No Man's Sky

This is an old thread that needs to be revived. This still looks like a great game.

They corrected themselves, its get to the centre of the UNIVERSE. Going to be a massive game.

Source:

Special Edition Podcast: No Man's Sky : NoMansSkyTheGame

This game will be a huge let down. It will be a huge universe with fuck all to do but fly around. There is no way a team of 10(?) can create meaningful content over such a huge expanse. Anything procedurally generated will run into the same problems most games with that system is used.

DMK_sl said:

This game will be a huge let down. It will be a huge universe with fuck all to do but fly around. There is no way a team of 10(?) can create meaningful content over such a huge expanse. Anything procedurally generated will run into the same problems most games with that system is used.

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Not true. Pgc is limited only by the complexity of the procedures used to generate said content. In a way, our planet and universe is itself "content" generated by extremely complex procedures. I have no idea if these bozos have anything of real substance to offer here but eventually someone will do it.

Pgc is 100% the future of gaming. A massive procedurally generated VR universe is something that will eventually happen and hopefully in my life time. and I don't mean speed tree with a few buggy mountain ledges from spontaneously generated terrain thrown in. Im talking systems so complex that the line between hand crafted and poc will be blurred. Someone just has to create the right systems and the story will write itself.

I agree tho, wtf else am i to do but fly around and discover shit if they dont want you to be able to play with you friends? Big open world game that lets you fly around and discover shit non stop....alone.

The concept sounds cool but it doesnt sound as good as i initially thought.

They also in a way said that they dont want you to, they dont want you to group up with your crew and go curb stomping, so its kinda weird of a game - if it truly is nothing but exploration id just skip this all together, the concept looks awesome, so long as i can do it with a bud.

Pasteton_sl said:

Not true. Pgc is limited only by the complexity of the procedures used to generate said content. In a way, our planet and universe is itself "content" generated by extremely complex procedures. I have no idea if these bozos have anything of real substance to offer here but eventually someone will do it.

Pgc is 100% the future of gaming. A massive procedurally generated VR universe is something that will eventually happen and hopefully in my life time. and I don't mean speed tree with a few buggy mountain ledges from spontaneously generated terrain thrown in. Im talking systems so complex that the line between hand crafted and poc will be blurred. Someone just has to create the right systems and the story will write itself.

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Zzzzz. You know exactly the context I was speaking in. Not some future 50 years down the track.

If they let you get in deep with exploiting resources and trading in a complex economy, then PGC could have a lot of value. But it seems like you'd want basically a whole other game layered in with this exploration and exploitation concept to provide a market for all of it.

Game sounds wonderful - but all their focus "sounds" like its going into making a Universe. Not once have I really seen anything about a story, or anything. They dont want you to run into other players? Okay, so whats the point of having it be so massive? Im all for games jumping off the theme park rails, but this game doesnt sound like itll last past maybe a handful of hours for the average person with its current description. It also sounds like theyre trying to stretch out its life by not giving the player the information needed to make trade skill items. Im impressed by the PGC but past that, it kinda falls flat for me.

A little bit of forethought and I wouldnt put it past this company to sell their engine to another game studio to make a real game. (Which is what I would do with the size of this team and its funds)

Juvarisx_sl said:

They corrected themselves, its get to the centre of the UNIVERSE.

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So Earth?

/dream on
If this takes off, millions playing it, people slowly finding others and banding together, groups growing and growing until every few months/years two big empires bump into eachother and start fighting or trading or shit like that.
/dream off
It's probably gonna suck.