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Lrdfancypants on 11 August 2016
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.

yes.  The game is very large.  It's not even explainable how large to people on here who do not have it but are creating the threads on it.  When Infinally left the first planet and hit the down arrow to see the map it was unreal how ridiculously big this game is.  

He might be right but I do not believe he played enough to really know.  



l <---- Do you mean this glitch Gribble?  If not, I'll keep looking.  

 

 

 

 

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Lrdfancypants on 11 August 2016
mysteryman said:
naruball said:

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.

You don't need procedural generation for that.  

This point I've disagreed with since it started being brought up not long ago with this game.  If I'm not mistaken The Division has an 80 metacritic and its dull and lifeless without procedural generation.  

I would bet money that game sites that scored The Division well will score this low and one of the dings will be repetitive and dull.  That game is the very essence of repetitive and dull.  I think it has more to do with you aren't killing things from the onset constantly.  Just my opinion.



l <---- Do you mean this glitch Gribble?  If not, I'll keep looking.  

 

 

 

 

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Marco....

memoryman3 on 11 August 2016

I wish that my favourite game can get as much hype and buzz as No Man's Sky.



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Barozi on 11 August 2016
naruball said:
mysteryman said:

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.

Yeah, I get all that it most certainly could be the case, but I have my doubts. Why exactly did it him so little time to play the game, write and post the review first while all the other reviewers were still playing the game?

For all we know he played just enough to get an idea about the game to post his review first and capitalize on everyone clicking on it.

It's also very likely that he missed out on some really important things that happen in the game when you play a bit more. Some planets amy feel very same-y and others could be vastly different. If you play for a limited time and are out of luck, you may only visit too similar planets.

Of course, I haven't played the game so I have no idea if that's really the case. I'm just wary of his decision to post a review of such a massive game so soon. What kept all the other reviwers from posting theirs?

Jim is his own boss. He can play a game as long as he wants without caring about labour laws. Also he can submit his review without anyone's permission.



Barozi on 11 August 2016

So far I'm not that surprised about the scores. It will likely end in the mid 70s, which is what I expected after watching the first trailers and even the most recent trailers.

The game has a good artstyle but the graphics are really meh-ish. Really shocked about the bad ground textures on the PS4 version (watched some gameplay footage yesterday) and Jim made it seem that there's also a lot of pop-in.



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naruball on 11 August 2016
Barozi said:
naruball said:

Yeah, I get all that it most certainly could be the case, but I have my doubts. Why exactly did it him so little time to play the game, write and post the review first while all the other reviewers were still playing the game?

For all we know he played just enough to get an idea about the game to post his review first and capitalize on everyone clicking on it.

It's also very likely that he missed out on some really important things that happen in the game when you play a bit more. Some planets amy feel very same-y and others could be vastly different. If you play for a limited time and are out of luck, you may only visit too similar planets.

Of course, I haven't played the game so I have no idea if that's really the case. I'm just wary of his decision to post a review of such a massive game so soon. What kept all the other reviwers from posting theirs?

Jim is his own boss. He can play a game as long as he wants without caring about labour laws. Also he can submit his review without anyone's permission.

Wow. Incredible. He must be the only one.



Barozi on 11 August 2016
naruball said:
Barozi said:

Jim is his own boss. He can play a game as long as he wants without caring about labour laws. Also he can submit his review without anyone's permission.

Wow. Incredible. He must be the only one.

on Metacritic?

Probably one of very very few, yes.



TruckOSaurus on 11 August 2016
Ganoncrotch said:
Goodnightmoon said:

They are not entitled to put down a website because of that, not at all.

And no this game has way less interactivity than minecraft, other than the procedurally generated terrain I don't think they have much in common.

Someone who aims to be controversial as Jim Sterling would like to be I'm shocked that his site isn't slightly protected against LOIC and other rubbish tools.

And I just heard there was mining elements from various planets to unlock things in no mans sky, like I said didn't read too much into it, want to be finding it all out fresh when I pick up a copy of it.

I've never seen Jim's reviews as seeking controversy, they are just his honest opinion on the games he plays. Sometimes he's in line with the general concensus, others he's the outlier but it should be the same with every reviewer. 

His show the Jimquisition does focus more on industry failings, the latest scams crafted by the big developpers to squeeze out more money from gamers which I guess you could say is seeking controversy but if you block out the nonsense in his intro, he always presents well constructed argument against/for the subject of the week so it's not mindless attention seeking.



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Wildcard36qs on 11 August 2016

I liked his review. When NMS was first revealed in...2014? I was super excited and in awe of what it could potentially be. Then, the more I saw and read about it, the more I realized this game does not have much to keep me interested. I watched hours of twitch streams and I think he hits the nail on the head, as hard as it may be to hear for many. Game that is so much procedural generation, all the pieces start looking the same.



naruball on 11 August 2016
Barozi said:
naruball said:

Wow. Incredible. He must be the only one.

on Metacritic?

Probably one of very very few, yes.

Yeah, I doubt him being is own boss makes that big of a difference. I just checked metacritic and there are still only two reviews up, one of which is Jim's.