No Man's Sky: What This Fan Really Thinks After 100 Hours

[GribbleGrunger]

SvennoJ said:

They took on a lot more than they could chew. The variety is still very impressive for such a small team, but true it could be better on many fronts. However I don't think the super formula is that easy as an answer. Sure it can produce tons of variations, the problem is without finding nice initial parameters most of them will likely be a mess. In that video you linked, are those really all that different. I've seen the same slight differences in shapes and sizes of plants, trees and animals in the game.

NMS could have easily used another year in development to work on behavioral routines, improved game loops, building/customizing you ship, variety between galaxies (Maybe there is, probably not, yet I don't seem to be able to get out of the Euclid galaxy. Are there more galaxies???)

Yet after all, it's still the most diverse procedurally generated universe out there. Gotto start somewhere. Perhaps some day we'll have a space exploration game with as much thought put into every single world as Alien planet did for one. Actual ecologies shaped by a planet's composition and orbit with simulated seeds of life spreading out and contaminating neighbouring systems. You'll need more than 3 years x 15 people for that.

To me, it's the birth of a new genre. Hopefully it will be allowed to grow, instead of weeded out prematurely :)

Oh, yes, there are more galaxies. I actually loved the transition to the next galaxy even though some people were disappointed. It immediately gives you 'things that must be done'.

I'm not giving up on the game, just openly expressing my honest opinion after 100 hours of satisfaction. It's not really a game you 'finish' as such and that's what's lead to the boredom. Add 'meaningful' content that has new game loops and I'll be happy as Dandy again.

i've been wanting to express concerns for quite some time now but in all the 'noise' my little whisper would have been taken out of context and used to beat the dead donkey even more. Motives are important to me and I'm saying this out of love for the concept, love for the 100 hours I enjoyed it and respect for the guts to attempt the impossible. As my sig says: 'hate doesn't impress me.'

edit: I've changed the title slightly in order to best express my lead up to this opinion.