No Man's Sky

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4.8

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  1. Crackfarmer
    Aug 13, 2016
    4
    So after 5 hours of playing this i can say that i pretty much saw everything in this Game. I just can't see myself playing this for like more than 2,3, maybe 5 days? I'll list some pro's and con's below.

    Pro : - Endless Universe to explore - Immersive Environment and just something new Cons : - Lack of Content (The game is about 2.5gb big as download file which doesn't change once    So after 5 hours of playing this i can say that i pretty much saw everything in this Game. I just can't see myself playing this for like more than 2,3, maybe 5 days? I'll list some pro's and con's below.

    Pro :
    - Endless Universe to explore
    - Immersive Environment and just something new

    Cons :
    - Lack of Content (The game is about 2.5gb big as download file which doesn't change once installed - so you find out quite fast that this Game really doesn't offer that much of a variety.
    - Aliens look similar
    - After 5 hours you saw almost all ships you can get/buy, they only differ in upgrades, style and price
    - The "uploading" feature doesn't do anything besides give you credits. If you deny firewall access to this Game you can upload everything again after restarting the Game. It doesn't really upload anything, they could've named it "claim for discover" rather than upload.
    - Graphics are just terrible, just take a look at the ground it looks like someone threw up on the ground and was too lazy to clean it up
    - Plants, Rocks, Planets itself look almost same, just color difference
    - Biggest problem : Inventory size, you find yourself collecting stuff from loot boxes, yeah and then surprise they don't stack. You ship is full in the first 20min, so is your suit inventory. I found myself running around for like almost an hour before i could fix my starter ship to get off the planet.
    - The handling of the ship is terrible, you dont really want to use a and d otherwise you find yourself spinning like crazy.
    - Running feels like walking, walking feels like slow motion
    -You can't even use the word "optimized" because it is just not. It's 30 fps capped upon first launch with low settings along side. I got a pretty decent pc and i face freezes, fps issues and bugged textures all over the place.

    So in comparison this Game looks to me like an unfinished Tech preview of the Game. If you play it for like 2 hours you will ask yourself - "is that really it". This Game is just not finally done, but sadly it is. You can even harvest plants. You must shoot everything with your lazer which overheats like an cpu without cooling.

    Full price worth? No definitely not, not even half price is worth. 15-25€ seems okay but still not fair for an 2016 Game which was hyped so hard.

    Wait for an price cut, or get a pirated version since this Game (and the whole development) doesn't deserve this money. They first advertised this Game as mmo-based multiplayer which got played down and finally simply just edited in steam as "singleplayer".

    Please, i hope they don't ever create a Game again.    … Expand
  2. unbornchikken
    Aug 30, 2016
    3
    This is my second review on this title. After played some more hours and watched some prerelease trailers (didn't see them before), my opinion changed dramatically.

    First of all, NMS is a good, simple, no-brainer indie game which worth a few bucks or so. But it isn't near that AAA quality that its current price suggests. Lemme sum up the issues (after 20 or so hrs of play): -    This is my second review on this title. After played some more hours and watched some prerelease trailers (didn't see them before), my opinion changed dramatically.

    First of all, NMS is a good, simple, no-brainer indie game which worth a few bucks or so. But it isn't near that AAA quality that its current price suggests.

    Lemme sum up the issues (after 20 or so hrs of play):

    - Space "battles" are a joke, best to be ignored.
    - Creature diversity is non-existent. There are about 30 types of species and they vary in extremely minor things.
    - Creature AI is a joke.
    - Flying in the atmosphere is limited.
    - Vortex Cube planets breaks the game's economy.
    - Cannot transfer upgrades to new ships or multi-tools, which leads to a repetitive grinding for exactly the same stuff over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over again.
    - You're gonna visit the same 5 buildings over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over again.
    - Beside mining and resource gathering, there is nothing "interesting" to do in this game. Creature discovery gets boring once you realize the issue #2.

    Don't buy this until the price drops to $2 or until it gets patched up to the level of quality of the trailers.    … Expand
  3. Ayane
    Aug 12, 2016
    4
    Let's see, you start off on a planet looking for parts for your ship, which got repetitive after the first few seconds. You run out of breath too fast which got annoying, also there's too much of the same element like iron ect..
  4. sithlord1981
    Aug 13, 2016
    2
    I want my money back. Utter disappointment.. massive let down and not up to the hype. could have been so much better. its Ok for the first 4-5hrs but becomes so repetitive
  5. Litvin
    Aug 13, 2016
    4
    Crafting simulator. No plot. Sorry for the money spent. After a day of games get bored of the monotony. Price for such a game should byat twice below.
  6. TheIslancer
    Aug 14, 2016
    4
    If you are looking for well a huge sandbox this is the game for you! It is painfully repeatable. Also the i5-4460 and Msi Gtx 1060 gaming x (O.C.ed +140/ +700) maxing well almost every single game on 1080p atm had fps drops, spikes. Graphics looks quite good but it doesn't make up for empty planets (come on 10 npc met in 2 hours of exploring?). Only thing that does go for me is that IIf you are looking for well a huge sandbox this is the game for you! It is painfully repeatable. Also the i5-4460 and Msi Gtx 1060 gaming x (O.C.ed +140/ +700) maxing well almost every single game on 1080p atm had fps drops, spikes. Graphics looks quite good but it doesn't make up for empty planets (come on 10 npc met in 2 hours of exploring?). Only thing that does go for me is that I wanted to see what is going to be further in the galaxy but even before reaching Atlas (?) I gave up exploring. 4/10… Expand
  7. revenant221
    Aug 16, 2016
    2
    Overall, NMS is a disappointment unfortunately. The visual style can be amazing sometimes but after a while you'll see a lot of the same things with different shades or slightly different shapes. I began NMS thinking there would be many planet types as opposed to just different species & colors. This could be my fault for not looking into the game more but with games I'm really lookingOverall, NMS is a disappointment unfortunately. The visual style can be amazing sometimes but after a while you'll see a lot of the same things with different shades or slightly different shapes. I began NMS thinking there would be many planet types as opposed to just different species & colors. This could be my fault for not looking into the game more but with games I'm really looking forward to I try to avoid getting too much information to keep from spoiling the game. From what I've seen/played, all of the planets are rock planets that vary slightly in topography but don't look too different. I was hoping I'd travel to gas giants, molten worlds, maybe even words where volcanic eruptions are happening constantly (as was the case in Earth's early life). It was a bad idea thinking this game would be as mind bending as a huge blockbuster like Interstellar but that was what I was thinking. Thought I might fly down to a planet thats almost completely water, or down to a planet that has raging dust storms that limits visibility & is throwing rocks around that we have to watch out for. Instead I go down to a planet that has red water & green grass that reminds me of something out of a Mario game & then move on to the next planet where there is RED grass & BLUE water. This boredom started within 3-4 hours for me.
    The worst part of NMS is that it slows down progression by making you do menial, repetitive tasks. The game honestly reminds me so much of Destiny & I don’t think any of those ways is good. To get it out of the way bc so many people already mentioned it, the fact that you hold down the button to do an action in the UI all the time is an odd choice. It’s just not necessary & making a cursor be the way you select things instead of the normal way on consoles where something is always highlighted & to select something you move to it & tap a button doesn’t make sense to me. The worst way this game feels like Destiny to me is how you have to mine materials to do ANYTHING. Need more life support? Scan the area, aim at resource, hold trigger, get material, use to refill life support. Same exact thing for ammo, fuel, etc. The fact that you can hold so little makes it so much more unbearable. It feels like you’re mining for resources to level up an exotic weapon in Destiny except you don’t get a cool ability at the end, you just don’t die from lack of life support.

    NMS has been compared to Elite Dangerous & I agree that the gameplay (GP) is pretty similar. The art style is very different but the general GP is very similar in that you fly around to different planets exploring & completing your objectives. Both games have a HUGE amount of planets & you warp to different systems while needing resources to continue your journey. But it’s also different from Elite Dangerous & some of those differences are good while others are bad in my opinion. First the good: When I played Elite Dangerous, it took me forever to even master the basics of flying. It’s very punishing & even if you start to get the hang of flying, you could make a mistake that leaves you stranded between two planets as your life support fails & you slowly freeze to death. Now that sounds fun in the way a lot of survival games sound fun but when it happens a couple of times you’ll soon grow frustrated. Now the more you play Elite, the more you’ll get the hang of that & it will happen much less so if you spend enough time playing the game I know you’ll have fun & start having long runs.
    NMS is like a more on rails version of that: speed of your ship is easy to control warping is easy, & all the asteroids I’ve found in space will blow up if shot & give you fuel so it is hard to get stranded. I like this because it allows me to just play the game. But the bad part of this is that it also holds your hand with your ability to fly your ship. It’s not as bad as Destiny where you never actually fly your ship but I was expecting to be able to fly your ship like you could fly planes in Crimson Skies. It was very free flying but NMS is the opposite. There’s an invisible barrier that prevents you from getting within about 50 feet of anything on the ground unless you hit the ‘Land’ button which the computer controls for you. I just fly in the sky looking for the same looking base on every planet & the ship feels like its on rails & you just move it left & right sometimes.
    The last way this reminds me of Destiny is that it really looks like they finished an unfinished game with the intent of finishing it within the first year or two of it being out. It feels like a more polished (not finished) Steam Green Light game. Its an early access game that has its skeleton structure laid out but the details that will make it a blast havent been implemented yet. Id highly suggest waiting for a while until they update it a lot. I think in a year, maybe two, it will be one of the best games out there. But right now, its a $60 early access game.    … Expand
  8. xPedroHLFx
    Aug 16, 2016
    2
    In the beginning, I was really excited about this game! Watched all the trailer, creators interviews, gameplays, etc. In the few hours, the game is really amazing. The worlds are beautiful, you have a certain amount of stuff to do, etc. Finding your first animal, your first alien, going to another solar system for the first time is quite interesting. Unfortunately, as the game moves on,In the beginning, I was really excited about this game! Watched all the trailer, creators interviews, gameplays, etc. In the few hours, the game is really amazing. The worlds are beautiful, you have a certain amount of stuff to do, etc. Finding your first animal, your first alien, going to another solar system for the first time is quite interesting. Unfortunately, as the game moves on, you realize that what you did in the first 3 or 4 hours is EXACTLY what you will be doing as long the game lasts! You travel from planet to planet, just to mine the SAME minerals (what is frustrating since almost all minerals can be found in any planet...), to meet the SAME aliens (whose AI seems like an old (read: obsolete) RPG game), to find the SAME "technological" structures (which led you to a stupid puzzle that is repeated over and over again), etc.. In other words, what you see in the first hours, is what you will be doing over and over and over again. About the 18 quintillion planets, it may be true, but what you see in the game is just variations of the first planet (not to mention animals, which are randomly generated, without regarding any relations to the planet and/or environment they're in. Sentinels are just the awesomely ANNOYING. They are not cool, nor interesting, or even presents itself as a real challenge. Just BORING. The planet conditions (radiation, toxic, ice and hot) are all the same, with a different symbol above your shield. The effects are the same: your "environmental protection" starts decreasing and, when it's over, you start to get damage until you die. One more thing, the only thing the game value is exploration, which is constantly denied by the minimal slots in your suit/ship (not to mention that they're the same slots that you use to install new technologies on both of them). Technically, the game is good (besides its FPS dives), but it is not enough to keep you playing for a long time since it lacks a good (and rewarding) gameplay.… Expand
  9. bobalopacus
    Aug 29, 2016
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Developer Hello Games, and Sean Murray in particular, went from hero to zero within the first week of release. It took a little while for people to realize how little this game has to offer. 18 squintillion planets is not the same as 18 squintillion endlesslly interesting or surprising elements. That would be too much to ask, of course, but in reality there is a sense that you've pretty much seen and done everything within about 10-15 hours.

