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[miauw62]

@Vector

Proc gen in civ games is mostly supportive, tbh. Its there so that there isn't an optimal strategy for where to place your cities and things like that. Makes the game feel a little more organic. Exploration is also pretty important in civ, and if the map is predefined you just know the map eventually, which is sort of lame.

[Shadowlord]

Unless you like that, which you might. See for example SMAC's maps of Planet.

[Yoink]

However it turns out, I will probably play this at least a bit since I believe my friend is planning to buy it for PS4.
Mostly I just want to space pirate the shit out of people. If that isn't possible I'll probably get bored of it pretty quickly. Unless I'm high as fuck whilst playing.

[Folly]

I keep coming back to this thread hoping to see new information about the game, and I keep being disappointed by the new pages being filled with nothing but bickering.

At this point, NMS is giving me a strong 'Spore' vibe. Some interesting gimmicks which are focused to the exclusion of substantial core game mechanics.

[Shadowlord]

I keep coming back to this thread and I don't even know why; That page with all the features-that-someone-said-it-would-have-somewhere said I wouldn't even be able to run it.

[Ozyton]

Simply because you won't or can't play the game yourself doesn't mean you can't be interested in it.

[IronTomato]

This thread is really getting me down. It seems like everyone's just talking about how the game will definitely absolutely objectively suck. Why can we get hyped over other games but not this one?

[Aklyon]

Because the internet has antihype.

[LoSboccacc]

This thread is really getting me down. It seems like everyone's just talking about how the game will definitely absolutely objectively suck. Why can we get hyped over other games but not this one?

Because actually good games don't hide everything but get you hyped by demoing stuff. All this talking and no showing doesn't bode that well

[Ozyton]

I wouldn't say we're (or at least I'm) anti-hyped, we've simply been burned over promising looking games too many times. We're more skeptical than we are absolutely sure it will be crap. It's entirely possible that all this worrying has been for nothing and the game will be everything we've wanted and more (Although realistically we should only be hoping for what the game has promised, with the 'and more' being icing on the cake). It's much safer to assume that it won't be good and be pleasantly surprised once we've tried it than it is for us to expect greatness only to be let down at launch. Unless that's how you define anti-hype, and I don't.

I don't think the game will be crap, but that doesn't mean I'm going to pre-order it. It's not even on my 'to-buy' radar (though that might just be because it's a genre that I'm not super interested in).

[Chiefwaffles]

I'm critical about NMS only because of the extreme hype it's been getting. (Though recently the backlash to that hype seems just a bit stronger.)

But on a different note, someone compiled a list of gameplay elements/things you do in NMS.

[MaximumZero]

Want. Wantwantwantwant! Set to Maximum Overhype!

[Retropunch]

I think at the core of it is the issue that for so many people, a universe exploration game is sort of the end gaming goal. I mean most nerds would give their *insert pretty much any body part* to be part of a rag-tag bunch of explorers careening through the universe, visiting strange new worlds with exotic aliens and killing them. They know that's insanely unlikely to happen, so this is the second best.

I mean, it's most peoples fantasy right? So if we have a game that is basically offering the major step in that direction (I know, I know Elite did it first - but not in such a seamless/realistic way), it's got to be approached carefully or there will be a lot of broken hearts.

Bay12 is worse for this than elsewhere, as we've already seen amazing feats of universe generation (DF/URR/many other games we're into) so you can expect it to be a bit more cautious here. I never, ever want to say what people can and can't talk about, but can we sort of draw a line under the 'you're too hyping/you're too negative' feedback loop?

[Teneb]

I think at the core of it is the issue that for so many people, a universe exploration game is sort of the end gaming goal. I mean most nerds would give their *insert pretty much any body part* to be part of a rag-tag bunch of explorers careening through the universe, visiting strange new worlds with exotic aliens and killing them. They know that's insanely unlikely to happen, so this is the second best.

Ah yes, the eternal dream of becoming the ultimate space murderhobo. Not that there is anything wrong with that.

[Ozyton]

That link is pretty good.

I would probably enjoy something closer to Pulsar: Lost Colony. I can imagine playing No Man's Sky where you share the same ship with a few of your friends and everybody has their own role of sorts. Yes, Pulsar is an "early access" game, but it's the concept which appeals to me most.