saluk wrote on Jul 8, 2016, 16:10:
"Other than the planets"... erm. You mean other than the primary reason the devs built this game? Yes, this game is going to be a pretty planet simulator. That's probably all it is. I'm cool with that, considering how early we are in the development of the pretty planet simulator genre.

No Man's Sky has to exist before my ultimate dream game will.

I think some people are incredibly short sighted - both those who think that NMS IS going to be that ultimate dream game, and those who think that if it ISN'T, it's a complete failure.

The thing though is, that your dream game, assuming that is an procedurally generated saga with the planet visuals of Mass Effect only that you can walk everywhere, and shoot everything, or.. you know, not, is never gonna happen as long as these developers target consoles with outdated hardware and inferior performance in all regards.

Rigs wrote on Jul 8, 2016, 13:45:
Oh God, it's begun! The Great Florp Outbreak of '16 is upon us all! Save the women and children first! Florp's always go after the weaker individuals of the target species...And don't forget to read your Florp Outbreak Handbook! May God have mercy on our souls...

=-Rigs-=

AMC is proud to announce : The Florping Dead! Coming 2017!

"Other than the planets"... erm. You mean other than the primary reason the devs built this game? Yes, this game is going to be a pretty planet simulator. That's probably all it is. I'm cool with that, considering how early we are in the development of the pretty planet simulator genre.

No Man's Sky has to exist before my ultimate dream game will.

I think some people are incredibly short sighted - both those who think that NMS IS going to be that ultimate dream game, and those who think that if it ISN'T, it's a complete failure.

SpectralMeat wrote on Jul 8, 2016, 07:48:

Kxmode wrote on Jul 8, 2016, 00:55:

NKD wrote on Jul 8, 2016, 00:49:

Kxmode wrote on Jul 8, 2016, 00:15:
My plan is the name the first planet I land on Cutter in honor of its unruly and harsh landscape.

You can name all the creatures stuff like "Wire Fraud" and "Class Action Lawsuit" and other good Cutter catchphrases.

Indeed. Florp is a good name for a fish.

Oh I expect them to be just as dull. Elite tried to add some unexpected interest with the supercruise by adding interdictions. But they mostly succeeded in annoying people.

Bundy wrote on Jul 8, 2016, 14:52:
I do agree Elite makes long range travel boring. I'm not a big fan of their supercruise implementation.

and long range travel in No Man's Sky will not be boring?
I am not a huge fan of the long range trade runs in Elite either but there aren't too many space games that makes that task don't feel like a chore.
In EVE Online you can literally watch TV while you do long distance trade runs in high sec areas.

It will be interesting to see what NMS has to offer in terms of "content" and fun factor.
From the videos they've showed so far, I am not convinced I'd be entertained beyond the first 2 hrs

If it takes you 10m to destroy a single enemy in elite you're definitely doing it wrong. The small ships I can have down in a couple seconds. The bigger ones maybe a minute or two.

Otherwise you're making nothing but assumptions based on a few short videos that don't reveal hardly any content at all. Right now there's no evidence to assume that they've made any of that gameplay interesting.

I do agree Elite makes long range travel boring. I'm not a big fan of their supercruise implementation.

Rigs wrote on Jul 8, 2016, 13:45:
Oh God, it's begun! The Great Florp Outbreak of '16 is upon us all! Save the women and children first! Florp's always go after the weaker individuals of the target species...And don't forget to read your Florp Outbreak Handbook! May God have mercy on our souls...

I am also going to name a plant and everything on the planet, Steve. I think it would be awesome to land of a planet named Steve.

I just remembered I wanted to name a planet Bob (inspired by Titan A.E.)! "You can't name a whole planet, Bob."

While yes, procedural generated content has some people thinking every planet will be a unique experience, it doesn't mean every planet is going to have the same or similar creations with different color patterns either. And no, I don't expect it to even approach Elite Dangerous levels of boring; with 10-minutes to shoot down a single enemy and mind-numbing space travel. How they managed to make travel through space boring is beyond me but they succeeded beyond my wildest imaginings.

