I don't think it was OP's intention - even though the subreddit had already been back up for hours when he opened the thread... just Gaffers being Gaffers.
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No Man's Sky subreddit shut down, community erupts,
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Darryl M R
Member
This guy is off the deep end. Just wow
Have you actually read any of the criticisms in the no man's sky threads? Or are you just wildly stabbing in the dark with your assumptions? Because I can assure you, there are TONS of legitimate concerns, one of which is that the developer directly lied when they said you could see each other at the same location.
Oh definitely. The Order 1866 may have disappointed some people but No Man's Sky is making people lose their fuckin minds
No it wouldn't. The sort of hate coming towards NMS (and I'm not talking the frustration..I'm talking the death threats, conspiracy theories, all the crazy shit) is coming from the sort of people who have made their mind up regardless of communication.
Even if we lived in an alternate world where HG was communicating with the fan base and even adding features, they still have a portion of their community that is irrational and incapable of compromise.
Hello Games massively screwed this up, but let's not forget that Sean Murray got DEATH THREATS after delaying the game. There is definitely a part of this community that cannot be reasoned with and is generally unhinged.
Admiral Woofington
Member
Wasn't it the press sneak fuck who got death threats after he reported it was getting delayed from people who really wanted the game?
The crazies are everywhere
The crazies are everywhere
The Order has the benefit of being a finished product. A disappointing finished product but still.
tearsintherain
Member
Interesting look at behind the scenes of reddit. Years ago if the person who created the subreddit decided to make it private (I don't think you can ever "delete" a subreddit) or invite only there was nothing anyone could do except make a competing sub-reddit. My city's subreddit was taken over by trolls so a few people created a competing one and most people moved over.
Interesting now though that someone from the admin staff comes in and decides the person creating no longer has full power over the subreddit. Makes sense, its weird to just let random users "own" extremely popular sub reddits, but definitely veers far away from the original libertarian ideas.
Interesting now though that someone from the admin staff comes in and decides the person creating no longer has full power over the subreddit. Makes sense, its weird to just let random users "own" extremely popular sub reddits, but definitely veers far away from the original libertarian ideas.
BleedOrange
Banned
This game is truly the Spore of the streaming generation.
it might be the only one, but it doesn't mean much. it was just someone who had mod privileges on that subreddit it seems. Not an admin (so not reddit itself shutting it down). The same thing would happen here if you people could delete threads. some people just get upset and need drama in their lives.
tiredheadcrab
Member
Honestly I blame Sean for that disaster. Hello Games is doing themselves no favors by staying completely silent about the whole thing.
Geoff was right. It should have been an early access title that was like $30. They marketed and sold the game as a AAA title. The biggest gaming controversy of 2016 is No Mans Sky.
Geoff was right. It should have been an early access title that was like $30. They marketed and sold the game as a AAA title. The biggest gaming controversy of 2016 is No Mans Sky.
But they were "touching" it for a considerable amount of time so, again, by the logic of anything that touches the game going to shit, it would also have to extend to Sony. (I'm being somewhat facetious here, obviously
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Haunted
Member
I really liked playing the game, I can understand someone who just wants to talk about the game itself being frustrated by all the hate online. Still childish of course, but I assume other subreddits will pop up quick if enough people want to talk about their experiences so this'll hardly have actual consequences outside of making the guy having the temper tantrum a laughing stock. :lol
Statue of Limitation
Member
What I'm saying is - player interaction was only ever hinted at vaguely, and the most confirmation we ever had was Sean saying something along the lines of "It could happen but its so crazy impossible it probably wont"
Thats a lie, sure. Persecute away. But Sean also did stress that was not what the game was about, and stressed it was a single player experience.
But once the ball got rolling there come all these claims about stuff like tankers or giant animals not being in the game, when they are. Then people start literally fact checking every single word Sean has ever said about the game, and some minor stuff, like naming your ship, did not make it in.
Something we all know is super common in game development. Big Sister isn't unscripted and does not hunt you through rapture. Killzone 2 footage was a target only. Mass Effect 3 ending did not change based on whether or not you hugged leonardo da vinci. Watch Dogs looked slightly worse.
Things change during development, and sometimes it is not in the best interests of a developer or publisher to hold a press conference and specify exactly what is no longer true to finite details. It might not be good practice but it is a fact of life. Luckily between pre release videos, reviews and post release discussion it is asinine to get mad at something which you easily have the power to fix.
Stop pre-ordering games based off the promises of an entity trying to make money.
The article seems to suggest it was a mod, not an admin (so not reddit staff).
Khalifa Jayy
Banned
I didn't want to quote this. But this was way too good.
LumpOfCole
Member
The reborn subreddit should show the user an animation of a bunch of posts zooming out for a minute before displaying 'new subreddit discovered' in the middle of the screen.
