No Man's Sky

[GDS_Starfury]

noob...  Im still waiting on Road to Moscow.  ::)

[Toonces]

WANT!

Any word on a release date?

[Swatter]

noob...  Im still waiting on Road to Moscow.  ::)

Was that one delayed?  ;)

[ComradeP]

I agree with some of the comments on that trailer, that procedurally generated might mean "looks nice, but it has no soul".

It could be good, but it could also be trying to mix too many kinds of games into one package and we know how that tends to end up. If it's even released at all.

Seeing is believing.

[LongBlade]

Nice find JH. Let's see how this evolves.

[Jarhead0331]

Yeah...glad to see this thread bubbling over with positive karma.

[Yskonyn]

Lol, well JH, the trailer is just a hype-train isn't it? I mean, what actual game mechanics does it show now?
Its cool what we see in the trailer, no doubt, but as far as I am concerned just because of the potential of gameplay and the pretty pictures. The sense you can go anywhere you can see. The sense everything is procedurally generated and virtually limitless. That's all pretty cool indeed, but it doesn't neccessarily make for a great or fun game, especially not anymore once the novelty of just exploring wherever you want to go wears off.

According to the words of the interview, the game should have some depth and action too, but we don't really see how this all works in the trailer. That's why I am skeptical.

[Jarhead0331]

Lol, well JH, the trailer is just a hype-train isn't it? I mean, what actual game mechanics does it show now?
Its cool what we see in the trailer, no doubt, but as far as I am concerned just because of the potential of gameplay and the pretty pictures. The sense you can go anywhere you can see. The sense everything is procedurally generated and virtually limitless. That's all pretty cool indeed, but it doesn't neccessarily make for a great or fun game, especially not anymore once the novelty of just exploring wherever you want to go wears off.

According to the words of the interview, the game should have some depth and action too, but we don't really see how this all works in the trailer. That's why I am skeptical.

No...you're right. I'm sure the idea of the game will end up being better than the actual product we get. That is almost always the case unfortunately.

[LongBlade]

Lol, well JH, the trailer is just a hype-train isn't it? I mean, what actual game mechanics does it show now?
Its cool what we see in the trailer, no doubt, but as far as I am concerned just because of the potential of gameplay and the pretty pictures. The sense you can go anywhere you can see. The sense everything is procedurally generated and virtually limitless. That's all pretty cool indeed, but it doesn't neccessarily make for a great or fun game, especially not anymore once the novelty of just exploring wherever you want to go wears off.

According to the words of the interview, the game should have some depth and action too, but we don't really see how this all works in the trailer. That's why I am skeptical.

No...you're right. I'm sure the idea of the game will end up being better than the actual product we get. That is almost always the case unfortunately.

I like to hope for the best.

What I see from the trailer is that they've mastered a kind of god-like planet creation algorithm. Whether they're as good at making a space combat game with all that remains to be seen, but I am hoping for the best.

[MengJiao]

not very realistic at all.  the guy didnt even towel off before getting in his starfighter.  do you know how expensive starfighter upholstery is?  not to mention dog fighting in a pair of wet swim trunks!

  And sand all over.  If everything is Procedural, how will that work in a MMO?

[GDS_Starfury]

Yeah...glad to see this thread bubbling over with positive karma.

well... Im positive its moving along better then GhostRiders game.  ;)

[MengJiao]

got your grumpy trousers on?  :P

  I sympathize.  I liked the style of the trailer -- for a trailer -- for a game it might get old in about 10 minutes.  Plus, I've just been flying the DCS Su-25T, which is about as close to a sports car with blasters as I ever want to pretend to fly.  Plus, a few minutes of TAke on Mars convinced me that people have barely scratched the surface of what you can do in space games and it looks like No Man's Sky takes all the most superficial aspects of space games and makes them even more superficial.

[Jarhead0331]

got your grumpy trousers on?  :P

  I sympathize.  I liked the style of the trailer -- for a trailer -- for a game it might get old in about 10 minutes.  Plus, I've just been flying the DCS Su-25T, which is about as close to a sports car with blasters as I ever want to pretend to fly.  Plus, a few minutes of TAke on Mars convinced me that people have barely scratched the surface of what you can do in space games and it looks like No Man's Sky takes all the most superficial aspects of space games and makes them even more superficial.

Maybe...but playing Take on Mars is sort of like watching paint dry.

[MengJiao]

got your grumpy trousers on?  :P

  I sympathize.  I liked the style of the trailer -- for a trailer -- for a game it might get old in about 10 minutes.  Plus, I've just been flying the DCS Su-25T, which is about as close to a sports car with blasters as I ever want to pretend to fly.  Plus, a few minutes of TAke on Mars convinced me that people have barely scratched the surface of what you can do in space games and it looks like No Man's Sky takes all the most superficial aspects of space games and makes them even more superficial.

Maybe...but playing Take on Mars is sort of like watching paint dry.

  While you try to figure out if the stuff really is paint.  Alien paint, man.  Annd where there's wet alien paint, maybe there are some alien artifacts and you might see them if you could figure out how to move that camera arm without snapping off your relay mast.

[Yskonyn]

not very realistic at all.  the guy didnt even towel off before getting in his starfighter.  do you know how expensive starfighter upholstery is?  not to mention dog fighting in a pair of wet swim trunks!

  And sand all over.  If everything is Procedural, how will that work in a MMO?

Each time something new is 'found' it is procedurally generated, only to be there for the next player who comes. Of course then that part is 'found already' and part of the 'known universe'.
So its only procedurally generated the first time something gets found. At least that's how I understand it.

Much like the indie game Malevolence