No Man's Sky

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4.0

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 2694 Ratings

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  1. Voyageurceleste
    Dec 31, 2016
    8
    Why i give it a 8 ?

    At launch i was very disappointed. And if i had vote at this time i think i had gave a 4 max. Repetitive, too easy, lack of ambiance; NMS had all necessary to win and seems to be finished too fast without polish .. and i don't wanna talk about promise that never came. But with the last release the game has really changed in a very good way and merit a retry. I    Why i give it a 8 ?

    At launch i was very disappointed. And if i had vote at this time i think i had gave a 4 max.

    Repetitive, too easy, lack of ambiance; NMS had all necessary to win and seems to be finished too fast without polish .. and i don't wanna talk about promise that never came.

    But with the last release the game has really changed in a very good way and merit a retry.
    I play it in survive mode and its a very nice game now i have the feeling of being in a strange planet.

    I hope that the dev will continue this way and develop much more content in it.
    This game merit to be improved because the bases are there and its just a question of content now, even if they added a lot more with this last release, the game need much more and i really hope that the dev will work on it.    … Expand
  2. Broyax
    Dec 28, 2016
    0
    Bercé par le train-train de la hype et endormi par un cortège de promesses, j'ai été moi aussi victime du No man's sky comme on peut être victime de la scientologie ou d'une arnaque à la vente pyramidale.

    Moi aussi, je viens me confesser aux indés de merde anonymes, ces indés moisis qui se révèlent très souvent de simples sous-produits programmés avec le fion... mais celui-ci, ce No    Bercé par le train-train de la hype et endormi par un cortège de promesses, j'ai été moi aussi victime du No man's sky comme on peut être victime de la scientologie ou d'une arnaque à la vente pyramidale.

    Moi aussi, je viens me confesser aux indés de merde anonymes, ces indés moisis qui se révèlent très souvent de simples sous-produits programmés avec le fion... mais celui-ci, ce No man's sky, il vendait du rêve, attisait une forte curiosité et déployait ses ambitions de jeu triple A surgonflé par les agences de notation ! Et comme pour appuyer ses fanfaronnades, l'ignoble grosse merde était affichée au prix du triple A habituel y compris sur PC, soit 59, 99 !!

    Le plus cruel ou le plus comique dans cette pitoyable histoire, c'est que le jour J le jeu se lance, charge puis crash immédiatement à tous les coups. Rapidement, un patch salvateur est mis en place... par un internaute qui a court-circuité les appels OpenGL merdeux de cette bande de mange-merdes d'Hello Games... lesquels ont a mis ensuite plusieurs jours à résoudre le problème.

    Notez qu'une fois lancé et "opérationnel", le jeu s'avère un pur... étron technique. Assez vilain et souvent de mauvais goût, il tourne comme une patate quels que soient les réglages et charge pendant des plombes ! ! les patchs sucessifs n'y changeront pas grand'chose.

    Le jeu en lui-même amusant la première heure, le temps de la découverte, montre ensuite au fur et à mesure sa vacuité, sa répétition et son ennui puisqu'on erre sans but sinon celui fumeux de suivre une entité absconse jusqu'au "centre de la galaxie"... et pour ce faire, il faut farmer comme un crevard toutes les ressources qu'on voit ici et là et partout ailleurs pour fabriquer, améliorer la combinaison et le vaisseau.

    Là, aujourd'hui, un nouveau patch est sorti, permettant de construire des bases -à la manière de Fallout 4 !- sauf que sur ces planètes vides, on n'en voit vraiment pas l'intérêt si ce n'est de doubler ou tripler les quantités habituelles de farmage de goret... qui obligent à se dépatouiller avec des inventaires toujours plus remplis, ce qui induit encore plus de farmage de merde pour améliorer le nombre de slots !

    Non, vraiment on en sort pas. Mais ce n'est pas le comble. Le comble, c'est de relancer sa partie depuis le patch et de constater qu'on est sur une planète sur laquelle on était pas et que son vaisseau flotte comme un con au milieu du ciel. Inaccessible.

    A moins de tout recommencer à zéro, c'est mort. Le jeu a chié et s'est cassé tout seul. Comme un con. J'ai gâché plus de trois quarts d'heure à chercher un landing pad éventuel pour "rappeler" le vaisseau... en vain.

    Car il n'y a pas de carte sur les planètes, pas de voyage rapide... et les sauvegardes automatiques sont foirées toutes les deux. Parce que "sauvegarder quand on veut" n'a jamais fait partie du cahier des charges chez "Hello Games". Misérables tocards et foutus crevards que vous êtes, incapables connards, allez tous vous faire foutre !    … Expand
  3. Shadowsoal
    Dec 27, 2016
    10
    Just sad... Sorry Hello Games :(
    Sometimes the lynch mob picks you and you're fate is sealed.
    I love this game. It's a lot of fun. It's not perfect, but they're doing a nice job adding improvements. I don't feel lied to. I wasn't disappointed because I knew what the limitations of games programming were and didn't expect more than could possibly have been provided. Also : Elite    Just sad... Sorry Hello Games :(
    Sometimes the lynch mob picks you and you're fate is sealed.
    I love this game. It's a lot of fun. It's not perfect, but they're doing a nice job adding improvements.
    I don't feel lied to.
    I wasn't disappointed because I knew what the limitations of games programming were and didn't expect more than could possibly have been provided.
    Also : Elite Dangerous was the single most disappointing and belittling experience I've ever had with a game.    … Expand
  4. Nyakuya
    Dec 20, 2016
    0
    "¡SE PUEDE JUGAR ONLINE!... (Mentira)". Claro que si campeón.
    Este juego es una mierda canceríjena con sindrome de gunther. Sinceramente es una porquería se lo mire por donde se lo mire. Gráficamente es basura y por eso mismo no se entiende como demonios tienes problemas de rendimiento con una PC de la NASA.
    "LA UNICA FORMA DE VER A TU PERSONAJE ES SI OTRA PERSONA TE VE... (Pero como no    "¡SE PUEDE JUGAR ONLINE!... (Mentira)". Claro que si campeón.
    Este juego es una mierda canceríjena con sindrome de gunther. Sinceramente es una porquería se lo mire por donde se lo mire. Gráficamente es basura y por eso mismo no se entiende como demonios tienes problemas de rendimiento con una PC de la NASA.
    "LA UNICA FORMA DE VER A TU PERSONAJE ES SI OTRA PERSONA TE VE... (Pero como no hay modo multijugador ni cooperativo, esto no sucederá, wajaja)". Claro que si campeon x2.

    Este juego fue mentira tras mentira y estafa tras estafa. Es una mierda inservible y la misma comunidad lo afirma. Ojalá el hijo de puta que se dedicó a mentir de esta forma contraiga docenas de enfermedades degenerativas y extremadamente dolorosas.    … Expand
  5. HappyRogu3
    Dec 14, 2016
    0
    Its the worst game ever :D EUJNDENDEDDJNENDJNEJNJNDJENJNDNSÑDLEKMDKEMDKDKEMDKEMDKEMDKEMDKMEKDMKEMDKEMDKMEDMKEMDKMEDLAMDEMdAMD;SMD;ADmS;DmS;MsMD;AM:WDLA
  6. MacBinary
    Dec 10, 2016
    0
    "Cornflakes, Cornflakes, Cornflakes, Cornflakes, Cornflakes, Cornflakes, Cornflakes, Cornflakes, Cornflakes"

    ~ Vyvyan - The Young Ones ~

    There, that was more interesting than NMS.
  7. Diabollus13
    Dec 6, 2016
    0
    Никому не советую данную игру, вам просто будет скучно-так, как не было ещё никогда. Не покупайте не в коем случае, максимум поиграйте у друга или в пиратку или в бесплатный триал или ещё что и вы поймёте о чём я, 5 часов если не меньше будет достаточно что бы вникнуть в суть этого провала десятилетия. Один плюс из этого не сделали ммо, хотя кто знает может быть только мультиплеер бы спасНикому не советую данную игру, вам просто будет скучно-так, как не было ещё никогда. Не покупайте не в коем случае, максимум поиграйте у друга или в пиратку или в бесплатный триал или ещё что и вы поймёте о чём я, 5 часов если не меньше будет достаточно что бы вникнуть в суть этого провала десятилетия. Один плюс из этого не сделали ммо, хотя кто знает может быть только мультиплеер бы спас от уныния сей проект.… Expand
  8. pimpinpope69
    Nov 28, 2016
    0
    Even with the foundation update the game has less than 6 hours of fun just awful after like many hating it on launch i was excited when the foundation update came out my hopes were quickly dashed after a mere 3 extra hours and even with my monster 4000 pc i would still get frame rate dips f**k this game and suck my d**k sean murrey
  9. Vslyce
    Nov 27, 2016
    0
    I spent a fairly large amount of time playing this game, searching for the things shown in trailers, and that Sean Murray said in interviews. After ~40 hours, I found none of the things I was most hoping to find, and combined with terrible performance on my computer, I can't recommend this game to ANYONE.
  10. Typichi_Gamer
    Nov 27, 2016
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Перед игрой:Наконец-то! Теперь я могу провести время не зря! Ща будет круто.
    4 часа спустя:...Боже,как же скучно....*храп*.

    Нет,серьезно,это уже не смешно.
    Иногда,когда я хочу поиграть в игру,я сначала качаю пиратку. А только потом уже покупаю. Данная игра разачаровала меня.
    Но дабы вы не кидались на меня,сначала скажу плюсы:
    -Музыка. Да да,здесь музыка довольная приятная и релаксирующая.
    -Открытый мир. Он огромный. Но делать там особо нечего. Разве что полетать.
    -Графика. Ну хоть здесь не наврали-графон радует глаз.
    Иииии плюсы кончились. Теперь минусы.
    -Геймплей. Помните Шона Мюррея? Ага,того самого мажора,который наживается на ожиданиях фанатов. Где уникальность планет? Где умные NPC? Где "ЗРЕЛИЩНЫЕ" космечиские сражения? ГДЕ ЭТО ВСЁ? А? ГДЕ?!
    Сам же ГЕЙплей ужасно скучен. Нет разнообразия,нет нормальной системы выживания,нет ничего. Это просто тупая бродилка по одинаковым планетам. И ВСЁ.
    -Цена. Окей,сейчас цена данной игры 1200 руб или же 29$. Но это всё равно много! Я уже не говорю про её прошлою цену-2000р. 2000? ЗА ИНДИ?! ЭТО ЦЕНА НОРМАЛЬНОГО,Б***Ь,AAA ПРОЕКТА!!!! ЭТО же не AAA. А СРАНОЕ ИНДИ,КАРЛ!
    -Открытый мир. Да,я ранее говорил о нем в плюсах. Но это одновременно и минус. АБСОЛЮТНО одинаковые планеты. Единственное,что меняется,это климат. Да и то не заметно.
    -NPC. Это вообще отдельная истроия.
    Ожидание:Нужно быть начеку,ибо животные могут напасть. У них свой язык при общении друг с другом.
    Реалность:Это просто животные. ПРОСТО Е*****Е NPC,КОТОРОЕ ТОЛЬКО МЕШАЕТСЯ ПОД НОГАМИ.
    Кому вообще это может быть интересно? Правильно,НИКОМУ.