    A lot of that time is spent performing pretty dull and repetitive tasks - sorting inventories, mining rocks, talking to cut-out characters or reading sub-par sci-fi text. Yes, there are fun bits - blasting off from a planet and travelling to that moon you saw in the distance - is good for a while and the lack of load screens are a plus, but this feels like the bare bones of a full-price game.

    Initially, you're drawn into the promise of the game, but this feeling is soon replaced with frustration, disappointment and even resent. The lack of different ship types, the poor combat, the irritating sentry bots, the lack of factions etc. all of this has been well covered. Much of this could have been easily remedied even by a small development team. This is when games get extremely frustrating. Why is it that a few hours play can reveal glaring flaws that a team of people failed to notice in five years?

    I'd watched videos of Murray talking about his pet project, prior to release, and it seemed like he was a genuine fan-boy producing something for the joy of it, not monetary gain. So, why lie about the game's contents? Why, after five years of production, leave glaring design flaws in place (the transmitter/ship upgrade function is surely not intended)?

    If Hello Games had charged £15 for this, and not over-hyped/lied about the game's contents, then they would have been met with a much more positive reaction.

    As it stands, No Man's Sky is the first game I've actually contemplated seeking a refund for. My advice for gamers: wait for a price drop, wait for promised content to arrive and hope this promising game finally delivers.

    My advice to Hello Games/ Sean Murray: spend the next year or two providing FREE upgrades to this game, deliver on your hype/promises and maybe, just maybe the squintillion people who bought into this might forgive you. Oh, and stop grinning.    … Expand
  10. Lysandor
    Aug 30, 2016
    3
    The game starts out as an epic adventure. Your ship is dead in the water. You're stranded on a deserted planet with nothing to do but fix the ship and start the epic journey into space. With 18 quintillion promised planets, that sounds like an epic journey to me. Unfortunately, this is where the games loses all it's appeal. Eighteen quintillion planets isn't exactly that. It turnsThe game starts out as an epic adventure. Your ship is dead in the water. You're stranded on a deserted planet with nothing to do but fix the ship and start the epic journey into space. With 18 quintillion promised planets, that sounds like an epic journey to me. Unfortunately, this is where the games loses all it's appeal. Eighteen quintillion planets isn't exactly that. It turns out that this is a simple mathmatical formula that indicates the number of potential planets you could interact with. What that ends up equating to is that you have many planets that are essentially the same with only mild variations. If a planet has 6 different variables, you could end up with a planet that is 111111, or 111112, or 111113. Those are three different planets, but they really only changed one variable. So essentially the planet will look and feel exactly the same aside from that one altering variable. This makes for very boring gameplay.

    I like many others was expecting Minecraft for adults. With the ability to creat my own worlds. To build bases, and interact with aliens. The aliens are cookie cutter replications at best. I, like many others, continued playing the game for hours thinking, "There has to be more. So much more was promised. Maybe I'm just not far enough into the game to find these things yet." Sadly after about 25 hours, I'm still just mining resources, expanding my inventory slots, buying new ships and trying to learn languages. All of these things gets incredibly boring after about 5 repetitions. About 5 hours in the game started feeling monotonous. The game feels more like a $19.99 PSN game than it does a $60 full release.

    I'm still holding out hope to see if the game gets better as the developers start introduing new content with patches. I'm not holding my breath, as they didn't deliver on their first set of promises, so why would they deliver on their latest set. Hold out on this game. Give it some time to see exactly what the developers have in the works. Wait until those patches are released and find some friends who were foolish enough to believe the hype and bought the game sight unseen. Then if the devs can deliver on their promises, and only then, should you even consider wasting your money on this released too early game.    … Expand
  11. BradReviews
    Aug 30, 2016
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Don't let No Mans Sky's massive size fool you, while it is huge it is not the game that was shown at its reveal in 2013. It has been downgraded to a less interesting and boring title with nothing else to do but mine for resources and wander the "diverse" planets of the galaxy.There are many things missing from the game that were promised by the games developer Sean Murray such as multiplayer which was one the most hyped features of the game. The first hour of the game was ok but It gets repetitive and the amount of crashes increases the more you progress to the big secret at the center of the galaxy, which turns out to be fancy loading screen which takes you to another galaxy to do it all again! Overall No Mans Sky is a broken, glitchy pile of lies and disappointment. Not worth $60 save your money for finished titles with all the promised features included!

    (Not Recommended )    … Expand
  12. JChristian
    Aug 31, 2016
    0
    This **** isn't even worth piracy, No Man's Sky is a trash, trash, trash, trash, trash, trash, trash, trash, trash, trash, trash, trash, trash, trash, trash, trash, trash, trash, trash, trash, trash!
  13. ThatOneGamer989
    Sep 23, 2016
    0
    Land on planet, aim laser at rock, find building, talk to alien, get in ship, take off, repeat. There you have No Man's Sky in a nutshell. I was overwhelmed by the raw beauty and scale of the game at first. However, after a few hours, I began to realize that I had tracked across miles of sparsely populated dirt (half of the planets I landed on were barren with no signs of life) and wasLand on planet, aim laser at rock, find building, talk to alien, get in ship, take off, repeat. There you have No Man's Sky in a nutshell. I was overwhelmed by the raw beauty and scale of the game at first. However, after a few hours, I began to realize that I had tracked across miles of sparsely populated dirt (half of the planets I landed on were barren with no signs of life) and was more invested in watching Netflix while playing. I get the whole "imagine your own adventure thing," being a writer myself. However, that would be like picking up the most hyped up book of the year, finding it had one chapter and 750 blank pages. I would NOT RECOMMEND this game at all! Not to mention, the developers straight up lied about half the features like multiplayer...… Expand
  14. Storemanager
    Sep 29, 2016
    0
    This is not the game. Its a hoax. All that was promised is not there. You can't even complete the game. Star map will vanish after you reach 1000 light years away from the "center" and then you can't go nowhere! I hope some rich person will sue the company for false promises! Those organizing this money scam should go to jail for very long time!

    It's no matter what so ever what    This is not the game. Its a hoax. All that was promised is not there. You can't even complete the game. Star map will vanish after you reach 1000 light years away from the "center" and then you can't go nowhere! I hope some rich person will sue the company for false promises! Those organizing this money scam should go to jail for very long time!

    It's no matter what so ever what "updates" developers would bring in the game at the future, because GAME HAS TO BE COMPLETE IN THE DISC WITHOUT UPDATES!!!    … Expand
  15. Marcopodomus
    Aug 31, 2016
    1
    What was said/shown by Sean Murray about what the game would be and what the end product delivered actually is are as vast as the universe itself... I feel cheated and angry... I even gave time to see what a few updates might fix... you gave a fraction of the game promised yet still charged full price... shame on you hello games
  16. Kris_d
    Oct 22, 2016
    4
    I think this would have made a great early acces title at for the price of 20 euro's. While i'm used to companies exaggerating and showing trailers that make games look better than they actually are, in the case of No Man's Sky it's a lot worse. I suggest watching the angry Joe review where he sums up everything that's been stated by Sean Murray and what is actually in the game. at first iI think this would have made a great early acces title at for the price of 20 euro's. While i'm used to companies exaggerating and showing trailers that make games look better than they actually are, in the case of No Man's Sky it's a lot worse. I suggest watching the angry Joe review where he sums up everything that's been stated by Sean Murray and what is actually in the game. at first i felt bad for the guy, but honestly he really lied bad about many things. There's some fun and cool moment to be had the first ten hours of the game, but it lacks in a lot of ways. It's very shallow, the universe is empty, the flying is bad, the combat is bad. If you're lucky to land on a beautiful interesting planet, there's some relaxing moments to enjoy the vista's and take screenshots. But that's pretty much the only positives about this game. I was hoping the game would get some nice features the coming year(s), but i think i kinda gave up on it and accepted i wasted 60 euro's.… Expand
  17. kabbi
    Sep 22, 2016
    1
    I dont even have to say why this game is utter **** It's already all been out there since day two. I played this for a couple days and it always almost hysterical how much of a scam the release date was. It's a great if you don't like story/progression/ or anything else other than looking at colors change. I'm just posting this as a reminder to the developers that I will be following yourI dont even have to say why this game is utter **** It's already all been out there since day two. I played this for a couple days and it always almost hysterical how much of a scam the release date was. It's a great if you don't like story/progression/ or anything else other than looking at colors change. I'm just posting this as a reminder to the developers that I will be following your careers as you slide this one under the rug and move onto more ****. Goodbye Hello Games. The irony is not lost on me, you fake ass scammers.… Expand
  18. Abstractpurpose
    Sep 14, 2016
    3
    Mine to fly to mine to fly. All this game consists of is mining and buying upgrades that inly allow you to mine longer just to fly so you can continue mining. No factions no missions this game is filled with a lot of nothing. But at least the endings interesting right? Nope...its even more nothing than the journey to it
  19. danieljquinn
    Sep 8, 2021
    0
    This game sucks a bag of dicks. Seriously, if this is a game that has been fixed from the utter **** that was its disaster of a launch, I'll be a monkey's uncle. Dozens of hours spent trying to get out of the home system, and the bugged mission to receive the hyperdrive won't launch -- so I'm stuck with no way out. As such, my time has just been wasted.

