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The Wonder of No Mans Sky
Snakex
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in No Man's Sky
No Mans Sky (NMS) is the Psuedo-MMO that you will probably never run into anybody else in. Its such an (truly) innovative game and unique that it definitely has my attention. Imagine, there are some Quintilian amount of planets. Even if you ran into one or two planets that were named by somebody else, that is a feat all on its own, let alone running into somebody else in that universe.
Could you even imagine?
You've been playing the game for 6 months, 8 months, a year, 2 years, 3 years and you finally run into somebody, on a planet, in a space station, what the fuck would you do. That would be crazy luck and probably was not even expecting it ever.
Sadly the game would be a great MMO but thats not what the devs have imagined for it. Its more of an artistic outlook, philosophical you could say.
Some dont even consider the fact that you might not even reach the center of the universe in the games life-time, if thats even your goal in the game.
NMS is probably the first game in a while that is trying to capture your mind and not your wallet.
Could you even imagine?
You've been playing the game for 6 months, 8 months, a year, 2 years, 3 years and you finally run into somebody, on a planet, in a space station, what the fuck would you do. That would be crazy luck and probably was not even expecting it ever.
Sadly the game would be a great MMO but thats not what the devs have imagined for it. Its more of an artistic outlook, philosophical you could say.
Some dont even consider the fact that you might not even reach the center of the universe in the games life-time, if thats even your goal in the game.
NMS is probably the first game in a while that is trying to capture your mind and not your wallet.
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You might want to give "Empyrion: Galactic Survival" a look while you wait. I got it for $12 during the steam sale and am really impressed with the game and dev team. Lots of crafting, enemies hunting you, enemy transports dropping off troops at your base, flying to different planets for different ores, attacking enemy bases and it still in early access. A ton more fun than the big AAA space title has been in development for 4+ years
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
I just wish you could invite friends in NMS to explore together.
"I'll never grow up, never grow up, never grow up! Not me!"
Another possibility is to simply make people start relatively close to each other. Sure, you can go into the wrong direction or miss a planet, but probabilty alone tells us that people will stumble upon each other if you put enough of them close by.
I'll wait to the day's end when the moon is high
And then I'll rise with the tide with a lust for life, I'll
Amass an army, and we'll harness a horde
And then we'll limp across the land until we stand at the shore
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Just trying to live long enough to play a new, released MMORPG, playing New Worlds atm
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You could buy warp drive charges with real money tokens, name stuff you find for tokens, warp to friends for tokens lol. Oh well missed opportunity for them.
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If there's one thing Elite has taught me, it's that a game world can indeed be too big, especially when it's the size of an ocean but only angstroms deep.
That, and the phrase 'procedural generation' is most often code for 'boredom generation'.
Perhaps NMS will escape this curse, for the sake of those riding the hype train I hope so, but I've so far seen nothing indicating it won't, for most, become real boring real fast.
In Star Wars Galaxies (SWG), before some guilds realized that resource nodes, respawned every week. They tried to capture, claim, and hold these nodes. Later when they realized that large flat land was more important to place large harvester, this is what they captured, claimed, and held.
If there was an MMO like NMS, the cost of scouting and mapping zones of space must be high. The cost of mining a gas giant planet or an asteroid field, must be high. IMO, a guild should not be allowed to set up a mining station, only a planet size economy could take on that challenge. They might control the in's and out's of a station like a gang, but not the station out right like a government.
Boy: Why can't I talk to Him?
Mom: We don't talk to Priests.
As if it could exist, without being payed for.
F2P means you get what you paid for. Pay nothing, get nothing.
Even telemarketers wouldn't think that.
It costs money to play. Therefore P2W.
I might have missed one item in the OP description but from a quick scan it sounds like Elite Dangerous to me
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The world is going to the dogs, which is just how I planned it!
'...never been created before....'
'um sir Elite Dangerous has these features.''
'why are you attacking this game with your negativity!!!'
that is a summation of many of the posts around here.rant off
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They purport that it will take 5 billion years to see all of the planets. I mean.. I doubt the game servers are up for more than 10 years... but ... exploration-wise... none of the other games mentioned compare.
what is the difference between a game in which you and everyone you know or can see on youtube will never see the same thing
and a universe bigger than that.
nothing.
so statistically from my understanding Elite Dangerous already has this even though NMS is bigger. one STILL cant see it all anyway
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"Hey, we have so much crap in this game that even your grandchildren's grandchildren will never see it, that's how awesome it is!"
You could tell everyone that if they find the super secret special asteroid (that isn't even in the game) that they'd get something special, and the puddle of coagulated intellect would cheer.
E:D has ~400 billion star systems, and nobody's gonna see those either. It's been done. Let it go lol.