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No Man's Sky will be Massive, But will it be Fun?

Ben Eberle of Gamer Professionals writes,

"The concept of No Man’s Sky has been a dream of gamers and science fiction enthusiasts for ages. Being able to explore a practically infinite galaxy in a spaceship will soon become possible in this ambitious title. After many years of production and delays, Hello Games have finally announced that No Man’s Sky will have a solid release date of June 21st. Like many others, I cannot wait to dive headfirst into this game and spend copious time exploring the limitless galaxy. To start off, let me say that this is absolutely a day one purchase for me and I am fully ready to devote myself to No Man’s Sky. There are, however, some concerns to note before its release that should help to ground people’s huge expectations. Most notably, the fun factor."

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Free_Fro3754d ago (Edited 3754d ago )

It's looking like a bore fest. . thus far.

Reminds me of those walking simulators.

It doesnt look like something you'd play for long periods.

On top of that it's ~£50
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GrubsterBeater3754d ago (Edited 3754d ago )

Fro thinks No Man's Sky looks boring.

Everybody who is hyped for this game might as well put your money away, the troll thinks it's a snooze fest.

Nobody cares about your opinion at this point, Fro. Your little xo's are really lame, and you are losing bubbles thankfully.

This game looks amazing and MS would never support an ambitious title such as this. We know you love MS and hate Sony, and your dumb little comments will not deter anyone from getting this game. I'm happy that Sony is willing to support such titles because Sony wins from these type of risks, while you get the same formula each year, while you have a game drought the majority of the year until Christmas.

DoomeDx3754d ago

Actually, the only place where I see people hyped for this game is on N4G. Other forums and facebook statusses (PC Gamer for example), everybody is slamming this game for how boring this looks

Also, you bubble someone down for stating his opinion? Mature!

CYCLEGAMER3754d ago

@grubster
Yes....the game LOOKS boring, to me as well. I don't hate playstation, the game just doesn't look like it is worth $60 to me.

@doomeDx
So true....n4g seems like the only place that people are super excited for this game.

Liqu1d3754d ago (Edited 3754d ago )

He's one of the biggest trolls on site and he gets away with it.

I'll be getting the game because it looks fun and so far it looks like it's worth the asking price. I think The Division looks boring but I don't need to whine in The Division articles.

GrubsterBeater3754d ago

@Doom

You should read, bud. I never said I was down bubbling Fro because he stated his opinion and I never did that. Reading comprehension must be beyond you. I said his bubbles are going down thankfully, because he is a known troll who downplays anything Sony related. Also, I see people hyped for this game everywhere, even friends on Facebook super excited for it. Just because you don't see hype, it doesn't mean nobody else does.

I AM super excited for this game because this is type of game my friends and I dreamed of like 20 years ago. You may not be hyped and you may not think it looks interesting, but I think it looks amazing and I will glafly pay the 60 bucks to play it.

Kingthrash3603754d ago (Edited 3754d ago )

@melman
So it's ok for
Sfv
BFRONT
Evolve
The order
Ryse
And many other super short on content games to be full price? Then charge you more for the rest of the game?
No matter how you feel if they think k the game can be full price then so be it. It's massive with a major amount of content especially in comparison to the games above. Just because it's made by a small team dosent mean it should be cheaper especially if the content and quality is there.
Madden and cod come out copy and pasted every year. ..why should they be excepted for full price when in reality all they did was revamp rosters and added something to an old engine.
I can even argue fallout 4 was over priced givin how outdated the engine is....yes it has a major amount of content and it's Hella fun and it's worth full price but just as an example that game looked and felt like a last gen game. I just did...but it was widely love..as it should have been...so why not this game?

AtomHeart6233754d ago

It's sounds like you hate Microsoft about as much as he hates Sony. You're both fanboys. There are good and bad with both systems.

GrubsterBeater3754d ago

@ Atom

I do hate Microsoft. I think it is a trash company, especially the XBox division. The difference is that I am not afraid to admit it, instead of pretending I own an XBox and then trolling on MS articles.

Majister-Ludi3754d ago

Wow grubster angry. I don't know that guy but he literally just voiced his opinion. Your nonsense about Microsoft and Sony is kinda moot since it's releasing on pc as well. People are allowed to not like something. Honestly the game looks like it COULD be amazing however it also could be extremely boring without enough variety and stimulating gameplay. Only time will tell and only one thing is for sure and that's you need to chill a bit.

GrubsterBeater3754d ago

@Majister

I'm not angry, bud. Lol

Fro is just really annoying all the time with his constant trolling and needs to be called out. I don't need to "chill". Lol sorry I riled you up with my comment on the internet. Everyone is so concerned with defending poor Fro because he is an individual with an opinion. Get over it. Lol. And while we're at it, how about we respect my opinion as well. I think the game looks phenomenal, and I think Fro is a troll. Go write an opinionated letter to somebody who cares.

