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Video games...what ya playing? And what are you looking forward to? (2 Viewers)
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Scoresman
Footballguy
Apple Juice
Footballguy
For those playing, keep posting your thoughts on No Mans Sky. I'm curious if the appeal grows or declines as the hours pile up.
Borden
Footballguy
PlasmaDogPlasma
Footballguy
Borden
Footballguy
Shoot some asteroids every now and then. I don't think I was supposed to leave the planet so early.
Got to the space station. Tron like hanger. Could only get in one door. An android spouted some gibberish and I had the option to give him a common resource, an uncommon or a rare. Gave him uncommon. Shook his head and I "learnt the word 'toxic'"
With nothing else to do, I'm back on the space highway to the only other thing on my radar. A beacon on an undiscovered planet. That's an hour away.
I don't really see how spoilers are possible from what I know about the game.Kanil said:
I watched a stream on and off yesterday and decided not to get it. The game will cost $30 in two weeks on the 2nd hand market. I'll still probably pass then as it seems you have to sink in tons of time to have any real progress or fun.
Scoresman
Footballguy
Don't expect it to be in the discount bin so soon. The game has a massive following.
The bigger the following, the more copies sold, the more copies that flood the 2nd hand market once people realize they didn't like it as much as they thought. The more the merrier.
jwb
Footballguy
Yea, I was mildly interested, but I'm going to have to see some kind of change in the gameplay before I buy it - grinding resources so you can upgrade so you can grind more resources as the main activity seems mind numbing. Looking at twitch feeds, it seems like we've seen the entire game already. Will there be a point where you stumble upon warring factions, need to choose sides, do some quests, etc, or is what we've seen it - you're alone, there are planets with stuff, and you keep doing that.
Borden
Footballguy
No Mans Sky is not for everyone. It's a very slow game. To be honest I can see a lot, maybe even the majority, of people putting this down/trading it in after the first couple days or hours.
I'm over 3 hours in and have no idea what the story is. The constant resource depletion and management is beyond grinding. More so because if you mine too much (which isn't a lot) you get attacked by the flying robot eyes. The game gave me a prompt that my next task should be to use the warp drive I made and fueled up but where I warped too I have yet to find more material to make the warp fuel. Even the stores were empty (one was actually -7!?!). Plus, there's lots of stuff that I can't even access because I don't have some pass that I don't know even know what it is. I haven't found a resource guide or anything in the game that helps with keeping track of resources and their locations.
I did get into a dog fight with another ship in space which was pretty cool. Also, I'm guessing this is a game that's meant to have tons of hours dumped into it. It's one of those "the more you play, the better it gets" games. The best way I see to play this is with podcasts or audiobooks or something. Use this game basically to keep your hands busy.
I'm over 3 hours in and have no idea what the story is. The constant resource depletion and management is beyond grinding. More so because if you mine too much (which isn't a lot) you get attacked by the flying robot eyes. The game gave me a prompt that my next task should be to use the warp drive I made and fueled up but where I warped too I have yet to find more material to make the warp fuel. Even the stores were empty (one was actually -7!?!). Plus, there's lots of stuff that I can't even access because I don't have some pass that I don't know even know what it is. I haven't found a resource guide or anything in the game that helps with keeping track of resources and their locations.
I did get into a dog fight with another ship in space which was pretty cool. Also, I'm guessing this is a game that's meant to have tons of hours dumped into it. It's one of those "the more you play, the better it gets" games. The best way I see to play this is with podcasts or audiobooks or something. Use this game basically to keep your hands busy.
East Coast Bias
Footballguy
Two guys on the same planet couldn't find each other:
http://www.polygon.com/2016/8/9/12417202/no-mans-sky-no-multiplayer-twitch-stream
http://www.polygon.com/2016/8/9/12417202/no-mans-sky-no-multiplayer-twitch-stream
SoCalBroncoFan
Footballguy
Poke_4_Life
Footballguy
TheAristocrat
Footballguy
That's awesome. I owe you a beer.
Kanil
Footballguy
Day 2 NMS log:
My 5 year old sat with me for a while and started naming planets/systems for me. During the 90 minutes or so we played we:
My 5 year old sat with me for a while and started naming planets/systems for me. During the 90 minutes or so we played we:
- Named the "Super Broncos" solar system along with Planets Von and Elway, as well as a moon named "Broncos Kicker" because "Kickers don't get planets, son".
- Got attacked and killed by space pirates while my son was shooting asteroids.
- Got attacked and killed by space pirates while I was showing my son how to avoid getting attacked and killed by space pirates, "You didn't kill them, dad".
