No Man's Sky

Played it since day one and even ordered the Explorers Edition. Even with all it's misshaps and some content previously shown not being available, this game still exceeds in the exploration part which on my behalf is what drove me to get it in the first place. Totally would buy again :)

It promises a lot, but maybe it works on Playstation but on the PC the port is not successful. It starts but it is not playable, because I see just a white screen, no matter what I try. Asked a refund. No answer yet.

I bought this game soon after its launch aware of its limits and prepared to enjoy the zen experience on its own merits. I was one of the few who enjoyed the original version, although I did reach the 20 hour burn out stage, and thereafter I only ran it for the occasional chillout session. But the new update looks promising, it definitely looks better, and I'm seeing more diversity of life and foliage around the planets. With the addition of space freighters the space battles seem a bit more important and the need to upgrade your ship's defense/offensive capabilities is becoming clear. After this, I'm hopeful there's more to come from the development team and looking forward to playing more and seeing what the next update brings. Also, I wavered on whether to get the GOG or the Steam version, and now I'm really glad I stuck with GOG; it streams well through the Nvidia Shield and GOG Galaxy works brilliantly for me.

No Man's Sky does not know what it is supposed to be. I've tried to play it several times now, following each of the major content updates. Every time I just come away feeling like it is getting less coherent rather than more so. As a result, I've abandoned it for the last time and I see no reason to go back. I do not trust the developers to be working towards a consistent vision that leads towards a game that is actually enjoyable to play. It's not that the game has no worth at all, but that any of its positive traits are undermined by the fact that the connective tissue of the game design just isn't there. No Man's Sky feels a lot like the game equivalent of the recent slew of big budget Hollywood films that have been re-shot and re-edited to death so that what comes out on release is a committee-driven mess that ticks the boxes that people in a meeting decided should be there, but the thing that is missing is the time taken to allow the audience to connect and become invested in the characters. In No Man's Sky, you can create a checklist of features that is gradually increasing with each update that seem interesting in isolation. But what it lacks is the coherent thesis as to what the game is about and what motivates the player to continue. It's a game at war with itself, and anyone who plays it runs the risk of becoming collateral damage. I can certainly see how some people can find their own fun in the universe Hello Games have created, but I think that the proportion of people that is true for is a very narrow segment of the gaming public. Galaxy tells me that I've spent just shy of five hours playing No Man's Sky, but it feels like longer than that in the way that a flight takeoff being delayed five hours can feel like an eternity.

Wouldn't buy it if it was the last game on Earth.