Where's Our Review? - No Man's Sky News

SBFord · August 2016

Where's Our Review? - No Man's Sky News

As some of you probably noticed this past week or two, the creator of No Man's Sky, Hello Games' Sean Murray, has been doing a bit of expectation and damage control in light of leaked footage and impressions. There's a massive day one patch and progress wipe on the game today, though and many excited players and journalists are finally reviewing the game.

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ianicus · August 2016

If it's a single player game in spirit why review it on this site at all....seems like flame bait to me.

Krynt0k · August 2016

Exactly. No need to review it. Go play an mmorpg and review it. You never got to endgame bdo so start there?

SBFord · August 2016

ianicus said:

If it's a single player game in spirit why review it on this site at all....seems like flame bait to me.

This site has covered single player RPG and RPG-survival games literally for years. It's a big game with a big following with lots of cross-over interest from MMO and RPG players. There is simply no reason not to review it.

Warlyx · August 2016

hmmm dont u guys have a ps4 ? go buy a copy and review it...but looks like u were waiting for free ps4 copy

.....and prefer to wait for PC release now .

Nilden · August 2016

Bill Murphy is probably too busy selling Ghillie suits in BDO...

Kr3sen · August 2016

I think people made this game out to be something its not. I was expecting something along the lines of Starbound, Terraria or Minecraft. But its absolutely nothing like that. From the footage ive seen its just a bunch of randomly generated planets you can run around on.

Its like the developers behind it thought the mere act of walking around in a virtual environments is some groundbreaking experience. In reality what makes for a good game is the content you fill that world with.

SEANMCAD · August 2016

Kr3sen said:

I think people made this game out to be something its not. I was expecting something along the lines of Starbound, Terraria or Minecraft. But its absolutely nothing like that. From the footage ive seen its just a bunch of randomly generated planets you can run around on.

Its like the developers behind it thought the mere act of walking around in a virtual environments is some groundbreaking experience. In reality what makes for a good game is the content you fill that world with.

the problem I have had with fans of this game for years is that for at least a year that (only explore and nothing else) is literally all the developer revealed. Everything else was assumed

knightaudit · August 2016

I am looking forward to this game ... I like a good mystery and exploration type games. Single or MMO .. all good to me. I do like that the Devs tried to keep everything hush hush as long as they could as to not let any hype or opinion sway what they wanted to accomplish.

Ginaz · August 2016

Warlyx said:

hmmm dont u guys have a ps4 ? go buy a copy and review it...but looks like u were waiting for free ps4 copy .....and prefer to wait for PC release now .

Because this is primarily a PC gaming site and most people here are PC gamers? Anyway, from experience, if there is a game with both a PC and console version, the PC one is usually superior so why not review the better version?

SEANMCAD · August 2016

knightaudit said:

I am looking forward to this game ... I like a good mystery and exploration type games. Single or MMO .. all good to me. I do like that the Devs tried to keep everything hush hush as long as they could as to not let any hype or opinion sway what they wanted to accomplish.

what was the last game you played that would match your description of 'good mystery and exploration game'

thundercles · August 2016

SEANMCAD said:

knightaudit said:

I am looking forward to this game ... I like a good mystery and exploration type games. Single or MMO .. all good to me. I do like that the Devs tried to keep everything hush hush as long as they could as to not let any hype or opinion sway what they wanted to accomplish.

what was the last game you played that would match your description of 'good mystery and exploration game'

Maniac Mansion.

Phry · August 2016

Apparently there is a day one patch that will change everything on the PC, but its not due now until 12th August.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c0POTg1Kk7g

SEANMCAD · August 2016

thundercles said:

SEANMCAD said:

knightaudit said:

I am looking forward to this game ... I like a good mystery and exploration type games. Single or MMO .. all good to me. I do like that the Devs tried to keep everything hush hush as long as they could as to not let any hype or opinion sway what they wanted to accomplish.

what was the last game you played that would match your description of 'good mystery and exploration game'

Maniac Mansion.

ok 1. that was decades ago and 2. I would consider that an 'Adventure Title' which NMS really isnt anything at all like

