No Man's Sky

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Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 2694 Ratings

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  1. Intonarumori
    Aug 16, 2016
    9
    No Man's Sky is an exploration game. Not much happens. There's hardly any action, hardly anything to 'do', hardly any challenge. What No Man's Sky offers is a galaxy full of pretty sights and the delightful feeling of gradual improvement at a slow but steady pace.

    There have been lots of very negative reviews. While I can certainly sympathize with those who have technical issues with    No Man's Sky is an exploration game. Not much happens. There's hardly any action, hardly anything to 'do', hardly any challenge. What No Man's Sky offers is a galaxy full of pretty sights and the delightful feeling of gradual improvement at a slow but steady pace.

    There have been lots of very negative reviews. While I can certainly sympathize with those who have technical issues with the game I can't subscribe to the point of view that this is in any way a bad game. The gameplay is paper thin, and this is disappointing, but the game has been about exploration and it still delivers on that promise. I would have given the game a 8/10, but I added one point to do my part in offsetting the angry mob.    … Expand
  2. Elizondo
    Aug 16, 2016
    0
    This could have been an average indy game with average reviews.
    Instead of that, they have sold a broken, incomplete game, with no story, no multiplayer, with all levels generated by a computer and with very poor game mechanics.
    And the have sold it at the price of a AAA game. Scam of the year. It will deserve a score of 2, but I giving it a score of 0 due to the lies about the    This could have been an average indy game with average reviews.
    Instead of that, they have sold a broken, incomplete game, with no story, no multiplayer, with all levels generated by a computer and with very poor game mechanics.

    And the have sold it at the price of a AAA game. Scam of the year.

    It will deserve a score of 2, but I giving it a score of 0 due to the lies about the multiplayer and the poor performance in PC.

    Save your money and go for Elite:Dangerous or Subnautica instead.    … Expand
  3. Apm
    Aug 16, 2016
    7
    Поначалу игра показалась мне скучной, но пересилив себя и поиграв в неё еще пару часиков, я увлекся и теперь играю каждый день. Мне самому кажется это странным. Но я думаю игра должна сразу чем-то цеплять и не отпускать до конца, поэтому я снижаю свою оценку. И да, я оцениваю не объективно. Багов и лагов нет - и на том спасибо.Поначалу игра показалась мне скучной, но пересилив себя и поиграв в неё еще пару часиков, я увлекся и теперь играю каждый день. Мне самому кажется это странным. Но я думаю игра должна сразу чем-то цеплять и не отпускать до конца, поэтому я снижаю свою оценку. И да, я оцениваю не объективно. Багов и лагов нет - и на том спасибо.
  4. deithwen42
    Aug 16, 2016
    0
    If it weren't for the bad optimization, it would have been a good game for 20 minutes and half the price...
    I might play it again once it gets fixed, though i doubt that ill enjoy it. Everything is the same.
    So far ive played around 15 hours
  5. ivissonsk8
    Aug 16, 2016
    4
    O game esta muito bom, esploracao , viagens intergalaticas mas eu jogo no pc e esta injogavel , dando leg toda hora tenho que reiniciar o game direto por causa disso , minha nota seria maior se nao fosse este problema, esperando um patch de correcao em breve.
  6. Minestra
    Aug 16, 2016
    5
    The worst game I can't stop playing. I don't know what it is about this game but despite the simplistic play style and overly repetitive worlds I can't not play it. I go to play other games and with in 20 minutes I'm back on No Man's Sky trying to find something new I suppose. There is a rush when you actually find or see something cool, and I feel like a lot of bad remarks come fromThe worst game I can't stop playing. I don't know what it is about this game but despite the simplistic play style and overly repetitive worlds I can't not play it. I go to play other games and with in 20 minutes I'm back on No Man's Sky trying to find something new I suppose. There is a rush when you actually find or see something cool, and I feel like a lot of bad remarks come from people simply not knowing all you can do in the game. For example those pods with lasers spewing out of them towards the sky; if you create a by pass chip they'll give you way points to various things, from extra inventory slots to bits of lore. This game really needs some more content however and hopefully with in a year we'll be looking at a totally different game. I would personally like to see some sort of terra-forming and base creation, as well a better map and ways to connect to other players. Think of it as a mine craft where you're attached to the entire world and other people can land on a planet you've been too and gaze at structures you built. In addition perhaps some RPG elements could really help this game out, the ability to truly have different classes, a real in game economy, and some actual affiliation with different groups. Even making this into a 3D version of the palm classic Space Trader would be great. Ultimately this is a good foundation that could with a lot of work be made into something incredible.

    On the technical side of things, simply editing the max FPS rate and turning off v-sync fixed all my performance issues. It is not a breathtakingly stunning game either, but if they added more content that wouldn't matter. Music isn't that spectacular either.

    For now I will continue to play and enjoy this game myself as I let my imagination run wild, but I will not recommend this game to anyone. Perhaps for around $15 bucks I'd say, "Yeah if you have every other game around 15 bucks and you need to buy something." I hope to be able to amend this review in a few months time.    … Expand
  7. JayTechs
    Aug 16, 2016
    10
    You see hundreds of reviews that say this game is awful. That it does not run. Its all BS. The first time i launched the game, i started on a planet next to my ship, but decided i'd turn the settings up to the max. I got a little bit of stutter after restarting my game, then all of the sudden my frame rate stuck right around 140-144 matching my monitors refresh rate. I was surprisedYou see hundreds of reviews that say this game is awful. That it does not run. Its all BS. The first time i launched the game, i started on a planet next to my ship, but decided i'd turn the settings up to the max. I got a little bit of stutter after restarting my game, then all of the sudden my frame rate stuck right around 140-144 matching my monitors refresh rate. I was surprised considering 90% of the reviews said it only got 30 on a good day. The game looked great, the planet i was on was full of life, its just great! I've played around 30+ hours so far and have warped 20+ times. I cant put it down, and once i figured out the basics, which did take me a little while, but once i did, it was great. Most people haven't even played long enough to actually get into it, they play for a few hours and go to a few planets and boom their bored, obviously not the game for them. There is always something new to do, with objective. I sometimes spend hours just colecting rare resources from a hostile planet to save up for a new ship, or just to build my wealth to buy equipment to warp to different types of stars. There is no reason for the negative reviews, because you all bought this game knowing exactly what you were purchasing. Sean showed a lot more than i expected him to, but it was mainly to calm the Nancys. The game is simply art, and if you didnt buy it purely for exploration, then i dont know what the hell you were expecting and could care less if you put it down and didnt touch it again. Overall, i enjoy the game, i am addicted and thinking about buying a gaming laptop so i can play it while at work, because once you get hooked, your hooked. Also, everyone needs to stop comparing it to other games, because this is nothing like other games, nor is it trying to be, your reviews are irrelevant. From what i saw in trailers, video game play and everything sean has said about the game, it is exactly what i pictured it would be, so if you were dissapointed than you clearly didnt read up on what you were buying. Good day nubs. Check out some screen shots ive taken here

    - http://steamcommunity.com/id/jimmyhewitt123/screenshots/    … Expand
  8. jeanfranco
    Aug 16, 2016
    0
    The ammount of lyes around this game before the launch is tremendous. People need to know that besides them liking the game this is a scam, and supporting this kind of crap leads to more crap in the future. This game has been selled like a AAA game being an Alpha indie one. Hello Games doesn't deserve any money.
  9. allan123
    Aug 16, 2016
    0
    Like some other said, very disappointing to say at least. The controls are bad, the FOV is bad, also, where the heck did multiplayer go?
    If the developers had at least said it wasn't a multiplayer game, I would have give a better scoring, but (correct me if I'm wrong) there's no multiplayer.
    No man's PC can handle it Mining simulator/10 Spore 2 Will you be able to play with your    Like some other said, very disappointing to say at least. The controls are bad, the FOV is bad, also, where the heck did multiplayer go?
    If the developers had at least said it wasn't a multiplayer game, I would have give a better scoring, but (correct me if I'm wrong) there's no multiplayer.
    No man's PC can handle it
    Mining simulator/10
    Spore 2
    Will you be able to play with your friends?
    Tell me lies, tell me sweet little lies    … Expand
  10. Makarash
    Aug 16, 2016
    0
    WARNING!! THIS GAME IS UNPLAYABLE WITHOUT PAD!!. Don't try to play with mouse + keyboard. Interface is very annoying to use, it's lazy console port. Moving in this game is incredible slow, when you run, it feels like sneaking in any other fps game. Alt + Tab not working, poor optimization, boring gameplay.
  11. dmm
    Aug 16, 2016
    3
    An obviously incomplete game. If this had launched as early access for $15-$20 I could see rating it around a 6 or 7. At $60, it's a rip off. It's a great explorer sim but is no where near polished enough from a user experience or performance perspective to sell for full AAA prices yet. In another 2-3 months the game could be polished to the point where it would be worth $40. In 6-12An obviously incomplete game. If this had launched as early access for $15-$20 I could see rating it around a 6 or 7. At $60, it's a rip off. It's a great explorer sim but is no where near polished enough from a user experience or performance perspective to sell for full AAA prices yet. In another 2-3 months the game could be polished to the point where it would be worth $40. In 6-12 months I could see it having the content AND polish to maybe sell for $60. Again, should have launched in early access.

    Issues I encountered in 3 hours of play time:
    Corrupted save because I alt-tabbed out.
    General confusion about what I was doing because the in game tutorial is so bad and the UI is not intuitive.
    Have to restart to change settings. If you do this before saving the first time, you lose your progress and starting planet.
    Ship flying control is poor.

    Keeping up with news on this game after launch has been less than promising as well. Already there are mentions of paid DLC in the future (maybe distant future, but still, finish the game first). Lots of promises and continued expectations by the community that the game will be finished AFTER launch. Temper your expectations for this game. Daily player numbers are dropping very fast according to tracking sites suggesting that this game does not have staying power.    … Expand
  12. leaveit
    Aug 16, 2016
    2
    Despite being more or less a post-Minecraft version of Spore, the union of Spore and Minecraft has far more content and features than No Man's Sky does.

    Even Spore by itself has much more to do in space alone, and Will Wright got laughed out of the industry for it. Minecraft, meanwhile, actually does have multiplayer down to dedicated servers and we're going on the sixth (or so) year    Despite being more or less a post-Minecraft version of Spore, the union of Spore and Minecraft has far more content and features than No Man's Sky does.

    Even Spore by itself has much more to do in space alone, and Will Wright got laughed out of the industry for it.

    Minecraft, meanwhile, actually does have multiplayer down to dedicated servers and we're going on the sixth (or so) year of free updates, while Sean Murray has already mentioned paid DLC for No Man's Sky.

