No Man's Sky

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4.0

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 2694 Ratings

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  1. caker76
    Nov 15, 2018
    9
    Beware of old reviews, it not even the same game. It has been well supported; there have been many fixes, improvements and free dlc was added to this game. If you want to explore and build in an open universe this is the game for you. If you want Metroid in space, move on. But in the end this has turned out to be the game that was advertised, just took a year to get there.
  2. pakri
    Dec 18, 2020
    9
    today the game is better than the release day. little steps for a great change
  3. DoomCronos
    Sep 23, 2018
    8
    As of date of this review, forget about whatever happened in 2016. New updates to No Man's Sky is just a huge overhaul to the game play. However you may still suffer FPS drops as graphic needs more performance improvement but the game is no longer in that obscure stage which you are a confused space traveler. By adding more content to the game and more variation in planets, settlementAs of date of this review, forget about whatever happened in 2016. New updates to No Man's Sky is just a huge overhaul to the game play. However you may still suffer FPS drops as graphic needs more performance improvement but the game is no longer in that obscure stage which you are a confused space traveler. By adding more content to the game and more variation in planets, settlement system and a new Multiplayer system you can enjoy your time by yourself or with your friends in game.. however The game still lacking more constructed contents, better lore and main story. More better Combat system and probably more hostiles to get the game to more fascinating stage. As I mentioned FPS drop and performance is still plays a big issue into No Man's Sky and this might be very annoying for many users with older systems. But overall all this fixes and this bumpy road that Hello Games developers passed by worth more score than it got at 2016 and I can see this game have better future if the improvements still going on and the team do not give up and making more content to the game.… Expand
  4. Godfather1980
    Aug 2, 2018
    10
    This game is awesome. TO think there have been 4 different times where I have played this game for over 50 hours. I will give you the release was not that good, but they have made it way better than ever could imagine. Anyone would love to play this game now.
  5. rdonoso
    Feb 26, 2021
    8
    Beautiful and fun game although multiplayer is more like you and your friends playing the same game then you playing together. Flying take some time to get used to and the tutorial is awful but the game is really worthy.
  6. Armines
    Jul 29, 2018
    10
    With the new update : NEXT, this game is reborn and it deserve to get a 10 with the content released since 2 years.
  7. Nullify1
    Dec 22, 2020
    10
    This game has truly made a comeback since its launch. Ignore all of the reviews from 2016, they are severely outdated and the game now has many of the features that were promised and much more that the developers have added through free updates and expansions. Every piece of content added to the game has been free of charge, there is no monetization, and the devs interact with theirThis game has truly made a comeback since its launch. Ignore all of the reviews from 2016, they are severely outdated and the game now has many of the features that were promised and much more that the developers have added through free updates and expansions. Every piece of content added to the game has been free of charge, there is no monetization, and the devs interact with their community. All three things are refreshing to see in the modern gaming industry.… Expand
  8. Sitheral
    Aug 3, 2022
    6
    Perhaps it is the best redemption story in gaming, but its not like we have a completely different game now, NMS still feels boring and limited and I would rather play a game with a few planets that are custom made than explore quintillion of them here.
  9. Kloido
    Jun 23, 2023
    8
