No Man's Sky

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4.8

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  1. kinglab
    Aug 18, 2016
    1
    The biggest disappointment in gaming. The first hour will be exciting. Launching into space, exploring the universe. These were all things that many of us were looking forward to in this game. But what we are met with instead is an incredibly poor game. Every single planet is the same. Every drop pod in every planet is the same. Every abandoned building in every planet is the same. EveryThe biggest disappointment in gaming. The first hour will be exciting. Launching into space, exploring the universe. These were all things that many of us were looking forward to in this game. But what we are met with instead is an incredibly poor game. Every single planet is the same. Every drop pod in every planet is the same. Every abandoned building in every planet is the same. Every beacon or monument in every planet is the same. Every alien in every building, in every planet looks the same, does the same thing.

    I cannot stress how bad this game is. It truly is unbelievable. This is the gaming equivalent to a political scandal. They sold us tonnes of lies, got our hopes up and delivered nothing that they promised they would

    Hello Games should be called Goodbye Games because this should be the last time they are allowed to make games.

    This game retails for £45, and that's just for the basic release. Imagine all the poor sods who forked out on special editions.

    I am surprised that people are not demanding their money back for this joke of a game. And guess what happens at the end of the game? Nothing. That's right. Absolutely nothing. I am not kidding. The aim of the game is to get to the center of the galaxy and when you get there nothing happens.

    DO NOT BUT THIS GAME! Wait until its free on PS Plus or give it another week and if you know anyone that has it I guarantee they will be more than happy to get rid of it. They may even pay you to take it from them.    … Expand
  2. Rob_Jobbs
    Aug 19, 2016
    1
    1 question. will this game win an award for having the biggest difference in scores between critics and players? this game is helping to root out all the payed reviews from authorized "critics"... so sad
  3. Vittel1234
    Aug 19, 2016
    1
    They say that there is way too many things to do ,but there is not, you have a spaceship but the mechanics of the game is bad, you cant feel the experience of using a spaceship, it just feels like a rock is moving. What is the point of going to one planet gather some resources then go to another one and it goes on like that until you die. I would expect building your own spaceship , orThey say that there is way too many things to do ,but there is not, you have a spaceship but the mechanics of the game is bad, you cant feel the experience of using a spaceship, it just feels like a rock is moving. What is the point of going to one planet gather some resources then go to another one and it goes on like that until you die. I would expect building your own spaceship , or station things like that I mean more content. This game could be much better.… Expand
  4. pentagon_usa
    Aug 22, 2016
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Разработчики просто пидорасы халтурные, какой на дворе нахрен год? чтобы на консоли игры вылетали так часто я еще не видел! вообщем это просто кал, а не игра, слава богу что взял диск и сбагрил его быстро, прежде чем что-то создвать играйте в это сами где-то неделю! если вас начинает тошнить, то игра кал и стоить ее передылывать с нуля!… Expand
  5. dmr30
    Aug 22, 2016
    1
    I am happy with this game as it was currently worth enough to trade for uncharted 4 at my local game shop ( I think soon it will be worth enough to trade for a old soccer game from the ps3 era). I played for ten hours until I realised everything is not generated with a complicated formula it is just purely random. Flying mechanics are bad with no risk of crashes. Shooting mechanism areI am happy with this game as it was currently worth enough to trade for uncharted 4 at my local game shop ( I think soon it will be worth enough to trade for a old soccer game from the ps3 era). I played for ten hours until I realised everything is not generated with a complicated formula it is just purely random. Flying mechanics are bad with no risk of crashes. Shooting mechanism are bad/boring. Why bother resource gathering when resources are everywhere and abundant. With the latest patch downloaded to my ps4 the game crashed 3 times. You cannot fly into the sun so all the talk about real physics of planet rotation etc was wrong. For the development team I think they could fix the game and make it enjoyable by 1. Making resources hard to get/less abundant and survival more difficult 2. Making flight mechanics real with total player control in flight and in landing and 3. Have proper enemies defending some areas and include real physics and different gravity on planets and moons. The one mark out of ten was for some of the art direction as some of the atlus buildings are impressive when you first enter them.… Expand
  6. Invader4000
    Aug 23, 2016
    1
    This game is by far the worst thing i ever played... "you can do whatever you want" ...running around and mine, until you get tired, fly to a new planet, and basically rinse and repeat, buy/sell crap..
    Huge universe, with nothing to do in it.. This game is oceanwide, but puddle deep. 12 hours gameplay, and you find out how awful this game is. the survival part is way too easy, inventory    This game is by far the worst thing i ever played... "you can do whatever you want" ...running around and mine, until you get tired, fly to a new planet, and basically rinse and repeat, buy/sell crap..
    Huge universe, with nothing to do in it.. This game is oceanwide, but puddle deep. 12 hours gameplay, and you find out how awful this game is. the survival part is way too easy, inventory system (slot based, not weight based), is complete garbage, and shows how rookie this company is.. this game is something between watching grass grow, and watch paint dry . dunno which one..
    Your company has 15 employees, and you change the same as bigger game companies with 750 employees for a game...Happy games got rich with false promises.. well done..    … Expand
  7. odinisme
    Aug 26, 2016
    1
    This game is boring and feels really empty .It does look good and has a lot of potential but right now it just not good . Hello games just lied about what the game would be .
  8. MajinSasuke
    Sep 11, 2016
    1
    Oh! look, again the press giving bad media good reviews, ¿where have we seen it before?, the game really feels incomplete, it was supposed to be multiplayer but it was only avalible online, and lets not forget that they even tried to hide it! if we were talking that way, this game is FRAUD, even the world exploration is ****
  9. TudorelU
    Aug 31, 2016
    1
    This is one of the most disappointing games i've ever seen. I though, like many others, that's gonna be a good game. But when it finally released, it has proven that this game is a big pile of ****
    It's repetitive and boring. The only thing you do is to go to a planet, get resources to go to another planets where you find more resources to find more planets and in the end, to find the    This is one of the most disappointing games i've ever seen. I though, like many others, that's gonna be a good game. But when it finally released, it has proven that this game is a big pile of ****
    It's repetitive and boring. The only thing you do is to go to a planet, get resources to go to another planets where you find more resources to find more planets and in the end, to find the centre of the universe, which is just another planet. Also even if it's impressive how the planets are generated, it's only how it looks, because you won't find anything outstanding on any planet.    … Expand
  10. 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.
  11. Cumguzzler
    Sep 18, 2016
    1
    Wow is this game terrible. There's a lot of creative criticism I could give, but it's just awful. No Man's Sky is an entire universe in the hands of the player to do what they want, but holy cow **** is it repetitive. All the planets are the same.Wow is this game terrible. There's a lot of creative criticism I could give, but it's just awful. No Man's Sky is an entire universe in the hands of the player to do what they want, but holy cow **** is it repetitive. All the planets are the same. All of them. sure, one has aluminum and the other has gold and by golly this one has omegon! but its the same thing over and over and over again. You will get bored of it in roughly 5 hours. The combat systems boring, there's only 3 races of alien, and that's it. But what about a few positives? Well, the graphics are fantastic, and there's over 14 quintilian planets (even though they're all unfathomably similar) and thats it. Nice graphics and many planets. There's also the 'galactic core' but it takes forever to get there. It's not a Journey, its just moving the courser 1/1500th of the way there and holding X. Keep in mind, this game is 60$. Call of Duty is 60, The Witness is 60, NFL 2017 is 60. This game isn't 30. If you hate yourself enough to buy this game, get some help. Talk to a trusted adult or a close friend. God bless you, and if you need help, ill be leaving the national suicide hotline number for you: 1-800-273-8255 Call this number if you need to recover from this God damn Time Vampire… Expand
  12. dr_jmar11
    Sep 26, 2016
    1
    Se ofreció a la venta con información engañosa, muy costoso, no tiene modo multijugador, el precio es elevado para un juego indi. Requiere de más tiempo de programación.
  13. user47589
    Oct 4, 2016
    1
    I was a rabid die hard fan of the concept before release, I was a defender of the product upon release, but having had the game for over a month I'd really like my money back, or at least a portion of it. The game is worth the $20 price point suggested by quite a few people but unless there are some earth shattering updates announced, and soon, I may just throw my hat in with thoseI was a rabid die hard fan of the concept before release, I was a defender of the product upon release, but having had the game for over a month I'd really like my money back, or at least a portion of it. The game is worth the $20 price point suggested by quite a few people but unless there are some earth shattering updates announced, and soon, I may just throw my hat in with those screaming fraud.