    Both of these games were completed at least a year before development on No Man's Sky even began. While the game has a very attractive visual style, gameplay ages quickly and dies sooner than the most banal 90s first-person shooter. To reward your efforts, the ending is an unironic next-decade version of Spore's, with a little bit more Arthur C. Clarke and a little less Douglas Adams.

    This is not even getting into the massive technical problems that the launch is currently having, even on the most common hardware (hangups on 970s with modern drivers surely could have been foreseen even by an indie developer). The game deserves no more than a 2/10 and you should pay no more than 2/10 of the launch price for it.    … Expand
  13. Diaboliquin
    Aug 16, 2016
    4
    Repetitive tasks, clumsy inventory management, pointless "survival" elements and, to add injury to insult, awful optimization of this PC port. Ask for 60 usd it's too much. An incomplete game that now the developer says will be completed through payed DLC.
  14. gX-kiD
    Aug 16, 2016
    3
    The game has a great concept, it could have been amazing. The style, the music, the atmosphere, lots of the things in this game are very promising.

    The execution however is just lackluster, rushed or lazy, it's a console port with zero efforts going into the PC version. After every graphic setting change you need to restart the game, the intro sequence already stutters and you have    The game has a great concept, it could have been amazing. The style, the music, the atmosphere, lots of the things in this game are very promising.

    The execution however is just lackluster, rushed or lazy, it's a console port with zero efforts going into the PC version.

    After every graphic setting change you need to restart the game, the intro sequence already stutters and you have microstutters on a lot of actions in the game, textures load very late in a weird way, the resolution was poorly upscaled from the PS4 resolution and it makes the game look kinda blurry, the performance is just not acceptable for a PC game with these 2010 graphics.

    Flying in this game feels like riding one of those automatic toy cars in front of shopping malls, you insert a coin and the thing is moving somehow, but only a kid would believe it is really steering and controlling the vehicle. You can't crash your ship, you can't fly close to the ground, you can't hit any rocks or buildings, you can't land on your own, it's an automated sequence, basically the game holds your hand the whole time you're flying, which completely kills the flying immersion for me.

    Then the riddles, you have to solve them sometimes when unlocking new waypoints or targets. They're pretty much on 1st or 2nd grade level, it's always the same pattern. It's a number sequence that either adds, deducts or multiplies by 1,2,3,4,6,7.. or the other way round.

    Ships, buildings and space stations in an infinite universe, you would expect them to look interesting and different, right? Well, they don't. There are like 5-6 different ship designs in the game ( with slight variations like color or inventory slots ) and all buildings and space stations look absolutely identical, at least from the inside. In an infinite universe with countless different intelligent species, this just doesn't make any sense.

    A side effect of this, no planet you are exploring is actually unexplored, you are never the first one. There are buildings, ships, sentinels and structures on every planet or moon, nothing is unexplored.

    My biggest gripe with this game is the flat-out lying about Multiplayer, that is just unacceptable. Sean Murray promised multiple times, that you can meet other players, turns out you can't. But not only did he lie about this aspect of the game, he simply refuses to address it, like some dodgy politician being in the business for 50+ years.

    He lied about multiplayer, he lied about the formula they're using for the procedural generation, he lied about the engine they're using, he lied about some other missing features and he also lied to the people when showing the trailers for the game.

    The game has been data mined already, and it turns out, that everything in the trailer was designed and scripted, there was no procedural generation at all.

    There are times, where I have some joy with this game, the atmosphere of some planets is really relaxing, but this should have been a 10$ game, I regret not refunding this for this price.    … Expand
  15. sloth77
    Aug 16, 2016
    8
    I've put about 15 hours into the game and, so far, its been very enjoyable.

    Performance wise, I've not hit any issues - the game runs rock steady at 60FPS on Ultra settings. But I have a decent box with current drivers (i6700K overclocked to 4.5 Ghz, 16GB RAM, GTX 1070 overclocked slightly). However, I did notice all cores maxed from time to time whilst flying around. I suspect this    I've put about 15 hours into the game and, so far, its been very enjoyable.

    Performance wise, I've not hit any issues - the game runs rock steady at 60FPS on Ultra settings. But I have a decent box with current drivers (i6700K overclocked to 4.5 Ghz, 16GB RAM, GTX 1070 overclocked slightly). However, I did notice all cores maxed from time to time whilst flying around. I suspect this is what is causing the frame speed dips for people, despite them having powerful GFX cards.

    Playability wise, the game is a little rough round the edges in places, but overall it is compelling. The procedurally generated landscape and creatures is the real star of the show, and it is impressive. The static content is less so.

    Overall I'm very pleased.    … Expand
  16. grimmmy
    Aug 16, 2016
    3
    Good tech demo but it's just not a good game.
    The gaming arena is huge with massive planets and huge systems but ultimately, there's very little to do on them. Scanning for animals and plants adds something but this quickly gets tired and doesn't bring anything to the actual gameplay.
    All in all, it feels like a grind whereby you go to a planet to mine/extract minerals to get you to    Good tech demo but it's just not a good game.
    The gaming arena is huge with massive planets and huge systems but ultimately, there's very little to do on them. Scanning for animals and plants adds something but this quickly gets tired and doesn't bring anything to the actual gameplay.

    All in all, it feels like a grind whereby you go to a planet to mine/extract minerals to get you to the next planet which you then repeat.

    Obviously, multiplay is missing and for this style of game is fundamental to bringing life to the otherwise empty playingfield.

    Essentially, its a good tech demo for the amount of planets and whatnot generated but it doesn't make it fun    … Expand
  17. Edelplastic_com
    Aug 16, 2016
    1
    Overhyped by the Press. Not worth $60 because to less functions, no multiplayer, bad graphics, bad performance, not this what was showing in the Trailer!

    This Game is a insolence!
  18. BlackDouglas
    Aug 16, 2016
    5
    Can't say I've experienced any technical problems. So that's all fine and good...
    BUT this game's lacking, mainly in it's shallow contents and repetitive gameplay.
    I've had quite an emotional roller-coaster ride with this game. From feeling pure delight, boredom, then disgust and now having rather somber afterthoughts. I enjoyed exploring my first few planets and naming my first few    Can't say I've experienced any technical problems. So that's all fine and good...
    BUT this game's lacking, mainly in it's shallow contents and repetitive gameplay.

    I've had quite an emotional roller-coaster ride with this game. From feeling pure delight, boredom, then disgust and now having rather somber afterthoughts.

    I enjoyed exploring my first few planets and naming my first few critters very much. Swimming, diving, jetpacking, spellunking and all that. At one point I climbed a mountain at sunrise and said to myself "this is the most beautiful view ever, what a game!"

    I actually like the look of the game and I had great fun on the night of release.

    Sadly, after exploring twenty more planets with different but somehow familiar looking creatures on them and appreciating the beautiful but similar vistas, I found the exploring part less and less thrilling. Not good when this game is all about exploring.

    The game generously offers a gozillion worlds of this boring dejá-vu adventuring. Guess you could slog on for a while and end up with the meanest ship in the galaxy (and the biggest exosuit). But what's the point of that? In the end there is not much else to do...

    The crafting, isnt it challenging or rewarding? Not pretty much so! Just collect, build and install upgrades that in many cases doesn't do squadoosh.

    Compelling characters and interesting, scary or funny alien encounters? Nioerp! (Gek word)
    Aliens and their culutures are fairly well done and they look ok, but posess no personality whatsoever. Furthermore there are only three species (and you) in the entire universe. What!?
    (Now I will go into a bit of rant.)

    Hey, how about "procedurally" (very fancy coding only known since the sixties), generate aliens instead?
    No, that won't work, it'll still be the same old aliens' bodyparts combined in bizarre ways,
    "Too very scarey that, we'll only be that cruel to the animals and plants." - Hello Games

    You should always look ahead, so perhaps in the distant future this game after patches and DLCs, will be more entertaining. We will see, but it's unlikely that I ever will consider NMS a great game.

    For now it's massively overhyped and overpriced.
    I'm more than a wee bit disappointed, so giving it a 5 score feels generous.    … Expand
  19. Hoodinski
    Aug 16, 2016
    3
    An astounding and promising idea turned into a boring, tedious, erm, something. The landscapes are gorgeous (I had no trouble with setting high graphics), the style is artsy and fresh. The idea is monumental. But all this means nothing if there is no gameplay whatsoever. 15 quintillion planets may be a large number but in practice they look mostly the same. The interface stinks of consoleAn astounding and promising idea turned into a boring, tedious, erm, something. The landscapes are gorgeous (I had no trouble with setting high graphics), the style is artsy and fresh. The idea is monumental. But all this means nothing if there is no gameplay whatsoever. 15 quintillion planets may be a large number but in practice they look mostly the same. The interface stinks of console to high heavens. The controls are pretty bad and don't get me started on the flight mechanics. A shame. It could have been a great game.… Expand
  20. anagain
    Aug 15, 2016
    9
    I'm enjoying the game, and (as someone said in a let's play on YT) that's what matters. A lot of people have gone in to NMS expecting the bee's knees, but if you don't raise your expectations too high then you stand less chance of being disappointed.

    NMS is Minecraft in space, or at least that is how I think of it. If you liked playing Minecraft and just exploring then you'll most    I'm enjoying the game, and (as someone said in a let's play on YT) that's what matters. A lot of people have gone in to NMS expecting the bee's knees, but if you don't raise your expectations too high then you stand less chance of being disappointed.

    NMS is Minecraft in space, or at least that is how I think of it. If you liked playing Minecraft and just exploring then you'll most likely enjoy NMS...because that is what you do. NMS just has more variety of animal and plant life, and some of the vistas are, in my opinion, breathtaking.

    Don't go in to NMS expecting a combat experience of the like of Elite because that's not what the game is. NMS is a sandbox game where you make your story.