    Seriously, you've had years to    This game sucks a bag of dicks. Seriously, if this is a game that has been fixed from the utter **** that was its disaster of a launch, I'll be a monkey's uncle. Dozens of hours spent trying to get out of the home system, and the bugged mission to receive the hyperdrive won't launch -- so I'm stuck with no way out. As such, my time has just been wasted.

    Seriously, you've had years to fix this glitchy, substandard dumpster-fire of a game and you couldn’t even manage to fix the beginning. Piss off! I'll play a game made by someone who has even a ghost of a clue how to design one. So glad I didn't pay anywhere near full price for this compete train-wreck. Delete game........    … Expand
  20. xMauricepw
    Aug 28, 2016
    4
    Das Spiel bekommt von mir 4 und nicht nur 3 Punkte, weil ich erstaunlicherweise bis zu einem gewissen Punkt sehr viel Spaß damit hatte. Wofür man es auf jeden Fall loben muss ist die Atmosphäre, der Soundtrack und dieses Gefühl, dass irgendwo einen irgendwas zum Staunen bringen könnte, und sei es nur irgendeine gewaltige Tierart oder ein schöner Planet.

    Ansonsten ist das Spiel technisch    Das Spiel bekommt von mir 4 und nicht nur 3 Punkte, weil ich erstaunlicherweise bis zu einem gewissen Punkt sehr viel Spaß damit hatte. Wofür man es auf jeden Fall loben muss ist die Atmosphäre, der Soundtrack und dieses Gefühl, dass irgendwo einen irgendwas zum Staunen bringen könnte, und sei es nur irgendeine gewaltige Tierart oder ein schöner Planet.

    Ansonsten ist das Spiel technisch ein Wrack, die Grafik hat ihren eigenen Stil, aber auch nicht mehr. Das Gameplay ist nur eine "Hülle" - nichts ist wirklich zuende gedacht und wirklich KEIN Gameplay-Element bindet oder motiviert den Spieler! Es ist unfassbar, wie "einfach" das Spiel ist, und wie sinnlos man sich in allem was man tut vor kommt.

    Meine einzige Motivation, dieses Spiel zu spielen, war es einmal alles gesehen zu haben, was das Spiel zu bieten hat (Und das ist nicht viel), ein besseres Schiff zu bekommen, ein cooles Multiwerkzeug, und die Warp-Reaktoren um zu anderen Sonnensystemen reisen zu können, in der Hoffnung, dort mal sehenswerte Planeten zu finden.

    Das Ende (Zentrum der Galaxy) ist ein Witz, und die prozedurale Generierung durchschaut man bereits nach 2 Stunden, und ab dann fängt es an zu nerven!

    Es wurde so viel versprochen, und nur gefühlt 30% davon findet man im fertigen Spiel...

    4/10 Punkten, knapp an der 3/10 vorbei gerauscht. Größte Enttäuschung des Jahres.    … Expand
  21. End3rz
    Aug 31, 2016
    2
    While the scope of the game is amazing, after playing the game since release it gets old quick. If you've ever read the book "Ready Player One" (if you haven't, go read it now, you'll thank me), this game feels like a beta test for the OASIS, more like a proof of concept. Don't get me wrong the scale of the game is impressive but the repetitiveness of the game makes it feel like more of aWhile the scope of the game is amazing, after playing the game since release it gets old quick. If you've ever read the book "Ready Player One" (if you haven't, go read it now, you'll thank me), this game feels like a beta test for the OASIS, more like a proof of concept. Don't get me wrong the scale of the game is impressive but the repetitiveness of the game makes it feel like more of a job and is the last thing I want to play after coming home from my actual job in the real world. This game is definitely a rent before buying as it feels like an over-hyped version of minecraft.… Expand
  22. Andregynbr
    Aug 31, 2016
    3
    O jogo parece uma "baseline" para algo que poderia ser muito melhor, mesmo sem muita complicação, a chegada ao centro da galáxia é algo muito frustrante e a falta de atividades diversificadas é ainda maior. Cheios de crashes, bugs e recheados de um quintilhão de promessas não cumpridas, Parabéns "assessoria de imprensa" novamente você conseguiu !
  23. Rasiak100
    Sep 1, 2016
    1
    Terrible. Its the first game I have ever felt angry about I was angry that i wasted my money and angry that a game I was looking forward to turned out so bad. Gonna see if i can recoop at least half what I paid for it. The free game on PSN this month rebel galaxy is a hundred times more fun than this and it was free. My advise don't waist your time or your money.
  24. evOlvedParasite
    Sep 1, 2016
    2
    Sold this game after 1 day of playing it. This game is the biggest disappointment of 2016. This game was marketed as something different to what we got.
  25. Jwellman
    Sep 23, 2016
    4
    When I first saw the commercial for the No Man’s Sky game, I was really excited about the possibilities the game was bringing to the table. A universe that could be explored for infinity, an entire lifetime for myself literally! During the buildup and hype surrounding this game I was wondering what the premise of this game actually was. Well, I downloaded No Man’s Sky off of theWhen I first saw the commercial for the No Man’s Sky game, I was really excited about the possibilities the game was bringing to the table. A universe that could be explored for infinity, an entire lifetime for myself literally! During the buildup and hype surrounding this game I was wondering what the premise of this game actually was. Well, I downloaded No Man’s Sky off of the PlayStation store, because it was sold out in all of the gaming stores in Ames, Iowa. The downloading portion only took about thirty minutes, which was probably one of the only things I was pleased with. So sad to say it folks, but this game was a big disappointment in my eyes. When I first started playing the game, there was a few things that caught my eye. Graphics, flying the ship, and exploring was really exciting. After a few hours of not knowing what was going on, and no real mission driven plot, plus the terrible soundtrack, I was fed up! I didn’t mention the very tedious mining and collecting of resources to do anything, and when I say very tedious I mean that with my entire heart. Plus not to mention exploring and time it takes to get places in the game play was ridiculous! Even when you did collect enough resources to get an upgrade, it was a sad disappointment. Even upgrading your own ship, which is a big accomplishment in the game, offered nothing special except more slots for mindless resources. Even the fighting gameplay with your ship is very difficult and almost impossible to hit a target flying through space with you. This game was defiantly not for a person like myself. I would say this is more driven to people that do not mind taking a long time collecting resources, and really figuring out the game for themselves. This game is not going to hold your hand, and push you in to the right direction. You are going to have to spend a lot of time finding your way, which is why I did not enjoy this game past a few hours. Overall I am going to give this game a 4 out of 10, and wouldn’t recommend it to anyone at 60 dollars. Wait for it to go down to 20 dollars.… Expand
  26. CDR_Aleks
    Sep 28, 2016
    4
    No Man's Sky. A game that was truly hyped and well anticipated from the moment it was announced at E3.
    I'll be honest, I didn't hear about the game until just before it came out, but I very quickly fell for what I had heard and could not wait until I got a copy for myself.
    This could very well have become my new favourite game of all time. I spent a majority of the day I got it playing    No Man's Sky. A game that was truly hyped and well anticipated from the moment it was announced at E3.
    I'll be honest, I didn't hear about the game until just before it came out, but I very quickly fell for what I had heard and could not wait until I got a copy for myself.
    This could very well have become my new favourite game of all time.
    I spent a majority of the day I got it playing it, and spent a further few hours the following day on the game as well. However, I have not touched it since then and have no intention to either.
    I'll start with the good:
    -The planets you find in this game have the potential to be gorgeous and full of life. Truly, some breathtaking sites.
    -Learning alien languages word by word is an interesting, yet fun concept. and can offer up better trades for you.
    -The overall look of the 'solar systems' and galaxies is, once again, breathtaking to say the least.
    And now, we journey to the other side of things:
    -Yes, there are some amazing planets, but they are few and far between all the barren ones you will come across, not to mention toxic, hot or freezing ones that take away you life support power.
    -The creatures you encounter are nothing like those in the trailer. They are procedurally generated to provide new combinations, but they often looked mashed together. Kind of like when you play with lego when you're younger and put different pieces together to make something entirely new, only for it to be like something you made earlier.
    -Space combat is, once again, nothing like the trailer. It is oftentimes tedious and difficult early on in the game.
    -No factions like in the trailer. Maybe there is factions in the game, but none that are apparent to the player, and certainly none you can join.
    -All the ships are the same just with more slots for your inventory. There are no advantages to specific ones otherwise.
    -No multiplayer at all. Personally, not a fan of multiplayer games but coming across other players would have been nice and the fact it was advertised and then turned out not to have it was rather...disappointing.
    Overall, I did not enjoy this game and find too many issues to consider giving it higher than a 4.
    Do I think it's a bad game? No.
    Do I think it's overpriced and lacking in multiple areas? Yes.
    Had this game been a £20, early access title on steam, I would probably love it, but a £50 game on the PS4 is far too much for something horrendously lacking in features that may come in future updates.
    Buy this game when it's on sale, but don't fork out anything above £30, as I truly do not believe it to be worth it.    … Expand
  27. TatsMcGee
    Sep 8, 2018
    3
    What Kind of Adventure?

    Its a first person Adventure Game. Was it fun? No, I didn’t enjoy it. Would you play it again? No, I will not be playing this game again. Any Complaints? Yes, its dull and boring. Its an exploration game but there’s not much to explore and what you do explore isn’t that exciting. Also you walk so slow, like painfully slow. It took me a half hour    What Kind of Adventure?

    Its a first person Adventure Game.

    Was it fun?

    No, I didn’t enjoy it.

    Would you play it again?

    No, I will not be playing this game again.

    Any Complaints?

    Yes, its dull and boring. Its an exploration game but there’s not much to explore and what you do explore isn’t that exciting. Also you walk so slow, like painfully slow. It took me a half hour to get one resource.

    How many hours did you play it?

    I played it about 2 hours and decided that I was good.    … Expand
  28. GamerxWolf
    Mar 3, 2017
    1
    Well, crap.
    Just by watching gameplay for 30 minutes, I instantly become bored of No Man's Sky.

