I think this deserves its own thread as it's getting buried in other threads.
Previously, the developers have been very coy about multiplayer:
I can't find the quote, but they've also said "Even if you meet up with another player you might not be able to tell that they're a human player"
While they have never explicitly confirmed multiplayer, they never really denied it either, giving vague answers. I think this is misleading and people should be aware of this.
They did tweet yesterday, https://twitter.com/NoMansSky/status/762688708764135425
"To be super clear - No Man's Sky is not a multiplayer game. Please don't go in looking for that experience."
But that was on the release date of the game after being very coy for months.
What do you all think?
To be clear, by "no multiplayer" I mean "you can't meet other players", which they alluded you can: “We handle the case like where other people can fly past in your game or that you can bump into other players in the game.”
lol
Also, same location same time:
http://imgur.com/a/klomu
It appears their day/night cycles are different too, so there is definitely no syncing. Different instances or all done locally.
Previously, the developers have been very coy about multiplayer:
“Your friends will be a long way away. People keep asking us about multiplayer and I think when people see this they are going to fully realize what it means to be that far away from somebody else who’s playing…
People keep saying to us, ‘Yeah, but what if I knew where they were? Would I go there?’ And it’s like, yeah, but they are going to have to stay there for quite a while while you get over there. And then once you get over there you might land on the same planet and then you will say, ‘I’m on a planet the size of Earth and I am on a mountain. Where are you?’”
“Just to be really clear… it is not an MMO. All of those questions are leading toward that. There are loads of MMOs out there. People can play those. We want people to be able to get a sense of playing with other people and to see other people and feel like this is a real, live universe.
I can't find the quote, but they've also said "Even if you meet up with another player you might not be able to tell that they're a human player"
While they have never explicitly confirmed multiplayer, they never really denied it either, giving vague answers. I think this is misleading and people should be aware of this.
They did tweet yesterday, https://twitter.com/NoMansSky/status/762688708764135425
"To be super clear - No Man's Sky is not a multiplayer game. Please don't go in looking for that experience."
But that was on the release date of the game after being very coy for months.
What do you all think?
To be clear, by "no multiplayer" I mean "you can't meet other players", which they alluded you can: “We handle the case like where other people can fly past in your game or that you can bump into other players in the game.”