Tachikoma wrote on Aug 8, 2016, 13:47:
As for gameplay, it has more systems than GTA/Mass Effect.

What do you mean?

Bundy wrote on Aug 8, 2016, 17:42:
Honestly, what is it about British devs incorporating poop as gameplay?

It is not just a British thing. There are several (many?) poop related quests in WoW.

Unless you're talking about this part. "Creatures can poop rare resources." That doesn't inspire confidence in me for this game. Honestly, what is it about British devs incorporating poop as gameplay?

Tachikoma wrote on Aug 8, 2016, 13:47:

Tipsy McStagger wrote on Aug 8, 2016, 13:02:
Isn't it just a massive procedural galaxy with no real content

No. Unless by "real content" you mean storylines.

As for gameplay, it has more systems than GTA/Mass Effect.

Your call

When people say content what they mean is "a variety of interesting and fun things to do."

I can't see it having anywhere close to the variety of systems that GTA offered. I honestly don't think even it's exploration system will stand the test of time, at least as it stands today. Because when we think of exploring, were doing it in the star trek sense, what we want is to have adventures. Unless you're inventing them in your mind as you pop into another random system, harvest random elements and move on. It won't capture that living, breathing sense of wonder of the unknown we're craving here.

Graham wrote on Aug 8, 2016, 15:38:

Tipsy McStagger wrote on Aug 8, 2016, 13:02:
So whats the sum of this game for bitching/liking?

It's Blues, so the fact that there's any positivity at all means that it's most likely the greatest game ever made.

You should use that as your .sig.

Tipsy McStagger wrote on Aug 8, 2016, 13:02:
So whats the sum of this game for bitching/liking?

It's Blues, so the fact that there's any positivity at all means that it's most likely the greatest game ever made.

Comet wrote on Aug 8, 2016, 14:10:
I love how they turned contacting new species into a language learning mini game where you need to explore, trade and so on to learn new words from a particular species.

I saw that yesterday in a stream and thought it was cool. The guy started with not being able to understand the NPC at all, but as he traded, he picked up certain words.

Flo wrote on Aug 8, 2016, 13:37:
I am interested in the story paths they mentioned and if those could keep me going. I am usually easily bored by "work-games" (often games where you have to mine stuff)

Yeah. Same here. I usually need some kind of end goal. From what I've seen they know this. The motivation to reach the center of the universe is good enough. And this game is the one that comes closer to my Star Trek exploration dreams. I love how they turned contacting new species into a language learning mini game where you need to explore, trade and so on to learn new words from a particular species.

Watched some of the gameplay and it's not enough to take me away from Elite... it looks pretty tedious to be honest. Even though the two games are very different, they both scratch the same itch. I'll pick it up when it gets cheaper, I can't justify the cost right now.

Tipsy McStagger wrote on Aug 8, 2016, 13:02:
Isn't it just a massive procedural galaxy with no real content

No. Unless by "real content" you mean storylines.

As for gameplay, it has more systems than GTA/Mass Effect.

Your call

I am interested in the story paths they mentioned and if those could keep me going. I am usually easily bored by "work-games" (often games where you have to mine stuff)

So whats the sum of this game for bitching/liking?

Isn't it just a massive procedural galaxy with no real content yet which they know they need to fix but had to release the game to generate more revenue to do so?

So the game has potential but on release might be a littl edull

SpectralMeat wrote on Aug 8, 2016, 08:14:
I didn't care much for this game, but as the release time approaches I am getting excited for it.
I think I will pick it up.

I'm definitely interested in the details and their road map.

I get the thought on where procedural coding could be a huge snore feast and I'm not excited about mega huge worlds, as I feel they can be too big for their own good. But at the same time, I have no skin in the game and have no real ill will for them, so I hope its good, there can still be fun things to be had.

"Hello Games will continually update No Man’s Sky this way. This is the first of many."

Good to hear. These guys sound genuine too, unlike some other indie devs. Think Rimworld, not Mighty No9.

There`s no way you can get project of this scale and scope "right" on the first release, not even 5th. So hope they stick with it for a bit. At the moment they should concentrate more on balancing issues rather than adding new stuff, though I suppose they`re waiting for player feedback to kick in.

One thing that worried me that I read somewhere was that it`s "hard to die". That would be a serious damper...sure as hell first thing I will try to do is actually die in as many ways as possible to gauge it

But, with updates, rebalancing difficulty or adding some harder tiers a la Survival or Ironman shouldn`t be a problem. In fact Ironman with randomized spawns after death is what I really wish for...

I didn't care much for this game, but as the release time approaches I am getting excited for it.
I think I will pick it up.

Hellcinder wrote on Aug 8, 2016, 01:35:
The year: 2023

Star Citizen Beta stardate 700.54
We've completed our 19th round of siphoning 314 million out of these carbon based life forms know as Huuu Mons.

We've successfully completed our 12th venture with another non finished entity know as: Shroud of the Avatar. A new steampunk hat will only set you back a meer 20 bucks. I must ponder, How much more can I fleece before the gig is up.

Meanwhile, over at No Man's Sky 2..

Just to be a pedant, it's technically Hew-mon

The year: 2023

Star Citizen Beta stardate 700.54
We've completed our 19th round of siphoning 314 million out of these carbon based life forms know as Huuu Mons.

We've successfully completed our 12th venture with another non finished entity know as: Shroud of the Avatar. A new steampunk hat will only set you back a meer 20 bucks. I must ponder, How much more can I fleece before the gig is up.

Meanwhile, over at No Man's Sky 2..

I was referring to them suddenly promising pie-in-the-sky features like building your own space stations.

FloorPie wrote on Aug 7, 2016, 20:15:

shiho wrote on Aug 7, 2016, 18:34:
coughstarcitizencough

Hardly a fair comparison. At least NMS has a retail product on the market.

lol, other than both have spaceships, how exactly are they similar? a day-0 patch?? SCANDAL!

Also I'm pretty sure NMS didn't have a 100m crowdfunding campaign bilking people out of money for virtual products that don't even exist yet.

shiho wrote on Aug 7, 2016, 18:34:
coughstarcitizencough

Hardly a fair comparison. At least NMS has a retail product on the market.