    I still contend concept art seen in pre-release trailers do not raise to the level of "promised features that never manifested" and none of my disappointment for the game has to do with that oddly contemptuous online debate.

    I also don't think the game is in anyway improved by adding hyper realistic planetary physics, the ability to spend uncounted hours slowly crawling from one star to another, the ability to fly into the suns of the different galaxies found, or the lack of in your face baked in multiplayer capabilities as in nearly every discussion of this game pre-release it was driven home pretty hard the experience would be a solitary one that only occasionally saw you stumble across another player.

    What changed my mind from rabid fan boy to disgruntled whiner is as follows;

    The game is boring because of how little "procedurally generated content" actually manifests. In a game with no other plot points, story lines, or objectives this was the games only real hook or selling point so to find this concept is only robustly applied to an extremely small set of game details is a major let down.

    The phrase "procedurally generated" is used with such a loose relationship to the actual definition of both words it's easy to see why people feel swindled.

    The animals you're able to discover all share the same dozen or so basic body types with probably two dozen or more different appendages that just get randomly swapped around but even then only to a certain degree and the flora, ships, NPC alien races, colonial outposts, monoliths, ruins, and plaques all suffer the same problem.

    Until it's pointed out the lack of flowing water, sand, or other obviously missing planetary features at first seem to be part of the randomly generated magic of exploration until you discover it's just not present anywhere in the game.

    It's at first very hard to upgrade weapons, suit, and ship but then incredibly easy until you discover in an "infinite" universe you've essentially become nigh invincible which is fun but only if there's a reason to wield those abilities and sadly, there's really not, save for the occasional easy to beat NPC pirate ships.

    You are constantly being attacked by pirates in space but never see evidence of them in the games otherwise non-existent story line despite constantly running into the same three alien races.

    There are many beautiful details that could, and hopefully someday will, lead to rich story lines and sub plots that entice at first only to abruptly cease to serve any point or have any relevance when you discover they're just more repetitive aspects to a planet you will see varied slightly the next time you touch down.

    That's about it.

    I would give this game a ten out of ten if there were any small indicators from Hello Games major content patches were even just being planned with tentative dates but the absolute silence from them since the beginning of September, when bug squashing patches were being released almost weekly with zero patch notes, leads me to believe the furious backlash from the gaming community has forced Sony to demand the bug squashing patches but otherwise shutter the entire foray into this game and its creators in an attempt to save face and minimize financial blow back.    … Expand
  14. BCE_COCYT
    Oct 12, 2016
    1
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  15. shadowsworkshop
    Oct 16, 2016
    1
    Who gave this game good reviews?..... its most likely is Sean Murray the director of hello games, who created a created a great base, but no content in the game worth playing....sell the company to a company who can actually use your idea and make it a actual game worth playing,
  16. Gazzar
    Nov 26, 2016
    1
    Well.
    I'm a few hundred hours in, but lets just get some basics out of the way.
    The graphics are fine, a colourful stylistic rendering of a sci-fi universe is pretty bang on the nail with the makers description, limited to 30fps on the PS4, nevertheless, they do the job. You regularly come across some amazing vistas in this game, so, yes HG, we'll let you off with that one. Now    Well.
    I'm a few hundred hours in, but lets just get some basics out of the way.
    The graphics are fine, a colourful stylistic rendering of a sci-fi universe is pretty bang on the nail with the makers description, limited to 30fps on the PS4, nevertheless, they do the job.
    You regularly come across some amazing vistas in this game, so, yes HG, we'll let you off with that one.
    Now gameplay.
    To say this is a missed opportunity is a massive understatement.
    Let's start with the NPCs.
    They sit, they move their heads and they make gestures. That's it. You never see them anywhere else. Not wandering around like you, not even shambling to another room.
    Apart from interactions in the hut or space station they are glued to, their offerings create no tension and have no ramifications anywhere in the game. Pointless.
    When your 'reputation' is increased via these encounters, it means nothing. If I'm favourable with one, the other does not try to gun me down in space (not that it's ever really made clear WHO is trying to do that anyway).
    Money. Useless.
    The end game for this might be better ships or tech. The game gives the tech away, you can't buy it, only materials. the ships may look quite different, but none really offer anything approaching different capabilities.
    So, you find a ship eventually that looks nice, has enough space, and that's that. No reason to change.
    I could go on and on.
    No missions, no tension, alien bases EVERYWHERE. Recycled noises, animals, plants, planets. No territorial issues in the local or galactic maps.
    it's essentially an interactive screen-saver tech demo.

