It's been a weird old ride for No Man's Sky. Hyped up to infinity and beyond by enthusiastic fans, the press, and just about everyone in between, the space survival sim was met with divided opinion when it launched earlier this month, and even now, people still can't seem to decide whether it's good, bad, or just straight up disappointing. Controversy has been rampant these past few weeks - potentially to the point where the controversies themselves will define how the game is remembered in the future - and any mention of No Man's Sky still sparks conversation regarding a whole bunch of topics, both positive and negative.
During the week that No Man's Sky launched, we asked you what you thought of the game. 31 per cent of you said that it was "truly amazing", while 37 per cent of you told us that it was "good". Meanwhile, a combined 32 per cent of poll voters said that it was either "okay", "disappointingly bad", or "absolutely crap". Out of 252 votes, the majority declared that No Man's Sky is at least a good game - but what do you think of it now?
Has your opinion changed over the last couple of weeks? Are you still playing it? Vote in our polls, and we promise that this will (maybe) be the last No Man's Sky feature that we squeeze into existence.
Do you still play No Man's Sky? (183 votes)
- Yes, I still play it regularly
- Yeah, but only now and then
- Nope, but I might go back to it someday
- No, I'm done with the game
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What do you think of No Man's Sky now? (188 votes)
- It's amazing
- I think it's good
- Meh, it's okay
- It's a disappointing game
- It really is rubbish
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I preordered this game and loved it. Think I'm about 30 hours in. Now it's starting to become unbearably stale. There is no easterbunny behind that hilltop. There is no Floston Paradise in the next star system. The wonder has simply faded away.
Much prefer Rebel Galaxy personally. Really enjoying it and there are lots of ways you can play it. Going for being a trader at the moment as my focus, was a mercenary for a while.
Will look at being a pirate later and siding with one or two factions. Tried a bit of mining but not really my thing. Should mention the combat is really fun and it hasn't crashed once.
I'm taking a break but plan on going back. I'm interested how future updates could change the game.
It's not a masterpiece by any means but I don't regret buying it.
I want to, because I really like it. However, I'm moving house and have a new job so every waking hour is spent either painting, decorating, sawing, wiring, moving heavy things, or revising notes about financial regulations and stock markets. Soon as I'm able I'll be back on. Hopefully some time this weekend.
@LieutenantFatman I tried to like Rebel Galaxy but that soundtrack.... it makes Nickelback look like Can. It's like what Tex off Alan Partridge would consider cutting edge.
For me it's more a case of being too busy with other games. I mean as a World of Warcraft player (blasphemy, I know ) I've been focusing a lot on that, since the new expansion is out next week. So even though I'm not currently playing NMS, I'm nowhere near done with it.
@UVUVYCTXUHIV I enjoy it but I can definitely see it's not for everyone. If you put lots of mp3s on a USB you can mute in game music for a game and play those in the background using the media player. I've done it with a few games, works really well, especially if you can match the theme.
Yes and no, I've been super busy and Deus Ex has distracted me. Played a bit the other night and it's still good. Looking forward to some updates, though.
@UVUVYCTXUHIV Really agree regarding the RG soundtrack. God, I wanted to love that game, and I can see what they were going for with the music, but it just didn't do it for me. I like my scifi OST's all majestic horns and synths.
It's not fantastic, but eh, I mean, I don't regret my purchase. Hoping the future updates make it a bit nicer.
It's an incredible game....if you're seeking immersion through exploration.
Which essentially means that there's less story content to make Destiny appear Tolkien-esque, but boy am I amazed every time I map out a proportion of a planet, taking in its nuances, then seamlessly warp-driving to a new star system or coasting in the scenic view for the adjacent planet.
Surely I'm not alone in thinking that elation is currently unique in all gaming, past and present? The fact I can put my own spin on naming planets after Autoscum, or follow the language hunt, or just take in the differing atmospheres as you fly closer in, is awe-inspiring and a boon to the procedural generation.
It means I can enjoy lengthy play sessions to grind for better gear whilst enjoying the melancholy moments, which means the loop gameplay doesn't really annoy as I'm here for the ride, not the destination 😊
Fantastic game 👌👌👌👌👌
Terrible game I regret buying it. Played 19 hours and just couldn't take how dull and shallow it was. Gave up in the end. I decided to buy into star citizen instead. While it doesn't have 18 quintillion planets it has massively larger gameplay even in its buggy alpha state. I've gotten back into Subnautica as well since I've missed its last 3 updates. Subnautica is an awesome game. People should really check it out.
I went back to it this last weekend just to make sure I hadn't had a knee-jerk reaction to it, and I probably played about 10 more hours. I definitely got a better feel for the loop, and found a planet with lots of resources, so I ended up making like four million space bucks.
