Curiosity wrote:
Doctor Glyndwr wrote:
Zardoz wrote:
Can you travel to the edge?
Sure, it's where the streets have no name
But did they find what they were looking for?
Oh, you are the sweetest thing.
Even sweeter if you'd send me that game.
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| Author: | MaliA [ Mon Aug 01, 2016 16:27 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: No Man's Sky |
Zardoz wrote: Can you travel to the edge? Yes. Rimming is acceptable |
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| Author: | Doctor Glyndwr [ Mon Aug 01, 2016 16:29 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: No Man's Sky |
Zardoz wrote: Can you travel to the edge? Sure, it's where the streets have no name |
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| Author: | Curiosity [ Mon Aug 01, 2016 16:32 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: No Man's Sky |
Doctor Glyndwr wrote: Zardoz wrote: Can you travel to the edge? Sure, it's where the streets have no name But did they find what they were looking for? |
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| Author: | TheVision [ Mon Aug 01, 2016 16:34 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: No Man's Sky |
Curiosity wrote: Doctor Glyndwr wrote: Zardoz wrote: Can you travel to the edge? Sure, it's where the streets have no name But did they find what they were looking for? Oh, you are the sweetest thing. Even sweeter if you'd send me that game.
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| Author: | Zardoz [ Mon Aug 01, 2016 16:55 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: No Man's Sky |
Lemon. |
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| Author: | markg [ Fri Aug 05, 2016 10:59 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: No Man's Sky |
Woo! Just got a text from Simply Games saying this has been dispatched via Royal Mail first class. Same shop that sent me Doom about three days early. |
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| Author: | MaliA [ Fri Aug 05, 2016 11:04 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: No Man's Sky |
markg wrote: Woo! Just got a text from Simply Games saying this has been dispatched via Royal Mail first class. Same shop that sent me Doom about three days early. Wahay! Mine says 10th 
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| Author: | Doctor Glyndwr [ Sat Aug 06, 2016 17:39 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: No Man's Sky |
markg wrote: Woo! Just got a text from Simply Games saying this has been dispatched via Royal Mail first class. Same shop that sent me Doom about three days early. https://www.vg247.com/2016/08/06/those- ... one-patch/ @VG247: #NoMansSky early buyers will find their progress wiped due to server reset, day-one patch. https://t.co/oG8MliOhfn https://t.co/nYY89Mkmln |
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| Author: | markg [ Sat Aug 06, 2016 17:59 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: No Man's Sky |
I'll doubt I'll get to put much time in before tomorrow anyway. Enjoying it so far but have yet to be blown away by it. Obviously it's really early and who knows what they only managed to get into the patch but I still have some reservations that discovering all these new and different planets might get a bit less awe-inspiring if they're only really different from one another in the same sort of way that snowflakes are. We'll see. |
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| Author: | markg [ Mon Aug 08, 2016 8:39 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: No Man's Sky |
So the patch seems to be pretty substantial in terms of what it adds. It really needs to be. Probably played about six hours all told and as it is the game is nice enough but so very sparse as a sandbox experience. I didn't want leading by the nose but as it is there's just so few fun things to do in terms of goals you can set yourself etc. and also no challenge whatsoever so far other than that of persistence and repetition. |
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| Author: | MaliA [ Mon Aug 08, 2016 8:41 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: No Man's Sky |
markg wrote: So the patch seems to be pretty substantial in terms of what it adds. It really needs to be. Probably played about six hours all told and as it is the game is nice enough but so very sparse as a sandbox experience. I didn't want leading by the nose but as it is there's just so few fun things to do in terms of goals you can set yourself etc. and also no challenge whatsoever so far other than that of persistence and repetition. Uhoh. |
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| Author: | myp [ Mon Aug 08, 2016 9:00 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: No Man's Sky |
Like a sensible person I am going to wait for the reviews to hit. |
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| Author: | GazChap [ Mon Aug 08, 2016 9:02 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: No Man's Sky |
Basically the same criticisms that have been levelled at E:D, then - a mile wide but an inch deep, effectively. |
