No Man's Sky

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4.8

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  1. akus_1985
    Aug 24, 2016
    0
    The sole promise of endlessly exploring 18 quintillion planets is what convinced me to purchase No Man's Sky nearly three years ago when I viewed the announcement trailer. And I'll admit, I promptly jumped aboard the hype train and remained insanely excited until the game's release. Needless to say, It was a very, very long three year wait for me. I've now played the game for over 30+The sole promise of endlessly exploring 18 quintillion planets is what convinced me to purchase No Man's Sky nearly three years ago when I viewed the announcement trailer. And I'll admit, I promptly jumped aboard the hype train and remained insanely excited until the game's release. Needless to say, It was a very, very long three year wait for me. I've now played the game for over 30+ hours, and it breaks my heart to admit this...I'm utterly devastated.
    My disappointment didn't immediately set in. Actually, from the first moment I blasted off a planet and entered the vastness of space, I was awestruck. I had many enjoyable hours from that point on. But eventually, around the 20+ hour mark I realized something I didn't want to admit, No Man's Sky was a lemon. At first, just like its automotive equivalent, it runs smoothly, and looks great. But then, slowly but surely, the game began to reveal its flaws. The frame rate dips became more noticeable and I was experiencing so many system crashes that I had to modify my play style to accommodate. Yes, you can explore an infinite amount of planets, but the whole affair is incredibly dull and repetitive. But I was still having a decent time, even if it had evolved into a material collecting grind fest so I could blast from one planet to the next. in an attempt to discover something new. I enjoyed the occasional beautiful vistas, and documenting the weird animals. But I began to wonder, when will I discover a utopian planet akin to the one in the E3 announcement trailer that had been featured so heavily? Why couldn't I find the massive creatures I'd seen in the previews? Furthermore, after hours, and hours of gameplay, why can't I find anything in this game that has the aesthetic appeal to what was featured on the Colbert Show just a few months ago? Well friends, that game doesn't currently exist. Sean Murray and Hello Games duped me, and they duped me good.
    There are so many amazing gameplay elements that Murray talked about over the years that have been severely dumbed-down, or cut from the game altogether. This isn't simply my opinion. (Angry Joe's video review is a great source to view missing game elements) This isn't the game I was sold on, this isn't the No Man's Sky I was promised. I believe, or at least hope Murray and Hello Games originally intended to create an incredible product. But either the budget/technology just wasn't there to see their vision through, or they were pressured by Sony to release a half baked product, and improve it over time through patches and DLC. Or maybe, just plainly and simply, Murray is a lying fraud.    … Expand
  2. JimmyTodd
    Aug 26, 2016
    0
    Terrible! This game just can’t cost 60 dollars. I can’t believe how Hello Games could make such a disappointing, boring project that you can’t even call a video game. All the game play is about searching for resources that you don’t like because it’s boring but Sean Murray thinks it’s interesting. When you’ll see the ending the only thing you’re going to do is close the game and delete it.Terrible! This game just can’t cost 60 dollars. I can’t believe how Hello Games could make such a disappointing, boring project that you can’t even call a video game. All the game play is about searching for resources that you don’t like because it’s boring but Sean Murray thinks it’s interesting. When you’ll see the ending the only thing you’re going to do is close the game and delete it. I wasted 60 dollars on this game and all in all I have to say it’s one of the worst video games I’ve ever seen consider the price and the lies.… Expand
  3. MagicDude4Eva
    Aug 30, 2016
    0
    This game launched with as USD60 price-tag in the same class as AAA games on PS4 and upon installation on 12th August the game crashed every 15 minutes on my PS4.

    I requested a refund from Sony within 2 days and less than 4 hour play-time as the game remained unplayable for me. HelloGames never acknowledged/provided a solution to my crash issues. Sony refused within the first two    This game launched with as USD60 price-tag in the same class as AAA games on PS4 and upon installation on 12th August the game crashed every 15 minutes on my PS4.

