Why i am excited for No Man's Sky

[Nokterian]

Look there are dozens of threads now and the most common people who come in and say 'what do you do' ? Are to me the people who don't inform themself or not even bother to search it on the internet with dozens of footage and interviews.

Anyway i want to tell why i am excited for it. It's just a small history of me as a human and what drives me for stuff about space and planets.

When i was a kid and i saw on TV during a documentary i think saw that famous speech from JFK.

https://youtu.be/g25G1M4EXrQ?t=16s

But what got me interested even more when i saw those spacesuits and that people where in space before ISS was a thing with the old MIR station. I went to dive into books about the planets reading on how 12 people went to the moon.

Reading how 30 years ago we send 2 satellites called Voyager 1 and 2 going past by every planet in our solar system showing first images and moving pictures of the planets rotating.

Sending dozens of satellites and robots to explore our solar system,going to Venus with a machine that was crushed very fast. Learning more about our own blue ball we are living on.

I fantasised for a long time to go to Alpha Centauri or any other galaxy if i ever would but me as a human will never ever can experience it and like i said only 12 people ever went to the moon..think about it these people will not be long here anymore but there pioneers settling on another planet,the walked there they went on a exploration but also for science.

I still dream and philosopher about what if we can go to Mars or even beyond in our lifetime if we can see it happening. But it needs to happen for future scientist and explorers and innovation.

Just a small example but why i am excited for no man's sky? Because this game will give me what i always wanted..solar systems,all sort of planets and maybe you can spot life on a planet if you are lucky since it is all based on math but also luck.

My curiosity drives this for me and exploration is another to think me as a kid dreaming about space and go to fly anywhere or land anywhere on planets is now being realised. Most people will not understand this because maybe there curiosity and discovery isn't there or never did.

For me this is a wish i waited for a long time and now 26 days to go i can't wait to explore this vast universe with procedural planets,animals etc.

I just wanted to tell this because Astronomy is still intriguing to me hearing those scientist talk about what they found being all geeky about geeks me out as well.

 

[Acquiescence]

I just hope at least half of those 18 quintillion planets are worth exploring.

 

[Briarios]

I just hope at least half of those 18 quintillion planets are worth exploring.

But, see, to certain people - like myself - they're all worth exploring. There is a certain subset of people that just refuses to acknowledge that aspect.

 

[Hoje0308]

Curiosity and wonder are the reasons I'm interested as well. When 3D games became a thing I realized that, one day, something that looks and plays like NMS might be possible. Pretty cool to think that the thing I've been wanting for ~20 years releases in 3.5 weeks.

 

[smudge]

After seeing the initial E3 announcement for this, I have been pretty excited. Purposely avoiding media regarding this game over the past few years.
Over the past few days I have been watching a bunch of videos and now can't fucking wait.

 

[SomTervo]

Nice read, OP.

The game still might not work well at all, and I'm not sure if it will capture the really hard space travel stuff you find exciting. But I sure hope it does, on both accounts.

You know you already have Elite: Dangerous and stuff if you want space sims? They're dang good. Especially in VR, goddamn.

 

[DrArchon]

I just hope at least half of those 18 quintillion planets are worth exploring.

This is the one reason I haven't pre-ordered yet. I either need confirmation that a significant portion of planets aren't just lifeless rocks devoid of anything interesting other than basic crafting materials, or I need for player reviews to give me the impression that exploring lifeless rocks is still fun and interesting.

I'm ready to pull the trigger. I just need that last confirmation.

 

[SummitAve]

But, see, to certain people - like myself - they're all worth exploring. There is a certain subset of people that just refuses to acknowledge that aspect.

I just a don't know how you an be so certain of this prior to release, but I haven't been following the pre release coverage that closely. I'm hesitant because I think I may just end up feeling that I'd rather be playing Elite or Eve if the substance isn't there for NMS.

 

[Akronis]

This is the one reason I haven't pre-ordered yet. I either need confirmation that a significant portion of planets aren't just lifeless rocks devoid of anything interesting other than basic crafting materials, or I need for player reviews to give me the impression that exploring lifeless rocks is still fun and interesting.

I'm ready to pull the trigger. I just need that last confirmation.

90% lifeless
9% basic life
1% paradise

Not every planet is saturated with highly evolved lifeforms. There are ways to figure out which planets are more likely to have life based on star type and distance from the star though.

 

[Acorn]

But, see, to certain people - like myself - they're all worth exploring. There is a certain subset of people that just refuses to acknowledge that aspect.

They likely aren't acknowledging it because they don't agree. And if it's because they are trying to tell you what to like, ignore them and do you.

 

[E92 M3]

Like for you, No Man's Sky is a dream game for me. Minecraft scratched that exploration itch, but this game takes it to a WHOLE other level.

