Jim Sterling site under attack by some No Man's Sky fans.

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naruball said:

Lrdfancypants said:

The review score doesn't surprise me.  I guessed a 65 avg.  It's going to be one of those exclusives this gen that gets either absolute hate or love like some of the others.  

I own the game and so far I enjoy it but I can't even come up with my own score as I've barely scratched the surface of the game.  It's massive.

That's the problem I have with Jim's review. While other reviewers are trying their best to play enough of the game to write a proper review, he releases the first review and gets all the clicks from people eager to read anything about the game. He may be right, but negative people, too, are sometimes right. If you're negative all the time, you're bound to be right at some point. That doesn't mean you reached the conclusion properly.

The way I see it this dude didn't play the game long enough to release this review but he knows damn well that this is perfect for him. More clicks, more exposure, more people talking about him, the haters (people who haven't even played the game) find some ammunition. Couldn't have worked better for him.

I believe the entire point he was making in the review is that, despite its size and "variety" due to procedural generation, it's all show.

That interactions with each world and creatures are the same, despite their variations, so it doesn't take anywhere near as long as promised to experience No Man's Sky.

That's what I read from the review anyway, and was my biggest worry about the game, due to its focus on prcedural generation.