Gazred Posted August 10, 2016 Report Share Posted August 10, 2016 Anyone got it? Thoughts? I put about 90 mins in last night at launch - its good so far. The staggeringly massive world they have created leaves you overwhelmed initially. The planet i started on was huge, my first objective on there was a 15 min walk away! Got my ship off the planets surface eventually and into space, looked at the map, went 'oh bloody hell!' then saved and switched off for the night. Things i have seen/experienced so far: A large variety of flora and fauna. (Any creature on land with tentacles is just plain ugly, yet fascinating!) An Alien trader with an elephants trunk for a face. A beautiful crystal cave complex - got lost in there, then found the rather deadly spider/scorpion things. A fleet of capital ships in orbit engaged in a fight with smaller craft. Surely only the tip of the iceberg. More weird and wonderful things to discover for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bat Fastard Posted August 10, 2016 Report Share Posted August 10, 2016 42 minutes ago, Gazred said: Anyone got it? Thoughts? I put about 90 mins in last night at launch - its good so far. The staggeringly massive world they have created leaves you overwhelmed initially. The planet i started on was huge, my first objective on there was a 15 min walk away! Got my ship off the planets surface eventually and into space, looked at the map, went 'oh bloody hell!' then saved and switched off for the night. Things i have seen/experienced so far: A large variety of flora and fauna. (Any creature on land with tentacles is just plain ugly, yet fascinating!) An Alien trader with an elephants trunk for a face. A beautiful crystal cave complex - got lost in there, then found the rather deadly spider/scorpion things. A fleet of capital ships in orbit engaged in a fight with smaller craft. Surely only the tip of the iceberg. More weird and wonderful things to discover for sure. You shouldn't buy this kind of stuff on the streets. Best to flush it down the loo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbored Posted August 10, 2016 Report Share Posted August 10, 2016 What is it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazred Posted August 10, 2016 Author Report Share Posted August 10, 2016 A computer game. PC/PS4. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kodjias Wrist Posted August 10, 2016 Report Share Posted August 10, 2016 Heard this game is incredibly expansive. Impossible to complete or in this case explore the entire universe as new systems are created every day. Can see it getting boring very quick though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Hunt-Hertz Posted August 11, 2016 Report Share Posted August 11, 2016 13 hours ago, Gazred said: Anyone got it? Thoughts? I put about 90 mins in last night at launch - its good so far. The staggeringly massive world they have created leaves you overwhelmed initially. The planet i started on was huge, my first objective on there was a 15 min walk away! Got my ship off the planets surface eventually and into space, looked at the map, went 'oh bloody hell!' then saved and switched off for the night. Things i have seen/experienced so far: A large variety of flora and fauna. (Any creature on land with tentacles is just plain ugly, yet fascinating!) An Alien trader with an elephants trunk for a face. A beautiful crystal cave complex - got lost in there, then found the rather deadly spider/scorpion things. A fleet of capital ships in orbit engaged in a fight with smaller craft. Surely only the tip of the iceberg. More weird and wonderful things to discover for sure. Eh? Been on the mushrooms? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B1ackbird Posted August 11, 2016 Report Share Posted August 11, 2016 14 hours ago, Gazred said: Anyone got it? Thoughts? I put about 90 mins in last night at launch - its good so far. The staggeringly massive world they have created leaves you overwhelmed initially. The planet i started on was huge, my first objective on there was a 15 min walk away! Got my ship off the planets surface eventually and into space, looked at the map, went 'oh bloody hell!' then saved and switched off for the night. Things i have seen/experienced so far: A large variety of flora and fauna. (Any creature on land with tentacles is just plain ugly, yet fascinating!) An Alien trader with an elephants trunk for a face. A beautiful crystal cave complex - got lost in there, then found the rather deadly spider/scorpion things. A fleet of capital ships in orbit engaged in a fight with smaller craft. Surely only the tip of the iceberg. More weird and wonderful things to discover for sure. A guy at works been on about this for ages, everyone's got their own planet... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazred Posted August 11, 2016 Author Report Share Posted August 11, 2016 3 hours ago, Mike Hunt-Hertz said: Eh? Been on the mushrooms? Funny enough there is already a community dedicated to playing whilst on such things! Given the visuals, it's not hard to understand why... