There's still much not known about the new update just wait a bit more to see if it's something you would want to play.
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No Man's Sky 1.3 Update releasing this week (portals, expanded story, and more)
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There's still much not known about the new update just wait a bit more to see if it's something you would want to play.
The game would work in a roleplay mode if you imagined waking in a strange galaxy with a busted ship nearby.
It would work better if there were no living NPC races in game, but only AI avatars of them, carrying out research and piloting their ships on millenia old trade routes, living out the commands left in their system before all of their creators left the galaxy. But there are living NPC characters and I find their limited range of interaction jarring. They build these stations and ships and outposts, but there are no cities, no more than a few in one place, and their interaction with you is minimal. It does not make sense.
The NPCs also show the limits of procedural generation. The tiny towns in 16 bit RPGs seem more vibrant than the NPCs in NMS. Contrasting that with the scope of each races' "empire" requires an even greater leap in inagination than supposing the tiny farmhouse in a town in Breath of Fire 2 could feed everybody in that town.
This game was my dream game. The scope of it is impressive, but I greatly prefer the limited but lively maps of Freelancer, Escape Velocity, and Rebel Galaxy.
SuperEpicMan
Banned
For the price, it seems like as good a time as any. I originally played a bit at launch but I ended up returning my copy. However with the recent updates, and the amount of changes they seem to be making, I ended up buying it digitally today. Though I likely won't start playing properly till the new update is released.
The core mechanics are roughly the same, but they have improved just about everything else to varying degrees. From a standpoint of roleplaying your exploration, its definitely at a good spot. I still would not suggest this game at full price, or possibly even at half (though its nearly there). For $25 or less? Yeah, its worth pulling the trigger based on the criteria you guys are saying here.
Bear in mind, the announcements of the other patches only hit the absolutely biggest points of the patches, while the entire list far exceed what they stated. If anything, I'm a little excited to see what the full list is as portals are not all that exciting to me.
Its possible its only story and portals, but given their experience with launch, how they did their preceding patches, and the ARG with run up to anniversary date, I'd be downright stunned if that's all there was. Then again, stranger things with this game have happened.
Dirtyshubb
Member
Its amazing that this sort of thing is really needed for some people.
I suppose when the words 'No Mans Sky' is heard its hard to be rational for some people.
Freeman76
Member
Cant blame them for playing it down after the backlash they recevived at launch. Now we have the same cunts that wanted Sean dead around release date moaning because he doesnt give more info.
Love this game, looking forward to the patch.
RedlineRonin
Member
Cool. Thanks for the feedback guys!
I think I'll hang on and keep a watchful eye when this update drops and see how people are liking it!
improved story and portals alone could touch on changes to dozens of different systems in the game, depending on how involved they got with either. More variety in NPC behavior, more variety in enemy AI behavior, new types of structures, etc. Just portals alone, depending on how they are implemented, could dramatically change how the game is played.
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baxter2231
Member
Even with all the updates its no where near what they promised. Glad I didnt soend my miney on it, feel bad for those who bought based on the promises. Wonder how how many copies it did sell.
But with how expensive fixing broken slots is not sure it's much better than finding one to buy.
I've played 50 hours on the launch week and that seems like a really good ideia to do when I finally come back to this update. I think that I'll keep a captain's log using Steam Screenshots and use some alternative stardate so numbers won't be negative. That should prove interesting. Something like:
Captain's log, stardate 1708.09.
As I was approaching Earth's solar system, a space anomaly dragged my ship into an unknown galaxy through a vortex, damaging it in the process. Now I must explore this galaxy and try to find my way home. The black hole in the center of the galaxy could be a start point, but first I need to repair my ship and survive. This should also prove a good opportunity to seek out new life and new technology.
arturo2666
Banned
Will wait for impressions before redownloading, but this is certainly the first thing to have me considering a download since launch.
AusRoachman
Member
Curious what promises you think they made and broke? Especially features that changes he gameplay in any major way
- planetary rotation
- multiplayer (never promised , in fact they said 99.9 percent would never see another player)
- giant sand worms ( a legit missing thing but I'm not sure how it would improve the gameplay in anyway)
I'm curious what else is missing , everything else seems to have been patched in pretty well from what I can tell.