GankzyMcfly
Member
You guys seems significantly out of the loop (or your just intentionally ignoring all the missing features in the game). Since you appear unaware of all the missing features....
https://www.vg247.com/2016/08/17/everything-missing-from-no-mans-sky-list/
oh yea...and its been months since we've heard anything regarding these features from Scumbag Murrary....perhaps if he had just spoken up by now, this whole thing would be behind the internet...the only person prolonging this whole thing is him imo. Either way, the credibility of Hello Games is pretty much non existent at this point and i doubt there is much that Murrary can do/say to change that.....but radio silence is potentially the worst thing he can be doing...hes allowed the internet to create its narrative about him...and that narrative suggests that he is a scumbag out for your money imo.
Andrew Evenstar
Member
It's his subreddit, he can do what he wants with it.
Game sucked.
Game sucked.
Don't worry, they'll patch in a new subreddit later. Though it's going to be annoying when the Mod won't talk to the community.
Crossing Eden
Hello, my name is Yves Guillemot, Vivendi S.A.'s Employee of the Month!
That was when MGS4 was announced, four months before release Kojima wasn't straight up lying about non-existent features that have no evidence of ever existing.
Uh oh, NX GAF take note.
The Jackdog
Member
to be fair, the order never claimed to be anything but what was advertised
you know they're still using the faked e3 2014 demo footage as advertising on their steam page right?
not to mention shit like the galaxy not actually being contiguous, stars not existing, and planets being static objects
things change and get removed during development, but hello games never let on up to and past the release of the game. everyone knew games like killzone 2, bioshock infinite, and watch dogs didn't look like the target demos when they came out because the stuff closer to release showed the games as they shipped. is that still shady and bad? sure, but pretending that your game still is some magical dream palace even as people are downloading and playing it is way worse.
Funny enough this is still Hello Games fault.
They pissed off a lot of people but only a small fraction are inclined to regular trolling.
If they actually made a good game that prevented active number of daily users to drop from 100k+ to <2000 in 3 weeks the subreddit would've had healthier discussions outweighing the negative ones.
GankzyMcfly
Member
The only death threats i remember hearing about were the ones brought forward by the NMS fan community (ie people who didnt want the game delayed and were essentially butt hurt)....in other words...hardcore NMS fans/enthusiast who could not accept the fact that the game was delayed and lashed out against those saying it was in fact delayed.
http://www.polygon.com/2016/5/29/11807840/no-mans-sky-delayed-death-threats-creator
I have not heard of or seen a single death threat related to missing features...but if you have and article referencing that this is infact happening currently to the NMS dev team on the same scale as it was when the game was delayed..then please..share....because the death threats appear to have come from the NMS fan side of the community and NOT the NMS hater side (if you want to boil it down black and white) .
Yes, this is the normal reaction to a couple of devoted trolls trying to ruin the fun for everyone. It's not like the vast majority of the subreddit was critical of the game... oh, wait. Those "shitheads" were most of the users of the subreddit, and understandably so.
Doesn't look like that to me. More like some trolls are ruining the experience for those that still care about the game. If anyone hates what the actual NMS product turned out to be, then return it, or sell it. But going to a thread, about a game you no longer care about, to derail discussion among those who care is shitposting at its finest.
mullet2000
Member
Geez, how much of a power trip do you have to be on to do this.
"You guys aren't talking about the game they way I want you too so I'm shutting everything down."
Just don't go to the subreddit anymore or step down as an admin. Simple.
"You guys aren't talking about the game they way I want you too so I'm shutting everything down."
Just don't go to the subreddit anymore or step down as an admin. Simple.
Home of a true classic, I hope it was preserved:
Haha tread lightly, watch out guys he's going to fuck you all up.
That's true, but it could've been very easy to simply ban them instead of doing a complete wipe. Or if they were tired of that, they could've simply left. They're doing this for free after all.
While you were partying, he studied the blade.
Holy shit lol
This game was so disappointing for me. Played it a ton for a few days and then you just realize quickly how samey and repetitive it was.
iam8bit charges at time of order so yes. This is standard practice for them and they sent an email out about the status of the CEs about.........3 or 4 weeks ago.
That's...pretty bad
at least some people have been charged for the whole amount ($150 + taxes). iam8bit gave codes to people on release so they could play the game without waiting for their boxes to ship.
some people have been able to get $90 refunds (because they got the code which is worth $60)
still pretty dumb, the latest delay email apologizes and uses the "we're a small company" excuse
How is anyone still fighting this fight? Jesus. Thanks for being the first to point out the rigors of game development and suggest that people consider not pre-ordering games.
orthodoxy1095
Banned
It's funny isn't it? Dude is pointing these things out like we've not heard it all before.
Yes games change during development, majority of devs don't continue to use fake game footage and act obtuse during interviews right up until release.
Fair points. And there doesn't seem be a perfect solution for the entire community. Sometimes you have to put up with it, or just find a group of like-minded people, and creat a chat party.
This got me thinking. Sometimes I wonder what would happen if they had two threads, one for negative posts, and the other just for positive talk. I get the feeling the negative one, would lose activity in a couple of days.