No Man's Sky

 PlayStation 4
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4.8

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 5473 Ratings

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  3. Negative: 2,702 out of 5473
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  1. lemonademaz
    Aug 9, 2016
    0
    Had great potential, too bad it gets boring about 3 hours in. All you do is gather resources to get to the next planet were you have to do the same. Wait for a sale!
  2. BaconyInfusion
    Aug 27, 2016
    0
    I have earlier given this a high score. After watching countless videos and promises made by Sean, I won't even **** bother playing this game. This game could be SO amazing, but No Man's Sky seems like a social experiment on how many idiots would jump on the hype train. I feel like an idiot.
  3. Fenix9421
    Aug 13, 2016
    0
    (This ReView is Empty foll0wing the exΛmple of the game being reviewed. It's also buggy as heLL du3 t0 follow1ng the sam3 examp/e).

    No Man's sky is an exercise in the art of nothing. Zero has a new name. Boredom has been redefined.
    And waste of money is the new catch phrase.
  4. Voretechz
    Aug 9, 2016
    0
    I was excited for this game but even with quadrillions of planets but nothing of substance to do in the game besides the same boring and repetitive resource collecting. Quantity does not equal quality. This is the most boring game I have played in a long time. I will be returning it in a few days when I have some time to go to the store again. Don't waste your time or money with this overI was excited for this game but even with quadrillions of planets but nothing of substance to do in the game besides the same boring and repetitive resource collecting. Quantity does not equal quality. This is the most boring game I have played in a long time. I will be returning it in a few days when I have some time to go to the store again. Don't waste your time or money with this over hyped garbage.… Expand
  5. Tafrani
    Aug 10, 2016
    0
    Ho atteso con ansia questo gioco soprattutto per l'enorme campagna marketing fatta da Sony e per il concept del gioco che ho adorato nei vari trailer e gameplay ufficiali. La prima ora di gioco è da 10 e lode, il problema è il dopo; il fatto di avere milioni di pianeti e razze aliene diverse non viene accompagnato da un gameplay estremamente simile a quello di Minecraft. Non c'è alcunHo atteso con ansia questo gioco soprattutto per l'enorme campagna marketing fatta da Sony e per il concept del gioco che ho adorato nei vari trailer e gameplay ufficiali. La prima ora di gioco è da 10 e lode, il problema è il dopo; il fatto di avere milioni di pianeti e razze aliene diverse non viene accompagnato da un gameplay estremamente simile a quello di Minecraft. Non c'è alcun bisogno che ora mi venite a dire "Non è per tutti" perché questo è ovvio, non esiste un solo gioco che è in grado di piacere a tutti ma il problema qui è un altro: è noioso. Probabilmente gli amanti di Minecraft saranno molto presi anche da No Man's Sky, io no. Voto 0/10 SOPRATTUTTO a causa del prezzo da tripla A per quello che è un evidente indie. Se il suo prezzo fosse stato intorno ai 20 euro, cioè il suo vero valore, non avrei esitato a dare un buon 7.… Expand
  6. CKKKKKK
    Aug 18, 2016
    0
    Dull, shallow, buggy game, I regret wasting money on it.
    Very unbalanced, badly executed. Its just over "PR"ed and hyped junk.
    All planets are the same, all animals are the same, all galaxies are the same..
  7. danieljquinn
    Sep 8, 2021
    0
    This game sucks a bag of dicks. Seriously, if this is a game that has been fixed from the utter **** that was its disaster of a launch, I'll be a monkey's uncle. Dozens of hours spent trying to get out of the home system, and the bugged mission to receive the hyperdrive won't launch -- so I'm stuck with no way out. As such, my time has just been wasted.