    Я могу бесконечно перечислять минусы игры,но на это шел бы не один обзор.
    И всё из-за Шона Мюррея. Награда "Врун года" перечисляется ему.
    ---------------Итог----------------
    Абсолютно сырая,недоделанная игра с скучным геймплеем. А ведь у игры был бы потенциал. Но,как обычно,все катится к чертям.

    2/10.

    GG,Hello Games.    … Expand
  11. Redbeard_Review
    Nov 23, 2016
    0
    99.9% of its initial players lost in a couple of weeks, a sticker hiding "multiplayer online", algorithmic monsters and a galaxy made of empty planets. Let's just say: piece of trash. Nobody's Sky. Those who like it are either bribed or imbecile.
  12. hien12
    Nov 19, 2016
    0
    Boring and misses a large amount of advertised content. Game feels like a scam and nothing else and does not live up to it's AAA price. To top it off Hello Games and Sean Murray have gone silent and not made any attempt to talk about this disaster of a game.
  13. Whovian
    Nov 18, 2016
    1
    "There is potential for this game, but right now it's poorly executed."
    This is so true, this game is very dissapointing to say the least, I lost a lot of money here.
  14. daftshadow
    Nov 13, 2016
    4
    To be fair, this game had so much potential. So much. But the developer utterly failed to have this game live up to its hype and potential. On the outside, the premise of the game is promising. Vast universe to explore. But then again something so vast is also very so limited. A lot of the planets are alike to each other with the same limited variety of planet attributes like landscapes,To be fair, this game had so much potential. So much. But the developer utterly failed to have this game live up to its hype and potential. On the outside, the premise of the game is promising. Vast universe to explore. But then again something so vast is also very so limited. A lot of the planets are alike to each other with the same limited variety of planet attributes like landscapes, resources, life-forms, climate, and so forth. No Man's Sky really seemed like a game where the developer had many good ideas but most were never implemented. There's really no purpose or motivation for you as the player to continue playing. There's really no end goal and/or reward at the end.… Expand
  15. AngryBanana
    Nov 11, 2016
    4
    I spent 60 dollars on this game and I feel **** ripped off! What the actual **** is this **** Did I pay for a demo? It's like mgs ground zeroes all over again! What a piece of ****
  16. ExpertPL
    Nov 11, 2016
    6
    While I understand why people are angry at the developers for the promises that were not met, I think that rating this game by the things that it doesn't have but it was supposed to have is unfair, and judging by features it has I give it a strong 6.
  17. Shekky
    Nov 10, 2016
    4
    The Gameplay is farely straightforward the simplicity on the control scheme was perfect. It does provide some interest when you explore your first planet. Outside of your first planet however doesn't provide much difference from any other planet other then terrain generation. which only becomes different by the temperature of a planet. Asteroids in a system are extremely unrealistic. YourThe Gameplay is farely straightforward the simplicity on the control scheme was perfect. It does provide some interest when you explore your first planet. Outside of your first planet however doesn't provide much difference from any other planet other then terrain generation. which only becomes different by the temperature of a planet. Asteroids in a system are extremely unrealistic. Your ship consumes energy way too fast constantly having to farm resources to power up your ship so you can continue to travel. If Hello Games had included multiplayer and the ability to build a base and toned down the energy consumption of your ship this game could be an amazing game. If they don't do anything however which seems to be the case then this game could of been something great. This game in its complete form on release date should of been considered early access not the final product.… Expand
  18. Jon0
    Nov 6, 2016
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Listen to what others say... It's worth at most $15, the videos don't match the game at all.
    There's no reward for finishing the journey, in fact it takes stuff away when you do.
    There's no real need to leave the starting systems as 95% of the time the system will have everything you need, the other 5% you can simply buy it off the market.
    There's no progression, the game is the same from start to when you simply quit (only difference is more bag space).
    You can learn an entire language for 20 carbon (and by the time you're finished you can turn that 20 carbon into 1000s or more if you have the space lol).
    There's so much more to add to whats wrong but by now you should get the idea... it's trash; wait for a 75% off sale.    … Expand
  19. BoredGamerUK
    Nov 5, 2016
    2
    The game is misrepresented. The game is a Casual Discovery Game with elements of inventory management survival.
    If you are looking for a chilled experience that isn't particularly challenging then it might be for you.
    I bought it for multiplayer.... of which it has none BUT it was listed as a feature. It's disappointing as it was the most hyped game of 2016 & the game has no flavour or    The game is misrepresented. The game is a Casual Discovery Game with elements of inventory management survival.
    If you are looking for a chilled experience that isn't particularly challenging then it might be for you.
    I bought it for multiplayer.... of which it has none BUT it was listed as a feature.
    It's disappointing as it was the most hyped game of 2016 & the game has no flavour or depth... it's like a chilli with no spice or heat... just boiled mince meat.... I'd pair the game with a couple of bottles of cheap red so you can get drunk quickly and forget it is a bit crappy.    … Expand
  20. JackMcB
    Oct 31, 2016
    2
    Only any good for a little while if you go in with no expectations at all, which is difficult given the ridiculously over-egged hype that was poured all over this title by a certain someone who should have just released it on the quiet given how little there is to do.

    Yes, there are so many planets you and all your friends will never see them all but you wouldn't want to as they all    Only any good for a little while if you go in with no expectations at all, which is difficult given the ridiculously over-egged hype that was poured all over this title by a certain someone who should have just released it on the quiet given how little there is to do.

    Yes, there are so many planets you and all your friends will never see them all but you wouldn't want to as they all play within the same range of experience, the only difference between a hot planet and a radioactive one (or a toxic or frozen for that matter) is the level of shielding you have determining how long you can stay outside, while on-planet there's not much to do but trade, learn words, pick up resources have a brief skirmish and scram, there's no building to do and no wars to fight. The Fun-Police sentinels are ineffectual on land as and in space so are just a mild annoyance.

    The odd space 'battle' may kick off as you jump into a new system (too many times) but it doesn't matter if they're ignored, there's no data on who's fighting or why and getting involved will net you the same amount of respect as giving 10 iron to lazy trader.

    The flora and fauna are sort of interesting at first, but have no depth to them outside being passive or aggro and their freaky appearances which break suspension of disbelief in some combinations. Hop to about 16 planets and you've seen pretty much every variation of plant and most of the 'animal parts' that go to making up the non-sentient life. The sentient life consists of three races Beakface, Daft Punk and Brute who are just there to trade and teach you words, there's no sense of them inhabiting any world other than in their outposts, which, paradoxically, are on EVERY planet. There's no gas giants or any non-solid worlds, or even strange suns either. There is *some* variation in the terrain however, the occasional world will have giant cubes of land protruding from the surface or floating islands but again, that, with the minimal plant, animal and mineral variation slapped on top is literally all there is to them.

    The one good thing about this game is the fabled "Take-off from one world land on another" with no cut-scenes or loading which has been a holy grail of gaming for so long it's painful to see it done so flimsily. There is nothing satisfying about space combat, it feels like plastic kids toys whipping around.

    Some parts look pretty but the anti-aliasing is horrific all over.

    The 'ending' (just cheat your way to the core if you must see it, you'll be.... less incensed that way) is exactly the kind of slap in the face that paying the slightest heed to hype will net you. Anyone defending it either must be being paid or is in such depths of delusion that they're a danger to their own mental health and yours.

    Play this game with no expectations while listening to your favourite podcasts and you might just come away with a slightly favourable view of it, then skip to the end and realise it'd just an epic waste of time getting there honestly.    … Expand
  21. lhmtgame
    Oct 29, 2016
    1
    - They said the game has Infinite Planet.... Liar!
    - The game's environments make me sore eyes!
    - Gameplay become boring after few hours!
    - I am a PC gamer, but the game is not optimized for PC!
  22. Faustito
    Oct 29, 2016
    0
    After all the fake advertising this crap dont deserve more than a 0 of score; this game officialy now is the worst game of the history of the video games, worst even than the et game.
  23. megawavez
    Oct 29, 2016
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Well... I've play over 50 hours so I can't say I hated it, but I eventually gave up due to boredom. I finished the Atlas quest which I found a bit silly and a am about 150k lt years from the core and have no desire whatsoever to make the rest of the trip to end up in a new galaxy, so.... done.

    I will have to say that every once in awhile you'll run across a very cool planet and want to stay, but not enough to keep me playing....    … Expand
  24. Snudrid
    Oct 26, 2016
    0
    Игра на самом деле не такая уж и плохая, я бы мог поставить ей даже 4, если бы разработчики в своих интервью не обещали нам куда больше, чем реально есть в игре. Я бы даже мог поставить ей 8, если бы разрабы честно признались, что им не хватило времени допилить игру до конца, и пообещали бы как-нибудь потом добавить все те функции, что так усердно рекламировались до выхода. Но после релизаИгра на самом деле не такая уж и плохая, я бы мог поставить ей даже 4, если бы разработчики в своих интервью не обещали нам куда больше, чем реально есть в игре. Я бы даже мог поставить ей 8, если бы разрабы честно признались, что им не хватило времени допилить игру до конца, и пообещали бы как-нибудь потом добавить все те функции, что так усердно рекламировались до выхода. Но после релиза Hello Games просто сбежали с нашими деньгами.… Expand
  25. SuperJ728
    Oct 25, 2016
    10
    Please, before asking why do I give a 10 to this game, you'll have to understand my wish of a science-fiction space exploration game. I've dreamed with this for years and I'll be dreaming more years.

