Poll: 1 Year Later, What Are Your Thoughts on No Man's Sky?

I wasn't on the hype train but did like what I saw anyway and bought it Day 2. Put it down a couple months later and haven't picked it up since. Been planning to fire it up again soon.

It's a very different game now, and while I enjoyed its original incarnation the new version blows it away in pretty much every respect. Excited to give the new patch a go this weekend!

i rarely get games day one anymore so i didn't get NMS at launch and thank goodness i didn't, i missed all that mess but it is nice they are trying to get it to the point it should have been at launch

it keeps coming up on PSN Sales at £10 so i might get it at some point

Missing option:
'Did you purchase NMS Day 1 & enjoy it for what it was?'

I was there Day 1, spent 60hours on it, got the plat & when I was done-I'm done.
Very rarely do I go back to a game. NMS even at launch was a really nice 'chill out' game. Like everything else the internet takes something small & blows it up.

Good on them for continuing to work on it. Hope they can turn it into a successful platform game like Rocket League, GTA V, etc.

May go back to it when it's time to upgrade to the PS5.

I thought the game was pretty great a year ago, and I still think it's pretty great now.
I'm not that complicated.

I'll be checking out this new update. I bought this at launch and ejoyed it for a good while before moving on to pastures new. The last time I played it was the previous update which let you dock inside those huge ships. I spent all my space bucks on a new ship and immediately regretted it.

Bought it, thought it was OK but really wanted more variety in ships/alien NPC's and the the promised, bigger badder systems the closer you get toward the center of the universe.
Fair play they have strived to improve the game but I won't be going back.

I think the issue with NMS is that it is hard to divorce the game as a product from the marketing/release debacle. At leat I do.

I know a good few people who liked what the game was and have liked the updates and I think that is great for original purchasers.

That said, I have been put off by the launch issues - I hate bullshotting and lying about features and a part of me is still angered that, in many respects, they got away with outwardly lying to consumers. Again, that is no problem with the game itself but whatever pressures were put on Hello games to launch in the state it did.

At some point, I think I will dip in. I wonder how much longer they can afford to support the game?

@Rudy_Manchego I honestly believe the next "update" will be DLC style and price, which is totally fine by me.

I would not mind paying for them to continue working on the game, they virtually tripled on the base game itself over this last year and there's a lot more possibilities in such a set up, so I will always be there as long as they want to continue working on this game.

@xX_RiscazZ_Xx I think you are right and I do think despite my annoyances with the launch, that they have done a great job of making it up to original purchasers. They could have just taken the money and ran or charged for it and got more bad press.

Never bought it because of the high price, it really isn't a AAA game. A few weeks later a close friend got a phisical copy and I could borrow it from her. Turned out other games happened and I never reallly asked her. After this batch of content updates, I might as well ask now. Maybe wait until there's a full co-op and buy myself a cheap copy. False advertising and price aside, it's never been a bad game, just overhyped.

There was officially no false advertising. Decent game, overpriced probably. Best things about it were the open-endedness and the fact it left the player to figure out every single little thing rather than babysit and hold your hand. Only real downside other than the price at launch is that it's not really something you can have a quick go of in 15 mins for a buzz, it's really something that you need an hour or maybe two to get a decent session out of it.

Let me just scream cos it wasn't what I wanted. Vile.
I enjoyed it yes and I'll be going back.

It's a bit of a weird situation as I remember at launch we were in the middle of moving house after buying our current home, and the first time I got to actually sit down and play a game after many weeks of stress was NMS. For that reason, at the time i thought it was brilliant, purely because it was relaxing and lacked any urgency in its gameplay. I still love the soundtrack as Well, going as far as buying the special edition vinyl.
While I can definitely see it's flaws, o find it hard to get annoyed about no mans sky, due to it holding some very happy memories for me personally. I moved on from it quickly, but I might just give it another go with the updates.

Is it any better on the pro btw?

@Bad-MuthaAdebisi you just summed up 2016 Reddit haha 😂

@THRILLHOU I got the vinyl soundtrack as well, it's so ahead of it's time.

@BowTiesAreCool most definitely! Sounds like the past present and future at once. Post rock to kraftwerk, it's all in there. Stunning.