    Well I guess you could say that, 'No Man' Should play it.

    Very unoriginal, but I don't care.
    The game was very, very bad upon release.

    I liked the idea 'Hello Games' tried to create and produce, but it turned out to be repetitive gameplay.
  29. patatus
    Mar 9, 2017
    1
    universo enorme planetas bastos y grandes mis cojones!!! Cada planeta está más vacío que el anterior las criaturas tienen un diseño de risa y encima las mentiras de la desarrolladoras iba tener online mis cojones las texturas son asquerosas el rendimiento es fatídico y no hablemos de la versión de pc buff no la voy ni a valorar es tan mala y repugnante que no merecen que la valúen.
  30. Professor_x
    Mar 9, 2017
    2
    The game seemed to have a interesting concept going on, which is the only reason its not getting a zero. As i started playing the game i was intrigued by its unique aesthetic i was curious to explore. After exploring for a few hours and reaching another planet i realized it all looked the same. I tried to give the building thing a go but i quickly became bored. it didn't offer the artisticThe game seemed to have a interesting concept going on, which is the only reason its not getting a zero. As i started playing the game i was intrigued by its unique aesthetic i was curious to explore. After exploring for a few hours and reaching another planet i realized it all looked the same. I tried to give the building thing a go but i quickly became bored. it didn't offer the artistic freedom of a game such as mine craft, and it lacked the characteristics of a survival game, it also lacked the beauty and diversity of a exploration game. The few "enemies" were more annoying than fun to defeat as their was nothing building upon that. All this plus the fact it was 60 dollars make this a **** game. Walking around game 2/10. I played the game at launch for about 1.5 hours, no idea if it got better with updates but i doubt it.… Expand
  31. Dioga
    Jan 29, 2018
    2
    NO MANS LIE

    Way to many lies in the trailer
    1. Multiplayer was a lie
    2. Mediocre IA
    3. You barely see like a fleet of 4 or 5 ships
    4. All the ships dont handle different btw you cant name your ship
  32. udn
    Aug 24, 2019
    0
    **** save system is terrible. constructions, unit ... all blown away in just one error.
  33. meetyourcritic
    Sep 26, 2020
    3
    DO NOT. I REPEAT. DO NOT BUY THIS GAME. Well, if you want 30 mins of actual fun game play for $40, go nuts but if you like fun, don't waste your money. What I mean by that is it has a strong start, (which gives it the three points it has.) and then (to quote slimecicle) like a ball rolling downhill quickly, things go downhill fast. Instantly a fun survival game turns into grindfest, fly,DO NOT. I REPEAT. DO NOT BUY THIS GAME. Well, if you want 30 mins of actual fun game play for $40, go nuts but if you like fun, don't waste your money. What I mean by that is it has a strong start, (which gives it the three points it has.) and then (to quote slimecicle) like a ball rolling downhill quickly, things go downhill fast. Instantly a fun survival game turns into grindfest, fly, grindfest, fly, grindfest, rinse and repeat. Keep your money in your pockets and do not buy this game.… Expand
  34. Kibbi88
    Aug 9, 2016
    4
    This is one of the worst next gen games I've ever played on PS4. I feel like the developers chose quantity over quality. The idea of visiting an infinite number of randomly generated planets is cool, but realize that they aren't goanna spend the time making each of them interesting. After visiting a few planets, I realized that the planets were very similar in landscape, plants, elements,This is one of the worst next gen games I've ever played on PS4. I feel like the developers chose quantity over quality. The idea of visiting an infinite number of randomly generated planets is cool, but realize that they aren't goanna spend the time making each of them interesting. After visiting a few planets, I realized that the planets were very similar in landscape, plants, elements, and animals. The humanoid life forms I ran into do nothing but sell or trade. The game doesn't have a story line or multi-player. The idea of this game is for you to visit and explore these randomly generated planets. It won't take long for you to realize how repetitive this game is and how plain the design of the landscape is. I recommend to stay away from this game and save your money.… Expand
  35. Siontis
    Aug 9, 2016
    0
    Repetitive gameplay, cartoonish graphics, sub 30fps poor performance , texture pop in, stuttering and screen tearing. I would happily forgive the boring gameplay if No Man's Sky's frame rate was solid or higher without the above mentioned issues.
  36. Tafrani
    Aug 10, 2016
    0
    Ho atteso con ansia questo gioco soprattutto per l'enorme campagna marketing fatta da Sony e per il concept del gioco che ho adorato nei vari trailer e gameplay ufficiali. La prima ora di gioco è da 10 e lode, il problema è il dopo; il fatto di avere milioni di pianeti e razze aliene diverse non viene accompagnato da un gameplay estremamente simile a quello di Minecraft. Non c'è alcunHo atteso con ansia questo gioco soprattutto per l'enorme campagna marketing fatta da Sony e per il concept del gioco che ho adorato nei vari trailer e gameplay ufficiali. La prima ora di gioco è da 10 e lode, il problema è il dopo; il fatto di avere milioni di pianeti e razze aliene diverse non viene accompagnato da un gameplay estremamente simile a quello di Minecraft. Non c'è alcun bisogno che ora mi venite a dire "Non è per tutti" perché questo è ovvio, non esiste un solo gioco che è in grado di piacere a tutti ma il problema qui è un altro: è noioso. Probabilmente gli amanti di Minecraft saranno molto presi anche da No Man's Sky, io no. Voto 0/10 SOPRATTUTTO a causa del prezzo da tripla A per quello che è un evidente indie. Se il suo prezzo fosse stato intorno ai 20 euro, cioè il suo vero valore, non avrei esitato a dare un buon 7.… Expand
  37. Greebo12
    Aug 10, 2016
    4
    The game looks very nice, and also makes quite fun, but 60Euro / Doller are too much!
    As the game like other Survival games and makes nothing new but the other games only cost 20-30 euros / Doller.
    The NPCs are lifeless and have little animations the world is very empty and the space is still empty!
    I say for because price is a 4/10 and is not worth 60 Euro / Doller.
  38. ntall1
    Aug 10, 2016
    1
    This game is very much like Starbound. How is it like starbound? Well... its a game... its about a universe, it has almost no fun features, and it relies on hype to generate the bulk of its sales.

    What is the reason for exploration when there is nothing interesting in an entire universe. Keep searching planets, you might find a lizard panda!
  39. Hardcoreplaya
    Aug 10, 2016
    1
    Unfortunately not what I expected from the hype. It's more of a rock mining simulator than it is about exploring different planets/space. Every planet is pretty much the same anyway so it's kinda pointless to play for more than an hour or so because you will have seen it all by then. It's mindless grinding, my least favorite part of gaming. Wait until you get it for free from PS Plus andUnfortunately not what I expected from the hype. It's more of a rock mining simulator than it is about exploring different planets/space. Every planet is pretty much the same anyway so it's kinda pointless to play for more than an hour or so because you will have seen it all by then. It's mindless grinding, my least favorite part of gaming. Wait until you get it for free from PS Plus and then give it a try. $60 is way too much for what you are getting.… Expand
  40. DJ-Clazzi
    Aug 10, 2016
    0
    There's just not enough stuff to keep people busy with this game, it already feels limited after 5 hours of playing it, such a shame

    I'm not even gonna start on the absolutely absent multiplayer, there's no interaction between players at all, totally misleading
  41. trollkiller
    Aug 29, 2016
    1
    Redoing my positive review: loved the first 20 hours, before I realized this game is 85% mining sim and 15% space exploration. Should receive an award for sheer drudgery. What a wasted opportiunitty
  42. lumpynose
    Aug 12, 2016
    0
    I played it for several hours (I did wait until after the big update arrived). At the end of my playing I realized that the entire time I was playing I was either bored, anxious, or frustrated. I have no plans to play it ever again. This is not what I want from a game. And I'm rather pissed that I spent/wasted $60 on it.
  43. jclaiborne2007
    Sep 14, 2016
    0
    So, how does it feel to pay $59.99 for the biggest fail of the decade? This guy makes Peter Moloturd look like a hero. At least Peter did Populous. What did Hello Chumps ever make? I hope this fiasco not only ruins Hello games but also costs Sony money in legal fights. Outright fraud is what Sean Murray does. I have not held on to many games lately. I can fire the refund button real quickSo, how does it feel to pay $59.99 for the biggest fail of the decade? This guy makes Peter Moloturd look like a hero. At least Peter did Populous. What did Hello Chumps ever make? I hope this fiasco not only ruins Hello games but also costs Sony money in legal fights. Outright fraud is what Sean Murray does. I have not held on to many games lately. I can fire the refund button real quick on steam. If this game was FTP I would not bother. I don't like scammers which is what Sean Murray is all about.… Expand
  44. YYC
    Aug 13, 2016
    0
    One of the worst overhyped game ever. If this was just an indie project costing around 10-15 $, I'll just say "It's fine , I like it." but this is a 60$ full price game. For my 5 hours of game play I had around 10 crashes and not a single moment of enjoyment. The soundtrack is just an awful mix of sounds. I'll say "Thanks for this disappointment. "
  45. AshFox
    Aug 13, 2016
    3
    This game did NOT live up to expectations. it's over hyped and didn't deliver what it promised. The gameplay gets so repetitive you don't even know what's the point anymore. I admit i was really hyped for this game....guess i shouldn't have.
  46. chicoche666
    Aug 14, 2016
    0
    after playing the game for two hours I had enough. This is without a doubt the most boring video game I have ever played. There is literally nothing to do besides gather materials. Your inventory is so small that even doing this is hard and tedious. I was so excited to play NMS but the game is an empty shell. It's inmense and yet it gives you the feeling of being much smaller than otherafter playing the game for two hours I had enough. This is without a doubt the most boring video game I have ever played. There is literally nothing to do besides gather materials. Your inventory is so small that even doing this is hard and tedious. I was so excited to play NMS but the game is an empty shell. It's inmense and yet it gives you the feeling of being much smaller than other RPGs. **** no man's sky, overhyped ****… Expand
  47. vandorick
    Aug 15, 2016
    0
    Survivor? Action? Sci-fi? No, just a piece of junk to collect resources.

    Space combat, horrible. Aliens, like a kid movie. Graphical environment, with a lot of bugs. And yes... bugs and bugs.