    I hear HG games have announced "base building".
    Why would I need to build a base when every single planet has millions of shelters on, and the galactic map is so unfriendly towards tracking destinations, or POI's or anything else.

    Very poor.    … Expand
  17. differently
    Dec 4, 2016
    1
    Started out promising, but nothing materialized from there. In the first ten or fifteen minutes, you do basically all that there is, and longer play times consist of repeating that experience over and over again. I was disappointed. There's not much to do and it gets boring extremely quickly.
  18. 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.
  19. Kladhun
    Mar 11, 2017
    1
    JOGO DE BOSTA, QUEM TIVER DANDO REVIEW BOA PRA ELE É PORQUE SÓ JOGOU AS 2 PRIMEIRAS HORAS DESSE LIXOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! HORRIBLE GAME TO THE CORE!
  20. 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.
  21. EXTREMO456
    Jul 8, 2017
    1
    na e3 de 2014 o jogo promedia todo na verda e mai um jogo nao tem o modo online o jogo e repetivo cada planeta e o jogo acabou ex pega 10 coisas rosa e 5 vermelho 2 azuis e jogo acabou
  22. Naruto78909
    Mar 31, 2018
    1
    No mans sky or no mans lie is just a bad as star wars battlefront 2 the entire dev team lied to us the universe and many of the planets are boring and are the same no mans sky takes 10 minutes to go to planet to planet this game is one of the worst its a more boring version of other survival games and no mans sky is huge but its extremely boring sony is so disspointed that they let theNo mans sky or no mans lie is just a bad as star wars battlefront 2 the entire dev team lied to us the universe and many of the planets are boring and are the same no mans sky takes 10 minutes to go to planet to planet this game is one of the worst its a more boring version of other survival games and no mans sky is huge but its extremely boring sony is so disspointed that they let the game come on the xbox one and no mans lie is no longer a exclusive even though it will be bad on the xbox as well… Expand
  23. DicaIdealGamer
    Apr 14, 2018
    1
    They are asking $ expensive for this game. If it were free to play I would give a 6 or 7. As an expensive $ I give 1/10

    - This game of Ps4 was promised to be online and nothing was delivered ... bad game, they took process by deceptive divulgation ...
  24. mandibleman
    Aug 26, 2018
    1
    I heard that the new 2018 patch had fixed a lot of the issues. So I picked this up for $10 on sale thinking that it'd be a chill space exploration experience. Oversimplified in the wrong places (oversimplified space combat ironically making it more difficult, there's no way to remap controls to a typical flightsim pitch/roll configuration) and mind-bendingly obtuse in others (just aboutI heard that the new 2018 patch had fixed a lot of the issues. So I picked this up for $10 on sale thinking that it'd be a chill space exploration experience. Oversimplified in the wrong places (oversimplified space combat ironically making it more difficult, there's no way to remap controls to a typical flightsim pitch/roll configuration) and mind-bendingly obtuse in others (just about everywhere else). Died multiple times just in the beginning becuase there's no intuitive way to recharge your enviro-protection. Inventory management makes no sense. Things randomly attack for no reason whatsoever. It's a nonsensical mess of an experience that I wouldn't recommend to anyone. The most satisfaction I got was when I snapped the disc into tiny pieces and chucked them in the bin.
    1/10 gfys hello games    … Expand
  25. DazTattoo
    Mar 3, 2019
    1
    Imagine Elite the game (Frontier Elite 2) Etc. But in this game you have to get off the planet before you can go to space. Its BORING...Hard work, collecting tiny amounts of resources, I gave it 6hours then uninstalled it. A game is supposed to entertain or at least be exciting ! OK some nerd out there will like it (spending hours and hours just for 1 objective). It's NOT straightImagine Elite the game (Frontier Elite 2) Etc. But in this game you have to get off the planet before you can go to space. Its BORING...Hard work, collecting tiny amounts of resources, I gave it 6hours then uninstalled it. A game is supposed to entertain or at least be exciting ! OK some nerd out there will like it (spending hours and hours just for 1 objective). It's NOT straight forward, you have to mix the resources together to make something else useful. Then you repeat repeat repeat until you have 4 things useful THEN you mix the 4 things useful to make something that works. All with virtually no guidance or instructions. But to be positive to the producers of this game, its on a massive scale and would (if you had a few months spare) be a lifes time work. You'd probably feel very proud if you made it into space.… Expand
  26. Flashyboy89
    Nov 3, 2020
    1
    I played and got the platinum trophy for NMS back in 2016. The main problem with the game is that it is not rewarding in anyway whatsoever. Everything is a grind and the crafting system over the years of updates has just turned it in to a cluster **** I would think gamers with autism love this game.
  27. Davor11
    Feb 21, 2021
    1
    Game is good,but motion sickness its to big to play it!!! Need add option for this problem!To much blink lights and other stuff! Need disable shake camera!!! -_-
  28. AdverD
    Jun 14, 2022
    1
    This game does not have an option to inver X-axis camera control, which means I can't properly control the camera, aim etc, thus this game is virtually unplayable. I've heard that Hello Games put a lot of effort in turning NMS into a proper game after disastrous launch, but it seems they decided to tell people who prefer a certain controll scheme to screw themselves.
  29. capthavic
    Sep 20, 2016
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. NMS feels like a cheap early access survival game rushed out and made on a small budget...except it was released as a final product for $60 after three years, two delays and with the backing of a major publisher...oh dear.