    Es un juegazo, tuvo un mal comienzo, pero, actualmente en 2022 tiene MUCHO más de lo que prometía antes de su lanzamiento, podríamos decir que actualmente es mucho mejor de lo que prometió. Está en una gran cantidad de idiomas (interfaz y audio) lo cual está genial para mejorar la experiencia, una historia medianamente buena (no hay muchos personajes en ella y es un tanto rara), unaEs un juegazo, tuvo un mal comienzo, pero, actualmente en 2022 tiene MUCHO más de lo que prometía antes de su lanzamiento, podríamos decir que actualmente es mucho mejor de lo que prometió. Está en una gran cantidad de idiomas (interfaz y audio) lo cual está genial para mejorar la experiencia, una historia medianamente buena (no hay muchos personajes en ella y es un tanto rara), una exploración apabullante y llena de características interesantes (su punto fuerte), un sistema de combate (tanto el espacial como el terrestre) honestamente regulero pero con varios estilos de combate para adaptarte al que más te guste, gran variedad de misiones que hacer, una comunidad activa y nada tóxica y lo mejor de todo, una empresa (Hello Games) muy atenta a la comunidad, actualizaciones constantes (meses) que aprende de sus errores. También cabe destacar que está en muchas plataformas para jugar (PS4, PS5, XBox ONE, XBox Series X y S, PC, Nintendo Switch y Mac) y puedes jugar en línea con cualquier desde cualquier plataforma (excepto Switch).
    Realmente recomendado, no he visto un juego así en años.    … Expand
  10. JunkmanUK
    Oct 20, 2018
    10
    Relaxing, and enjoyable. The developers genuinely love this game and after 40 hours I'm still finding new things
  11. fabchan
    Jul 7, 2023
    9
    After all this time with all the updates and fixes, No Man's Sky feels like a totally different game, one that is well worth playing. If you enjoy exploring and crafting, you should give this game a go.
  12. Oddkeep
    Jun 25, 2020
    10
    Greatest turn around in history of gaming. Recommended. ffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff
  13. Chrysler
    Jul 30, 2018
    10
    I love this game,the next update made it well worth it and thsi game deserves at least 8 but I will give it 10 since for me its the perfect and most fun game I ever played,I love the procedual generation,the variety,the new content,the vastness of space and planets,this game is the best space game I ever played.And my favorite all time.
  14. Panthermce32
    Aug 1, 2018
    10
    I bought this game just recently after the HUGE NEXT rework! I really hope some old users come back to review their opinions. If survival sandbox is a genre you enjoy this is a must pick!
  15. Taylord99
    Aug 15, 2018
    7
    This game is a much better game than what it was in 2016. There are many more things to do now and it feels way more dynamic and has way more depth. The game still has a ways to go, but it is getting there.
  16. Rhynlock
    Aug 15, 2018
    7
    First of all, this game is not for everyone, this is a game about exploration, about wandering about in the endless procedural generated galaxy. The Next updated really blew life into a dead game and make me jump into it. is interesting to go find little pieces of a language to help you communicate with new species. the spaceships has a good variety even tough they all play mostly theFirst of all, this game is not for everyone, this is a game about exploration, about wandering about in the endless procedural generated galaxy. The Next updated really blew life into a dead game and make me jump into it. is interesting to go find little pieces of a language to help you communicate with new species. the spaceships has a good variety even tough they all play mostly the same, its nice eye candy. the game does has a huge amount of farming and grinding that slows the exploration quite a bit and this is my main issue with the game. other issue I have is that lots of the flora and fauna you find in different planets look weird or outright creepy, which can be a little unsettling. anyway I love exploration and in space is just better, if you are into that pick it up and have fun. if you don't, then stay away… Expand
  17. Anarkroft
    Mar 14, 2022
    8
    Un jeu qui revient de l'au delà. Je ne l'ai pas connu dans ses premières versions, seulement depuis quelques mois, et ce fut une très agréable surprise : le jeu est graphiquement très joli et superbement optimisé en version pancake. Il tourne en VR, est plutôt joli mais nettement plus gourmand (ou nettement moins optimisé en VR, c'est selon le point de vue que l'on adopte).
    Toujours    Un jeu qui revient de l'au delà. Je ne l'ai pas connu dans ses premières versions, seulement depuis quelques mois, et ce fut une très agréable surprise : le jeu est graphiquement très joli et superbement optimisé en version pancake. Il tourne en VR, est plutôt joli mais nettement plus gourmand (ou nettement moins optimisé en VR, c'est selon le point de vue que l'on adopte).
    Toujours est-il que le jeu n'est pas très cher, souvent en promo, les extensions gratuites continuent de sortir, avec leur lot de contenu.
    Ca ressemble à un jeu service, mais sans les mécaniques de rétention ni les micro-transactions. Depuis maintenant 5 ans que le jeu est sort, il continue de faire vivre le studio uniquement sur les ventes sèches du jeu, ce qui est extraordinaire dans le monde actuel....