    Personally, I can't wait to see what the next planet has to offer. That's why I'd recommend NMS.    … Expand
  21. drone_fo
    Aug 15, 2016
    8
    This is the game with great idea, but quite bad implementation at the launch. I strongly believe, that you can polish implementation, and if the idea's great - the game will look very good at the end.
    But even with the initial poor implementation, it still allows you to feel space exploration, admire some really astonishing views, and find your own path in the universe
  22. sscott0829tw
    Aug 15, 2016
    6
    This game is innovative massive and it's a milestone for gaming,for sure.
    But the hype and gamer's expectations has totally destroy this game.
    It is bigger but not better.After a few hours playing,it is just repitive and boring. All you do is gathering resources all the time.The space travel is freaking awesome. But space combat and ground combat feels cheap.As an indie game,it is    This game is innovative massive and it's a milestone for gaming,for sure.
    But the hype and gamer's expectations has totally destroy this game.
    It is bigger but not better.After a few hours playing,it is just repitive and boring.
    All you do is gathering resources all the time.The space travel is freaking awesome.
    But space combat and ground combat feels cheap.As an indie game,it is great.
    But as a 60 dollar game,it's asking way too much.And with out a coop mode,
    it's just you in a big world doing the same thing.    … Expand
  23. Tytos
    Aug 15, 2016
    0
    The interface stinks "console" all over the place, seldom seen such a lazy pc port, this interface is just plain ugly and crafting/upgrading stuff is more exhausting then it has any right to be on PC.
  24. jedi5diah
    Aug 15, 2016
    4
    another wonderful game RUINED by pathetic performance optimisation... delay after delay for whatsoever reasons are kinda lame after all...we Gamers knew it and thus the sales clearly tells... YOU CAN NO LONGER CHEAT OUR MONEY with your hype and marketing
  25. brmartins
    Aug 15, 2016
    0
    The game is boring and space combat mechanic is terrible, fight in planet orbit is impossible due to movement restraint in low altitude.

    Worst game of the year, the best part was the uninstall
  26. Giftigdegen
    Aug 15, 2016
    4
    It's the same thing over and over and over again. Go to this planet, look for resources, check out one or two outposts, sell your resources, maybe get lucky and get an upgrade worth using. Go to the next planet and repeat. Very disappointed with this game so far.
  27. AuldWolf
    Aug 15, 2016
    0
    A hollow, empty experience that will only appeal to "OOH, LOOK AT THAT!" extraverted people with the attention span of a gnat. It's an experience that Starbound, Starflight, Starglider, and so many others (even Noctis) have done far better. And it's disappointing that the only thing that the younglings want to do these days is stripmine things. I remember the Star Trek point & clickA hollow, empty experience that will only appeal to "OOH, LOOK AT THAT!" extraverted people with the attention span of a gnat. It's an experience that Starbound, Starflight, Starglider, and so many others (even Noctis) have done far better. And it's disappointing that the only thing that the younglings want to do these days is stripmine things. I remember the Star Trek point & click adventures and I had a lot more fun in space with those.

    Ultimately it's just an incredibly empty, hollow experience. A bad procedural generation tech demo with a Skinner box attached. It's the cookie clicker of space games.    … Expand
  28. ImFireblade
    Aug 15, 2016
    10
    It's so good this game.People are overhyped and says "bad gameplay,no multiplayer,low FPS" and they vote 0.
    For me is so smooth and is always around 60 fps.
    For the bad gameplay is normal,this game is not for all...It's all exploration and crafting and for the people that doesn't like this kind of game simply don't buy it and don't vote. For the multiplayer the game on steam was tagged    It's so good this game.People are overhyped and says "bad gameplay,no multiplayer,low FPS" and they vote 0.
    For me is so smooth and is always around 60 fps.
    For the bad gameplay is normal,this game is not for all...It's all exploration and crafting and for the people that doesn't like this kind of game simply don't buy it and don't vote.
    For the multiplayer the game on steam was tagged single player since it was on the market.
    So be informed before buying a game and don't go to vote 0 if you didn't have what you expected.    … Expand
  29. Curt65
    Aug 15, 2016
    9
    About 6 hours in so I've only played a fraction of the game. It runs well on my modest setup.

    This game is about exploration and making up your own style of play. It has many survival elements and has very little hand holding, so it's easy to get yourself in a bind. The game is beautiful, like walking into a sci fi book cover from the 80's. the focus is on exploration and discovering    About 6 hours in so I've only played a fraction of the game. It runs well on my modest setup.

    This game is about exploration and making up your own style of play. It has many survival elements and has very little hand holding, so it's easy to get yourself in a bind.

    The game is beautiful, like walking into a sci fi book cover from the 80's. the focus is on exploration and discovering elements of alien culture, discovering your purpose and upgrading your gear.    … Expand
  30. EvanSuds
    Aug 15, 2016
    8
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This game is not for everyone, many people will feel let down by this game and angered about the lack of content, performance issues etc. However, I lowered my expectations and found this game to be a complete blast to play. The fact that you can explore an "infinite" universe really blew my mind and I still find it fun to discover new planets, atlas interfaces and black holes. The space combat is great and poses a challenge to me. Some of the game can be a drag such as finding resources that are few and far between especially when I needed Zinc for a spacecraft and there was no flora on the planet so I had to find a trading post to get it which took ages :( . I was able to run the game at 1080p maxed out on a mid range gaming PC it just seems like pot luck for now whether it runs well. I also experienced lag spikes when entering a planets atmosphere. Hopefully this is fixed soon. Overall this is a great (but not perfect) game that will blow your mind if you know what to expect.… Expand
  31. simonco11
    Aug 15, 2016
    8
    Personally, I have had very few performance issues. The game crashed on me once, but otherwise, it runs very smoothly and the highest graphical settings. I understand why people give negative reviews based on performance issues, but everyone who is mad at the content of the game had ridiculous expectations. The game play is exactly what it was expected to be.

    People who want fast-paced    Personally, I have had very few performance issues. The game crashed on me once, but otherwise, it runs very smoothly and the highest graphical settings. I understand why people give negative reviews based on performance issues, but everyone who is mad at the content of the game had ridiculous expectations. The game play is exactly what it was expected to be.

    People who want fast-paced action packed games will get bored quickly, but if you are interested in a relaxing exploration game, this game is great. Many aspects of the game are repetitive, but there is just enough uniqueness on certain planets to keep you playing. I see No Man's Sky as an early step into massive game universes and I hope gaming studios build on what has been started here.    … Expand
  32. mortox
    Aug 15, 2016
    8
    The game sucks you in. Hours will fly by as you get lost in space and the planets, gathering resources, learning about different alien civilizations, new species, upgrading weapons and ship, etc No problems running on my PC although it is well spec'd, I ran into a couple bugs but nothing major. Very fun and addictive game. Lots of potential.
  33. Gullyvuhr
    Aug 15, 2016
    5
    The review is simple: It's a incredibly open explorer. So many places to go, and only a handful of things to do when you get there. Beautifully boring.

    Game has much potential, but we'll have to see if they can deal with the early problems to take us someplace great.
  34. UfoDriver
    Aug 15, 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.
  35. l3g10nw
    Aug 15, 2016
    0
    game won't even start. freezes at "hello games", 4 seconds after opening it. I recommend pirating the game before buying it so that you see if your computer can handle. because No Man's PC can run this smoothly.
  36. OnlyOneWing
    Aug 15, 2016
    10
    At first I was a little disappointed about the whole multiplayer thing. But after playing the game for over 30 hours so far I have yo sau, I love this game. It is not perfect, but nothing in life is. No Man's Sky is a one of a kind experience, in some ways itnis revolutionary and will change gaming forever. Thr procedurally generated universe is awe inspiring, with unlimited beautifulAt first I was a little disappointed about the whole multiplayer thing. But after playing the game for over 30 hours so far I have yo sau, I love this game. It is not perfect, but nothing in life is. No Man's Sky is a one of a kind experience, in some ways itnis revolutionary and will change gaming forever. Thr procedurally generated universe is awe inspiring, with unlimited beautiful worlds to discover. The plot is not the strong point, but compared to Elite Dangerous, at least No Man's Sky has a plot!
    Sure the flight controls are a little bit awkward on PC, I wish there was joystick support, but still, it is a good time. I wholeheartedly recommend this game. It had a few glitfhes but nothing that makes it unplayable for me. No doubt the devs will fix these things soon.    … Expand
  37. Tscheunt
    Aug 15, 2016
    8
    I honestly can´t understand most of the criticism for this game, maybe i was lucky but its running perfectly on my PC and i had a really pleasant experience with this game up until now.

    It´s what I expected after reading so much about it from beforehand. My only problem with the game: if they want to add more content in the future and if they still have trouble, why didn´t they    I honestly can´t understand most of the criticism for this game, maybe i was lucky but its running perfectly on my PC and i had a really pleasant experience with this game up until now.

    It´s what I expected after reading so much about it from beforehand.

    My only problem with the game: if they want to add more content in the future and if they still have trouble, why didn´t they release it, but not as a full game but as an Early-Access Title, I think this would have been more appropriate after reading that there are still so many problems/not att all content delivered yet    … Expand
  38. Mehlicious
    Aug 15, 2016
    2
    10 hours in and I'm pretty much done. Do not get this game unless some serious patches come out with fixes and content. Procedural generated worlds is cool, but there isn't enough variety to make it spicy. Get **** sell **** Repeat. The best part of this game? The potential for future content. WAIT for that before considering this.
  39. Flarestar
    Aug 15, 2016
    2
    Crippling performance issues on a system that far exceeds the minimum requirements was my very first impression of the game. I spent a while tweaking things and finally got it mostly working decently, barring the random 60+ seconds of slow motion that occasionally happened when it decided to load a massive chunk of textures at once.

    The space flight is extremely arcadey, even beyond    Crippling performance issues on a system that far exceeds the minimum requirements was my very first impression of the game. I spent a while tweaking things and finally got it mostly working decently, barring the random 60+ seconds of slow motion that occasionally happened when it decided to load a massive chunk of textures at once.

    The space flight is extremely arcadey, even beyond what I expected based on the trailers and dev talks. There's no real depth to it at all, nor any significant reason to do so beyond gathering some resources or traveling.

    Planetary exploration should be somewhat exciting, and was, for the first few planets, before I realized that every planet basically had every resource available, and the only substantial difference was visual. Even then, the planets rapidly starting looking the same. Outposts consist of the same few objects regardless of what alien race occupies them.

    Stations are boring.

    Inventory management and user interface is both tedious and awkward.

    At some point, with a lot of feature patches and quality of life improvements, this game might be worth buying. Right now it's certainly not worth the $60 price tag. At best it's a $15 Early Access title.    … Expand
  40. danskmacabre
    Aug 15, 2016
    9
    I like it and I did my research before fore buying.
    When I actually started playing I knew what I was getting.
    If you like a free-form, sandbox, exploration, trading, combat space sim that's not complicated like for Example elite dangerous (which I also have and like for different reasons) and like a casual romp around space, then this is the game for you. I do recommend having all    I like it and I did my research before fore buying.
    When I actually started playing I knew what I was getting.
    If you like a free-form, sandbox, exploration, trading, combat space sim that's not complicated like for Example elite dangerous (which I also have and like for different reasons) and like a casual romp around space, then this is the game for you.

