No Man's Sky

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4.0

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 2694 Ratings

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  1. flexy123
    Aug 30, 2016
    4
    It's to note that most folks who rate the game good call the game an "exploration game". There is just a problem: The annoying grind and constant need to manage your inventory make it almost impossible to actually explore something. The procedural generation of planets and the few assets used in the game mean that planets are more or less the same, with minor varieties, which also meansIt's to note that most folks who rate the game good call the game an "exploration game". There is just a problem: The annoying grind and constant need to manage your inventory make it almost impossible to actually explore something. The procedural generation of planets and the few assets used in the game mean that planets are more or less the same, with minor varieties, which also means there is nothing really new "to explore" once you played the game, say, for 2 hours. You have seen everything. I can get a classic linear game such as Tombraider and there I can actually see and explore more things than in this game. Grinding down "quintilllions" of rather similar planets to mine resources simply is not fun. Also, some people complain "a lot of people expect the game to be something..that isn't'". Point is, for a whopping €60-€70 I do INDEED have a tons expectations on a game. For the same price I can get countless other games with immersive worlds and an incredible amount to see and to do...example again the latest iteration of Tombraider (or, just picking something randomly, FarCry 3 or FarCry 4) where the crafting and collection aspect alone is far better implemented, YET only a small part of a game. Here, it is ALL what the game is about based around a game which otherwise has very little depth and motivation to continue.… Expand
  2. Mydoghadkittys
    Aug 30, 2016
    9
    Lets be clear... This game is obviously getting an extreme amount of hate right now, so if your just here to hate and not at least give others something constructive and helpful to base an opinion off of, please, find a corner and stand in it...

    OK. To start things off I was extremely excited for this game. The Hype was real. Did it stand up to it though? Personally I feel like this    Lets be clear... This game is obviously getting an extreme amount of hate right now, so if your just here to hate and not at least give others something constructive and helpful to base an opinion off of, please, find a corner and stand in it...

    OK. To start things off I was extremely excited for this game. The Hype was real. Did it stand up to it though? Personally I feel like this game is a breath of fresh air. From a medium overly saturated with shoot em' ups and developers who obviously really wanted to make a movies, and developers that treat its consumers as incompetent children who need their hand held at all times, I am over joyed to see a game like this release. YES, its missing content, YES, features got cut. that's just what happens in most forms of entertainment. for example movies will shoot these big expensive scenes that may not make the final cut. things like this happen all the time. Sean is the head programmer for the game, this is his baby. He doesn't want for people to be disappointed and angry. He is a much more genuine guy then people seem to give him credit for.

    Is Sean deserving of death threats and hate over this? absolutely not. I 100% believe that when he told interviewers and also us as consumers that there would be X feature and Y feature, HE MEANT IT. He is not some evil man maniacally laughing with a wad of cash from his "lies".

    All in all i personally enjoy the game and have put more than 50 hours into it so far. [planning on playing some more even tonight :)] Although I can also see why people would be upset and angry because the game may not have lived up to their expectations, and how could it? The things some people were expecting just aren't what this game is about. Sean made it very clear in the interviews closer to release on what the game was and wasn't. He even made a post on the games website on what to expect. So the insinuation of "lies" is absurd.    … Expand
  3. Levethian
    Aug 30, 2016
    8
    Modded inventory & flight. Operates well on my gtx760 set-up, fortunately. The algorithms used to generate planets are impressive, as is the tech that does away with loading screens. Most things feel 'natural', with attractive art & sound. Pop-in is ugly when flying, although 'places of interest' are visible much earlier. Feels like enough to 'do' to satisfy the occasional aimlessModded inventory & flight. Operates well on my gtx760 set-up, fortunately. The algorithms used to generate planets are impressive, as is the tech that does away with loading screens. Most things feel 'natural', with attractive art & sound. Pop-in is ugly when flying, although 'places of interest' are visible much earlier. Feels like enough to 'do' to satisfy the occasional aimless wanderer, but not enough to immerse yourself into the galaxy's lore.

    I adore this game, but it isn't for everyone. I benefited from not seeing much of the pre-release trailers.

    After a few hours locations begin to repeat themselves. After several hours you'll start bypassing locations you already 'know'. And the same eventually becomes true of planets. But there isn't a game that offers what NMS does, for the first dozen-or-so hours of play-time.

    Hopefully 'Hello Games' will release more locations, more generative mini-quests, and more easter-eggs to keep things enticing, as well as increased optimisation and unlock PC-options to, for example, heftily increase pop-in distances. Mods are already on the scene, and the modding community will probably 'finish' the game before anyone else does.    … Expand
  4. onemanslie
    Aug 30, 2016
    0
    i wish i could be a meta critic so i could rate this game the worst possible. 64 isnt the quality of this game, its the number of lies sean murray told about it and the number of missing features shown in the game trailer still being shown on the steam page
  5. dropcrete
    Aug 30, 2016
    4
    Originally I thought this game to be much better. After playing for about 30+ hours I now see there is no content. The concept and visuals are nice but the game is empty and void of fun.
  6. Camillaa
    Aug 30, 2016
    0
    This game is not even worth 5€, I would play it for free. There is no MULTIPLAYER and there is nothing you have to do. Its all about a repeating of same **** different colors over and over again, a freaking array. DONT BUY
  7. triggerhappy57
    Aug 30, 2016
    0
    I am glad that the Steam refund system exists. I fell for the hype. I was so prepared to play this with friends and journey into the vast and expanded unknown. But instead I was given a different game on release.
  8. rossifumi
    Aug 30, 2016
    0
    I have serious problems with the game. In a space journey game there are no physics at all. There is the same gravity every different sized plane..this is a joke. In the real universe there are planets like our moon where isnt atmosphere. In this game there are the same atmosphere for all planets, easy to notice when landing in a planet the same animation every landing. There isnt any sunI have serious problems with the game. In a space journey game there are no physics at all. There is the same gravity every different sized plane..this is a joke. In the real universe there are planets like our moon where isnt atmosphere. In this game there are the same atmosphere for all planets, easy to notice when landing in a planet the same animation every landing. There isnt any sun in a solar system just decoration a joke again.....If you discover 10-20 planets you can notice all planets same.... just other creatures and and plants but materials like plutonium, gold, emeril, always the same... ok it is a generated game like minecraft but in the game trailers it was different....

    The gameplay: Ok the game play is **** It is fun for discover a planet (the first 10 planet) then go to pointless journey to the galactic core... Fight with enemy space ship is not fun. Fight with stupid sentinels not fun too. The behaviour of creatures on the planets are the same. No multiplayer just you can see other players dicoveries if you are very very lucky... this is **** pointless.

    And finally the technical problems in pc... Huge framdrops and low framerate on a high and pc... this is a **** joke again... On a same pc run stable 80-90fps GTAV, 120fps Star Wars Battlefront, No Man's Sky runs 40fps with framedrops... and bugs with creatures stuck in land and others...

    This is a halfdone INDIE! game from an indie developer team. max value on the market is free to play or max 5$ not 60$.    … Expand
  9. Ringo
    Aug 30, 2016
    0
    Shocking piece of crap this game is. I'm one of the thousands of people who got a refund through Steam after playing it for over 10 hours. Nothing but lies, damn lies from the devs. The $60 price tag was a complete joke. It was only worth $2.99 at the most!

    Hello Games = Goodbye Games!
  10. gipsydanger
    Aug 29, 2016
    0
    I really wish we could give negative ratings. This game is horrible. Nothing as advertised. Lame. I want a refund. #seanmurry lied. #seanmurry is a liar. Stupid game. Stupid, stupid, stupid.
  11. ItsIts
    Aug 29, 2016
    0
    Incredibly false advertising, gameplay is shallow and clunky, no multiplayer, etc. Steam trailers show the game as incredibly smooth and clean, with great multiplayer aspects. If you are on the fence about this game, don't get it, the devs flat out lied and avoided giving prerelease keys to critics to keep the atrocity that is NMS from being reviewed until people had already purchased it
  12. The-Paddy
    Aug 29, 2016
    10
    I'm loving this game. One of the things I love the most about it is that there is very little trying to kill you every time you turn around and no other players to annoy the crap out of you, like they do in WOW. It's peaceful, it's involving and intriguing.

    So many people are complaining about it, I myself wish they would just shut the hell up and go play something that is more to    I'm loving this game. One of the things I love the most about it is that there is very little trying to kill you every time you turn around and no other players to annoy the crap out of you, like they do in WOW. It's peaceful, it's involving and intriguing.

    So many people are complaining about it, I myself wish they would just shut the hell up and go play something that is more to their liking.    … Expand
  13. RobertC
    Aug 29, 2016
    2
    Performance issue, poor UI and load of missing features that were promised. This one is a real stinker. It is a real shame as I really had high hopes for this one.
  14. telefoonboek
    Aug 29, 2016
    6
    I am giving this game 6/10. The game is overpriced for what it currently offers. I think 30 euros or 30 dollars would be a more correct price for this product.

    For a small development team of 20 people, the graphics of this game are actualy quiet good. I also quiet liked my first 10 hours into this game. Everything felt new, it was fun to discover new stuff, also figuring things out on    I am giving this game 6/10. The game is overpriced for what it currently offers. I think 30 euros or 30 dollars would be a more correct price for this product.

    For a small development team of 20 people, the graphics of this game are actualy quiet good. I also quiet liked my first 10 hours into this game. Everything felt new, it was fun to discover new stuff, also figuring things out on the go. Without trying to read guides on the internet. I think the limited inventory space in this game is intentional, and makes you use your braines to think out whats important and what not. Perhaps u indeed have to trade more often at the start to empty your inventory.

    The problem with this game, in my eyes, it becomes more of the same. There are only so much anomaly's availble in the game. Also upgrades don't come fast enough. After 15 hours I am still in my second ship and second multi tool( without using guides...). Their should be a bit more variation in the game to keep things interesting. I also dont feel a real connections with the backstory when I am running around on a planet.    … Expand
  15. gtracr
    Aug 29, 2016
    5
    This game deserves a 5/10. It is not the game advertised by Hello Games. It is enjoyable to play at the start but gets repetitive with its game-play and environment. This game could have been great if the features spoken about were in the game. As it stands now, this game is over priced. I have applied and received a refund. I still give the game a 5/10 because if on sale this game wouldThis game deserves a 5/10. It is not the game advertised by Hello Games. It is enjoyable to play at the start but gets repetitive with its game-play and environment. This game could have been great if the features spoken about were in the game. As it stands now, this game is over priced. I have applied and received a refund. I still give the game a 5/10 because if on sale this game would be worth adding to the ones game library as a tech demo.… Expand
  16. JOGS
    Aug 29, 2016
    0
    You know what..? People like Sean Murfie from Hello Games kill the game industry.
    I used to pre-order or buy games on the first day if I knew they''re were good and worth it.
    I stopped doing that after all the hyped-up, high expectations, not delivering games nowadays. So I downloaded NMS to see if it was a thing for me. I put 20 hours in it, just to see if it would get better or if    You know what..? People like Sean Murfie from Hello Games kill the game industry.
    I used to pre-order or buy games on the first day if I knew they''re were good and worth it.
    I stopped doing that after all the hyped-up, high expectations, not delivering games nowadays.