    In my opinion, refund button works perfectly, I give that 10/10
  26. SolidShakeGO
    Oct 20, 2016
    0
    Lets say that this game was 20 dollars, and gamers werent lied to, and we all knew what we were buying in the end. this is how i am making this review. ANGER ASIDE.

    0/10 really. this is supposed to be a survival/crafting game right? i can see it, but i cant play it. what i mean is. you mine shiny red blobs of stone, which in return, doesnt do anything. yeah you can make parts for    Lets say that this game was 20 dollars, and gamers werent lied to, and we all knew what we were buying in the end. this is how i am making this review. ANGER ASIDE.

    0/10 really. this is supposed to be a survival/crafting game right? i can see it, but i cant play it. what i mean is.

    you mine shiny red blobs of stone, which in return, doesnt do anything. yeah you can make parts for your ship, but there is no other crafting involved. you cant build a base, you cant build a ship, you cant really "craft" anything. as far as survival goes. you basically need to mine 1 recourse in the game to stay alive. you refill your O2 levels the same as recharging your gun. so whats even the point? If you want to call this game a survival crafting game, then you are putting it up against games like rust, minecraft, ark, etc. there are so many. and this doesnt even come close to those.

    now if this game was sold as lets say "a looking at things adventure" then its only competition is pokemon snap. a hard game to beat, but hey..at least it would be honest.

    COMBAT is so far off that i dont even want to go there. the only chance it has at this point is combat in space

    SPACE COMBAT there pretty much isnt any. sure you get attacked by a pirate, but if you can get past the crappy UI of the game you can use that sweet ore you mined to recharge you shields and make yourself invincible.

    overall this games only achievement is that a small group of people made it. its also colorful despite the 10 mete distance graininess. [i play on high on pc, im exaggerating] This game deserves title as worst game in history. I hope it surpasses E.T. and it gets buried on the moon. good try Hello Games, but you should have tried harder.    … Expand
  27. Razark9
    Oct 18, 2016
    0
    Sean Murray is a **** liar. The game does not even have half of what was promised. The only thing to do in this game is an endless grind. None of the planets even feel unique. Stay far away from this game.
  28. LucasTheMan
    Oct 17, 2016
    4
    It's bad, unfortunately it is.
    Not a 0% game like many say, but it's just... boring.
    Walk to get this, walk back to to get that, walk walk walk.
    I'm not going into the false promises issue, but the game itself is just an endless chore of boring tasks.
  29. NutKid4Sale
    Oct 14, 2016
    10
    I milked this crud out of my ding dong and it WAS the best juicing I got in while the animals didn't fight so I WAS REAL CALM I liek this better then COd fishy and Battlefeild uno gonna hav DAT competition mester peice

    OH yeah is it normal to to get blood after wiping also vaccines cause autism and I vote u r mumi !!111!
  30. Allions
    Oct 13, 2016
    7
    This is a complete SCAM. The game first hours is "wow"... thinking on what you will do when you reach the levels shown in the trailers... but then you realize that the trailers, the interviews seen on youtube etc etc... are COMPLETELY FALSE! I bought the game and played more than 3 hours so i cannot recieve a refund from steam. What a shame.
  31. jclaiborne2007
    Oct 12, 2016
    0
    Sean Murray made some ridiculous claims and people bought it. Let's compare Star Citizen to No Man's scam. Lets look at the budget and the amount of money spent on development. A scammer appears and claims to make a game in a couple of years with a hand full of people that could not be made with with all the assets that Chris Roberts now has. If you spent $60 dollars on this, you areSean Murray made some ridiculous claims and people bought it. Let's compare Star Citizen to No Man's scam. Lets look at the budget and the amount of money spent on development. A scammer appears and claims to make a game in a couple of years with a hand full of people that could not be made with with all the assets that Chris Roberts now has. If you spent $60 dollars on this, you are partly to blame for buying into the impossible. Where is Sean Murray now? Probably on a resort island with 15 million in the bank laughing at the stupidity and gullibility of people in general. Hello Games should get the best scam of the century award!… Expand
  32. ProN00b
    Oct 12, 2016
    0
    This would have been decent for a $15 early access indie game. Not a full priced $60 where they promised a lot of features, none of which even exist in the game. Hello Games deliberately lied about what the game was to sell more copies and this behavior should never be supported. Pirate this game if you're that curious, but do NOT buy it. It is a scam, through and through.
  33. downliner
    Oct 12, 2016
    1
    This is why you should never listen to critics. What the hell do they know anyway? The only difference is they get paid to review. You should listen to the people who actually buy the game as they are the ones who have lost out.
  34. BCE_COCYT
    Oct 12, 2016
    1
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  35. NoneyaBiznazz
    Oct 11, 2016
    10
    I love this game. To read how many of you completely hate this game says a lot about the quality of your character.... I mean, as human beings. You're all--how you say--"Not so good"

    In short, this game is for the calmer smarter and more inquisitive people of the world. To the rest its just torture. And inspires such hatred in you that you come here and vomit it all up in an    I love this game. To read how many of you completely hate this game says a lot about the quality of your character.... I mean, as human beings. You're all--how you say--"Not so good"

    In short, this game is for the calmer smarter and more inquisitive people of the world. To the rest its just torture. And inspires such hatred in you that you come here and vomit it all up in an orgiastic expenditure of negativity and vitriol in vain hope that it won't make you look like the hotheaded ADHD kids you really are...

    I watched the videos, and the interviews and I understood where you did not. Hence I got exactly what I expected. You did not.

    Its not their fault you people jump to conclusions and then hang yourself with false expectations you created for yourself. Been playing a few hours nightly since release. Still uncovering plot points and seeing new things. Its like having the ability to vacation in space, any time you like. without all the dangerous decompression and death.

    Sorry you're all just not good enough people to enjoy this amazing work of art. The fault lies within you. Please do us all a favor and don't have children.    … Expand
  36. Robinjhoe
    Oct 11, 2016
    3
    Well i have to say i am one of the People who are just disappointed in the game.

    But for me it is a bit tragic because i really enjoy the game. I love Space Exploration and i have to say once in a while coming back flying a little bit can be fun. But then you realize how it could be so much more. But the most tragic point i have, which destroys the whole game for me, are the Aliens.    Well i have to say i am one of the People who are just disappointed in the game.

    But for me it is a bit tragic because i really enjoy the game. I love Space Exploration and i have to say once in a while coming back flying a little bit can be fun. But then you realize how it could be so much more.

    But the most tragic point i have, which destroys the whole game for me, are the Aliens.
    Factions? Gone. You have some Races, but those dont even mention each other and besides their language and look nothing is different. Wars between them? You wish.

    What about the ships? The goddamn KEY ELEMENT of the game. The only differences are Cargo. And maybe your Cockpit look.

    Some people say it was very obvious that this game will bomb but to be honest I was just optimistic again. I thought that finally an Indie Developer can show off their skills and show these goddamn other Publisher that there are still people who care about good games and not their paycheck and generic game #155. Yeah, i really had hope.
    And boy did Hello Games show us their skills. But I have to say thanks to Hello Games. That was the last time ever for me to buy a game before the Reviews for it are out.
    Doesnt bring back my 60 Euro either.    … Expand
  37. zvierz
    Oct 8, 2016
    2
    Boredom! :(
  38. ashyyay2
    Oct 8, 2016
    3
    really really boring. takeoff than go to other planet and watch some bad animal mixing . again find fuel for your spaceship and do them again. also awful port on pc
  39. Spyral251
    Oct 7, 2016
    6
    This review is specifically the PC steam version of No Man's Sky. The key here is expectations. This game is actually decent. However, if you go into it with hype, or high expectations from trailers, yes you will be totally disappointed. The biggest thing I found annoying in this game was the fact that it's a survival game, in a really big big open world. Finally, do not get this on PCThis review is specifically the PC steam version of No Man's Sky. The key here is expectations. This game is actually decent. However, if you go into it with hype, or high expectations from trailers, yes you will be totally disappointed. The biggest thing I found annoying in this game was the fact that it's a survival game, in a really big big open world. Finally, do not get this on PC unless you have a recent desktop. Preferably get it on PS4, if you think it's worth it.… Expand
  40. LEGENZSxKirito
    Oct 7, 2016
    2
    Cuando Compre Este Juego Pensé Que Sería Un Mundo Vivo Enorme E Increíblemente Divertido De Explorar Pero Realmente No Cumplió Con Ese Cometido... No vale la pena
  41. ParGellen
    Oct 6, 2016
    1
    I can sum up how bad this game is with this. It's as bad as X Rebirth and the companies that made both games act in equally criminal manners. False advertising all around.
  42. wolverine2710
    Oct 6, 2016
    7
    I've played NMS for 70+ hours now. Yes its not the advertisement game - far from it - but for me its fun. I solely concentrate on exploring the planets because the rest is not fleshed out enough. From a technical point of view its brilliantly done. Personally rating this game with a zero is not fair. I give it a seven. I expect and hope that the game will get more flesh on the bones though......
  43. CyberAngel
    Oct 4, 2016
    4
    I can only and will only review the game in it's current state which is clearly lacking multiple promised features:
    - every planet should have been unique and different
    - every ship should have been different, they're focused on a specific type of work - multiplayer - what's the point of naming every single **** if no one can see it? I certainly won't go back and visit explored worlds    I can only and will only review the game in it's current state which is clearly lacking multiple promised features:
    - every planet should have been unique and different
    - every ship should have been different, they're focused on a specific type of work
    - multiplayer - what's the point of naming every single **** if no one can see it? I certainly won't go back and visit explored worlds and creatures, thanks.
    - engaging battles between warring factions
    - desert planets
    - interesting creatures (Spore has them)
    - NPCs that don't behave like a vending machine
    - interstellar life on planets (ships, traders, warriors)
    - no settlements crammed together having only a few hundred meters between them
    - Sean Murray not promising **** that was never in the game in the first place

    Other than that the game is boring after a few initial hours, full of pointless resource gathering, visiting run-of-the-mill procedurally generated planets and generally having no sense of accomplishment.
    Sorry, this is truly No Man's Lie. Disappointment of the year.    … Expand
  44. playerguy8
    Oct 3, 2016
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. (CONTAINS SPOILERS)I'm going to be very short and precise with my review since i would not like to waste your time however at the same time i will make sure to cover all the points-

    this game made by hello games is mediocre at best . multiple issues related to bugs and poor optimization are evident . In fact i feel ashamed to give this game a 5 . I should give it lower but I will cut hello games a slack this time , but they shouldn't expect that in the future.