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Welcome To The Jungle Posted August 11, 2016 Report Share Posted August 11, 2016 Not got it but read initially that to create the size from limited space that the game effectively starts mixing and matching from its different elements so instead of finding something new it is in fact a combination of things you have already found. So although people have said it is great to start it will get very tedious after a while. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazred Posted August 11, 2016 Author Report Share Posted August 11, 2016 38 minutes ago, Welcome To The Jungle said: Not got it but read initially that to create the size from limited space that the game effectively starts mixing and matching from its different elements so instead of finding something new it is in fact a combination of things you have already found. So although people have said it is great to start it will get very tedious after a while. Yep pretty much. Bare in mind that the minimum number of combinations is bigger than anything ever created before. Some of the numbers involved in this game are staggering. Within 12 hours of play, people had discovered over 10 million different species already - that's more than we have discovered on Earth and the variety is pretty good. I'd tend to agree though, once you have finished the main story if you can call it that, then the incentive to keep checking out new galaxies and planets will certainly decline. The game has a nice pace though, it's as casual as you want it to be, no need to rush. Interesting article on it here: http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2016/02/artificial-universe-no-mans-sky/463308/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Welcome To The Jungle Posted August 11, 2016 Report Share Posted August 11, 2016 1 minute ago, Gazred said: Yep pretty much. Bare in mind that the minimum number of combinations is bigger than anything ever created before. Some of the numbers involved in this game are staggering. Within 12 hours of play, people had discovered over 10 million different species already - that's more than we have discovered on Earth and the variety is pretty good. I'd tend to agree though, once you have finished the main story if you can call it that, then the incentive to keep checking out new galaxies and planets will certainly decline. The game has a nice pace though, it's as casual as you want it to be, no need to rush. Interesting article on it here: http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2016/02/artificial-universe-no-mans-sky/463308/ Is there a sandbox element to it? What makes huge games like this playable after the story is the ability to arse about (like GTA and Just Cause I have more game hours messing about than actual story) in the world they've created. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazred Posted August 11, 2016 Author Report Share Posted August 11, 2016 1 minute ago, Welcome To The Jungle said: Is there a sandbox element to it? What makes huge games like this playable after the story is the ability to arse about (like GTA and Just Cause I have more game hours messing about than actual story) in the world they've created. It's the biggest sandbox you have ever seen. Just one planet would eclipse the total playing area in something like GTAV multiple times. That said, its pretty barren in terms of things to be messing about with. Each planet will have abandoned structures, some also inhabited, space stations and trading posts. There are non player characters around. In terms of the feel of the game i would say its closer to the Fallout series than anything else but much more streamlined in terms of game play elements and stuff to do. I would say if you went into the game expecting as much as a Fallout/GTA/JC in terms of game play you would probably feel a bit disappointed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barrs Court Red Posted August 11, 2016 Report Share Posted August 11, 2016 I spent several enjoyable hours on this, and expect to spend many more. it's an incredible effort. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leveller Posted August 13, 2016 Report Share Posted August 13, 2016 Anyone else feeling old? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shtanley Posted August 13, 2016 Report Share Posted August 13, 2016 I've been incredibly excited for it since it was announced at E3, but I haven't been playing on my PS4 for a few months due to various things so I'm not sure I'll be getting it anytime soon. Moving to uni for a year so I'm weighing up the pros and cons of taking it with me, if I do then I'll be buying NMS and the new battlefield which looks great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastonboy Posted August 13, 2016 Report Share Posted August 13, 2016 After three days and little direction, it has become very tedious. Structures size and layouts are identical, sentinels are an absolute pain in the ariss, inventory issues are tedious, no sense of ai when interracting with various factions. the doubling up glitch/workaround means that I also have more units than I know what to do with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazred Posted August 17, 2016 Author Report Share Posted August 17, 2016 Well a week on and i can see why this game does not appeal to all. Certainly repetitive but the planets, flora and