    This game is a insolence. I want my money back.
  48. jameswh
    Aug 10, 2016
    1
    Ever feel like you've been had? Well you should. No Man's Sky is no way a $60 game. The excuses this game is receiving in some of the positive reviews is incredible. This game offers nothing but an endless, boring, sight-seeing holiday in space. After the initial "wow, isn't this big" its replaced by repetitive grinding and planets that look the same as the last. Look at stuff, scan stuff,Ever feel like you've been had? Well you should. No Man's Sky is no way a $60 game. The excuses this game is receiving in some of the positive reviews is incredible. This game offers nothing but an endless, boring, sight-seeing holiday in space. After the initial "wow, isn't this big" its replaced by repetitive grinding and planets that look the same as the last. Look at stuff, scan stuff, mine stuff... move on. Why would this be fun? In fact that's something you'll be saying a lot playing this game. I just can't believe gaming has come to this. An indie developer with a silly idea for a game getting huge bucks thrown at them by Sony. Dumb. This is also the same company that thought allowing Microsoft to steal Tomb Raider away from them was a good idea!? I'm done with this company. Its time to quit the console market when No Man's Sky is your big release of 2016. A definite low point of gaming.… Expand
  49. arnav99
    Jun 26, 2018
    0
    The hype behind this game was off the charts and for good reason it was trying something new and something different, however it failed and pretty badly too. To start with the graphics are sub par, the universe lifeless making the environment pretty much lifeless. The game has half baked shooting mechanics and the planets are not too different from each other. One planet has blue grassThe hype behind this game was off the charts and for good reason it was trying something new and something different, however it failed and pretty badly too. To start with the graphics are sub par, the universe lifeless making the environment pretty much lifeless. The game has half baked shooting mechanics and the planets are not too different from each other. One planet has blue grass with red dinosaurs and the other planet has red grass with blue dinosaurs its just a different colour palette for each planet. This game is too ambitious for its own good and it shows, it has a lot of things to show only to be implemented in a very shabby way (shooting mechanics, flight "simulation", survival). It's pretty obvious that this game has an identity crisis, so much to the point that it has no goal (or rather a badly explained goal), giving us no incentive to play it. The centre of the galaxy was shabbily done and was a colossal disappointment. You can't sympathise with indie developers just because they are "indie", you need quality and for 60 euros it's not even close. The game is terribly repetitive and not in the good way. Procedural generation is a risk because it gives the game no personality, there is nothing really interesting in the game, no variables (deserted planets, civilization, wars). The only good part of this game is the soundtrack.… Expand
  50. BillyBobSusanMa
    Aug 17, 2016
    0
    Without doubt the best Inventory management simulator i have ever played,

    trillions of star systems where you too can enjoy endlessly mining Plutonium so that you can explore Quintilian of worlds where you can continue to endlessly mine plutonium, Visit outposts where you can meet again and again the same Aliens that do absolutely nothing at all, engage in further meaningless mining    Without doubt the best Inventory management simulator i have ever played,

    trillions of star systems where you too can enjoy endlessly mining Plutonium so that you can explore Quintilian of worlds where you can continue to endlessly mine plutonium, Visit outposts where you can meet again and again the same Aliens that do absolutely nothing at all, engage in further meaningless mining of Plutonium, get to see the Red Planet, The Green Planet and Yellow Planet over and over again, all inhabited by exactly the same creatures that all look like they escaped from Spore World,

    Visit vast Space Stations that surprisingly have only one Alien and two rooms?, watch as other spaceships fly in, turn around and the fly out again?

    aaah, just think that i forked out $60 for this treat?    … Expand
  51. FleetwoodMac
    Aug 19, 2016
    0
    I don't understand all the negative reviews, Me and my wife's son love to play this game together in our matching Feel the Bern T-shirts whilst my wife is upstairs with Jamal and his friends. I just hate the fact that me and my wife's son can't actually see each other on the sofa despite us both being sat there
  52. EmileS
    Aug 21, 2016
    0
    Had to sign up on Metacritic just for this game. Everything you've heard about this game in media is a lie. It's pure **** This game is a massive grind which blue-screens A LOT and has no story what so ever. There is no multiplayer, there is no animations on any aliens you meet. The AI is non existent. It's just pure ****

    The devs lied to us constantly before the release and that's why    Had to sign up on Metacritic just for this game. Everything you've heard about this game in media is a lie. It's pure **** This game is a massive grind which blue-screens A LOT and has no story what so ever. There is no multiplayer, there is no animations on any aliens you meet. The AI is non existent. It's just pure ****

    The devs lied to us constantly before the release and that's why I bought the game, like so many others. This is a decent indie game for 10 bucks. It's not even close to being worth 60 bucks. I would never have bought it if it wasn't for all the lies.

    Stay away. Don't spend your money here. The devs ran a con. And they got us all. It really should be illegal. Don't encourage it. Don't ever buy anything from Hello games or any studio where Sean Murray might be involved in the future.    … Expand
  53. bioburn
    Aug 11, 2016
    0
    While the initial idea of the game is excellent, the implementation thereof is not.
    It lacks a greater variety of diversity which is very important in the current year.
    When going from planet to planet the variety isn't great enough to warrant the grand differences in location. Besides the planet exploration mechanics which are poor, it also lacks a sufficient enough story that might    While the initial idea of the game is excellent, the implementation thereof is not.
    It lacks a greater variety of diversity which is very important in the current year.
    When going from planet to planet the variety isn't great enough to warrant the grand differences in location.

    Besides the planet exploration mechanics which are poor, it also lacks a sufficient enough story that might give meaning to this quintillion planet filled universe. Besides that, the feeling of being the first explorer lost in some world is lost as robots have gone everywhere before you have! So it makes no sense for you to rename the planet if robots have been there before. Finally, the stagnant npcs lack a lot of character, and while pretty to look at could use a lot of improvements. So far I have only played the PS4 version and I have to say I'm quite disappointed with the graphics, especially as it looks smudgy and the fps is poor. I will pick up the pc version soon and see how it runs on my I7-6700k + dual TitanX setup.    … Expand
  54. BogusMan
    Aug 11, 2016
    0
    Big, $20 sandbox with few compelling toys, unattainable hype and a $60 price tag. Fun, but super unimaginative creatures, landscapes and "gameplay". Expected from something generated, not created, but still as disappointing. Looking worse than one would expect from PS4, being a "graphical powerhouse" and all.
  55. vreynauld
    Aug 14, 2016
    2
    No Man's Sky is a shining example that procedurally generated content is only as strong as the gameplay elements around it and cannot, with its current limitations, be the core gameplay in and of itself. Exploration wears thin after only a few hours once it sinks in that each planet is very similar to the last and there's almost no diversity in design. There's no rhyme or reason to how theNo Man's Sky is a shining example that procedurally generated content is only as strong as the gameplay elements around it and cannot, with its current limitations, be the core gameplay in and of itself. Exploration wears thin after only a few hours once it sinks in that each planet is very similar to the last and there's almost no diversity in design. There's no rhyme or reason to how the system designs planets so you may just stumble across a planet that's listed as Extreme Heat, suffers from periodic fire storms that pushes the temperature over 250C, and has not a single bit of water, yet somehow has more animals and plant life than a temperate water world. I'd like to say this is an exaggeration but it isn't.

    The other AI lifeforms in this game are stereotypes: greed driven trader race, mindless warrior race, advanced electronic race. They don't do anything of consequence except sit around in various huts waiting for you to stumble by to solve their ridiculously easy puzzles. Your existence as a player is solely to go from planet to planet, destroying the natural resources to build more fuel and materials in order to go to another planet and do the same thing. Over and over again. In a quest to... well, do nothing really. There's a quasi-goal of getting to the center of the galaxy but nothing ever explains why this is meaningful.

    This is probably one of the most shallow games I've had the misfortune of playing. The survival elements barely exist because the game almost never puts the player in dire situations and is guilty of giving the player all the tools necessary to avert any crisis early in the playtime. The exploration is just dull and unrewarding and the items you can learn to craft are so few that you'll have learned them all - with exception to the damned Atlas Pass v2 and v3 - in less than 10 hours if you explore an entire system or two.

    Make no mistake, this game isn't getting hate because people dislike the genre, it's getting hate because it's a terrible game. It tries to do a bunch of different things and fails at all of them (and frequently reminds you of these failures with crashes to the dashboard and a frustratingly clunky UI).    … Expand
  56. getrektm9
    Aug 15, 2016
    0
    This game "is not for everyone." If you like having fun, "this game is not for you."

    All the landscapes, fauna, and flora are pretty much the same with different skins. There's really nothing to do unless you like looking at sameness. And so much for "explore, trade, fight, survive." The combat is garbage and if you've explored one planet you've explored them all. We'll see if the    This game "is not for everyone." If you like having fun, "this game is not for you."

    All the landscapes, fauna, and flora are pretty much the same with different skins. There's really nothing to do unless you like looking at sameness. And so much for "explore, trade, fight, survive." The combat is garbage and if you've explored one planet you've explored them all.

    We'll see if the DLCs offer any fixes to this game but I'm not going to hold my breath. Bad game is bad.    … Expand
  57. IllusiveRaven
    Aug 16, 2016
    0
    The game is a over priced indie game. Worth $25 most. That being said its not a bad game, is it ground breaking? Is it going to have you sinking hours upon hours exploring these countless random planets? Is it fun? No, no and no. Its just a typical survival game, not the best one at that. With repetitive gameplay, mediocre graphics, (the colour scheme is nice.) how can anyone enjoy puttingThe game is a over priced indie game. Worth $25 most. That being said its not a bad game, is it ground breaking? Is it going to have you sinking hours upon hours exploring these countless random planets? Is it fun? No, no and no. Its just a typical survival game, not the best one at that. With repetitive gameplay, mediocre graphics, (the colour scheme is nice.) how can anyone enjoy putting in hours of their lives into this game? Wait for a sale or pass, its not worth it.… Expand
  58. Jacketrooper
    Aug 10, 2016
    0
    They have openly lied about the multiplayer capabilities. That's really all it takes to decide for me, yet the dev keeps denying and dodging this question. It's shady and pathethic.
  59. Vble
    Aug 9, 2016
    3
    Exploration is fantastic in the first few hours as you try to let your imagination and high hopes carry you through the endless yet utterly dull universe.