    The game promised too much and the hype was too large to be handled even by triple a devs. this indie studio overpromised and now the ASA are undergoing the process of researching "false advertising " done by the company . the front face of hello games , sean murray lied to us all with his innocent smile and because of that very smile they are sitting in heaps of cash . this article will provide all the lies incited by hello games on no mans sky : https://www.reddit.com/r/Games/comments/4y1h9i/wheres_the_no_mans_sky_we_were_sold_on_a_big_list/ (god bless you if you have time to read through it all without breaking a sweat)

    Even if you take away everything that was falsely advertised by hello games and look at the game as if it was the game that was promised to us , its still a very crappy game. You are paying triple a money for this game (19000 naira if you live in nigeria) but offer not more than a 3000 naira game . The game is heavily repetitive where you only do about 3 things , fly , mine and walk .even when you finish the game (that is when you reach the center of the galaxy) ******SPOILER ALERT******get taken to another galaxy after a small chit chat with the atlas , a sort of jello being you've been chasing the entire game .

    All and all this game is an atrocious mess with bare bone features and nothing worthy to offer . The only thing i appreciated about this game is the music and the diversity of (some) planets .I would refrain from buying this , even a cheaper copy or even a pirated one because however you obtain it , you feel robbed , especially if you pre ordered it (please stop pre ordering your games if you do ) this game is half assed and i believe hello games drained more resources in making fancy cgi's for the game than actually developing it . As an alternative i would recommend star citizen or elite dangerous or perhaps an indie rival , rodina . spore is also a good option though not completely similar . Do your self a favor and ignore this game    … Expand
  45. Painfull
    Oct 3, 2016
    0
    Sean Murray lied to us. I wasted 60€ on this game. Lies lies lies. It's lagging and crashing all the time. This is terrible, I never wasted that much money before
  46. Kabutow
    Oct 2, 2016
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Played the game for 20 hours and did not get as much reward that I should be getting. Reaching the center of the galaxy itself is not satisfying as being promised. Other than it is have clipping bugs and it really annoys me. This game has the potential to be a good game but have been wasted. Lack of creative content and story is the issue with this game.… Expand
  47. tankstar521
    Oct 1, 2016
    10
    I have played this game for several weeks now and I am still amazed at the planets. No game has ever given such a vast ocean of worlds to play explore. I have been completely impressed and can't wait to see how this game changes everything. Of all the indie games this one has by far the greatest scope. I walked around a planet and then called my spaceship to a location device. Got in andI have played this game for several weeks now and I am still amazed at the planets. No game has ever given such a vast ocean of worlds to play explore. I have been completely impressed and can't wait to see how this game changes everything. Of all the indie games this one has by far the greatest scope. I walked around a planet and then called my spaceship to a location device. Got in and flew to the nearest moon without any delay or load times whatsoever.

    I have heard all the negatives but when a game of this magnitude comes out for the first time it is necessary for the bugs to be worked out it. I truly hope that they do not get discouraged or penalized because of all the people without vision. This game is like kindergarten in its development. Sort of like pong. From here we can go anywhere. Open you eyes gamers and see the future. Great work. Nothing like it has ever been achieved.    … Expand
  48. Sjalka
    Sep 30, 2016
    3
    Better late than never ... time for a review of that title...

    I would have loved to write an review earlier - but when i got the game... it simply did not run. It crashed every time i fired it up ... and it just started to work with one of the most recent patches. But alas ... lets get to it. No man's sky is of course ... a huge disappointment. There is no doubt about that. There    Better late than never ... time for a review of that title...

    I would have loved to write an review earlier - but when i got the game... it simply did not run. It crashed every time i fired it up ... and it just started to work with one of the most recent patches. But alas ... lets get to it.

    No man's sky is of course ... a huge disappointment. There is no doubt about that. There were many features announced - and even promised ... that are not present in the final build. And not only that - from what the game mechanics suggest - they were never intended to be part of it.

    So there is no "real simulation" of a universe - instead this game is build in a VERY conservative manner (like Freelancer) - with "pockets" of static space connected by a warp/loadscreen.

    So - no - you cannot point at a little star/dot on the sky - enter your ship ... and fly there. The dot you see is nothing but a pixel on a skybox/starbox.

    The lack of simulation runs deep in that game - nither flora - nor fauna is simulated. It is just randomized. Which in turn means that any planet or moon can basically be anything. You can have an icecold moon next to a scorching hot planet. But simulation aside ... it is also the gameplay that severely suffers.

    The benefit of writing a late review is that a huge number of people have practically written any critizism before me.

    The main thing (aside from the non existant simulation) is the total lack of "game"-play. Now i do not expect a game to always revolve around the player (like Mass Effect for example) or to be driven by violent acts or player decisions. But i do enjoy for player actions to have consequences - at least for the player.

    Summed up ...

    - Death in NMS is near to meaningless - at most it is a miniscule inconvenience
    - factions mean near to nothing. I gain positive faction status effects for stuff that should hardly if ever affect my affiliation
    - NPCs are not even trying to be alive. They are .. at the very best .. similar to renaissance automatrons, rooted in place, capable of minimal articulation.
    - The entire universe seems to be settled explored with outposts on every planet ... BUT .. i have yet to see a fully developed planet (cities, metropoli, satelites ... or in short .. real civilizations... even the ancient PC game "frontier" simulated class 2 civilizations and even class 3 civilizations - and all that on 2 3.5'' floppy discs)

    Then there is my critizism of design choices...

    NMS is a singleplayer game - that puts the player into a universe. The player is totally alone - there is no one else of the players race around at all.
    I do fail to see the reason why there is no character customization and an option to switch to 3rd person view. Being a completely different person within an alien universe would increase the feeling of being "alone" ... while at the same time allowing the player to identify much more with whoever they play as. It would also allow the game to have customization options - unlockable, craftable or droppable. Players do like the option to "be different" in their games after all.
    I can only consider this lack of customization a HUGE missed opportunity.

    Whats left is a game that sadly offers less depths than Elite (no, not Elite Dangerous - i mean Elite .. the original), less skill than Cookie Clicker and simpler game mechanics than Spore.

    But is it an entirely BAD game? ....

    Maybe not - it is a very BASIC frame on which modders "might" build on ... IF Hello Games made it open source (yea - as if that would happen) or released some sort of creation kit. (also unlikely)    … Expand
  49. Zisum
    Sep 29, 2016
    1
    The game is devoid of the features promised by Sean Murray in the build up to this games release. Possibly to the point of being illegal. Do not take the risk on this game as Steam are being very difficult in offering refunds.

    The game is poorly executed, badly optimised, hollow with it's only redeeming feature being it's soundtrack and colour palette
  50. superh13
    Sep 29, 2016
    0
    Just another reptitive endless grind scam disguised as a game. The advertising, trailers and screenshots are mostly fake. It's an interesting concept of marketing to say the least. For 2 years or so, gamers have been fed lies, anticipation has been manufactured, and it worked. A get rich quick scheme.
    The game itself is an empty shell of procedural boringness.
  51. Pannon
    Sep 27, 2016
    0
    I'm dropping my score to 0, after my dismal rating of 4. Why? Looks like the developers couldn't care less to fix up their mess.
    By this time, other game developers explain themselves or at least talk about a plan, what to expect in the near future, regarding adding content and making their game more enjoyable, but Hello Games don't even bother to write patch notes, let alone give a    I'm dropping my score to 0, after my dismal rating of 4. Why? Looks like the developers couldn't care less to fix up their mess.
    By this time, other game developers explain themselves or at least talk about a plan, what to expect in the near future, regarding adding content and making their game more enjoyable, but Hello Games don't even bother to write patch notes, let alone give a pulse sign on social media or their official website.
    People who didn't refund and waiting patiently are left in the dark. The last patch (1.09) takes more away from the broken, but manageable gameplay there was, by patching up the "glitch" , which allowed people to stack similar items, even though people were asking for a function to stack similar items!! Unbelievable!
    Others report, that their discoveries they made are wiped from their record, while some others complain about worse framerate.
    At this point, the whole game is nothing more, but a buggy software to make screenshots. But first, make sure you get a 3rd party screenshot maker, because the game doesn't have one.
    And at the end, there are better and cheaper (free) programs out there, that let's you take pretty screenshots of planets.
    It's the most disappointing game of 2016 and the next worst game of 2016 is head and shoulder above this mess.    … Expand
  52. creativename
    Sep 27, 2016
    9
    I've been playing this game since launch and love it. It's my chill out game. I followed it through its development and got the exact game I was expecting, so no complaints here. I look forward to naming everything in my immediate vicinity.
  53. TenchuuKhan
    Sep 24, 2016
    7
    Overpriced experience.

    In No Man's Sky you get thrown on a planet with your broken ship. Farm up some resources to repair it and then go exploring. What's there to explore: Generated planets and animals (plants are pretty much the same all over). Find monuments which teach you languages or some insight into the lore. Meet different species (there's only 4 really) - every time you    Overpriced experience.

    In No Man's Sky you get thrown on a planet with your broken ship. Farm up some resources to repair it and then go exploring.

    What's there to explore:
    Generated planets and animals (plants are pretty much the same all over).
    Find monuments which teach you languages or some insight into the lore.
    Meet different species (there's only 4 really) - every time you meet an NPC you get faced with a little text puzzle (like: You see this alien, it does this expression, what do you give it). Learning the languages helps you here as the aliens of course tell you what they want, and the more you understand the more is in clear text, the rest is in gibberish.
    Additionally there's a main quest which sends you through different systems to find the Atlas. Once that is done, you can go ahead and find the center of the universe.
    Find blueprints and new tech along the way
    Find ships (if you're super lucky)
    Expand your inventory

    Gameplay is quite repetetive.
    Jump into a system, get or get not involved in a space fight, land on a planet. Explore it, scan the species you find along the way.
    Is it fun? Yes, if you want it to be fun. I've grinded it for some 40 hours.