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| Author: | markg [ Mon Aug 08, 2016 9:06 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: No Man's Sky |
I'm still enjoying it, I think. It's quite hard to be objective about something you've waited so long for. There's definitely something there but it just needs building on, which it sounds as though that's what they're planning on doing even after this patch they're adding base-building and bigger ships etc. So I doubt I'll come to regret buying it. |
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| Author: | Zardoz [ Mon Aug 08, 2016 9:09 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: No Man's Sky |
Needs Pokémon. |
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| Author: | lasermink [ Mon Aug 08, 2016 11:30 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: No Man's Sky |
No Man's Sky has an enormous day one patch that adds multiple endings It seems you are now supposed to choose early among 3 "paths" and once chosen you have to stick to it. I don't like the sound of this, to be honest. |
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| Author: | markg [ Mon Aug 08, 2016 11:56 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: No Man's Sky |
Patch downloaded now. I've deleted my save so I'll begin again later. |
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| Author: | Findus Fop [ Mon Aug 08, 2016 12:54 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: No Man's Sky |
Zardoz wrote: Needs Pokémon. Title. |
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| Author: | markg [ Mon Aug 08, 2016 13:06 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: No Man's Sky |
Just had a quick hour on it. Happy to report that the patch is a literal game-changer. Everything just looks and feels so much more alive, engaging and varied. Textures are massively better and there's not the awful pop-in. Feels more like a proper game now rather than an overly ambitious PSN title. Not been up into space yet but so far, fucking yes! |
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| Author: | myp [ Mon Aug 08, 2016 13:07 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: No Man's Sky |
Good to know! |
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| Author: | Zardoz [ Mon Aug 08, 2016 16:54 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: No Man's Sky |
Yeah, wasn't at all bothered about getting it after your initial thoughts but now I am. |
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| Author: | myp [ Mon Aug 08, 2016 17:59 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: No Man's Sky |
Zardoz wrote: Yeah, wasn't at all bothered about getting it after your initial thoughts but now I am. CSB |
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| Author: | Zardoz [ Mon Aug 08, 2016 18:05 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: No Man's Sky |
I've got lots of them. |
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| Author: | Zardoz [ Mon Aug 08, 2016 18:05 ] |
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I've got lots of them. |
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| Author: | markg [ Tue Aug 09, 2016 9:06 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: No Man's Sky |
Still having fun with this. But even post-patch I can't see it remaining very interesting if you decide to ignore the main (only?) quest for any length of time. The zillions of stars thing is a pure gimmick when they are a bit like superhero movies, they all look superficially different but by the time you've seen three systems they just start to feel the same. It's the same reservation I've had all along. I just don't think that fifteen clever people and some clever algorithms can generate a believable and entertaining open world game. That takes hundreds of people toiling away for years like they do on GTA games. Still I got in some dog fights and that was fun and it's given me the motivation to want to earn money to get a better ship. Right now I'm thinking that it's a pretty fun game that does some really clever stuff and it's astonishing that it's been done by such a small team but I'm not going to be just exploring this universe for weeks on end once the quest is done. I dunno maybe others will get something from it that I'm not but so far it's good but it's not the new messiah. |
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| Author: | NervousPete [ Tue Aug 09, 2016 11:19 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: No Man's Sky |
That's why I'm so relieved my favourite open world survival simulation The Long Dark doesn't use procedural generation for its maps. The map design really is quite wonderful and memorable in the game. It'll take about eighty hours of game play to explore everything at least. There are folk posting on the steam forum that it should be infinite procedurally generated, which I think is just a terrible idea. The developers keep releasing a new big map every six months, eventually there'll be a massive island created and it'll really feel like a real, meaningful place. I'm very impressed technically with No Man's Sky, and I dig the art design and concept. But I just can't figure how it'd keep me hooked. Beyond a certain number of stars surely scale becomes meaningless? If it weren't for Spore I'd be combusting with excitement, but the disappointment bit deep with that shallow game. Don't get me wrong, I reckon No Man's Sky is certain to be a better game than that. But I'm not convinced the mechanics of each planet will be variable enough to keep it interesting, and with each planet essentially disposable... where does the wonder come in? |