    The two big selling points of NMS were the sheer number of randomly generated planets and the sense of exploration and discovery of a practically infinite number of worlds. The problem is while buzz words like "procedurally generated" sounds good on paper, the reality of that means everything looks and acts practically the same. There was not one memorable thing about any of the planets I visited or reason to ever go back. They all have the same generic resources, mined from the same generic nods, scattered about the same generic wastelands. You can't build any structures or settle down on a particular planet, only adding to the disposable and forgettable nature of them.

    Perhaps not having the "ending" spoiled might have provided some sense of drive or purpose for me to keep playing, however I'd rather know there wasn't going to be a payoff to save myself the time and frustration. Some say the reward is in the journey and not the destination, but this is simply not a journey worth taking in my opinion. I went into this with low expectations after hearing all the controversy and even then I found it interminably dull and underwhelming.

    Judging the game by itself I probably would have given it a 4 at best, however I feel it would be remiss not to take the marketing and PR debacle into account. I didn't pay much attention to the game leading up to release, but looking back now at all the documented interviews and demonstrations for the game, I simply cannot see it as anything but misleading at best if not outright lying at worst. Regardless of intention or malice Sean Murray/Hello Games should be held accountable for their actions along with Sony for allowing things to get out of control if not outright encouraging it.

    I give No Man's Sky a 0/10 for being a boring, sub-par game and completely unacceptable business practices on the part of both the developer and publisher.

    (full disclosure: mine was a rental copy, played for three hours straight before calling it quits due to myself and everyone watching being put to sleep)    … Expand
  30. runfromfire
    Aug 29, 2016
    0
    I wanted so badly to like this thing but it is completely unlovable. There is no storyline, there is purpose, there is no fight. There is only THE GRIND. And the entire thing was sold to us on a pile of lies. I'm adding Sean Murray to my "God I really want to put him in the face" list.
  31. Truthhurts
    Aug 9, 2016
    0
    30 fps, 60 FOV, popins and a lacking in features indie game with a $60 price tag, the gameplay revolves around endless mineral collection so that you can craft more and more advanced technology for your ship to let you explore further in space, but the way you go about that is repetetive. Each Planet you explore feels like a similar planet youve been too only with a color swap, only very30 fps, 60 FOV, popins and a lacking in features indie game with a $60 price tag, the gameplay revolves around endless mineral collection so that you can craft more and more advanced technology for your ship to let you explore further in space, but the way you go about that is repetetive. Each Planet you explore feels like a similar planet youve been too only with a color swap, only very rarely seeing anything interesting, the game is far too easy and if you want a challenge in the game you have to make it hard yourself by giving yourself a handicap instead of the game properly challenging the player.

    The game can be fun for awhill for the most casual of gamer, but who exactly is Hello Games targeting on PS4 the console that has mostly modern and hardcore gamers? those types of players dont want a casual "relaxing" space sim they want a game that is rewarding and gives that feeling off accomplishment after you complete something difficult, NMS doesnt give that feeling at anytime in the game and it really just feels like you are wasting your time most of the time in the game with no payoff in sight, NMS needs alot of patches before the $60 pricetag can be justified    … Expand
  32. XanderZane
    Aug 22, 2016
    0
    Simply crap. Most of the stuff Sean promised for this game are not in the game. The game gets extremely boring after a few hours. The interface is **** There aren't any massive ship to ship battles. There aren't any fractions. Learning a new language is a joke. The NPC's don't move around. Alien lifeforms are there, but sometimes they get stuff in the landscape or are upside downSimply crap. Most of the stuff Sean promised for this game are not in the game. The game gets extremely boring after a few hours. The interface is **** There aren't any massive ship to ship battles. There aren't any fractions. Learning a new language is a joke. The NPC's don't move around. Alien lifeforms are there, but sometimes they get stuff in the landscape or are upside down flickering. There is no story at all. No purpose for exploring. When you get to the CENTER OF THE GALAXY you'll be hugely disappointed. Graphics are good in some areas and poorly textured in others. I'm glad I didn't waste $60 on this game. I played it at a friends house who was very disappointed in the game. It was originally priced at $30. Why Hello Games & Sony raised it to $60 is beyond me. Probably because the hype was so big. Stay far, far away from this garbage. If you want to try it, wait for it to come to PS+ for FREE. That's the only way I would even try it again. Maybe by then Sean will have all the content & multiplayer in the game like he originally promised.… Expand
  33. 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
  34. 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
  35. Jaramide
    Aug 24, 2016
    0
    There are so many features that are missing that we were explicitly told were in the game.
    Performance is awful, there is no depth at all. Controls are horrible, User interface is the most awkward and badly designed one to date.
    It's pretty incredible how a dev can straight up lie about their game with no repercussions.
  36. FudgeSociety
    Aug 25, 2016
    0
    Sean Murray literally showed videos of things that do not exist in the final game

    He's a piece of **** liar and I hope that dev studio goes bankrupt.

    Selling a game on lies, pathetic.
  37. sdwillie
    Aug 28, 2016
    0
    Some people say this is a great game, others say it's a boring game, and they're wrong. This is *not* a game. It's an interactive slideshow. A boring one at that. It's like going to imgur and looking at some random users vacation pictures, but without any people. I'd as what the point is, but there isn't one. Truly awful.
  38. redsuns
    Aug 27, 2016
    0
    Sean Murray hyped up the game with fake promises and lies turning the real no man sky game into something that is not. The whole universe is lifeless. You see critters and fake flying ships and 1 npc in every space station and bunker then its just you. Thats it.
    The whole game you are only harvesting,micro managing the inventory, change into bigger ship with bigger inventory space. Repeat    Sean Murray hyped up the game with fake promises and lies turning the real no man sky game into something that is not. The whole universe is lifeless. You see critters and fake flying ships and 1 npc in every space station and bunker then its just you. Thats it.
    The whole game you are only harvesting,micro managing the inventory, change into bigger ship with bigger inventory space. Repeat x1000 times. Repetitive, boring, shallow gameplay.    … Expand
  39. Forgotten
    Aug 23, 2017
    0
    Finally had to lower my review to a 0. The latest patches screwed up my home planet and made it unlivable, my base got randomly moved up in the air, my NPCs removed and my missions reset. I did ask for help through their support website but they probably ignored it since I never got any reply.
  40. SuperJoystick
    Aug 11, 2016
    0
    An empty world with bad graphics. Mineral mining simulator. Sony is dishing out crap. I returned my copy to the store. Should have been a $20 downloadable indie game.
  41. AgentAnderson
    Aug 24, 2016
    0
    Even with a Day 1 Patch, this game is still in what I believe to be, Alpha Testing. The game would stop saving after so many hours of playing (even after power cycling the PS4) and would even crash more often than not. After 2 weeks I have encountered over 25 crashes. For a console with only one configuration, this is unacceptable, for a PC it would be OK. Even after the second patch, sameEven with a Day 1 Patch, this game is still in what I believe to be, Alpha Testing. The game would stop saving after so many hours of playing (even after power cycling the PS4) and would even crash more often than not. After 2 weeks I have encountered over 25 crashes. For a console with only one configuration, this is unacceptable, for a PC it would be OK. Even after the second patch, same thing. Maybe they were coding the PS4 version for the newer model coming out and forgot to check for bugs in the original configuration. The newest patch fixed the save issues (although now it saves the game under both save game slots) and it still crashes. On top of that there are still bugs that are common and annoying and have been talked about for days. The game play is not really an issue, although I just gave up because I am not close to the center and have maxed out on everything long ago. It is worth a 2 week rental or PS+ giveaway.… Expand
  42. jerubedo
    Aug 10, 2016
    0
    If I had to sum up everything in just one line it would be this: "You are thrown into an infinitely expansive and beautiful universe only to find yourself utterly alone, doomed to never sharing the vistas with anyone."