fauna are certainly getting odder the closer you get to the center of the universe. I just find it moreish. Have used a few black holes to short cut, they are about the equivalent of around 5 to 10 normal hyper space jumps. Found a vein of Nickel on a planet, so big by the time i had finished there was a hole 50ft wide and 100ft+ deep. Right nearby was a smaller Gold one. Both of these were near a settlement with a Galaxy Trading point, i made a killing and am now on the lookout for a decent ship upgrade. Found a really nice crashed ship but for the life of me i just could not harvest the materials to repair, the moon i was on was just a barren rock, devoid of almost every useful material you would need. I'm going to endeavour to reach the centre, i'm still exploring along the way and have so far put about 15-20 hours into the game. I'm expecting at least that number of hours again before I'm close to finishing it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bat Fastard Posted August 17, 2016 Report Share Posted August 17, 2016 Face it Gazred - you have been on a bad trip. Don't take any more and you should feel a lot better by the morning! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazred Posted August 17, 2016 Author Report Share Posted August 17, 2016 2 hours ago, Bat Fastard said: Face it Gazred - you have been on a bad trip. Don't take any more and you should feel a lot better by the morning! I knew I should of taken the red pill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkeh Posted August 18, 2016 Report Share Posted August 18, 2016 Absolute rubbish it's mediocre at best Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazred Posted August 18, 2016 Author Report Share Posted August 18, 2016 28 minutes ago, Monkeh said: Absolute rubbish it's mediocre at best Not your cup of tea then Monk? I think it's got a lot of potential and i do wonder if there is extra content planned which might flesh things out a bit or even enhance the game play a bit. It's technical achievements far outweigh the everything else about it. Someone will get that tech into a much richer game if they don't do it themselves for a sequel. Have to bare in mind this came from a team of originally 10 British developers. It should of come out as just another independent title, as soon as Sony got involved it got hyped to high heaven. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkeh Posted August 18, 2016 Report Share Posted August 18, 2016 1 hour ago, Gazred said: Not your cup of tea then Monk? I think it's got a lot of potential and i do wonder if there is extra content planned which might flesh things out a bit or even enhance the game play a bit. It's technical achievements far outweigh the everything else about it. Someone will get that tech into a much richer game if they don't do it themselves for a sequel. Have to bare in mind this came from a team of originally 10 British developers. It should of come out as just another independent title, as soon as Sony got involved it got hyped to high heaven. I could be a fan, but in its current state it's nothing but a glorious tech demo, the universe while massive feels empty and lifeless Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redcityman Posted August 18, 2016 Report Share Posted August 18, 2016 Would love to try it out, unfortunately I just don't have enough hours in the day what with ESO and Fallout 4 still awaiting to be finished. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smokey Posted August 18, 2016 Report Share Posted August 18, 2016 The width of an ocean, the depth of a puddle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bat Fastard Posted August 19, 2016 Report Share Posted August 19, 2016 15 hours ago, smokey live said: The width of an ocean, the depth of a puddle Wow...that's deep man! Give me a hit... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smokey Posted August 19, 2016 Report Share Posted August 19, 2016 4 hours ago, Bat Fastard said: Wow...that's deep man! Give me a hit... Pull up a seat, there's plenty to go around. Just make sure you bring some snacks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bat Fastard Posted August 19, 2016 Report Share Posted August 19, 2016 30 minutes ago, smokey live said: Pull up a seat, there's plenty to go around. Just make sure you bring some snacks You've got it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barrs Court Red Posted August 19, 2016 Report Share Posted August 19, 2016 I'm hoping that this game will be like Minecraft, in that new features are added over time. Theres an interesting post I saw in Reddit that goes someway to explaining why certain features may be watered down, but it's a hypothesis rather than fact. Calling this game a tech demo is clearly wrong, but at the same time it's not worth it's AA price tag either. It's a 6/10 for me simply because it's very basic as it stands. The devs have said that new features are incoming, so hopefully it will reach its full potential- The question is once the new Mass Effect comes out will NMS just lose all appeal? I'll certainly be taking a long break once Battlefield and FIFA drop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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