    I requested a refund from Sony within 2 days and less than 4 hour play-time as the game remained unplayable for me. HelloGames never acknowledged/provided a solution to my crash issues.

    Sony refused within the first two days a refund providing no reason and by unreasonably delaying ticket responses they eventually called me "uncooperative" as I did not want to troubleshoot and continued to overlook my basic consumer right for a refund of a broken game.

    I am now in the process of requesting a chargeback and Sony has explained that this will result in my 10 year PSN account being banned - http://www.naschenweng.info/2016/08/28/requesting-refund-mans-sky-psn-account-banned/

    HelloGames is a shill for providing a broken game and over-promising features. Sony Europe has shown no interest in issuing a refund despite SCEA issuing refunds two weeks after the game launched.

    If the game had launched as a "true indy" game at a USD20 price tag, it's quality issues can easily be overlooked.    … Expand
  4. 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!
  5. JSpinks06
    Aug 31, 2016
    0
    I hate that I am about to waste time typing something in here. I have a higher end machine 3.8Ghz Quad core AMD processor 16GB of RAM, tons of SSD storage and an Nvidia GTX970 so maybe fairly normal. This game taps my CPU out at 100% and then crashes windows constantly. I am lucky if I get 10 minutes of playtime. Do not purchase this game. Maybe about 2 years from now for $10 or even $5I hate that I am about to waste time typing something in here. I have a higher end machine 3.8Ghz Quad core AMD processor 16GB of RAM, tons of SSD storage and an Nvidia GTX970 so maybe fairly normal. This game taps my CPU out at 100% and then crashes windows constantly. I am lucky if I get 10 minutes of playtime. Do not purchase this game. Maybe about 2 years from now for $10 or even $5 but not right now.… Expand
  6. kykle86
    Aug 31, 2016
    0
    Rebel Galaxy, which was a FREE game for Playstation Plus User for the month of August, is better than this $60 stinky pile of Dookie. All of the hype was blown out of proportion, and HelloGames and Sean Murray lied about their product. Lesson learned. Let someone else pre-order the game and complain about it before I waste my own money.
  7. IHATENOMANSSKY
    Sep 1, 2016
    0
    This game is a waste of money. Do not buy it. If you do, you will realize that you may be able to travel to an infinite (practically) number of planets, and be bored on all of them.
  8. Duffinley
    Sep 3, 2016
    0
    No Man’s Sky is an exploration and survival game set in an infinite procedurally generated universe. Whether a distant mountain or a planet hanging low on the horizon, you can go forth there. You can fly seamlessly from the surface of a planet to another, and every star in the sky is a sun that you can visit.................................... yeah they lied, the game is a pos, shouldNo Man’s Sky is an exploration and survival game set in an infinite procedurally generated universe. Whether a distant mountain or a planet hanging low on the horizon, you can go forth there. You can fly seamlessly from the surface of a planet to another, and every star in the sky is a sun that you can visit.................................... yeah they lied, the game is a pos, should never been sold for more then $25.00.
    Lies include, but are not limited to,
    Multiplayer
    Freighter destruction
    Freighters crashing into planets
    Desert planets
    Ships that have unique strengths and weaknesses
    Multi tool discovery and naming
    Ship discovery and naming
    Faction wars
    Freedom with flight (not being limited to how low you can fly)
    And more
    if you can get past the not loading, sound glitching, and The occasional crash Problems that this game Is plague by It's still a crappy game!
    the biggest fault that I can see with this game is the fact that you can make spend a few hours on the game then realize that half the content isn't there for you that you were promised and by that time its tooo late noooo more refund for you :(    … Expand
  9. HartOz
    Sep 4, 2016
    0
    From start to finish, this game is full of lies and deceipt about what you can do in this universe sandbox.
    I like so many others was suckered into paying $60 for this piece of garbage.
    Luckily I was able to get a full refund.
    Everything you see on the trailer videos is not true, Sean Murray has pretty much killed Hello games' reputation.
  10. fox2319
    Sep 4, 2016
    0
    This is a £20 game selling for £50. It's a series of small mini games; mining, shooting and flying etc. that have no real threat or expectation of danger. I've sunk around 10 hours into this game but don't really feel any desire to go back.
  11. SPECIAL-iX
    Sep 5, 2016
    0
    Simply a big lie .. waste of money