    So I downloaded NMS to see if it was a thing for me.
    I put 20 hours in it, just to see if it would get better or if I could find any of the promised features that were in de video-trailers. They didn't turn up, the marketing-videos for NMS were full of lies and deception.
    Youtube is full of understandably mad players who want their money back.

    I wish I could get back my 20 hours of useless grinding.
    Hopefully Sean Murfie will pay me 60 dollars retribution.    … Expand
  17. veilex
    Aug 29, 2016
    0
    This game gets a zero. Why you ask? Numerous reasons... including phony accounts that have copy/pasted positive reviews to erroneously raise the rating... Sony's enormous efforts to silence and shut down valid criticisms of the game... but the biggest reason of all? The lies. Hello games put out lie after lie about what would be included with the game. They misrepresented what the gameThis game gets a zero. Why you ask? Numerous reasons... including phony accounts that have copy/pasted positive reviews to erroneously raise the rating... Sony's enormous efforts to silence and shut down valid criticisms of the game... but the biggest reason of all? The lies. Hello games put out lie after lie about what would be included with the game. They misrepresented what the game would be in order to justify the $60 price tag. That misrepresentation is going to land them in legal troubles... them AND Sony.

    This game had enormous potential. If the developer had kept their mouth shut instead of spewing lie after lie AND the game had been shipped at a reasonable price, say $20 - $30, then they'd be fine.

    But they did lie, and they did ship an incomplete game at a triple A game price. Inexcusable.    … Expand
  18. markogera
    Aug 29, 2016
    10
    This game is pretty fun and interesting to me. I haven't played it long and don't intend on dumping 100's of hours into it, but it plays great on my i7 4770 with gtx 970 sli rig.
  19. Pumpkins
    Aug 29, 2016
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. If you want to pay $60 dollars for a game that runs terribly, has at most 5 hours of interesting content, an inventory system worse than Destiny's, combat worse than Minecraft's, numerous bugs/glitches, an insulting ending, and a developer that won't address the fact that they lied to everybody, then you should buy this game.… Expand
  20. kdkade
    Aug 29, 2016
    8
    I can only agree that No Man's Sky needs a lot more work to be a masterpiece, though I cannot help but think that the game is still an incredible achievement, and I'm actually glad I bought it. I love being in a ship between few planets that are so far away and deciding which way I want to go. I love to laugh at ridiculous animals and to admire the majestic ones. I love to find thatI can only agree that No Man's Sky needs a lot more work to be a masterpiece, though I cannot help but think that the game is still an incredible achievement, and I'm actually glad I bought it. I love being in a ship between few planets that are so far away and deciding which way I want to go. I love to laugh at ridiculous animals and to admire the majestic ones. I love to find that somehow special planet among all the other ones. I love the experience of being the first person ever to discover that particular planet. But perhaps that's just who I am - NMS makes me want to do stuff just for the sake of doing them.

    The game just somehow went from overhyped to underpreciated in few days. It's a really good game that had an extremely blown out marketing. That pulled in a lot of people that weren's supposed to be its target, which results in a lot of criticism - some justified, some just extremely toxic and unnecessary.

    I'm not giving this game a max grade because of two things - as I said, even though I enjoy the game, some aspects of it are really poorly executed. I hope that sonner or later the developers will come up with something to make the game more deep. I enjoy trading, crafting, fighting, learning languages - but I'd like to have more reasons to do so, or some more mechanics to delve into.

    The second thing is the price. Way too high for any game, really. I bought Witcher 3 for a lot less in a cool box with map, stickers and plenty of stuff. I don't see anything about NMS that would justify being more expensive.    … Expand
  21. Simtech76
    Aug 29, 2016
    0
    Don't waste your time or money, I sadly did both. The game falls short of what was promised and is filled with more bugs and boredom than content. Don't let the number of x,xxx,xxx,xxx,xxx.... planets fool you; x,xxx,xxx,xxx,xxx... pairs of underpants are still just pairs of underpants, though to be honest perhaps still more fun.
  22. Arniedadrink
    Aug 29, 2016
    8
    I think the critic review from Hooked Gamers had it spot on, I find it a very relaxing and enjoyable game,
    Flight is the easy mouse based system and battles are few unless you want them. The views can get a bit samey after a while but still lovely and while there is some grinding to it I prefer that over random drop system some games use.
    The method of the story in this is intersting,    I think the critic review from Hooked Gamers had it spot on, I find it a very relaxing and enjoyable game,
    Flight is the easy mouse based system and battles are few unless you want them. The views can get a bit samey after a while but still lovely and while there is some grinding to it I prefer that over random drop system some games use.

    The method of the story in this is intersting, you go looking for information on planets rather than being hand held through a lienar story, you pick up bits of information slwoly drawing the picture of the univierse and what has gone before.

    The trading system is a bit of a mess and I hope that gets some love in the future but it is not essential to progression and the ship looks could do with some customise options.

    It could also do with more content to help pass the time sometimes but they have a fairly good base game to build something wonderful on, I'm looking forward to see what they and the modding community does with this.

    Bitter nerd rage is common on game releases these days but boy is it over the top for this one. I think it was mostly caused by the inexperience of the developer suggesting features before knowing for certain they could include them at release. Hopefully they'll learn from this and give a lot less information in the future and also be able to include them in future patches..    … Expand
  23. PeterPK
    Aug 29, 2016
    9
    Last 5 or maybe 8 years I am bored of video games and didn't play anyone more than 10 minutes.

    But NMS... Already played 30 hours and want to continue. Really like this game.

    This game is for real Sci-Fi true fans.
  24. Spectre8
    Aug 29, 2016
    8
    I run an older machine and have had no issues - other than not enough time to play.

    I fear that a lot of people expect this game to be something it isn't. If you can see it for what it is, it's a lovely, quiet, interesting game. It's not a AAA multiplayer genre-buster, it's something completely different and enjoyable.

    Love this game.
  25. Diabhack
    Aug 29, 2016
    1
    Lo malo de hacer un juego así, es que das mas publicidad de lo que en si el juego ofrece, ademas que la publicidad nunca decía de como era exactamente el juego, de haber sido así, creo que mas de 60% de la gente que lo ha comprado y se ha llevado un chasco no lo hubiera comprado.

    El gran error de este juego es que han creado un mundo procedural con unicamente 5 ladrillos, es decir, poco    Lo malo de hacer un juego así, es que das mas publicidad de lo que en si el juego ofrece, ademas que la publicidad nunca decía de como era exactamente el juego, de haber sido así, creo que mas de 60% de la gente que lo ha comprado y se ha llevado un chasco no lo hubiera comprado.

    El gran error de este juego es que han creado un mundo procedural con unicamente 5 ladrillos, es decir, poco contenido y realmente si analizas todo a fondo es todo exactamente igual con una paleta de colores distinta o brillos.

    Ademas decir que el juego es multiplayer como en un vídeo de los desarrolladores dijeron y luego poner pegatinas a las cajas tapando el multiplayer, eso dice todo, quisieron estafar desde el principio, porque ellos sabían que multiplayer no tenia, simplemente porque en un multiplayer los juegos no se pausan, es así de sencillo.

    Podría haber sido el mejor juego del año y es la mejor cagada del año, en mi opinión, jamas me gastare 60 o 70€ en ese juego, creo que es una estafa monumental.    … Expand
  26. ihamadh404
    Aug 28, 2016
    0
    No multiplayer.
    No mountains.
    No deep caves.
    No deep sea exploration.
    No forests.
    No customizable FOV.
    No challenge.
    No interesting NPC.
    No story.
    No ending.
  27. edgarltpr
    Aug 28, 2016
    0
    This is one of the worst designed game. This is just another game crap, don't waste your money.

    The game video performance is the worst, it actually runs worse than Arkham Knight.
  28. jimmyrustles1
    Aug 28, 2016
    0
    A terrible port of a shallow and poorly designed monstrosity. Has the depth of a $10 indie game and the performance is a trainwreck. And although it's becoming more and more common for E3 demos to be absolutely nothing like the finished product, in this case they flat out lied about some of the most important features, like being able to see other players. Sean Murray is a scammer, andA terrible port of a shallow and poorly designed monstrosity. Has the depth of a $10 indie game and the performance is a trainwreck. And although it's becoming more and more common for E3 demos to be absolutely nothing like the finished product, in this case they flat out lied about some of the most important features, like being able to see other players. Sean Murray is a scammer, and this game is a falsely advertised abomination that is not even worth pirating.… Expand
  29. korlag
    Aug 28, 2016
    10
    No Man's Sky is an unusual game - it's not combat focused, it's not construction focused, it's exploration focused. If you have ever had a sense of wonder at exploring the universe, and wished you could witness amazing sights like a planet taking up the entire sky above you, it is the game for you.

    If you want a game which is about progression, narrative, and action, it is not the game    No Man's Sky is an unusual game - it's not combat focused, it's not construction focused, it's exploration focused. If you have ever had a sense of wonder at exploring the universe, and wished you could witness amazing sights like a planet taking up the entire sky above you, it is the game for you.

    If you want a game which is about progression, narrative, and action, it is not the game for you.

    It had issues at launch but patches have resolved them all for me. 60fps using a GTX760, i75k series and 16GB RAM.    … Expand
  30. JamesDunn
    Aug 28, 2016
    9
    I really enjoy this game. 80 hours in and still having a blast.
    A relaxed blast that it. This is not a hardcore survival or CoD in space. This is an exploration game that gives you a universe to explore. It is frikkin HUGE.
    There is a neat story that needs to be pieced together. It takes time. I honestly feel that those who don't take the time to learn about the languages and try to    I really enjoy this game. 80 hours in and still having a blast.
    A relaxed blast that it. This is not a hardcore survival or CoD in space. This is an exploration game that gives you a universe to explore. It is frikkin HUGE.

    There is a neat story that needs to be pieced together. It takes time. I honestly feel that those who don't take the time to learn about the languages and try to piece together the history of the 3 races are missing a big part of the game.

    There are still parts of the game (portals) that the community has not figured out yet. It is pretty cool and a new take on how to play an exploration game for me.

    Recommended!    … Expand
  31. johnniew_
    Aug 28, 2016
    0
    Creo que el juego no tenia mal fondo, podía haber llegado a ser un gran juego. Entre el port de ps4 a pc que le ha salido malisimo es uno de los juegos mas roto que he visto. Creo que es un juego que si te lo venden en early access por 15€ o 20€ la gente no le pondría mala nota pero es que encima te lo vende a 60€ y el juego no esta acabado. Y no diré nada del final pero con la ultimaCreo que el juego no tenia mal fondo, podía haber llegado a ser un gran juego. Entre el port de ps4 a pc que le ha salido malisimo es uno de los juegos mas roto que he visto. Creo que es un juego que si te lo venden en early access por 15€ o 20€ la gente no le pondría mala nota pero es que encima te lo vende a 60€ y el juego no esta acabado. Y no diré nada del final pero con la ultima frase se entiende. A mi parecer los planetas se parecen todos iguales los animales son deformes y la vegetación casi no existe de cada 20 planetas solo uno es con algo de vegetación. Como conclusión no recomiendo el juego al menos hasta que le metan contenido y arreglen el juego en pc.… Expand
  32. Eastw1ng
    Aug 28, 2016
    0
    Blatant false advertising for this game. Not only have they lied but have also published a game that is unlike anything they showed and described. A lot of functionality, story and gameplay is just not in the game and I won't even start on how horribly this game functions on my high end PC.