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

    Seriously, you've had years to fix this glitchy, substandard dumpster-fire of a game and you couldn’t even manage to fix the beginning. Piss off! I'll play a game made by someone who has even a ghost of a clue how to design one. So glad I didn't pay anywhere near full price for this compete train-wreck. Delete game........    … Expand
  8. leonardo2360
    Aug 10, 2016
    0
    sin duda alguna el peor juego del año y el mas decepcionante entretiene pero no cumple las expectativas es juego que no es malo pero no es loq ue yo esperaba
  9. us9975531
    Aug 9, 2016
    0
    A game with the features of a small indie game, but with a big budget, triple A developer price tag on it. It's a mix of a low budget indie survival/gathering game crossed with a low budget indie space combat game, but does neither particularly well and is bizarrely selling for more than two separate games that do each component better.
  10. Strelok_VSOP
    Aug 16, 2016
    0
    Унылая и скучнейшая игра. Через 3 часа становится понятно, что больше в игре делать нечего.
    Множество планет, похожих друг на друга как две капли воды, различающихся иконкой угрозы в интерфейсе и цветовой гаммой. И так - во всем.
    Очень скучно, очень однообразно. Разочарование.    Унылая и скучнейшая игра. Через 3 часа становится понятно, что больше в игре делать нечего.
    Множество планет, похожих друг на друга как две капли воды, различающихся иконкой угрозы в интерфейсе и цветовой гаммой. И так - во всем.
    Очень скучно, очень однообразно.
    Разочарование.
  11. Boskowitz
    Aug 10, 2016
    0
    Huge day one patch and no pre-release reviews is all you need to know about this game. But this is indie, so you can see what kind of excuses are people able to cook up to make you think just how much different is indie DOP from corporate DOP.

    Ask yourself a question. Did you like Mass Effect's scam called "planetary exploration? Where you landed on a randomly generated square with    Huge day one patch and no pre-release reviews is all you need to know about this game. But this is indie, so you can see what kind of excuses are people able to cook up to make you think just how much different is indie DOP from corporate DOP.

    Ask yourself a question. Did you like Mass Effect's scam called "planetary exploration? Where you landed on a randomly generated square with mountains and ridicolous recources. Well, if you like that, go on and buy it. Because that is exactly what it is, randomly generated, utterly pointless sandbox that makes little sence and have no purpose. Some people want exactly that.    … Expand
  12. mikehettfield
    Oct 7, 2016
    0
    Let's say it's an original concept wich naturally comes as an indie product, but this is not a game yet, but an alpha, so paying $60 for an alpha is abusing for the consumer, and the industry does not deserve this, bad graphics, buggy and glitchy, poor menu desing and mechanics, lacking sense of story, deficient combat, at the end the "Pseudo-game" is just for showing off.
  13. oz4n
    Jan 23, 2017
    0
    You are truly no gamer if you gave a better score than ZERO to this garbage. People say "ah this would be a great game if it was $20" blah blah... then what about all the hype out there? games should be criticized regardless their price; thinking of the hype and the product ratio, this game is an utter trash.
  14. BazoocaJoe
    Aug 15, 2016
    0
    Caro demais para um jogo indie. Não tem multiplayer, mesmo tendo sido anunciado. Quedas de frame que chagam a bater os 14FPS. Gráficos muito abaixo da média para geração, se a semelhando a jogos do Playstation II. Gameplay repetitivo e sonolento. O jogo em si é muito chato.
    Completamente Overrated.
  15. greg362
    May 31, 2022
    0
    Last expedition. Way to long. This one? I've tried 2 times so far and cannot even start it. I die from a storm 40 seconds in with no possible way to survive ... Such a waste of time.
  16. Kapow626
    Sep 1, 2016
    0
    This game is the best example of broken dev promises I've ever seen. Almost nothing promised by Hello games is actually in the game. This title is just a pile of boring grind which would make gold miners of Asian MMOs cry in tears of horror and it doesn't deliver almost anything you have seen on the trailer videos.

    Do you expect to see huge well constructed species like in the trailers    This game is the best example of broken dev promises I've ever seen. Almost nothing promised by Hello games is actually in the game. This title is just a pile of boring grind which would make gold miners of Asian MMOs cry in tears of horror and it doesn't deliver almost anything you have seen on the trailer videos.

    Do you expect to see huge well constructed species like in the trailers ?? Forget it - you will get clearly generated garbage like a frog with horse legs or simply creatures that look like 4 anatomy organs mixed together. Trailers have shown superb looking creatures which resembled some evolutionary path, but this is not what the game delivers. Instead you will get nonsensical (incredibly stupid AI) creatures that just run around frantically like they just took cocaine.

    Do you expect unique planets with flora which is unique ? well you will get color` change. That is pretty much all you get plus minus few changes which are so generic that they are unnoticeable.

    Do you expect multiplayer? - not there

    Do you expect unique settlements? - well you get few settlements that just repeat over and over and over and look exactly the same on each planet based only by the faction.

    Do you expect meaningful interaction with the ingame factions? Build relationships ??? Well - they are not meaningful in any way, but more just for leveling them up, so you can buy more things from them. Your place and role in the universe is ultimately pointless.

