No Man's Sky

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4.0

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 2694 Ratings

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  1. Positive: 819 out of 2694
  2. Mixed: 284 out of 2694
  3. Negative: 1,591 out of 2694

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  1. Guilherme_27th
    Sep 3, 2023
    0
    Doing ant`s work here with a positive review since the positives of this game nowadays are so much bigger than the negatives. Insane immersion given the difficult task of being a space simulation game.
  2. Golconde
    May 12, 2023
    3
    You can get locked in your own base! This game is complete **** seriously. Ok tons of planets are cool...but they are all generic af. One of the randomized animals in this game is a great metaphor for this pile of crap. It has amazing graphics but its just not worth playing. I can't even walk into my base without getting stuck on the perfectly level ground and ramp.
  3. DWojt
    May 4, 2023
    0
    Despite the popular opinion the game improved since its premiere, it's still insanely boring. The building mechanics are shallow and there is nothing interesting to explore because everything is generated procedurally. I love good survival game but this one, in my opinion, is not amidst them.
  4. Ratingss
    Apr 9, 2023
    3
    A boring endless cycle of grinding and crafting, the planets just look dumb like Spore did and the performance isnt great either
  5. vova22379
    Mar 29, 2023
    0
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  6. hileger
    Dec 27, 2022
    4
    гонвнянная рогалик леталка ......................................................................................................... рыгальный фуфел рыгальный фуфел рыгальный фуфел рыгальный фуфел
  7. TabalugaDragon
    Oct 8, 2022
    2
    The waypoint(4.0) update ruined what was an amazing game all these years. People spent hundreds of hours on looking for and buying and finding those upgrades to improve their exploration experience. But Hello Games ruined it all. Before this update, my rating for the game was 9 out of 10. Now it's 2. Unless Hello Games fix this, it'll remain this way. They turned one of my favorite gamesThe waypoint(4.0) update ruined what was an amazing game all these years. People spent hundreds of hours on looking for and buying and finding those upgrades to improve their exploration experience. But Hello Games ruined it all. Before this update, my rating for the game was 9 out of 10. Now it's 2. Unless Hello Games fix this, it'll remain this way. They turned one of my favorite games of all time into something I don't even want to play anymore.… Expand
  8. Thatguyxlii
    Oct 8, 2022
    0
    The game had redeemed itself through updates and patches over the last 6 years, and was actually fun and worth playing.