    At this point I have about 70 hours of gameplay in this game, because I tried to find the content    Blatant false advertising for this game. Not only have they lied but have also published a game that is unlike anything they showed and described. A lot of functionality, story and gameplay is just not in the game and I won't even start on how horribly this game functions on my high end PC.

    At this point I have about 70 hours of gameplay in this game, because I tried to find the content in the game, while I was busy trying to get this game to even work. After getting it to run well enough, I tried to find the content that they knowingly removed, but did not find it in the end.

    I've never before had to issue a refund, but this game is simply a lie and I am forced to try and get my money back. This is not only to show how bad this game is, but also help prevent this developer/publisher from doing this kind of thing in the future. This hurts the gaming community and steam or other platform in the process.    … Expand
  33. Opa_Jenner
    Aug 28, 2016
    8
    I like this game quite a bit. It's a game where you have to set your own goals (which kinda makes sense, since it's procedurally generated), but once you do that, it's very satisfying to just jump from planet to planet.
    As a PC gamer, I cannot stress enough the importance of owner a controller. From my experience, the keyboard controls are a bit weird.
    Happy exploring!
  34. hmkunzmann
    Aug 28, 2016
    0
    Disappointing, repetitive and boring gameplay.
    Missing features.
    Lies, lies and blatant lies.
    Overpriced.
    Garbage.
    Game developers must be held to account for false advertising and blatant lies.
  35. neko78
    Aug 27, 2016
    0
    Simply, ITs GARBAGE!!! and Steam dont refund it if you are testing this shiiittt more tan two hours.
    DONNNNTTTT BUY this piece of shhhit! I see the credits and annote every name, i dont BUY anything from them NEVER!!! SCAM --- SCAM
  36. Eddie_Izzard
    Aug 27, 2016
    0
    Literally every aspect of this game is shallow and an excellent example of why you NEVER pre-order. There is no redeeming feature in this game beyond an ok color palette and the sheer amount of humor I'm getting from watching it crash and burn under the weight of **** and plain incompetence.
  37. Ordosius
    Aug 27, 2016
    1
    It runs terribly on even high end rigs. Its worth about $10 and is more of a tech demo than an actual game. I wouldn't advise you to buy the game at a $60 AAA price at all. Actually, don't waste your time playing this boring pos.
  38. chistin1998
    Aug 27, 2016
    0
    The game idea is awsome but how they execute it was horrible. Very bad optimization and very monotone generations, some times you will find a dessert in which theres almost nothing and so it makes it boring. There are a LOT of bugs and some times they make it imposible to play. Finally but not least the game was suposed to be multiplayer but no it dosent.
  39. prossnip42
    Aug 27, 2016
    4
    What a **** disappointment. This was exactly what i was afraid off. Well onto the review then.

    Pros: - one thing that i can say about this game which is pretty commendable is that it is a universe sized sandbox. there's multiple planets,galaxies with their own solar systems etc. But that's where the good things end Cons: -the first sign for me that this wasn't gonna be good was    What a **** disappointment. This was exactly what i was afraid off. Well onto the review then.

    Pros:
    - one thing that i can say about this game which is pretty commendable is that it is a universe sized sandbox. there's multiple planets,galaxies with their own solar systems etc. But that's where the good things end

    Cons:
    -the first sign for me that this wasn't gonna be good was that the download was only 5 gb. Wait what? 5 gb for a universe sized sandbox?! Well unsuprisingly all of the planets look almost identical, the only difference is that some planets are slightly more darker or have slightly more aggressive creatures. In the words of Angry Joe: :"As wide as an ocean but has the depth of a puddle"
    -the gameplay is the most basic of basics when it comes to a gathering and crafting game. you fly on planets,collect resources so you can fly on other planets and collect more resources. There's no interesting story,characters,factions or anything that Sean promised was gonna be there,was not and instead we got a one big bowl of **** YOU!

    In conclusion No man's sky is a repetitive grind fest that will have you bored in a matter of hours. Just play elite dangerous instead.    … Expand
  40. johnnyrio
    Aug 27, 2016
    0
    So this is what it's like to flush your hard-earned money down the toilet. This should just be labeled a walking simulator because there's really not much else going on. Within 50 hours or so you've accomplished everything and then it's just repetitive junk. Gazillions of planets!!! That are the same just reskinned. Blehk.
  41. LouisGunning
    Aug 27, 2016
    3
    For the first 5 hours or so you will be entertained. There is variation in the planets, fauna and flora, and the ability to just get into your ship and boost off into space is quite surreal. At 5 hours in you'll begin to see the same stuff repeating itself, similar plants, similar animals and then you'll ask yourself "what am I building towards?". The answer is simply "nothing". The gameFor the first 5 hours or so you will be entertained. There is variation in the planets, fauna and flora, and the ability to just get into your ship and boost off into space is quite surreal. At 5 hours in you'll begin to see the same stuff repeating itself, similar plants, similar animals and then you'll ask yourself "what am I building towards?". The answer is simply "nothing". The game doesn't offer any unique challenges or choices. The combat is stale, too easy, the upgrades do not feel in any way impactful or significant. Even the survival element is too easy. This game is simply overpriced and was falsely advertised. It's an exploration game through and through, there is no action worth playing, there is no storyline worth following, there are no interesting choices, and even the crafting and resource gathering element falls flat on its face in comparison to that of Minecraft, or even the very basic crafting in Skyrim and Fallout 4. My big problem with this game is that you begin to wonder why you're even playing it, there's nothing to drive the plot in any way, even a game like Minecraft, which has no real plot, will captivate you so much more than No Man's Sky. At least in Minecraft you can admire what you've built, you can show it off to your friends, in No Man's Sky there is no progression, when you get a new ship it's just a new ship, it has no soul no character.

    In conclusion this game is worth 15$ at the most, 60 is just an outrageous price for such a simple and, unfortunately, boring game    … Expand
  42. redsuns
    Aug 27, 2016
    0
    Sean Murray hyped up the game with fake promises and lies turning the real no man sky game into something that is not. The whole universe is lifeless. You see critters and fake flying ships and 1 npc in every space station and bunker then its just you. Thats it.
    The whole game you are only harvesting,micro managing the inventory, change into bigger ship with bigger inventory space. Repeat    Sean Murray hyped up the game with fake promises and lies turning the real no man sky game into something that is not. The whole universe is lifeless. You see critters and fake flying ships and 1 npc in every space station and bunker then its just you. Thats it.
    The whole game you are only harvesting,micro managing the inventory, change into bigger ship with bigger inventory space. Repeat x1000 times. Repetitive, boring, shallow gameplay.    … Expand
  43. rogerxman
    Aug 26, 2016
    0
    It's a completely single player game. It's a totally single player game. It's a definitely single player game. It's a boring single player game. It's a harsh single player game.
  44. samomezz
    Aug 26, 2016
    10
    10/10 in every way. Beautiful game aesthetically, Some cool dialog and many upgrades that are challenging to get and many achievements to achieve although many of them aren't hard.
  45. fgpt20011
    Aug 26, 2016
    4
    I enjoyed the first 8 hours of the game. Then everything collapsed. I realized i was doing the same thing ALL THE TIME: Gathering resources for expanding my inventory, with that extra inventory space I could gather more resources that I would spend on new inventory slots. Learning alien languages is almost unnecessary.
    And you will really get a heart attack when you "reach" the center of    I enjoyed the first 8 hours of the game. Then everything collapsed. I realized i was doing the same thing ALL THE TIME: Gathering resources for expanding my inventory, with that extra inventory space I could gather more resources that I would spend on new inventory slots. Learning alien languages is almost unnecessary.
    And you will really get a heart attack when you "reach" the center of the galaxy. It will really get you crying. This game simply isn't worth 60 bucks because the only thing that will keep you going for a couple more hours is the constant gathering of resources. Planet discovery will get boring after a couple hours, you simply dont really care about most of the planets anymore because there is always the same to do. Dont spent 60 bucks on this people.    … Expand
  46. Stealth1Cmdr
    Aug 26, 2016
    1
    Disappointed? No. Outraged? Yes. We have been conned. We have been shammed. By a flim-flam man. You cannot tell the people that this game is complex. It is a cut, copy, paste (using some sort of random generator) job. Everything is the same. I may not say it well. Go to YouTube and see AngryJoes Rant. He sums it up perfectly. It's all BS. Lies, deception. Everyone should beDisappointed? No. Outraged? Yes. We have been conned. We have been shammed. By a flim-flam man. You cannot tell the people that this game is complex. It is a cut, copy, paste (using some sort of random generator) job. Everything is the same. I may not say it well. Go to YouTube and see AngryJoes Rant. He sums it up perfectly. It's all BS. Lies, deception. Everyone should be able to have the option to get their money back. I base this on everything about this game. It isn't finished, it is glitchy. There is no multiplayer, or will there ever be a multiplayer. I hope there is a class action lawsuit. Sign me up.… Expand
  47. d33f
    Aug 26, 2016
    2
    After more than 24 hours of gameplay I have to revert my first impression of this game. At first it looked relaxing and exciting to explore strange new worlds but after long hours grinding for upgrades you're thinking I'm doing the same stuff over and over again. After countless planets eventually you'll start to see a pattern and seeing the same points of interest over and over again.After more than 24 hours of gameplay I have to revert my first impression of this game. At first it looked relaxing and exciting to explore strange new worlds but after long hours grinding for upgrades you're thinking I'm doing the same stuff over and over again. After countless planets eventually you'll start to see a pattern and seeing the same points of interest over and over again.

    If the grinding for upgrades made any sense (have an exciting experience at the center of the galaxy) than this game would be a bit better. But the only thing happening at the center is that you're getting molyneuxed and have to start a new game +.

    Not to speak of the stuff that has been cut out of the game, false marketing (video on store page does not correspond with the actual gameplay by a long shot), and 'promises' told by the lead developer of this game which never made it into the actual game.

    At the moment there is a deafening silence when questions from players are being asked about the above situation.

    Not acceptable imo but I can understand they can't say too much because of the agreement with Sony.

    Imo as a indie developer you should not sell your 'soul' for money.

