jdreyer wrote on Oct 5, 2015, 17:24:Kxmode wrote on Oct 5, 2015, 14:53:
The dark side of No Man's Sky
OMG. So funny.
Kxmode wrote on Oct 5, 2015, 14:53:
The dark side of No Man's Sky
Sepharo wrote on Oct 5, 2015, 03:28:
It does have space combat though.
Kxmode wrote on Oct 5, 2015, 00:47:Hey, I totally get it. In Elite Dangerous I traveled thousands of light years away from the populated planets and did some exploring and discovering. And in Minecraft I have simply wandered around in worlds being amazed by the world generation. However, a game composed of nothing but that type of exploration holds a pretty limited appeal even to someone like me who enjoys that aspect in other games.
In 1996 Richard Bartle wrote a paper classifying players of multiplayer online games (including MUDs and MMORPGs) into categories based on their gaming preferences. From the paper a series of questions and accompanying scoring formula helped classify players into four main types:
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This is called the Bartle Test.
No Man's Sky appeals to "Explorer" types. As an explorer NMS is THE game I'm looking forward to most. It was specifically created for gamers like me. It sounds like you two fall under a different gamer type. Killers perhaps?
DangerDog wrote on Oct 5, 2015, 06:03:
Yeah, they haven't shown any space combat but I expect it to be extremely casual, doubt you have to manage ship shield power vs weapons and engine power for example.
Kxmode wrote on Oct 5, 2015, 03:51:Spoken like a true Achiever.jdreyer wrote on Oct 5, 2015, 02:41:
So, you must be playing Elite: Dangerous on a daily basis?
I'm currently in Achievers mode wrapping up all the loose ends in Mad Max before moving on. Trying to get Pink Eye and Deep Friah's territories to 0.
jdreyer wrote on Oct 5, 2015, 02:41:
So, you must be playing Elite: Dangerous on a daily basis?
InBlack wrote on Oct 5, 2015, 03:04:
So basically we have Elite without the space combat, and without the space trucking, just exploration. Oh but with n-iterations of the same lizzards, ducks, goats, tigers and fish on different planets.
Elite has frequently been described as "empty", despite there being apparently quite a lot to do. I wonder how long before the novelty of exploring in No Man's Sky wears off, when people realize that procedurally generated content is basically the same thing over and over again, in a slightly different skin.
Kxmode wrote on Oct 5, 2015, 00:47:Fantaz wrote on Oct 4, 2015, 23:10:
everyone i know at work wants this game to come out and play it. i personally do not see what all the hype is about?Mr. Tact wrote on Oct 4, 2015, 21:10:
Yeah, I don't quite understand why I am supposed to want to play this game. So, you fly from planet to planet collecting resources so you can find "randomly" generated life forms to name them? And collect more resourse to fly to more planets... uh, okay. I think that might be interesting for an hour or two.
Creating good programming is not the equivalent of creating good games. I'm not sure I even understand why the game has gotten as much hype as it has...
yeah, ikr?
In 1996 Richard Bartle wrote a paper classifying players of multiplayer online games (including MUDs and MMORPGs) into categories based on their gaming preferences. From the paper a series of questions and accompanying scoring formula helped classify players into four main types:
- Killers: A focused on winning, rank, and direct peer-to-peer competition. (Engaged by Leaderboards, Ranks)
- Achievers: A focus on attaining status and achieving preset goals quickly and/or completely. (Engaged by Achievements)
- Socialites: A focus on socializing and a drive to develop a network of friends and contacts. (Engaged by Newsfeeds, Friends Lists, Chat)
- Explorers: A focus on exploring and a drive to discover the unknown. (Engaged by Obfuscated Achievements)
This is called the Bartle Test.
No Man's Sky appeals to "Explorer" types. As an explorer NMS is THE game I'm looking forward to most. It was specifically created for gamers like me. It sounds like you two fall under a different gamer type. Killers perhaps?
Fantaz wrote on Oct 4, 2015, 23:10:
everyone i know at work wants this game to come out and play it. i personally do not see what all the hype is about?Mr. Tact wrote on Oct 4, 2015, 21:10:
Yeah, I don't quite understand why I am supposed to want to play this game. So, you fly from planet to planet collecting resources so you can find "randomly" generated life forms to name them? And collect more resourse to fly to more planets... uh, okay. I think that might be interesting for an hour or two.
Creating good programming is not the equivalent of creating good games. I'm not sure I even understand why the game has gotten as much hype as it has...
yeah, ikr?
Mr. Tact wrote on Oct 4, 2015, 21:10:
Yeah, I don't quite understand why I am supposed to want to play this game. So, you fly from planet to planet collecting resources so you can find "randomly" generated life forms to name them? And collect more resourse to fly to more planets... uh, okay. I think that might be interesting for an hour or two.
Creating good programming is not the equivalent of creating good games. I'm not sure I even understand why the game has gotten as much hype as it has...
DangerDog wrote on Oct 4, 2015, 22:29:
They're a small dev team so we have to cut them some slack, right?
Jinoru wrote on Oct 4, 2015, 18:17:
Visually its looking far more polished now.
I'm not really understanding what people here are meaning by "meat."
What's the meat of Mario? The gameplay itself right? Are you expecting some RPG levels of interaction? Expecting some kind of guided narrative? What "meat" do you want?
As far as I hope Sean is showing his game off with a lot of cards close to his chest, the core stuff here looks like I'd engage with it for a long time.
Its a similar thing to how MGSV is. The core game is so great that the sparseness of the story doesn't matter to me. Even if there's no in game interaction, that doesn't mean I don't talk to my friend who's playing the game too.
I tried Elite, it was too slow and tedious. No Man's Sky looks much faster and fluid. Great colors too!