@BowTiesAreCool picked up the vinyl myself, collectors edition is or was on sale at I am 8 bit, not hugely cheap though

It's still a one man's lie. >

@TVRFLY actually it's the whole internet's lie.

Have this game waiting for me to start on my home screen. Glad I waited for all the updates! That being said, what does everyone think of "Creative" mode in NMS? I'm sort of intrigued by it, considering I don't have a lot of free time for gaming anymore and want something I can just jump into and explore/enjoy.

I loved NMS and I love Elite Dangerous on PS4! I put so many hours into NMS even after getting the Plat trophy in the game. I like new experiences in gaming. I played WOW for 8 years and missed so many great games. Now when the next big game come out I move on. I don't mind going back for new content in a game I enjoyed.

No Man's Sky has multiplayer, i'm sure i've heard something like that before.

I was there day one but I was underwhelmed in every aspect... Fast forward a tear and I've just brought it again and am loving it! Fair play hello games you have redeemed yourselves!

If I buy this. How massive of a patch are we talking?

The funny thing is I played the game at launch and enjoyed it but have no desire to come back for the updates.

@Bad-MuthaAdebisi yikes, I'm still waiting for another little sale for that one. I got the normal 2 LP version as a present from someone. Definitely want the extended cuts. Vinyl game soundtracks are ridiculous, paid £150 for the Life is Strange lps and nearly £40 for the Firewatch one. Game music is so underrated imo

All these updates have made me interested but it'll need to be added to my VERY long list of games (like 30+) I still want to buy. So it'll be awhile...😏

Didnt care then, dont care now.

I was there day one and enjoyed my 30 hours with it because I knew what the game was and didn't hype myself with ridiculous and frankly stupid assumptions of what I wanted. All that said I did trade it in after those 30 hours because I was bored and after the first two updates I almost bit the bullet and bought it again but I wanted story content and boy I'm glad I waited. This update combined with the previous two make this feel like a totally different game it's so much better and I applaud them for releasing it all for free. It was def worth the 10 I paid for a preowned copy from GameStop today.

Bought the special edition because of the hype, play it a couple of hours and disappointed with it, it's my fault though, I should wait for the reviews first, now I already sold the game. This game and street fighter 5 make me warry of preordering game.

Still, I plan to buy this game again if it's discounted, it's great that hello games still support the game with free dlc, it's way better than capcom that just ignored the games problem and start selling characters

I definitely got sucked in by the hype so pre-ordered the game. Then I fired it up on day 1 and went, "what the hell is this?"

I made a decision then to just stop playing and give them a chance to patch the game for a year or so. Now watching the videos of the changes made since then has made me want to dip in again and see if it's more to my liking.

I'll be installing the game again later today and giving it another try. Hopefully I won't be crying again after.

Didn't buy it, but am keeping an eye on it, and will probably pick up a physical copy down the line.

Bought it on day one and really enjoyed how simple it was. I think of game value in dollars:fun, and I easily got my money's worth out of it at launch. I like replaying games, so i always expected to go back to it, and this update in particular is very exciting for me and making it a real easy choice to return.

Did they break promises at launch? Sure. But now I have to say, who cares? I think the measure of any company is how they handle things when they screw up, if given a chance to fix it. The silence after launch was the most damning thing, that's when it seemed like they were just going to take the money and run. Three major, and free, updates later, I think they've redeemed themselves. They could have just taken the money and run, but they didn't, and that makes all the difference.

Sounds like it was worth waiting a year or so to play it Not bought it yet so might get it soon. I rarely buy games day 1 so it's all good

I bought it when Amazon had it for $15, and it still sits unopened. It seemed like a bargain, and when I get really bored and have nothing else to play, I will unwrap it and try it. Dunno when I will have nothing else to play tho.. so much backlog...

I got it with my PS4 and played it a couple of hours but I had quite the backlog. I think I will start it over with all the new updates. I played it with no updates at all so I have no idea what it's like now.

was crap om day one will remain crap

Bought it Day one but the massive backlog prevented me from playing it yet lol. Just like Driveclub they fixed no harm done no multiplayer who cares when you buy it you check the back of the box there was no multiplayer. Yeah there was a multiplayer print on the Collectors Edition which they removed with a sticker so it was quite clear it was not in there anyway.