    Not worth the 60 euro's.    … Expand
  48. Displacement
    Aug 26, 2016
    3
    An exploring game where everything has already been discovered and colonized by 3 species and a bunch of robots. A spaceflight game that is 75% autopilot. A creature discovering game where your discoveries aren't saved. A shared universe where you can only be completely and totally alone. And an ending that can be accurately summarized as "press X to continue"

    It is really nice looking    An exploring game where everything has already been discovered and colonized by 3 species and a bunch of robots. A spaceflight game that is 75% autopilot. A creature discovering game where your discoveries aren't saved. A shared universe where you can only be completely and totally alone. And an ending that can be accurately summarized as "press X to continue"

    It is really nice looking in screenshots, though    … Expand
  49. Furrygopher
    Aug 26, 2016
    3
    Ultimately just dull, a survival sandbox without the lego aspect of Minecraft, your only concern is keeping your various power bars full which you do by mining environmental detritus. unfortunately what you need is so common that the management aspect simply turns into busy work, you land, get out your ship, scan, walk less than 50 meters, mine what you need then fly off again.

    The    Ultimately just dull, a survival sandbox without the lego aspect of Minecraft, your only concern is keeping your various power bars full which you do by mining environmental detritus. unfortunately what you need is so common that the management aspect simply turns into busy work, you land, get out your ship, scan, walk less than 50 meters, mine what you need then fly off again.

    The space environment is hugely insulting to any astronomer, stars are unreachable light sources on the skybox shining on a tight cluster of a few haphazard planets, I wish the systems did interact dynamically as every one of them I visited would have had a spectacular collision, Worse still is every square kilometer of space is packed with the asteroidal junk you need to mine to power your ship popping in as it crosses the draw distance

    The main selling point of this is the random generation and it's infinite possibilities, but that infinity is always constrained, visually you may be able to get an infinite number of animals or space freighters, but functionally and gameplay wise they are all identical to each other, just a wandering resource node carrying common materials,

    Planets tend to be differentiated only by whatever garish colour palette the RNG drew out of a hat and every station or building you encounter is drawn from an extremely limited pool, I only ever saw one station layout.

    All in all I'd say stay away, the devs clearly had huge hopes for their baby but they haven't delivered on them.    … Expand
  50. ViDeOGaMeZ
    Aug 26, 2016
    5
    This was a very hyped up with how impressive it was, we all thought that Sean Murray was creating something mind blowing with all of the features talked about.

    It all turned out to be the equivalent of a half finished game with many of what was promised missing, leading to a very repetitive game with very little uniqueness in it's game play. Even the aspects in the demo is not present    This was a very hyped up with how impressive it was, we all thought that Sean Murray was creating something mind blowing with all of the features talked about.

    It all turned out to be the equivalent of a half finished game with many of what was promised missing, leading to a very repetitive game with very little uniqueness in it's game play. Even the aspects in the demo is not present in the full game.

    I can't tell if Sean Murray is a genius or a criminal but asking for a $60 price tag for a game so hyped, only for it to be a lie and turn out into the state of a early access game. Sean Murray sure has profited off it in a major way it seems.    … Expand
  51. Nitu99
    Aug 26, 2016
    2
    Disappointing game, definately not worth the 60 Euro's. After exploring your first few planets you find out that that's basicly all there is. If you're lucky you get all available weapon/exo/ship upgrades in the first 2 days so there's no challenge in that either.

    The worst part is that, for a game that seems to be all about exploring and navigating, there are no maps. Not for the    Disappointing game, definately not worth the 60 Euro's. After exploring your first few planets you find out that that's basicly all there is. If you're lucky you get all available weapon/exo/ship upgrades in the first 2 days so there's no challenge in that either.

    The worst part is that, for a game that seems to be all about exploring and navigating, there are no maps. Not for the universe, not even for the planets you visit. There are no marks you can set either.

    Once you visited a building or a tradepost on a planet, its almost impossible to find it back later.

    The same goes for the planets you visit. Once you leave them and warp to another place, you just cant get back to them unless you manually search all nearby systems/stars for the name (assuming you wrote it down)

    I mean, what were the devs thinking when they developed the game?? navigate you'r way through the universe, have highly advanced equipment and Faster-Than-Light speed, but not even something basic as a map ??

    It does have potential and with some effort it could be a great game.

    But then it needs at least : Mapping, navigating options and a decent multiplayer mode (like promised)    … Expand
  52. Ouideau
    Aug 26, 2016
    1
    Sean Murray is a professional liar or a genius depend on which side you are, I think it's the first time that someone literally invent that much features in a game. For those who forget, I invite you to watch all his past interview. He played very well with the fans and the media, but I hope that people will remember this.

    With that being said, let's talk about the game. I just played a    Sean Murray is a professional liar or a genius depend on which side you are, I think it's the first time that someone literally invent that much features in a game. For those who forget, I invite you to watch all his past interview. He played very well with the fans and the media, but I hope that people will remember this.

    With that being said, let's talk about the game. I just played a farming demo simulation game with no end game goal except " go to the center of the universe where nothing happen". Gathering resources to have ships with a bigger inventory.. Great. And that's all guys. The combat on the ground is terrible and very rare. On space ? I had better sensation of space combat in Star wars Rogue Squadron II... 15 years ago. I mean it's the worst combat experience I've had for years. You guys from Hello Games never looked at other games ? You've played Candy Crush for all this years? There is plenty of games (at 20$) you could 've take inspiration from, with not that much development to do.

    Who was the game designer of the game, on which feature he worked on? It's great to farm rocks and trees but for 60$ really?. Seriously, you should've worked only on Joe Danger and mobile games. This game is full of bad design choice.

    The UX/UI of the game is terrible, it's just a bad adaptation of Destiny interface and interaction.One example : "Hold" a key for ALL interactions in the game? Really ?? Do you even know why we use "hold" interactions at the beginning? Go read some books about User Experience. Even in the video settings ? Did you even played on day on PC? It's crazy how some things are just really bad executed in this game.
    The design of the game is bad and that's all. No features in the game show the contrary.

    Anyway, go back on developing mobile games. It better suits your abilities.You disrespect all the players who trusted you and I'm glad I wasn't that naive to give you money to play this game.
    Sean Murray, you stolen money from people. You should be ashamed of what you did to promote your **** game. But yeah, now you don't care, with your tech demo, mission accomplished, you've earned enough money.

    PS : I give 1 for the sound designed. The only skilled worker on your company.    … Expand
  53. artnat
    Aug 26, 2016
    6
    Apart from the technical problems this game desperately needs new content and new gameplay.

    The art direction is great, procedural generation is great. Everything looks cool but it lacks substance. Yes, it was overhyped, but I spent over 20 relaxing hours in it mining and travelling. It has potential to be something greater. Giving it 0's just because it didn't meet expectations is    Apart from the technical problems this game desperately needs new content and new gameplay.

    The art direction is great, procedural generation is great. Everything looks cool but it lacks substance.

    Yes, it was overhyped, but I spent over 20 relaxing hours in it mining and travelling. It has potential to be something greater. Giving it 0's just because it didn't meet expectations is not fair.

    Buy it on sale after they put some content in and you will be satisfied.    … Expand
  54. buraequete
    Aug 25, 2016
    6
    I like the game, however it wastes the huge potential its concept contains. I knew it was repetitive and somewhat boring, but I do enjoy mindless farming, and upgrading my char & tools. Plus there is a hint of possible improvements & new features in the horizon. I really hated the lies about the game though, the videos on YouTube are just despicable... Nonetheless, I love the genre, andI like the game, however it wastes the huge potential its concept contains. I knew it was repetitive and somewhat boring, but I do enjoy mindless farming, and upgrading my char & tools. Plus there is a hint of possible improvements & new features in the horizon. I really hated the lies about the game though, the videos on YouTube are just despicable... Nonetheless, I love the genre, and hope it will be a huge step for the correct direction for future games.… Expand
  55. catbarf
    Aug 25, 2016
    0
    Run away and save your money. The gaming cycle is boring, short and repetitive. Go to planet, find stuff, go to next planet and repeat. Here is hoping that mods will be able to make this game better. Watch youtube videos about how much Hello Games lied to sell this game.
  56. Microtransact
    Aug 25, 2016
    0
    There is a lot going on here, but the the way the dev's went about lieng about 90% of the game features just cant be supported. Also at $60, said lies should of been in the game and the DLC that was lied about being free, should in fact be free.
  57. rnd71
    Aug 25, 2016
    2
    Игра пустышка.
    По честному, это пре альфа демки процедурной генерации.
    Ей еще лет 10 и может быть, она будет хоть немного похожа на игру.
  58. WilliamSelgas
    Aug 25, 2016
    3
    It's with a heavy heart that I write this review, because I really wanted this game to blow my expectations out of the water. Sadly, it did the exact opposite:

    Exploration: The exploration is nice at the beginning of the game. The sense of wonder and scale of it is nice at first, but it starts dropping off really fast after your first couple of planets. I noticed duplicated things    It's with a heavy heart that I write this review, because I really wanted this game to blow my expectations out of the water. Sadly, it did the exact opposite:

    Exploration:
    The exploration is nice at the beginning of the game. The sense of wonder and scale of it is nice at first, but it starts dropping off really fast after your first couple of planets. I noticed duplicated things within my first 3 hours of playing, which was pretty disappointing in all honesty (I expected it to happen at some point but not that fast). The stations and outposts littered over the planet start to get dull due to the fact that they're pretty copy paste between the assets and aliens that inhabit them. Although each planet had plenty of things on it, the things you could actually do felt as if they were stretched way too thin. There aren't even any local missions you can do for credits even though there are so many stations and outposts you visit. Speaking of credits....

    Trading: I've played alot of Space Games, they are an absolute favorite of mine. A key part of a space game is the trading and for No Mans Sky...it gets about as complex as looking at what color an item is. Its abysmal in my opinion, especially when they kept raving about how in-depth and intricate it would be (just like half the **** they said was going to be cool). The whole system doesn't really work for trading because of the vastness of everything. Usually if I'm trading in a space game I would try to find the best trade route for a commodity, but since there are quintillions of planets that can't really happen and its more of just a "sell whatever **** you dont really want to make room for other **** trading style. By far the most surprising (and mind boggling) thing was the absolute disregard for the regulation of credits. I made 2 MILLION CREDITS ON MY FIRST PLANET, WHAT THE ACTUAL **** This wasn't even that hard, I just found all of these relics that serve no other use except to be sold, and they were worth 15,000-55,000 credits each. Find those a couple of times and you'd be rolling around in a solid gold spaceship with spinners and underglow.

    Crafting: The crafting system is pretty standard, just collect certain materials and combine them with others to make parts and combine those parts and other materials to make things and so on and so forth. Not much to go on about here
    Inventory and UI: The UI tries to be clean but suffers from the "Clean lines but too much **** on my screen" dilemma that happens to many games. They try to cram everything into and it just ruins the point of the minimalist design to it. Interacting with things is also an absolutely peeving experience, since you have to click and hold for something to happen as opposed to just clicking. It's something small that over time begins to just get annoying. The inventory itself (although upgradable) feels way too small. The fact that upgrades for your Ship and Exo-suit take up inventory spaces in those things makes absolutely no sense to me, especially when you're first starting out and want to collect every single thing in sight.