But then once I'd done that and 100% completed a couple of planets, I just reverted back to my original opinion. There's something weirdly satisfying about building your wealth and increasing your inventory, but I feel like a lot of the upgrades are designed around lessening frustration more than anything else.
I just think it's a boring game, personally. People can blither on about misaligned expectations all they like, but I don't believe for a minute that this was the experience Hello Games had in mind originally. It's so dull, and having seen the ending on YouTube, there really is zero purpose to any of it.
Not only that, but it crashes a LOT.
I still get a feeling of elation every time I cruise through the atmosphere and find another ENTIRE PLANET to explore!
I'm still playing! Well, I actually haven't been playing it this week as I've had reviews to do, but I played it for hours on end during launch week. I'll definitely be getting back to it this weekend.
I still think it's pretty good, and I think this will be one of those games that, in a year's time, will be significantly different from what it is now. I'm enjoying the slower pace and getting lost in the game's atmosphere and vibrant visuals.
@get2sammyb - I've only had one crash thus far so that's a non-issue for me, luckily!
This view that the game is boring though - respectfully disagree. The grind is there to add a pattern of play which only increased once your desire to upgrade and invest into its lore is apparent.
Once that first world is done and you've fixed your ship and got warp, you're free to wander before the grind kicks back in.
But on top of the mechanics which I am personally enjoying in-between regular saves, I'm loving the sense of wonder and exploration - and planet-hopping is incredibly satisfying.
I get you personally didn't enjoy it Sammy, and I certainly can't condone YouTube endgame watching (tsk tsk), but I'm mesmerised by the game.
I think it helps massively that my expectations were tempered with the gist I got from Murray - this is an exploring game, where you soak up the atmospherics, procedural planet-hopping and terrain-mapping, with the grind path available to tempt you into better gear and weapons, suit etc.
I've never played anything like it and even love the soundtrack on my headphones, it's the ultimate chill game after intense GTA Online and Destiny sessions.
I appreciate quite a few of the peeps here are like you, Sammy - and are bored.
I guess, in a way, playing No Mans Sky invokes part Interstellar, part Elite and those 70's sci-fi references.....
So roll on new features I'm in 👌
@Galvatron wait, what? "My expectations were tempered with the gist I got from Murray"
Are you seriously implying that he accurately described the game in the lead up to release? Please, God, don't let that be what you're saying...
@mitcHELLspawn - let it be known throughout the galaxy and especially this wretched planet - that Galvatron DOESNT feel lied to by Murray.
Why?
1) team of 13 meant I wasn't expecting Destiny on an exploration power trip
2) I just wanted that experience of planet hopping, seamlessly, with a consistent sense of wonder. You know what? I've got that 😊
3) his interviews suggested more I'll agree on that, but if anyone bought No Mans Sky for multiplayer then that was naive
4) the endless planets and lack of in-depth story means I play it for the upgrade grind happily and love uploading new planets etc - I may be in the minority lol
So nah, I don't feel lied to and love the game......shock horror a rave review of No Mans Sky 😝
I think you'll find there's a number of us who like it quite a lot and have no bitterness as we genuinely like what it does - and does very well 👌
@Galvatron I'm glad you're enjoying it — that's awesome. But I'm with @mitcHELLspawn here — this wasn't the game that Hello Games was promoting, right through until release.
Like I say, though, I'm glad you love what they delivered.
@Galvatron i have absolutely no issue with someone liking or even loving the game. Although i personally think its a steaming pile of poo, i fully understand and accept that everyone has an opinion and it doesnt hurt me whatsoever.
What i do take issue with, however, is you giving sean murray a free pass because you like the game. Even going as far as denying to yourself that he lied his absolute ass off for months and months and months.
They were showing a completely different build of the game right up until 4 months before launch for Gods sake. What a total joke. Sorry, but even the people who enjoyed the game for what it was should not let this kind of stuff go and just pretend you weren't totally bamboozled.
Been playing No Man's Sky pretty much non-stop since it released - while I admit it's not perfect by a long chalk, I can't seem to tear myself away from playing it.
No regrets purchasing this game.
@UVUVYCTXUHIV "It makes Nickelback look like Can" is possibly the best comment I've ever read! Thanks for making my day
I have really enjoyed the game, but it needs cities. The worlds need populations, and sometimes substantial populations. And this needs everything that cities would bring. Places to eat, get jobs or tasks to do, landmark destinations and anything else one might think of. It makes no sense that you encounter these 3 alien races throughout all the star systems, but never does one encounter any kind of settlement or groups of the aliens living together, nevermind that they would all be enormous civilizations with huge cities.