    Let's get straight to the point. While exploring a seemingly infinite universe conceptually is appealing. The graphics are on par with something from last gen at best. There is little to no content to be found and the game is more of    Exploration is fantastic in the first few hours as you try to let your imagination and high hopes carry you through the endless yet utterly dull universe.

    Let's get straight to the point. While exploring a seemingly infinite universe conceptually is appealing. The graphics are on par with something from last gen at best. There is little to no content to be found and the game is more of a mindless resource grind for no apparent reason other than to try and call that some slap of content. There isn't any multiplayer even though the developers spouted that there would be (Albeit Minimal). And even exploring gets dull as you quickly come to find out that everything you explore is EXACTLY like the last, Except it has been given a different color.

    In the end, I would NOT recommend "No Mans Sky" to anyone, Not even to fans of bland exploration genre games. As it is just not worth the 60$ purchase.

    No Mans Sky ends up being another failed game where developers promise the universe (literally) and end up delivering nothing at all.    … Expand
  60. JohnnieFinn
    Aug 10, 2016
    0
    This game's marketing captured a lot of people's imagination for years. It was pushed as a vast, deep, diverse, dynamic game with lots of surprises. The exact opposite is the truth. This game becomes incredibly repetitive quickly. Two planets that are 99.9% identical are not two different planets. Sean Murray intentionally manipulated people into thinking this game is something entirelyThis game's marketing captured a lot of people's imagination for years. It was pushed as a vast, deep, diverse, dynamic game with lots of surprises. The exact opposite is the truth. This game becomes incredibly repetitive quickly. Two planets that are 99.9% identical are not two different planets. Sean Murray intentionally manipulated people into thinking this game is something entirely different than what it is. Especially with his coyness in regards to multiplayer. He is a scam artist.… Expand
  61. fallouts
    Aug 9, 2016
    0
    This is one of the most boring games I've played this generation. Even Homefront the Revolution is better with the patches and no I'm no trolling. Travel to random planets, explore, repeat. No sense of progression or actual story line.Can't wait to see the reviews from critics for this 1.
  62. kryptonicz
    Aug 10, 2016
    0
    Played it since launch, **** of pop ins, bland worlds, boring gameplay and no real story. Sean even lied about the multiplayer, me and my friend were on the same planet and the same spot and couldn't even see each other.

    Moral of the story, games by **** indie devs aren't worth 60 bucks. Do yourself a favor and wait for this to be under 20 bucks in 4 months.
  63. mwalmsleyuk
    Aug 26, 2016
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This is my second review and after playing it for sometime and watching videos of all the promises of what was supposed to be in the game I am doing a new one. I realised when watching said video why I was so hyped for the game as all the things Shawn said would be included, the list is far too big to mention here but watch one of the many 'NO MANS LIES' videos on Youtube or Angry Joes review. Not to mention that but also the ending which was a total pisstake. Luckily Amazon have been good enough to refund me my money and let me send the game back (got to love Amazon!) so I have no ordered Deus Ex! I heard that Hello Games were being sued for the use of the generation system the game uses, maybe this was why so many features were left out? Maybe Sony pushed to release it quickly? Maybe they run out of money to add all the features? I dont know but what I do know is by watching Angry Joes review it reminded me of all that was promised and that is not the game I received. If anyone saw any of the gameplay demos with lush planets and amazing creatures flying in the air or huge Dinosaurs and so on, none of this is anything like what I saw when I visited these barren, dry and bleak planets. All the animals looked fairly alike and it was just boring. Unfortunately this game is not worth £60 and even at a price of £20 you are going to get bored very quickly only to find out that if you do make it to the center of the galaxy you will find there is no pay off, like none at all, like there isnt anything there so all the grinding is for nothing. I am so happy I found that out before going there myself as I had make sure I stayed clear from spoilers but Angry Joes reviews made me need to find out what was at the center. I stuck up for this game as they were a small indie outfit who was getting lots of bad press and reviews but they deserve it because they lied to us about everything. The game is a shell of what was promised and if I hadnt been able to get my refund I would be very upset. That being said the first time you fly out from the planet you start from it is something special, after that however the monotony sets in. Such a shame as this could of gone down as one of the best games ever!… Expand
  64. Peptide
    Aug 14, 2016
    3
    IGN's review by Dan Stapleton says it best. "No Man Sky’s biggest failing, though, is that after more than 25 hours played I’m effectively doing the same things I was doing in the first hour."
    The amazing thing is that this is exactly what I heard about this game 6 to 9 months ago. I am blown away that any hype was ever generated at all. This spells doom for the PS4.
  65. TheMetacritiqer
    Aug 30, 2016
    0
    This is nearly the ultimate case of quantity vs quality. The latter? None to be seen. I'm revealed this game is getting negative feedback. Because if it was as good as the few say; we would be setting a horrible example for what would be to come. Ie. more of this poop excuse for a game. I'm proud of the game community. :)
  66. jimmyrustles1
    Aug 30, 2016
    0
    Falsely advertised garbage. Worth nowhere near $60. Sean Murray lied multiple times, saying that the game would be multiplayer. Turns out you can't even see other players. Add Sean Murray's lies on top of the fact that the planets all look copy pasted, and the game gets boring pretty quickly. No Man's Sky was made by a worthless team of scam artists who never had any intention of making aFalsely advertised garbage. Worth nowhere near $60. Sean Murray lied multiple times, saying that the game would be multiplayer. Turns out you can't even see other players. Add Sean Murray's lies on top of the fact that the planets all look copy pasted, and the game gets boring pretty quickly. No Man's Sky was made by a worthless team of scam artists who never had any intention of making a multiplayer game with depth. Their plan from the beginning was to hype the game up as much as possible and hope they could get away with lying about the multiplayer aspects. Don't waste your money on this trainwreck.… Expand
  67. xswigertx
    Aug 30, 2016
    0
    This game had so much potential and i get it. It's a small studio but we can't base our reviews with that in mind the trailers they showed off the past couples of years was filled with 10/10 stuff. The game finally comes out and half the **** we promised is there. Instead we get a wonky mess and over 90% of the people playing the game are **** returning it. Yeah there releasing a bunch ofThis game had so much potential and i get it. It's a small studio but we can't base our reviews with that in mind the trailers they showed off the past couples of years was filled with 10/10 stuff. The game finally comes out and half the **** we promised is there. Instead we get a wonky mess and over 90% of the people playing the game are **** returning it. Yeah there releasing a bunch of updates but what is that going to do when the original impression is already dead? It's honestly a shame i had such high hopes for this game only to be let out. Hopefully these updates are good enough for me to pick up the game again but i highly doubt it. To all the people on here do not waste your money just yet. It'll be better down the line but right now it's not worth the 60 dollars. There's a reason why so many people have returned this game.… Expand
  68. miiicha808
    Aug 15, 2016
    3
    crashed my ps4 20 times in a few days, meanwhile my ps4 crashed less than 10 times in the past 2 years!
    i like the concept, the gameplay and even the looks of it! but for 60$ i expect a finished game.
    it might get fixed with a patch in the next few weeks, but thats no excuse!
    so everybody thinking of buying this game, just wait... wait for a sale or at least for some major patches and fixes.
  69. Scarity
    Aug 17, 2016
    0
    Since I'm not payed to write a positive review for this game..

    Crashes, jitters, endless grinding, empty promises... 60 dollars, what a joke

    One man's lie, infinite planets, infinite copies
  70. Genjira
    Sep 9, 2018
    2
    Unfortunately, the (unwarranted, imo) abuse Hello Games experienced following the 2016 launch of No Man's Sky has resulted in a bunker mentality so desperate to introduce the features promised before launch that they have no resource available to fix the myriad bugs they introduce in each update and, indeed, patch. From the malfunctioning scanner to broken portals (the central focus of itsUnfortunately, the (unwarranted, imo) abuse Hello Games experienced following the 2016 launch of No Man's Sky has resulted in a bunker mentality so desperate to introduce the features promised before launch that they have no resource available to fix the myriad bugs they introduce in each update and, indeed, patch. From the malfunctioning scanner to broken portals (the central focus of its ARG) and hydroponic trays, Atlas Rises (v1.3) was a colossal cock-up that ended with HG walking away from it leaving game-breaking bugs in their wake (crafting the highest value items without the ability to harvest gases because the atmosphere harvesters are broken results in the game working definitely not as intended).

    Technical abilities and arsedness aside, the game is basically a deception. Claiming 18 quintillion 'unique' procedurally-generated planets is dishonest when the planets are all basically the same: avoid exposure to local environmental hazard by hiding in caves or sparse buildings (civilisations with no cities?), or activating exosuit upgrades. The environmental hazards all have exactly the same effect so the game's insistence on hot/cold/toxic/radioactive is quite insulting. The individual planets even have the exact same biome stretching from north pole, through equator to south pole.

    In terms of player activities, the game's puzzles are frankly laughable and, between them and the extremely limited dialogue in the 'conversations' with aliens, it becomes stale and repetitive when played for any significant length of time. The added 'quest' in the Atlas Rises update is very short, simplistic and ultimately pointless. Most bizarrely, Hello Games have never addressed the problem of randomly falling through the floor (whether drawn or not) into a subterranean sea that is almost impossible to escape from, a bug that, from what I can gather, has been there since launch. Pretty pitiful.

    Pros: It looks pretty.
    Cons: It basically is one.

    UPDATE

    Oh dear. I just spent a couple of hours on the new 'Next' update that they've had a full year to try to get right and it's appalling. Frame rate issues when the frame rate is locked, sky and water effects that look like it's 1999 again, game crashes, petty gameplay decisions that increase the complexity of the most basic tasks tenfold, brazenly designed to keep you stuck in preliminary gameplay because they still haven't worked out how to make an actual game out of it... this is all on a PS4 Pro, btw. Lots of games use procedural generation. You have to do more than that to make a game of it. Your procedural generation should also work, fyi.

    Score reduced to 2.

    And...

    It's really bad. After 1.57 – seven patches into trying to make a buggy broken mess playable – it's still a buggy broken mess. Missions are broken so they're a waste of time. Base-building is garbage so that's a waste of time. Animals disappear into nothingness when you're trying to scan them so exploring and uploading is a waste of time. Atmosphere harvesters are proper broken so high-end crafting is a waste of time. All of these issues have reported via HG's Zendesk bug-reporting system and, obviously, ignored. Trying to work your way through all the broken and boring to the galaxy centre must be soul-destroying. Hello Games are truly the most incompetent, deceitful and lazy game developers operating at the moment and they bring shame to the British gaming industry. They're good at talking about video games, just not much good at making them.