    A shorter one-liner would be: "A huge environment with very little content." Here's the breakdown: Pros: - An incomprehensibly large universe to explore.    If I had to sum up everything in just one line it would be this: "You are thrown into an infinitely expansive and beautiful universe only to find yourself utterly alone, doomed to never sharing the vistas with anyone."

    A shorter one-liner would be: "A huge environment with very little content."

    Here's the breakdown:

    Pros:
    - An incomprehensibly large universe to explore.
    -Beautiful sights on some planets and in space.
    -Ships are fun to fly.
    -Naming new discoveries is fun.

    Cons:
    -Resource gathering and jumping from planet to planet gets old after just a few hours.
    -The quest to get to the center of the galaxy feels like a chore.
    -Despite initial impressions, game-play is quite basic and shallow.
    -Survival elements are more annoying than they are engaging.
    -Many planets are very similar to one another with just different color schemes and textures - no doubt the result of procedural generation of content. The same can be said of the many creatures you encounter.
    -The loneliness in a game this huge is unbearable. Having some form of multiplayer such as PvP (dog fighting) or maybe multi-crewed ships and landing parties would go a long, long way to keeping interest.
    -There is no incentive to getting a better ship because when you do, you loose EVERYTHING from your old ship including warp fuel and cargo!
    -You are only allowed to have one ship.
    -I've encountered a few game breaking bugs including falling through the ground on two different planets.

    I was so pumped for this game and unfortunately I feel let down. I had boasted that this would be the game to beat this year and that I'd finally have something else to dump a ton of hours into outside of WoW. I think after a mere 9 hours of game-play, though, I'm done. Hopefully the devs can add more content and more things to do in the future. If/when that happens I'd be happy to re-evaluate and change my score!    … Expand
  43. ModdingerZ
    Aug 10, 2016
    0
    The fail of the year, the game is not about exploration is another survival craft game, and the multiplayer thing is completly useless.Too much marketing for a regular game.
  44. 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.
  45. Ofca
    Aug 12, 2016
    0
    Another overpriced overhyped piece of crap. This game is technically poor at everything it tries to do, yet this doesn't prevent the developer to oversell on every point, and blatantly lie on some aspects. Research heavily before buying, or buy blindly at your own peril.
  46. Maxson
    Aug 16, 2016
    0
    What do you get for 60$? A boring, repetitive, and overhyped game. This is what you get for overhyping a game, and now you get No Man's Poop..........
  47. Hackerbee
    Aug 14, 2016
    0
    The Good:
    - Big Game Environment,
    - RPG Elements/character growth - Discovery: Animals, Planets, Tech. Thats it.... The Bad: - Clunky Interface and control layout, No Tutorial to attempt to save this. - Very Limited Supposed to be infinite possibility, All the animals and plants are almost the exact same, slightly different colors and spines/leaves on them that is it recycled game    The Good:
    - Big Game Environment,
    - RPG Elements/character growth
    - Discovery: Animals, Planets, Tech.
    Thats it....

    The Bad:
    - Clunky Interface and control layout, No Tutorial to attempt to save this.
    - Very Limited Supposed to be infinite possibility, All the animals and plants are almost the exact same, slightly different colors and spines/leaves on them that is it recycled game models = Garbage half-assed attempt at diversification.
    - No Citys, No real signs of civilizations other than the one or 2-4 structures/ruins in the same places on almost every planet.
    - No fleets, and all races ships/stations are similar
    - No story
    - Boring, repetitive, grindy gameplay (this game is only for those that are very easily entertained)
    - No Multiplayer interaction (Yes it was promised that you could technically run into another player but almost impossible due to the scale) Devs are deceptive **** and only came clean about it just before launch.
    - More of a failed tech demo than a game.

    TLDR was a snore fest. hopefully the Developers will add some actual story or factions cities/fleets/politics, and multiplayer are the only thing that could make this game fun for anyone, other than the hold out fanboys and the **** posting copy and pasted fake reviews with 10/10