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SaveMeJebus3754d ago

I think as long as it has PSVR support it will do just fine.

poppinslops3753d ago

Have you seen the PSVR 'games'?

Graphically, none of them look as 'pretty' as No Man's Sky... the only titles that come close are the boxed in, on-rails experiences like Crytek's dinosaur game and whatever that sex-offender sim's called ('Lessons' or something).

Sony have told devs that 60fps is the bare-minimum for PSVR games, so the only way an open-worlder like NMS gets PSVR support is via this 'PS4.5' everyone's talking about - otherwise they'd have announced it when PSVR pre-orders opened up... That said, I'm sure an Oculus/Vive rig will run it just fine.

Goldby3753d ago

@Poppinslops

please stop with the PS4.5 stuff. its not happening, most likely just a slim version of ps4, with updated parts that are cheaper to make. (fans and stuff)

Sean has hopes for it, and so do i. im guessing he's finishing the game first before he tackles the VR side of it, so im not suprised they havent mentioned anything. just like im not suprised Sony hasnt mentioned anything about the PS4.5

Sony's release plans are all based off of the success of the PS4 launch. which was announced within 12 months of release. original PSVR release date was within the 12 months when they spoke about switching it from morpheus to PSVR.

They havent mentioned anything about this PS4.5 so it wont be out this year, the worst thing sony could do right now is release a high powered ps4 the same time they release the PSVR that some of us (including myself) just spent 500+ dollars to get.

if the ps4.5 is released, it will be not be graphically superior to the PS4 becuase getting 4k or consitant 1080p/60fps will cost more than 400$

so unless sony is taking a huge loss, and i mean HUGE! (80%) it wont make it. my thoughts as this console everyone is hoping for is still in R&D thats its the ps5. released in 2 years. it taked longer than 6 months to go from R&D to Prototype to retail model.

also last tidbit, 2 weeks ago the upgradable Xbox was all the talk, where is that now? right under a new name ps4.5

Lon3wolf3754d ago

Looks great to me, each to their own and why shouldn't it be £50, moan about the price after playing it if you feel cheated at all.

Liqu1d3754d ago

He'll link negative reviews and claim it's not worth the price even though he'll never play it.

gangsta_red3754d ago

I'll be picking this game up just because it seems interesting. But I do have some concerns about it. I think after a while it will get boring, it's already been said in a podcast there won't be any humanoid aliens with cities or villages, just wild life type animals. That's sort of disappointing to hear.

Liqu1d3754d ago

http://n4g.com/news/1873149...

There isn't "just wild life type animals".

gangsta_red3754d ago

But there isn't huge alien cities or primitive alien villages to discover.

Like for instance discovering a primitive humanoid type of alien race and they start to worship you like a GOD and then you kill them all for displeasing you and not bringing you the required number of sacrifices you demanded.

Something...like that...

GrubsterBeater3754d ago (Edited 3754d ago )

@gangsta

Did you not read about the NPCs and traders, etc.?

There is more to the game than just "wild life type animals". Not to mention there is also huge space battles, different factions you can side with, and who knows what else considering they are trying to keep a lot of the game and it's features a surprise.

Regarding your second comment, there may be something similar to what you're talking about with cities, civilizations, etc that we don't even know about yet, and if it's not in the game, then who is to say they won't add something like that in the future with DLC or something.

There is definitely a lot about this game being kept secret, and I'm sure it will surprise you and I with some cool features and elements in the game that we don't know about yet.

gangsta_red3754d ago

In a podcast with one of the developers he already confirmed there would not be any alien cities or humanoid type civilizations (he said GTA type cities).

He stated they did not want to create a game like that and already said they didn't want anyone expecting this.

This is why that was disappointing to me. But who knows maybe DLC or maybe even mods will change this.

PX543753d ago

@gangsta - Just because there's no cities doesn't mean there's no aliens to encounter in small or large numbers.

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3-4-53754d ago

* Why does @Free_Fro only have 2 bubbles ?

Free_Fro3754d ago (Edited 3754d ago )

Burst my bubbles as you like ^_^ I will continue to state my opinion. I'm not here to please you.

I'm talking about No Man's Sky here not Sony or MS, you guys always make it about platforms or companies. . . Because you're stuck with your fanboy mentality.

No Man's Sky just looks boring. It can have all the content in the world but it if it lacks quality whats the point?

The game sounds exciting when the developers talk about it. But when they show game_play. . It just looks boring.
Maybe they're hiding the best the games got to offer, who knows? It could be better than it seems. But as of now, I don't see anything worth £50 anywhere in any of the footage. . And that's my opinion. It's not gospel.