    Then patch 4.0 happened.
  9. Robbedoflife
    Oct 8, 2022
    0
    They gutted the inventory. Half my slots are gone and most of my tech mods are no longer usable. This change destroyed my ship and character build nerfing them into uselessness. Not only that but my storage is all gone and the inventory section is difficult to navigate and it literally puts all items in one screen so everything is completely disorganized and chaotic. I've since deletedThey gutted the inventory. Half my slots are gone and most of my tech mods are no longer usable. This change destroyed my ship and character build nerfing them into uselessness. Not only that but my storage is all gone and the inventory section is difficult to navigate and it literally puts all items in one screen so everything is completely disorganized and chaotic. I've since deleted this game and will not change my review until the inventory changes are reverted back to their previous setting before the 4.0 update. I do not recommend this game at this time.… Expand
  10. BrunBrun
    Oct 8, 2022
    1
    The game was a 9/10. Really cool exploration feature. But they ruin it in one day. So the note is still gonnae be 1/10 till the changes.
  11. TheLorax0707
    Oct 7, 2022
    0
    Absolutely, hands down, bar none, the WORST storyline in the gaming history. I truly believe that because of the initial poor response of the game, the developers wrote and eventually added the ending of the storyline as a big middle finger to the player base. It is a lazy hack job of writing, posing as shallow pseudo-intellectualism that hatefully says to the user "Ha! you wasted moneyAbsolutely, hands down, bar none, the WORST storyline in the gaming history. I truly believe that because of the initial poor response of the game, the developers wrote and eventually added the ending of the storyline as a big middle finger to the player base. It is a lazy hack job of writing, posing as shallow pseudo-intellectualism that hatefully says to the user "Ha! you wasted money and a bunch of time playing this game and you are an idiot for doing it. Go ahead and keep playing, nothing you do in game matters." That's not vitriol. That is the ending. WHAT YOU DO, DOES NOT MATTER. The writers of this game are absolute HACKS.… Expand
  12. kerin
    Aug 2, 2022
    0
    ahora es un juego estupendo, a cambiado mucho y siguen mejorandolo con cada actualizacion gracias hello games por seguir en el proyecto y no abandonarlo hoy en dia es una obra maestra
  13. StarkAgentos
    Apr 27, 2022
    3
    Очередной выживач без каких-либо нововведений. Настроек графики нет, возможности выйти из игры, не нажимая alt+f4 - тоже нет. Оптимизация хромает. Каждую секунду наносится урон от радиации, а датчик никак не изменяется, всегда пишет 5.9.Очередной выживач без каких-либо нововведений. Настроек графики нет, возможности выйти из игры, не нажимая alt+f4 - тоже нет. Оптимизация хромает. Каждую секунду наносится урон от радиации, а датчик никак не изменяется, всегда пишет 5.9.
  14. CzarSquid
    Feb 20, 2022
    0
    No matter how much you polish a turd this "game" still remains a turd. I don't understand why anyone continues to play this
  15. JRice
    Jan 1, 2022
    4
    Such a great concept, and yet, so poorly executed... After all the patches and improvements, the game plays clunky, uncomfortable, and gives me headache! You start on a planet with hostile conditions, and are supposed to learn the terribly ununituitive, and badly explained basics under pressure, while you are slowly dying. Such a bad start, really...
    Everything in this game feels like a    Such a great concept, and yet, so poorly executed... After all the patches and improvements, the game plays clunky, uncomfortable, and gives me headache! You start on a planet with hostile conditions, and are supposed to learn the terribly ununituitive, and badly explained basics under pressure, while you are slowly dying. Such a bad start, really...
    Everything in this game feels like a concept, something that still needs to be properly implemented. After two hours with this game, in which i had to learn and understand everything the hard way, and did not enjoy anything, im quitting. No fun, just stress...    … Expand
  16. InfernalD
    Dec 18, 2021
    0
    The Bad: The most deceptive marketing campaign in recent memory. Developers are proven to be as dishonest as they come. Game launched nothing like marketing showed.

    The Good: The developers stood by the product and eventually after ~3 years brought it close to where it wanted to be at launch. They probably only started development after taking the pre-orders to the bank though. also    The Bad: The most deceptive marketing campaign in recent memory. Developers are proven to be as dishonest as they come. Game launched nothing like marketing showed.

    The Good: The developers stood by the product and eventually after ~3 years brought it close to where it wanted to be at launch. They probably only started development after taking the pre-orders to the bank though.

    also fun fact this game is the reason why Sony hasn't had any early access games for years and Sean Murray tried to weasel and say that Sony was responsible for not giving him enough funding. VP of Sony of America denied this and called it false.    … Expand
  17. TwiTu
    Nov 30, 2021
    0
    I remember playing Privateer in the early 90s and being blown away by its size and diversity of planets and stations, etc. Back then I thought that in a few decades games like that would be so massive that you cant even explore them anymore because you wouldnt be able to live long enough.
    No Mans Sky promised that. Instead of that we got... well we all know.
    I threw it away. But then    I remember playing Privateer in the early 90s and being blown away by its size and diversity of planets and stations, etc. Back then I thought that in a few decades games like that would be so massive that you cant even explore them anymore because you wouldnt be able to live long enough.
    No Mans Sky promised that. Instead of that we got... well we all know.
    I threw it away. But then after a few years suddenly reports of it having improved trickled in. That the devs are massively patching it and adding all that was promised.

    So I got it out again and after a few hours realized its still the same boring game that doesnt make sense in many ways, doesnt have a real story or a goal, still only has maybe 12 different planets that are spread across the galaxy in tiny variations, still feels dead and sterile, still has crappy space mechanics, still has intelligent life everywhere, yet you never see planets with cities or a civilization, AKA simply makes NO sense whatsoever.
    IDK why people say that and the ratings reflect that, because its still a very bad and uninteresting game. I dont know a single person who likes that game even in its current state, yet reviews are really good nowadays.
    Thats BS, and I think those reviews are bought.    … Expand
  18. Subidubi
    Oct 23, 2021
    2
    I tried it in Xbox game pass, so I did not actually bought this game. After all these years I hoped something good, as my friends are enjoying it, and I read the Steam reviews.