    This game is more focused on being "Quintilian Planet Big" and just another big pile of indie garbage cluttering up the steam store. will say one thing though the marketing team did an incredible job selling and hyping the hell out of this thing. they suckered many people into buying a game that belongs in a humble bundle as a minor mention for $66.00 CDN. thank **** for steam refunds!!!!!    … Expand
  48. crawlord
    Aug 16, 2016
    0
    repetitive , repetitive, repetitive. Black desert online level if grinding or maybe destiny 1.0. Nope Nope Nope.
    As a gamer it will take your about 2 hours to get totally bored.
  49. Jimbo364
    Aug 11, 2016
    0
    This is a lousy survival game and a lousy space sim. The content while first seeming vast is really limited. It's like a huge empty sandbox. The lack of multiplayer instantly makes this game inferior to similar games such as Minecraft and Rust which allows players to interact with with these worlds with other players. The gameplay is surprisingly grindy for a game that was advertised as aThis is a lousy survival game and a lousy space sim. The content while first seeming vast is really limited. It's like a huge empty sandbox. The lack of multiplayer instantly makes this game inferior to similar games such as Minecraft and Rust which allows players to interact with with these worlds with other players. The gameplay is surprisingly grindy for a game that was advertised as a space exploration adventure game. Overall it;s not worth $60, maybe $20 or less.… Expand
  50. 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!!
  51. TheVJ
    Aug 10, 2016
    0
    No Man's Sky is not the intergalactic playground people had hoped it would be; it is more of a nigh infinitely big museum filled with nothing but Jackson Pollock paintings.
  52. Bulbotrax
    Aug 18, 2016
    0
    a lot of game crash, freeze and so on... beside of this nasty conception, this game is a total waste of time. No game designer... just a big random thing without purpose.... no interest at all.
  53. UfoDriver
    Aug 15, 2016
    0
    horrible game.
    No multiplayer.
    No mountains.
    No deep caves.
    No deep sea exploration.
    No forests.
    No customizable FOV.
    No challenge.
    No interesting NPC.
    No story.
    No ending.
  54. ELEETE
    Aug 22, 2016
    0
    One Man's Lies. Lies, lies, and more lies. Nothing that was promised in this game was actually delivered. It was all lies. I actually can't believe that their isn't a lawsuit against Hello Games yet. This game is a huge shell of what it was promised to be. Fool me once, shame on me.
  55. Turnip
    Aug 10, 2016
    0
    It's like one of those large-facade buildings in a western saloon town. Meant to look very big and impressive, but once you start playing the game you realize there's no substance.
  56. pyrov
    Aug 12, 2016
    0
    Over-hyped garbage. Inventory management is a headache, exploring planets after an hour gets boring and repetitive, no multiplayer (even though Sean Murray said in multiple interviews there would be, then proceeds to vaguely tweet out there isn't any multiplayer at the last moment before release). Planets are almost lifeless, with the stupid randonly-generated monsters (OH LOOK, ITS AOver-hyped garbage. Inventory management is a headache, exploring planets after an hour gets boring and repetitive, no multiplayer (even though Sean Murray said in multiple interviews there would be, then proceeds to vaguely tweet out there isn't any multiplayer at the last moment before release). Planets are almost lifeless, with the stupid randonly-generated monsters (OH LOOK, ITS A GIRAFFE WITH A SQUIRREL HEAD AND A SNAKE TAIL HEHE xd). You'd think 15 guys could make a better Minecraft in space -- Nope. Also, middle fingers to anyone who bought this game for the colors and atmosphere. It looks like cr*p in-game; trailers looked better.

    Do yourself a favor; Get the broken steam version. That way, if you share a similar experience such as mine, you can refund the game. Be sure to review the refund policies before you do that.

    Go ahead and thumbs down me, Reddit. There's a difference between imagination and delusion.    … Expand
  57. JohnPound
    Aug 9, 2016
    0
    Boring.

    Go to Planet "A." Find resources, get rocket fuel. Go find Planet "B." Oh but wait! You can name the planets if you're the first to find them! And it will only take 5 billion years to do it.

    Rinse and repeat.
  58. veilex
    Aug 12, 2016
    0
    This is a case of a game that is long on potential, and short on carry through.

    No Man's Sky Plays like a 3D version of Starbound... except No Man's Sky lacks the charm and depth present in its 2D analogue. That's not to say that No Man's Sky has no unique features of its own... the ability to fly through various solar systems documenting various plants and animals does have an    This is a case of a game that is long on potential, and short on carry through.

    No Man's Sky Plays like a 3D version of Starbound... except No Man's Sky lacks the charm and depth present in its 2D analogue.

    That's not to say that No Man's Sky has no unique features of its own... the ability to fly through various solar systems documenting various plants and animals does have an almost exploratory feel. However, the worlds and terrain quickly become noticeably formulaic... often lacking real differentiation from worlds already visited. The slight cosmetic changes do little to add depth to what is largely a fairly lackluster game.

    The gameplay is a bit worse off in being formulaic... and there's precious little actual gameplay variety. Almost everything is geared toward gathering resources to upgrade technology, and repeat the cycle.

    While that style of gameplay isn't necessarily bad, it’s certainly not worth the $60 price tag attached to the game... even with the nebulous promises of expanded gameplay.

    In essence, SOE and Hello Games expect this $60 dollar game to be embraced in similar vein to early-access games... hoping that an already rocky launch will be overlooked, and potential customers will salivate at what might be, rather than what is.

    Ultimately, it's the price tag the heavily brings down this game's score. It should have been priced more consistently with other early-access games... say $20 - $30 could be reasonable for a game that is, by all appearances, incomplete.    … Expand
  59. MariusUnd
    Aug 12, 2016
    0
    I have bought a very big and unfinished sandbox game at 60$. In my opinion the developer built up the hype so that players will buy the game as a premium one and not an unfinished indie that worth 20$ tops. The main feeling that this game left me until now is that I was SCAMMED (as with Aliens Colonial Marines).

    Advice: Don't buy games that give little info before the reviews! :)
  60. SNESStarter
    Aug 11, 2016
    0
    This game is an unmitigated disaster. Frame drops to 15 fps, horrible FOV and absolutely no online component even though it was marketed as such. If chipping away at rocks for two hours is your idea of fun, then by all means waste your money on this atrocity.
  61. 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
  62. 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
  63. 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
  64. neropx
    Oct 14, 2016
    0
    there is just one planet in this game, but people were dumb enough to believe that there were physically billions in some open world style universe. nope there is just one area in the entire game (the planet and its surroundings), and that is randomly changed each time to make it seem like a different planet, and there probably is billions of combinations when it comes to remodelling thisthere is just one planet in this game, but people were dumb enough to believe that there were physically billions in some open world style universe. nope there is just one area in the entire game (the planet and its surroundings), and that is randomly changed each time to make it seem like a different planet, and there probably is billions of combinations when it comes to remodelling this planet with different colour pallets, sizes etc, but there is nothing exciting or unique about that! .. . and the warping is just the loading screen lol. because this was sold at the price of AAA style game (which is an insult to the real devs out there who put their blood and sweat in to making these games for that price point) then this deserves a big fat 0.… Expand
  65. 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
  66. samueI
    Aug 12, 2016
    0
    I can't describe how I'm disappointed with this game. I just feel like the developer straight up lied to our face and as long as they make money, they don't give a **** I'm done with this.
  67. ChikatiloZ
    Sep 14, 2016
    0
    land on dead planets with little houses scattered around them, in some houses there an (always the same) alien standing around doing nothing, you can click them to receive useless objects. Oh, you can shoot weird laser weapon at near identical rocks to receive useless resources. once you landed on your first planet, you have seen the entire game, no need to visit 18 quintillion more. nextland on dead planets with little houses scattered around them, in some houses there an (always the same) alien standing around doing nothing, you can click them to receive useless objects. Oh, you can shoot weird laser weapon at near identical rocks to receive useless resources. once you landed on your first planet, you have seen the entire game, no need to visit 18 quintillion more. next up is paid dlc, it'll be payed because sean said it'll be free, I'm guessing $29.99 for an extra 20 quintillion planets with absolutely nothing on them.

