Posted on: August 13, 2016

DGlukhovsky

Games: 18 Reviews: 1

An Honest Review.

I have been reading about people having issues playing on a multitude of system configurations, most of which seem to be frame rate or crashing. While I don't think you should have to own a custom gaming rig that cost over 3 grand to play any game, I have just such a device. That enabled me to play the game from launch for over 10 hours without so much as a hiccup, that being said it is well worth any additional wait while they patch things up. I do want to make it clear that as of right now you will need a powerhouse to play. This is an unfortunate issue, since it tarnishes an otherwise perfect launch, but again it is worth the wait. Possible SPOILERS!! Now into the game, first thing, INVENTORY! The starting inventory is extremely small, and you must keep it consolidated constantly. The first impressions slowly faded into a slight sense of monotony, collect resources, fuel ship, repeat. Units are rather easy to make, several elements are worth quite a bit. The game can be played how you want, you pick the path and destination. Overall, I love the game, it's fun just to explore sometimes. Planets ranging from scorched deserts to iceballs exist, and definitely more. Once the game has been optimized for most devices I do recommend giving it a try, there is so much to explore you will never see it all.

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Posted on: August 14, 2016

justporter

Verified owner

Games: 1198 Reviews: 8

Well optimized, fun to play at first

The game runs excellent on my laptop (6700K & 8GB 980, Win 10) max settings 1080 roughly 80-100 fps most times. When it's raining it can drop down to 60-70 but is still nice and smooth. It ran great from the start, with no special tweaks needed. I am using a gsync display so maybe that helps. Also I can alt tab when playing in fullscreen just fine but some folks seem to have issues with that. It's fun and full of promise. Lots of things to do and never ending exploration, literally. I feel Hello Games came through on everything I knew about anyway. It's unique game and ideas and of course being DRM free when offline is awesome so you could play it even if they took the servers down tomorrow. The art is nice and they hit the classic sci-fi feeling perfectly. The install is tiny so that makes the look of the game even more amazing. My worry is that it does seem to get repetitive fast. I've only played a dozen hours but without unique weapons and ship parts etc it just all feels the same. I know it's a crafting game and maybe I'm just too used to grinding levels and equipment vs crafting things. I also worry about what happens when you get the best recipes/ships? I mean will they continue to add more end game content, more things to do?

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Posted on: August 15, 2016

Neverthere

Verified owner

Games: 24 Reviews: 1

More than hype

Most of the reviews for this game are talking more about the hype than the game itself. If you bought this for the hype and are disappointed, then this game wasn't for you and it's your own fault. No Man's Sky is a sandbox universe with a survival theme, filled with alien races, upgradable technology, ruins, outposts, alien flora and fauna and hazards, oh so many hazards. At the moment it runs like a dog, but I don't care. The developers are currently working on code to optimize it for more CPU's. I give this a 5 out of 5 because the developers delivered what they said they would and I'm loving every moment.

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Posted on: August 15, 2016

Matusalen_666

Games: 108 Reviews: 1

Good idea, bad development.

I like the gameplay, but random crashes and incredibly poor image quality and performace makes this a bad game.

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Posted on: August 15, 2016

neuraal

Games: 9 Reviews: 1

Poor Performance

4770K / 1080GTX despite doing numerous tweaks the game runs like garbage 70% of the time. GOG version is also not getting patches like the Steam version and support has not replied to any tickets. Initiated a charge back this morning.

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