    The game lost more than 90% of players not even by the second week post release and that's proof it

    Don't buy it .. and if u did try to get ur money back
  12. Starbug_Pl
    Sep 6, 2016
    0
    Czy Sony nie respektuje prawa konsumenta? Otrzymałem Towar niezgodny z opisem. Czy regulamin sklepiku sony jest nadrzędny wobec Polskiego prawa?

    Sony Computer Entertainment Europ Header Hej Cyprian! Zapoznaliśmy się z Twoją prośbą o zwrot zakupu No Man's Sky. Wiemy, że w sieci pojawiają się komentarze niektórych graczy wyrażające ich rozczarowanie No Man's Sky, jeżeli chodzi o    Czy Sony nie respektuje prawa konsumenta? Otrzymałem Towar niezgodny z opisem. Czy regulamin sklepiku sony jest nadrzędny wobec Polskiego prawa?

    Sony Computer Entertainment Europ Header
    Hej Cyprian!

    Zapoznaliśmy się z Twoją prośbą o zwrot zakupu No Man's Sky.

    Wiemy, że w sieci pojawiają się komentarze niektórych graczy wyrażające ich rozczarowanie No Man's Sky, jeżeli chodzi o funkcje dostępne w grze w dniu premiery. Gra ewoluowała i zmieniała się w trakcie tysięcy godzin testów i opinii testerów na temat tego, co działało, a co nie - tak, by dostarczyć najlepsze wrażenia i zabawę w trakcie gry. W trakcie tworzenia tytułu Hello Games podjęło decyzje, które ich zdaniem zapewniłyby najlepsze doświadczenia graczom. No Man's Sky miało być czymś unikatowym, gigantycznym oraz nowatorskim - naszym zdaniem Hello Games osiągnęli swój cel. Zespół developerski pracuje również niesutannie w celu zapewnienia ewolucji gry oraz poszerzenia dostępnych w niej elementów. W związku z powyższym podjęliśmy decyzję o nieodstępowaniu od obowiązującej u nas standardowej polityki zwrotów.

    Zgodnie z obowiązującymi zasadami zwrotów gry, dodatki do nich, przepustki sezonowe oraz dodatkowe pakiety w grach (takie jak np. wirtualna waluta), których pobieranie lub streaming zostały rozpoczęte, nie podlegają zwrotom. Ponieważ No Man's Sky zostało przez Ciebie pobrane, nie dokonamy zwrotu za zakup tej gry.    … Expand
  13. Alterego
    Sep 10, 2016
    0
    The game just has nothing after you have been to one planet you've been to them all, there is no reason to play this game other than to be incredibly bored after a couple of hours, Sean Murray spread lies saying the game has unlimited possibility's , no it doesn't you can do the same thing on every planet, and that is all.
  14. mickrussom
    Sep 11, 2016
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Game is novel only in that small team made an algorithm generate a boring and repetitive game with interesting generated music.

    What Can't One Do in NO MAN'S SKY?

    Can I keep pets? NO
    Can I breed animals? NO
    Can I build a base? NO
    Can I play with friends? NO
    Can I visit home worlds of advanced alien races or civilizations? NO
    Can I recruit crew members? NO
    Can I keep more than one ship? NO
    Can I sell my ship? NO
    Can I crash my ship? NO
    Can I influence the other races in any way? NO
    Can I craft interesting weapons? NO
    Is the lore behind alien races interesting? NO

    Is NMS a Sandbox? No, you can't really edit or change the world.

    Are there noteworthy random events? No. NMS has no special events. Everything the game is going to do is hard coded. Expect major patches with huge changes to the game engine / platform if there is even a remote possibility of getting any real special events.