    Now the abuse is warranted.    … Expand
  71. bartekZX
    Aug 10, 2016
    0
    In this game, nothing really happens. The total uniform and monotonous. Looks like the same planet with 50 different colour schemes. I do not recommend. It is not worth spending the money .
  72. Dolfann23
    Aug 9, 2016
    1
    One of the worst "games" of the century. There is nothing to do beyond the same monotonous activities of flying, mining, and upgrading. All planets are the same, with slight color swaps separating them. Pathological liar and snake oil salesman Sean Murrey lied about the inclusion of multiplayer, as there is no such feature in the actual game. The ending of the game is lackluster, theOne of the worst "games" of the century. There is nothing to do beyond the same monotonous activities of flying, mining, and upgrading. All planets are the same, with slight color swaps separating them. Pathological liar and snake oil salesman Sean Murrey lied about the inclusion of multiplayer, as there is no such feature in the actual game. The ending of the game is lackluster, the framerate is not 60, and the FOV is vomit inducing. Avoid No Man's Buy at all cost,as it is one of the biggest flops of all time, on the level of disappointments like Spore and KOTH.… Expand
  73. Bilada
    Aug 12, 2016
    0
    I was expecting more from this game, the lot of planets does not take away the boredom of the game, you are quickly tired, are vast planets but is aways the same thing that you do
  74. vZeqk___
    Aug 10, 2016
    0
    The game does not live up to the hype......Not even close. The game is very buggy, the various wildlife lack diversity, the game lacks personality, the FOV is **** the GP is **** AI suffers from severe clipping and derpiness, the concept is cool but it lacks variety....you collect the same **** and do the same **** over and over and over and over.
  75. us9975531
    Aug 9, 2016
    0
    A game with the features of a small indie game, but with a big budget, triple A developer price tag on it. It's a mix of a low budget indie survival/gathering game crossed with a low budget indie space combat game, but does neither particularly well and is bizarrely selling for more than two separate games that do each component better.
  76. tibzoid
    Aug 9, 2016
    3
    OMG what a ripoff. This is a procedurally generated Spore with all the personality of a 1990s screensaver. I'm shocked how bad it is. I can't believe I bought it. Seriously outraged.
  77. killeryams
    Aug 10, 2016
    0
    Sean is right on this..very divisive game. In my opinion, this game is all about what could have been. Could have been great...instead, it is repetitive, unimaginative and blatant lying from the dev has made this a steaming pile. Maybe it makes it to the fun stage with lots of updates and dlc, but for now unless you like Exploring, stay away. Everything else is like 5 day oldSean is right on this..very divisive game. In my opinion, this game is all about what could have been. Could have been great...instead, it is repetitive, unimaginative and blatant lying from the dev has made this a steaming pile. Maybe it makes it to the fun stage with lots of updates and dlc, but for now unless you like Exploring, stay away. Everything else is like 5 day old frosting..it's there..it could be sweet..but it is mostly just stale.… Expand
  78. Moefka
    Aug 17, 2016
    3
    I can really recommend you to watch the YouTube video "new disappointment discovered: No Man´s Sky"
    This video shows very clearly, what weird things Sean Murray from Hello Games said before the release of the game. He lies to the Gamers about non-existent and disputed content like Multiplayer, endless options and frame rate. We Gamers should make clear, that the gaming industry has to    I can really recommend you to watch the YouTube video "new disappointment discovered: No Man´s Sky"
    This video shows very clearly, what weird things Sean Murray from Hello Games said before the release of the game. He lies to the Gamers about non-existent and disputed content like Multiplayer, endless options and frame rate. We Gamers should make clear, that the gaming industry has to stop **** with us. In the last 2-3 years, many games generated wrong expectations inside the consumers, what is unacceptable and normally called "deception". This has to stop and WE, the Gamers, are the first step to change the situation right now.    … Expand
  79. luvhavingfun
    Aug 28, 2016
    3
    There are aspects of a game here. It does have some story, it does have exploration, and there are elements of crafting and customization. Yet, it is more a demo or a concept at this point. To expect this to be anything more at this point in time is nothing short of an exercise in insanity. People have become so desperate to prove this game has depth they have deluded themselves intoThere are aspects of a game here. It does have some story, it does have exploration, and there are elements of crafting and customization. Yet, it is more a demo or a concept at this point. To expect this to be anything more at this point in time is nothing short of an exercise in insanity. People have become so desperate to prove this game has depth they have deluded themselves into thinking it has hidden puzzles, or that no one has truly been to the center yet. I feel bad I bought this game, I feel cheated, but I refuse to stoop to the level of delusion or insanity this game dishes up as content expecting me to enjoy it.… Expand
  80. Steviefive
    Aug 14, 2016
    4
    When considering the score for this game I asked myself a set of questions.

    1. Is it worth the $60US price tag that would normally come with a AAA game? 2. 6 hours into the game, do I feel like I have experienced diversity, a repeated sense of wonder and a drive to do more to achieve goals? 3. Is the feeling of immersion unbroken? In answer to all three of these questions I would    When considering the score for this game I asked myself a set of questions.

    1. Is it worth the $60US price tag that would normally come with a AAA game?
    2. 6 hours into the game, do I feel like I have experienced diversity, a repeated sense of wonder and a drive to do more to achieve goals?
    3. Is the feeling of immersion unbroken?

    In answer to all three of these questions I would have to say no. $60 is FAR too much for a game in such a state. If I pay AAA prices the I expect a finish to the overall product that doesn't leave me wondering what could've been nor what the time frames for fixing it look like. Not only does it have an overwhelming feeling of rinse/repeat but since I discovered the simple process of harvesting Vortex Cubes I have now achieved the goal of a large ship so now what? The 'story' is so thin that there is no sense of achievement in following it beyond it being some direction. Interaction with aliens is so superficial that learning their language is a waste of time. In fact the only reason why I enjoyed monoliths was for the break in the tedium of flying around trying to find extra nodes to learn words. Finally the buggyness and sloppy feeling of flying has left me feeling like immersion is almost non-existent. You just start getting into it and then it starts chopping up. You approach a base and engage landing and it lands you next to a platform not on it!!!

    Frankly I'm not interesting in what it could be, I expect that paying AAA prices means that I'm buying what it is, and what it is, is a $15 game at best and that's what I'd pay. However I would consider paying more for expansions and not feel ripped off. Right now though it's not a great experience and far too repetitive    … Expand
  81. mikehettfield
    Oct 7, 2016
    0
    Let's say it's an original concept wich naturally comes as an indie product, but this is not a game yet, but an alpha, so paying $60 for an alpha is abusing for the consumer, and the industry does not deserve this, bad graphics, buggy and glitchy, poor menu desing and mechanics, lacking sense of story, deficient combat, at the end the "Pseudo-game" is just for showing off.
  82. NelsonGainerJr
    Aug 13, 2016
    1
    This game is a huge let down. It is basically Spore 2. A ton of hype very little fun. After the novelty wears off from launching into space you will quit. Remember Bungie saying Halo's hook was "30 seconds of fun, then repeat" well this game's hook is "30 minutes of no fun, then repeat" Do no spend 60 US dollars on this crap game. Wait for it to show up in a Crap game sale on steam orThis game is a huge let down. It is basically Spore 2. A ton of hype very little fun. After the novelty wears off from launching into space you will quit. Remember Bungie saying Halo's hook was "30 seconds of fun, then repeat" well this game's hook is "30 minutes of no fun, then repeat" Do no spend 60 US dollars on this crap game. Wait for it to show up in a Crap game sale on steam or another huge markdown. Highly disappointing in this mess,what a waste, mostly so unhappy because it had such good potential. I would say your money would be better spend on even, gasp, Ghostbuster's (2016) tickets (I know that bad....)… Expand
  83. optimokris
    Aug 17, 2016
    1
    Good game? It might as well be. Still, no matter how enjoyable No Man's Sky is you should not buy it, simply because Sean and Hello Games methodically lied about what the game does and how it functions. All the past trailers were faking features that never made it into the final game.

    Do yourself a favor and please do not support these con artists like I did. Source:    Good game? It might as well be. Still, no matter how enjoyable No Man's Sky is you should not buy it, simply because Sean and Hello Games methodically lied about what the game does and how it functions. All the past trailers were faking features that never made it into the final game.

    Do yourself a favor and please do not support these con artists like I did.