    Flying/Combat: Another big disappointment for me, because its so watered down and simplified that its honestly frustrating. Flying is awful, like its on-rails but the rails are rusted out. I can't even turn my head to look around at the landscape or for approaching enemies. The turns feel stiff and not respective of most physics since I can tilt my nose down and still be going forward while watching my ship "burn". The combat is.....well it doesn't really feel like combat. You know how you're supposed to fear death in survival games? Like its the end all be all? Not here, I don't fear anything in this game. Not giant cliffs when I run out of jetpack fuel, not enemy ships and most certainly not these Wheatly looking mother****ers that patrol the planet. I left my computer while in combat with one of these things for five minutes and came back to only just being notified that my shield had dropped. It's a joke, and for a Survival/Exploration game its insulting.

    Performance: Check on Steam just to see how many people can't even launch the game (Michael Aoun being one of them) because the devs didn't add a compatibility to the architecture of the game. On my rig, the game runs fine one moment and then the frames drop to dog****, and go back up again. This happens without any reasons, whether there's thousands of things around me or one. The FPS itself locks itself to either 30 or 60 randomly and on occasion drops it like its hot to a nice 14. As far as programming goes, its about as well put together as Pokemon GO (Fix your **** Niantic).
    Overall, the game is playable and has redeeming qualities that can make it fun for a first time and a little while after. But after the amount of hype and promises that surrounded it ended up just being a series of 5-yard line fumbles and blatant lies, I can't recommend purchasing this game    … Expand
  59. MarquisDeMizzle
    Aug 25, 2016
    1
    I didn't go into this game with unreal expectations, but this entire game can be summed up by the word 'tedium'. You start out on foot and have to repair your ship with resources that are minutes away on foot. That's a good primer for what to expect going forward, tedious repetitive tasks with underwhelming rewards. By 3 hours in you'll have done pretty much everything there is to do,I didn't go into this game with unreal expectations, but this entire game can be summed up by the word 'tedium'. You start out on foot and have to repair your ship with resources that are minutes away on foot. That's a good primer for what to expect going forward, tedious repetitive tasks with underwhelming rewards. By 3 hours in you'll have done pretty much everything there is to do, so adjust the price you're willing to pay accordingly.… Expand
  60. sessingo
    Aug 25, 2016
    0
    Poorly executed game - with features missing from the game and with both performance problems and crashings occurring. it's so bad and boring that i wouldn't even recommend anyone pirating it.
  61. jofri_000
    Aug 25, 2016
    0
    The game is not so bad as people say, the problem is the expectations were much higher than the truth we have now received. If there wasn't been so much hype this game would have had an amazing reception. Even if it gets a bit boring I am enjoying this game so it deserves a high mark. The reason it doesn't get max. grade is that the performance in pc is awful even with a good pc. ButThe game is not so bad as people say, the problem is the expectations were much higher than the truth we have now received. If there wasn't been so much hype this game would have had an amazing reception. Even if it gets a bit boring I am enjoying this game so it deserves a high mark. The reason it doesn't get max. grade is that the performance in pc is awful even with a good pc. But taking all of this into account I think it's a game to count.… Expand
  62. BackstabberDC
    Aug 25, 2016
    1
    Lies about gameplay, lies about multiplayer, lies about everything. Performance is poor, it needs optimization, I have FPS drops all the time.

    Hello Games lied to many people, but we won't forget.
  63. Whippyice
    Aug 25, 2016
    5
    Huge disappointment,
    from top to bottom, started of so good but when you finally get into space a realize you've pretty much done everything you would ever do in this game other than maybe like a handful of little special things that are a buzz for about 5 seconds then passes as soon as it comes,
    Its not like the game is flawed it's just not very busy nothing going on other than    Huge disappointment,
    from top to bottom, started of so good but when you finally get into space a realize you've pretty much done everything you would ever do in this game other than maybe like a handful of little special things that are a buzz for about 5 seconds then passes as soon as it comes,

    Its not like the game is flawed it's just not very busy nothing going on other than inventory management and resource gathering,

    I was hoping this would bring the console games a space sim they deserved but it would appear not, all i can suggest to them is if your on xbox get elite dangerous, and if you got a pc, get elite dangerous and wait for star citizen,

    The lies from head of hello games are not being judge here however, simply because originally they may very well have intended to have multiplayer in the game but there could have been a factor that prevented it from being added to the game, unfortunately i dont think we will ever know, so they get a pass on that,.    … Expand
  64. FacundoCritics
    Aug 24, 2016
    8
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Me es muy dificil valorar este juego... pero voy a intentarlo. No Man's Sky fue absorbido por el Hype, no se que esperaba la gente pero se hicieron tantas conspiraciones que decepciono mucho.
    El port al PC es muy malo, pero por suerte lo están mejorando. Gráficamente es hermoso, aunque tampoco tiene unos grandes gráficos.
    Mis primeras 20 horas con este juego, fueron para mi una de las mejores experiencias en los últimos años. A partir de la hora 21, cuando me dedique a ir al centro, empezó a serme repetitivo y solo querer llegar al centro, salteandome muchas estrellas. El juego es lo mismo siempre (aunque yo confió en que pongan mas contenido), se los ve muy enamorados a los creadores de su juego y no creo que lo abandonen aquí.
    El Lore del juego es impresionante, las 3 razas si las investigas bien tienen una historia digna de aprecio, y lo del Atlas; meh podría haberse hecho mejor.
    Lo importante esta aqui, "El centro de la Galaxia", lo que fue prometido, "¿Que se esconde?", pues me lleve una de las decepciones mas grandes del mundo de los videojuegos (y eso que hay muchas).

    SPOILER ALERT:

    Tanto esfuerzo, tanto "Hype" que el propio juego te pone para llegar, cuando entras, ves como el centro empieza a quedar mas lejos y la camara se aleja, con el magnifico soundtrack del juego de fondo. Hay que admitir que en este momento sonríes, te sientes realizado, ves tu esfuerzo, y el corazón te va rápido por saber que pasa. Ahí viene la decepción, una nueva galaxia donde empiezas otra vez el juego, con tu inventario, nave, arma de antes pero destruida. El juego se reinicia y listo.
    No se que quisieron hacer con el final, pero fue muy malo objetivamente hablando.
    Ha espera de nuevo contenido.    … Expand
  65. Anteares
    Aug 24, 2016
    0
    Bought game on Steam. Installed it (surprisingly fast). Game doesn't launch. Refunded it. Work around discovered. Bought game again. Launches. Crashes on launch. Refunded it. Patch for Phenom processors comes out. Read reviews of garbage performance. Too little too late. Goodbye Hello games.
  66. Renstik
    Aug 24, 2016
    5
    I played this a little thanks to Steam sharing via my friend's library and all I can say for now is that this game is grossly overpriced. It's a cool little indie experiment that can be quite impressive at times in terms of its scope, but as a whole this game feels more like an early-access title worth $10-$20 rather than a full $60 AAA release.

    Gameplay can become repetitive very    I played this a little thanks to Steam sharing via my friend's library and all I can say for now is that this game is grossly overpriced. It's a cool little indie experiment that can be quite impressive at times in terms of its scope, but as a whole this game feels more like an early-access title worth $10-$20 rather than a full $60 AAA release.

    Gameplay can become repetitive very quickly due to the game's lack of depth and content. Yes, it is vast thanks to the rather impressive procedural generation that it uses, but it is still procedural generation. The game only as 2-3 GB of content, and this can become very apparent as quickly as two hours in. Once you've seen and done the limited amount of original things you can see and do, gameplay becomes samey and boredom can set in soon after as the game quickly becomes nothing more than a grinder. Many people don't mind this grind-like gameplay, and I myself sometimes don't mind simply exploring some planets and mining some materials to improve my equipment. However, this barebones gameplay will be very boring and displeasing to many other people, and the amount of content that it offers should definitely not be priced so highly.

    There are also a number of performance problems. I have a pretty high-end PC but my framerate drops below 60 when I'm entering a planet's atmosphere or sometimes randomly via hitching, and my framerate ranges widely from 60-120 in all other situations (max settings 1080p.) Also the controls, while decent, are poorly implemented when it comes to flying the spaceship, which is quite a pain to do with a keyboard and mouse. Keys are fully rebindable as far as I know though, so at least there's that. Also the menus are fairly easy to navigate, however it should be noted that changing any graphics options (even changing the resolution and window size) requires a game restart, which is ridiculous. One last quick complaint is that I personally think the max FOV should be a bit highter (right now it's barely good enough for me.)

    I could go into more detail about all the game's problems, but there are plenty other reviews for that, so I'll just cut to the chase. No Man's Sky is a fairly enjoyable space exploration survival/crafting thingy (assuming you can run it at a decent framerate), but is certainly is NOT a complete AAA title worthy of the $60 price tag, so my advice would be to wait until this game gets a serious discount before purchasing. I'm glad I didn't pay $60 for it, and I'm sure that if you ever pick it up for a discounted price or share it off a friend, you will think the same.    … Expand
  67. mistagrinch
    Aug 24, 2016
    1
    I nominate No Man's Sky for inclusion in Wikipedia's list of video games notable for negative reception. Too bad it can't be buried like ET was back in 1983.
  68. MBBasar
    Aug 24, 2016
    4
    I pre-ordered this game. Than played 40 hours. I learned that if i use pre-ordered ship atthe beginning you can not learn the hyperdrive blueprint. Well my hours gone because this bug hit me too. Can't craft or can't find hyperdrive so i am stucked. Restart needed but i already lost my interest. In summary game is too buggy and there is nothing to do in this game. I want to refund butI pre-ordered this game. Than played 40 hours. I learned that if i use pre-ordered ship atthe beginning you can not learn the hyperdrive blueprint. Well my hours gone because this bug hit me too. Can't craft or can't find hyperdrive so i am stucked. Restart needed but i already lost my interest. In summary game is too buggy and there is nothing to do in this game. I want to refund but because of Steam's bad refund policy we can't refund. Tell me Steam what can a player understand in 2 hour? I give the game 4. All points is because of the huge universe they managed to create but thats all they managed to create.… Expand
  69. Gabycanch
    Aug 24, 2016
    5
    Sinceramente no me parece un mal juego, si se vendiera como lo que es, un indi, no merecería mayores criticas, el problema es que se anuncio como un triple A a todas luces y se lo cobro como tal, y si lo tengo que calificar como tal entonces ya cambia la cosa, para lo que prometía ser y su valor es un juego muy pobre, tanto técnicamente como en el aspecto jugable y ni hablar la calidadSinceramente no me parece un mal juego, si se vendiera como lo que es, un indi, no merecería mayores criticas, el problema es que se anuncio como un triple A a todas luces y se lo cobro como tal, y si lo tengo que calificar como tal entonces ya cambia la cosa, para lo que prometía ser y su valor es un juego muy pobre, tanto técnicamente como en el aspecto jugable y ni hablar la calidad gráfica, es una idea muy interesante y puede ser el precedente de futuros títulos que realmente logren grandes cosas, pero es solo eso, una gran idea con una pobre realización, y repito, de haberse vendido como el indi que es seria merecedor de halagos, pero por lo que prometieron y su elevado costo termina siendo muy pobre.… Expand
  70. ImmanuelKunt
    Aug 24, 2016
    5
    A promising game in the trailers, and enjoyable for the first 20 or 30 hours, but which ultimately does not deliver and becomes dull and pointless after a while. It should have stayed in development for at least another year.
  71. SofaTrooper
    Aug 24, 2016
    0
    What a fool I was to get sucked into the hype machine that is No Man's Sky. A game that has very little to do with what was advertised in all those e3 shows. This game overall feels like a concept barely off the ground. Boring, repetitive humdrum with little to do other than collect rocks. Fly to space station, sell rocks, fly back , collect rocks. Such joy.

