Topic: No Mans Sky

I was excited for this game but after watching Sean play it on Twitch it has defintaly reduced my desire to buy the game. Think I will wait to see what patches they put out in the future and revisit it in 6 months time. Shame because I was really looking forward to this game.

@adf86: yeah like kid said, they're upgrading the inventory by 5x I believe. Sounds like a lot.

Thanks for the impressions though. I got the digital for £43 which is only £2 off retail. Been waiting for over 48hrs now to hear back from Sony about it... Very poor service so far I've gotta admit!

I won't be downloading the game though as it'll void my refund. Looking forward to giving it a bash. I love how we all start on our own unique planet

@daveofduncan: I played it with the patch, there's 12 slots for your exosuit. Though no doubt I just need to upgrade it, which I think was what the patch meant in terms of max size.

From what I've seen on NicheGamer peeps seem to be pretty down on it, though I'm really not surprised the guys over there weren't impressed as far as the community goes.

When I started playing it last night I wasn't really feeling it but as I've dug into it more today I've really been enjoying myself. But I ran into an issue where I missed the Dark Matter blueprint. I spent the day exploring planets of a start system and when it was time to leave I realized I couldn't as I had bought a new ship with an empty warp drive. So long story short I have to start over. I'd advise everyone to grab that blueprint asap.

Does anyone know if you can avoid the starter ship and extra money that you get with the digital pre-order? I only pre-ordered so I can have it downloaded in time for when I finish work but I don't want those extras as I think they'll take away from the opening experience, I want to have to work for my ship and money so can I avoid installing that stuff basically?

@Kyroki: @TripleGK: Cheers lads, going to ignore them as they seem to defeat the point of the game happy exploring

The first time I tired to play the game it crashed right away. I tried it again and it crashed again... The 3rd time was the charm and I haven't had a problem since.

I haven't played it yet, but when I picked it up in the supermarket, the lady who served me said, "This must be some game. People have been ringing up about it all day asking when it's out, and how much it is. We've sold loads".

I guess what I'm saying is that it's only just hit me just how big No Man's Sky is.

@johncalmc: Yup, I was told earlier in the year that pre-orders were way, way, way above expectations.

Played a lot yesterday, like it quite a lot so far. It feels that you have to approach it like you would Hohokum.... weird comparison but you have to approach it with curiosity and lots of "chill". A nice change of pace from all the action packed adrenaline rides on rails that we see so often.

I... Don't really like it. It's exactly what I expected, but I'm still bitterly disappointed, I'm afraid. It's got so many design issues.

Can we stop using the word "chill", it's putting me right off buying it haha.

It sounds a lot like I thought it would be.. I'm still interested because I quite like er.."chill" games. But I'm just really glad I didn't get super excited about it.

I'll probably pick it up on Friday.

@get2sammyb: See that's exactly how I felt for the first two or three hours after it unlocked at midnight here. But I've been playing it a lot today and I must say its got me pretty hooked.

@kyleforrester87: For sure. My expectations were about aslow as they could get before the release, but after digging into it a bit I was pleasantly surprised.

@ekreig: Are you trying to link a specific tweet?

@thatguyEZ: Sounds good. If the atmosphere gels with me it'll go a long way toward keeping me interested. It also sounds like the game can/will be made more interesting with future updates.

Hopefully we'll have some reviews before the end of the week.

I would get it digital since it's a fairly small game but in this instance I'll be buying physical just in case it is a quick trade in.

@thatguyEZ: I thought it was a combination of tweets - all about having his review cyber attacked after stating rge game was worth a 'Mediocre 5/10' score. Having read his review, I must say that its exactly what I expected and what I have witnessed. Whether I would whole heartedly agree after spending time with the game, I don't know but I can't say his review was a surprise to me...

Outside of the awful inventory space, I'm really liking the game.

The first hour or so blew me away. I was on a toxic rain planet desperately trying to fix ship and get my bearings before I died. I explored a fair old bit of the region but came across sentient life IMMEDIATELY. I thought that was supposed to be a super rare moment? Anyway, the feeling of blasting off with an inventory full of fuel and entering space was very liberating, as was seeing another planet and landing on it. The terrain was so different, it did feel like being an intrepid explorer.

The issue I have is that I was au fait enough with the mechanics to jump around my system and touch down on all the planets there and stick a flag on them but I don't know what to do next; do I explore my system fully , build up wealth, resources and equipment , or do I go on to a NEW system and take a look around?

I can see how after the first few hours people could be turned off by the repetition and aimlessness, but so far it's been what I'd hoped it to be, but with a couple of warning flags about how diverse the new planets will be? And what will compelling you to explore a planetime further, other than a quick flyover and land somewhere?

After one night of playing it, I'm expecting the reviews to fall in the high seventies to low eighties on Metacritic.

This is a game that some people will love, but others will be thoroughly unimpressed with. For my part, I'm really enjoying my time with it. It's giving me a sense of awe and wonder that I haven't felt playing a game in as long as I can remember. It's also fantastically depressing. It's like one of those videos on YouTube that shows you the scale of the universe just to remind you of how small and insignificant you are, but an interactive version. It's humbling and actually quite a sad and lonely experience.

I question how long the game will stay entertaining, but currently I'm loving just walking around and making a record of the flora and fauna.

Managed to get about 3 hours play on NMS last night and absolutely loved every second of it. Huge, mysterious, relaxing, awe-inspiring and completely unique. I might even cancel my FFXV pre-order, because there is no way I'm going to have room for it in September, might have to wait until 2017.

As predicted, NMS really isn't a game for everyone - it just isn't. But I am absolutely in love with it at the moment and I can see myself losing hundreds of hours in this incredible universe. I honestly can't think of a single game that has ever captured such a true sense of the wonder of discovery and exploration. It's infectious and I'm counting down the hours today until I can go home and blast off to some new horizon.

The negative stuff out there is a bit of a shame, as it seems people really like vocalizing how much they don't like it, in an almost defensive way. I imagine it would be a difficult game to review, because you really do kind of have to take one stance or the other, which brings about the issue of how much of yourself you put into a review. Will be interested to see what Push Square make of it all.

@SegaBlueSky: Sounds good. I'm a bit more excited about picking this up now, I actually enjoyed Proteus on Vita for what it was but was disappointed there wasn't a bit more interactivity going on. NMS is obviously a deeper experience so I should enjoy it. I've got to say though, I'll be really surprised if the game lasts you as long as you think it will... Maybe I'm wrong but usually the bottom comes up on this type of experience quite suddenly and you go from having insane amounts of fun to wondering what you're wasting your time for in the same session lol.