Does it have an offline mode or do I have to forcibly put steam offline? Because that shit won't fly.

I have no idea. I game on consoles.

There also no specific information about it online so I assume there is no simple way to just toggle it ingame. Maybe I should ask Murray now so I'll  have an answer in a few months.

I think it's funny how samey the game looks and how difficult it is to write an algorithm that gives varied planets apparently.

And at the same time there are lots of tech nerds who believe we are just a few decades away from the singularity, a self-evolving super AI.

It's very sad because I was hoping procedural generation by now would be at the point where it really could help create huge worlds. But it simply can't yet.

No Man Sky is a huge fiasco in this respect. In technical terms some people argue that it took procedural generation a leap few years forward, but comparing with the expectations it actually took us back in time, because if such an ambitious project was only able to create a samey world that bores most players, there's no chance we'll get the worlds of Elder Scrolls, Grand Feft Auto, The Witcher etc to become bigger with the help of procedural generation in any forseeable future.

Was there even one aspect of ther procedural generation in No Man Sky was impressive?

The variation of textures it could produce? The look of creatures? The creature animations? The overall topography of planets? Unique weather? Unique creature behaviour? Variation in tech level and civilization advancement of creatures?

Not from what I've heard sadly.

I've put in 30 to 40 hours but for some reason I'm playing it on both my usa and uk psn account so I've got 2 different adventures on the go. Still enjoying it but the desire to get back to it is weakening and I'm starting to play other games inbetween now. I think I will be playing this for a long time though but just because I enjoy visiting new worlds and seeing different animals.

Had my first crash on ps4 the other day. Was not happy I'd just killed a lot of pirates and was feeling proud of my piloting skills and then it crashed when I went to hyperspace.

I've put in 30 to 40 hours but for some reason I'm playing it on both my usa and uk psn account so I've got 2 different adventures on the go. Still enjoying it but the desire to get back to it is weakening and I'm starting to play other games inbetween now. I think I will be playing this for a long time though but just because I enjoy visiting new worlds and seeing different animals.

Had my first crash on ps4 the other day. Was not happy I'd just killed a lot of pirates and was feeling proud of my piloting skills and then it crashed when I went to hyperspace.

To be fair the product they showed a was much more ambitious game than it became.

The game the were pushing had a lot more happening in the world.

I think it falls into the trap a lot of open world sandbox type games fall into. I don't think the procedural generation has much to do with it.
I think an MP aspect would help but I'm not for sure because like games of this type the object is to grind for better (whatever) except this has things like languages and exploratory goals you grind towards. I don't know how that'd play out in longevity using MP like destiny or the division which are also grindfest.