    I do recommend having all your drivers up to date and have a clean system.    … Expand
  41. DmitriySh
    Aug 15, 2016
    0
    Where in this demo the game itself? It seems that the gameplay was added in the last week, and the only thing that was really done over 4 years of development is a procedural generation ...
  42. Ciger
    Aug 15, 2016
    1
    broken game, keeps crashing, bad performance, crap graphics. just a mess. maybe once the devs fix a lot of broken things this game will be worth the purchase, but now stay clear of it.
  43. Mueti
    Aug 15, 2016
    2
    The game has an undeniable draw to it, I keep having the itch to go back to it, in the hope that there'll be something interesting to discover yet. Unfortunately, it is by now abundantly clear that this promise of getting to discover and explore a universe of planets will not be fulfilled. The algorithm that generates this universe simply failed at doing the one thing it was supposed to -The game has an undeniable draw to it, I keep having the itch to go back to it, in the hope that there'll be something interesting to discover yet. Unfortunately, it is by now abundantly clear that this promise of getting to discover and explore a universe of planets will not be fulfilled. The algorithm that generates this universe simply failed at doing the one thing it was supposed to - a unimaginably large world was created, but one filled with nothing but complete boredom. Everything feels the same, and after having seen a lot of them I now feel confident in saying that no planet is worth exploring. Same animal- and plantlife, the same landscapes everywhere; the slight variations in color and form don't do anything to make a meaningful difference. If this core aspect would have delivered, that would have been enough for me, but alas, it did not.
    Unfortunately, the core promise is not the only thing the game failed at delivering. Countless technical and design issues plague it at every corner, the movement is only bearable because of a bug, graphics are mostly ugly, the FoV is unplayably narrow unless you fix it outside of the game, gunplay is bad, spaceflight controls are *horrible*, inventory management is a hassle at best, crafting and gathering tedious.

    So in the end what is one left with? Ambition, perhaps. But what does that actually count for when it never amounts to anything...?    … Expand
  44. Schoolboy88
    Aug 15, 2016
    10
    So after around 7 hours of No Man's Sky. This is my short review. The game is slow.gathering vital resources can be like a needle in a haystack all be it on a planetary scale. There no real story line and the game tells you absolutely nothing and I mean nothing I only found out I could run from the key bind menu. You might think this is all slightly negative but I'm having so muchSo after around 7 hours of No Man's Sky. This is my short review. The game is slow.gathering vital resources can be like a needle in a haystack all be it on a planetary scale. There no real story line and the game tells you absolutely nothing and I mean nothing I only found out I could run from the key bind menu. You might think this is all slightly negative but I'm having so much fun.couple with exploring new planets/moons, finding new species and naming them. If your ever in the McCheung Star system we welcome you.
    This has to be the game of the year for me you can keep your Witcher 3 and fallout 4.
    OK not everyone will like this game though it like marmite. If you want to go boldly where no one has gone before with resource management thrown in then this is for you.

    p.s. I'm now on 21 hours and still loving it
    p.p.s make sure you turn the 'GSync' off in the TKGRAPHICSSETTINGS.MXML file to make it run smoothly I'm currently playing on Dell Laptop :)    … Expand
  45. yacepi
    Aug 15, 2016
    0
    The game is litterally broken. Even with the minimum graphics in a GTX970, its broken. It crashes, there are very big performance drops. I asked for a refund.
  46. S_Stone
    Aug 15, 2016
    4
    Very lackluster and terribly dissapointing. It's the first game I refund on Steam, and because of that it's the first game ever I write a review for in Metacritic.

    My experiences with this game are as follow: - Get on my first planet, looks way worse that what you could see in the trailers, but as it's a random thing maybe I wasn't lucky. - Have to go to my wrecked spaceship, it tells    Very lackluster and terribly dissapointing. It's the first game I refund on Steam, and because of that it's the first game ever I write a review for in Metacritic.

    My experiences with this game are as follow:
    - Get on my first planet, looks way worse that what you could see in the trailers, but as it's a random thing maybe I wasn't lucky.
    - Have to go to my wrecked spaceship, it tells me (after I come to understand the HORRIBLE UI) I need some materials to repair the motor and other thing.
    - Fine, let's search materials (iron and I don't know what more). Oh, cool, I have a jetpack. Oh **** I fell from 2 meters and got damage. Ok, I won't use the jetpack, because on top of that it's slow as balls.
    - Walking speed is atrocious, sprint is limited but you have a good amount so I wonder why it's limited in the first place. Seriously, you can sprint longer than you can use the jetpack.
    - Start mining rocks, laser overheats, ok. **** decision by the way.
    - I mine ONE (1) rock and robot police starts running behind me and shooting (WTF). Total amount played: 5 minutes. I run and hide from them.
    - I find some animal, obviously made from stitching together some random parts. It's so obvious it hurts.
    - Start telling me my suit against radiation or toxicity or something is beginning to wore out. I'm no more than 10 minutes into this.
    - Have I said UI is horrible?
    - Got an alien word.
    - More sentinels, I'm literally doing nothing.

    To sum up, many MANY things to take into account. Menus are very VERY poorly designed from a usability point of view. Inventory is a mess. The procedural nature of this game makes that your first minutes playing this can be a hellish nightmare. The "no fun robot police" is the worst decision ever made in a game that tries to reward you for exploration.

    I have played no more than an hour, and it was a very boring hour. Also, it's very badly optimized. I have a good setup and I had to lower resolution and disable antialiasing so I could move the camera without slowdowns.

    I give it 4 points because there's a good idea buried somwhere in, but as if it's now this is not an enjoyable experience. If you bought this, don't try to justify your purchase and force you to like this thing.

    The fooled you, the same as they fooled me with false advertising and hype marketing. Lucky I could refund the game, now I'm going to use that money (60 bucks, way too expensive for what it is) for other games I'll (I hope) enjoy more.    … Expand
  47. init000
    Aug 15, 2016
    0
    One of the worst excuses of a game released since Elite Dangerous (which was also terrible but not quite as terrible as this pile of crap).

    Utterly boring game play, technically unfinished product, no real multiplayer but instead an always-online DRM. Simply put: utter crap. If you really want this game then wait 4-5 months and you'll be able to buy it for 5$ in the trash-pile beside    One of the worst excuses of a game released since Elite Dangerous (which was also terrible but not quite as terrible as this pile of crap).

    Utterly boring game play, technically unfinished product, no real multiplayer but instead an always-online DRM.

    Simply put: utter crap. If you really want this game then wait 4-5 months and you'll be able to buy it for 5$ in the trash-pile beside the till.

    Best you can do is remember which scumbag scammers were involved in the development of this game and make sure not to buy any products that they were involved in.    … Expand
  48. yawen
    Aug 15, 2016
    10
    If those Score 0 reviews from anger people can be consider as acceptable objective and fair , then I guess a Score 10 review from people who are happy with the game(like me ) is also acceptable objective and fair
  49. nafanyasasha
    Aug 15, 2016
    9
    The game is excellent, what waiting for? I hope to expand the content and patches! there like all problems..(i5 2500/770gtx/12GB) I temporarily returned the money as soon as I corrected all buy the game promise!
  50. nic8
    Aug 15, 2016
    0
    I respect autistic people, but only they can get some find some new creative experience from this EMPTY, repeating and boring "game". Hype of this game show everything that is wrong with gaming industry.
  51. tomaac
    Aug 15, 2016
    8
    Very good space exploration game. Got exactly what I was expecting - Elite Dangerous in chill mode. Start is very slow, but pace picks up as you upgrade your equipment. Gather resources for equipment/fuel, travel to different solar systems/planets, explore new species, uncover intriguing secrets about the galaxy. The game will be a nightmare for completionists with OCD, because it's closeVery good space exploration game. Got exactly what I was expecting - Elite Dangerous in chill mode. Start is very slow, but pace picks up as you upgrade your equipment. Gather resources for equipment/fuel, travel to different solar systems/planets, explore new species, uncover intriguing secrets about the galaxy. The game will be a nightmare for completionists with OCD, because it's close to impossible to explore and unlock everything - the game is beyond gigantic, even though the content starts repeating after a while. Things that are not generated really stand out and same types of elements starts repeating after few hours.

    Soundtrack is good, though sound effects might bug out some times and play animal noises even on planets, that has no life.

    Game has some issues with controls on PC on release. Ship on planets controls weird and non responsive, fine in space. No head controls in ship with mouse/keyboard, but have some with gamepad.

    As for technical issues, you need to turn Gsync off manually in config files, which is on by default and makes framerate horrible. After fixing that, game runs smooth even on GTX770 with everything maxed out. And game has some memory leak issues when playing for extended periods of time. Hopefully to be fixed in patches.

    Overall game is very good despite issues. If you were expecting AAA scale GTA in space, you will be very dissapointed, because NMS was never meant to be anything like that. It's rather simple, relaxing space exploration game. It's still a small indie game despite having insane amount of planets in it. For hardcore sci-fi fans not Call of Duty crowd.    … Expand
  52. scrack
    Aug 15, 2016
    10
    This game is an experiment that has turned out oh so good! This game is amazing, its one of the most vast games. There is so much to do, so much to see, ships to upgrade, planets to name and claim for money, creatures to discover, Aliens to trade with, And even galaxy's to claim. This game is beautiful, Sound design is well done, the game rewards you well with its own milestone system thatThis game is an experiment that has turned out oh so good! This game is amazing, its one of the most vast games. There is so much to do, so much to see, ships to upgrade, planets to name and claim for money, creatures to discover, Aliens to trade with, And even galaxy's to claim. This game is beautiful, Sound design is well done, the game rewards you well with its own milestone system that counts how many different. People are complaining that this game does not run well.... I have not experienced any frame-rate drops, crashes, slow load times etc. It seems that so many people are trying to run this game on very dated and pathetic hardware that the game runs bad for them. I think they should have had a decent machine to run this game on before they have judged this game. This game has so much to offer.… Expand
  53. Bortx
    Aug 15, 2016
    1
    I never understood what all the hype has been about this game for the past 3 years. Every time it was shown I had a bad feeling that this was going to be a turd. It ended up exactly how I expected - dull and repetitive. I can't deny that I had some fun for the first few hours but after that it is wash, rinse and repeat. The planets are mostly identical and have an empty sterile feeling toI never understood what all the hype has been about this game for the past 3 years. Every time it was shown I had a bad feeling that this was going to be a turd. It ended up exactly how I expected - dull and repetitive. I can't deny that I had some fun for the first few hours but after that it is wash, rinse and repeat. The planets are mostly identical and have an empty sterile feeling to them so what's the point of having millions of them. I rather have 3 interesting ones. Graphics are dated and game play is a grind. Walking to places takes forever and there is nothing to do that's engaging. Story is non existent. This might pass for a high-school programming project but is not up to today's gamer expectations. And lets admit once and for all that hand crafted worlds are way more interesting than procedural ones. How many times must we fall for this procedural bore.