    Liars    … Expand
  68. traffmeister
    Aug 10, 2016
    0
    Not good enough. A real disappointment. Planets and creatures are ugly, dialogue is boring, tasks are repetitive, survival mechanics just get in the way of the overall experience. A few nice ideas and being in space around the planets looks nice and I enjoy travelling between them, but the time spent on them gets boring SO FAST and never really changes. Once you get a nicer ship thenNot good enough. A real disappointment. Planets and creatures are ugly, dialogue is boring, tasks are repetitive, survival mechanics just get in the way of the overall experience. A few nice ideas and being in space around the planets looks nice and I enjoy travelling between them, but the time spent on them gets boring SO FAST and never really changes. Once you get a nicer ship then that's kinda it, objective done, game over. The text based 'story' is just insulting. Every time you go to a monolith and see all this amazing, cool and scary stuff described to you in plain and boring text it just makes everything seem even worse. Seriously **** this game, instant trade in.… Expand
  69. Exanthius
    Sep 1, 2016
    0
    Initially I loved this game. The first few hours are exciting and overwhelming. You love every second of the first few hours. But then you realize that you will do the same three things for the rest of the game, so probably for 50 - 100 hrs: Gather minerals, recharge your equipment, fly to the next planet that is shockingly similar to the planet you just visited. The lack of variety isInitially I loved this game. The first few hours are exciting and overwhelming. You love every second of the first few hours. But then you realize that you will do the same three things for the rest of the game, so probably for 50 - 100 hrs: Gather minerals, recharge your equipment, fly to the next planet that is shockingly similar to the planet you just visited. The lack of variety is ridiculous given the fact that everything is based on procedural generation. Most of the planets are lifeless pieces of rock. Maybe this is something that you can live with because sometimes there are these "wow" moments, when you finally find a planet with a lot of flora and fauna.
    Based on these impressions I could rate this 5/10 being an average space exploration game for casual players. BUT: The game was announced with misleading information. This is a fraud. This is criminal activity. There are so many features missing from the game that were originally promised. The whole experience is based on lies that came directly from the developers. I understand that one or two features might be missing from a game when it launches, because time was short, but this game is basically missing everything that was promised. The only feature it delivers is the repetitive mining. That's it. You even get bored by exploration. Also you don't have any motivation anymore to find other players because you WON'T SEE THEM. As a fact the developers said that you will be able to see other players. Not even 24 hours later this was already proven false. Two players stood at the exact same spot and were NOT able to see each other. I will now try to get my money back from Gamestop. This is the biggest disappointment since I started my gaming career in 1992.    … Expand
  70. 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. :)
  71. hobbes138
    Aug 9, 2016
    0
    So boring. So damn boring. As soon as you leave the first planet you might as well stop playing because you've seen everything this "game" has to offer.
  72. 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
  73. Joe614
    Sep 28, 2016
    0
    Sean Murray straight up lied to everyone! Everything that he stated was in the game but isn't:

    -Multiplayer (joining other players battle) -Faction's Waring -Amazing Ship Customization -Amazing Crafting System -Landing on Asteroids -Having Fleets Appear Out of Nowhere -Large Creatures Affecting The Landscape -Large Scale Space Battles -Sand Planets -Destroying The Fleets    Sean Murray straight up lied to everyone! Everything that he stated was in the game but isn't:

    -Multiplayer (joining other players battle)
    -Faction's Waring
    -Amazing Ship Customization
    -Amazing Crafting System
    -Landing on Asteroids
    -Having Fleets Appear Out of Nowhere
    -Large Creatures Affecting The Landscape
    -Large Scale Space Battles
    -Sand Planets
    -Destroying The Fleets
    -Destroying Space Stations

    Don't waste your money. You will be disappointed.    … Expand
  74. Medeiro2014
    Aug 31, 2016
    0
    The problem with this game is that is not the game that they describe, it dont have multiplayer, your discoveries are erased, its not a universe, his random procedural planets & NPC have a limited variable number so there is not that much difference between, the problem is, we pay a full price for everything that is suppose to be but is not, and they say that will build some DLC for moreThe problem with this game is that is not the game that they describe, it dont have multiplayer, your discoveries are erased, its not a universe, his random procedural planets & NPC have a limited variable number so there is not that much difference between, the problem is, we pay a full price for everything that is suppose to be but is not, and they say that will build some DLC for more money. The game is a product different from the one that they advertise.… Expand
  75. eldumloido
    Sep 15, 2016
    0
    Crappy game that used lies to sell. Never going to trust them ever again and if any of the workers behind this do anything be it games movies or toilet cleaning Ill stay away from it. Hope someone sues them as they lied to sell a product. If you want to support money hungry dick heads that only care about wealth and making customers unsatisfied this is your game.
  76. habanero
    Aug 18, 2016
    0
    This is a alpha/demo game sold at a AAA title price.
    Almost everything sucks...crashes, boring, repetitive, clunky UI, terrible inventory management, ...
    Don't buy this game
    Sean Murray = Peter Molyneux 2.0
  77. Ceneo
    Aug 17, 2016
    0
    Absolute piece of crap. This guy spins lies like he's Peter Molyneux jr. I had a lot of faith in this game and what it could be but it really is not what they said it would be in the years leading up to its release. Avoid.