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DukeLongfellow
Member
If you have an older save file that may not be necessary as you could probably use some of the stuff you have there.
What you can do instead (if you want to start "clean") is to start a Survival playthrough. It starts a new game that is admittedly more challenging (and feels more "rewarding") but it is also a separate save file from the regular game.
There is also Permadeath mode which is basically... Well, it's really difficult so I wouldn't recommend it until you are really good at the base game.
AlexFlame116
Member
Nothing against No Man's Sky at all, but when did developers, that includes all developers, start stressing the fact that an update is free? It's a game update. It's supposed to be free right? I wonder who started the trend of saying that?
Handy Fake
Member
Probably clarification, considering it adds a bunch of new features and content. Under EA and WB that would probably count as "DLC" and come with a price tag...
Heckler456
Banned
Content updates sometimes come in the form of paid DLC. No harm no foul when they're highlighting the fact that this content update is free, in my opinion.
DukeLongfellow
Member
Precisely. A lot of non players of the game have staggeringly little clue how much stuff is introduced per update.
Zombie James
Banned
Guess the luck of the draw wasn't in my favour then. I remember giving it another go, found a ship that had fewer slots than what I had, and didn't bother doing it again.
Finding a crashed ship should trigger your sense of discovery and I think that's really missing. They should vary not just in the number of slots but in design and already-equipped upgrades, so even if you do find a ship that has no real capacity improvements there are other aspects of it that would make you want to switch anyways.
Handy Fake
Member
There are random upgrades in the ships mind.
They promised what we got - Noctis V - while people expected a cartoon Star Citizen.
AusRoachman
Member
I would love if they did crashed freighters as well. Just for the salvaging aspect , would improve your sense of exploration seeing a giant crashed ship on the horizon .
It's something they briefly showed in videos before release but never eventuates .
Add in big tree mods erc from the pc version and it could make worlds feel much more amazing .
Started this up for the first time since launch and the visuals do seem greatly improved though I played it on a regular PS4 at launch and now a PS4 Pro. The framerate feels like a huge improvement. Although its odd that the lock framerate option feels like it locks it to 25fps or something.
I only played for 30 minutes or so because I decided to wait until this patch before starting fresh.
Looking forward to jumping back in this weekend.
I only played for 30 minutes or so because I decided to wait until this patch before starting fresh.
Looking forward to jumping back in this weekend.
The mods are substantial as well. Go PC.
DukeLongfellow
Member
Usually what happens is a detailed trailer showing off features, followed not long after by even more detailed patch notes and then the actual patch release within a day or two.
Really quick process all in all from info to release.
So today is the anniversary of the games release yeah? We expecting this update to drop today?
I really enjoyed the base game and must've put around 70 hours or so in to it. Then when the 2 big updates dropped I must've put in another good 70-100 hours in so I'm really really looking forward to this update.
I really enjoyed the base game and must've put around 70 hours or so in to it. Then when the 2 big updates dropped I must've put in another good 70-100 hours in so I'm really really looking forward to this update.
Zombie James
Banned
I've found random upgrades in new ships you can buy from NPCs but never in a cashed ship (that I can remember).
If it didn't say it was free it would inevitably lead to questions of whether it was free or not, how much does it cost etc. People get upset enough at the game being updated at all, never mind leaving it ambiguous as to cost of updates.
IIRC the previous two big updates were released the day after the announcement, so it's possible.
Cool, thanks for the info.
ichtyander
Member
Just a little tip about the M+KB controls, they're fine on foot but not very good for flying or using the galacitc map. I'm still playing with M+KB but anything regarding ship flight and combat feels pretty bad. Another thing is that you can't look around inside your cockpit with M+KB, but you totally can with a controller. It's not really a big issue, you can only look around a little bit with the controller, but the fact that this has been the case since launch is baffling, alongside a decent number of smaller but persistent bugs that exist to this day.
The game is very stable 60fps on 1080p Pro.
Should be noted that FoV is much higher on PC.