    Unlike others for me the game performed fine but I have a beast of a PC.    … Expand
  54. Faiawuks
    Aug 15, 2016
    8
    First of all, I did not experience any crashes so that influences my review. I have an i5, 8GB, GTX960 2GB rig and it runs 30 fps on the highest settings without drops.

    I've waited 2 years for this game, mainly because of the landing on planets. And for that this game delivers! I like the crafting, blueprint hunt, trading, finding resources, combatting sentinels and space pirates,    First of all, I did not experience any crashes so that influences my review. I have an i5, 8GB, GTX960 2GB rig and it runs 30 fps on the highest settings without drops.

    I've waited 2 years for this game, mainly because of the landing on planets. And for that this game delivers! I like the crafting, blueprint hunt, trading, finding resources, combatting sentinels and space pirates, scanning and naming planets and wildlife, learning alien words, flying in space.

    I also really enjoy having my daughter (5 yr) exploring with me and naming all the animals :)

    If you where expecting more of this game then you clearly rode the hypetrain for too long. That said there IS a lot of potential for this game. That's why I think for now 60 (Euro) is too much. In this current state 50 or even 40 would be better.

    I've encountered 2 bugs so far. One is ALT-TAB breaks your game and sometimes when I fly away from a planet my ship gets 'transported' to space.    … Expand
  55. Swaglord69
    Aug 15, 2016
    2
    Fun for the first 2-5 hours, then you realize that the game only has to offer an endless loop of collecting the same materials or going to the same buildings over and over again just to upgrade your inventory slots by 1 slot at a time.

    Game had/has a lot of potential to be something amazing but it's just a skeleton worth $60 instead of $15. Seriously don't buy this game until they    Fun for the first 2-5 hours, then you realize that the game only has to offer an endless loop of collecting the same materials or going to the same buildings over and over again just to upgrade your inventory slots by 1 slot at a time.

    Game had/has a lot of potential to be something amazing but it's just a skeleton worth $60 instead of $15. Seriously don't buy this game until they release updates, (and i doubt it will save this game) it is not worth it.

    P.S. Game also runs awful on the majority of people pc's on launch.    … Expand
  56. Godwintwo
    Aug 14, 2016
    10
    I am really enjoying this game. I am a big science fiction fan. Asimov, Heilein, Silverberg, Arthur c. Clarke, I've read a lot of their works, so I've been very eagerly waiting for the release of this game. I find it is everything Sean Murray said it would be and it has met my expectations to the full. I do realise it is quite a niche game, which is probably why some people have beenI am really enjoying this game. I am a big science fiction fan. Asimov, Heilein, Silverberg, Arthur c. Clarke, I've read a lot of their works, so I've been very eagerly waiting for the release of this game. I find it is everything Sean Murray said it would be and it has met my expectations to the full. I do realise it is quite a niche game, which is probably why some people have been disappointed, but if like me you are into 70's science fiction writing, it is like living in one of those books, one that never ends. Luckily, I've had no problems running this on my GTX 970 and I do feel sorry for those people with problems, but most of the reviews, have given this game an extremely low score because of these issues and I feel that is unfair. It is made by a small team who are doing their utmost to fix these issues, and they will be fixed. The controls, are a bit on the stiff side, but this issue is also being fixed. I just think it would be fairer for those people to wait a few days until these technical issues are ironed out (if that's your objection with the game),rather than giving a game you haven't even played a score of 1 or less. This small team has been working very passionately for the last 4 years on this game, and I feel they deserve more consideration. Well done Hello Games.… Expand
  57. Kmarx12
    Aug 14, 2016
    4
    This game was not optimised properly for the PC platform. Frequent frame rate drops entering and leaving any planet's atmosphere which is something that happens often. Ugly texture maps everywhere you turn. My box FAR exceeds the requirments and yet the game stutters on low graphic settings??? Terrible flight controls with mouse and keyboard that are often times wrenched away from theThis game was not optimised properly for the PC platform. Frequent frame rate drops entering and leaving any planet's atmosphere which is something that happens often. Ugly texture maps everywhere you turn. My box FAR exceeds the requirments and yet the game stutters on low graphic settings??? Terrible flight controls with mouse and keyboard that are often times wrenched away from the player midflight breaks immersion and a buggy UI that wasn't redesigned for PC.

    Just for reference i have an AMD processor with 24 GB ram i have no problem playing other modern games like DOOM(2016), Fallout 4 and BF4 on the highest setting without loss of frame rate but for some reason i cannot play No Man's Sky on low settings without GPU bottleneck and loss of frame rate?

    Wait a year till they properly optimize this game before even considering spending your cash.    … Expand
  58. Ceponatia
    Aug 14, 2016
    2
    An infinite, procedurally generated universe with almost nothing to do isn't a milestone achievement for game development. Spore did it, Starbound did it better. Being so disappointed in the game made me look back and wonder what it was that actually made me want the game in the first place and I honestly can't even remember. I've played the game for about six hours and have absolutely noAn infinite, procedurally generated universe with almost nothing to do isn't a milestone achievement for game development. Spore did it, Starbound did it better. Being so disappointed in the game made me look back and wonder what it was that actually made me want the game in the first place and I honestly can't even remember. I've played the game for about six hours and have absolutely no desire to ever load it up again. I know I haven't seen everything because that's obviously impossible, but I feel like I've seen enough to where there is nothing left to see that could be important.

    The interactions with alien "characters" are garbage. The fauna on the planets have little to no AI. Combat is a joke. I don't even know why your starship has weapons because I have yet to see an enemy ship.

    Too bad it's too late to get a refund.    … Expand
  59. adrunkchipmunk
    Aug 14, 2016
    0
    worst game i have ever played bored to death within 6 hours sadly this game takes a while to realize how repetitive it is. Even worse is the vagueness sean murray has been with his tweets after 100% promising to interact with other players no matter what stupid low chance he said it happens and has happened and they refuse to address this and try to change everything around. I am sure theyworst game i have ever played bored to death within 6 hours sadly this game takes a while to realize how repetitive it is. Even worse is the vagueness sean murray has been with his tweets after 100% promising to interact with other players no matter what stupid low chance he said it happens and has happened and they refuse to address this and try to change everything around. I am sure they believed thier own crap about not finding eachother to give time to implement multiplayer which it currently does not have at all this is clearly a bait and switch this game is not finished nor is it worth 60$ i would not recommend this game for anything other than free as you quickly learn how boring it is… Expand
  60. Dragon_Fly
    Aug 14, 2016
    8
    This game is promising but it needs more and it needs more in a well implemented way that ensures fun for it's clients.

    I like the exploration and many of the quests become quite surprising and rewarding once one somehow manages to stumble upon them. Once one gains a stronger understanding of the native language, it becomes easier to benefit on the potential rewards from conversing    This game is promising but it needs more and it needs more in a well implemented way that ensures fun for it's clients.

    I like the exploration and many of the quests become quite surprising and rewarding once one somehow manages to stumble upon them. Once one gains a stronger understanding of the native language, it becomes easier to benefit on the potential rewards from conversing with the traders and alien community. Aside from that, I'd like to be able to own multiple ships.

    I think they should all people to be able to build or implement their own: Base, Home, City, Trade Port; even being able to store ships and massive battleships.

    Alien Races could be in massive interstellar wars and players could pick and choose sides to support; even altering the aliens influence in their home systems. This would also be a reasonable way to implement PvP.

    It's a lot of work that the Dev's can do to improve and make this one of the best games ever. Just don't expect it to happen overnight.    … Expand
  61. DrLamb
    Aug 14, 2016
    8
    The game is very fun if you're looking for a casual single player game. It so far has delivered on every expectation I had of it going into the game.

    Downsides are that the game is fairly graphically intensive, although not nearly as bad as some review make it out to be. I have a GTX 750ti card and the game runs fairly smoothly on the absolute minimum settings at about 30fps. The    The game is very fun if you're looking for a casual single player game. It so far has delivered on every expectation I had of it going into the game.

    Downsides are that the game is fairly graphically intensive, although not nearly as bad as some review make it out to be. I have a GTX 750ti card and the game runs fairly smoothly on the absolute minimum settings at about 30fps.

    The steam page clearly says that you need a radeon 480 graphics card or higher, which it's nvidia equivalent would be about a GTX 960. Secondly you should update drivers once the game is downloaded and also check that have the latest version of visual c++ redistributable 2010.    … Expand
  62. JoeJoeJoeJoe
    Aug 14, 2016
    9
    I stopped pre-ordering games, and I consciously chose to purchase this game despite the negative reviews, and in spite of my skepticism about the game's ambitiousness. It was a good choice.

    I honestly enjoy exploring planets, mining stuff for money, exploring caves. I've used grenades to entrench myself to survive extreme planet conditions. Use a bunny-hop-reminiscent technique with    I stopped pre-ordering games, and I consciously chose to purchase this game despite the negative reviews, and in spite of my skepticism about the game's ambitiousness. It was a good choice.

    I honestly enjoy exploring planets, mining stuff for money, exploring caves. I've used grenades to entrench myself to survive extreme planet conditions. Use a bunny-hop-reminiscent technique with the jet-pack.
    Space combat is more fun, and faster paced, than it was in elite dangerous.

    Downsides are that the game is somewhat dumbed down to be 'easier' in some regards, landing/flying the ship makes it feel like it is on a rail, when you're trying to fly low. Trading is not really very useful since quantities when buying are low and prices unpredictable. It is exceedingly difficult to fly back to a place you've been before. And the UI could use work to become better. Also, the optimization may require manual tweaks to be good. None of these downsides seem insurmountable, and are what I expected after reading reviews.    … Expand
  63. ResaRestart
    Aug 14, 2016
    6
    No game is Perfect but as a procedurally, generated and stylised exploration games it does pretty well. is it worth 60 Bucks? maybe not but if you really want then go for it.
  64. ShutupandJive
    Aug 14, 2016
    5
    I feel like this game has been getting a lot of bad PC press for things that shouldn't matter. There are settings in the game by default which make the game unplayable, being the vsync being turned on, and frames limited to 30fps, causing stuttering. If you adjust this setting, the game runs smoothly on full settings.

    I don't own a beast computer, but the simplest problem solving    I feel like this game has been getting a lot of bad PC press for things that shouldn't matter. There are settings in the game by default which make the game unplayable, being the vsync being turned on, and frames limited to 30fps, causing stuttering. If you adjust this setting, the game runs smoothly on full settings.

    I don't own a beast computer, but the simplest problem solving (changing fps cap to 60 to match monitor) fixed it, so I can run the game on full settings with a i7 6700K and a GTX 970. It really isn't that hard, and the game runs 60fps, MAX SETTINGS.

