Edge writes: "It's all there in its first mission, a scenario formed from the blandest of situations and the pickiest of requirements, but one that unravels into something frenetic and even grand, the start of journey that takes you through a meticulous and individual vision of the Star Wars universe. It begins with five cargo freighters. It's during the aftermath of the Empire's successful attack on the Rebel base on Hoth, and your superiors suspect that escaping Rebel soldiers have been smuggled aboard one of the freighters. As a rookie member of a TIE Fighter squadron attached to the space station to which these freighters are cruising, you must fly in close to each one before identifying its contents."
The Star Wars franchise has produced some of the most entertaining games dating as far back as the years of Atari and classic arcades. There have been over 80 video games made over the years but while some may be forgettable, there are a plethora of releases that have been go-to classics across all platforms that still hold-up to this day.
Space is the place, especially in these stone cold classics.
Before No Man's Sky? Makes it sound like No Man's Sky is actually good or something...
It's actually pretty amazing and a lot of people agree on that. No one cares for the sadness people like you express constantly.
On the contrary, especially for people who are planning to purchase the game, people take myriads of different opinions in consideration.
And besides, it's okay if not everyone like the game.
You cared, that's why you posted. I don't have to like the game, and to me NMS is lifeless and repetitive enough that the fun wears thin after just a few hours. It's just as unfinished as it felt at its debut several years ago when I played it at the Gamestop managers conference.
Sad is the fact that you can't let me have my opinion without making it personal, but I'm glad you like it so have fun.
@TheCommentator
I know you and your comments and I know just as you and anyone here that you don't even own a PS4 or a gaming PC.
@BrandanT
It's ok to have an opinion. It's not ok to pretend to have one without actually having had the chance to form one.
You are correct, but I played it at the conference I mentioned and I do have friends who own a PS4. I played it for a few hours already while my friend and I hung out the other day and it's really not that interesting. Kerbal Space Program has as much going for it as NMS. To each their own.
Seriously, stay on topic and don't pretend that you know everything about me from my posts here at N4G.
You're just mad that a game you really wanted to be awesome ended up being average at best, so your fragile little mind created an escape by taking it out on me. It's okay, you can cry on my shoulder all you like dude. It still doesn't change the fact that I've played the game and don't like it, or that your ability to comprehend such a thing is seriously lacking. I haven't heard one fact about the game from you or Razzer the whole time you've been in here, you just personally attack me instead of staying with the topic like an educated human being would.
You want to know a secret? I know I don't like PS4 exclusives as much as Xbox exclusives because I play most of them at my friends house (or watch him Twitch) but I dislike Sony more than MS for other reasons besides a lack of exclusives I enjoy which is why I don't buy Sony products in general. Truth is both companies do shitty things to consumers.
Grow up, stay on topic, and realize that not every opinion around here is yours.
Actually playing the game makes it seem like it's good or something. I'm enjoying the hell out of it.
P.S. Goddamn do I miss Wing Commander.
@thecommentator
bullshit. you are a Xbox fanboy. your previous comments make it obvious. hating games you can't play
I hate Sony, I don't love MS. Big difference. My decision to own MS systems is educated, a fanboy's decision is not. So...
Quit attacking my character instead of the subject like a fanboy would and understand something, I can still play games on systems I don't own because... wait for it... I have real friends who I can go visit in the real world and play on a PS4. Go back into hiding, you shallow little person.
I know this game gets no credit around here but Elite Dangerous needs to be on this list but I do agree that everything on this list is great as well.
Elite Dangerous is planning to add tons of content too, which makes No Man's Sky look even more hollow in comparison.
Damnit...you don't get it, do you?! Stop talking shit about a game you didn't even play yet!
But he's right. No man's sky is cool, but very hollow in the end. With how the ship autocontrols I feel like I'm on an intergalactic tour. Don't get me wrong, I like the game, but elite has a lot more potential.
"A long time ago, in a game industry far, far away, there was a genre called “space combat sims.” In this far flung, possibly mythical time, known today as “The Nineties,” a wide range of games put players in the seat of a highly advanced starfighter, and sent them out to blast their enemies into the cold embrace of the void. While the genre contains great titles like Wing Commander, Freespace, and Colony Wars, perhaps the most fondly remembered space combat games are Star Wars: X-Wing and Star Wars: TIE Fighter."
The whole X-wing series (X-wing, Tie Fighter, X-wing vs. Tie Fighter and X-wing Alliance) really was awesome, some of the very best Star Wars games.
Sadly it is a game of it's time and we are unlikely to ever see something like this again. It is a shame lucasarts will not revive the concepts fleshed out in x-wing and tie fighter, but I get the feeling the market isn't big enough for these games anymore.