- Lost favor with no less than 3 alien races and had to high tail it out of the system before they attacked me.
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Poke_4_Life
Footballguy
Do we need a thread for No Man's Sky? We seem to have a separate thread for most AAA titles.
Kanil
Footballguy
I don't know if there are enough people playing it. If I'm cluttering the thread I can stop if people want me to. If someone wants to start a NMS thread I'd hop in it.
Poke_4_Life
Footballguy
I was mainly asking for the others, my copy arrives on Friday
and I've made numerous posts about the game before I've even played it. 
Dickies
Footballguy
I thought the game sounded really lame, but upon reading some of the reviews I am actually fairly intrigued. The major disappointment for me is the fact that you cannot see other players in game. The developers made it sound like it was possible, although extremely unlikely due to the scale of the game. Seems like it would be more interesting having a smaller scale and being able to interact with other players.
Scoresman
Footballguy
I dunno. I dont look at this as a multiplayer game. I see it as a single player experience in a shared universe. The size of the universe makes it so that if I do stumble upon a planet or something someone named, it's a huge discovery. I kind of like that carrot-on-a-stick.
Eve Online is there if you want a smaller universe to interact with other players. It's a good game too once you get over the massive learning curve.
Poke_4_Life
Footballguy
There's been some teasers in trailers about 'the center of the universe' and unlocking what's behind it all. So I assume there is an end game. Although that is not really clear to me either. Will let you know after I got 1000+ hours.
Scoresman
Footballguy
I've also seen references to a "Main Quest" that kind of leads you through the various progression paths.
Noone knows, not even the developers. They're making it up as they go along and seeing what they can pull off. They've already made promises they couldn't/didn't keep so you really won't know for sure until you play.
Borden
Footballguy
The basic quest line is that you are following directions for Atlas. Atlas is some energy(?) thing that you touched and feel connected with. You get you prompts to follow from it, in the bottom right hand corner of your screen. I guess right now I'm trying to find "Nana" and someone else? My prompts are to upgrade my booster pack but I've already created it and the mater it wants me to produce I have 6 off. So I guess my game is broken, until that glitch is fix by the devs.
Scoresman
Footballguy
They made the mistake of using very broad terms like quintillions of planets, endless universe, etc which leads people to set their own lofty, and unrealistic expectations. They've already patched in a number of incredible game changing features a day after release. There's no reason to think they're "making it up as they go along" and dont have any long term goals for the game.
The fact that they "already patched in a number of incredible game changinig features a day after release" is exactly what makes me think they're making it up as they go along. I'm sure they have long term goals for it and maybe everything is going according to plan... but we've got guys standing on the same planet at the same time and they can't see each other. Maybe it's just technical difficulties. But more likely it's that it's not in the game... even though the devs constantly said it would be, with the caveat of, "it doesn't matter as there's only like a 1% chance people will ever run into each other". Perhaps they thought they'd have more time to patch in the incredible game changing features they promised from day 1 later.
Agreed. But they don't normally include, "incredible, game changing features". Maybe that's all hyperbole and it just patched a couple bugs though.
JerseyToughGuys
Tough Guy
I want to be an Ice Pirate
IvanKaramazov
Footballguy
Having watched some gameplay of NMS, I am officially out until they patch in more content. It's not that the game looks bad or anything, just that I don't like hamster-wheel games. I got bored with Diablo 3 (which is awesome by the standards of what it's trying to do) much earlier than most folks for the same reason.
The games I'm currently most looking forward to are: Resident Evil 4 (late August), XCOM 2 (late September), and Darkest Dungeon (same day as XCOM 2). The new Deus Ex and Dishonored 2 are up there as well, but they've been flying under the radar a little. All of these are SP and could be tackled in any order regardless. As an indicator of where we are this gen, it says a lot that my most anticipated games are a 10 year old title and two PC ports.
The games I'm currently most looking forward to are: Resident Evil 4 (late August), XCOM 2 (late September), and Darkest Dungeon (same day as XCOM 2). The new Deus Ex and Dishonored 2 are up there as well, but they've been flying under the radar a little. All of these are SP and could be tackled in any order regardless. As an indicator of where we are this gen, it says a lot that my most anticipated games are a 10 year old title and two PC ports.
TheAristocrat
Footballguy
Keep the NMS updates coming. I'm still hugely on the fence on this one.
Also, love that you are instilling good values on your son Kanil re: kickers.
Also, love that you are instilling good values on your son Kanil re: kickers.
