Video Game News and Miscellany
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Oh so it's just another craft/survive game?
That's kinda boring.
That's kinda boring.
And kind of what I was getting out of his video. Which I'd be fine with, except the algorithm seems less about generating its own stuff and more "take 3 animals and slap their pieces together." Frustrating.
Yeah. It looks worth about $10 to me, specially because (after watching a few videos and reading that review) it feels like an Early Access game without the label and promise of more-to-come.
I would say Spore was more successful than this. It at least had a good creature creator.
Well, that, but my meaning was that it was hyped to be the revolutionary next level in gaming that people were losing their shit over, and it turned out to actually be pretty mediocre compared to existing games.
I'm a little disappointed. I thought Hello Games was a good, up and coming studio. The Joe Danger games were pretty fun. Then again, No Man's Sky is a vast leap in scope by comparison. Maybe they should've done a few more smaller, indie games before making this big of a jump.
Making yet ANOTHER crafting/survival game in an already drowned genre isn't helping, either.
Making yet ANOTHER crafting/survival game in an already drowned genre isn't helping, either.
I'll throw three games at random from my recent favorites: The Stanley Parable, Neo Scavenger, and Enter the Gungeon,
RavenPoe wants you to get Blood Bowl.
I'm still leaning to rent No Man's Sky for PS4, but we'll see how long I hold out for until Gamefly sends it, or I just cancel Gamefly because there's nothing else out anytime soon that I feel like renting.
I'm with Bubble on this one. Let it simmer on your account and get more for your money with inevitable sales.
The best thing I've discovered about VR games is most of them are early access and short, so you can buy them, play them, and then refund them.
Give Raw Data a try. It's a wave based shooter with progression and coop, but it feels really cool to me.
I am digging No Man's Sky so far (about 5 hours in). I don't have too much experience with survival games, which likely helps make it fresh for me. My greatest adventure so far was getting stranded on a planet with no fuel resources in sight and ranging far and wide to find what I needed, nearly dying in the process. I think playing this game requires a kind of reframing of those kinds of problems as part of the story. This game does not really hold your hand, even at the beginning. So when I ran out of fuel, it could have been frustrating. It should have been. But it ended up being fun, once I let it. I like talking to aliens that I don't understand. I am grateful that many of the structures are obviously built from the same stock, too, as it encourages me to get out and explore more. So I'm starting to realize that the objectives of the game and the story of the game is in my hands, and there might almost be enough clay here to make it happen. I think the one thing that would solidify the experience for me is if you could befriend some of the NPCs to add some humanity to the game. Space is cold, empty, and endless and you are in it alone.[DOUBLEPOST=1470894676,1470894430][/DOUBLEPOST]Oh, also, I don't follow Jim Sterling, but I was sure as he'll bored watching his video. I could only last a couple of minutes before I started skipping ahead. I think the format isn't for me but it was also the presentation. I would recommend his review be your primary source in deciding on this one.
I still want to rent it first. I was fascinated with his video, but I got disappointed when I realized the animals are less interesting than I thought. The big draw for me was going to different planets and cataloging the lifeforms; that's all I wanted to do. But the description "Lego animals" and seeing that in practice was not what I'd wanted. I was hoping for form to follow function, which would lead to some really interesting stuff, but that doesn't seem to be what the algorithm dictated.
Then again, maybe he didn't play enough, or go to strange enough parts of this universe. I'll have to see for myself.
You don't lose anything by waiting though. It's not like it's a multiplayer game that all your friends are playing without you.
Dave
Staff member
True, but the more I read the more I think this game might actually be right up my alley. Reading the bad reviews is all "you build bases and gather resources - boring" and all the people who love it are "you travel around and explore. You discover things." That's the kind of stuff I like to do. In Minecraft once I get my base built I get bored. In survival games when I finally feel safe, that's the end of the game for me. But I love exploring. So I think that this game might actually be for me. I might rebuy it on Saturday after reading some stuff on how it runs on PC.
Why don't you buy it and then play 1 hour 55 minutes of it, and then you can either return it on Steam if you don't like it or keep it if you do.
Dave
Staff member
I don't return games that I've played, even if I only played them a little while. Like I'll never do what Poe does with VR games because it's unfair to the content creators.
Yes, I know how this sounds coming from someone who will stream/torrent movies. But movies have other avenues of profit whereas game creators do not.
If the game doesn't provide a demo, are you supposed to just shell out the full purchase price and eat your bowl of regretti?
Dave
Staff member
I'm usually so late to the game that there's a dearth of reviews and information to go on. I really don't preorder very often and almost never for a game that has no predecessors. Like I had no trouble preordering Fallout 4 like I'll have no trouble preordering the next Elder Scrolls game. This is the first game I can remember preordering from a new company and new game title.
GasBandit
Staff member
*Dearth means the other thing. I think you meant plethora.
Dave
Staff member
Damn. I'm off my game today. I meant plethora.
GasBandit
Staff member
It's games like Fallout 4 that make me hate preordering, and is why I'll never do it again. That game was a huge disappointment to me. Not a bad game, mind you, but an absolutely terrible Fallout game.