    The game itself, is a little underwealming. There is a dangerous habit forming among developers to release an unfiinished game at full AAA price, with the promise of adding content later in updates and free DLC's, and this game is no exception. Following the lead of games like Overwatch and Starwars Battlefront, this game has launched with a interesting premise, but little content to ween people in for the long haul. The planets are interesting, and while environments vary slightly, the biggest change on each planet is usually the colour scheme. The animals are weird, but in the end, quite forgettable. There isn't really any standout features from the 30+ planets I have already visited.

    The computer port is another feature that has let down users. The HUD is horrendous, and difficult to get the hang of. Weird keys have been used for important features, such as the letter X being used instead of scrolling on the mouse for changing weapons by default. There is also no tutorial to explain a lot of the keys, or what needs to be done at all in the game. I understand that the game is meant to be "thrown in the deepend with a crash on a random planet", but the fact that the game doesn't explain how to charge life support seems like a fatal flaw for new users.

    Overall the game is interesting, but the PC port is very poor, and the graphics extremely disappointing considering what our PC's are capable of producing. The controls and HUD is disappointing, there is very little instruction, and the game play is unfinished, and repetitive.    … Expand
  65. Lazarento
    Aug 14, 2016
    7
    The game is not bad, I think Hello Games had a very ambitious idea and couldn't deliver the game the way they wanted. My main complaints are the spaceship controls and the lack gas giants, brown dwarves, pulsars, etc.
    Having fun with the game and hope they can keep working to add more content and hopefully keep the game on par with the price they are asking for.
  66. bishop911
    Aug 14, 2016
    0
    I've spent more time trying to get the game to work than I have playing the game, on a PC that greatly exceeds minimum specs. When it is working, it's awesome for about an hour. Then you realize that everything is the same. Each solar system has the same boring bland space station in it. Planets are all the same, oh except this one is hot, and this one is cold, and this one isI've spent more time trying to get the game to work than I have playing the game, on a PC that greatly exceeds minimum specs. When it is working, it's awesome for about an hour. Then you realize that everything is the same. Each solar system has the same boring bland space station in it. Planets are all the same, oh except this one is hot, and this one is cold, and this one is poisonous, and this one is radioactive. So your life support systems break down in the same way, and you repair them in the same way, its just the 'color' of the hazard that changes. Why are no planets completely gas planets without a surface? Or complete water worlds? They're all the same, just painted with different palettes, with the same sporadic appearance of flora + fauna. Want to land your spaceship? Go find some plutonium, rinse repeat. With this kind of 'cost' of travel, you'll quickly find yourself deciding against landing your spaceship and exploring because you really don't want to wander around looking for plutonium again.

    The alien races you encounter are dull, and they all just seem to be sitting wherever they are, waiting for you. The main 'questline' has you warping to and fro so often that all you really want to look for is the ingredients you need to make warp cells. Your catalog of stars,planets,life,rocks that you discover is completely meaningless. You're not given any context for your discoveries except for "you've found 64% of the weird **** on this planet!" So what?

    I regret my purchase.    … Expand
  67. miniwolfen
    Aug 14, 2016
    7
    No mans Sky looks and sounds impressive but even if it has lots of planets the game play gets boring.Face it this indie game was just as over hyped as mighty no 9 which turned out to be a disaster. At least its better than that game.The visuals and world seem impressive but there isn't much to do game play wise other than mine and craft stuff, rename things and talk to aliens.It has theNo mans Sky looks and sounds impressive but even if it has lots of planets the game play gets boring.Face it this indie game was just as over hyped as mighty no 9 which turned out to be a disaster. At least its better than that game.The visuals and world seem impressive but there isn't much to do game play wise other than mine and craft stuff, rename things and talk to aliens.It has the world it just needs more things to do to make it stand out and have its own charm and personality.The price as well makes it seem more like a triple a game not an indie, my pc runs it fine but on others it doesn't. I expect an indie game to work on every ones pc if they are saying they have the right things installed… Expand
  68. Penfore
    Aug 14, 2016
    10
    Dear No Man's Sky Haters…

    You. Yes, you! The one screaming, "There is no gameplay!" and "They lied about the multiplayer!" and other slurs I dare not mention. Tread lightly. You are one. We are hundreds, thousands. Millions. You aren't just IN the minority; you ARE the minority. I don't feel awkward or anxious playing No Man's Sky around others, and your words don't affect me.    Dear No Man's Sky Haters…

    You. Yes, you!
    The one screaming, "There is no gameplay!" and "They lied about the multiplayer!" and other slurs I dare not mention.

    Tread lightly.

    You are one. We are hundreds, thousands. Millions. You aren't just IN the minority; you ARE the minority.

    I don't feel awkward or anxious playing No Man's Sky around others, and your words don't affect me. Many others, however, are coming out of their shells for the first time in their lives. This is the first time many are enjoying the beautiful world that has been generated for us - and it IS beautiful. Incredibly so. DON'T ruin this for them.

    We No Man's Sky fans may have our differences, but we will not hesitate to come to the aid of our fellow explorers, especially against someone who so virulently slurs that which has brought us all together.
    Don't take this the wrong way. I don't hate you. I don't fear you.

    I pity you.

    I'm sorry that you feel this way towards us. I'm sorry that No Man's Sky is such a bane to your existence. And I'm sorry that you are missing out on such a wonderful experience. Mostly, though, I'm sorry that you feel the need to go around and publicly chastise and berate others. I'm sorry that, to ensure your own validity, you need to make others feel invalid. I'm sorry that your self-worth is so infinitesimally miniscule that you have to make others feel less-than-human, at least in your own denatured mind, just to feel whole. I am truly sorry that day-in and day-out you have to put up with your worthless, meaningless, Shakespearean tragedy of a life.
    I ask you politely to cease your unnecessary cries for attention, and instead invite you to join our ranks. Uninstall Call of Duty, start up No Man's Sky, and breathe in the splendour and the amazement of your first space landing, and then, maybe, just maybe, you'll see what you've been so hopelessly searching for this whole time.    … Expand
  69. ahuse
    Aug 14, 2016
    0
    The game runs really bad on my computer (980gtx TI, i7 2600K@5ghz, 16gb ram)
    The graphics are awful. Space combat is horrible. The ship is impossible to control. Gameplay is extremely repetitive and boring. Can't use alt-tab and return to the game. Maneuvering the menus is difficult thanks to stupid controls. This game was a massive disappointment. Please DO NOT support this useless    The game runs really bad on my computer (980gtx TI, i7 2600K@5ghz, 16gb ram)
    The graphics are awful. Space combat is horrible. The ship is impossible to control. Gameplay is extremely repetitive and boring. Can't use alt-tab and return to the game. Maneuvering the menus is difficult thanks to stupid controls. This game was a massive disappointment. Please DO NOT support this useless moneygrabbing developer by buying this pile of **** This is completely unacceptable.    … Expand
  70. InfiniteEntropy
    Aug 14, 2016
    0
    So, as far as things go I wasn't actually hyped up at all for this game more or less curious about what everyone was excitedly pissing themselves over.

    However as soon as I downloaded it and had stuttering on the intro galaxy sequence thing I could immediately tell where this was going, I am by no means running a weak PC (1070 GTX OC, i7-4790k, 32 GB, SSD) and the last time I saw an    So, as far as things go I wasn't actually hyped up at all for this game more or less curious about what everyone was excitedly pissing themselves over.

    However as soon as I downloaded it and had stuttering on the intro galaxy sequence thing I could immediately tell where this was going, I am by no means running a weak PC (1070 GTX OC, i7-4790k, 32 GB, SSD) and the last time I saw an absolute crapshoot of a game like this it was released under the name Arkham Knight by a game with a budget even larger.

    But hey, if they were aspiring to be an AAA developer they've reached their goals, because this game has all the hallmarks of a modern AAA game.    … Expand
  71. allquixotic
    Aug 14, 2016
    1
    I didn't have any technical or performance problems when playing the game, on my extremely high-end gaming rig. That's about the only positive thing I can say about this game. It's basically a mining simulator. Also, the multiplayer fiasco is foremost in my mind as one of several lies that the developers told during the development of this game. I understand that priorities can change overI didn't have any technical or performance problems when playing the game, on my extremely high-end gaming rig. That's about the only positive thing I can say about this game. It's basically a mining simulator. Also, the multiplayer fiasco is foremost in my mind as one of several lies that the developers told during the development of this game. I understand that priorities can change over time, but "highly unlikely" and "not even implemented" are two different things. This developer has also filed DMCA claims against legitimate media sources covering the game on Youtube, even if they never leaked any content or linked to any leaked content. I have seen so much bad behavior from this developer, and this game is so underwhelming, that I can't bear to give it more than a 1 for effort.… Expand
  72. ASTALONTE
    Aug 14, 2016
    8
    The game should have been released in better shape.
    But It is a fun game If you don't mind to do the same over and over. I really like. Is inmense and fun if you know what you are doing.
  73. ezhikov
    Aug 14, 2016
    2
    Firstly, there is large amount of similar planets. I've been to four systems, an there is all the same animals with few differences, and same plants, sometimes without differences at all. More - there is different plants (according to scanner) on ONE PLANET, that looks similar with no differences at all!

    So you grind, fly, grind, fly. Nothing to explore. Really. Secondly, you play    Firstly, there is large amount of similar planets. I've been to four systems, an there is all the same animals with few differences, and same plants, sometimes without differences at all. More - there is different plants (according to scanner) on ONE PLANET, that looks similar with no differences at all!

    So you grind, fly, grind, fly. Nothing to explore. Really.

    Secondly, you play for about an hour, and then you must restart the game, because at 5 fps it's unplayable.

    PS: this game not worth it's price.    … Expand
  74. Bloodstainer
    Aug 14, 2016
    0
    This game is completely broke. I can't even navigate the options menu, its the worst **** game I've ever played. Way worse than Bad Rats.

    The game itself is lacking of basic features such as, proper mouse control in menus, its **** optimized, it took 2 hours for me to get settings set up because randomly some settings were so broken I couldn't even set my settings properly until I kept    This game is completely broke. I can't even navigate the options menu, its the worst **** game I've ever played. Way worse than Bad Rats.