    Visual content is generated but the theme is always the same. Every planet looks like a super-saturated overblown colors with a severely limited color pallet. All the NPCs are soulless. All NPC bases look the same. NPC conversations are pathetic.

    All planets have the same gravity. Why? Who would go through all this procedurally generated junk and overlook this.

    Scientist? Pirate? Trader? Explorer? No difference. You have to manage a stupid-small inventory, manually deal with consumables. Oregon Trail had more strategy going for it than this.

    Get to the middle. Yep. That's the goal. Generated a quintillion worlds and the center of it all is the goal.

    Why is space so full of "junk" in this made up universe? There is stuff everywhere. I guess once someone feels content worth looking at is generate-able they just go all in with it.

    No instructions - come into a battle (distress signal), pick a side, no communications, no instructions

    Scanner is useless. You find random strange things. No rhyme or reason as to what gets picked up from space either. Finding things like black holes, space anomalies and space stations is utterly annoying.

    Starships have no purpose.

    Space combat system is very weak. Much prefer Wing Commander I to this No Man's Sky business

    All conversations take a stupid long time to get to the meat. For a repetitive game all time wasting is hugely annoying.

    Upgrade system is horrific. Things can't be moved easily or at all. Things you destroy can't be remade. Items you have and destroy and you don't have the blueprint you can't remake. You can't reverse engineer.

    No scanner enhancements of significance for the ship.

    No notion of a base or a garage. This is totally needed. Also why only allow one ship at a time? Abandoned ships have disappeared on me before I could transfer inventory.

    Mapping system is utterly inferior. Just trying to follow star roads is a painful annoying experience.

    With the level of technology in this game the scanning and mapping system (or utter lack thereof) is idiotic.
    Flying animals defy physics - not possible. Planet temperatures where Nitrogen and CO2 would be frozen can still have "rain". Element system is idiotic. Why even bother with real element names? All the trades, upgrades and finding broken ships are always idiotically close in size and value of the current ship. What really stinks is when you have a 48 slot ships most of the offers have less than 48 if trying to trade up. No hovering. This is horrific. The NPCs are utterly one dimensional. They are empty, shallow and useless. They also talk very slow and it takes forever to burn through talking with them. If you have to restore from a last save to correct a conversation mistake it takes a long, long time. The fact nothing auto-recharges in a world of warp-drives is idiotic. Crime and punishment is stupid. Sentinels are stupid. The black hole shortcuts are not shortcuts. The Atlas path ending is stupid. All the dialogue for the 10 stops and the 11th Atlas stop is hipster idiot drivel The music tries to have "gravitas" and use base to make dumb situations seem cool. The Atlas path has an entity that often looks like an ridiculous Pokémon ball. I would honestly rather re-play Wing Commander I & II than suffer this game. Every planet out of the 18 quintillion has been discovered before and is littered with alien trash. 18 quintillion planets and only 3 (or 4 races including the nameless faceless speechless one dimensional loser character one is portraying). The word list for each language is the same. For anyone completionist or OCD this game would be nightmarish. You can buy plans from Polo that cost up to 2,000,000 and keep getting the same trash plans you already have. And for junk. Also Omega gear is only for a certain few upgrades. Not knowing easily which is best for each system and best not being easy to identify is just foolishness.    … Expand
  15. 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!
  16. PedroMarx
    Sep 16, 2016
    0
    Don`t buy, this game is a lie!
    I never see so much lies in a game
    this is the worst game I've ever played
    don`t waste your money on this ****
    burn you money, it will be worth more =]
  17. UnevenerSauce
    May 30, 2017
    0
    I got mugged right off purchasing this smoke ball. Nothing to the game, extremely repetitive and no refund on it. I wouldn't be so salty if I only paid £5 for the indie game it is but charging £40 as if it's a AAA title is a joke. Doesn't live up to any of the promises. Don't buy unless it drops to £5 in a sale. Not worth any more money.
  18. 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
  19. 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
  20. nwalker14
    Sep 28, 2016
    0
    I have never been more disappointed in a game in my life. The marketing was criminal. I would have rather set my money on fire than give it to the thieves at Hello Games. They are everything that is wrong with the gaming industry today.
  21. RagingR
    Oct 11, 2016
    0
    I'm coming in late, so not much I can add to this abomination. All I can say is thank fook I sold this for RRP after buying it. The saddest aspect of this game is that the team and its courageous leader, are nowhere to be heard or seen.
  22. davipesans
    Oct 15, 2016
    0
    this game crashs all the time the jogability its horrible sony lies talking the game dont have a multiplayer but the game have a multiplayer worst game ever
  23. Tulhyo
    Oct 17, 2016
    0
    It is simply the worst game I've ever played in my life.
    A false advertising and shameless.
    The game does not deliver anything of what was promised, it is a futile and meaningless journey, after an hour of play is absolutely monotonous and repetitive.
  24. zorK90
    Mar 21, 2017
    0
    Nothing less than a fraud.