    Côté contenu, on est plutôt sur un jeu à la centaine d'heures ou plus, temps vers lequel on aura l'impression d'avoir fait le tour du jeu (ce qui est sacrément conséquent comme boucle de gameplay !)

    En résumé, c'est beau, c'est jouable en pancake et en VR (gestion complète des contrôleurs, pas besoin de HOTAS ni clavier/souris), c'est plein de contenu, c'est pas très cher et avec un modèle économique sain.

    Une excellente surprise, assurément !    … Expand
  18. Bomba_Luigi
    Feb 28, 2021
    10
    The game has improved tenfold since it's release. Ever since the NEXT update, it is a game that I would recommend.
  19. Oussebon
    Nov 29, 2019
    3
    There's so much potential in the game. Infinite worlds, harvesting, crafting, exploration, and some basic quests (which is more than many other survival games attempt). Combat on foot, in vehicles, in ships. The game looks good, and runs well. It's crying out to be endless fun.

    Unfortunately, the whole experience is shredded to pieces by bugs. So many, you can't play the game for    There's so much potential in the game. Infinite worlds, harvesting, crafting, exploration, and some basic quests (which is more than many other survival games attempt). Combat on foot, in vehicles, in ships. The game looks good, and runs well. It's crying out to be endless fun.

    Unfortunately, the whole experience is shredded to pieces by bugs. So many, you can't play the game for tripping over them. Aspects of the game that lack polish or are downright clunky like parts of the UI (galaxy map probably the worse offender) can easily be forgiven. The sheer weight of bugs that actually hinder gameplay can't. Hello Games needs to really focus on these, as they more than negate the content and features updates they keep bringing out.    … Expand
  20. Woauus34
    Jan 7, 2021
    10
    The game has redeemed it self. It was so bad but they worked so hard to deliver the game we all wanted. If you like this type of game buy it! There is no DLC, they only provide big free updates.
  21. danbut110
    Apr 22, 2021
    9
    Да, по началу игра не обладала тем контентом, который обещали разработчики, но всё это время они не забывали об игре и продолжали работать над ней. Сейчас же мы имеем куда больше, чем могли иметь, если бы игра вышла сразу без проблем. В текущем виде игра заслуживает большей оценки.Да, по началу игра не обладала тем контентом, который обещали разработчики, но всё это время они не забывали об игре и продолжали работать над ней. Сейчас же мы имеем куда больше, чем могли иметь, если бы игра вышла сразу без проблем. В текущем виде игра заслуживает большей оценки.
  22. Sp4c3p4nd4
    May 7, 2020
    8
    Bon jeu . Une grande évolution par rapport au lancement du jeu. La Vr est excellente fluide Je recommande
  23. koukouille
    Jan 1, 2021
    9
    If its initial launch was largely hasty and chaotic, today it is a real nugget. A real feat of strength when we know the relentlessness realized update after update and moreover all free! I hope that the development will not stop in such a good way and why not to finally release paid DLCs adding a lot of content!
  24. Aqualion
    Dec 31, 2020
    9
    The metacritic should to remove a reviews before 2020 because they are not fair now and distort reality around the No Man's Sky game. I pre-ordered the game and was disappointed, but i returned in 2020 and i was surprised ! I hope Developers will continue the work, at 50 hours of play, monotony begins to feel, the game just needs more random surprises and variety.

    Strongly recommended    The metacritic should to remove a reviews before 2020 because they are not fair now and distort reality around the No Man's Sky game. I pre-ordered the game and was disappointed, but i returned in 2020 and i was surprised ! I hope Developers will continue the work, at 50 hours of play, monotony begins to feel, the game just needs more random surprises and variety.

