PartTimeWarrior
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Yeah, that's what I definitely said
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Game Informer January cover - No Man's Sky
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Yeah, that's what I definitely said
tringworldso
Member
Some of you ripping PartTimeWarrior apart for not liking No Man's Sky...
I'm intrigued by it, you're intrigued by it, so what if someone else isn't?
I'm intrigued by it, you're intrigued by it, so what if someone else isn't?
How do you do know? Your working for for them? I want to see the receipts.
Gamestop does sell Steam Wallet and Playstation Store Gift Cards. So, in a convoluted way, they can still potentially make money.
Admiral Woofington
Member
Unless they've changed plans since last time they have said the multiplayer is more like Journey where there's a chance (extremely small) that you might be exploring and find another explorer nearby. But the universe is so vast it's unlikely.
So what you see is more likely AI companions, as a part of the game is that you can attack/defend the organization/guilds at wars and they join your side during those battles.
Also unrelated but what are the chances I can use the Interstellar theme while playing this game?
I don't believe they can fill up these worlds with interesting content. It's not that I hate it at all, it's that I'm very skeptical. I mean huge AAA teams have issues filling up their open worlds with interesting content, how am I supposed to believe that some incredibly small team is gonna make a world insanely bigger than all those other open world games and actually fill it with content that is fun to play. If all I'm doing is flying around with nothing to do, I'm gonna get bored within like 30 minutes. As I said, I would more than love to be proven wrong, but I just don't see the hype.
so what's the final game like anyway? Everyone quoted you but nobody asked how your hands on experience went
hahaha, so fucking true. I bathe in their tears. OM NOM NOM
tringworldso said:
You can be not intrigued by it without making ridiculous proclamations about the quality of a product you never played before.
BaronMonstro
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shinobi602
Member
I'm...excited for it, but cautiously. I'm a big story/narrative guy, I want exposition and driving factors for exploring and doing things. I'm afraid of another Destiny, which, while I enjoyed it, I ultimately became apathetic and bored after completing the "story".
Some Nobody
Junior Member
All these NMS fans are killing me. Let's see if I can express this opinion without 50+ replies of "omg worst post ever/you just hate indies":
All these developers working on games we don't know about, and Game Informer's choice is a title revealed a year ago? Wow.
All these developers working on games we don't know about, and Game Informer's choice is a title revealed a year ago? Wow.
Xenoblade Chronicles X is my sci-fi game of choice anyway. Procedurally generated games can suck it.
Gnome Scat
Member
This thing better come to Xbox One.
bananafactory
Banned
I mean, we don't know much, so this is just speculation, but I imagined No Man's Sky as more Minecraft/Terraria/Starbound in the sense it's just about exploration.
I didn't picture it having a story mode, unless Hello Games has said otherwise.
Shining Sunshine
Banned
Some of you ripping PartTimeWarrior apart for not liking No Man's Sky...
I'm intrigued by it, you're intrigued by it, so what if someone else isn't?
Because you go into a thread of a game and first post a hate reply, that's kinda bannable, right?
DOWN
Banned
Gaf gonna skin you alive
Man I bought into the alpha of Starsector like 500 years ago (back when it was called Starfarer) and it feels like they've made almost no progress in that time. I hope it turns out well, the core combat engine is great.
Ecto311
Member
Yeah ban him because of hate. He said there was other games coming and that this one was on the cover. I also think there are better games for a cover.
Im a Manatee
Member
No mans sky will be a letdown for a lot of the hypetrain. If the worlds arent rigged and are truly random, you will have an empty experience. If the worlds are rigged to have interesting things, the players have been strung along on promises of grandeur and memorable encounters that are ultimately not unique to the player.
It was good to see ship gameplay with other large starships, but I remain skeptical.
It was good to see ship gameplay with other large starships, but I remain skeptical.
legacyzero
Banned
Emergent gameplay is a powerful thing. I need those things, too. But when I played Minecraft for the first time, it literally drained my weekend dry.
The exposition and driving factors were the GAMEPLAY. It was an addiction for me.
Like a other gaffer said it's like minecraft/terraria/starbound it's about exploration. Nothing compared to a game like destiny where your ship is loading screen and this is a ship that you can fly out of orbit and land on other planets.