Again, I have loved this game and the sense of exploration and traveling the stars has been really enjoyable to me. But after ~40 hours spent on this game it seems like the lack of development on any world seems like the obvious flaw in the games design.
I'm still enjoying it but I'm taking a break to get back into Fallout 4 ready for Nuka World. I'm still expecting to go back to it afterwards
@mitcHELLspawn - the only time Galvatron has ever been bamboozled is when that pile of junk Unicron assumed I would do his bidding......
I'm not sure I actually am giving Sean Murray, as you say, a 'free pass'.
I've been gaming since I was 4-5 and know quality - and respectfully, NMS is no more a pile of poo than the truly abhorrent Call of Duty or Assassins Creed annual rehashes which pervade the big releases.
I paid £45 of my hard-earned Energon for this title and find its lonesome gameplay perfectly satisfies my desire to explore space, Interstellar travel etc - so MY inclination to say something to Sean would be "fantastic game, now release those additional features".
He promised we could name planets and to me the shared universe thing I had a hunch was the naming of planets etc - and as I'm regularly online with GTA Online & Destiny that had zero appeal for me in this release.
But I do think they've held back on certain features in the push from Sony to get it out this year. I guess that goes back to them being a small team thing.
Guess we'll just have to agree to disagree 😧
Holding off for a few more patches.
I got the platinum yesterday and for now I'm done. I finished the Atlas Path but I'm still 157000+ light years from the centre, there's just no incentive to keep going.
I did get my moneys' worth though. Spent about 80 hours on it total, just wish there was more. Hope they add more to it besides the base building which doesn't interest me at all.
7/10.
Still playing it, after the second patch the game is way smoother now, I'm still on the first planet though, I want to find all the drop pod and blueprint. The planet is nice with low sentinel activity, so I'm not in a hurry to go to another planet.
@get2sammyb I agree 100%. Luckily I was on holiday for 3 weeks so cancled my preorder. But Sean saying dont watch videos pre release as it would spoil the experience was he talking about another bloody game. I watched a review/rant on youtube that had the centre of the universe. I was pissed of I wasted the 10 minutes watching never mind buying the game. It was sold as modern day elite & turned out like a spectrum knock off. The developers need to do a ton of work to it ak Drive club & ban Sean Murray from being in public or sack him. I have a 19 year old brother in law who speaks exactly like him vague as hell. He might not be dishonest but he sure as hell isnt being honest.
I was still playing it but Deus Ex has nudged it out of the way for the time being.
I'm almost fully fluent in Vy'keen and Gek and my Korvax is getting better. My starship only has 23 slots but it can take out large waves of pirates with ease and it looks cool as f**k!
I'm still enjoying it.
I'm still playing and still searching for that "perfect" ship.
It's the first game in a while that I've had that, I can't wait to finish work so I can get back to it, kind of feeling. I'm 40ish hours in now and while I still get a buzz from it, I'm starting to suspect that in a week or two I'll start to unwind from it.
Also, I know I'm alone in this, but the soundtrack is brilliant if you ask me. Which nobody is...
@Mergatro1d making people laugh is the main reason I make these here Web scribblings, thanks mate!
@kyleforrester87
There's an album by a band called Wolves in the Throne Room called Celestite. Try that. It's exactly what you just described.
@LieutenantFatman
I'm gonna give that a go once I get a chance to use the ps4 again.
@BowTiesAreCool
the soundtrack is incredible, I've been listening to it a lot on the way to and from work. I'm not someone who listens to many soundtracks so that's about the highest praise I can give it. "If it's on for the commute, then the album's a hoot".
I have seen a friend playing but it is not for me.
I also think it is really bad that the game launched without promised features. End of.
I don't think I'll ever play it now. Waiting for Wild to quench my exploration thirst.
Are there planets with cities ?
@Manic7Muppet8 Same Here!
Remember when Minecraft FIRST released (or was still in Beta for months) it had no real point to it other than survival. EVENTUALLY they added in a semi story and end. People still loved the game.
I'm still playing it and loving it. Its my sci-fi dreams come true. I get that Shaun Murray has done a bit of a molyneux and why that might anger some people that have been following this game but I didn't follow the game closely I saw the initial reveal and said yes I want that.
Yes.
Have played it for about 40 to 50 hours this week and it has only crashed once on me. I sort of like it whilst hating it at the same time. 18 Quintilian planets that all are built from the same toolkit of about 20 items. Or the buildings spawned on the side of steep mountains that float in midair totally breaking the immersion. Or the hours it takes to scour a planet for that last bloody species. I guess if truth be told I'm just in it for the platinum about now.
