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Title: No Man's Sky
Post by: mars1692 on August 16, 2016, 12:56:40 am
I'm quite surprise no one has been talking about No Man's Sky.  Who's planning it?

I pre-orded the game when it was release and have been playing it since Friday.  I currently have around 13 hours in it and it's amazing.  I highly recommend getting it if you are debating on getting it.

(And no, I haven't found any nudist aliens!)


 
Title: Re: No Man's Sky
Post by: NaturalInNY on August 17, 2016, 08:55:00 pm
Like I said in the other thread, I got exactly what I was expecting and am enjoying it. Early game was a bit of a slog but it is a survival/crafting game after all. I find picking up on the occasional bits of backstory and lore pretty fun. The game could use a little more polish but Hello Games are on it. So far I found one of the outposts running perpendicular to a hill so there's vegetation and such growing inside it where it's not supposed to. Oh, and another outpost underwater. Oddities like that are fun though.

Getting enough cash for a decent ship upgrade is brutal though. As for nudist aliens, I've run into cactus like tendrils that try to grab you and various other hazards. And then the need for constant life support. Not a great galaxy to go nude in.  :happy
Title: Re: No Man's Sky
Post by: mars1692 on August 18, 2016, 11:11:53 pm
I found getting cash is quite easy.  You just have to fine a planet which have mounds of gold and just mine them and sell the ore.  I also just found out the other day that you can fine gold in space but you need to look out for the space pirates! 

I would expect to see a lot of updates in the next couple months but over all, it's still quite fun to play and explore.
Title: Re: No Man's Sky
Post by: cjpilotboy on August 31, 2016, 03:05:13 pm
I never ordered it and it just seems like a waste of money at this point. It took the role as destiny, promising the world, but delivered a small city that has like 3 houses and a post office/gas station combo... Just too many words from devs and nothing to back anything they say up.
Title: Re: No Man's Sky
Post by: mars1692 on September 01, 2016, 12:59:34 pm
I never ordered it and it just seems like a waste of money at this point. It took the role as destiny, promising the world, but delivered a small city that has like 3 houses and a post office/gas station combo... Just too many words from devs and nothing to back anything they say up.

After planning it for a while, it does become repetitive.  It's a good idea they had, but they sacrificed the quality for quantity.  It's fun going through space, but you repeat what you have previously been doing. 

Hopefully they give the game some major updates... 
Title: Re: No Man's Sky
Post by: cjpilotboy on September 03, 2016, 05:14:10 pm
So they just publicly came out with the tail between their legs. Apparently no one told Shawn Murray that what you say about the game becomes the advertisement for the game. http://www.no-mans-sky.com/2016/09/development-update/ (http://www.no-mans-sky.com/2016/09/development-update/)

After the updates come out I might look into getting it but so far they know they failed on defining exactly what they were selling and then they sold the moon without promising anything.
Title: Re: No Man's Sky
Post by: DrgHybrid on September 03, 2016, 08:01:41 pm
This is also why I wait for price drops to buy any game. The reviews are all over the place and has a ton of bad ones. Basically the lack of personality in npcs and the repetiveness.

It'll stay on my wish list on steam, but I'll never get it till it goes on a 20 or less dollar special. Asking 60 bucks right out for the door for a survival game from an indie company is just ridiculous.
Title: Re: No Man's Sky
Post by: cjpilotboy on September 23, 2016, 05:19:51 am
Guys, can we talk about how this game is dead shortly after the launch. There has been no activity on HelloGame's twitter. Im concerned that other indie games will be affected by this release!
Title: Re: No Man's Sky
Post by: NewNaturist on September 24, 2016, 03:47:06 am
A lot of Indie Studios have been suffering.

Both Xbox and Playstation have their studios hard at work, Minecraft being expanded further, New Halo Wars, 3 New COD games, FIFA 17, The list goes on, and lots of popular titles as well, must be tough to be a developer...  :dontgetit
Title: Re: No Man's Sky
Post by: cjpilotboy on November 30, 2016, 12:18:13 am
So the foundation update just was announced. This is odd becuase the foundation of a thing is ushaly the first thing that you build. Hopefully what we see built on top of this foundation is worth a second look at the game.
Title: Re: No Man's Sky
Post by: DrgHybrid on November 30, 2016, 01:37:04 am
I think their reputation as a game has been ruined too bad for them to make a comeback on this one. Might as well take that foundation and make a new game. On Steam they are down in the dumps as "Mostly Negative" and I've even taken it off of my wishlist.
Title: Re: No Man's Sky
Post by: aussieollie on November 30, 2016, 02:39:05 am
I still want to give it a try - they need an IOS version.
Title: Re: No Man's Sky
Post by: nakeddrake on December 18, 2016, 05:24:07 pm
Hope I am not necroing a thread here, or starting up an unpopular topic, but I was wondering what people think of the new update? I have not played it that much, but if more updates come down the line like this one, I will definitely be playing it more. For some though I can see how it is too little too late.

For me the hype never really caught up to me about the game, and I could explain that in more detail, but let's just say I feel Sony has the death touch lately.
Title: Re: No Man's Sky
Post by: cjpilotboy on December 18, 2016, 08:52:59 pm
Hope I am not necroing a thread here, or starting up an unpopular topic, but I was wondering what people think of the new update? I have not played it that much, but if more updates come down the line like this one, I will definitely be playing it more. For some though I can see how it is too little too late.

For me the hype never really caught up to me about the game, and I could explain that in more detail, but let's just say I feel Sony has the death touch lately.