This. What is the gameplay? Is it just an exploration game? It's intriguing because of the visual style and the original video of walking around a planet and then taking off into space all in real time, but what is the story/motivation?
shinobi602
Member
That's what I've gathered too. I hope it does well for anyone in that crowd, it certainly looks very pretty and going from planet to planet to outer space seamlessly is incredible.
It has a narrative. There is something going on in the center of the galaxy, and the goal of the game is to try to make it to the center. But the closer you get to the center, the more difficult the game becomes - planets become more hostile, enemy ships are in greater numbers, etc.
They've been extremely up front about how the game works too. For example, just like the real galaxy most of the planets are dead (in this game, the number is 90%) and good for little more than mining materials/minerals/items for your purposes. But 10% of the planets will have life or civilization or other cool things.
BouncyFrag
Member
I'd like to use a flight stick when in flight, but I don't think that will be happening.
Admiral Woofington
Member
He could have worded the first post way differently and people wouldn't be up in arms. But just like he can have the opinion that No Man's Sky, a game with a lot of hype but little footage, is a "bad game" we can call him out on it. You could say "I don't see the hype and personally I think there are better choices out there for a sci-fi cover". But he didn't say that.
SolidSnakex
Member
This is how Sean described the player motivation/story
http://blog.eu.playstation.com/2014/09/01/interview-youll-want-explore-vast-galaxy-mans-sky/
http://blog.eu.playstation.com/2014/09/01/interview-youll-want-explore-vast-galaxy-mans-sky/
Awesome! so far this and rime are my most anticipated PS4 games.
Oh, a zoom. How nice. Like Google Earth for invented planetoids.
He's not saying it's bad as much as he's wishing other games to be showcased over it.
SargerusBR
I love Pokken!
The real news here is the new SW Battlefront info.
Knowing that every star in the sky is probably orbited by dead lumps of rock or balls of gas, do you want to go there and find out?
Yes) NMS is for you.
No) NMS may not be for you. Also you're dead inside.
Shining Sunshine
Banned
Like what game that already hasn't been covered by Game Informer?
We are comparing Destiny and No Man's Sky now...? A game made by ~50 times as many people...
Well this is a case where the first post wasn't the best post...
Anyways, as some one who doesn't usually follow this magazine, where would I go to be able to read their article on it and does it come out January or do they put it out before the month the issue is out.
I would love to read this article.
I don't think anyone has said the game was bad at all, just skeptical about it.
TheYoungLion
Neo Member
I never realized how submissive the gaming community was until I started reading comments on this game. Ever since I started playing games this was the game I wanted. Something to escape reality, explore, and forge my own path in a way that feels meaningful to myself and said universe. I feel like this is going to be the first real "new gen" game.
DrROBschiz
Member
Im pretty much over my skepticism phase
I just want to play it at this point
Either go dark or give us a release date. The media has been dangling this game a bit more than Sean should have allowed but it does sound like they are getting close to release for 2015
I just want to play it at this point
Either go dark or give us a release date. The media has been dangling this game a bit more than Sean should have allowed but it does sound like they are getting close to release for 2015
I agree. While I'm eager to get this on Steam, there are other upcoming scifi games that I think are more interesting.
Even if the worlds don't have super interesting stuff, it will be awesome to just fly around and see the varied terrain. I don't think I can be disappointed unless the core of the game they've been showing has been completely fabricated and its actually a corridor shooter.
The closest I have seen them get to saying it has a story, was saying we would have a reason to want to go towards the center of the universe ( I don't remember the exact quote sorry). To me it has sounded like it has some light crafting/better ship elements with a huge dose of exploration which suits me just fine even though I usually prefer games with a (hopefully epic) story. I am enjoying the heck of out Minecraft even though it has no story at all.
Cool 2 seconds of gameplay.
It's replacing last year's destiny hate, I only imagine the hatred and edgy 'currently cool to talk negative about no man's sky" posts to explode any week now
BreezyLimbo
Banned
Man, this game is such a mystery. I dunno if that's a good thing in todays 'Gotta know everything about the game before it's out' world, or a bad thing. I still want it!
nckillthegrimace
Member
That sounds like it would become dull incredibly quickly. Look, this planet has mountains, but this one has orange trees! How many times can you do that before you get sick of it? 10 times? 20 times?