I really enjoyed it for probably the first 10-15 hours. Now I still like it, but I only play for short spurts every couple of days. I think I like the idea of the game more than the actual game. I do wish the No Fun Police aka the sentinels would back off a little though. If they ever do add base building that would be cool having a place to store all your extra resources would be helpful. Also I would like to be able to ride some of the animals after I feed them.
A few ideas, still playing, but it's really not a finished game, more like early access, still we paid top dollar....I hope HG start talking to the community before it's too late, anyway....list of what could be fixed below:
1. Customisable FOV
2. Suit, ship & multi-tool upgrades should stack
3. Bolt caster to reload ammo automatically
4. Waypoints which have been visited and saved to be marked accordingly
5. Ability to set a waypoint on the planet or in space
6. System map available for each discovered system
7. Planet map/model showing visited areas
8. Ability to hover ship
9. Ability to choose ship's landing spot accurately
10. Ability to select a landing platform to land on from the air
11. Reduce pop in of landscape and items
12. Diary of discoveries, words learned, aliens met
13. Ability to look at a recipe for crafting/ installation without the need for a free inventory slot
14. Upgrade all suit slots to 500 carrying capacity
15. Upgrade all ship slots to 1000 carrying capacity
16. Planets should change position in the sky like the local star
17. Ability to fly low, crash the ship
18. Real factions
19. Real economy, more quantities of resources at trade points
20. Sound menu
21. Customisable ships
22. Missiles for ships
23. Gas giants
24. Ringed planets
25. Proper moons
26. Emergent gameplay - simple systems interact to create complex scenarios
27. Fix ship clipping into the environment and then launching into space
Wonder how the guy who spent $1300 on an early copy feels about his purchase.
Na I'm done with it for now... Just annoys me everytime I play it, just find it extremely boring, after the first system I realised that's it's basically the same thing over and over... Hopefully they put actual things they promised!
Played other on Steam for about 11 hours before getting bored. It didn't help that TW3 was on sale the other day so I got that so I could give it another shot.
I think the expectations people had were quite silly. I said on this very site months before NMS came out that it'll just be an indie wandering game, like Proteus where you can change planets, not at all like Elite Dangerous or Star Citizen. See my comment for the article "Yep, No Man's Sky Has Been Delayed Again on PS4" from May for one example.
That seemed obvious to me and that's what we got. I still didn't think it'd get boring as quickly as it did, though.
I bought it and regret it.Just not fun to me,plus i feel mislead by Murray.I love exploration generally,but nms can't hold my attention.Its a fail imo.
I just started playing this, actually. I like it so far, but so did a lot of other people before they dropped out of it. I'm saving my ultimate judgement for until I've played it a bit more.
@blah01 That's a good list of suggestion, maybe you should email this to hello games? Also add land vehicles and less resources burn-in to your list
I'm still stuck in my first system, because I can't find a warp cell and Atlas gives lousy directions.
@wiiware
I sent the first 16 or so in, then the list kept growing, the subreddit for the game contains a load more suggestions and some great ideas. The devs are looking at that (even though it's full of nasty comments).
I think HG need to get on top of this fast, else the game will be forgotten....a lot of people will burn out on it in its current state.
@Vorlon
https://www.vg247.com/2016/08/10/no-mans-sky-how-to-get-warp-cells-for-hyperdrive-fuel/
Hope this helps....
@blah01 Thanks, I know, but I just haven't found that friendly alien who is supposed to give me antimatter.
I was playing, but it's kinda slipped away from me. I went back to go through my game backlog, and then Deus Ex came out recently too... 😜 It might be a bit before I reach the center of the Galaxy, lol.
I'll wait for the NMS Complete Edition; it will take months, but at least it will be a complete game. At the moment the goty edition of The Witcher 3 for € 50 is too tempting even if I prefer sci-fi to fantasy.
The only reason I'm still playing it is that there is literally nothing else to play that interests me. Other than that I find No Man's Sky an utter chore!
Found a frozen, stormy planet with a very short day. Full of gravitino spheres and korvax cubes, but the sentinels shoot on sight.
Made some dough, dodging in and out of caves....
Sounds like it needed a couple more years in the oven and was released too early.
I kept my expectations low for the game, just in case. I enjoyed the game for a few hours, but it started to get boring. Maybe I'll jump in again after I beat Deus Ex and play some more.
I'm always more tempted to play Overwatch than No Man's Sky.
I'm still loving it. I am sure I will slow down playing it, but also think it will be one of those games I go back to quite a bit. Although even now I think I will just play for a bit and end up losing track of time as I explore.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/insertcoin/2016/08/26/so-what-should-have-been-in-no-mans-skys-galactic-center/#44e4d96d3503
It's something that should have been $20 on Steam. Once again the big bucks are spent on marketing rather than product.
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