    My first impressions were.. Yet another minecraft, which was somewhat expected. I heard that visuals have been improved lately. Whaaaat? The game models look like random free unity asset store items. (Animals    I tried it in Xbox game pass, so I did not actually bought this game. After all these years I hoped something good, as my friends are enjoying it, and I read the Steam reviews.

    My first impressions were.. Yet another minecraft, which was somewhat expected.

    I heard that visuals have been improved lately. Whaaaat? The game models look like random free unity asset store items. (Animals are the worst)

    The sound design I liked, but I missed voice acting from a title that famous.

    The game is poorly optimised. I have a pretty good, new rig, and I have micro stutters the whole time I am playing.

    As for the UI/UX? Oh my.. That was one of the main issue for me, and it is why I just unistalled it after 1 hour. Even with the help of the tutorial I was lost in the interface. Maybe the problem is with me, but I felt frustrated the whole time I was playing, because of it.

    The other main reason why I just quit/uninstalled it so soon was that I just didn't care about the whole setup. Usually I like space themed games.. Maybe that is an understatement. I LOVE most of them. However with this one I just couldn't connect, and didn't find any fun playing it. I felt all task a chore. Go there, mine that, create that. I can't explain, cause a lot of game has this kind of objectives, and deliver fun moments. However for me, not this one.

    I don't want to write about how misleading was the marketing 5 years ago. That is the past, I don't care about that.    … Expand
  19. JymmyQuidd
    Aug 28, 2021
    0
    a game can be good or bad, a game can have bugs, a game can be whatever it wants to be and i can live with that, its all relative depending on the likings of each gamer, and thats what a review should be about, but when they mislead you to buy something by promising a product that ends up not being what promised, when they totally and shamelessly lie in your face doing so, and when u see aa game can be good or bad, a game can have bugs, a game can be whatever it wants to be and i can live with that, its all relative depending on the likings of each gamer, and thats what a review should be about, but when they mislead you to buy something by promising a product that ends up not being what promised, when they totally and shamelessly lie in your face doing so, and when u see a sticker hiding what was really promised, hiding the lies... and all this after paying 60 bucks? then theres no review possible for me when first of all its about a SCAM not a game, just despicable, it's a real shame to see this happening at this particular level after 25 years of gaming, my real thanks and 10/10 score goes to the reviewers and press that cared for us the clients to show us the real product, they just saved me all that money and troubles, as for the game, my score is really obvious.… Expand
  20. linkinit
    May 16, 2021
    0
    This game needs to be rescored. All these negative ratings are from years ago on first release and some guy who zero voted all games. Please reconsider and regrade.
  21. Vacuolum
    Mar 14, 2021
    0
    This game still not reached the level of a 60 euro game, but with 50% discount it was a good buy.
  22. Ghost1069
    Dec 15, 2020
    0
    Many people, specially on Steam, call this "the greatest comeback in gaming history".
    It is true that they sticked with the game, but that is to be expected. That is why they are paid.
    Also, a lot of promised features are still nowhere to be found. The launch was a collosal disaster, but compared to what it was promised, the game still falls short by a long shot (FOUR YEARS after    Many people, specially on Steam, call this "the greatest comeback in gaming history".
    It is true that they sticked with the game, but that is to be expected. That is why they are paid.

    Also, a lot of promised features are still nowhere to be found. The launch was a collosal disaster, but compared to what it was promised, the game still falls short by a long shot (FOUR YEARS after release, mind you).

    Not recommended. Mediocre game. Terrible bussiness practices.

