No Man's Sky

This game is Empyrion - Galactic Survival.....but with more of an objective and more side things to do. It's good and all, but I just feel that there is something missing? Something not quite right. It might be the sameness of all the planets, or the animals or...I dont know. I just feel that there could have been more in it. Maybe less? There are these beacons and outposts that are scattered around the place. They act as load points for when you spawn back in to the game. I just feel that they should be something that you build your self with the resources that you gather, rather than have them there already...... meh, I will hold on to it I think. I am sure the devs will add more stuff to it as time goes by. But I really mean it when I say that it is a lot like Empyrion - Galactic Survival.

No apparent way to turn off Mouse Acceleration, default fps cap at 30 (can be altered in the options menu), massive fps hitches everywhere, ugly textures. This is without a doubt one of the worst experiences I've had in a game in a long long time. Please save your money, wait for a sale, wait for some patches (i hope). This isnt worth 60 dollars US right now. i wouldnt even say its worth 20 USD. Wait and see how it plays out, and maybe get it on a sale.

The game is good. visually stimulating, However this game is very casual-esque style, I do like that you can work on minor outposts and colonies and have refreshed daily missions. the vastness of the universe is pretty rad, Reminds me of a star control 2 but in modern terms. Cant say I can fault. Lots of people complained most planets looked the same, when you look at the actual planets anywhere they all look the same right :D I enjoyed it - still enjoying it!

So here's the deal, for a 59,99€ game I would expect it to run properly on release day however this does not. As an example setting the game to run in borderless mode in the games own settings and after that can't launch the game at all without fixing that same setting from games settings files. Also the hardware in my computer runs something like The Witcher 3 at 60fps on 1080p and high settings but No Man's Sky averages about 40 to 50 fps on medium settings in 1080p. The game itself is nice and will be for a while. After few planets the game gets little bit repetitive but I was not expecting too much from this game so its not that big of a deal. There are few types of planets and after you've seen them then its all about gathering stuff and building items with that stuff so you can get to the next planet to do the same thing. I bought this because I wanted exploration game and this does deliver that part but for some people who expected ultimate space role playing game I can only say those players will be disappointed but in the end this game was not supposed to be like that. If the price was more or less around 30€ I could give this a four or five star rating but for full 60€ it just does not deliver enough. TL;DR Mediocre game that I'm mostly happy with but most people will not be.

Empty, repetitive, and boring. "But it's a sandbox!" they'll say. Yes, an empty, repeptitive, boring sandbox.