I can see myself getting a PSVR granted reviews make sure it is up to snuff. I'm incredibly excited for the first round of commercial VR, but the needed extra PC hardware and price is keeping me from early adopting the Vive or Oculus. At $399 and already owning all the other necessary hardware, PSVR might be my option to jump in to early VR. As for actual games vs. potential, the potential for the future far outweighs any current showings for VR, especially since I am a designer and the prospect of making games in VR is exciting.
@marv89: I agree with you for sure, any game will get boring over enough time. I'm not one to stick to one game for super long, I'm very much a single player / story driven gamer for the most part. I just wanted to say why I was excited about this game and maybe turn on people like me who don't like most "survival" games as to why it might be worth looking at. I'm waiting for reviews as everyone should, but from what we've seen, I think I'm going to enjoy my time with No Man's Sky, however long that might be. ^_^
It is disheartening to see so many comments completely dismissing this game based on Brad's off the bat mention of survival games and saying things like "well guess it's just another one of those with nothing new, I'm done."
From what we've already seen it's far more than "just a survival game". What do you do in games like Day Z and Rust, gather things to survive on one map and generally don't see any variety after a while. The fact that No Man's Sky is a near infinite universe that you can find entire planets to explore and quickly change scenery to another is a huge difference that makes me excited compared to my aversion to those others. Plus we know there will be discovering new plant and animal life, trading with NPCs, finding ongoing battles between alien races and factions, avoiding the robo-cops because you're smuggling space cocaine, making a hacking chip to sneak in an alien base to steal valuable resources (like more space cocaine!), learning alien language, and more.
This is why I'm excited about No Man's Sky, the possibilities and exploration. Striking out into the unknown to discover what's out there on different worlds and solar systems, making myself and my ship better for exploring instead of gathering resources into a fort I built in the corner of a map, and maybe taking some space cocaine along the way.
End of rant. Great write up Brad, may we cross paths among the stars!
I actually like this game, maybe not 60 dollars worth, but I justified that with the amiibos being included (I'm a collector). The main board game is a little boring, but it's fun and relaxing to play with my family who are big animal crossing fans.
Now the best and worst parts of the game are linked. One of the best modes in the game is called Desert Island Escape. Three animals you choose using the amiibo cards are sent to a Hex grid island ala Settlers of Catan. Each one has unique abilities that will help you as you move around the board looking for food and resources to help you survive and escape the island under a set number of turns. You can build tools and and make food every night at camp between turns. It's really fun and there are a bunch of boards with different difficulties, but here's the catch: people turned off by the Festival board game probably wont see it or any of the other games because they force you to play Festival TWICE before even revealing that there are more modes than that, hell before they even take you to a MAIN MENU! This gradual unlocking of content I accepted in Mario Maker, but in a multi-mode board game centric game this is a horrible design. Hopefully the word can get out and more people might play it if the price ever drops.
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