    Full price for a tech demo that was marketed as something it's not. I have nothing more to say but go to hell Sony and Goodbye games.
  25. liamandjo
    Oct 27, 2016
    0
    Beyond disappointed - I feel I was played by the developers. I watched the interviews and believed them. The first and last time I buy a digital version, but I am guessing the trade in price would be dismal anyway even if I had the disc. I feel dudded, not just in forking out AAA money for the game, but in the time invested thinking things would get better. They didn't. It was a sham.Beyond disappointed - I feel I was played by the developers. I watched the interviews and believed them. The first and last time I buy a digital version, but I am guessing the trade in price would be dismal anyway even if I had the disc. I feel dudded, not just in forking out AAA money for the game, but in the time invested thinking things would get better. They didn't. It was a sham. Shame on Hello Games.… Expand
  26. MarkusMekEidem
    Dec 17, 2016
    0
    NO MANS LIE! Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam ScamNO MANS LIE! Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam Scam **** SCAM… Expand
  27. RedBlackGamerBr
    Dec 22, 2016
    0
    E melhor se drogar e ir para um planetário do que jogar essa merda,alem de ser mais barato,jogo vazio,sem graça,bugado,sistema procedural quebrado completamente mal feito,planetas repetitivos não só os planetas o jogo inteiro e repetitivo.Resumindo maior decepção do mundo dos games.
  28. ElVergas
    Feb 3, 2017
    0
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  29. ProudSword
    Aug 23, 2017
    0
    - Glitchy and buggy game.
    - Boring game
    - Repetitive
    - Stupid A.I
    - 18 quintillion planets looks the same
    - crafting and crafting the items you crafted before in order to craft something else.
    - Aliens and starships are identical
    - It worth 10$ max and 5$ on sales.
    - Not recommended even if you love space exploration.
  30. 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
  31. TheBlueFox
    Jun 12, 2017
    0
    This game deserves less than zero. It has every flaw imaginable then some.

    --Uninspiring, repetitive and boring game play --Terrible graphics not worthy of the PS3 --Convoluted, annoying menu interfaces --Generic landscapes --Every aspect from the weapons, to the fighting, to the air travel is a mind-numbing chore --Every planet feels the same, and there is nothing to do, rendering    This game deserves less than zero. It has every flaw imaginable then some.

    --Uninspiring, repetitive and boring game play
    --Terrible graphics not worthy of the PS3
    --Convoluted, annoying menu interfaces
    --Generic landscapes
    --Every aspect from the weapons, to the fighting, to the air travel is a mind-numbing chore
    --Every planet feels the same, and there is nothing to do, rendering the selling point of 'endless planets' pretty useless
    --Pointless interactions with alien life
    --Tedious resource collecting coupled with an infuriatingly tiny inventory
    --Glitches from hell and back. I lost all progress because my space ship got stuck in an eternal glitch. Tried everything, nothing saved it. Tried a new game, another glitch. This one was glorious, the world just broke up into pieces around me. Constant game crashes etc.
    --Developer outright lied about aspects, or was disingenuous. For that reason alone, I wouldn't support it.
    --This is NOT an AAA title, yet it came out as the price of one. I'm not even sure it's a finished title of any grade.