    Planets are the same just    What a fool I was to get sucked into the hype machine that is No Man's Sky. A game that has very little to do with what was advertised in all those e3 shows. This game overall feels like a concept barely off the ground. Boring, repetitive humdrum with little to do other than collect rocks. Fly to space station, sell rocks, fly back , collect rocks. Such joy.

    Planets are the same just different colours. No large charging dinosaurs like in the e3 footage, no huge space battles or planet battles, no factions of any kind.

    Other than the misleading nature of the game it also runs like garbage, and I run a gtx Titan. I can't believe they had the audacity to sell this at full price. I generally feel like I have been swindled. Boooooo    … Expand
  72. ChikatiloZ
    Aug 24, 2016
    0
    Spawn on dead planet, mine materials by shooting laser at them for several hours, throw most of it away because they made an entire game around mining **** with a laser but you have no option to sell, use or even store it. Game told me I need to make a hyperdrive. Aha! Yes! Hyperdrive! I'll get right to it. Apparantly I need a blabla resonator and antimatter.

    The way you get a blabla    Spawn on dead planet, mine materials by shooting laser at them for several hours, throw most of it away because they made an entire game around mining **** with a laser but you have no option to sell, use or even store it. Game told me I need to make a hyperdrive. Aha! Yes! Hyperdrive! I'll get right to it. Apparantly I need a blabla resonator and antimatter.

    The way you get a blabla resonator is you run and fly around several planets, talk to dozens of exactly the **** same copy & pasted alien, until one of them gives you a resonator. You do not know why, as you have no idea what they're saying, you just click dozens of them until they give you a resonator. Then you go talk to another few dozen of the same copy pasted alien to find antimatter. On the way, you find a ship 5X the size of yours, it has 16 inventory slots instead of 15, you swap ships, put your stuff in it, fix it, by pointing mining laser at many things, hours later you talked to dozens more aliens, you found antimatter, but now you're gonna go talk to another few dozen thesame **** alien because the blabla resonator was stuck in your old ship without any means to get it out.

    This game is complete garbage, it's actually a scam. There's nothing to do - at all - Just point laser at **** mine it, throw it away & talk to thesame **** alien sitting on his ass in a metal hut doing nothing over and over and over again.

    I'm told the center of the universe is a picture of Sean Murray laughing at you.    … Expand
  73. ShortCipher42
    Aug 24, 2016
    0
    This steaming dumpster pile is blatant false advertising. You can't fly like in the trailers, you can't hack doors like Sean Murray said, as a matter of fact the only thing that you can do that sean murray said is land on a damn planet and warp. The creatures generated are generally retarded and almost never aggressive. In 7 hours of play time, I have NOT DIED. I cannot die withoutThis steaming dumpster pile is blatant false advertising. You can't fly like in the trailers, you can't hack doors like Sean Murray said, as a matter of fact the only thing that you can do that sean murray said is land on a damn planet and warp. The creatures generated are generally retarded and almost never aggressive. In 7 hours of play time, I have NOT DIED. I cannot die without displaying severe neglect of my own life support or other such crap. I have even run under landing ships, only to clip through them.

    What the hell kind of survival game has no death threat? This game is blatant fraud    … Expand
  74. PinkScug17
    Aug 24, 2016
    5
    I feel like this game should at least be called star wars, or at least feel like a star wars game where you are like han solo, going around collecting alot of stuff with your ship and companion.

    I don't even know if I have a point made at all.
  75. Nightshire
    Aug 24, 2016
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This game is a huge disappointment and barely fun at all. We were promised so much and give so little. One of the worst things of all is the devs are still keeping quiet about their development, and continue to lie to the fans about what is and isn't in the game. The whole thing seems like a massive cash grab, and while addictive, is very little fun at all. The graphics are awful, as is the gameplay and performance.

    The three worst things are as follows-

    1) The Dev's continue to lie to the community over their broken mess of a game which they literally did lie about content during development.

    2) The demos shown on the steam store are still old builds of the game and look nothing like the real game. It is basically fraud displaying those demos as a way to trick users into buying this awful game.

    3) (MASSIVE SPOILERS ALERT-DO NOT CONTINUE READING UNLESS YOU WANT IT SPOILED BUT IT IS WORTH BEING SPOILED,)

    The center of the universe ay? Wasn't that the whole point of the game to begin with? To get to the center? To finally find out what is there? Well guess what, there is NOTHING. YOU CAN'T EVEN GO THERE. It just makes you start the entire game over. All. the. way. over. again. Literally, you just try to go there, and it says you're going there, and then it zooms out all the way to the edge of a new galaxy for you to start all the way over again. You never find out whats in the center. The new galaxy's have nothing beneficial to them. They are completely pointless. This is the most disappointing game I have ever beheld.

    THE ONLY GOOD THING IS THE SOUNDTRACK which can be found for free on youtube.
    Do no buy this game.    … Expand
  76. Chapa9dj
    Aug 24, 2016
    2
    Glitchy bug ridden mess. It gets repetitive and old really fast, after you travelled through a few planets, everything starts to look exactly the same, creatures repeat, flora is similar and all you do is mine, mine and mine. It's absolutely ridiculous, there is nothing to this game.
    No story, no endgame, nothing.
    I'm glad i only borrowed this from a friend just to try it, i feel like    Glitchy bug ridden mess. It gets repetitive and old really fast, after you travelled through a few planets, everything starts to look exactly the same, creatures repeat, flora is similar and all you do is mine, mine and mine. It's absolutely ridiculous, there is nothing to this game.
    No story, no endgame, nothing.

    I'm glad i only borrowed this from a friend just to try it, i feel like i dodged a bullet by not pre-ordering this gigantic blunder of the year.
    To anyone reading this, save your cash and spend it somewhere else.

    Personally, i'll be keeping tabs in Star Citizen throughout its development, hopefully it'll turn much better than this. In fact, it already is.    … Expand
  77. Roadshow
    Aug 24, 2016
    9
    I am writing this to balance some of the negative reviews. The game is being reviewed over and over again as all the things it is not, it is not being reviewed on the basis of what it has achieved.

    Whilst it is not by any means perfect and I could make a huge wish-list of how it might be improved upon, the game offers wonderfully immersive worlds with a hugely atmospheric soundtrack.    I am writing this to balance some of the negative reviews. The game is being reviewed over and over again as all the things it is not, it is not being reviewed on the basis of what it has achieved.

    Whilst it is not by any means perfect and I could make a huge wish-list of how it might be improved upon, the game offers wonderfully immersive worlds with a hugely atmospheric soundtrack. The game has that same vibe that LucasArts The Dig provided many years ago and combines it with the sense of isolation and exploratory gameplay that Subnautica creates. Not a day goes by where I don't reach for the screenshot button to capture a new landscape, the fall of the light, etc. Running around the planets it is easy to forget that there is an algorithm creating them and that sense of exploration is where the game is sublime.

    Where it falls down is in space travel and in the meetings with alien beings. This all feels 3rd rate and bolted on to the core element of planetary explanation. There is much that could be added to the games benefit, starting with some decent mapping, both on planets and in space.

    Nevertheless, the game constitutes a massive achievement that will influence game design hereafter. Anything less than infinity is going to feel very claustrophobic from now on. Get out of your spaceships and see what is over the horizon, there is a very good chance that your journey will be exhilarating.

    For those moaning about the price, it is worth remembering that before you were born I was paying £40/$60 for Atari VCS2600 cartridges; you should be jumping with joy at the comparative value this game represents. Nobody forces you to buy this or anything else.

    So, if you want a space simulator, buy Elite or Star Citizen, if you want a space shooter give planetside a try. If you want the joy of exploration combined with the sense of isolation in 2001, A Space Odyssey, then No Man's Sky is for you.    … Expand
  78. palkab
    Aug 24, 2016
    1
    A perfect example of what's wrong with the gaming industry today. So much has been shown and promised, so much hype built, and in the end a very poor execution is delivered terribly lacking in depth, story, features and mechanics. It is a niche game marketed as a mainstream AAA title.

    Had some fun with the game despite this, but don't spend more than 15,- on it.
  79. PhonyMcFake
    Aug 24, 2016
    8
    This pre-alpha tech demo looks very promising. Sure, the engine is still pretty raw at this point. It has trouble with basic things, like collision detection, and all the textures are just very ugly placeholders. Physics aren't implemented yet, either - if you shoot off the bottom of a rock, the top will just hang in the air.

    Unfortunately, we don't get to see anything of the main game    This pre-alpha tech demo looks very promising. Sure, the engine is still pretty raw at this point. It has trouble with basic things, like collision detection, and all the textures are just very ugly placeholders. Physics aren't implemented yet, either - if you shoot off the bottom of a rock, the top will just hang in the air.

    Unfortunately, we don't get to see anything of the main game content, just the usual side activities - resource gathering, crafting, exploration etc. These are a bit tedious right now, but there's plenty of time to polish them until release. Also, linking of resources obtained to objects you interact with is completely random at this point - for example, you can mine craptons of apparently naturally occurring plutonium, which gave me a good laugh.

    Overall, I'm pretty impressed with the demo and will definitely buy the game when it comes out (I'm guessing about one year from now).    … Expand
  80. fallouts
    Aug 23, 2016
    0
    No Man's Sky
    Average User Score: 4.8
    Aug 9, 2016
    0
    No Man's Sky
    This is one of the most boring games I've played this generation. Even Homefront the Revolution is better with the patches and no I'm no trolling. Travel to random planets, explore, repeat. No sense of progression or actual story line.
  81. OneEyeRed
    Aug 23, 2016
    0
    Deleted my review 3 times (on Steam with 35.8 hours total played) trying to force myself to continue through this massive mess. Read all the reviews already mentioned this game is not anywhere near what you pay for it. Furthermore, massive amount of missing features that should have been in game. A mind numbing grind built for the brain dead stoner in you (if that is in fact you).

    I    Deleted my review 3 times (on Steam with 35.8 hours total played) trying to force myself to continue through this massive mess. Read all the reviews already mentioned this game is not anywhere near what you pay for it. Furthermore, massive amount of missing features that should have been in game. A mind numbing grind built for the brain dead stoner in you (if that is in fact you).

    I gave it another 4 hours and I can't take anymore. There is no me in a infinite universe making my own decisions. It's land, farm, grind, sell, upgrade, lose half your ♥♥♥♥ to grind some more to upgrade to lose half your ♥♥♥♥ to grind some more to get to the core and have further disappointment. Nothing has changed or been different from hour one to 35.8 except for me upgrading my 3 inventories thereby removing all my good assets and making grind out farming to make the crap over again. Ship skins are the only difference as well with ships. Total disappointment through and through.