I'm going into this game expecting a decent amount of content and the ability to create my own. I want to be a space trader & explorer by day, pirate by night. I'll spend a lot of time exploring and trading rare resources but also some of my time blowing up ships for their cargo and making friends with the seedier alien life.

*Scanning* That ship is carrying purple Florp. They are worthless in this sector but I know a planet with aquatic aliens who keep them as exotic pets and cannot get enough of them!

I expect the experience to be somewhat like Freespace. Not a huge amount of directed content so some people put 20 hours in and called it played. Others - like myself - spent hundreds of hours in that game making it our own and hardly touching the generic 'missions'.

edit: grammar

This comment was edited on Jul 8, 2016, 14:31.

Mr. Tact wrote on Jul 8, 2016, 11:51:

JoeNapalm wrote on Jul 8, 2016, 11:23:
This thing may or may not be a fun toy. It will not cure cancer. -Jn-

Yes, the way to end hype is to express disappointment that a video game will not cure cancer.

Read what I'm saying, not what you think I'm going to say.


-Jn-

Oh God, it's begun! The Great Florp Outbreak of '16 is upon us all! Save the women and children first! Florp's always go after the weaker individuals of the target species...And don't forget to read your Florp Outbreak Handbook! May God have mercy on our souls...

=-Rigs-=

Be quiet Cutter, you lost all right to play the "dont quote trolls" card long ago and besides it was just humor. You know, humor? Google it sometime.

SpectralMeat wrote on Jul 8, 2016, 07:48:

Kxmode wrote on Jul 8, 2016, 00:55:

NKD wrote on Jul 8, 2016, 00:49:

Kxmode wrote on Jul 8, 2016, 00:15:
My plan is the name the first planet I land on Cutter in honor of its unruly and harsh landscape.

You can name all the creatures stuff like "Wire Fraud" and "Class Action Lawsuit" and other good Cutter catchphrases.

Indeed. Florp is a good name for a fish.

Stop quoting those fucking idiots already.

JoeNapalm wrote on Jul 8, 2016, 11:23:
This thing may or may not be a fun toy. It will not cure cancer. -Jn-

Yes, the way to end hype is to express disappointment that a video game will not cure cancer.

Tachikoma wrote on Jul 8, 2016, 02:53:

...And if they work, it just might be the game of the generation.

This is the sort of comment that makes me really feel for game devs and hate the hype machine.

This thing may or may not be a fun toy.

It will not cure cancer.


-Jn-

VaranDragon wrote on Jul 8, 2016, 03:39:

Bundy wrote on Jul 7, 2016, 18:46:
Yeah, I'm with you on this. It'll be interesting to see if this will be more interesting than Elite. Right now I'm expecting it to be exactly as boring.

Elite has missions, numerous ships of different classes and a robust trading system. I think No Man's Sky is even more barebones, other than the pretty planets? I liked Elite for what it was. I'm wary about this one though.

Elite has its flaws, but other than the animal life it's already doing everything they're promising NMS can do. I'm not entirely sure why people think NMS will be that much better.

Bub wrote on Jul 8, 2016, 07:25:
Soon to be populated with planets named "Fractured But Whole" etc.

Have fun kiddies...

Has anyone actually sent you a personal message?

The funny thing about naming things oddly, is if you believe the creators, it's likely no one else will ever see the things you have named. It is masturbation at cosmic scale.

Slashman wrote on Jul 7, 2016, :

My momma said that if I pet my florp too much I'll go blind.

Is florp fapping even a thing?

Kxmode wrote on Jul 8, 2016, 00:55:

NKD wrote on Jul 8, 2016, 00:49:

Kxmode wrote on Jul 8, 2016, 00:15:
My plan is the name the first planet I land on Cutter in honor of its unruly and harsh landscape.

You can name all the creatures stuff like "Wire Fraud" and "Class Action Lawsuit" and other good Cutter catchphrases.

Indeed. Florp is a good name for a fish.