    If this company had any decency, they'd offer to give people their money back. The fact that they won't speaks volumes. This is the game that put the idea of pre-ordering in its grave.    … Expand
  32. fykins
    Apr 25, 2017
    0
    Don't even think about getting it. Another early access game where they took your money and did not deliver. Less than 10 hours of game to be had here.

    Space Engineers, Empyrion, and Elite Dangerous all deliver in the ways this game failed. Empyrion has come a long ways in a short time, but it definitely is missing the fine tuning and polish. Space Engineers steadily is becoming    Don't even think about getting it. Another early access game where they took your money and did not deliver. Less than 10 hours of game to be had here.

    Space Engineers, Empyrion, and Elite Dangerous all deliver in the ways this game failed.

    Empyrion has come a long ways in a short time, but it definitely is missing the fine tuning and polish.

    Space Engineers steadily is becoming more and more with each update, and has been in development for some time.

    Elite Dangerous is hugely immersive, finely tuned, polished, and is a great game.

    In order to get a score by my scoring system, you need to have atleast 20 hours of gameplay in order to be considered a game, that gets you a 1. This game gets a 0.    … Expand
  33. Raventhief
    Jul 17, 2017
    0
    Over hyped waste of money, there's nothing to do in the game and there's no ending, the game just resets itself when you get to the centre of the galaxy and it starts again in Galaxy +1.

    Worst game I've ever played and I have been playing games for 30+ years.
  34. AlfaRomeo
    Dec 6, 2017
    0
    This is not a game, the bugs is every you can see don´t mather were are you looking, you can´t not explored anythig it´s a peace of garbage, no mater what the people o the critic say, DON´T BUY
  35. jugadorhardcore
    Feb 7, 2018
    0
    This is the crap of the crap Companies greedy at it best... I wonder who bought this
  36. destator
    Mar 20, 2018
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I really like this game! But it has only one remark from me. What is the purpose of the option for filling the hydroponic unit? The interface is incredibly annoying without introducing anything into the gameplay. It needs either to be removed or revised.… Expand
  37. Baran_TR_06
    Apr 30, 2018
    0
    Totally waste of money and waste of time do not think about buying a game this game trash.
  38. SirSloppith
    Oct 2, 2018
    0
    Exploration is great and all but what are you supposed to do for the rest of the end game explore the same planets over and over again? I've grown quite bored of trying to farm unique ships and use them for hardly anything. I feel like this game could've been so so so much more. However, I do like the effort given in the NEXT update.
  39. kstate878
    Jan 21, 2019
    0
    0/10 may seem a little like the overreaction of an angry 12 year old, but let me assure you, this games earns it. Let me be clear that I just bought this game, and knew about the original false advertisement debacle, but decided to give it a shot anyway based on YouTube vids saying it is now worth a shot, it is not.

    The game is an absolute rotting corpse of glitches. It's been 3 years,    0/10 may seem a little like the overreaction of an angry 12 year old, but let me assure you, this games earns it. Let me be clear that I just bought this game, and knew about the original false advertisement debacle, but decided to give it a shot anyway based on YouTube vids saying it is now worth a shot, it is not.

    The game is an absolute rotting corpse of glitches. It's been 3 years, and you can play games made on steam in early access with 1/50th the money that look better and have none of the game breaking bugs. Some of my own include: the entire farming system is broken (plant growth timers reset to full every 5 seconds, making farming, a major aspect of the game undoable), constant falling through the map, instant death upon exiting craft (>10 occurrences), enemies attacking through walls, animal enemies biting/killing you from the other side of the map, random total loss of inventory items, map markers that lead nowhere, quest starts which don't trigger, crashing and constant ugly visual issue such as planet corona shining through starship walls. In a game built by massive pansies who didn't want it to be about killing/combat (guns and violence are yucky and mean!) and whos procedural generation leaves you with bland boring planets, the only option for fun is survival gameplay. These glitches make survival (where you loose items you spent hours on) and permadeath mode impossible. I have a brand new PS4, they have had 3 years to fix issues, its absolutely inexcusable.