    Do you expect to explore planets where nobody has ever been? Not in this game either - all planets are under some faction as they need some settlements ect, so you can buy slots for your inventory...

    Do you expect meaningful crafting which involves real logic or thought? Nope - only mindless slot management and grind for the same resources over and over and over and over and over and over and over... You get the point.

    To summarize - this game is worth 10 bucks at best and doesn't deliver almost anything Hello games promised. Companies like Hello Games should be sued until they are blue in their face for ruining the game industry and screwing over the player base.    … Expand
  17. arnav99
    Jun 26, 2018
    0
    The hype behind this game was off the charts and for good reason it was trying something new and something different, however it failed and pretty badly too. To start with the graphics are sub par, the universe lifeless making the environment pretty much lifeless. The game has half baked shooting mechanics and the planets are not too different from each other. One planet has blue grassThe hype behind this game was off the charts and for good reason it was trying something new and something different, however it failed and pretty badly too. To start with the graphics are sub par, the universe lifeless making the environment pretty much lifeless. The game has half baked shooting mechanics and the planets are not too different from each other. One planet has blue grass with red dinosaurs and the other planet has red grass with blue dinosaurs its just a different colour palette for each planet. This game is too ambitious for its own good and it shows, it has a lot of things to show only to be implemented in a very shabby way (shooting mechanics, flight "simulation", survival). It's pretty obvious that this game has an identity crisis, so much to the point that it has no goal (or rather a badly explained goal), giving us no incentive to play it. The centre of the galaxy was shabbily done and was a colossal disappointment. You can't sympathise with indie developers just because they are "indie", you need quality and for 60 euros it's not even close. The game is terribly repetitive and not in the good way. Procedural generation is a risk because it gives the game no personality, there is nothing really interesting in the game, no variables (deserted planets, civilization, wars). The only good part of this game is the soundtrack.… Expand
  18. 998817268
    Aug 14, 2016
    0
    If you hate playing video games and love looking at derivative, glitchy, buggy, crashy, repetitive, humdrum, easy, dangerously boring landscapes, this game is terrific. It's full of that stuff. This game is also not "Chill", as some people describe it. You don't get much time to look at stuff and drift lazily through space since survival is a major aspect of this game - in the sense thatIf you hate playing video games and love looking at derivative, glitchy, buggy, crashy, repetitive, humdrum, easy, dangerously boring landscapes, this game is terrific. It's full of that stuff. This game is also not "Chill", as some people describe it. You don't get much time to look at stuff and drift lazily through space since survival is a major aspect of this game - in the sense that it annoys you even when you're in absolutely no danger, inducing constant, unnecessary anxiety until the exact moment that you realize that there isn't anything dangerous in this game, which is coincidentally when it becomes boring. Space pirates in this game are not dangerous, unless you don't understand how the auto-aim system in this game works - which is apparently the case for a lot of people. That said, a lack of understanding of gameplay mechanics does not make a game fun, or difficult. It just makes you bad at the game.
    P.S. Clearly there are a lot of people who don't like the game, and clearly their input is also considered helpful since most of the 'most helpful reviews' accurately describe the depths of woe you will discover in sony's most advertised release of this year. Just please don't buy the digital version of this game like I did, or else you'll have to contemplate the meaning of your existence after willingly spending $90 canadian on this.
    P.P.S. I do really like the soundtrack, even if it is minced and thrown into your face throughout the game. In my mostly unrelated to this review opinion about the soundtrack, which isn't really a part of this game (unless you count recombinations of the same sounds as a soundtrack), it sounds more like the game that was advertised than the game itself.    … Expand
  19. Dbo
    Aug 19, 2016
    0
    No mans sky is a boring piece o crap game. 60 dollars are you kidding me what a fricking joke! Shawn Murray should be arrested for his lies!! He decieved everyone until the very end
  20. SeriousGameFan
    Aug 10, 2016
    0
    I don't know what the hell Sean Murray is thinking. Did Hello Games even playtest this for more than a few hours? Murray is too caught up on his procedural universe as an accomplishment he forgot to design a game. When consumers have to ask the question "What do you do in this game?", you know you're in trouble. I won't even mention the misinformation vagueness that continues fromI don't know what the hell Sean Murray is thinking. Did Hello Games even playtest this for more than a few hours? Murray is too caught up on his procedural universe as an accomplishment he forgot to design a game. When consumers have to ask the question "What do you do in this game?", you know you're in trouble. I won't even mention the misinformation vagueness that continues from Murray.
    The game has no story, but there is a reason why Sony was harsh against early leaks and stream impressions from this game -- it was because they did not want the bad word-of-mouth to spread before the hype machine squeezed all the dollars from the suckers that buy this game at $60.