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SEANMCAD · August 2016

blueturtle13 said:

SEANMCAD said:

knightaudit said:

I am looking forward to this game ... I like a good mystery and exploration type games. Single or MMO .. all good to me. I do like that the Devs tried to keep everything hush hush as long as they could as to not let any hype or opinion sway what they wanted to accomplish.

what was the last game you played that would match your description of 'good mystery and exploration game'

For me I would say Lifeless Planet, Firewatch and The Vanishing of Ethan Carter

I wonder if a game like Firewatch should have been hyped to the same level as NMS

Muke · August 2016

Warlyx said:

hmmm dont u guys have a ps4 ? go buy a copy and review it...but looks like u were waiting for free ps4 copy .....and prefer to wait for PC release now .

Why buy a expensive console when you can just buy the game for a lower total cost 3-4 days later?

SEANMCAD · August 2016

Muke said:

Warlyx said:

hmmm dont u guys have a ps4 ? go buy a copy and review it...but looks like u were waiting for free ps4 copy .....and prefer to wait for PC release now .

Why buy a expensive console when you can just buy the game for a lower total cost 3-4 days later?

sometimes its even more than that. 7 days to die for example the console version sucks AND will not contain the most important update Alpha 15

The downsides to PC is that you often have to sit up right which is not good for the back long term and you dont get social approval from IGN

Hariken · August 2016

So what do you do in this game. Fly from one planet to another and walk around exploring rinse and repeat? Are their NPC's to interact with? Do you get missions? Are there cities and towns on any planets? Are there space stations?

Octagon7711 · August 2016

Lots of videos explaining game-play on YouTube. I'm on the fence with this one.

Vodun · August 2016

Look forward to be playing this tonight on PS4. Going in with an open mind and just have some fun.

SlyLoK · August 2016

Ill be picking it up for PC Friday.

Mendel · August 2016

System said:

Where's Our Review? - No Man's Sky News
As some of you probably noticed this past week or two, the creator of No Man's Sky, Hello Games' Sean Murray, has been doing a bit of expectation and damage control in light of leaked footage and impressions. There's a massive day one patch and progress wipe on the game today, though and many excited players and journalists are finally reviewing the game.

Read the full story here

I'm curious. If this isn't an MMO type game (and the developer seems to want that point very clear), then why is there a need to have whatever a 'progress wipe' is? Why would the developer worry about progress? What difference would it make if one player was 'ahead' of another, in what is essentially a solo game?

I'm definitely getting mixed signals.

Volgore · August 2016

Since Hello Games is an indie studio, we don't need a review to know what score the game would get.

Just like we know the scores major titles get.

DarLorkar · August 2016

Mendel said:

System said:

Where's Our Review? - No Man's Sky News
As some of you probably noticed this past week or two, the creator of No Man's Sky, Hello Games' Sean Murray, has been doing a bit of expectation and damage control in light of leaked footage and impressions. There's a massive day one patch and progress wipe on the game today, though and many excited players and journalists are finally reviewing the game.

Read the full story here

I'm curious. If this isn't an MMO type game (and the developer seems to want that point very clear), then why is there a need to have whatever a 'progress wipe' is? Why would the developer worry about progress? What difference would it make if one player was 'ahead' of another, in what is essentially a solo game?

I'm definitely getting mixed signals.

The things you discover are saved on a server if you upload them. So what you discover will be "discovered" for everyone. Planets you name and upload will have that name for everyone.

That's one reason for a wipe. The other is that they have changed things from how the game started a few weeks ago. So if you started early, you could not play with the new changes. They just wanted a clean new start on the game.

Dunno why people here are so bent out of shape...lot of them wanted to see reviews before buying...well they can now. PS4 is out a day or 2 before PC. So check it out and do not buy if you do not see anything you will like.

holdenhamlet · August 2016

Game itself seems pretty bad, but I'd be interested to see an MMORPG built on this kind of randomly generated stuff.

For example, a Star Trek MMORPG built like this game is would be pretty amazing.

Of course, you'd have to have much more potential player interaction than this game seems to offer, but it seems doable.

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