    Source: https://archive.is/V5Zns#selection-5019.22-5019.31    … Expand
  84. DarkReaperV3
    Sep 5, 2016
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Lo puedo definir en una frase "todo lo que nos prometieron es mentira" el precio de 60 dolares es un robo,es una completa basura 100% aburrida!!! No lo recomiendo!!!… Expand
  85. Corestat
    Aug 13, 2016
    1
    Не оправдывает свою стоимость наличием контента. Это прекрасное демо процедурной генерации. Но не более. Красная цена 1200 р. Игра максимально повторяется. Планеты отличаются только цветом...постоянное ощущение что все тоже самое.Не оправдывает свою стоимость наличием контента. Это прекрасное демо процедурной генерации. Но не более. Красная цена 1200 р. Игра максимально повторяется. Планеты отличаются только цветом...постоянное ощущение что все тоже самое.
  86. Franquixote
    Aug 30, 2016
    1
    Creating video games is an art AND a science- while the creators may have established a unique artistry for their game, there's a few important pieces of science missing. First, the reason we "grind" is because of a "variable reward schedule"- never knowing when an epic piece of gear will pop up, for example. As far as I can tell, this game doesn't incorporate this mechanic, and it's suchCreating video games is an art AND a science- while the creators may have established a unique artistry for their game, there's a few important pieces of science missing. First, the reason we "grind" is because of a "variable reward schedule"- never knowing when an epic piece of gear will pop up, for example. As far as I can tell, this game doesn't incorporate this mechanic, and it's such a basic part of amusement - from slot machines to Pokemon- it breaks a cardinal rule. The second piece of science missing is that some basic physics like orbits (day/night cycles) seem to be missing. Besides just incorporating a randomizing element, how hard would it be to make the result follow some basic laws of physics? Of course then you'd be searching for years to find ONE planet that had life, but oh what a game THAT'D be!… Expand
  87. ftw2177
    Aug 30, 2016
    2
    While I feel this is a fine game for some, I found it lacking much of the content and features sean murray represented in many interviews. As a PS4 player I have been flat out refused refund credits. I'm so dissapointed in this game. So repetitive and grindy, crashes left and right, too many glitches to list. Hello games will have to do one hell of a rework in patching this turd into someWhile I feel this is a fine game for some, I found it lacking much of the content and features sean murray represented in many interviews. As a PS4 player I have been flat out refused refund credits. I'm so dissapointed in this game. So repetitive and grindy, crashes left and right, too many glitches to list. Hello games will have to do one hell of a rework in patching this turd into some semblance of what was alluded to. As of now, the way things are and the horrible experience I've had. I hope it is the end of Mr. Murray and hello games. You have a lot to right for that check your mouth wrote.… Expand
  88. pedocabc
    Sep 13, 2016
    0
    esse jogo foi a maior enganação, muita cosia prometida e pouca coisa cumprida!
    o criador do game deveria ser processado judicialmente pelo que fez aos usuários!
  89. Taylor1
    Mar 8, 2017
    0
    This game sucks. Worst game I have ever played. Couldn't keep my attention for more than 30 minutes because it is so terrible. Yeah it's kinda cool the first 5 minutes when you're out in your little space ship thing discovering all this NEW STUFF. But then you realize that all that NEW STUFF is literally all the game has to offer. It has nothing more. You can't even pet the animals youThis game sucks. Worst game I have ever played. Couldn't keep my attention for more than 30 minutes because it is so terrible. Yeah it's kinda cool the first 5 minutes when you're out in your little space ship thing discovering all this NEW STUFF. But then you realize that all that NEW STUFF is literally all the game has to offer. It has nothing more. You can't even pet the animals you find. That is just the worst thing about this honestly. WHY HAVE THE ANIMALS IF YOU CAN'T DO ANYTHING WITH THEM. This would only be a good VR game or something, who thought this was a good idea?… Expand
  90. numale
    Aug 9, 2016
    0
    I landed on a planet shot some rocks, named some weird ass zebraflys after my friend. While not a terrible game it certainly doesn't deserve it's $60 tag.
  91. izumo1999
    Aug 9, 2016
    2
    After the initial wow factor wears off it becomes repetitive and boring very quickly. The game is fun for all of 2 hours. I regret buying it, I'd reccomend waiting for a sale
  92. Number213
    Aug 10, 2016
    0
    "Wide as an ocean, deep as a puddle"

    No Man's Sky is a shallow game overhyped by indie crowd. It's gameplay is limited and repetitive resource grind with occasional one dimensional "battles". Despite Sean Murray's promises (or lies, depends on how you look and it), NMS does NOT have multiplayer so you can't even explore planets together with your friends. Procedurally generated    "Wide as an ocean, deep as a puddle"

    No Man's Sky is a shallow game overhyped by indie crowd. It's gameplay is limited and repetitive resource grind with occasional one dimensional "battles". Despite Sean Murray's promises (or lies, depends on how you look and it), NMS does NOT have multiplayer so you can't even explore planets together with your friends.

    Procedurally generated environment (with trademarked super algorithm by Sean) is a very limited pool of models mixed together and repainted with random color. Animals look stupid, planets look the same. There are no ice giants, no gas giants, you can't crash into a planet, you can't fly into a star and burn because system's stars are just sprites and not game objects. I don't know how people fell for this "billions of variations" meme.

    No Man's Sky, One Man's Lie    … Expand
  93. leonardo2360
    Aug 10, 2016
    0
    sin duda alguna el peor juego del año y el mas decepcionante entretiene pero no cumple las expectativas es juego que no es malo pero no es loq ue yo esperaba
  94. Kiljayden
    Aug 10, 2016
    0
    This Is NOT a Game! This is NOT what the developers promised! This is by far the worst thing i have ever done in my life! This is by no means fun. This is by no means entertaining in any way or form. I literally have no idea what this is or where to place this product, but if i would have to place this product somewhere it would be in the toiletry isle in the shopping mall and have aThis Is NOT a Game! This is NOT what the developers promised! This is by far the worst thing i have ever done in my life! This is by no means fun. This is by no means entertaining in any way or form. I literally have no idea what this is or where to place this product, but if i would have to place this product somewhere it would be in the toiletry isle in the shopping mall and have a price tag of 0.15 cents. Its worthless in every way and aspect. The only positive thing about this product was the hour i waited to install it, was way more fun an entertaining than the actual game-play of this product. Im so sad that this name No Man Sky will be around my entire life. I wish i could literally die so i can just forget about that this ever happened. Let me tell you drowning in water and fighting for the last few seconds of your life just before you die....is far more entertaining and fun that 5 minutes of this game. This is my first review to any game ever, but this was so bad i just have to warn you people! I did warn you! if i could give this a -666 because i would find Hell more entertaining i promise you that now.… Expand
  95. powergeek
    Aug 14, 2016
    0
    This game is overhyped. No content, no story, repetitive game play, quant trillion slightly different color of the same planet. Bollocks!
    Clunky game mechanics, low frame rates. What a waste of money!!!
  96. Danceswithsheep
    Aug 10, 2016
    4
    From the hype I really didn't expect this to be a survival slog, exploration is very much secondary to managing a tiny inventory.

    I play Elite Dangerous on my PC so I don't mind the general pointlessness of the exploration for its own sake, I enjoy it. But having to spend more time balancing resources that are used up at an alarming rate just suck that enjoyment out of it. The    From the hype I really didn't expect this to be a survival slog, exploration is very much secondary to managing a tiny inventory.

    I play Elite Dangerous on my PC so I don't mind the general pointlessness of the exploration for its own sake, I enjoy it. But having to spend more time balancing resources that are used up at an alarming rate just suck that enjoyment out of it.

    The gathering element is particularly frustrating when you get involved in an entertaining dog fight and have to run away because you used up all your ammunition and need to go wander around looking for isotopes elements. Yeah, that sounds kinda simmy and so you can say it makes sense but it replaces fun with chores too much of the time, maybe more inventory slots will alleviate it but I get the feeling the resources are meant to hamstring you and won't be surprised if bigger ships with bigger inventory space will just need more of the resources to operate so your not better off.

    Meeting aliens and learning a language is 'neat' and is a form of resource gathering that I do find enjoyable.

    In the end this isn't really a game about exploring but about gathering resources and in that respect I get way more fun out of subnautica but if titles like 'Don't Starve' rock your boat then maybe you will probably get more than I did from this.    … Expand
  97. CriticalxHero
    Aug 12, 2016
    0
    Being the highly experienced gamer that I am, after playing No Man's Sky for the last 3 days, I've come to the conclusion that it sucks ass. The BIGGEST waste of time. There is almost NOTHING to do! Plus, it takes about a trillion years to do anything at all. I was very excited about the vast universe that lay before me, until I realized that every planet is the F***ING SAME! AnotherBeing the highly experienced gamer that I am, after playing No Man's Sky for the last 3 days, I've come to the conclusion that it sucks ass. The BIGGEST waste of time. There is almost NOTHING to do! Plus, it takes about a trillion years to do anything at all. I was very excited about the vast universe that lay before me, until I realized that every planet is the F***ING SAME! Another note... THERE IS NO F-ING INVENTORY SPACE! I CAN'T TAKE ANYTHING WITH ME! I WILL NO LONGER PLAY NO MAN'S SKY.

    Thank You :)    … Expand
  98. Qgal5kap
    Aug 30, 2016
    0
    I want my money back!! I want my money back!! I want my money back!! I want my money back!! I want my money back!! I want my money back!! I want my money back!! I want my money back!! I want my money back!!
  99. mrme5
    Aug 17, 2016
    0
    You know why this game is pure **** Because after the first 2 hours I realized that I was doing the same thing over and over again with no end goal in sight. At least in minecraft when you mine stuff you can create whatever you want. That game has endless possibilities but in this game you mine, sell, mine, sell upgrade your thrusters then go to a new world, then you mine, sell, mine, sellYou know why this game is pure **** Because after the first 2 hours I realized that I was doing the same thing over and over again with no end goal in sight. At least in minecraft when you mine stuff you can create whatever you want. That game has endless possibilities but in this game you mine, sell, mine, sell upgrade your thrusters then go to a new world, then you mine, sell, mine, sell and just repeat this until you realize you've wasted 2 hours doing absolutely nothing productive in a game. There's just no point to this game, what are we working towards like whats the freakin goal? Getting to the center of the universe? thats it? It lacks in story, it lacks in gameplay, it lacks in everything! Why would they not make a game with so much potential multiplayer either? After they stated many times that it is? Save yourself some time and money and buy minecraft instead this game is pure garbage. I guess I have to hold out for updates and just hope that maybe they can salvage their crap game.… Expand
  100. Fenix9421
    Aug 13, 2016
    0
    (This ReView is Empty foll0wing the exΛmple of the game being reviewed. It's also buggy as heLL du3 t0 follow1ng the sam3 examp/e).

    No Man's sky is an exercise in the art of nothing. Zero has a new name. Boredom has been redefined.
    And waste of money is the new catch phrase.
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Mixed or average reviews - based on 96 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 41 out of 96
  2. Mixed: 54 out of 96
  3. Negative: 1 out of 96
  1. GameCritics
    May 8, 2020
    80
    While I’m sure developer Hello Games is still tweaking things and perhaps even creating more content for No Man’s Sky, the current state of affairs is a strong one. This galactic opus still offers an infinite amount of content for those who want to lose themselves among the stars, but now also contains a concrete throughline that will satisfy a wider array of players. It can be irritating at times, but it’s also full of stunning moments and the satisfaction of building a virtual life among the stars. Four years after launch, it’s finally a journey worth taking.
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  2. BaziCenter
    Feb 10, 2017
    60
    The world of No Man's Sky is insanely vast and beautiful, but there’s nothing to do in it! There’s no goal, no destination, no ending, nothing!
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  3. Easy Allies
    Dec 1, 2016
    60
    While No Man's Sky is engrossing for the first few hours, repetition starts to set in and the proceedings grow dull. The developers stated that they plan to add significant features such as base building which could dramatically change the game for the better. There's a promising foundation present, so it's possible to envision a more substantial game down the line. As it currently stands, though, our excitement to cross the universe faded sooner than we expected.
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