    The game itself is lacking of basic features such as, proper mouse control in menus, its **** optimized, it took 2 hours for me to get settings set up because randomly some settings were so broken I couldn't even set my settings properly until I kept restarting the game. Its broken, don't touch this ****    … Expand
  75. molaram
    Aug 14, 2016
    10
    8 hours in, having an awesome time. If you like exploring and collecting, this game is for you. Emphasis is on exploration and discovery, not on realistic physics. I bought this game for the visual style alone, its great.
  76. ideamonster
    Aug 14, 2016
    8
    Yes, the game had some performance issues at launch and yes it might be a bit overpriced, but people are bashing NMS for no real reason. They could just turn down graphics setting and play until everything is fixed, but that would be too much work... better refund and rate it 0, right?
    Careful, personal opinion follows, might trigger people (if so, breathe slowly): I like the game, it's    Yes, the game had some performance issues at launch and yes it might be a bit overpriced, but people are bashing NMS for no real reason. They could just turn down graphics setting and play until everything is fixed, but that would be too much work... better refund and rate it 0, right?
    Careful, personal opinion follows, might trigger people (if so, breathe slowly): I like the game, it's beautiful and atmospheric. I like flying around the different planets, gather materials and upgrade my gear. I'm 14 hours in and not bored. I like the "Out There"-ish vibe of the game (if unknown, check out Out There on Steam or smartphone stores). I like exploring things and the pace of NMS is just right for me. Also, my girlfriend never plays a game longer than 2 hours before she needs to take a break from it. I convinced her to give it a try and she played it for 7 hours straight. She never does that. This game is definitely not for everyone, but it doesn't deserve so much hate, people are giving it.

    For me, No Man's Sky is a beautiful and passionate piece of art. See you along, space travellers!    … Expand
  77. rustyfeeder
    Aug 14, 2016
    3
    They say this game is not for everyone. And yet they released it on PS4 and PC steam both. They priced it 60$. They put a tag "multiplayer" on it. They have top streamers streaming it on twitch. Times gave it 90. If this game is not for everyone why the hell sales are so high? I'll tell you why. Marketing baby. No indie studio can afford this level of press coverage. There are manyThey say this game is not for everyone. And yet they released it on PS4 and PC steam both. They priced it 60$. They put a tag "multiplayer" on it. They have top streamers streaming it on twitch. Times gave it 90. If this game is not for everyone why the hell sales are so high? I'll tell you why. Marketing baby. No indie studio can afford this level of press coverage. There are many original games out there and yet this one got so much attention.

    Now you can tell me the developer is a visionary. That this game is a work of art. The music, the colors, etc. That this game will spawn a wave of similar games based on the idea of procedurally generated whatever. But I can tell you this. This is a video game. And gamers are not artists, they are not intellectual wine drinkers. They want the game to work. They want gameplay, they want simple things.

    Maybe this guy is a Van Gogh of gaming idk and I don't care. But I know this - this game does not worth it.    … Expand
  78. Viper0hr
    Aug 14, 2016
    3
    One review in here put it perfectly...
    "NMS is a bare bones Indie game at a AAA price."
    That sums the game up perfectly. To start off, I bought the game on steam and hour before release, and was able to download it right away when it launched, and play it with no issue/crashed from start after changing my resolution and graphical settings. So, game played for me, but I still get    One review in here put it perfectly...
    "NMS is a bare bones Indie game at a AAA price."
    That sums the game up perfectly.

    To start off, I bought the game on steam and hour before release, and was able to download it right away when it launched, and play it with no issue/crashed from start after changing my resolution and graphical settings.

    So, game played for me, but I still get huge FPS drops, stuttering/hitching every few minutes, and massive pop in all the time, even on a good PC, even on lowest settings.

    Graphically and performance wise this game is a joke, pop in for EVERYTHING, all the time, bad performance even on a great PC, and visually and sound wise just not good.

    Gameplay, there is none. You mine, you go to next spot and "talk" to an alien with one small line of "story", leave the planet, and repeat.
    There is nothing to do, no gameplay at all pretty much.

    For a game that advertised the hell out of it's creature and planet generator algorithms, the building, items, and just stuff you interact with is all cut and paste copies of the same 2-4 assets, always arranged the same way.

    Great idea, good art assets and style, JUST NOT ENOUGH.

    $60 for this game is a Fing joke, even $30 would have been too much, there are indie games for $15-30 that offer far more than this for far less. Look up Subnatica and Elite Dangerous, those are 2 off the top of my head that were well received, and cost less than $30 for WAY more content and gameplay than this game, and look 1000x better.

    It feels like the devs just either ran out of money, or rushed to release to finally get the game out, just way too early.

    I was never hyped for the game, only saw it at E3 and bought it yesterday, if i waited 3+ years for this I would either be pissed, or in denial right about now, it's not a awful game...but no where near a great one either.

    EDIT ADD ON:
    Also, because I forgot to mention it before and am only doing so because of 10/10 reviews here of people saying the devs never lied and people are just upset they don't like the game... people seem to forget how the devs legitimately lied to everyone right up until the game released saying ti was a multiplayer game and you could see other people in game, then the day before release 'clarified" that it was single player only.    … Expand
  79. Gdrom
    Aug 14, 2016
    2
    This game is just a scam. I'm a survival video games player, I really like the exploration, grind resources and explore any corner of these kind of video games, But NMS doesn't push me to enjoy what I am doing, the aggressive animals are a joke not a challenge enough the same with the pirates, the same with the sentinels there is not action in the game. Then ok maybe the strong thing hereThis game is just a scam. I'm a survival video games player, I really like the exploration, grind resources and explore any corner of these kind of video games, But NMS doesn't push me to enjoy what I am doing, the aggressive animals are a joke not a challenge enough the same with the pirates, the same with the sentinels there is not action in the game. Then ok maybe the strong thing here is the survival face... wrooooong there is not survival mode, you are grinding resources the whole gameplay for no reason, improve weapons craft some stuff but nothing mayor. The planets are all of them the same with different colors, but essentially the same, the animals are a random mix of their parts horrible it is just embarrassing .... bufff I'm getting upset just writing this review it is a holy scam don't buy it, even if you like this type of games like me NMS is not the game.… Expand
  80. Kelnor
    Aug 14, 2016
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Unlike many people, the game actually runs decent enough on my PC and i didn't encounter any serious technological problems. Maybe i'm just lucky, since now i can review the game itself.

    First, all the people who rave about the supposed amazing technological aspect of creating a huge universe filled with planets. 16 years ago, a single italian programmer released a game that did just that, a procedurally generated universe with billions of planets. Unlike this shallow garbage however, that game had a huge variety of planets, there were barren worlds, water worlds, gas giants, and so on. So to say that NMS did something that wasn't there before is simply not true.

    At the end of the day, all NMS does is put together a planet from the same Seed over and over again and swap the colors. If you have been to one planet, you have seen them all. Same type of plants, little variety in alien life and a little different enviroments. It all feels the same. Also, since every single star system i went through has a space station in it and every single planet has those sentinel things on it, you never get that immersion of being an explorer because somebody (NPC-wise) has been there before.

    I do understand that they had to add a number of game mechanics to go with the (failed and utterly shallow) exploration aspect but the resource gathering and crafting is just a huge grind. There is no fun in running around and trying to find that single resource you are missing or docking with a space station just to discover that they don't have that one thing you need.

    The supposed story, if you even could call it that, is equally shallow, boring and doesnt make much sense. Space combat feels random and sluggish, the ship doesnt move nicely and you can tell after 10 seconds that its just a bad port from the PS4, with all the controls more or less geared towards as controller.

    So, in conclusion, NMS fails in all aspects. Its technology is not that great and has been done before. Controls are bad, story nonexistent. And the exploration part is just too shallow to ever give you the urge to continue because there isn't anything new or wonderous to see. And all that for a whooping 59,99€? Save your money.    … Expand
  81. VladVidya
    Aug 14, 2016
    0
    The game is fun but on PC, unplayable framerates (even dipping below 30) with high end computers is not acceptable.

    I myself have an i7 4770K with 16GB DDR3 RAM and an R9 390 and cannot maintain more than 30fps consistently. Even turning slowly, stuttering is abundant and frequently dropping below 20, the game is nauseating. On top of that, the field of view adjustments are broken and    The game is fun but on PC, unplayable framerates (even dipping below 30) with high end computers is not acceptable.

    I myself have an i7 4770K with 16GB DDR3 RAM and an R9 390 and cannot maintain more than 30fps consistently. Even turning slowly, stuttering is abundant and frequently dropping below 20, the game is nauseating. On top of that, the field of view adjustments are broken and it feels claustrophobic. The only way to fix it is going into the settings file and manually changing the FOV to be above 100, but that causes distracting graphical glitches.

    The game looks like garbage and the resolution setting only upscales the game from 720p, causing the image to appear blurry and makes jagged edges more noticeable. That aside, half the graphical settings either don't work at all (4xSSAA) or have no graphical difference between highest and lowest (Anisotropic Filtering) but the highest setting still manages to make framerates worse.

    I would not touch this game with a 20-mile pole until the developers learn how to make the game run properly. Until then, it is not worth even considering buying unless it is HEAVILY discounted (around $10 at most).    … Expand
  82. Turnip
    Aug 13, 2016
    5
    You know those old-western saloons with the huge facade, but behind them is but a tiny building? Meant to look really huge and impressive, but in reality is small and bland? That is No Man's Sky.
  83. AlexPixels
    Aug 13, 2016
    9
    So far the game is very fun for me, though the 60 fps max I'm getting is weird, I have not experienced any crashed, I am giving it a 9 because this is what Sean promised.
  84. kbar33w
    Aug 13, 2016
    3
    PC version is suffering from random FPS hitches and every 60 -90 minutes suffers a server slowdown/slow motion issue that can only be solved by completely closing out the game and reopening it.

    As to story it seems to lack direction entirely, like Minecraft but at least in Minecraft you can build a base and show it off.
  85. Stellwing
    Aug 13, 2016
    9
    Truly a nice treat once you get into the game. Although the purchase fee may not really be worth for how much content there really is in the game other than that it is a true masterpiece
  86. speeder
    Aug 13, 2016
    1
    Game had much potential, and maybe can still be fixed... But for now I don't recommend it even for free.

    Good parts of the game: 1. Music is niceish 2. Graphics are interesting 3. Exploration part is interesting, as is the language thing, aliens, etc... Cons: 1. Controls are TERRIBLE, for some reason it is almost impossible to make your ship go where you want (it tend to    Game had much potential, and maybe can still be fixed... But for now I don't recommend it even for free.

    Good parts of the game:

    1. Music is niceish

    2. Graphics are interesting

    3. Exploration part is interesting, as is the language thing, aliens, etc...

    Cons:

    1. Controls are TERRIBLE, for some reason it is almost impossible to make your ship go where you want (it tend to steer/turn on its own sometimes), frequently when you attempt to land in a landing pad, you land right next to it, and waste resources, there is no "target" button to make things more easy. On foot, all the same problems also happen, but it is less aggravating.

