They are saying "why didn't we think of that"

I agree with @Filmicfps, what makes the procedural generation so groundbreaking in this game??

It's the newest game to use this tech yes, but from the around 6 hours that I have played its the least most technically impressive use that i've seen. There is so little variation. In all fairness i've only played for about 6 hours like I said which has only been around 6-8 planets but there's very, very little I've seen that I didn't really see on the very first planet. The odds of coincidentally visiting planets that the only real change is the colour range & toxicity that is just a random number generator surely show that the system isn't actually very good.

A lot of people seem to be way caught up in the hype & spin that was fed to them. They're not really clearing their mind & actually taking a moment to take it in then consider what is actually going on for themselves.

It's crazy to see normal, what seem like smart people, suddenly gush into this "groundbreaking" nonsense that they keep getting told while ignoring the very real physicality & the fact that procedural generation is not anything new.

It's not random at all. That's like the entire basis of the game design. It's procedural.

The tech used in this game will be influential in the future. That is what Mike basically said

Stop trolling rookie. In one post you're praising the fame in the next you're hating again. The only thing random here are your comments.

Nothing random about it. Too many people seem to completely misunderstand what procedural generation actually is.

Think of it like an AI. You have to put in rulesets for the generation to work from. Things like types of objects available, where said objects can be located (Not sticking huge rivers in the middle of a desert) How many of said objects can be together in a specific radius, the likelyhood of any type of object being generated, etc, etc. The more complex this code it, the better the generation turns out. Make it complex enough, and it can easily be just as dynamic and realistic as any person could do manually. Only real difference is that instead of manually placing each object yourself, you create a program with a ruleset, which then does it for you at a super fast rate.

Procedural Generation=/=Random Generation

They also made these "bots" that fly through the whole universe and pretty much "test" the game for them. Those bots take pictures and see what is around in the universe. I am sure you can edit these bots for other games for developers to test out their own game in a much quicker way. You are thinking of what the game is, but it is more about the is under the hood.

Its innovating and moving procedurally generated worlds forward because no games from my recollection have done it to the extent and magnitude this game has done it and pulled it off. You have games like bloodborne who have done it well with the chalice dungeons but this is doing it for an infinite universe. Doesnt matter if procedurally generated worlds have done it before but have they been done to this extent and worked? Honest question.

What's so special about this game?

No game before has ever given you one full sized planet to explore, let along 18 trillion mostly unique ones. Yes, there currently are some limits in the variety that you see, but they've continued to add more as updates have come in. An 8 person team can only add in so much variety for the game's engine to choose from when generating worlds, so considering they've done this much, it is a very solid accomplishment. They are also adding new gameplay elements with updates, such as base building.

I've been playing the game for a few days, and while it can get a bit repetitive, it has managed to keep me coming back for more. I think they're off to a great start, and look forward to seeing what this grows into.

We get it already. You don't like No Man's Sky.

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see this. it's not just random. google is always your best friend but you like being an idiot so i can't blame you there for your stupidity.