    I'd wait until it costs 20€ because that's what it's actually worth in my opinion.    … Expand
  54. Ravendiscord
    Sep 24, 2016
    0
    Hello Games currently advertises the features below that are missing from the game.

    1) In No Man's Sky, every star is the light of a distant sun, each orbited by planets FALSE Planets do not orbit suns. 2) At the Center of the galaxy lies a irresistible pulse which draws you on a journey towards it to learn the true nature of the cosmos FALSE getting to the center of the galaxy    Hello Games currently advertises the features below that are missing from the game.

    1) In No Man's Sky, every star is the light of a distant sun, each orbited by planets

    FALSE Planets do not orbit suns.

    2) At the Center of the galaxy lies a irresistible pulse which draws you on a journey towards it to learn the true nature of the cosmos

    FALSE getting to the center of the galaxy -spoiler- happens but you learn absolutely nothing about the nature of the cosmos.

    3) no loading screens (from deep space to planetary surface)

    -FALSE There are loading screens every-time you warp or enter a black-hole.

    4) factions vie for territory

    FALSE Factions do not vie for territory

    Neither "expectations" nor "hype" as some folks call it is at fault for my ZERO rating.

    Peace.    … Expand
  55. GarethK
    Sep 23, 2016
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The game is devoid of the features promised by Sean Murray in the build up to this games release. Possibly to the point of being illegal. Do not take the risk on this game as Steam are being very difficult in offering refunds.

    The game is poorly executed, badly optimised, hollow with it's only redeeming feature being it's soundtrack and colour palette

    Oh and major spoiler, when you get to the centre of the galaxy you are made to start again, that's it... nothing else.    … Expand
  56. JustMy2
    Sep 20, 2016
    0
    If anyone wants to make a game today, PLEASE USE AN EXISTING GAME ENGINE! They're incredibly advanced and super-optimized these days, and they are cheap to license! You even get access to the full code and can modify it as you see fit if you need to do something unusual.

    Game engines lets you stand on the shoulders of giants, and frees you from technical concerns so you can focus on    If anyone wants to make a game today, PLEASE USE AN EXISTING GAME ENGINE! They're incredibly advanced and super-optimized these days, and they are cheap to license! You even get access to the full code and can modify it as you see fit if you need to do something unusual.

    Game engines lets you stand on the shoulders of giants, and frees you from technical concerns so you can focus on developing your actual game! You'd have to be an idiot to not take advantage of that!

    Should you be stupid enough to decide to roll your own engine instead (and have less than 100 man-years of highly skilled programmer time to dedicate to the job!), you'll end up with a game that looks really dated and low-resolution, but that still runs like total cr*p on high-end PC's.

    Guess what Hello Games decided to do... that's right, they made a game engine!

    And of course it sucks like there's no tomorrow...

    Flying over a planet you'll hardly even see what it's supposed to look like because of the ugliest pop-in of any game in history. That's how bad this game engine is - it just can't load terrain fast enough, and it can't smoothly blend in objects as they spawn into view either, it just pixelates them into existence instead, which looks *horrible*. Especially when this isn't happening "in the distance", but literally right in front of you.

    But the poor struggling engine also compromised the gameplay by forcing poor decisions. Your ship flies slowly and steers with the agility of a stoned cow. Both are obviously necessary sacrifices that were made because flying and turning with more agility would put even more strain on the already struggling terrain loading code.

    BTW, you can't even land your ship where you want manually, instead the game auto-lands it for you, with about as much success as a stoned cow trying to cr*p in a bucket. I've tried landing on a point of interest and ended up as much as 2 minutes walking away from it!

    But it's an RNG thing, sometimes the cow hits the bucket by pure chance. I even managed to land on a landing pad once!

    Strange the game didn't give me an Achievement for that, it certainly felt more like an achievement than walking 5000 steps (which the game considers achievement-worthy!).

    This review is already more than long enough, so I won't even go into details on why the game sucks as a game. Read other negative reviews for that, there's plenty of them...    … Expand
  57. bwheatley
    Sep 19, 2016
    10
    I was not on the hype train so I did not have my hopes set unrealistically high. This is a pretty good game for what it is. There will be pop in, repeating textures, and some frustrations but you can still lose yourself for hours in exploration.
  58. ProGamerZix
    Sep 18, 2016
    3
    Very disappointing. This was my most anticipated game for the summer. It just let me down. Lets talk about the game and not the lies form Shawn Murry.

    The first 2 hours were amazing. The visuals are bad, textures are really low res, and the performance is just not acceptable. The game-play after the first 2 hours gets very repetitive and boring. It a indie game that should be priced    Very disappointing. This was my most anticipated game for the summer. It just let me down. Lets talk about the game and not the lies form Shawn Murry.

    The first 2 hours were amazing. The visuals are bad, textures are really low res, and the performance is just not acceptable. The game-play after the first 2 hours gets very repetitive and boring. It a indie game that should be priced much much lower than 60 dollars.    … Expand
  59. Solifugae
    Sep 18, 2016
    0
    I learned my lesson. Never buy a game until a month or two after launch. Never believe the hype, just go off user reviews. An expensive lesson indeed. Someone should launch a class action against these developers.
  60. LeoVainio
    Sep 17, 2016
    0
    No Man's Sky is a shameless scam. A deep well thought marketing scheme with a lousy game they coded in a month. Disgusting.
    ..........................
  61. frogurt
    Sep 17, 2016
    1
    I know we are here to judge and give our rating and review to a certain title, but in this case I can't split the game itself from the company behind it. Just taking into consideration the sheer amount of lies Sean Murray managed to deliver to players worldwide should be enough to say no, since it can set a standard people get used to.

    The game itself was not ready at all for sale,    I know we are here to judge and give our rating and review to a certain title, but in this case I can't split the game itself from the company behind it. Just taking into consideration the sheer amount of lies Sean Murray managed to deliver to players worldwide should be enough to say no, since it can set a standard people get used to.

    The game itself was not ready at all for sale, should have undergone a longer development before release, all we got is an inventory managing/repetitive exploration game that could have really been "mind blowing" (cit.).
    Sadly things didn't go this way, the game is preposterous and it's not worth the 60$ price tag at all, hell i would regret spending 20$ on what came out in the end.    … Expand
  62. Sevorast
    Sep 17, 2016
    9
    Massive disappointment.

    Silence from the devs over the last month since launch tells you everything you need to know about No Man's Sky, Hello Games as a studio, and Sean Murray as a person.

    Avoid anything they put out at all costs, they simply do not deserve your money.
  63. HeadyWook
    Sep 15, 2016
    0
    Awful game, developers completely lied to sell it. Not worth 60 dollars, more like a 10 dollar early access alpha. The game runs like **** even on nice PCs, there is zero multiplayer potential despite numerous claims from the developers there was. It's just paying 60 dollars to grind in a broken game with no substance and little story line or purpose. They couldn't even get the variety andAwful game, developers completely lied to sell it. Not worth 60 dollars, more like a 10 dollar early access alpha. The game runs like **** even on nice PCs, there is zero multiplayer potential despite numerous claims from the developers there was. It's just paying 60 dollars to grind in a broken game with no substance and little story line or purpose. They couldn't even get the variety and procedural programming down right. The great majority of plants, species, and planets look strikingly similar or quite literally the exact same just with a different color.

    This game is a scam.    … Expand
  64. eldumloido
    Sep 15, 2016
    0
    Bad game sold with lies. Hope they never get any success after such a scam and that someone sues them for all they got from it. If anyone involved in this makes anything ever Ill skip it as it is probably just another scam. Hope they get long painful fatal illnesses and none of them get children as they would become scam artists.
  65. F0B0S
    Sep 14, 2016
    7
    Juego entretenido para quien le gusta la exploración, por desgracia, acaba resultando repetitivo cuando se avanza un poco en la partida ya que una vez terminados los objetivos basicos el objetivo único del juego pasa a ser avanzar hacia el centro de la galaxia por los medios de que dispongas, y puedo garantizar que es un proceso muy largo y pesado.
  66. eeyk
    Sep 10, 2016
    0
    This game is a joke a scam and a lie.
    Do not buy it! Eveb when it is on sale DO NOT BUY IT.

    Never buy any game from hello games they are a scam company.

    F%ck them for scamming 69 bucks.
  67. Mamaluigi71
    Sep 10, 2016
    3
    I've played NMS for a decent amount of time and I can say that it has absolutely no depth whatsoever. It's fairly enjoyable for a couple of hours but after that it's just boring repetitive garbage. Also, the developer is a liar and I am never going to support any game that he is involved in ever again.
  68. TheSnox
    Sep 10, 2016
    0
    This Game Is False advertising and Nothing like what the Trailers Showed us It is Not Worth Close to 60€ and nothing i would recommend to anyone aslong as it is over 20€
  69. TemplarGR
    Sep 9, 2016
    2
    Very boring and pointless game. It is really sad, because i was hyped for it. I believe most gamers around the world are starved for a space exploration/survival game. A quality game... This is not it. And it is a pity, because it has potential.

    What is worse is that the designer of the game said on an interview that he is changing his mind regarding paid DLC. I am sorry, but this is    Very boring and pointless game. It is really sad, because i was hyped for it. I believe most gamers around the world are starved for a space exploration/survival game. A quality game... This is not it. And it is a pity, because it has potential.

    What is worse is that the designer of the game said on an interview that he is changing his mind regarding paid DLC.

    I am sorry, but this is totally unacceptable, and a scam. This game is nowhere near worth 60$. This game could be sold for 10$ and still make a huge profit. The investment required to make this game is really small, too few assets and low quality. Many features that were advertised before release, are still missing.

