No Man's Sky is currently on sale over on PSN. It's $24, and I purchased it hoping that, at a lower entry-point, I could look at it with a little less cynicism. I get all the updates since its launch, and I'm sure they improved quite a lot of issues.
First of all, I think the game looks great, and the feeling of adventure and exploration is the games best asset. I started in a ravine on a lush planet and after exploring around my ship, started climbing out of the ravine to explore the world in its entirety.
Holy shit guys. When you first get that glimpse of the planet you're on, and see the inhabitants, the flora -- everything is exciting. I don't know if I have had that "wow" feeling since exiting the vault in Fallout 3. Just an amazing feeling of depth.
Then the game play hits you like a brick wall. The first quest you get is "fix your spaceship" and to do so, you'll be running around this planet looking for resources. I may have missed something, but I had to trek so far away from my ship to find the required resources that I had gotten completely lost. It took me like 20 minutes to return to my ship, and THAT'S where you realize how boring planets really are.
Everything starts feeling the same. The structures, creatures, minerals, plants. There's a LOT to see around you but very little of it is actually interesting. You can scan to your hearts content but what is the point? 200 "credits" is nothing in the grand scheme of things and finding something "first" is hardly special this far into the game's launch (was it ever?)
Fixing the ship and flying to another planet is the only other thing this game has going for it. The travel between planets is exciting, and I haven't really had that experience in any other game.
Then you land on another planet, and do exactly what you did on the last one. Explore, get bored, find resources, say "oh that's a nice creature variation" and then fly off.
Is this game worth $24? Sure, probably. I mean I'm not hating the game, it has its moments and boy is it just the most relaxing experience ever, but the gameplay is so mind-numbing and tedious.
How about you duders, what did you ultimately think?
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