No Man's Sky is a beautiful game, a mile wide and an inch deep. Hello Games' years-long redemption story is legendary. In the churn of years of updates, some ideas evolved and then were left behind. There was a period of time for a few patches where it seemed like there'd be more of a lore focus, maybe more of an exploration focus. I got really attached to an early version of Polo and Nada, that were later replaced with less flavorful iterations (IMHO). Then there was a patch where they got rid of a bunch of NPC dialog interactions. I kind of lost track of things around then. I've also never really got the hang of the combat. I lost my original save, and I don't remember how that happened. That's just me though. With eight years of faster than annual updates, there's a ton of stuff to see. With ongoing graphical updates, NMS still looks good. It's a great value for the money, at this point, especially when it goes on sale. It's very cool to see other players' bases and messages that they leave behind. That's especially possible in expeditions. Ayone who wants a casual, stylish, arcadeish space game, that doesn't require much of you, should buy No Man's Sky.
very easy, no sweat, first try. I didn't struggle with Fortune's Foundation. No difficulties here.
Several Zachtronics games in one, wrapped in a nostalgic sadness. Mainly I've been completely hooked on Dungeons & Diagrams, what you'd get if a Picross derivative ate a tiled level generation algorithm.
I've only got maybe 20 minutes in the game so far, but the "key features" appear to be the entire game. The video, screenshots, and description do their work honestly. I'm running Dragon Ruins within a Proton derivative, and the alleged gamepad support doesn't survive there. I'll assume it works on Windows. You press forward, monster squares appear, numbers happen, monster squares disappear, party members die. You return to town, party members undie, rinse, repeat. It's got a good feel for its very limited interactivity and very minimal presentation. The music and representation of CRT phosphors are the entire experience. I don't mind having bought and played it.