    Runs badly, little real good content, the procedural stuff itself isn't great and its single player through and through.
  78. metacritic3
    Aug 9, 2016
    0
    I preordered the game on my ps4 and i'm just disappointed. After 3 hours, I was doing the same thing on another planet and another planet.... The tirelessly repeats itself , it seems to repeat the same thing every minute. Graphically, the game is rather plain but textures are very very bad for ps4, and the frame-rate drops under 20fps sometimes. All the planets seem identical, there areI preordered the game on my ps4 and i'm just disappointed. After 3 hours, I was doing the same thing on another planet and another planet.... The tirelessly repeats itself , it seems to repeat the same thing every minute. Graphically, the game is rather plain but textures are very very bad for ps4, and the frame-rate drops under 20fps sometimes. All the planets seem identical, there are juste some details that change . There is no interactivity with wildlife, animals or with anything else. This is an empty set in which we walk for indescribable. Disappointed… Expand
  79. Daniel_Keelh
    Aug 11, 2016
    0
    It's a pathetic game, nothing more to say. In the end is a bad game about explore a lot of planets without any interest. And it's important to remember that NO HAVE ON LINE MODE, They sell a game about the universe and find others players and there's no way you can do it, they lied and that deserves a 0 out of 10.
  80. asr163
    Aug 9, 2016
    0
    a glorified walking simulator on planets with some space flying that is just as boring as the walking simulator. this game should have been $20 at best but no they want a full price of $60 for this early access garbage.
  81. laurencelewis
    Sep 6, 2016
    0
    Misleading marketing and outright lies by the developers and publishers leading up to release built up expectations for a game that doesn't exist. No Man's Sky is a bugfest of titanic proportions. The gameplay is fractured and repetitive, with a play loop that gets boring within an hour. Despite all of this the game costs 60 dollars. DO NOT BUY!
  82. SuperMax156
    Aug 9, 2016
    0
    Deeply disappointing boring game. Another confirmation that there is an inverse relationship between the longer the hype before release the worse the game will be. Avoid.
  83. nikomueller
    Aug 9, 2016
    0
    Boring. Bland. Look but dont touch world. Everything looks the same. Delivers much less then it promises. I am so disappointed and I was so forwardlooking for this game. Still I feel sorry for the developers who put so much effort into it. It is a technical achievement for sure, but not a videogame.
  84. ryanbarker8
    Aug 17, 2016
    0
    You can't build, You cannot change anything in the game. It feels like a game in development that will never be finished. Less to do than Space Engineers but a higher price. Wait for this to his 20 dollars or less. Not worth 60 dollars. A complete let down. Sean Murray changed his stance and now additions will cost money as well. I feel like I fell for a Peter Molyneux lie hook line and sinker.
  85. LordExarus
    Aug 12, 2016
    0
    Release was terrible,gameplay is boring
    It's the size of a ocean but as deep as a puddle
    Is not worth 60 dollars for a game that is smaller then minecraft,and I can buy that for 20 dollars.
  86. brmartins
    Aug 15, 2016
    0
    The game is boring and space combat mechanics is terrible, fight in planet orbit is impossible due movement restraint in low altitude.

    Worst game of the year, the best part was the uninstall
  87. illegalmonkey
    Aug 19, 2016
    0
    Came back here to change my review of an 8 to a 0. I'm getting more and more disenchanted with how this game has turned out. The nail on the head was me trying to warp along a preset path by the game to reach Atlas. Four times I have tried to warp and four times it has crashed! I finally just contacted Sony for a refund. FYI, these crashes happened both before AND after the latest update.
  88. ihamadh404
    Aug 28, 2016
    0
    No multiplayer.
    No mountains.
    No deep caves.
    No deep sea exploration.
    No forests.
    No customizable FOV.
    No challenge.
    No interesting NPC.
    No story.
    No ending.
  89. RodrigoFD99
    Aug 12, 2016
    0
    It might be a decent game if every planet was different from each other, but when you arrive to a planet you can see the same stuffs you have seen before.
  90. joker7195
    Aug 22, 2016
    0
    the devs did one thing right they lied to us and laughed I am truly pissed off on how there showing off a different game in trailers then what you can buy the devs better come out with a apology or there's going to be hell for them later on
  91. 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.
  92. positive
    Aug 15, 2016
    0
    Every reason i hate modern open world games magnified to infinity. The only things you will do in this game are loot - inventory management - glorified loading screens - repeat.
  93. ruzen
    Aug 13, 2016
    0
    The game is about Grinding to craft gears that making you Grind faster. That's It ! Devs are the modern Peter Molyneux . They really aiming his business model: offering nothing but Hype!
  94. 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
  95. 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.
  96. 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.
  97. Incubation
    Aug 13, 2016
    0
    1). Tech demo impressive feat but is it actually fun to play? For me that's a no.
    2). Pain in the backside resource juggling due to tiny inventory size!
    3). Planets lack any real variety, same POIs on each one, creatures look very similar. 4). Full priced release! Should have been £20 tops imho on ps store. 5). Absolutely atrocious texture load-in. 6). Much better crafting/survival    1). Tech demo impressive feat but is it actually fun to play? For me that's a no.
    2). Pain in the backside resource juggling due to tiny inventory size!
    3). Planets lack any real variety, same POIs on each one, creatures look very similar.
    4). Full priced release! Should have been £20 tops imho on ps store.
    5). Absolutely atrocious texture load-in.
    6). Much better crafting/survival games available.

    In summary sounded like a great idea at the design stage and I must admit I was excited for it for a long time but the proof is in the pudding and I feel there isn't much of a game in there tbh.    … Expand
  98. Derrik4999
    Mar 24, 2017
    0
    boring planets boring gameplay nothing to do

    How the **** did 1803 people vote this positive? this is boring repetetive and not even worth 10€ as one could see it as a **** minecraft clone
  99. 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
  100. Braduk
    Aug 9, 2016
    0
    Play through the first planet then stop because every planet you go to from there will give you the exact same experience and nothing new to do. The game is empty, lacks substance, and relies heavily on its visuals even though the procedural generation leads to Spore-tier fauna and same-y environments.
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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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