Galactic Fork
A little fluff between the ears never did any harm...
He did point out this was a special demo that allowed jumping to to other planets instantly, and he said in the actual game you'd have to fly in your ship.
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Hello Games Sean Murray will be on the Late Show with Colbert next week demoing NMS
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schaft0620
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My bad missed that
Baroquemantic
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What makes the most sense is that the game isn't finished and they are taking their time to get this highly ambitious game done right with as few issues as possible.
travisbickle
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I think it's difficult to get a title like this ready across two platforms, and doesn't want to announce a date that could later be incorrect.
OmegaDL50
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Feature creep is a thing. I think they should focus on a specific thing and accomplish it first.
Considering how enthusiast Sean Murray is about the game every time he talks about, I hate to bring up this sort of allusion but it reminds me what Peter Molyneux did with the original Fable.
Hype is good. There is nothing wrong with keeping interest and being excited about your work and the product you hope to bring to the public, but overhyping of something can be harmful.
I want to buy No Man's Sky and I hope it does live up to the reputation in each demonstration and teaser shown for the game. All of this build up, I hope it leads to a positive result and there isn't a backlash with people expectations going unchecked.
There becomes a point in time where the show and tell eventually must come to an end and the cold hard facts begin to materialize. I will be waiting until then.
Galactic Fork
A little fluff between the ears never did any harm...
Assuming this is the case, with such a small team, why are they wasting time with premature over hyping? Stop compiling specialized demos for 6 billion appearances and fix the main game. Then when they get their shit in order... Hype the mother fucker to no end.
Same applies to the event tomorrow... this is all at best useless, at worst detrimental... and it's becoming a joke.
schaft0620
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The kinda thing your talking about wouldn't prevent a game from having a release window/year. I'm talking about how the release date is a "secret" or how they wanted to announce the date at E3 and "were ready to but couldn't."
Exactly, this is the shit you do after you go gold. Colbert looked surprised when Sean said the release date was a secret.
This is that game that I was really hyped for the first sixty seven times I saw them demo it, or show me pictures of it.
At this point, my hype is gone, and I couldn't honestly care less when it comes out.
Take a page from Bethesda and learn to not over saturate your audience with videos and coverage of your game when it's likely not even coming out for another year.
At this point, my hype is gone, and I couldn't honestly care less when it comes out.
Take a page from Bethesda and learn to not over saturate your audience with videos and coverage of your game when it's likely not even coming out for another year.
Almost pretty much this.
I don't think they can take a page from Bethesda and do it that quickly though. Bethesda is announcing a game that people hype themselves up for without Bethesda even saying it's being made and already has a name for itself. So I can understand having to hype this game more cause it's new and doesn't already have a dedicated fanbase.
But... at this point he really needs to stop hyping it until he's ready to announce it. I mean at some point people will start losing interest especially if you do things like say it's coming out a certain year and then never announce it til it's so late in the year it's hard to believe it's coming out. Worse, claim in the middle of hte year you'll announce the date soon and still don't announce it. At some point it just starts feeling like they are all empty promises. And that can carry over into the game too (he gives empty promises about release, what else is empty promises?).
I really think he would have done better to at the very least admit that it is not coming out this year (I will be shocked if it is and honestly, if it is, at this point it's foolish cause he's putting it against some real heavy hitters). Or if he knows it is actually give a date. or... at the very least say you are trying to make it out by 2015 but at the moment it is unkown.
Instead of never updating the 2015 estimate, claiming you will give one soon while giving no hint of when in sight (and we are more than 3/4's of the way through the year at this point).
And really, at this point, he really should stop talking about the game unless he has a release date. And quit stringing us along!
I think if the game comes out featuring the stuff they have shown and running well, the wait will be worth it.
Hell maybe the game is feature-complete and they are just optimizing and waiting for Sony to announce PSVR release date.
Murray has showed way less than you think he has, to be honest. There are entire systems such as the economy, resources, upgrading, etc. that we have not seen or have only seen tantalizing glimpses of. We have seen barely any ships or literally only two multitools as well.