    As I said earlier, the "exploration" based gameplay is worthless. I have consistently encountered the same plants/features/animals in different color schemes on a vast number of worlds. Animals bumble around no further than 25M from the player before popping out of existence, and nothing about them appears lifelike. You'll never find them pooping, eating, mating, sleeping, fighting, NOTHING. For a game based on exploring the "wonders of the universe" and not combat, again, you would expect giving you something to look at instead of shoot at would be a priority, but, nope. Similarly, the resource gathering is the same on each planet, you'll find a different colored stone for metal, a different tree+bush for carbon, while every other element is sourced from identical plants which have somehow managed to colonize every planet in the galaxy.

    Space once you reach it, exhibits the same lack of variety. Stations are universally featureless ball or block shapes, combat is stale and pointless. Planets have exterior appearances which don't match their surface (water from space on desert planets, etc). Fleets are bland and contain THE SAME 5 SHIPS IN DIFFERENT COLOR SCHEMES. Absolutely pathetic. Pilotable starships have about 20 base models with slight variations, but all fly/feel identical, the only difference being +/- 5 storage slots. Fleet battles show in the "is NMS now worth buying" vids are total BS, after 3 years they still don't exist, just minor fighter battles (>4 fighters at a time) with fleets shooting out canons in all directions for scenery, doing no damage.

    Finally the grind is insane, and for no point. The story is a pathetic afterthought, and the lack of coming across more than 1 player means its not even worth it for swag/bragging rights. You're going to go through MMO tier levels of grind, with no story or social recognition payoff. If running around pointing your impotent little multi-tool at different colored version of the same tree/rock for hundreds of hours to build up a base maybe 5 people will ever see, more power to you and your autism, but its not my or any normal persons idea of fun.

    Overall this game still holds the title of being the most colossal gaming failure of the 2010s. Edgy contrarians and paid youtube shills will have you believe otherwise, but the game is a lifeless, empty, buggy mess, devoid of meaning or fun. Still selling for 60$ is perhaps the biggest joke of all. If you gave this out for free, maybe 1/100 people would come even half way close to finishing it or giving it more than a few hours before downloading.    … Expand
  40. redfox2020
    Nov 22, 2018
    0
    It's a joke how this game was released at full price and unfinished. Developers laughing their way to the bank with broken promises and shills reviewers taking pay.
  41. greninjaX
    Sep 26, 2019
    0
    no man's sky? more like no one should buy. . . this game. it's bad. and the creators lied about it
  42. udn
    Aug 24, 2019
    0
    **** save system is terrible. constructions, unit ... all blown away in just one error.
  43. zanzou
    Feb 19, 2020
    0
    Still has not apologized even once for lying and misleading all his fans due to pressures to get an influx of cash. It doesn't matter how much you go back and fix retroactively until you acknowledge misleading everyone.
  44. Potocacapichi
    Nov 21, 2020
    0
    What a wasted time... oh God. There are infinite systems but it’s all the same. Repetitive AF. Devs has done one of the worst video game decade’s
  45. ArthurJoelLeo
    Dec 11, 2020
    0
    this buggy and very boring. Such an awful game because of the bugs, it looks like a Ubisoft game.
  46. Rodrigosanlop
    Jul 16, 2020
    0
    Engañar a la gente con falsas promesas y características del juego solo tiene un nombre estafar.
  47. IAN_MACK12341
    Feb 24, 2021
    0
    Imagine searching for 6 hours for an animal that is labeled as "common" and thinking this is fun for players. Seriously even after all the updates the dev team still can't seem to figure it out, it's just sad at this point.
  48. InfernalD
    Dec 18, 2021
    0
    The Bad: The most deceptive marketing campaign in recent memory. Developers are proven to be as dishonest as they come. Game launched nothing like marketing showed.

