Following its huge Worlds Part 1 update, No Man's Sky has jumped 32 places in Valve's own most played Steam Deck chart.
FiveMacs
link
fedilink
115M

That loop is?

Cause I still find this game extremely boring and the game loop is very weak and boring. Looking past all the marketing garbage and hype trains, the update didn’t appear to change anything but water from what I saw.

Same vast empty planets still exist.

sunzu
link
fedilink
25M

Same… It seems you got to be a certain typa gamer for this to thing to game properly

Star Citizen, elite, etc tried them all

The Assman
link
fedilink
115M
  • suit/ship/multi tool/exocraft grind
  • find cool planets
  • build bases
  • guild missions
  • anomoly missions
  • expedition

It’s not HG’s fault if you don’t like doing any of those things. Many people do.

Deconceptualist
link
fedilink
4
edit-2
5M

suit/ship/multi tool/exocraft grind

That’s an awful grind, not fun at all. You have so little control over it in this game. Suit for example… you can only buy 1 slot per space station (plus one from the Anomaly) and it’s the exact same in every single system.

find cool planets

I want to enjoy this, but there aren’t enough biomes on any planet. They’re huge but super homogenous. No glaciers or rivers or waterfalls or anything.

build bases

This is okay. The parts are awkward but it’s not the worst system.

guild missions

These were just RNG “collect/kill X” trash when I played them.

anomoly missions

These are the best always-available missions. But they get repetitive quickly too and the rewards aren’t very good.

expedition

These are the best thing the game offers IMO, mostly due to having a one-off story and unique rewards. But the actual missions are kind of just a clunky scavenger hunt.

The Assman
link
fedilink
15M

It’s not HG’s fault if you don’t like doing any of those things. Many people do.

Deconceptualist
link
fedilink
4
edit-2
5M

Yes, you said that. I’m just giving my perspective on the bullet points you listed.

Your point has some validity for sure, but IMO Hello Games did a poor job with many of these things. And that’s overlooking that basic foot traversal in the game is awful.

Create a post

For PC gaming news and discussion. PCGamingWiki

Rules:

  1. Be Respectful.
  2. No Spam or Porn.
  3. No Advertising.
  4. No Memes.
  5. No Tech Support.
  6. No questions about buying/building computers.
  7. No game suggestions, friend requests, surveys, or begging.
  8. No Let’s Plays, streams, highlight reels/montages, random videos or shorts.
  9. No off-topic posts/comments, within reason.
  10. Use the original source, no clickbait titles, no duplicates. (Submissions should be from the original source if possible, unless from paywalled or non-english sources. If the title is clickbait or lacks context you may lightly edit the title.)
  • 1 user online
  • 67 users / day
  • 327 users / week
  • 850 users / month
  • 3.13K users / 6 months
  • 1 subscriber
  • 4.49K Posts
  • 28.9K Comments
  • Modlog