In fact, I’ll sometimes create my own narrative and objectives when playing games with stories as I did with Breath of the Wild. I don’t always need a strong narrative to direct my play. For example, I play a wide variety of games including first-person shooters, open-world adventures, RPGs, simulators, and strategy games. Some find the game ugly and dull, but I think those that enjoy No Man’s Sky are different from many gamers. These actions aren’t functionally bad, they can just get old after the 50th planet.
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You can collect resources, craft, trade, upgrade gear, expand storage, buy bigger ships, fight pirates, and, of course, explore. Players are also limited in that the actions they can perform never change. Landscapes may differ, but players will eventually notice the same nodes, forms, and creatures sharing similar features. While it is true that every planet is different, every planet is also the same. For a game who’s major selling point was procedural generation, this is not a good thing. I don’t think No Man’s Sky is a bad game. But I have essentially thought little of No Man’s Sky since. After that, I maybe loaded up the game once or twice after a few months passed and some updates were released. I played it a lot and got that platinum trophy despite a few bugs. If I had to guess, through August into September of 2016, I probably played around 90+ hours at least. I’ve recently had fleeting thoughts about the game, though I’m not sure why since I have been happily occupied by several games lately. Now that I’ve gotten that out of the way. Those that got carried away with the hype and did not properly research before making a purchase only have themselves to blame.Īhem. For the record, while I eagerly waited for No Man’s Sky and openly have some critique of the game, I do not hate No Man’s Sky, Hello Games, or Sean Murray.
The premise was great, but the game suffered from extreme, uncontrollable hype and a lack of solid communication and clarification from the game’s developer, Hello Games.
To briefly sum No Man’s Sky up, it is an open world survival game where players can explore everything they see in a universe created through procedural generation. So now that one of the most ambitious games of more recent years is on the verge of its release, I can’t help but be filled with anticipation. I have always possessed an infatuation with space.
My mind took me to wild places after watching Star Wars, Star Trek, and Stargate. Once upon a time, I even wanted to be an astronaut or an astrophysicist. Last year on my old blog I wrote about my excitement for No Man’s Sky and how a childhood fantasy was potentially coming true :Īs a kid, I read voraciously from Asimov to books about the Milky Way. If you haven’t heard of it, and the ensuing backlash in particular, I don’t know if you’re incredibly fortunate or were sleeping under a rock for the year. This time last year I waited with much anticipation for No Man’s Sky which eventually released Aug(NA) on PlayStation 4 and PC.
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