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No Man's Sky Limited Edition box points to removal of online play
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IceDoesntHelp
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This has been in every no mans sky thread on gaf, except the picture thread.
we even had a gaffer post pictures.. lol
Caayn
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Here you go
.Recently posted, interesting stuff, time-stamp included. Would love to know if real.
yeah has anyone seen anything like those sandworms?
Someone just posted a screenshot of a floating tentacle thingy in the OT, and I've seen streams of people encountering giant giraffe-like dinosaurs. Weird creatures do exist, likely more so the closer you get to the center.
YianGaruga
Banned
Reminds me of how Jet Force Gemini boxes had a sticker covering up the "Expansion Pak Enhanced" on the first run boxes because the game ended up not actually using it
http://www.ign.com/articles/1999/10/13/nintendo-fixes-jfg-box
http://www.ign.com/articles/1999/10/13/nintendo-fixes-jfg-box
AcademicSaucer
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Indeed
Visualante2
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Not sure if printing error or developers biting off more than they can chew.
Ulysses 31
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IAmAnAgnostic
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Seriously. Is there even a single sighting out there?
how about deformed huge dinosaur type things
Evolution. Now imagine the creatures this beast beat in the race to survive.
I'm dead.
SplitYourInfinities
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That's my favorite NMS related gif I have seen so far.
ISee
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Crackachu really took over Gaf over night it seems.
Ceaseless Discharge
Banned
It's pretty clear what happened - team has massive ambitions, gets excited, tells everyone, then has trouble attempting to implement said ambitions. The game was released in its current state as the studio was rapidly running out of money.
Sean and Co have pretty much permanently trashed their reputation by doing a Molyneux.
Sean and Co have pretty much permanently trashed their reputation by doing a Molyneux.
mocolostrocolos
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Good lord, this is hilarious.
stan423321
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Transistor
Banned
Nah, I view this as more of a Driveclub. They can still save face by implementing MP in some fashion. Even if it's just like the "ghosts" in souls games.
But, personally, I like the game in its current state. I didn't buy this thinking it was an MMO like some people. I don't want hordes of trolls griefing people or anything. I want to explore. Would it be cool with another person? Sure, why not. But it doesn't affect me enjoying the game.
The only thing I hold Hello Games responsible for is not clearing it up with people and saying "hey, yeah, we wanted online, but it just isn't possible right now" or something like that.
correct.
"online" is just any kind of online funcitonality, which the game certainly has.
Maybe they decided to remove the "en linea" icon to do exactly what they should have done all along - keep people's expectations towards the "multiplayer-ness" of the game to a minimum.
chromatic9
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how about deformed huge dinosaur type things
what the hell is that! Nightmare material that
Still undecided as to whether to buy this or not - if I do - it will be the limited edtion complete with sticker
But why cover it up with a sticker?, that's just a little odd no?
Transistor
Banned
The sticker also changes the age rating. For all we know, the whole PEGI bar on the box actually could have been a misprint on the EU LE copies.
The thing is, we just don't know.
YianGaruga
Banned
Even so, the box should have the logo and the removal is strange
That icon stands for any kind of online functionality
EDIT: Actually it seems kind of inconsistent. Necropolis, an online co-op game, doesn't have the logo either
http://www.pegi.info/de/index/global_id/505/?searchString=necropolis
ISee
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Not after stating that we will be able to see and interact (live) with other players if we happen to stumble upon them. And honestly this might be something unlikely to happen in the outer rims of the galaxie, but a lot more likely near the center. And at the center system? Well it should happen once people start to reach it.
mocolostrocolos
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The thing is, that someone has fucked up the new feature sticker, because the game supports online interactions but no multiplayer.
Only the PEGI rating should be changed.
Only the PEGI rating should be changed.
Transistor
Banned
This is also true. Because the online capability makes it possible for you to run across planet "fuckpussy", so that would be important for people to know.
Sony doesn't decide what the PEGI rates the game for. The rating on the PEGI site doesn't list online functionality either:
EDIT: Okay apparently I'm wrong nevermind.
Sony doesn't decide what the PEGI rates the game for. The rating on the PEGI site doesn't list online functionality either:
Does this sticker thing happen often then?, not sure I can say I've seen it before.
No, this changes probably comes from a too early limited edition box manufacture.
stan423321
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No, it's rare as heck. Last minute feature cuts of the actual gameplay affecting sort, nevermind rating affecting sort, are actually rare. I remember Rabbids Go Home somehow slipping under the radar and getting PEGI rating raised, but that didn't have a CE, so I think they just have reprinted the covers (not sure what they did with ratings on disc though).
Were there really that many people convinced that this was a multiplayer game? This whole "controversy" baffles me, because I had gotten the sense that every time people brought up multi, they also downplayed it heavily, barring an off-the-cuff statement here or there.
Also, is it really a "removal" if something never existed in the first place?
Also, is it really a "removal" if something never existed in the first place?
well, that might be due to the timing of when the original boxes had gone into manufacturing / printing.
Sony and Hello could have certainly pushed for the rating to be lowered from 12 to 7 for the sake of having the widest possible target audience.
ISee
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Sony doesn't decide what the PEGI rates the game for. The rating on the PEGI site doesn't list online functionality either:
Maybe it was also changed at one point in time. But I have no idea if that's even easily possible.
IAmAnAgnostic
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There are a few different possible explanations for this. The least viable is a last minute removal of online multiplayer.
It's still an almost unbelievable scenario. It's a farce.
Did they think people wouldn't notice the sticker? Did they not realise how it looks?
None of this stuff about multiplayer actually impacts the game that exists, but it does make some of Hello's pre-release communication a bit questionable.
I've long thought that, at least for PSN purchases, Sony (and same applies to digital purchases from MS/Nintendo) that there needs to be a standard reasonable refund policy. Along the lines of what Steam has. Cases like this, where people took a developer's communication about a game at face value and ended up disappointing, are a good example of why such a policy should exist.
It's still an almost unbelievable scenario. It's a farce.
Did they think people wouldn't notice the sticker? Did they not realise how it looks?
None of this stuff about multiplayer actually impacts the game that exists, but it does make some of Hello's pre-release communication a bit questionable.
I've long thought that, at least for PSN purchases, Sony (and same applies to digital purchases from MS/Nintendo) that there needs to be a standard reasonable refund policy. Along the lines of what Steam has. Cases like this, where people took a developer's communication about a game at face value and ended up disappointing, are a good example of why such a policy should exist.
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