    The game is like an ocean a mile wide, but only an inch deep. Change your studio to Goodbye Games and pack it up.    … Expand
  21. LuniWinterhawk
    Aug 10, 2016
    0
    I’ve seen so many planets, met so many aliens, and mined so much goddamn carbon and not once have I been surprised. Not once has the game thrown me a curveball. Every new location is just a different colored home for the same old routine, and the procedural generation means that things feel far less diverse than they could be – when randomized pools replace handcrafted designs, the legoI’ve seen so many planets, met so many aliens, and mined so much goddamn carbon and not once have I been surprised. Not once has the game thrown me a curveball. Every new location is just a different colored home for the same old routine, and the procedural generation means that things feel far less diverse than they could be – when randomized pools replace handcrafted designs, the lego bricks piecing everything together are far too obvious.… Expand
  22. martinlaso
    Aug 30, 2016
    0
    This game is a huge Screen saver, just like the one you would play on your windows 97's Mace. No point in playing when there is no objective, this is not a game -it is a boring simulator. No multiplayer, it was so over hyped.
  23. Sanadoon
    Aug 18, 2016
    0
    What a load of garbage. Boring is barely scratching the surface. Wait, maybe it is because everything is superficial in this game. What you do in the first 15 minutes is the same that you'll be doing in the last. That thing you're doing? Wishing you were playing a different game.
  24. ValvesHL3
    Aug 26, 2016
    0
    An utter ****ing lie and disappointment. Not since Halo 5 has a game's marketing been so full of lies and full of **** I urge everyone not to buy this game. Do not support this ****
  25. vlence
    Aug 20, 2016
    0
    LIES,this resumes no man sky,all bunch of Sean Murray lies
    someone should sue hello games for miss leading your costumers with videos showing fake aspects of the game
  26. conner_br
    Aug 9, 2016
    0
    Honestly is the most boring game I played in the PS4 . very bad graphics , poor framerate , repetitive and tedious gameplay , as well as empty planets and aimless . Basically it is a basic version of Mass Effect without the brilliance he had. 30fps sub framerate, screen tearing and another graphical issues.
  27. xswigertx
    Aug 30, 2016
    0
    This game had so much potential and i get it. It's a small studio but we can't base our reviews with that in mind the trailers they showed off the past couples of years was filled with 10/10 stuff. The game finally comes out and half the **** we promised is there. Instead we get a wonky mess and over 90% of the people playing the game are **** returning it. Yeah there releasing a bunch ofThis game had so much potential and i get it. It's a small studio but we can't base our reviews with that in mind the trailers they showed off the past couples of years was filled with 10/10 stuff. The game finally comes out and half the **** we promised is there. Instead we get a wonky mess and over 90% of the people playing the game are **** returning it. Yeah there releasing a bunch of updates but what is that going to do when the original impression is already dead? It's honestly a shame i had such high hopes for this game only to be let out. Hopefully these updates are good enough for me to pick up the game again but i highly doubt it. To all the people on here do not waste your money just yet. It'll be better down the line but right now it's not worth the 60 dollars. There's a reason why so many people have returned this game.… Expand
  28. Wolf4642
    Sep 5, 2016
    0
    I think this game is pretty fun. It does get boring sometimes, but some other games do that as well. I like flying around in my ship and exploring all the different planets. The only problem with it is that Hello games lied about a lot of really cool features. I hope this game gets updated and gets new features, but for now, I think it's really fun. 8/10
  29. DarkReaperV3
    Sep 5, 2016
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Lo puedo definir en una frase "todo lo que nos prometieron es mentira" el precio de 60 dolares es un robo,es una completa basura 100% aburrida!!! No lo recomiendo!!!… Expand
  30. PiePieper
    Sep 13, 2016
    0
    The worst case of "bait and switch" in the last 20 years. Almost nothing from E3 is in this game. Story is non existing, you can't interact with others as promised, you can't join giant space battles as promised, its just a glorified resource gathering game. Would have considered it a better game had it come out at the $20 that should have.
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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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