 

[Hoje0308]

They likely aren't acknowledging it because they don't agree. And if it's because they are trying to tell you what to like, ignore them and do you.

Pretty much

 

[Sephzilla]

I'm excited for No Man's Sky because it looks like it's going to scratch that "explore strange new worlds" itch my inner Star Trek geek has

 

[Akronis]

They likely aren't acknowledging it because they don't agree. And if it's because they are trying to tell you what to like, ignore them and do you.

Best advice.

I've already resigned myself to the fact that this game is probably not going to be critically acclaimed by everyone.

I want to explore. That remains the highest priority for me with this game and I'm satisfied with what I've seen so far. It will probably end up being my GOTY, but I bet the reviews will vary quite a bit.

 

[True Fire]

There's no way NMS can live up to people's expectations. They're too high.

 

[Nokterian]

I'm excited for No Man's Sky because it looks like it's going to scratch that "explore strange new worlds" itch my inner Star Trek geek has

My inner geek is star wars but also a bit of star trek yeah but mostly because of documentaries,books,sci fi.

But this small film made me go into overdrive.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6goNzXrmFs

Hearing Carl Sagan and they used real photo's and images from nasa that's why i am so damn excited.

 

[Russ T]

There's no way NMS can live up to people's expectations. They're too high.

What are my expectations?

 

[mrlion]

The only thing I fear now that they mentioned that the game is only 5 GB and there are going to be 18 quintillion or whatever planets, is that there is not going to be any uniqueness to the planets and its going to start becoming repetitive. Yeah, having that many planets is cool but...doesn't really matter if they have the same stuff to do.

 

[bounchfx]

But, see, to certain people - like myself - they're all worth exploring. There is a certain subset of people that just refuses to acknowledge that aspect.

I don't know how you can be so confident in this without having played it

But I do hope it's everything you want and more

 

[Aztechnology]

I'm cautiously optimistic. I know it's a different game than something like Elite: Dangerous for which I was a backer. But the mile wide inch deep aspect of these games usually leads to relatively quick burnout for me personally. I'm sure I'll have some fun with it, but I'm not expecting much beyond a simple cathartic experience flying around. Having some relatively shallow ship combat and being able to dink around on planets.

 

[WoolyNinja]

Curiosity and wonder are the reasons I'm interested as well. When 3D games became a thing I realized that, one day, something that looks and plays like NMS might be possible. Pretty cool to think that the thing I've been wanting for ~20 years releases in 3.5 weeks.

Exactly this for me too... have wanted this type of game for a looooong time. The "but what do you do" doesn't even matter for me... I've just always wanted a universe to explore. I still can't believe its happening.

If they somehow get this to run on PS VR goodbye real world.

 

[vixlar]

I just wanted to tell this because astrology is still intriguing to me hearing those scientist talk about what they found being all geeky about geeks me out as well.

I think you wanted to say Astronomy.

Astrology is the pseudoscience that talks about zodiac signs and all that non-science stuff...

 

[sirap]

No Man's Sky is my Pokemon Snap sequel, except this time I'll never run out of creatures to find.

 

[Onemic]

Im really into space, so NMS scratches that itch. It also seems like it'll have much stronger game mechanics than Elite Dangerous, though that's not that high of a bar to reach.

 

[MegaSackman]

I just hope at least half of those 18 quintillion planets are worth exploring.

Like you're going to explore 9 quintillion planets...

 

[Nokterian]

I think you wanted to say Astronomy.

Astrology is the pseudoscience that talks about zodiac signs and all that non-science stuff...

My bad i get confused by words sometimes.

 

[E92 M3]

There's no way NMS can live up to people's expectations. They're too high.

How do you know what my expectations are? You don't think it can generate terrain better than Minecraft?

 

[SpookyFries]

I want to believe there is more to the game than they are showing. Like, the closer you get to the center the more advanced life you find. And then you'll run into other humanoid aliens and shit. Planets with civilization and what not.

From a marketing standpoint it would make sense to show all of that now but I would love it if the players discovered all of this stuff on their own progressively. It would make for a more interesting and surprising experience

 

[SomTervo]

There's no way NMS can live up to people's expectations. They're too high.

There's still a big chance the game might be super flawed, or won't be very playable at all; but honestly based on all the information we can piece together about how it plays, it has a lot going for it. Read some of the May press previews about it. The journos had a great time, even in 30 minutes, and found out lots of exciting information. It's designed to be challenging/compelling on a minute-by-minute basis.

I'm cautiously optimistic. I know it's a different game than something like Elite: Dangerous for which I was a backer. But the mile wide inch deep aspect of these games usually leads to relatively quick burnout for me personally. I'm sure I'll have some fun with it, buy I'm not expecting much beyond just a cathartic experience flying around. Having some relatively shallow ship combat and being able to dink around on planets.