Get_craycray
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Is there any way to watch a replay of the NMS gameplay demo? I tried to watch it on CBS.com but "the video you have requested is not available for your geographic region" :/
TetraGenesis
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I missed it and don't want to have to wait until tomorrow to watch it, anyone know where I could find a recording? Even just the NMS section on YouTube or something.
funkystudent
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Nothing new if you have watched any demo of the game ever. Heck even the planets they showed seemed like the planets in previous demos.
Sean did grand. If anything Colbert seemed out of his element trying to talk about a video game.
Sean did grand. If anything Colbert seemed out of his element trying to talk about a video game.
Icyflamez96
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The planets were new.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2OVGdqRmjI
or
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5R8nploaVoE
The official HQ video should be uploaded soon.
Galactic Fork
A little fluff between the ears never did any harm...
Here is what I don't get... why does this mean delaying the game?? why not just have a patch ready when the VR goggles are released? Nothing is stopping you from waiting until the goggles launch before you buy it. Why punish those if us with no intention of getting the goggles?
I think so. The dreams twitch stream said they were hoping for lots more news at Paris games week, including answers to the big questions people have been asking about it.
I think we'll see concrete launch details for PSVR and dreams/NMS officially announced for it (long shot Gran Turismo too).
I don't necessarily think it is being held back though. Demi's up until now have been a little rough around the edges, so it may always have been a spring 2016 game. They did show it too early though - maybe they weren't expecting the reaction they got, and now it is in watch dogs territory terms of length from first showing to release. Not good.
Better to have 'a brand new highly anticipated game optimised for virtual reality, which will release the same day as PSVR' than ,some old game already out getting some stupid patch to work with PSVR'
RedAssedApe
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Thought that demoed better than recent demos. Colbert did a good job at moving it along. Sean also seemed more comfortable than past demos.
Galactic Fork
A little fluff between the ears never did any harm...
Except if the game was already complete months in advance, then what's the difference? It's not "a brand new game." It's an existing game getting patched as the VR is hashed out.
loaf of bread
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Does Colbert play games?
Prototype Viktor
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thanks
Cave Johnson
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I'm pretty sure the pipeline for the game has to optimized for that. Remember, once you're in VR headset, it is literally a different input system.
Hello Games' studio is a walking distance from 22cans.
Perhaps we are being fiddled from beyond the grave of Peter Molyneux's career?
That's a hell of a video title.
Saint of Killers
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People no longer being hyped... so what? Unless the game is pants, you're still going to buy it.
Galactic Fork
A little fluff between the ears never did any harm...
Oh please, if that was the case, it wouldn't work on tvs as well. Since it's optimised for VR and not TVs.
Yeah it's really cool how games and their developers have been extensively featured on mainstream shows hosted by O'Brien, Fallon, Colbert and Kimmel.
The UK is more progressive towards games in some ways but we never ever get any coverage like this on UK talk shows. Even Jonathan Ross who is a big gamer never mentions them on his shows.
I think the only host who mentions games in the UK is Charlie Brooker.
cr_blah_blah
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Getting upset a developer is showing off their game because you can't be an adult and need to satiate yourself with a hype cycle is one of the stupidest things I've heard. They don't show footage it's "but what do you do????" or calls of it being vaporware. They show footage and suddenly they're inundating, over saturating, and spoiling you. There's no winning.
If people are expecting each planet to be an entire new experience, they may be in for some disappointment. While each planet should technically be unique, I think it's realistic to expect worlds that look similar to millions of others at a glance - with all the subtle differences revealing themselves as you look closer at plant and animal life, atmosphere composition, etc.
All this subtle variety has been on display in every video to date, but the videos have never stopped to detail it for the viewer. Which I think is a very deliberate move on their part, and also the right decision.
BrettHeazy
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dat video title tho
Cave Johnson
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There's motion, calibration, the LOD to be implemented. If what you're saying is true, than this magic patch should also apply to 3D support back in then.
GravityInsanity
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Someone one should make a new thread!
IAmRandom31
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Great interview and demo. I laughed each time something was named and the " Mine! " popped.
Still my most anticipated game of all time. As an explorer and a space junkie, dream game right here.
Still my most anticipated game of all time. As an explorer and a space junkie, dream game right here.
King Tubby
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My man. That's the name that stuck out to me most.
The problem is they keep showing basically the same demo every time. Show something new or nothing at all, watching a guy walk around on a planet for the 100th time does no one any good any more.