you get." If you're like me, you expected some seriously obvious inclinations that this was happening as you progressed, and for me... I haven't seen much in the way of difference as I went. The ONLY ONLY ONLY big difference, and honestly the only reason I pushed it so hard, was the weapon crates you saw in the Trade video with the guns for trade improve in quality as you go further in. So, for me, my basic logic was... the sooner I get to the area at the middle, the sooner I have the best multi tool, so why wait?

Here's a HUGE gripe for me at the moment. I'm going to list some bugs at the bottom and I'm not sure if this is a bug or not, but holy **** has this been annoying. I've "upgraded" my suit to unlock all available inventory slots possible. I've found and bought what I "think" is a multi tool with the maximum amount of slots available in the game. However, ships HAVE NOT IMPROVED AT ALL throughout the entire course of the game. This is not a joke. I am at the point now where my PERSONAL SUIT has something like 3-4x the total inventory / module slots as my ****in ship. That seems wrong to me.

There are bugs. Quite a few in fact. In some moments I really start to feel as if this game would have benefited from a beta test. PRAY for a Day 1 patch, not only to nerf the sale cost of Atlas Stones but also to address some of this **** too:

Currently, Beam Upgrades for your multi tool seem broken and ass backwards. Upgrades that are supposed to slow down the heat up of your beam, actually speed it up. Upgrades that are supposed to speed up the mining speed of the beam, actually slow it down. Essentially, your STARTING beam is as powerful as it can be, and if you upgrade it with +1 +2 +3 beam upgrade modules it becomes UNUSABLE. This would, in theory, mean that the fully upgraded beam is actually the beam you're supposed to START with, which would mean my early exploration would have gone a LOT slower.

Sea creatures spawn in shallow water completely vertical stuck in the ground. This isn't like a one time bug thing either, 80% of the large sea creatures have spawned this way, which is a super bummer for me because sea creatures are my favorite and I can't even appropriately scan them or even naked eye view them when this happens.

I've had the game full on crash to PS4 menu something like 20 times now. Usually when I'm warp jumping. No joke. Save your game a lot kids, you'll be ****ed if you don't.

Again, not finding ship upgrades has been super frustrating. Is it a bug? Is the game not spawning better ship module inventories like it's supposed to? Are we actually just supposed to have ships with 1/4th the total inventory of our suit? What gives HG, c'mon.

This entire post isn't even actually a review or anything, this is just addressing a lot of major points people keep bringing up. Once I complete other things like engaging in big scale battles, I'll make a final review.

Oh, and I didn't even pop a trophy for hitting the center. C'mon man...

EDIT: Some people want some quick positives, so stealing some I wrote down below:

While I still haven't found a planet flush with Plants and Fauna as some of the trailer planets (I'll attest this to Sean's claim of those super full and awesome planets being a REALLY low chance to find) I will say that the terrain and overall vibe of the planets has been surprisingly refreshing. I never really have moments where I land on a planet and say, "Oh no, not this one again." They have a lot of variables in the procedural - even the most mundane things like coloring can mean a world of difference. One planet may seem VERY different from another simply because one is purple and another is yellow - you don't notice the similarities as much this way.

Everything is very smooth. The space combat, the entering / leaving your ship, the warp jumps, all of it just feels really sharp while you're playing. I really enjoy the space flight, it's quick enough that I don't sit around twiddling my thumbs but it's long enough at times where I legit feel like I'm traversing a realistic space-distance.

The noises and sound in this game are some of the best I've ever experienced. The animal noises are incredible. They set the mood in such fantastic ways - you'll hear them from quite a ways off and it really sets the tone for that planet. It's very immersive.'

EDIT: I've spent some time responding to comments but I really gotta hit the sack for a bit. Super tired. I'll respond to some more when I wake up.

I've decided I'll post a review when the review embargo is lifted and when other websites post them. I'd expect all the major websites will post reviews, so I'll post my own as kind of a "reddit review," but I'll respect the review embargo before I do and wait for that to lift. So when my review goes up it'll be parallel to all of the other reviews and hopefully you'll see I'm not crazy in some of the things I say, be it good or bad, if other publications agree with me to some degree on any of it.

(This is a safeguard so you don't hate me if I say anything too negatively, ofc ;) )
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Who is this guy? Is this the guy who uploaded all his game play last week.
 
Suicidal Ferret said:
Load of guff. The guy used an exploit and only got to the centre of his GALAXY.

If you want to rush I'm sure it's doable in a relatively short time frame. Loving the haters coming out of the woodwork, the ones with a misconstrued view on what the game is ingrained in their mind.
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There were rumours around about there being more than one galaxy but I thought around that time HG confirmed there is only one. However, he does raise some good points though especially about trading and apparent bugs with the upgrade paths. Still, it hasn't put me off ordering it :D
 
Greboth said:
There were rumours around about there being more than one galaxy but I thought around that time HG confirmed there is only one. However, he does raise some good points though especially about trading and apparent bugs with the upgrade paths. Still, it hasn't put me off ordering it :D
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The 18 quintillion planets makes the size of the NMS 'universe' probably a fair bit larger than the Milky Way we're in. It's big.

How long it takes to get to the center will depend entirely on what warp/jump technology you can get on your ships. I've avoided all the leaks so no idea what this guy has been doing, but I would guess he's been making a pretty direct bee-line for the center. I plan on just mooching about meandering vaguely in that direct rather then running for the finish so expect it to last a fair bit longer :)
 
I thought his post was very unbiased, at least he has played it, don't see how (or why) people get so defensive over something they have never played thus have nothing to go on.

ic1male said:
There are some harsh people out there. Calling Sean Murray the new Peter Molyneux!
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Just had a tea dribble incident :D
 
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