    They should add the missing features with free DLCs together with an apology note for not having them on release. If they try to sell them as paid DLC, claiming that the game is expensive and they need the money for development, tell them you have already paid the price of an AAA game and you won't get scamed again like this. This is disgusting...    … Expand
  70. LucyFox
    Sep 9, 2016
    10
    This game is nearly perfect for me. And I'm sure missing features will be patched in.
    Don't blame Hello Games for missing stuff and so on. It was clearly their publisher who wanted them to release the game before it was really finished. It's always the same...
    Hello Games did a great job so far. So less people and such a great game. It's for people with a lot of imagination, for people    This game is nearly perfect for me. And I'm sure missing features will be patched in.
    Don't blame Hello Games for missing stuff and so on. It was clearly their publisher who wanted them to release the game before it was really finished. It's always the same...
    Hello Games did a great job so far. So less people and such a great game.
    It's for people with a lot of imagination, for people who loves to explore and to discover. This game isn't for everyone though. But it doesn't deserve all this hate!    … Expand
  71. patrioticparody
    Sep 8, 2016
    4
    So much was promised by the developer and so little was delivered. I can understand now why they were so eager to take down any pre-release gameplay footage. This game is fun for about an hour, maybe two. After that, you will have seen what its universe has to offer. Crafting this is tedious and complicated, not because of sophisticated recipes, but rather because of poor inventorySo much was promised by the developer and so little was delivered. I can understand now why they were so eager to take down any pre-release gameplay footage. This game is fun for about an hour, maybe two. After that, you will have seen what its universe has to offer. Crafting this is tedious and complicated, not because of sophisticated recipes, but rather because of poor inventory management tools. Lack of on-screen information in critical situations detracts from the realism, while a lack of reference of any kind leaves the impression that everything you do is for nothing. I am very sad to see this game turn out this way. Procedural generation is the future and it's unfortunate on that this game can't be a model for the future.… Expand
  72. Neng-
    Sep 8, 2016
    3
    We all had the expectations set at a very high level, it looked really good and promising from the beginning, but it's just not what we saw.
    - Bad framerate and stability issues
    - Randomly generated worlds gets monsters that makes no sense
    - There is not an objective to do besides "exploring"
    - Has no multiplayer
    - Graphics are underwhelming to say the least
  73. job0tz
    Sep 8, 2016
    0
    Very few games have been so disappointing, so frustrating, or such a massive waste of my money. It's one thing to get a game, play it, lose interest because it's not great... but to wait for a game, buy it, and be denied a refund after 26min of game play? I just want to actually find the creator and knock his teeth out. I don't just hate this game, I hate everyone who ever worked on itVery few games have been so disappointing, so frustrating, or such a massive waste of my money. It's one thing to get a game, play it, lose interest because it's not great... but to wait for a game, buy it, and be denied a refund after 26min of game play? I just want to actually find the creator and knock his teeth out. I don't just hate this game, I hate everyone who ever worked on it in any capacity. This is the kind of **** I'd be embarrassed to be a part of. Sad, pathetic, thieves. Total scam.… Expand
  74. gavoooo
    Sep 7, 2016
    0
    If you are thinking of buying this game, I would recommend you watch some of the cool trailers showing you what is not in the game and don't waste your money on this game that doesn't even deliver the stuff that was talked about and promised in interviews etc before release.
  75. ustas04
    Sep 7, 2016
    1
    Sean Murray healed us. NOT buying a overprized crappy game is No.1 priority of mine now.
    Thank you for this great lesson. Your lessons are expensive but very effective.
    60€ for nothing but a promise of a sean murray (and some very good placed trailers). Wait for the reviews, pirate demo them(because no one want u to test a game before they sold it to you) or just watch the youtubers    Sean Murray healed us. NOT buying a overprized crappy game is No.1 priority of mine now.
    Thank you for this great lesson. Your lessons are expensive but very effective.
    60€ for nothing but a promise of a sean murray (and some very good placed trailers).

    Wait for the reviews, pirate demo them(because no one want u to test a game before they sold it to you) or just watch the youtubers playing them.
    Good lesson bro, good lesson.

    -Where is the Day/Night cycle
    - Where is that wildlife ?
    - Where is this Survival feeling (feeding a space suit is that survival ? )
    -where is
    -where is
    -where is
    -endless list    … Expand
  76. shArk87
    Sep 6, 2016
    0
    What is this POS ??? All that hype for that unfinished bugged "universe" ?
    Gonna ask a refund right now....
    How can this game even be launched at that state? Hello Games, wake up
  77. OldSaltyDog
    Sep 5, 2016
    0
    One mans Lie is absolute BOOSTED GARBAGE. I'll save you time this game get boring within a few hours as that is all it will take to do everything in this "infinite universe". Its pure boring busy work. If you like repeating the same task over and over then you will like it. Go to a planet, refill your drives, then travel to another one to do the exact same thing. There is nothingOne mans Lie is absolute BOOSTED GARBAGE. I'll save you time this game get boring within a few hours as that is all it will take to do everything in this "infinite universe". Its pure boring busy work. If you like repeating the same task over and over then you will like it. Go to a planet, refill your drives, then travel to another one to do the exact same thing. There is nothing interesting here. All the ships are the same, all the NPCs are the same. All. Of. Them. We were lied to boys, don't put up with it.… Expand
  78. ToFewViews
    Sep 5, 2016
    8
    So this is a game that many people have had very heated discussions or arguments over and because of some trailers that misrepresented parts of the game it's left some disappointing. Others finding enjoyment in what the game has to offer. One easy way to put this is that this game is not for everyone, it definitely appeals to a specific group of people, People looking for a exciting spaceSo this is a game that many people have had very heated discussions or arguments over and because of some trailers that misrepresented parts of the game it's left some disappointing. Others finding enjoyment in what the game has to offer. One easy way to put this is that this game is not for everyone, it definitely appeals to a specific group of people, People looking for a exciting space shooter with tuns of depth and story should be looking into other games. People who are looking for a very open and atmospheric game with a beautiful art style and endless possibilities will enjoy this game. No Man's Sky doesn't have a set story,Missions or much interaction with the NPC's in it's world and that can ruin part of the game for people but for others who just want to explore the world and enjoy it at there own pace it's fine. I've spent most my time in No Man's Sky going from planet to planet seeing how the weather, systems and other things can have huge factors on what the wild life and plant life was like, also naming everything and making as much money as possible for later in the game. Going from one planet with huge mushrooms and flying eel to another with rolling hills of red grass and massive trees without loading screens and smoothly is something I've wanted to do in a video game for a long time.
    Some things No Man's Sky has to offer are up-gradable multi-tool's that you can build to your liking, also have space ships you can customize to be built for fighting ships or mining. Finding a ship with lots of slots and building it up into your dream ship is extremely satisfying and once you start exploring the universe with it you feel like something out of a sci fi movie or novel.
    Overall if you enjoy open world games and have the urge to just explore the universe at your leisure you will have fun with this game, But remember I look at this game as something to play after a day of work or something to relax with, you can sit back and just enjoy the stars.    … Expand
  79. Digitalflux
    Sep 5, 2016
    0
    crap game is crap. nothing they promised is in the game. liars. spent over 30 hrs in the game and hardly anything changes. this game desperately needs a major content overhaul. terrible. shame on you Sean.
  80. Colbert
    Sep 5, 2016
    7
    Planetscape wallpaper generator. Plenty of ambiance with a 70s sci-fi art style. Buy it if you would like to wander the universe looking at different but similar planets while grinding elements ad infinitum with the occasional ship fight.
  81. Clodyx
    Sep 4, 2016
    0
    SCAM of the YEAR prize!
    They lied about the content of the game in the last 2 years.
    This tech demo is well overpriced and cannot be named as a game. AAA game? Are you kidding?
    Compared with any AAA game this is really a piece of crap.
    Beware!
    STAY AWAY of this SCAM!
  82. DeletedForMoney
    Sep 3, 2016
    0
    No multiplayer (devs lied)
    No gameplay
    No exploration. Planets are all the same on the whole galaxy
    no story no point, just an alpha of some bad survival game
  83. KnownOperative
    Sep 3, 2016
    1
    This game has not provided what was advertised. It has profited from advertisement Hype.
    Yes, there is procedural generation,
    Yes there is Some form of survival, Yes there are creatures, Features in this game do exist, however, their content is miniscule. There is a massive galaxy, however it repeats itself. "Game is the size of the universe, but has the depth of a watter bottle".    This game has not provided what was advertised. It has profited from advertisement Hype.
    Yes, there is procedural generation,
    Yes there is Some form of survival,
    Yes there are creatures,

    Features in this game do exist, however, their content is miniscule. There is a massive galaxy, however it repeats itself.
    "Game is the size of the universe, but has the depth of a watter bottle".

    Reason for low score:
    No optimization
    Advertising and not providing what was advertised
    Game content lacking.
    Expensive,
    Repetitive and boring.    … Expand
  84. Cirrhosis
    Sep 3, 2016
    2
    **** you Hello Games.
    **** you Sean Murray.
    I bought this with the intention of being able to play with other people. I bought this with the intention of taking part in large space battles. So, I launch the game, and what do I get? 15 FPS. 15. I'm running a rig that is more than capable of 60 FPS in a title like this (980 Ti, 4790k, 16GB RAM), and I get.. 15. Okay, launch day    **** you Hello Games.
    **** you Sean Murray.

    I bought this with the intention of being able to play with other people.
    I bought this with the intention of taking part in large space battles.

    So, I launch the game, and what do I get? 15 FPS. 15. I'm running a rig that is more than capable of 60 FPS in a title like this (980 Ti, 4790k, 16GB RAM), and I get.. 15.

    Okay, launch day bugs, I get it, kinks need to be worked out. So I do a little Googling, only to find out that Sean Murray is now blaming the users for not having up to date drivers, or insufficient hardware. What the actual **** Seriously?

    All right, so I'll wait a week or so, see what updates get pushed out, maybe things will run a little smoother. And they do! a *little*. I get 25-30 FPS instead of 15, great.

    Guess I'll try and enjoy what I can. At this point, I'm aware that I'll likely never see another player, nor participate in large scale space battles. I have flown around for 12 hours, litterally discovering the same planet, with different colors, different colored plants (note, *different colored,* not actually any different), and slightly different wildlife. At about the 12 hour mark, I came upon something interesting. An "anomaly." Sweet! Something new! Maybe this is where things pick up. Long story short, I was able to enter a black hole. Neat! I can't wait to see what's on the other side. What was on the other side? A different colored galaxy.. with different colored planets.. with different color plants and.. yup, different colored wildlife.

    I'm done. Biggest waste of $60 ever.

    Shame on me for pre-ordering. But shame on Hello Games for entirely misrepresenting their product. And shame on Sean Murray for blaming me, the consumer, for their faulty product/launch.

