okay so im kind of sick of all the arguing and bickering between the people who dislike no man's sky and people who do like no man's sky, plus all the circlejerks of "no multiplayer" or "sean lied". im gonna try and write something unbiased (as much as i can), but keep in mind i haven't played the game so i don't know every single specific detail.
people disliking the game isn't unwarranted. the game was always going to be very divisive, and
this was even said so in a blog post by sean murray. the game is nowhere near perfect, like most other games on launch there's still issues. there's a ton of interruptions to gameplay, such as energy running out and the achievements that pop up. the gameplay at the start can be slow and monotonous for some due to lack of inventory space, but i've been told that it steadily improves as you progress.
as far as content goes, at the core of the game is exploration. the developers never promised more than that. there are survival aspects, some of which can be annoying and some can be badly designed (such as the constant warnings of life support levels and all that), but most of the time they're good. the exploration is well done, especially for a team of 15 or so people trying to make a gigantic universe. trading is well done if you really look at it, and the game never promised to be a hardcore dogfighting game, so for the arcade-style combat it's got, it's good.
what people have done is, due to the hype and lack of information released previously, built up an image in their head of what no man's sky would be, making it to be a fantastic survival/space fighting/other game, when it is an exploration game.
exploring is what you do. anyone expecting more probably shouldn't buy the game because they won't find it fun.
and then after those two people tried to meet up but couldn't see each other, the circlejerk of "sean lied" or "there is no multiplayer" began. just because two people couldn't see each other, doesn't mean that they pulled multiplayer all together. the matter of the sticker on limited edition copies of the game just shows that they printed those before the regular game, which has more suitable labels. the game has multiplayer, but it makes more sense to label it as a singleplayer game because of how large the universe is. they had no reason to expect people would find each other within a few days of the game being launched.
the fact that the two players couldnt meet up is
probably because of the stress the server was under. yes, those tweets from sean were vague, but the most likely interpretation of them was that there were server issues due to more people playing than anticipated, and so what most likely the server (or server team) were prioritising allowing discoveries to be uploaded instead of allowing people to meet,
because no man's sky is a singleplayer experience. not multiplayer. also, don't forget that in the pre-launch update
they added something to make it more likely that players would find each other. that wouldn't be included if a game had scrapped multiplayer.
i, personally, am excited for the game, but not so excited that i can't see it's flaws. every game has flaws, and most games on launch have issues. but to be honest, for a game made by a small indie studio who never anticipated that their game would get such an audience, it's done well. plus any reading into the dev team shows that they're trying their best to make it a good experience for everyone. but the game isn't for everyone, and that's fine.
just
please stop all the bickering and stuff. simply saying people's opinions are wrong or invalid because of their experience with the game (or lack of experience) is so loving idiotic, and it's happening on both sides. quit comparing the game to spore, because the core concept of the two games are different.
if you look at the game for face value and it doesn't appeal to you, then that's fine. just don't try and stuff on people enjoying the game.
if you look at the game for face value and it does appeal to you, then that's fine. just enjoy the game instead of adding fuel to the fire.
Music is pretty good though. Gonna buy the soundtrack and maybe get some screenshots for my desktop since the art is really nice.
agreed, the music is sweet. if you like i can post a bunch of pretty screenshots after i've played the game when it comes out.
So how does this game stack up to Star Citizen? It may not be a fair comparison considering Star Citizen isn't out to disappoint everyone yet but I'm curious what other people think.
fundamentally, i think, the two games are so different it's not fair to compare the two. star citizen seems (i haven't played it) like a very hardcore game, and no man's sky is a pretty chill and casual game. the gameplay of the two are very different.