IvanKaramazov
Footballguy
I've seriously beaten that game 30+ times. Of course I'm buying the latest remaster. I'll buy it at a high price.
DallasDMac
Footballguy
Is it worth playing on the PS3? Is it worth it if you haven't played any of the previous ones?
jwb
Footballguy
This is from IGN's review in progress. Not encouraging:
On day three of my No Man’s Sky journey, I find myself losing faith that there’s something better waiting for me out there. I’ve jumped to more than a dozen stars and passed through a black hole that told me I’d leapt more than 500 light years toward the galactic center. What wonders awaited me on the other side? Pretty much exactly the same things I’d been doing since I awoke on that first world. At this point No Man’s Sky is in desperate need of radical changes in its gameplay loop to hold my interest. What’s here just doesn’t have enough good mechanics and shows no signs of evolving into something better, and right now is too frequently repetitive or frustrating.
On day three of my No Man’s Sky journey, I find myself losing faith that there’s something better waiting for me out there. I’ve jumped to more than a dozen stars and passed through a black hole that told me I’d leapt more than 500 light years toward the galactic center. What wonders awaited me on the other side? Pretty much exactly the same things I’d been doing since I awoke on that first world. At this point No Man’s Sky is in desperate need of radical changes in its gameplay loop to hold my interest. What’s here just doesn’t have enough good mechanics and shows no signs of evolving into something better, and right now is too frequently repetitive or frustrating.
Borden
Footballguy
NMS. My experience update:
Played for a while today. Hopped over another star or two. Worked through my glitch and some direction again. Stuck right now. When I try to go to one planet I get attacked by 5 other ships with better guns and shields. It seems like I'm kind of stuck at the moment.
The end game might be to get to the center of the universe but it really doesn't seem like that's how the game was intended to be played. The hang ups though are that you can't buy story or character upgrades. You have to find them on planets. You can be a space pirate but you won't get any story from it.
I'm seeing more ships and thus aliens the closer to the center I get. From what I can see every space station is exactly the same. There's no Mass Effect-like Citadel. I haven't seen anything that could be a home base. You can just drop or store items (ideally so you could go back and get them later). If you need to make space in your inventory you have to destroy the items.
When you find a planet that isn't toxic, frozen, burning, filled with over bearing police bots, almost all water or completely baron it's so nice you don't want to leave. I'm not sure if that's a positive or a negative about the game yet. One negative about this is that if you just go searching around on foot (because you have to in order to collect anything) you then have to walk all the way back to your ship. They need to put something in where you can call your ship over to you. Even it's only when you use Save towers. The fact it costs resources every time you take off after you get in your ship makes this even more annoying. [/spoilers]
The end game might be to get to the center of the universe but it really doesn't seem like that's how the game was intended to be played. The hang ups though are that you can't buy story or character upgrades. You have to find them on planets. You can be a space pirate but you won't get any story from it.
I'm seeing more ships and thus aliens the closer to the center I get. From what I can see every space station is exactly the same. There's no Mass Effect-like Citadel. I haven't seen anything that could be a home base. You can just drop or store items (ideally so you could go back and get them later). If you need to make space in your inventory you have to destroy the items.
When you find a planet that isn't toxic, frozen, burning, filled with over bearing police bots, almost all water or completely baron it's so nice you don't want to leave. I'm not sure if that's a positive or a negative about the game yet. One negative about this is that if you just go searching around on foot (because you have to in order to collect anything) you then have to walk all the way back to your ship. They need to put something in where you can call your ship over to you. Even it's only when you use Save towers. The fact it costs resources every time you take off after you get in your ship makes this even more annoying. [/spoilers]
Borden
Footballguy
While somewhat true, I think this game doesn't hold your hand either. You could gear your ship up as a fighter and start attacking/pirating other ships. But the game hasn't actually told me this. You can also make money from finding new solar systems, planets, areas and then uploading them. Same with plants, animals and rocks but you have to take pictures of those.
SlaX
Footballguy
I personally rather have it kept here. I'd probably never check out the "official" thread to read about a game I might be interested in. If it's talked about here, curiosity remains alive.I was mainly asking for the others, my copy arrives on Friday
IvanKaramazov
Footballguy
It's definitely fine as a stand-alone title. The main character was also the main guy in RE2, but that doesn't really matter. The story has nothing to do with previous installments.
Obviously I think RE4 is a fantastic game, but do be warned that the controls are extremely dated and can be hard to get used to since we now all have "standard" TPS controls burned into our muscle memory.
bigmarc27
Footballguy
The controls are why I still haven't played through RE4 all the way. I really want to, buts it's infuriating.