    The soundtrack is pretty decent though.    … Expand
  85. Willybach
    Sep 3, 2016
    5
    I am still playing this game. Despite my score of 4 here on the site. I've prob logged 40+ hours so far, but with every passing visit, I'm spending less and less time in the game. And for good reason. There's literally nothing to do after you max out your slots on your exosuit and get the largest ship. At present it's a screenshot generator, and the number of players is seemingly shrinkingI am still playing this game. Despite my score of 4 here on the site. I've prob logged 40+ hours so far, but with every passing visit, I'm spending less and less time in the game. And for good reason. There's literally nothing to do after you max out your slots on your exosuit and get the largest ship. At present it's a screenshot generator, and the number of players is seemingly shrinking rapidly. It needs updates quickly but sadly those updates can't just be addons, and extra game mechanics like 'owning a freighter' or 'base building'. The core mechanics of this game need to be radically remodeled. They need to swallow their pride and accept that their vision for what this game should be (essentially a text-based journey to the centre of the universe with a fairly boring backstory involving the handful of races) is far wide of the mark of what people were expecting or hoping for. There's an entire universe here, it should have been a canvas for people to create their own stories, playing as pirates, explorers or traders. You know the three main play styles that were much touted before the game launched. Combat is overly simplistic, with no skill. I mean, honestly, it's incredibly poorly conceived. You actually have to open your inventory for example to restore your shields... Trading is equally shallow and badly executed. Elite this is not. You'll struggle to even find a previously visited star system. Space stations, incredibly repetitive as they are, sell a handful of items and in small quantities. NPCs are just static loners waiting for you, the only person who seemingly will ever visit them, to turn up and give you a blueprint or something. Even exploration ends up being largely disappointing and falling short. The creatures and plants are far more repetitive than advertised. Some of the more interesting ones in the trailers aren't even in game, and you'll probably never see some of the AI bahaviours from the trailers, like herds fleeing together or migrating in single-file columns.You'll see the same plants over and over again, same with the crystals, and every cave is identical.

    This game wants you to rush to the centre, not explore. It's a solid grind with occasional pretty views to distract you. It wants you to read its puerile sci-fi text rather than actually experience something meaningful in-game. The ship is a struggle to control, and the game runs poorly even after several updates.

    Updates and more importantly MODS can and are improving the game, but as I said, they need to go back to the drawing board in key areas and I'm not sure they'll do that.

    4/10.

    Very sad after following the game closely for 3 years.    … Expand
  86. caffeinemints
    Sep 3, 2016
    0
    Not the game they promised. Not the game they posted videos of. Not worth $60.

    It's also not that bad of a game. But not worth a AAA-game pricetag, no matter how much hype they added.

    18,446,744,073,709,551,616 planets. Each populated by one of THREE races. And it will be populated, in the same pattern as every other planet. And every planet is a palette shift of colors and shapes.
  87. honestreviews-
    Sep 2, 2016
    0
    Giving the game zero because of all the lies developers fed us to get us into buying the game. This is far from what was promised and even what is shown in the trailers that sell the game, even they have features that do not exist in the game.. Read more about the bs they fed us here: http://www.onemanslie.info/the-original-reddit-post/
  88. Turulo
    Sep 2, 2016
    1
    1 - Watch the trailer and compare to the game, then tell me they are not selling smoke.
    2 - Their representation of space is so unbelievable silly / naive that is simply insulting.
    It's a shame that a great idea like this game didn't work out. I hope the idea of generating random environments isn't abandoned, but the game itself is too shallow to even be considered a game. As    1 - Watch the trailer and compare to the game, then tell me they are not selling smoke.
    2 - Their representation of space is so unbelievable silly / naive that is simply insulting.

    It's a shame that a great idea like this game didn't work out. I hope the idea of generating random environments isn't abandoned, but the game itself is too shallow to even be considered a game.

    As everyone else here remarks, all planets are the same, stuff has randomized shapes and colors but is like changing a model texture, it's still the same animal with different colors. All have runes, plants, animals, and the 4 types of bases. All you can find just by landing because they are repeated to boredom.

    There are no barren, gas giants, ring planets, all stars are the same, every system has a bunch of planets all close together that for some reason don't rotate around the sun.

    The ship's navigation is so terrible, specially when flying near the surface of a planet, that I cannot describe how frustrating it is.

    This is not a game, it's only a tech demo, and the trailers are proof enough this is not what they promised.    … Expand
  89. SuperkenGaming
    Sep 1, 2016
    7
    No Man’s Sky
    vastly underwhelming…
    I went into no man’s sky with low expectations... And at first no man’s sky exceeded these expectations... Everyone starts on a random planet at the edge of the universe, you’re tasked with collecting materials to repair your ship… This is a great tutorial to help you understand the basics of the game… You then go to points in the galaxy you’re in    No Man’s Sky
    vastly underwhelming…
    I went into no man’s sky with low expectations... And at first no man’s sky exceeded these expectations...
    Everyone starts on a random planet at the edge of the universe, you’re tasked with collecting materials to repair your ship…
    This is a great tutorial to help you understand the basics of the game…
    You then go to points in the galaxy you’re in for other parts to give an understanding of the game even more… and the further you go the more intriguing this game gets…
    And once you finally have all of your ship parts, the universe is yours to either explore freely or travel towards the center of the universe…
    To travel towards the center you need materials to craft up to power cells…
    These materials are all reasonably accessible.. some more abundant than others depending on the planet you visit…
    1 power cell will let you travel 100-300 light years at a time to a different planetary system..
    You can also explore these planets for plant and animal species, which is really fun to do initially…
    But it doesn’t take long for the no man’s sky game play loop to get tiring…
    Wide as an Ocean, deep as a puddle…
    I don’t care that animals have different mixtures of body parts or plants have slight variations than plants on other planets..
    Every animal... every plant... they are all the same thing with different skins… that’s it... and the skin isn’t even that different most of the time..
    I find procedural generation to be one of the laziest forms of game design and roll my eyes every time I hear the phrase and no man’s sky is a prime example of why…
    This is 40 hours of the same thing….
    All you do is repeat the first 2 hours of the game 20 times…
    These worlds are not alive... animals aren’t eating, sleeping, fighting, mating… they’re just there..
    walking around looking the animals on earth with parts of other animals from earth…
    doing nothing but occasionally attacking you…
    Don’t get me wrong, I was in a trance for a good 15 hours playing no man’s sky, and 15 hours is well worth $60, but the game was just not intriguing enough to keep me wanting to continue forward…
    I shouldn’t have a planet figured out before I even set foot on it…
    But here I was, I knew what to look for to get certain materials, because again these planets are all the same only differing in color or elemental danger that never really mattered...
    and once you do get sucked into the game, you have to deal with these annoying sentinel creatures that shoot you for mining materials…
    A very unnecessary nuisance that I believe ruins the potential Zen like experience no man sky has going for it…
    you can also find ship and mining tool upgrades on these planets as well as these word stones to help you understand the alien creatures that inhabit a trading station in every star system that you can use to sell valuable materials and purchase materials needed to craft a new item or upgrade…
    These stations also have other galactic travelers that you can sell items to, buy from, or purchase their ship from…
    No man’s sky is a very relaxing and casual experience, simple loop, simple crafting, and may be one of those games you return to every now and then when you’re bored…
    But its uninteresting beyond the first couple of hours and at the end of the day is just another lazy feeling procedurally generated survival game grind fest…
    I give no man’s sky a 7/10    … Expand
  90. akarnokd
    Sep 1, 2016
    6
    This is an odd game, full of potential yet hollow and lacking of content. All those generated animals, plants and planet surfaces are nothing but a modulo on a pseudo-random generator someone chose a seed.

    Everything looks quite similar after a while and if it weren't for the milestones or achivements, I wouldn't have bothered with looking at animals at all. Plus, the game is full of    This is an odd game, full of potential yet hollow and lacking of content. All those generated animals, plants and planet surfaces are nothing but a modulo on a pseudo-random generator someone chose a seed.

    Everything looks quite similar after a while and if it weren't for the milestones or achivements, I wouldn't have bothered with looking at animals at all. Plus, the game is full of transition animations: letterboxing on encountering an NPC, zooming out on the first save - all interesting in the first few hours but then the whole game feels like work I wanted to get over with.

    Travelling between stars is also time wasting; I don't think the game loads but has a fixed delay no matter what. Also, there is no straight travel but from star-to-star so even with max hyperdrive, for each 1600 lightyears I got closer to the center by 600 lightyears (~300 jumps x 90 seconds? Gave up and modded it).

    Traversing a planet is also tedious, slow walking speed and such, but just like with the Mako from Mass Effect, there is two side of it: the terrain. The fractal like structure generated really looks realistic, except I havent found any planet with miles of flat surface (that is not water).

    Flying around is fun, not crashing at all, but often I really wanted to look down to see where I land. Given that, I wonder why there is no such thing as auto-landing near a point of interest or trade post?

    The game lacks a ton of video-advertised features, some of them forgiveable while others are not. I believe many features didn't make the release because of stability or balance issues. However, the poorly designed UI has no excuse.

    There is nothing really to own, no reason to hoard, there is nothing to go back for and once all languages, milestones and achievements have been reached in the current game, there is nothing to play for.

    The inventory space is small but expandable relatively easily but I felt the stacking of resources is too low, plus there are items that don't stack for no apparent reason. In addition, the mouse handling is worst of both PC and console worlds: PC players have to hold a button like the console ones instead of clicking and console people have to move a mouse-like cursor?!

    The graphics looked okay to me and the game was stable on my machine with GTX 660, but a GTX 1060+ really helps with smoothness and framerate. The sound is okay but some contextual ones are quite repeating after a while.

    The technology seems to be there and hope they can expand it with more content, but note that they can't change the seed or the generation algorithm because that would break existing content (i.e., your current location generated a planet beneath you and with an update, the same coordinate is now within a space whale...).

    Is it worth a full price? I don't feel so.