    I think it would have actually been good for the pc gaming industry as a whole if Hello Games had went bankrupt because of this. They deserved it.
    Now everyone thinks they can promise the Moon, deliver **** and patch a quarter of the features and everything is ok. The people giving it a 10 must be literally sheeps. Braindead consumers.    … Expand
  23. HSuke
    Oct 5, 2020
    2
    I played this game for the first time in 2020, and it's SO BORING and repetitive. I feel like I lost brain cells, and I want them back. There are an unlimited number of planets and galaxies, but they're ALL SIMILAR. Every facility, ruin, base, area you visit is the same. There's barely any new content after the first 3 hours. It's just a long series of super boring fetch and travel fromI played this game for the first time in 2020, and it's SO BORING and repetitive. I feel like I lost brain cells, and I want them back. There are an unlimited number of planets and galaxies, but they're ALL SIMILAR. Every facility, ruin, base, area you visit is the same. There's barely any new content after the first 3 hours. It's just a long series of super boring fetch and travel from point A to B missions. There's so much content, but none of is unique or special. Imagine playing Subnautica, but every biomes looks exactly the same... or The Long Dark, but every building and region looks exactly the same.… Expand
  24. nogoodgreen
    Sep 7, 2020
    1
    Lied to blatantly, how was there no class action lawsuit? Boring as hell gameplay, lazy design and a chore to play.
  25. KuDju21
    Aug 3, 2020
    0
    This is soooooooo bad, uninteresting, boring, monotonous, incomprehensible, laggy, stupid imperfection.
  26. Gme
    Jul 23, 2020
    1
    5 years of updates may have improved this game from what it was on release, but a turd remains a turd no matter how much you polish it up, and you just can't get rid of the smell.
  27. Flogger_cbs
    Jun 30, 2020
    1
    Убогая, забагованная гриндилка с чудовищно кривым интерфейсом. Не тратьте время
  28. tobivv
    Jun 24, 2020
    1
    There is absolutely no aspect of this game that isn't bad. From the UI, through combat, endless boring resource grind to controls where for some reason sprint is bound to pressing the right analog stick
  29. Zerachiel
    Jun 23, 2020
    4
    The gameplay is the same thing as the first game, no innovation, the jump feature is worthless, what the game forces you to see and play is beyond reason, is sad how bad the story is, it seems naughty dog had an agenda to destroy what everybody loved of the first game.

    But I must say the technology used is amazing, acting is awesome, dialog and everything that involves the cinematic, I    The gameplay is the same thing as the first game, no innovation, the jump feature is worthless, what the game forces you to see and play is beyond reason, is sad how bad the story is, it seems naughty dog had an agenda to destroy what everybody loved of the first game.

    But I must say the technology used is amazing, acting is awesome, dialog and everything that involves the cinematic, I can't even imagine what could have they accomplish if they had a good story, and no plot holes, 7 years for this. Is just sad.    … Expand
  30. Nofearmonger
    Jun 19, 2020
    0
    Avoid it like the plague. All the fake, positive reviews are pretty funny to read, though. There is nothing to do in this game. Your progress on a planet will reset if you travel too far. End game is a joke. NEVER buy games on day one. Use metacritic to see what actual people have to say and do NOT listen to what critics have to say. Do NOT read a 10 rating review that says “great game goAvoid it like the plague. All the fake, positive reviews are pretty funny to read, though. There is nothing to do in this game. Your progress on a planet will reset if you travel too far. End game is a joke. NEVER buy games on day one. Use metacritic to see what actual people have to say and do NOT listen to what critics have to say. Do NOT read a 10 rating review that says “great game go out and buy it! don’t listen to the negative reviews!” People are paid to post fake reviews such as those… Expand
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#2 Most Discussed PC Game of 2016
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#25 Most Shared PC Game of 2016

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Metascore
61

Mixed or average reviews - based on 17 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 17
  2. Mixed: 13 out of 17
  3. Negative: 2 out of 17
  1. Pelit (Finland)
    Oct 11, 2016
    67
    No Man's Sky breaks the record in falling short of the hype – which is an incredible achievement in the category of super ambitious space games. The huge universe is a repetitive, lifeless and meaningless place, no amount of random generated creatures can change that. The most unforgivable fail is making the spaceship such a pain to fly, which makes exploring the vast universe simply a chore. However, at its best the game is epic and many of the issues should be easy to fix, so this might not be the end of the journey after all. [Sept 2016]
  2. PC PowerPlay
    Oct 2, 2016
    60
    It's partially broken, shallow, repetitive and aimless, but hang me, I still kind of love it. [Issue#255, p.56]
  3. Edge Magazine
    Sep 27, 2016
    60
    While some poorly designed systems and mechanics chip away at your patience, the feeling of flying seamlessly from space down to a peninsula you spotted from orbit never fails to enthrall. [Nov 2016, p.106]
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