    Strongly recommended to play after 2020.    … Expand
  25. DooDooMan
    Jan 1, 2021
    10
    The game has improved greatly since launch because of all the updates and fixes they added to it, basically reviving the game.
  26. NeeRay
    Feb 22, 2022
    8
    To be honest, I've been wanting to write something warm about this game for a long time.
    After a recent update (Where you can go through the expeditions again) I decided to finally write a review.
    The game is getting better with each update. How much has come out this year. Most of all I like the study of systems and construction. In principle, if you discard some of the mechanics of the    To be honest, I've been wanting to write something warm about this game for a long time.
    After a recent update (Where you can go through the expeditions again) I decided to finally write a review.
    The game is getting better with each update. How much has come out this year. Most of all I like the study of systems and construction. In principle, if you discard some of the mechanics of the game, then this is the only thing you can do here, someone does not like sandboxes, someone does not understand what to do in this game at all. But there is also a plot and various secondary missions that will not let you get bored and help you figure out the game faster.

    Build your base or even an entire settlement. No, I'm not talking about settlements that you can manage (yeah, and this appeared this year). I mean, you have the opportunity to build a large base, as if it were a small settlement. Build in the air (I have seen beautiful examples), underground, under water - yes, even all at once. You can equip your space cargo ship, fill it with interesting starships. Honestly, you can describe this game for a very long time. I'm glad I got to know her, it's a pity it was so late and I didn't find the early times (and no matter how dark they were).    … Expand
  27. LeopardBunny
    Jan 12, 2021
    9
    It's a shame that there's still so many leftover negative reviews, though perhaps it's best the NMS team have that constant reminder of both how they utterly failed and how spectacularly they've risen from their lowest point.

    It's improved a lot from what I was told were the early days of the game. The devs initially were overly ambitious, but they showed they did care, and that really    It's a shame that there's still so many leftover negative reviews, though perhaps it's best the NMS team have that constant reminder of both how they utterly failed and how spectacularly they've risen from their lowest point.

    It's improved a lot from what I was told were the early days of the game. The devs initially were overly ambitious, but they showed they did care, and that really says something for the integrity of the devs that they continue to add new content despite its initial crash and burn. Nowadays, it's a hella fun and interesting romp through space, exploring different planets, collecting resources, chilling out. It's like a 3D Starbound, really. Plenty of different ways to play the game, whether it's trade running, farming, hunting, questing, exploring, whatever really.

    If I had to suggest features for a potential sequel: take some pages from Spore. Add the ability for players to make custom plants and animals and minerals and share them online for other people to discover. That would prevent biome-specific plants from starting to look repetitive, and further encourage exploring to see new, weird sights. Extra customization options for players along the lines of Skyrim would also let players really feel like their character is THEIR character. Adjustable proportion sliders and what-not would be very nice. No Man's Sky is a game that begs for a lot of assets, I think, even more than are already in the game, and I feel like having player-designed props would take the game that one step further.

    Also let people scrap multi-tools.

    9/10, I'd probably normally only give 8 or so, but I have so much respect for the devs working so hard to correct their mistakes in an industry that would normally just push the game to the side and pretend it never existed.    … Expand
  28. Frankeyowski
    Feb 22, 2021
    10
    Gigantyczna gra! Piękna gra! Miliony funkcji super dopracowanie, bardzo dobra fabuła. Kilka bugów ale bez wahania daję 10/10
  29. GameBoyAdv4002
    Aug 21, 2021
    8
    This game ate my time like a glutton. The galaxy is humongous. There are so many different types of small scale missions. This is the game I go to when I just want to play 'a' game, and I don't know which one. There is always so much more to do. 75/100
  30. iGalaxy
    Jul 30, 2021
    8
    I didn't buy this game on release, but I did it 5 years later. I can say that the game is really interesting. Large open world (2^64 planets), craft, base building, battles, both on planets and in space, and the ability to play both offline and online. But not without bugs
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#2 Most Discussed PC Game of 2016
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#25 Most Shared PC Game of 2016

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Metascore
61

Mixed or average reviews - based on 17 Critic Reviews

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