Posted on: August 13, 2016

Windebieste

Games: 836 Reviews: 2

Unevenly Average

A near infinite Universe at your finger tips full of shallow content. No Man's Sky is more of a tech demo than a real game. After playing for a few hours, you'll see the same content procedurally recycled. Play longer and you'll realise how vacant No Man's Sky really is. It's a Great concept but it needs much more depth to flesh out the gameplay to make it a richer experience. As it is, paying full price to what amounts to a $10 title is criminal.

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Posted on: May 6, 2019

derek.goering

Games: 68 Reviews: 2

Free updates are still coming

I really have to hand it to the developers: they haven't given up after many years. They continue adding new features: base building, land vehicles, space stations, quests, and even multiplayer! More updates are coming, too. Set aside the hype, promises, media attention, etc. Just look at this as a resource management, survival, crafting, technology progression, exploration game. It maintains all those features very nicely. A few concerns: (1) The gameplay loop is pretty simple. Once you can fly after the first hour, you're pretty much just jumping to new bases, planets, and star systems to get more resources, unlocked technology, (very simple) story progression, and ship purchase options. You will not find a very deep story; you will not find unique encounters or interesting boss/dungeon mechanics (there are no dungeon-like or boss features). (2) Compare the features to the price. Reviews aren't supposed to get into pricing, so I'll just say: if a good $30 game priced at $60 will raise some eyebrows. (3) Some players look for excitement. This game is more relaxed. Plan to see amazing landscapes and interesting alien animals while hunting for resources and technology upgrades. Plan to sit back and relax (after you get your oxygen and flight systems in place, that is). (4) Although multiplayer now exists, most multiplayer features players expect do not exist. There is no guild feature, you can't form a party, there's not a good way for players to combine strengths (like there's no tank, damage, and healer class). There's no big reason to play together: no group dungeons (or whatever you would call them in space), no group-based technology or crafting (like a reason to get together and work on something together). So, if you're looking for multiplayer: just understand you'll be relaxing, exploring, and doing maybe small fights together just to chill and have fun. It's not the traditional MMO or co-op experience.

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Posted on: October 25, 2019

CHayNZ

Verified owner

Games: 28 Reviews: 6

As big as an ocean. As deep as a puddle.

I'd put this game on your "must play" list. Yes, it's got lots of shortcomings; the reviews make sure to mention that. What most reviewers gloss over is the fact that there's a very solid 30h-60h of exciting, fun and engaging gameplay that'll entertain you the likes of which you have never seen before. I have to give credit where it's due: The dev team is dedicated to this game. They've released update after update, and they're not just simple bugfixes, either: they genuinely add a LOT of content! That being said, there's only so much you can do to make a 3D-modeled, yet procedural world. Typically, that involves scripted "setpieces" and models with parameters and more scripting defining their limits, like an elaborate character-customization screen, but for each piece. In other words: FINITE assets, infinite variables. This game is excellent for about 40h-60h of gameplay. It's SERIOUSLY good for at LEAST that much. The first 30+ hours are just awe-inspiring and astonishing. After about double that time, you may find youself wanting MORE. It's not that there isn't anything to do, but rather that it becomes tedious and boring the hundredth time you do the same things. Learning words, discovering planets, scanning things, doing missions for nanites (usually killing dozens of little buddies for no reason), and following the story mission. You'll discover that there's very little reason to do most of the stuff in the game, as most of your time is spent doing missions for nanites (one of two forms of money in this game; credits are plentiful, nanites are rare and used to purchase upgrades for your equipment). After you get yourself all upgraded and get an exotic ship with insane cargo carrying, there's not much left to do; you're just mindlessly hopping to the center of the galaxy. Everything else just gets you more resources you don't really need, more credits or more nanites. All-in-all, this is a SOLID $30 game, and quite an experience the first go around!

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Posted on: December 26, 2020

Time4Tea

Games: 129 Reviews: 12

DO NOT BUY - Contains DRM

Buyers beware: this game contains DRM in the form of single player content that can only be accessed after playing online multiplayer via Hello Games' server. For further information, please see the following forum thread discussion: https://www.gog.com/forum/general/no_mans_sky_isnt_fully_drmfree Furthermore, this is not a 'review bomb'. This is an objective review, because the game contains DRM and therefore it is a defective product, which is in violation of GOG's 100% DRM-free policy and should not be listed on GOG.com. There is a wishlist entry for it's removal here, for anyone that wants to add their vote: https://www.gog.com/wishlist/games/remove_no_mans_sky_unless_the_drm_is_removed

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Posted on: September 15, 2019

mintee

Verified owner

Games: 802 Reviews: 122

game ruining decisions

I was excited to play this as I love builder type games, add in some survivor aspects and im golden. Game ran lovely. Some blurring of landscape as you moved but otherwise unnoticeable. Graphics are nice and rich. The worlds seem varied, not just a color change, though it was disappointing to see a different looking plant or stone have the same description of one that you researched on another planet. The building aspect was fun & seamless once you learned how to mouse click up/down the menus. a console adaption. you have to find data upgrades in order to unlock recipes so get ready to grind worlds for them. Once unlocked you can manipulate building components to your hearts content. or rather your inventory limit. Its satisfying to finally get a secure structure over your head and the feeling of making it back to base after days away is immeasurable. Soundscape is nice, gentle and eerie at times, with a cool surround sound feel to it. space flight is a blast, pretty intuitive once you lock your space ship movement. Pretty glowing review eh? why two stars? after hours in game im done. the whole game is based around constant repair, resource gathering. every thing takes many different types of components, researched, refined, crafted. THERE IS CRAP ALL FOR INVENTORY IN GAME. why is it I can build a many leveled base, complicated machinery tech but for the love of god cant put a cube of wood together to hold my stuff?? game becomes a tedious inventory shuffling game. sure, you can sell all your stuff but then be stuck having to fly back to that one world that had that stuff you spent hrs grinding already on. mods only allow stacks to increase. i spend more time in game inventory shuffling in order to tweak out one more empty slot in order to go out and do what i love, adventuring, gathering, building. im just done. waste of money.

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