No Man's Sky

Quote from Steppenwolf

1 hour ago, Steppenwolf said: I've read there is life on every single planet. I don't know what the fun is in this.

That does seem a bit lame if true. I expected most planets to be lifeless and maybe only worth mining a bit of ore or something. And on the rare occasion you come across one with life it would be all that more special to find animals or plants. I also expected some planets might have had different levels of life, some with mostly ocean life and very little on land, others with lots of smaller life forms that seem like they are early in evolution and of course planets with much more developed life and huge animals. If there is life on every planet then every planet is just more of the same.

I've avoided all the youtube and live streams though so hopefully the universe is more barren and not a grindfest. But wouldn't surprise me if it is since I don't think I have played a single good game that has procedural generation. They all seem to focus on the crafting and repetitious activities to mask over the bland gameplay.

because, robbaz ...

So...is there any depth to it?

First signs point to no.

this reddit post proves there's no multiplayer, the game will just sync the named planets and other discoveries.

So the hype was for nothing and it's another survival/crafting game that uses randomization as a crutch and loses all depth and personality because of it. Wide as an Ocean and as deep as a pool.

(buy Subnautica)

Yeah this is one game where the hype never made any sense to me.

I'll tell you this, it's an endless fucking grind. Seriously, constantly feeding the printer paper is more compelling.

That's really unfortunate. Not my type of game, but I was hopeful for the developers. At least they got to make the game they wanted.

Not interested in this game, just watching the storm unfold. I saw that the devs tweeted that "two players found each other". Poor choice of words there.

Quote from dux

2 hours ago, dux said: So the hype was for nothing and it's another survival/crafting game that uses randomization as a crutch and loses all depth and personality because of it. Wide as an Ocean and as deep as a pool.

(buy Subnautica)

Jim Sterling: Even with my expectations guarded, however, I did not expect just another survival/crafting game that used randomization as a crutch to the point of losing all potential personality. 5/10

Seems like Jim Sterling would agree

Man, this sounds pretty fun but I grabbed the money I would spend on this and bought Abzu and Bound instead.

Might still pick this up on PC in couple months, loads of games to play right now. Still finishing Mirror's Edge and Deus Ex is out this month!

Don't worry, they said they are already working on another (smaller) game

Quote from Sprony

2 hours ago, Sprony said: I'll tell you this, it's an endless fucking grind. Seriously, constantly feeding the printer paper is more compelling.

Talking by experience cos you are reviewing it?

Can't wait until Friday!!!

I'm purely in it for the exploration.

I have never understood the hype behind this game from day one, even if it had multiplayer. Am I missing something? It's a pretty looking procedural walking simulator with some crafting and mining. All of this besides the visuals Minecraft does better

Procedural generation can't carry an entire game.

I didn't expect the game to be close to what they promised so wasn't expecting an amazing game, but so far the game is looking pretty terrible. Early reviews are also saying what most in this thread are. Boring grind with survival features that do nothing for the game.

I don't know what everyone was expecting. It doesn't look terrible at all. It's always been advertised as an exploration/survival game. What the fuck did you guys think it was?