    The Good: The developers stood by the product and eventually after ~3 years brought it close to where it wanted to be at launch. They probably only started development after taking the pre-orders to the bank though. also    The Bad: The most deceptive marketing campaign in recent memory. Developers are proven to be as dishonest as they come. Game launched nothing like marketing showed.

    The Good: The developers stood by the product and eventually after ~3 years brought it close to where it wanted to be at launch. They probably only started development after taking the pre-orders to the bank though.

    also fun fact this game is the reason why Sony hasn't had any early access games for years and Sean Murray tried to weasel and say that Sony was responsible for not giving him enough funding. VP of Sony of America denied this and called it false.    … Expand
  49. GreaseTank
    Jun 19, 2022
    0
    Oh boy where do I start…. I guess I’ll start with Juneteenth. Congress must have messed this up because it says Juneteenth celebrates the official end of slavery; meanwhile, No Man’s Sky is still available to play. This game makes me grateful for games like Everybody’s Golf and Cyberpunk 2077 (worse than dirt games). I mean I beg my Chel peers from Nik™️ to get this game and I amOh boy where do I start…. I guess I’ll start with Juneteenth. Congress must have messed this up because it says Juneteenth celebrates the official end of slavery; meanwhile, No Man’s Sky is still available to play. This game makes me grateful for games like Everybody’s Golf and Cyberpunk 2077 (worse than dirt games). I mean I beg my Chel peers from Nik™️ to get this game and I am embarrassed to tell them this $60 game (we should be payed to play this rancid cat water) has more monotonous content than Trivia Crack on iOS. Nonetheless, this review is my contribution to trying to get this game’s user score rating at a GT7 2.0.… Expand
  50. Sunaru2
    Mar 21, 2022
    0
    I have been playing NMS for several years now and always find new things to do. Started on PS4 now on PS5. Been enjoying the expeditions recently. Love base building and have several almost maxed out at 30,000 object bases.
  51. Gefweber
    Oct 8, 2022
    0
    После последнего обновления до версии 4.0 Полностью испаганили игру. Играл в игру с самого начала. Делал предзаказ. И вот полностью испаганили игру и это при условии когда вышла это было лишь название. Бросаю играть этот шлак если не исправят. Взяли и свалили все в одну кучу. Был раздельные меню для технологи и кастюма и матерьялов. А ща все настройки технологий запихали в матерьялов иПосле последнего обновления до версии 4.0 Полностью испаганили игру. Играл в игру с самого начала. Делал предзаказ. И вот полностью испаганили игру и это при условии когда вышла это было лишь название. Бросаю играть этот шлак если не исправят. Взяли и свалили все в одну кучу. Был раздельные меню для технологи и кастюма и матерьялов. А ща все настройки технологий запихали в матерьялов и все настройки что были сделаны в технологиях уничтожили. ИДИОТЫ. Гарет Бурн - Вы что решили что игра слишком хорошо продается или слишком высокий рейтинг. Предлагаю ОБРУШИТЬ до 0 и что бы до " Гения" дошло, не надо злить тех "идиотов", что купили игру на страрте и столько лет играли и рассказывали друзьям, что игра такая хорошая и в одночасье взять и все испаганить. Эно надо Уметь.… Expand
  52. igarrett
    Oct 17, 2022
    0
    Reviewing because people are being babies about some recent changes by the developers (which they are currently working on fixing anyways, because they're awesome developers who have put years into making this game something truly special). But yeah, it's an awesome game. I like it, and you probably will too. Also if you're just starting the game nothing anyone is currently complainingReviewing because people are being babies about some recent changes by the developers (which they are currently working on fixing anyways, because they're awesome developers who have put years into making this game something truly special). But yeah, it's an awesome game. I like it, and you probably will too. Also if you're just starting the game nothing anyone is currently complaining about would potentially even come close to affecting you for a long time, so have fun.… Expand
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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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