I feel like this update is overdue and the content it added were indeed fundamental to any sucess this game was to ever obtain. Personally I find this lack of content disturbing and that the secrecy of all the updates that are to come is a little unnerving. Not showing any transparency is something that Sony is mostlikely forcing on them due to the idea that any communication is seen as confirmation on continued content and work. Shawn Murray singlehandedly created this mess and I think the lack of information is a direct consequence of his big mouth. Not to be super bashful or anything of the sort, but I truly feel bad for the dev team who are being subjugated to this. It almost feels like some of the drama we get from the Japanese game developers.
Title: Re: No Man's Sky
Post by: DrgHybrid on December 18, 2016, 09:33:15 pm
WatchMojo said it best as No Man's Sky for #1 spot. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bPJCNUnxnPU

@nakeddrake As far as necroing an old thread, never have any worries there. As long as you continue the discussion and add in sight to it, there is never a problem with reviving a thread. Saying congrats to someone for something that happened years ago or responding to only one person that hasn't been active for a long time wouldn't be contributing. But, certain discussions never fully die anyways. And better then having multiple threads of the same thing.
Title: Re: No Man's Sky
Post by: nakeddrake on December 18, 2016, 11:35:23 pm
Hope I am not necroing a thread here, or starting up an unpopular topic, but I was wondering what people think of the new update? I have not played it that much, but if more updates come down the line like this one, I will definitely be playing it more. For some though I can see how it is too little too late.

For me the hype never really caught up to me about the game, and I could explain that in more detail, but let's just say I feel Sony has the death touch lately.

I feel like this update is overdue and the content it added were indeed fundamental to any sucess this game was to ever obtain. Personally I find this lack of content disturbing and that the secrecy of all the updates that are to come is a little unnerving. Not showing any transparency is something that Sony is mostlikely forcing on them due to the idea that any communication is seen as confirmation on continued content and work. Shawn Murray singlehandedly created this mess and I think the lack of information is a direct consequence of his big mouth. Not to be super bashful or anything of the sort, but I truly feel bad for the dev team who are being subjugated to this. It almost feels like some of the drama we get from the Japanese game developers.

I agree with you on that. If I were to blame anyone on the dev team, it would be Shawn.. I'm not sure what he was thinking? I don't think he lied just for the hype to be honest, because if someone took me out of my office and put me on the hot spot with Stephen Colbert, I would probably do worst (I hate public attention, even good) But who knows, maybe he is the evil mastermind the internet says he is. Bottom line, he should not have lied.

As for Sony, they already piss me off with how all the power went to their head. An example was mods for Fallout 4 and Skyrim: Special Edition. XBox got the mods no problem, but the moment news articles started popping up about Bethesda delaying mod support for PlayStation, I knew it was because Sony didn't want either scripts or custom content. Turns out it was the custom content. Having a closed system makes me question a company's worth (*cough* Apple,) but being bold about it and obviously not caring out your customers is some EA level stuff.

But in the end, the death threats, Sony wanting to push their new mid-life console, and Shawn not being up front about everything was never going to work out. They should have either dropped Sony and not generated so much hype, open the game up for demos, or delayed it until it was completed.

TLDR; Sony backing up an indie game developer mixed with hyped gamers and a Shawn Murray who didn't want to dissapoint caused the game to be rushed. IMO everyone has blame in this.
/rant

All I hope for now is a better game. I would love to see what the trailers showed, even if it takes a few years. As for the haters, they can play something different, they never brought anything good to the table anyway.



WatchMojo said it best as No Man's Sky for #1 spot. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bPJCNUnxnPU

@nakeddrake As far as necroing an old thread, never have any worries there. As long as you continue the discussion and add in sight to it, there is never a problem with reviving a thread. Saying congrats to someone for something that happened years ago or responding to only one person that hasn't been active for a long time wouldn't be contributing. But, certain discussions never fully die anyways. And better then having multiple threads of the same thing.

Yup, I saw that and can't disagree with them.

Thanks @DrgHybrid , I am still looking for a thread in the video game section, but I don't want to post too much. Sundays are my lazy days, so I have been on this forum most of the time. So many topics to discuss :3

Title: Re: No Man's Sky
Post by: cjpilotboy on March 05, 2018, 04:05:15 am
Update time: So I just acquired the game and have spent about 14 hours total so far. I can say the game is enjoyable right now. As a new player who had no previous experience of the game (I have never played it at before, no friend had it, and the only thing I saw was Twitch streams and youtube during the controversial time period). I think the new update, currently Atlass Rising, is a step in the right direction, but still I can't belive it has taken this long for them to get to this point in the development. The game is fun, but I couldn't imagine it being fun until after these updates. I fully expect more content in the future (that reflect the original promises by bigmouthbarry) to be represented in the game.
I cant give a list of pros and cons  simply becuase I dont know how well the game is executing on what it is meant to do. The development cycle is backwards with this one, and it is completely out of whack with every other game out there.
Title: Re: No Man's Sky
Post by: JoyousLemons on September 18, 2021, 09:14:16 pm
Anyone still play it? It's really fun and lightyears better than launch
Title: Re: No Man's Sky
Post by: Fishandchips on September 18, 2021, 09:16:46 pm
Anyone still play it? It's really fun and lightyears better than launch

Is it bad that this is the first I’ve ever heard of it???  :thinking:
Title: Re: No Man's Sky
Post by: JoyousLemons on September 18, 2021, 09:24:19 pm
Anyone still play it? It's really fun and lightyears better than launch

Is it bad that this is the first I’ve ever heard of it???  :thinking:

Basically, it's an open world space exploration survival craft game, but with a twist. It has it's own procedurally generated universe with over 18 quintillion worlds.

It was released 5 years ago and was an absolute disaster at launch. The Internet Historian has a great video about going into detail if you're interested
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5BJVO3PDeQ