    2. Tiny FOV even on maximum settings, it looks like you are always zoomed in, it is too hard to find things because of this (you press the "SCAN" button, and then you have to spin super fast to see anything at all before the icons disappear, thanks to tiny FOV). Also, it is really, REALLY easy to get lost because of this too.

    3. Game has really crappy performance, I am playing it on a super beefy PC (overclocked 32GB RAM, overclocked i5, beefy newest radeon), and it still stutters a lot on low settings!!!

    4. Very, VERY, VEEERY repetitive, not because of being procedural, but because of the "mining" part, so for example red plants and red minerals are always "energy" resources, since "energy" is essential, every single planet has it, even airless moons has red plants and red minerals...

    5. The mining part is terrible, it is very slow, and the inventory is super tiny, with tiny stacks, you spend more time playing tetris with your inventory than playing the game, and playing the game is mostly, mining.

    6. You "discover" planets that have all sorts of junk on them, even planets that the game claims to have zero fauna and zero flora, you still find plants, abandoned buildings with stereotypical "alien goo fungus", stashes EVERYWHERE, aliens everywhere, and so on.

    7. The enemy robot thingies attack you for "no reason" if you are using your "gun", even if you are using the mining part of it, to mine...

    8. I was attacked by pirates a couple times, super easy, and saw a single space battle, it sucked, a lot, first, the game doesn't say who is ally and who is enemy, and doesn't have a "target" button, so you must fly around bewildered as bazillions of tiny ships shoot each other in the middle of capital ships and you have no clue what is going on. Seriously, is it that hard to show someone side on a battle at least? (it is impossible to know what sides are fighting).

    9. Battle controls overall suck, your ship, even in space, fly like a airplane that can reverse but can't stop, if you attempt to stop, your "plane" reverse direction (ie: switch forward/backward speed, jumping between -40 to 40, or 40 to -40), turn radius is huge, and there is no inertia, since all weapons are quite simple, battles look like medieval jousting, just keep crossing with enemies while shooting, turn around, and repeat, aiming skills and tactics are completely unimportant, the only thing that matters is your ship stats, and how fast you can fix your shield (you have to open the inventory, and then "re-craft" the shield, mid-fight... the game doesn't pause when you are doing this).    … Expand
  87. Mastodon
    Aug 13, 2016
    3
    This game is boring as hell. 6 hours in and I already feel like I've seen everything. Care bear game for care bear players, any real gamer will want a refund within 2 hours.
  88. kyriores
    Aug 13, 2016
    0
    Surprised that games like this actually draw that much attention from the gaming community. I guess the average gamer nowadays is dumb, over-consumeristic and likes throwing money left and right for no reason whatsoever. Yeah, that goes to all you who preordered this game. Can't wait for the next over-hyped title after this one... Meanwhile, more and more publishers are adopting thisSurprised that games like this actually draw that much attention from the gaming community. I guess the average gamer nowadays is dumb, over-consumeristic and likes throwing money left and right for no reason whatsoever. Yeah, that goes to all you who preordered this game. Can't wait for the next over-hyped title after this one... Meanwhile, more and more publishers are adopting this strategy and the number of good videogames released every year is plummeting. Guess it's time to find a new hobby...… Expand
  89. NightFX
    Aug 13, 2016
    10
    I played for mote tha 19 hours in the game on pc and 17 hours on ps4 and I have seen a HUGE difference between the graphics on pc and ps4. I have not see any crashes that some others have. I am running the game between 45-60 at ultra graphics with a old cpu (Q8400). I recommend this game to anyone that love space , exploration and survival. I just can't stop playing :D

    10/10 on PC and on ps4
  90. rygar666
    Aug 13, 2016
    3
    When you charge premium money for a game then people have a right to set reasonable expectations for that kind of experience. No Man's Sky fails to live up to that expectation and publishers should stop trying to get away with it.
  91. jamin220
    Aug 13, 2016
    8
    Not sure what everyone is complaining about. The game works fine with my GTX 960. It was just released a few days ago with a big patch and then update set to come out very soon. People have generally been crazy hateful towards this game, for some reason, but I personally think it's a fantastic start to what will end up being probably one of the best games ever. Take the 0 reviews with aNot sure what everyone is complaining about. The game works fine with my GTX 960. It was just released a few days ago with a big patch and then update set to come out very soon. People have generally been crazy hateful towards this game, for some reason, but I personally think it's a fantastic start to what will end up being probably one of the best games ever. Take the 0 reviews with a grain of salt. If they can't even moderate their review to reflect the fantastic parts of the game, with the few bugs it has, I don't think they're looking at it right.… Expand
  92. Secto
    Aug 13, 2016
    0
    What a mess. How could they get this so wrong after such a long wait? I thought a beast of a PC with a GTX 1080 would be able to run this maxed out, however im stuttering all over the place even with everything on lowest settings. This game is clearly nowhere near ready for release, I feel robbed.
  93. Zajcew
    Aug 13, 2016
    3
    This game has a few small problems and one big one. I'm gonna start with the small ones:
    - It's unoptimised and it runs like ****
    - What's wrong with just clicking things? Why do I have to click-and-hold-until-a-bar-fills-up to do anything? - I like to play while listening to podcasts and while you can mute almost everything, you can't mute the voice that constantly talks to you.    This game has a few small problems and one big one. I'm gonna start with the small ones:
    - It's unoptimised and it runs like ****
    - What's wrong with just clicking things? Why do I have to click-and-hold-until-a-bar-fills-up to do anything?
    - I like to play while listening to podcasts and while you can mute almost everything, you can't mute the voice that constantly talks to you. Hearing "Item received" while you mass-craft things every 2 seconds is annoying as **** and you can't mute it.
    - The game doesn't do a good job explaining even the basic gameplay mechanics.
    - You can't alt-tab it. If you do it will crash and restart which is annoying as **** since I like to alt-tab all the time.
    - Why are the "achievement" moment unskippable? Again, annoying as ****.

    Most of those things will hopefully get patched or fixed at some point. There is however a one, big issue I have with this game:

    It is a giant farm fest. That's literally all You ever do. Just far, farm, farm and the farm some more. You're constantly forced to farm massive amounts of stuff just to get around. You need resources all the time, to fuel Your ship, fuel Your life support, Your weapons and the game is constantly nagging You farm some more. It is boring as ****.
    Maybe they can balance it better in future updates but as it is I can't see myself playing it anymore.
    Not to mention the PC version if sold at full price of 60$ and it's absolutely not worth it.
    Save Yourself some frustration and boredom and skip this **** or wait until it's on sale for 5$.    … Expand
  94. ulukaj
    Aug 13, 2016
    1
    This is a disaster of cosmic proportions. I might tolerate bugs and some technical discrepancies which are to be easily remedied by numerous patches and updates in near future. But I can never tolerate total game design failure. The development team has been consumed and smashed by its own pride and ambitions which are simply much much much lower than what their final product wants to be.This is a disaster of cosmic proportions. I might tolerate bugs and some technical discrepancies which are to be easily remedied by numerous patches and updates in near future. But I can never tolerate total game design failure. The development team has been consumed and smashed by its own pride and ambitions which are simply much much much lower than what their final product wants to be. This "game" has no actual gameplay besides the simplest search & harvest principle. This project was promising yet failed monumentally and I am seriously disturbed by actually very high and totally undeserved critical acclaim (around 70%).… Expand
  95. Kiwigalaxy
    Aug 13, 2016
    4
    I'll keep it short and simple. Making 18 quintillion planets is an achievement. But the gameplay is boring. It has some cool moments like when you go through the atmosphere for the first time and get an understanding of how big it is and how big the planet you were on is. But it's not much else than that for me. Collecting materials and upgrading stuff just doesn't cut it for me. Also theI'll keep it short and simple. Making 18 quintillion planets is an achievement. But the gameplay is boring. It has some cool moments like when you go through the atmosphere for the first time and get an understanding of how big it is and how big the planet you were on is. But it's not much else than that for me. Collecting materials and upgrading stuff just doesn't cut it for me. Also the PC-port is a catastrophe.… Expand
  96. Ozimandeus
    Aug 13, 2016
    9
    The ultra negative reviews are frankly, shameful, this is one of the best sci-fi space trading games to come out in a very long time indeed. Those giving the game less than a 7, have either no idea how to play this kind of game. Or worse are doing so because they get off on libel. I suspect its a bit of both. Don't listen to the hate filled rubbish on steam and meta-lie. This is a Gem of a game.
  97. twoeazy
    Aug 13, 2016
    10
    I'm giving it a ten points just to help balance the reviews. Don't let anyone fool you, this game isn't bad. Technical aspects aside, it's a meditative, eye-candy relaxation experience for you to spend your tired evenings at. It's full of flaws, it fails to entertain you, but it's got that magic, which brings you back again and again. __________ I suggest you try it before you buy it, butI'm giving it a ten points just to help balance the reviews. Don't let anyone fool you, this game isn't bad. Technical aspects aside, it's a meditative, eye-candy relaxation experience for you to spend your tired evenings at. It's full of flaws, it fails to entertain you, but it's got that magic, which brings you back again and again. __________ I suggest you try it before you buy it, but please, don't hate it just because someone told you to. Try it yourself.… Expand
  98. acdmail
    Aug 13, 2016
    8
    Hello everybody,
    I can't say that the game is without the issues and I can't say that this kind of game is for everyone. I know that the expectations from community were very and very big and maybe the game in this initial state is not up to everyone's expectations but I am playing this game and I like it very much just because it is just something most of us were dreaming for years,    Hello everybody,
    I can't say that the game is without the issues and I can't say that this kind of game is for everyone. I know that the expectations from community were very and very big and maybe the game in this initial state is not up to everyone's expectations but I am playing this game and I like it very much just because it is just something most of us were dreaming for years, endless space, endless exploration and only we together with our space ship in the whole universe .....

    P.S Although I have the high end PC I had some performance issues from the start too but was able to fix them expecting the graphical settings and finding out the the game set the monitor resolution to the wrong value, corrected it and now with everything on max the game is running smoothly with 75+ fps

    P.S I just copy/pasted the same feedback I did on Gog and I have pre-ordered the game for 35$ and it worth the money    … Expand
  99. ollie8557
    Aug 13, 2016
    0
    That any studio has the nerve to release a game with so many technical problems is shocking, and HG should be ashamed of themselves.The game will be remembered for its amazing graphics, and lack of substance in every other way.
  100. BookerBSI
    Aug 13, 2016
    0
    Repetitive, boring and over-hyped trash. Cant even play properly, crashes like 1 min after launch. So yeah, I'm very disappointed Hello Games, already refunded this garbage.
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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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