Posted on: August 12, 2016
Mordhar
Владелец игрыИгр: 631 Отзывов: 6
What to expect from this game.
I will try to honestly describe what this game really is, not what developers/game press told about it. So you may set your expectations accordingly and not be disappointed. There are many “1 star” ratings and angry reviews. While I agree with some points, I still think extremely low rating not deserved. Certainly, this game, being “quick and dirty” console port, has a large amount of problems. Especially in terms of PC-specific features such as custom controls, display options and monitor resolution. It has extremely poor hardware optimization as well. It also suffers from “we want to make all the cool features despite the low budget and small team” approach. Sadly, it is nothing new for indie development. However, there are many games with similar problems, which still received much better ratings. I think main problem (aside of inability to launch the game at all, which happened to some people) is that NMS just not met expectations of almost EVERYONE, no matter what they expected. It was positioned as “space flight/exploration game”, frequently compared to Star Citizen, Elite: Dangerous and Egosoft’s X series. In fact, there is nothing similar. NMS is a game of completely different genre, not even related to “space flight” games. Certainly, player has starship and ability to fly between planets, but it only serves as means of transportation, nothing more. Controls are extremely limited, flight physics very simple and combat is nothing to look out for. Survival elements are limited too. They are over-simplified and tedious at the same time. It is very easy to keep your temperature/radiation/toxin/energy at safe levels. In fact, it is too easy for survival to become important gameplay element. On the other hand, it requires a lot of repetitive actions. Nothing difficult, but extremely annoying. What NMS really provides (more or less) is an “exploration” part. You walk on a surface, scan local flora and fauna (yes, it becomes boring as well after 10 planets with exactly the same creatures/plants, but still), find alien artifacts and aliens themselves. The game really manages to provide sense and feeling of retro-styled sci-fi adventure. What is more important (and gives this game a chance) is the fact it not takes itself very seriously. It is not scientifically correct, deadly serious representation of lifeless rock and ice with temperature around 0k. There is a game that already does it, and in much better quality. NMS is silly, colorful and reminds of B-rated movies from 70’s. With strange creatures (like turtle/goat with parrot’s beak), brick-shaped spaceships and spaceman’s best friend - old trusted blaster able to solve any problem.
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