VR coming to No Man's Sky this summer

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[–]Farseli[S] 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (8 children)

Yes. TL;DR at bottom.

For the sake of transparency, I always liked the game, but that's because I played it as a chill exploration game while my baby was napping. I never needed more during that time of fatherhood.

Since then they have massively expanded the game beyond what was ever hyped. Okay, still no giant desert snake, but other than that.

They added base building (which they said wouldn't happen), multiplayer is pretty easy to do (was supposed to be hard to find people), they added a plot that tied into an ARG (which was to build hype around said update).

Yes, Sean lied. But more over, I think Sony made him lie. Their office flooded during development and they lost a lot of data. I think Sony told them to hide the extent of the setback and keep going like everything was fine. Then they ran out of money and time and it was a case of "release now, or never release at all and close the studio."

Since then they have done...3 I think? Major "DLC" updates. All of them free. This next major update called No Man's Sky Beyond is also free update and will be multiple parts. The first is called No Man's Sky Online and we can only assume they are expanding the multiplayer further.

The VR announcement is part of Beyond.

tl;dr they could have pulled an EA and Mass Effect Andromeda, but they didn't. They've been releasing major expansions to the game taking it beyond what was hyped and all expansions are free.

[–]Vigte 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Yeah, I had a lot of hype - and then I watched all the reviews and the broken promises - so I said, nah. But the criticism did what the AAA companies USED to do in the face of adversity: adapt and fix things, quickly!

It used to be that game companies whole existence relied on their next launch - where if people didn't buy it, you were nearly done. When you have so much money that you don't have to care what the customer thinks (which is basically the point we are at now) the product and community suffer.

I'm proud of them for fixing this game, I always wanted it to be good - it's still super cheap and like you said free DLC - so I would say in the end, No Man's Sky seems to have won :D

So how good it the base building? Is it MINECRAFT good, is it Fallout 4 good - or just... Rust/The Forest type good?

Thanks for the awesome review and the post man, I think I'm going to have to pick this up for PC, maybe I'll see you in the stars, brother!

[–]Farseli[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Have you played Subnautica? It's a lot like that, placing base structures that snap together and then decorating/adding plants and things. Plants can be grown to generate resources. There is a quest line regarding base building too.

At first you could only make bases at designated locations you would have to find. Now you can build basically anywhere (I've seen underwater bases and bases that look like they are in low orbit, but its just really high up).

You can also get a freighter which then allows you to have more than one starship (park them in the freighter). The frighter can also hold a base and can be summoned in space wherever you go.

Teleporters let you return to your bases from other star systems so you can keep exploring while being able to return to a planet or base you really like.

[–]deleted 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I can't speak for if this is a decent game because I never bought it, but I can say that after reading this it makes me consider a purchase. We'll have to wait and see..

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

I just wish it could have been good at launch. I think Red Dead 2 online is similar, they released it before it was done and now it sucks. What happens is many stop playing and never come back so then you might have a good multiplayer game but it's dead, no one to interact with. They could have made so much more money if just releasing it when ready.

[–]Farseli[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

I doubt they would have survived until then. They were running out of money nearing release. It was pretty much release as it was or close up shop.

But hey, it's been getting better as reviews go. Steam currently shows RECENT REVIEWS: Mostly Positive (368) ALL REVIEWS: Mixed (102,079)

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

if your theory is true i don't blame the makers of the game but I do blame SONY if they told them to release or else, they're a big corporation they could wait,.

[–]Farseli[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

That's my take on it. Sony screwed the pooch the whole way. Hello Games is a tiny studio and Sony put them out there with a AAA treatment.

They had a concert, appearances on late night tv, everything. I'm sure as an indie studio it was exciting for them (until the flood), but Sony just saw the $$$ to be made in hype.

[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

also the guy shouldn't have lied, you only have your word once in life, even if sony tells you to lie, refuse.