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| Author: | Doctor Glyndwr [ Tue Aug 09, 2016 11:28 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: No Man's Sky |
Hmmm. I wasn't in time to cancel my pre-order, so it's coming; although I could always return it. I suspect I'm only cautious because I spent £40 or so on Elite: Dangerous and then barely played it. But I am vaguely concerned I'm going to tire of this quickly and get buyer's remorse. I may leave it sealed for a few days and see how I feel then. That would probably be the smart thing to do, although I am not that smart. |
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| Author: | markg [ Tue Aug 09, 2016 11:41 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: No Man's Sky |
Don't get me wrong, I'm not near the point of jacking it in and I'm terrible for that with games once I lose interest, I have very little compulsion to finish them just for the sake of it. |
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| Author: | markg [ Tue Aug 09, 2016 11:48 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: No Man's Sky |
This is a good article although he seems to have done in two hours what I spent about five doing: http://www.kotaku.co.uk/2016/08/09/two- ... ky-a-diary Maybe that's where I've been going wrong. Perhaps just steaming through would show off more stuff and make it feel a bit less sparse. |
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| Author: | GazChap [ Tue Aug 09, 2016 14:40 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: No Man's Sky |
markg wrote: I'm not near the point of jacking it Title, obvs. |
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| Author: | myp [ Tue Aug 09, 2016 15:06 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: No Man's Sky |
This sounds very much like I'm best off waiting until it's £25 and waiting for Rift support. |
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| Author: | markg [ Wed Aug 10, 2016 9:03 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: No Man's Sky |
I really, really enjoyed playing this again last night, was spellbound by it all again. I don't know what to think. I'd make a terrible videogames reviewer. |
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| Author: | MaliA [ Wed Aug 10, 2016 9:03 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: No Man's Sky |
Today! Hopefully! |
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| Author: | Zardoz [ Wed Aug 10, 2016 9:21 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: No Man's Sky |
markg wrote: I really, really enjoyed playing this again last night, was spellbound by it all again. I don't know what to think. I'd make a terrible videogames reviewer. Just patch your reviews every few days. |
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| Author: | The Great Tyrant [ Wed Aug 10, 2016 9:41 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: No Man's Sky |
NervousPete wrote: That's why I'm so relieved my favourite open world survival simulation The Long Dark doesn't use procedural generation for its maps. The map design really is quite wonderful and memorable in the game. It'll take about eighty hours of game play to explore everything at least. There are folk posting on the steam forum that it should be infinite procedurally generated, which I think is just a terrible idea. The developers keep releasing a new big map every six months, eventually there'll be a massive island created and it'll really feel like a real, meaningful place. I'm very impressed technically with No Man's Sky, and I dig the art design and concept. But I just can't figure how it'd keep me hooked. Beyond a certain number of stars surely scale becomes meaningless? If it weren't for Spore I'd be combusting with excitement, but the disappointment bit deep with that shallow game. Don't get me wrong, I reckon No Man's Sky is certain to be a better game than that. But I'm not convinced the mechanics of each planet will be variable enough to keep it interesting, and with each planet essentially disposable... where does the wonder come in?  Watched a live stream of it, and although the visuals are beautiful, I also found it lacking in diversity. It seems to be one smudge coloured planet with chicken-like creatures after another. I'm not sure what the motivation to play is. |
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| Author: | RuySan [ Wed Aug 10, 2016 10:12 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: No Man's Sky |