    You would honestly have more enjoyment commiting Hari kari with a dull fish hook....

    Edit: I forgot to mention again from my original post that I didn't care about the whole multiplayer thing. However, on Day 1 with 3 hours into game, I jumped to the next system and guess what I found? The entire system was already named by another player. Furthermore, the next 4 jumps were the same damn thing. The 4th jump actually had two different player named planets.

    I didn't feel like this explorer in an infinite space for sure. So many promises and so many lies. Those supporting this crap will try to argue differently but the internet is your friend in this. You can do all the research you need to and find legitimate interviews with Sean up until release selling us a totally different gaming experience.

    All the silence isn't helping matters either. Couldn't shut Sean up until the release of this steaming pile of dung and now nothing to say anywhere. If your plan is to confirm everyone's complaints and distrust in what you did, ignoring them is certainly the solution Sean (sarcasm off).    … Expand
  82. Trade60
    Aug 23, 2016
    10
    Im running the game at 1440p with Maxed settings the game just looks amazing. I have over 45 hours on steam at the time of review and about 20 hours on PS4 which is a mistake cuz PC graphics vs PS4... ya, enough said.

    After you get about 7-10 jumps out from your start location, the game starts getting more challenging. Around the same time you'll most likely have mastered the skills    Im running the game at 1440p with Maxed settings the game just looks amazing. I have over 45 hours on steam at the time of review and about 20 hours on PS4 which is a mistake cuz PC graphics vs PS4... ya, enough said.

    After you get about 7-10 jumps out from your start location, the game starts getting more challenging. Around the same time you'll most likely have mastered the skills needed to finish the trip to the center or whatever you choose to do in the game. The more you explore the more unbelievable discovery's you will make.

    Despite all the negative crap this game does NOT deserve, you can endlessly explore to your hearts desire. There is always something new to see that other ppl have or will never see but that you can share your discovery's with others. The ships are all different, you will always find new ships, new planets, new animal life, plant life. Iv learned over 800 words across 3 different alien races so far. Iv named 4 planets out of the 30 plus I have discovered and look forward to discovering thousands more, Named sol systems, Animals, Plants whatever I want or you can choose to upload your discovery's without naming them yourself and keeping the name that NMS gives them. Iv Seen sunset and sunrise on alien worlds that stimulated my imagination. I fought Pirates in space and I swam with monsters in pink oceans, Iv explored endless caverns. Iv found monoliths from ancient alien civilizations and spoke with a space stations sized Atlas. The universe is endless yet somehow I dont feel the need to rush to end it, but the end feels within reach, the scale alone is mind blowing.

    The game is amazing. It is worth the $60 price tag not just because its a great game, but because you know the game is worth it when the reviewers on steam are getting (20+ hours)!? Most ppl spend $60 on a game they get less than 10 hours and they give it a good review... If any reviewer has less than a 2 hours Dont even bother reading the review.

    To many people jumped into No Man's Sky thinking they would get something out of it that was never really their and/or They cant run the game, cuz they are a bunch of NOOBS! "My Pc cant run it..."    … Expand
  83. MadclownJack
    Aug 23, 2016
    3
    I made my mission to find a specific looking ship, and for days kept on receiving the same old **** looking space bus ship, which is assinine even for a procedurarily generated game. I kid you not i visited maybe 30 planets and found the same red and white, boring shuttle. I mean't this is just not fun. Not even remotely. You'd say i'm wrong, im focusing too much on the negative, but i sayI made my mission to find a specific looking ship, and for days kept on receiving the same old **** looking space bus ship, which is assinine even for a procedurarily generated game. I kid you not i visited maybe 30 planets and found the same red and white, boring shuttle. I mean't this is just not fun. Not even remotely. You'd say i'm wrong, im focusing too much on the negative, but i say NO, i'm not. There's just simply nothing else to do, but travel, mine and fly. Mining is tedious and unnecessary because money has no point or value, exploring has no point since there is no variety, you literally leave no impact on the universe apart from documenting. None. Not even at the end. You're just stuck in an endless loop of uninteresting planets, boring looking flora and fauna (IF you find a populated planet) and the occasional sentinels. Pirates may attack you, sometimes, but it's not fun. The game is, for lack of a better word, Dead. Not fun, not worth the money. I got duped, don't be like me.… Expand
  84. DavidLewie
    Aug 23, 2016
    1
    No man's sky is a missed opportunity

    No man's sky is not a 60 dollar game, it feels boring,tbh it was exciting in my first hour but is not worth and lets not forget the crashes and the horrible FPS, the planets are boring and full of glitches it feels that i go to the same planet over and over... lets talk about Sean Murray, the liar and the creator of this monstrosity, the hype by    No man's sky is a missed opportunity

    No man's sky is not a 60 dollar game, it feels boring,tbh it was exciting in my first hour but is not worth
    and lets not forget the crashes and the horrible FPS, the planets are boring and full of glitches
    it feels that i go to the same planet over and over... lets talk about Sean Murray, the liar and the creator of this monstrosity, the hype by the game of this game was sh#t, hes lies about that the game is multiplayer
    Do not buy this game is not worth the 60 dollars of glitches crashes and horrible FPS
    the only thing you are going to find is your disappointment    … Expand
  85. zxspectrum16k
    Aug 23, 2016
    10
    amazing game, a must play for any gamer. solid gameplay mechanics, and wonderful feeling of exploration. The more I play it, the more I am getting into it and loving it. Just had a battle with a space cruiser (and won) and completed my first warp jump. Good times ahead.
    if anyone finds the system 'Sinclair Research'; planets zx80,zx81,zxspectrum
    or system 'Atari Corp' . planets    amazing game, a must play for any gamer. solid gameplay mechanics, and wonderful feeling of exploration. The more I play it, the more I am getting into it and loving it. Just had a battle with a space cruiser (and won) and completed my first warp jump. Good times ahead.
    if anyone finds the system 'Sinclair Research'; planets zx80,zx81,zxspectrum
    or
    system 'Atari Corp' . planets Centipede, Paperboy.
    enjoy, crafted by me :)
    currently my Game of the Year, amazed at the game. Needs to be played    … Expand
  86. Forbbiden
    Aug 23, 2016
    3
    A game based on lies, it is a inventory management simulator, the objective of the game is not to send you to space and explore the galaxy, the main objective is to keep getting the same elements over and over to fuel your stupid ship that can fly for hours but every time you turn it on it spend 1/4 the fuel, just imagine that every time you turned your car on, 1/4 of the fuel would beA game based on lies, it is a inventory management simulator, the objective of the game is not to send you to space and explore the galaxy, the main objective is to keep getting the same elements over and over to fuel your stupid ship that can fly for hours but every time you turn it on it spend 1/4 the fuel, just imagine that every time you turned your car on, 1/4 of the fuel would be burned, seriously... really bad game, just gave a 3 because of the size of planets, that are really amazing.… Expand
  87. Palizoid
    Aug 23, 2016
    1
    After discovering the 'ending' to this game. Do not waste your time. Sorry but if i paid 20 bucks for this game id be fine. For 60US or in my case $81AU, absolute and utter rip off
  88. xwhyuaddanx
    Aug 22, 2016
    0
    Boredom simulator 2016. I don't know what's more fun, playing this game, or grinding my face on asphalt. Probably the latter. I've never seen such horrible texture pop-in in my entire life.
  89. ironikart
    Aug 22, 2016
    0
    The only reason this doesn't get a 0 is that it managed to fool me for a few hours into thinking there was more to it. I went into the game with an open mind happy to play something that promised open ended exploration and survival. After your first few systems you realise you've done everything the game has to offer and that none of your experiences were unique. It's not worth the priceThe only reason this doesn't get a 0 is that it managed to fool me for a few hours into thinking there was more to it. I went into the game with an open mind happy to play something that promised open ended exploration and survival. After your first few systems you realise you've done everything the game has to offer and that none of your experiences were unique. It's not worth the price tag, hell it isn't even up to par with some playable alphas at the moment. I was sucked in to pre-order on the basis of the features that were confirmed to be in the game by it's developers and it turns out they don't exist.… Expand
  90. danstew
    Aug 22, 2016
    3
    First of all, my rating (3/10) is based on the prize of the game. For 60 Dollars, you'd expect quite some value. Unfortunately, this game does not deliver.

    And: I didn't follow all the coverage on the game prior to the release. I did read an announcement, and based on that, I put it on my wishlist. So I won't go into "they promised this and that and this and these and none of it is in    First of all, my rating (3/10) is based on the prize of the game. For 60 Dollars, you'd expect quite some value. Unfortunately, this game does not deliver.

    And: I didn't follow all the coverage on the game prior to the release. I did read an announcement, and based on that, I put it on my wishlist. So I won't go into "they promised this and that and this and these and none of it is in game", because frankly, I didn't know they had promised so many things.

    So here we go:

    The best way to describe this game? Either "a mile wide and an inch deep" or "so much potential, yet they dropped the ball".

    Don't get me wrong, the basic idea, the concept, is GREAT. Unfortunately, you can't judge a game just on the basic idea if the game turns out to be that dull and repetitive and simply shallow. Especially not at such a prize and with that much marketing behind it.

    Here is the problem: The performance is barely acceptable. My PC ran Witcher 3, GTAV, Fallout 4, Arkham Knight, Xcom 2 and several other rather recent releases without a problem. This game is giving me quite a few FPS-issues.
    The controls feel wonky and imprecise, with a weird delay, especially since everything is done by "holding e", even clicking through menus. The menus themselves, whether it's the inventory or the options, handles horribly. I also find the inventory and how to "handle" it, crafting, transferring incredibly odd, or non-intuitive.

    Let's get to the point though. How important is it that the game boasts it offers trillions of procedually generated worlds, when they are all so incredibly dull and alike and repetive.
    After about 10-12 planets, you start to see the patterns... the animals are all generated from some kind of toybox with different parts. They have a very limited range of sounds.
    On each of the planets, you find all the same materials (iron etc.). So you make it to another planet which looks so similar or just as dull as the last, and has the exact same resources laying around on the floor. Each of them has sentinels too, who will attack you if they catch you using your mining laser to mine resources. Each of those planets, some more, some less.
    It was fun to visit the first 3-4 planets to see what was new. Unfortunately, nothing much is. Some planets are a bit prettier, but most are dull, just with a different hue on them.
    Exploring isn't that much fun as you constantly have to refuel your equipment (with the same resources you find on the floor, the same stuff you use to build stuff, the same stuff you feed animals). You go and find the same things on all those planets: Sentinels, trading posts, camps, monoliths where you learn a few words of alien language, some scattered containers (how unexplored are these worlds if you find crashed ships, camps, containers everywhere?!)

    You can analyze animals eventually, and upload info on them for money. None of this feels like an achievement. Yeah, I get it, the game creates those animals and planets and plants, but it just feels dull, shallow, not like some achievement. Oh look, yet another randomly named random animal, put together from similar pieces as those animals you went to six planets ago.