    (Bought it 4 days after the launch, played the vanilla game for 6 hours, played another 50 hours with all sorts of convenience mods; reached the center and gave up for now.)    … Expand
  91. squodge
    Sep 1, 2016
    4
    01.09.2016
    As it stands, the game needs a lot more polish.
    I don't have the fastest or best rig in the world, so I'm getting a constant 30fps with low settings: Intel i7-2600K, 16GB RAM, GeForce GTX 750 Ti OC I was worried I'd get motion sickness playing it, but none so far - so that's already a plus. The loading screen is smooth on my rig, so the game can't be as bad as some make    01.09.2016
    As it stands, the game needs a lot more polish.
    I don't have the fastest or best rig in the world, so I'm getting a constant 30fps with low settings:
    Intel i7-2600K, 16GB RAM, GeForce GTX 750 Ti OC

    I was worried I'd get motion sickness playing it, but none so far - so that's already a plus.
    The loading screen is smooth on my rig, so the game can't be as bad as some make it out to be.

    The main issue I have with NMS is that it's literally just fetch quests at the moment.
    Get X, produce Y, fix Z.
    I honestly feel that having missions or quests would make it more playable.
    I understand that it's supposed be about exploration, but it's not like it's OUR universe.

    I can't recommend the game in its current state.
    If Hello Games address the myriad of issues, it's potentially a 7 or 8 rated game.

    The price doesn't bother me... it's whether the game is good or not.
    I'm happy to sink £200 into a game if it delivers on most of my expectations.

    I feel NMS needs:
    * Missions/quests
    * Greater inventory space
    * Potential to meet AND see other people
    * Different classes of spaceships - fighter, merchant, rogue, etc.
    * Able to customise the person you control (sex, age, race/species, etc.)
    * More save points, heck, why not auto save points as well as the manual ones?    … Expand
  92. Orizon
    Sep 1, 2016
    5
    Never been aboard the hype train, so my game experience is totally "pure".

    NMS offers indeed a huge, immense universe to explore, but fails in making it entertaining for the user. Planets, ships, weapons: everything is generated procedurally, but after a while you'll notice that everything and everybody looks the same. Better: they feel and look uninteresting because they always remind    Never been aboard the hype train, so my game experience is totally "pure".

    NMS offers indeed a huge, immense universe to explore, but fails in making it entertaining for the user. Planets, ships, weapons: everything is generated procedurally, but after a while you'll notice that everything and everybody looks the same. Better: they feel and look uninteresting because they always remind you of something you have already seen.
    Nothing like or similar to real world diversity.

    That is one main problem, which is aggravated by something they easily could improve: structures and aliens have the lowest diversity of all, which results in seeing the same stuff in totally different and distant worlds. Boring, and quite "stupid".

    The game itself has no real purposes: paths for Atlas and Center of the Galaxy are little more than 2 of the infinite jump combinations available. No real quests, duties. No survival (you can survive anything by just digging a little hole with 3-4 plasma grenades...which you can recharge with little cost).

    So, why am I giving 5?
    Because you can actually squeeze 15-30 hours of fun (if you like exploring), and I think that the only real problem is the price: if it was 20€, NMS would have received way less critics.

    And since it's almost impossible now to evolve a 20€ game into a 60€, NMS is going to die tragically soon.    … Expand
  93. hierax
    Sep 1, 2016
    1
    Lost my interest after about 5 hours of gameplay because its dull and repetive. The created animals are ridicoulus and wierd. Some are nowhere near realistic. Imagine 2t heavy elefant-like animals flying with tiny wings and stuff like that. Same sounds for all animals on ground. The interaction with the animals is poor. you can feed them with changing resources and then a smiley aboveLost my interest after about 5 hours of gameplay because its dull and repetive. The created animals are ridicoulus and wierd. Some are nowhere near realistic. Imagine 2t heavy elefant-like animals flying with tiny wings and stuff like that. Same sounds for all animals on ground. The interaction with the animals is poor. you can feed them with changing resources and then a smiley above their head appears and they follow you. Interaction with aliens is boring. You can trade with them and learn 1 single new word of their language. Crafting is poor and nearly not given.
    The Planets look nearly similar. Other colors, a bit changed ressources, other wierd animals. "Space combat" is a joke. I played better space combat games at my SNES, the controls and the gunplay is just bull**it.
    Dont buy this game, its a huuuuge let down. I bought it for 60€ and cant refund. You could wait a year until it drops to 10€ AND the fanbase released massive Mods. Without Mods it will stay ****
    Cant recommend this game.    … Expand
  94. UjuidarEhcram
    Aug 31, 2016
    5
    I wasn't following this game before launch, so I was never suckered in by the hype. I bought it once I saw a few gameplay videos because I was interested in the exploration gameplay.

    Overall, No Man's Sky isn't great. It's okay. Certianly not worth $60, and it's not worth spending nearly as much time in the game as I did. Most of the gameplay consists of aimless wandering and    I wasn't following this game before launch, so I was never suckered in by the hype. I bought it once I saw a few gameplay videos because I was interested in the exploration gameplay.

    Overall, No Man's Sky isn't great. It's okay. Certianly not worth $60, and it's not worth spending nearly as much time in the game as I did.

    Most of the gameplay consists of aimless wandering and exploration. You need to be interested in exploring for its own sake to get anything out of this game. As you collect resources, you can upgrade your various systems to help you survive and explore more easily, and to get off your starting planet, and eventually to other star systems. There are goals in the game, but there's little incentive to pursue them. Also, there's little diversity in the game. The planets are procedurally generated, but the number of interesting things you can do on any planet is more limited than you might expect.

    My computer's only barely capable of handling the game on minimum settings, so the sound was usually either choppy or absent. The graphics were okay, but the game handled far-off objects weirdly. The control scheme was sub-par: it was often confusing or cumbersome. And there was some kind of memory leak that forced me to restart the game every hour or so, with long load times.

    My worst experience was when I made a hyperspace jump and lost the story path between systems. It took me probably thirty jumps to randomly find another anomaly and get back on track. Do not reject Atlas at the start, and don't stray too far from the path of anomalies/black holes/interfaces that the game starts you on.

    I had fun playing it for a little while, but it eventually became a slog, and I only continued playing to get the last few achievements. Overall, I'd recommend picking it up for no more than $15, and expect it to wear thin after maybe 10-20 hours. If this game interests you, I'd recommend Spore instead, which I really enjoyed. Spore has better-defined goals and better gameplay overall, though the exploration is a little weaker than in No Man's Sky.    … Expand
  95. JChristian
    Aug 31, 2016
    0
    This **** isn't even worth piracy, No Man's Sky is a trash, trash, trash, trash, trash, trash, trash, trash, trash, trash, trash, trash, trash, trash, trash, trash, trash, trash, trash, trash, trash!
  96. chaos_1984
    Aug 31, 2016
    0
    Clear case of developers lying to our faces again.

    E3 and demos overstate quality and amount of content when it ends up only showing you 30 different plants and animals, all changed in minor ways.
  97. Sr_Tregras
    Aug 31, 2016
    0
    Una basura de juego y la mayor estafa que he visto por parte del marketing. Me sorprende que con el tema de devoluciones hayan llamado ladrones a los jugadores (ironía a tope).

    Un análisis serio no merece la pena, yo ya hice mi análisis en steam con mis escasas 10 horas de juego (que en este juego son un montón). Tremendamente no recomendable y si seguís con hype después de la    Una basura de juego y la mayor estafa que he visto por parte del marketing. Me sorprende que con el tema de devoluciones hayan llamado ladrones a los jugadores (ironía a tope).

    Un análisis serio no merece la pena, yo ya hice mi análisis en steam con mis escasas 10 horas de juego (que en este juego son un montón).

    Tremendamente no recomendable y si seguís con hype después de la polémica conseguid probarlo de algún amigo o por donde rule gratis. Y ya esta bien por parte de algunos de defender a estas compañías de ladrones que no hacen mas que destrozar el género indie y la industria de videojuegos.    … Expand
  98. Irrelevant
    Aug 31, 2016
    0
    The only thing this game has in it that was promised to us is a crap ton of planets. Too bad they all basically look the same (apart from a few different plants, different colored dirt, and different colored sky boxes). That's right, sky boxes - those things that Sean Murray ridiculed in interviews. Yea. They're in the game. But here's what's NOT in the game:
    -no warring factions
    -no    The only thing this game has in it that was promised to us is a crap ton of planets. Too bad they all basically look the same (apart from a few different plants, different colored dirt, and different colored sky boxes). That's right, sky boxes - those things that Sean Murray ridiculed in interviews. Yea. They're in the game. But here's what's NOT in the game:
    -no warring factions
    -no trade system
    -no ability for multiplayer
    -no planet orbits
    -no use for faction standing
    -no faction controlled space
    -large ships do not move
    -planets don't move
    -ALL ships are the same outside of cosmetic appearance and inventory space
    -suit, weapon, ship upgrades use up inventory space
    -no titanic creatures like in the trailers
    -no "epic" worlds even though they were in the trailer (like the sandy Dune-like planet)

    I could go on but it's not worth any more of my time. It's a complete lie, a totally scam, and entirely overpriced and underwhelming. AVOID LIKE THE PLAGUE.

    TL;DR...........giving this game a 0 because of all the flat out, blatant lies. Don't even blame the hype. All these features came straight from the developer's mouth.    … Expand
  99. Pen4711
    Aug 30, 2016
    0
    I really wanted to love this game and I tried. I really tried. At the most this should be a $20-$30 Early Access game as it was released practically unplayable and with patches has made it playable for most people but it does not deliver the content expected of a $60 AAA title that they marketed the game as. The storyline is vague and easily lost. Yes it is a game of exploration but II really wanted to love this game and I tried. I really tried. At the most this should be a $20-$30 Early Access game as it was released practically unplayable and with patches has made it playable for most people but it does not deliver the content expected of a $60 AAA title that they marketed the game as. The storyline is vague and easily lost. Yes it is a game of exploration but I don't feel it should be a game of exploring the internet trying to figure out what to do. Planets begin to feel too similar after awhile and the game becomes a lesson in grinding and jumping from planet to planet that begin to look carbon copy. I hope in the future they release updates (not paid DLC) that will bring the game's value up to match it's release price. If they continue to update and improve the game then I will change my review. In the current state of the game it's is not worth it's price but worth picking up if it goes on sale for under $20 and you don't mind the repetitiveness of mining for resources. After a couple patches the game runs even worse and has worse performance issues on my system when I can even get it to load.… Expand
  100. Mudo675
    Aug 30, 2016
    0
    This game is total poop. I didn't even buy this crap, I torrented it. It was a waste of bandwidth. This game offers u nothing, there's nothing to, the random monsters are all turd-like, and the devs lied about the whole game.
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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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