Crafting the worst game mechanic ever and unfortunately is creeping into every game nowadays. Like Jeff Vogel wrote, "When i beat a boss, i want to get a legendary sword, not 1/10 of a legendary sword" I hope crafting doesn't spoil this game. |
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| Author: | Doctor Glyndwr [ Wed Aug 10, 2016 15:43 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: No Man's Sky |
My copy has been delivered... to work. I'm off sick and on leave tomorrow and Friday. Guess I have until Monday to decide if I'm keeping it or returning it, then. |
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| Author: | myp [ Wed Aug 10, 2016 15:49 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: No Man's Sky |
No Man's Sky players travel the exact same planet without ever crossing paths |
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| Author: | TheVision [ Wed Aug 10, 2016 15:54 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: No Man's Sky |
I saw this headline earlier. Was the game ever made out to be a multi player experience or was it always intended as a single player game? |
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| Author: | myp [ Wed Aug 10, 2016 15:59 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: No Man's Sky |
TheVision wrote: I saw this headline earlier. Was the game ever made out to be a multi player experience or was it always intended as a single player game? It's always been a bit unclear, but explains it in the article and comments. |
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| Author: | MaliA [ Wed Aug 10, 2016 16:00 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: No Man's Sky |
Doctor Glyndwr wrote: My copy has been delivered... to work. I'm off sick and on leave tomorrow and Friday. Guess I have until Monday to decide if I'm keeping it or returning it, then. Mine arrived today! |
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| Author: | TheVision [ Wed Aug 10, 2016 16:02 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: No Man's Sky |
Lonewolves wrote: TheVision wrote: I saw this headline earlier. Was the game ever made out to be a multi player experience or was it always intended as a single player game? It's always been a bit unclear, but explains it in the article and comments. Ah cool. I admit, I haven't read the articles, only the headlines. I'll take a look later on. |
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| Author: | Pundabaya [ Wed Aug 10, 2016 18:47 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: No Man's Sky |
Jim Fucking Sterling Son gave it a 5/10. |
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| Author: | markg [ Wed Aug 10, 2016 19:00 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: No Man's Sky |
Can't really take issue with anything he says but for some reason despite all that I'm still enjoying it. 
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| Author: | Pundabaya [ Wed Aug 10, 2016 19:03 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: No Man's Sky |
It's a peanut butter game innit. What's there is tasty, but it's spread so thin, but you know if it was any thicker it'd glue your teeth together. |
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| Author: | lasermink [ Thu Aug 11, 2016 1:02 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: No Man's Sky |
I can't load Jim Sterling's web page. Apparently he is getting DDOSed over his No Man's Sky review! |
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| Author: | myp [ Thu Aug 11, 2016 1:07 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: No Man's Sky |
lasermink wrote: I can't load Jim Sterling's web page. Apparently he is getting DDOSed over his No Man's Sky review! Gamers are awful |
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| Author: | Mr Dave [ Thu Aug 11, 2016 1:11 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: No Man's Sky |
Lonewolves wrote: lasermink wrote: I can't load Jim Sterling's web page. Apparently he is getting DDOSed over his No Man's Sky review! Gamers are awful Yeah, they go slashing at you with an axe for little to no provocation. The bastards. |
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| Author: | myp [ Thu Aug 11, 2016 1:12 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: No Man's Sky |
Mr Dave wrote: Lonewolves wrote: lasermink wrote: I can't load Jim Sterling's web page. Apparently he is getting DDOSed over his No Man's Sky review! Gamers are awful Yeah, they go slashing at you with an axe for little to no provocation. The bastards. WHY DID YOU CHANGE YOUR HAT |
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| Author: | Mr Dave [ Thu Aug 11, 2016 6:38 ] |
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Lonewolves wrote: Mr Dave wrote: Lonewolves wrote: lasermink wrote: I can't load Jim Sterling's web page. Apparently he is getting DDOSed over his No Man's Sky review! Gamers are awful Yeah, they go slashing at you with an axe for little to no provocation. The bastards. WHY DID YOU CHANGE YOUR HAT I can't see why I'd rather have a hard hat with axe murderers running around. |
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