As said above, there's some pretty cool stuff the team have been harping about the challenge and progression loop. Murray is on record saying he wants the game to be hard - risk of death and progression loss has to be always-present - because without that it won't be meaningful. He doesn't want you to just land on a planet and walk up a mountain for a cool view - he wants you to land on a planet during a storm, find shelter before you freeze to death, find resources so you can improve your jetpack and scale the mountain, survive a dangerous attack from a beast on the way up - and then at the top say 'Shit yeah, I climbed this mountain and XYZ happened on the way'.

Whether that can be stretched out for tens/hundreds of hours of gameplay? Who knows. But their ethos for achieving it sounds totally on-point.

 

[ant_]

I've never had a game I'm simultaneously excited for and incredibly skeptical of its promises.

 

[ghst]

how much of your own planet have you explored mate?

 

[CopperPuppy]

No Man's Sky is my Pokemon Snap sequel, except this time I'll never run out of creatures to find.

Whoa, I really like this way of thinking about the game.

 

[ThankeeSai]

My most anticipated game by far.

Can't wait to get started and get exploring my first planet. It will be such a weird feeling that the planet you start on (and probably 99% of the other planets you find) will never be visited by anyone else. Only you will see the creatures there etc and get to experience it first hand.

Reckon I'll start as a trader at first and earn some good money to upgrade my ship.

So close now!

 

[OmegaDL50]

My interest in something like No Man's Sky is simple.

I enjoy using stuff like Celestia (look it up, it's a free program)

And even things like Universe Sandbox. I am fascinated with Astronomy and the study of space.

The biggest difference between Celestia and Universe Sandbox as opposed to No Man's Sky is that one game lets you observe space, compare the size of planets, read information on the data of the Stars in in terms of their temperatures, effect of gravity, their luminosity, and how they effect their immediate surroundings in a sort of virtual simulation, and the other lets you explore a realized 3D version of it.

Having spend a lot of time in open world games like GTA3, Morrowind, and even newer stuff like The Witcher 3, and even spent a lot of time playing stuff like Terraria and Minecraft I like the freedom of being able to explore and go where I want.

I could spend hours in looking around in Universe Sandbox and Celestia and checking out different Stars and Planets, but not being able to directly interact or do a virtual tour of them is somewhat of a detracting point.

Then there is stuff like Rebel Galaxy, The Elite Series, and the best 2D example being Starbound.

In the case of Starbound it was a game in which you started in a barebones ramshackle ship that needed to be repaired, you went down to the surface of alien worlds, collected resources, survived against hostile lifeforms, and returned to your ship, repaired it and travel to other planets to see new things and craft more powerful equipment.

While No Man's Sky does not have the structure or base building mechanics of Starbound, they are very similar in their premise of needing to explore unknown worlds, communicate and trade with friendly alien NPCs, gather resources to improve your suit, your ship, and your weapon, to travel further and further into the vast unknown of space.

Starbound was released for public beta / early access on Steam. At the time I've learned of the flood of Hello Games during the same time frame back in December 2013. Reading their website I saw the the Official trailer for the first time when the player leaves the cave, explores a bit, jumps into the ship, and flies out into space, past a space station, and onto another planet. It was this video that immediately captured my attention.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJEJe8HMsY4

To have similar experience of what I enjoyed out of Starbound, but fully realized in 3D. No Man's Sky seems to do exactly this.

As I said the base building won't be there, but the exploring the surface of planets, collecting resources, talking with alien races, learning their language to properly communicate, upgrading your ship, suit, and weapon. and being able fully explore fully realized 3D space both on planets and outer space, visiting space stations, and traveling from one planet to another planet.

Other games have did this in manner such as Elite and Out There, but with the exception of probably Elite: Dangerous, they haven't taken it nearly to the scale that Hello Games has promised with No Man's Sky.

Sure this game may not interest some folks, that's perfectly fine. As a space buff and interested in sci-fi, this is the sort of game I've been waiting for, for a very long time.

 

[SomTervo]

I want to believe there is more to the game than they are showing. Like, the closer you get to the center the more advanced life you find. And then you'll run into other humanoid aliens and shit. Planets with civilization and what not.

Literally all of this is true and is how the game works.

Life doesn't become more advanced but starts getting weirder, with more broken/twisted permutations - the same goes for planets. The games algorithms start matching greater extremes of layouts and properties so that the laws of physics and nature start breaking, etc.

Planets with civilisation? Yes, there are those, but don't expect cities. They're going for a 'Tattooine' vibe of more fringe/frontier planets.

how much of your own planet have you explored mate?