    The inventory is horrible. You constantly have to shuffle it around, as the gear you use takes up spaces of your inventory. If you loot some relics you might want to sell, but also try to look for some resources to craft, good luck. Especially if you get attacked by a sentinel, kill it, and the loot is forced into your inventory.
    You need a pass key for certain doors and chests (there are three different ones), which then takes up another inventory space.

    Yes, you can increase your space. But it's just so dull and old-fashioned that space is so limited at first. I dont know how many hours I have played, vbut I still haven't increased my inventory space yet, and spent quite some time discarding stuff just to make room, and yes, the cargo hold of my ship was full as well, and no, I was not being a packrat.

    This inventory management, to me, adds NOTHING to the game. Well, it adds frustration and cringing. But it's not..challenging or compelling, it just feels way dated and unnecessary, same as having to constantly refuel your gear or not overheat your lasers.

    You occasionally run into aliens. You land on big bases and alas, ONE ALIEN. You land on a planet, find a trading post, and again, ONE of them. It all just feels empty and totally unfinished. Where do they sleep? What do they do but stand around all day or sit in a chair?

    It all feels empty, cold, sterile, incredibly artificial. And the game itself... it feels like either a tech demo or an indie release by a small group of guys who had a great idea, yet lack the time, manpower and tech to flesh it out, fill it with content, life, variety.
    I liked the basic idea, I wanted to like the game, but was bored very very early on, and feel hardly any motivation to start up the game again anytime soon.    … Expand
  91. sardok0031
    Aug 22, 2016
    1
    This game is absolutely trash! The only reason I am playing is just because I paid £39.99 and it is too bloody late to realize it is a garbage game. I would like to point out some facts before you guys make your mind about buying this game.

    Firstly this upscaling 720p into 1080p graphic is absolutely horrendous. In regards to that, anti-aliasing option is simply not working, and being    This game is absolutely trash! The only reason I am playing is just because I paid £39.99 and it is too bloody late to realize it is a garbage game. I would like to point out some facts before you guys make your mind about buying this game.

    Firstly this upscaling 720p into 1080p graphic is absolutely horrendous. In regards to that, anti-aliasing option is simply not working, and being completely left off. I can’t endure those jaggy edges and blurry graphics. It can simply make you blind, even i feel like high after 1-2 hours session. Seriously there is something wrong about graphics apart of technical flaws. If not for the games like this (AAA priced ones!!) why do we buy GTX 1080 and pay £600 for that, right?

    Second important thing needs to be addressed is that Hello Games decided to hire a QA team right after release…What about before release? Can’t you just test the game before release it! Isn't that more professional way to do it! I understand that low budget companies sometimes do not invest into it, instead they try to sort it out inside the company. However, if you charge AAA price to a game, perceptibly people expect some quality in it.

    Everybody has already mentioned about technical problem, and some sort of troubleshooting so I skip that. Most of you have got literally 2-3 hours before a bed time after work, dinner, gym..etc . If those hours are very precious to you, i strongly recommend to not waste it with this game at its current stage! Otherwise, you force yourself to play it just to ease the pain of £39.99..

    However, there are couple of things that i like in this game. if you are a Sci-fi fan like me that would be worth to chase the root of alien civilization by reading lores and following the routes of atlas guidance. So there is no story line but game pushes you to find out. I admit I like this hidden concept however it is still too hard to navigate in galaxy map due bad design and framerate drops. I also have some hopes that in future we will get some different generated planets like giant mountains , lava, gas clouds..etc, PVP battles, storyline, patches..etc . Hope, they somehow deliver it!    … Expand
  92. aidan0
    Aug 22, 2016
    1
    This game is sold as the biggest lie which amounts to the biggest con in pc game history.

    They got your money and you who paid got f**ked.

    Class action lawsuit anyone?
  93. twtgoblin
    Aug 22, 2016
    0
    Horrible. I feel cheated and I want my money back. I've not felt this lied-to in a long while and that's saying something. This game is about 1% of what was promised and falls well short of even reasonable expectations.
  94. kamikaz3kitten
    Aug 22, 2016
    3
    I played for 3 hours then just stopped. After asking myself what the hell i was doing i realized there was nothing there. I jumped planet to planet to find fuel, so i could get to another just to find fuel. At least with a game like minecraft there was a danger of dying and having to start over. You played to get better gear so you didn't have to start over. In No Man's Sky dying doesn'tI played for 3 hours then just stopped. After asking myself what the hell i was doing i realized there was nothing there. I jumped planet to planet to find fuel, so i could get to another just to find fuel. At least with a game like minecraft there was a danger of dying and having to start over. You played to get better gear so you didn't have to start over. In No Man's Sky dying doesn't mean anything, you don't explore as much as just look for mats to make your ship go vroom. I guess this just isn't the game for me, There was no challenge and i guess that's the thing for me that this game is lacking.… Expand
  95. XenoVirus
    Aug 22, 2016
    10
    I loved it, not sure why its getting so much hate. Its a game that rewards your imagination, an there are characters and a story, they are just very subtle. I have played over 40 hours and have loved every minute.
  96. FrozenToast
    Aug 22, 2016
    0
    Not even worth to pirate.
    The worst performance game I have ever played.
    None of the developers have even played it.
    The game play... doesn't exist.
    Get a decent QA team. Releasing software with this amount of bugs and crashes is criminal.
  97. stoneneedle
    Aug 22, 2016
    2
    No Man's Sky is obviously an art student's final project gone horribly awry. This, this THING--this monstrosity, is a crime against humanity.

    To briefly state the one positive, It is a nice looking game, even if it's so laggy that you can barely access the menu or orient your character at all. That's why it gets a 2 rather than a 1 or 0. Firstly, there's the foolishness that's by    No Man's Sky is obviously an art student's final project gone horribly awry. This, this THING--this monstrosity, is a crime against humanity.

    To briefly state the one positive, It is a nice looking game, even if it's so laggy that you can barely access the menu or orient your character at all. That's why it gets a 2 rather than a 1 or 0.

    Firstly, there's the foolishness that's by design. You walk so slowly, and the sprint controls don't seem to work as far as I can tell. The loading screen forces you to sit through a 5ish minute starry background screensaver, as if it weren't even a game and is in fact a throwback to Windows 98, -each and every time- you start up the cursed thing, even when I already saved the game. Mining gets tedious and repetitive after about 2 minutes.

    Secondly, there are plenty of issues that seem to be unintended consequences of the slipshod gaming engine design. The latest patch (as of GOG 2.3.0.5) does little to address any of its performance issues. It drags so slowly through lag-ridden menus that you barely have the ability to figure out how to craft, much less make something of use in the barren sands of some unpronounceable planet that, to try and say, would sound like it was named by a deranged Swedish Mad Libber. I have a fairly capable desktop with i7 core, 8 GB of RAM, and no problem running most contemporary video games on high or medium graphics settings. This game would not respond when I turned everything to the -minimum- settings, and even after I did, there seemed to be very little of use to do besides.

    Whoever is giving this travesty a positive or mixed score just simply isn't telling the truth. That anyone could think to charge someone $60 for this experiment is simply obscene.    … Expand
  98. Wirgul
    Aug 22, 2016
    0
    Company who made this game should be sued for false advertising. If someone is thinking about buying this game, please just don't. It should be called No Man's Lie, because like 80% of features which were presented and advertised before release are not in the game.
  99. MrCatgirl
    Aug 22, 2016
    1
    The only thing that's ground-breaking about this game is that it's the very first time I've had the desire and motivation to try out the Steam Refund process. Which, unlike this pile of fei-oo, I would rate at 10/10. Thank you, Sean Murray, for this amazing opportunity.
  100. SYLOH
    Aug 22, 2016
    2
    Let me preface everything by saying that I actually bought this game on impulse before watching the trailers.
    I like space, I like exploration, some of the early reviews were positive, so I bought it.
    I regret that impulsive decision. Take it from a 5 year veteran of Eve: Online this game is BORING. Imagine Eve minus the hordes of players trying to kill you, it's more boring than    Let me preface everything by saying that I actually bought this game on impulse before watching the trailers.
    I like space, I like exploration, some of the early reviews were positive, so I bought it.
    I regret that impulsive decision.

    Take it from a 5 year veteran of Eve: Online this game is BORING.
    Imagine Eve minus the hordes of players trying to kill you, it's more boring than that.

    There is supposed to be septillions of stars and planets generated, but their algorithm is poor. This results in maybe 12 different planet types and 30 animal species. I'm being very generous with the planets, for the most part they are just different colors with a different icon showing you what is killing you today.

    Now I wasn't expecting Spore like creature variety, but this is insulting. All of them look the same. There might be some slight variation between the crab like species trying to kill me, but I honestly couldn't tell.

    The entire game is far too easy, in my trek from the start to the center of the galaxy my shields dropped a total of maybe 10 times, I still don't know what the death screen looks like.

    The interface is utterly terrible. You have to hold to click EVERYTHING. There I cannot fathom a reason this has to be for literally EVERYTHING. The galaxy map is the single worst aspect of the UI, a rather galaring flaw for something that wants to do space exploration. The path to the center is utterly useless, as I got close to the center it literally got stuck in a dead end. It ignores your hyperdrive upgrades meaning it's course will take you through about a dozen short hops and then abruptly stop, while you can reach the end in one jump or infact go much futher. There is a total disconnect between "Distance from Center" and "Linear Distance", 500ly for the former is about 1,500ly for the latter. You are down to luck for finding any particular location, even ones you've visited before.

    The game play is more or less a resource grind, you land on a planet, shoot at a rock with a mining laser, you leave the planet to go shoot at a different rock. There are NPC, they are of three races, all of which just stand or sit alone in one place. They never do anything, you can talk to them and maybe get a blue print or something, but thats it, there is no personality, not even real interaction.

    There was an Atlas quest line, that brought you to 10 admittedly rather spiffy looking space stations. Actually I lied, there are 4 rather spiffy looking space stations that are repeated a couple of times in no particular order. It starts no where and ends in a non ending. This may last you a couple of hours (or however long it takes you to realize the map system is trash and just jump to the end). But it pales in comparison to reaching the Galactic Center.

    Thats the final insult, what happens at the center. I'll rant in a spoilerific manner after the next paragraph. Suffice to say if we reached the center and had a planet sized MIDDLE FINGER to explore, this would still be less of a **** YOU than what we got. Because at least the Flipping Bird of God would be an object of interest and discussion.

    It was after I had played for a while that I went out and watched the trailers, holy **** I wanted to play that game, too bad it's not what I bought. I'm angry I wasted money buying this, I would have been furious if my expectations were that high. This isn't a case of a fandom hyping in a vacuum, the developers were outright lying to us. Not just in the trailers, but in the words they were speaking. **** this game.

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    You start jumping to the center, the game silently says "nope", plays prog rock as it holds the scroll backwards button on the map screen, fade to black and dumps you at the start of a new practically identical galaxy with all you stuff broken. I think it might even have gotten the color on my ship wrong. I can't tell because my game bugged out and put me in slow mo, and I was already fighting the urge to just toss my computer out a window. So no, you don't even get to see what is so shiny at the center of the universe, you just start over again.

    Seriously **** this game.    … Expand
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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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