Why do you think we keep getting articles about what you do in the game or if it's fun?

And it looks like a low budget title too, yet they're asking for £50.

Would I play the game? Yes. But not at that price of admission.

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also, can you please stop spreading BS? I don't hate anyone or anything. Hate is a strong word. I could never hate anything gaming related, that's retarded.

Ask of me in the N4G community on PSN & I will respond.

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PX543753d ago

Of course it's low budget, it's an indy game. They haven't had the backing of a huge publisher to get this done. Not to mention all the issues they've had with their studio being flooded.

Just the fact that it's an indy game shouldn't prevent it from being priced the same as a AAA title. The amount of time and energy put into making this deserves the price in my opinion.

There's a difference between quality and boring. You say it looks boring (your opinion, i'm not going to argue) but then back that up by saying it lacks quality. I'd like to know what you think defines 'quality'.
From what I can see the gameplay looks sold, ok we don't know the story yet or even all the features but you can't say something is lacking if you can't confirm it's not there. For the size of it the textures look great - it was never going to look like The Division or something that has teams of people working on separate areas of the game, Hello Games (the developer for NMS) has a total of 15 employees. Not that I feel textures should ever persuade you one way or the other. Games are about gameplay first and foremost, not how shiny it looks.

If you've watched the interviews with Sean Murray, he's said they've found it hard to show off exactly what you can do in the game because it's so open to interpretation by the player.

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Thatguy-3103754d ago

Whether it's fun or not would be up to the individual. The term is pretty subjective since not everyone likes getting entertained the same way. I thought a game like Journey was fun but I'm positive other players don't think the same. Getting captivated and lost in a universe is entertaining to folks so I think the game will deliver in that way.

hirobrotagonist3754d ago

These articles are all the same. This game looks great, I've always wanted a space game that was more about exploration than combat and this game has both. Regardless of what people are saying (without having played the game) No Man's Sky is doing things that have never been done before and I'm still really looking forward to it.

Summons753754d ago

Well you can't blame people for being skeptical since the only thing they have shown is fly to planet, walk around, fly again. There is no story, no missions, no objectives, no reason behind anything you are doing, and no reason as to why we would want to push to the center of the galaxy. In interviews they don't really give any selling point besides how millions of planets are all completely different (which is very interesting if they can truly pull it off successfully) but they are pushing it for 60 bucks when it does not look like it's worth that much.

It's an extremely interesting game but I'm highly skeptical and pretty sure the $60 price tag was only made because of the hype people who haven't played the game claiming it's the best game in the world. Since it's online only, I'll probably wait for reviews to see if I'll pick it up in a week just to be sure the servers are okay but I will get the game and play with an open mind.

PX543753d ago

From what I've seen on the No Mans Sky videos, the game looks to have far more diversity than things like Call of Duty, Gran Turismo/Forza or any Sports game all of which have the same $60 price.

christian hour3750d ago

"no story," - This is incorrect, the game has plenty of lore, and several alien factions with their own histories and philosophies

"no missions," - Not in the traditional sense, more in the minecraft sense, you set your own mission, be you trader, pirate, explorer, warrior, defender, whatever. Immerse yourself!!

"no objectives," - There are plenty of objectives, NPCs hand em out, but they're more like tasks, or problems.

"no reason behind anything you are doing, and no reason as to why we would want to push to the center of the galaxy." - Please, do your research, reasons have been hinted at, but the devs want most of the experience to be a surprise, like games USED to be, these days nearly everything is known about a game before release, which sucks!

Recently theyve had their hand forced to reveal stuff they wanted to keep as a surprise just to shut up all the whiney people saying all you do is fly to planets and walk around, like civilised buildings and NPCs, (which they denied when asked in the past, simply to keep it a surprise), how progression works etc. Personally I was really disappointed to see gaming sites discuss stuff like alien races, learning their languages, etc because, that would have been an amazing surprise on launch day.

There is a tonne more to this game (do your research!) and if its not for you, its not for you. I was sold day one just by the scale and exploration aspects, its a game i've always wanted since I was 8 years old, anything else is icing for me.

freshslicepizza3754d ago

all i ever hear about this game is how massive it is. i too wonder how much fun it actually is since you know, that's why i enjoy games.

Artemidorus3754d ago

It's interesting but the worrying factor is no friendship and knowing people are out there in the massive universe

I'd like to see it at least offer a co-op or a meeting place even if it's only in one spot.

Aenea3754d ago

Just look at it like once humankind goes out into space there's a small chance of encountering intelligent life forms, in this game you have as much chance to encounter another human!

Gaming4Life19813754d ago

I'm getting the game because I buy all space flight games but I have yet to see anything gameplay wise that I am excited for. I see why the fun factor question is always brought up for this game.

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