ಠ_ಠ

 

[Fushichou187]

I don't know how you can be so confident in this without having played it

I think Akronis summed up my response to that reasonable question:

I want to explore. That remains the highest priority for me with this game and I'm satisfied with what I've seen so far.

And there it is. Having not played NMS yet I obviously can't speak to how "fun" or fleshed-out that exploration will be, but the desire to kick back and pour over planets in this shared galaxy-- many of which I will be the only literal human on Earth to ever explore first-hand-- is the main driver here.

No Man's Sky is my Pokemon Snap sequel, except this time I'll never run out of creatures to find.

Even better since you're likely to find creatures that nobody ever will.

 

[DeadManWalking]

I love si-fi and space!!! Can't get enough.
This seems like a game that i always wanted my whole life.
My dream is that humanity would stop killing each others and made real advancements in space exploration...FeelsBadMan.
All we have is a virtual places, but i will take it.

 

[Digby]

Any word on if there will be randomly generated ruins to explore? Or derelict ships? Not to draw an unfair comparison to minecraft, but landscapes are interesting up to a point. One of the coolest moments for me was when I dug into my first mine area in that game.

If I knew those kind of things were out there to find, it would certainty make more fun to me! Sadly they would likely have shown footage of it did exist and I haven't seen any yet.

 

[Akronis]

Any word on if there will be randomly generated ruins to explore? Or derelict ships? Not to draw an unfair comparison to minecraft, but landscapes are interesting up to a point. One of the coolest moments for me was when I dug into my first mine area in that game.

If I knew those kind of things were out there to find, it would certainty make more fun to me! Sadly they would likely have shown footage of it did exist and I haven't seen any yet.

They're intentionally keeping things secret for people to find on their own. There have been crashed ships shown and one of the devs did comment on extensive undergrounds.

 

[pager99]

Op your supposed to be "concerned" or cautious because of hype,
I agree 100% bring it on

 

[Octavianus]

I'm ready to boldly go where no man has gone before.

 

[Disxo]

Nice read OP, you got me excited, been fascinated by the same things as you

 

[Eumi]

I just have zero faith they can deliver. What you said is all well and good but only if you actually think it'll be a good game. Which I don't.

But hey, hopefully it'll suprise me and I'll have a reason to buy it.

 

[ampere]

There's no way NMS can live up to people's expectations. They're too high.

I'm worried it's a Spore scenario. Idea is amazing, looks amazing, but ends up being pretty boring and gives little sense of purpose.

I still think open world fans will have a lot of fun, but I'm not sure I want to jump in.

 

[pswii60]

Is the universe completely random each time, or is it the same for everyone who plays the game?

If the former, then meh.

If the latter, then great - exploration actually means something when you can share your experiences and know it's a real thing that others will also be able to find.

 

[Nokterian]

Nice read OP, you got me excited, been fascinated by the same things as you

You are welcome i needed to make a thread because i shared this message in many threads but it has been overlooked every single time.

I think Akronis summed up my response to that reasonable question:




And there it is. Having not played NMS yet I obviously can't speak to how "fun" or fleshed-out that exploration will be, but the desire to kick back and pour over planets in this shared galaxy-- many of which I will be the only literal human on Earth to ever explore first-hand-- is the main driver here.



Even better since you're likely to find creatures that nobody ever will.

Yes explore..get that curiosity and noise for new stuff..discover and talk about it to people. Because no space story will ever be the same.

 

[The Goat]

I'm still on the skeptical side of No Man's Sky, but I hope I'm wrong. Really love the exploration focus, just hope that each planet is unique enough to keep me going.

 

[OmegaDL50]

I'm worried it's a Spore scenario. Idea is amazing, looks amazing, but ends up being pretty boring and gives little sense of purpose.

I still think open world fans will have a lot of fun, but I'm not sure I want to jump in.

Difference between Spore with it's marketing was it promising things that weren't even in the final game.

A lot of things shown off in gameplay previews and showing off the game mechanics and general premise of it's loop are rather simple, but layered on top of each other to make it somewhat complex.

Hello Games have never overstated what was to be the premise beyond a procedurally generated space travel survival game. So the Spore comparisons are not apt in this case, at all.

 

[AllIsOneIsNone]

I just want it in VR. Then I won't give a fuck about the point of the game, I'll just fly between planets and walk around fucking with stuff.

 

[valeu]

I'm excited for No Man's Sky because it looks like it's going to scratch that "explore strange new worlds" itch my inner Star Trek geek has

that's how i feel. but i think the game loop will hook me too...the loop being that you must survive to be able to craft to be able to upgrade: to get off the first planet, then to get a hyperdrive and go beyond the initial solar system, to be able to fight other ships, to be able to get to the center of the universe. pre-ordered and counting down the days