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Devs Invite You to EXPLORE

SBFordSBFord Former Associate EditorMember LegendaryPosts: 33,129
edited July 2016 in News & Features Discussion

imageDevs Invite You to EXPLORE

The No Man's Sky team is inviting fans to EXPLORE the game's 18 quintillion worlds in a brand new trailer. The video shows off a minuscule number of the planets, flora and fauna that players can and will encounter in the game. Check it out!

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  • Octagon7711Octagon7711 Member LegendaryPosts: 9,004
    Available 9 August on Steam.

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  • IselinIselin Member LegendaryPosts: 18,719

    TimEisen said:

    When does this explore the PC? I wants it!



    It's a rare simultaneous launch on PS4 and PC
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  • KyleranKyleran Member LegendaryPosts: 44,059
    Not hyped, I don't "play games" these days.

    Should be fun for those that do.

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  • SpottyGekkoSpottyGekko Member EpicPosts: 6,916
    Roll on August 9th ! 

    Dunno if I'll manage to keep my composure indefinitely, the hype is strong...

    Must... resist...
  • SEANMCADSEANMCAD Member EpicPosts: 16,775
    For a game that now claims is mostly about exploring and is hyped up to 11 it seems about damn time

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  • udonudon Member UncommonPosts: 1,803
    edited July 2016
    I want to like this game but every world I see in videos has this strange sameness to it. I get the felling this will be a huge area to explore but all you will find is slightly different versions of the same place with new random names.
  • AlverantAlverant Member RarePosts: 1,347
    I'll wait for the reviews, but the key thing for me is "would I be able to play it off-line"? I don't want to buy a game that only works as long as a server is running.
  • Octagon7711Octagon7711 Member LegendaryPosts: 9,004
    There will be an offline mode but you won't have shared discoveries with other players and no meeting other players.

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  • scorpex-xscorpex-x Member RarePosts: 1,030
    Whats the point of this game?  To explore randomly generated planets?  Why, for what purpose?  That's like buying an mmo just to explore the landscape and it having no content, that would go down well!

    Randomly generated sounds awful, what if I find an amazing planet and tell a friend about it.   Does it mean they can't come and check what I found because it no longer exists after I log off?

    If all the universe is randomly generated and then stored, that sounds kind of cool.  You could make forum posts about what you find and others could then go find it based off your co-ordinates etc but it doesn't sound like that's what this is.

    This sounds like a complete waste of time, then again I also thought the same about minecraft and pokemon go so who knows.
  • SpottyGekkoSpottyGekko Member EpicPosts: 6,916
    Alverant said:
    I'll wait for the reviews, but the key thing for me is "would I be able to play it off-line"? I don't want to buy a game that only works as long as a server is running.
    You can play it completely offline.

    Everything is procedurally generated in you game client, you don't "play on a server".
  • SEANMCADSEANMCAD Member EpicPosts: 16,775
    edited July 2016
    scorpex-x said:
    Whats the point of this game?  To explore randomly generated planets?  Why, for what purpose?  That's like buying an mmo just to explore the landscape and it having no content, that would go down well!

    Randomly generated sounds awful, what if I find an amazing planet and tell a friend about it.   Does it mean they can't come and check what I found because it no longer exists after I log off?

    If all the universe is randomly generated and then stored, that sounds kind of cool.  You could make forum posts about what you find and others could then go find it based off your co-ordinates etc but it doesn't sound like that's what this is.

    This sounds like a complete waste of time, then again I also thought the same about minecraft and pokemon go so who knows.
    to be clear the world is randomly generated for all players so that planet you find is findable in the same location for everyone.

    The thing is however is that this is pretty much standard for games that have random generated maps now anyway so its not radical in of itself nor is it something that hasnt already been done and is fairly common place now. Although to be fair for people who avoid Early Access games like the plauge might have no idea this is happening in many gmaes now

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  • Octagon7711Octagon7711 Member LegendaryPosts: 9,004
    Off hand this sounds like a very hackable game.  I expect to see tons of exploits. Unfortunately.

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  • SpottyGekkoSpottyGekko Member EpicPosts: 6,916
    Octagon7711 said:
    Off hand this sounds like a very hackable game.  I expect to see tons of exploits. Unfortunately.
    It's single-player, why worry ?
  • GraeyGraey Member UncommonPosts: 281

    Alverant said:

    I'll wait for the reviews, but the key thing for me is "would I be able to play it off-line"? I don't want to buy a game that only works as long as a server is running.



    Yes it can be played entirely offline, it will update should you choose to go online.
  • Butch808Butch808 Member UncommonPosts: 382

    scorpex-x said:

    Whats the point of this game?  To explore randomly generated planets?  Why, for what purpose?  That's like buying an mmo just to explore the landscape and it having no content, that would go down well!

    Randomly generated sounds awful, what if I find an amazing planet and tell a friend about it.   Does it mean they can't come and check what I found because it no longer exists after I log off?

    If all the universe is randomly generated and then stored, that sounds kind of cool.  You could make forum posts about what you find and others could then go find it based off your co-ordinates etc but it doesn't sound like that's what this is.

    This sounds like a complete waste of time, then again I also thought the same about minecraft and pokemon go so who knows.



    There's a big difference between randemly generated and procedurally generated.
  • SEANMCADSEANMCAD Member EpicPosts: 16,775
    Butch808 said:

    scorpex-x said:

    Whats the point of this game?  To explore randomly generated planets?  Why, for what purpose?  That's like buying an mmo just to explore the landscape and it having no content, that would go down well!

    Randomly generated sounds awful, what if I find an amazing planet and tell a friend about it.   Does it mean they can't come and check what I found because it no longer exists after I log off?

    If all the universe is randomly generated and then stored, that sounds kind of cool.  You could make forum posts about what you find and others could then go find it based off your co-ordinates etc but it doesn't sound like that's what this is.

    This sounds like a complete waste of time, then again I also thought the same about minecraft and pokemon go so who knows.



    There's a big difference between randemly generated and procedurally generated.
    now there is a hole that will go nowhere productive

    care to expand on why that observation is even relevant?

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  • orbitxoorbitxo Member RarePosts: 1,956
    edited July 2016

    Octagon7711 said:

    Off hand this sounds like a very hackable game.  I expect to see tons of exploits. Unfortunately.



    exploit what?-who cares? you play the game alone-(you will be cheating yourself) its not like a co-op thing. nor a multiplayer game.its not competitive.

    its all about exploring- not about braging rights...imo.

    -looking forward to this game!
  • SpottyGekkoSpottyGekko Member EpicPosts: 6,916
    orbitxo said:

    Octagon7711 said:

    Off hand this sounds like a very hackable game.  I expect to see tons of exploits. Unfortunately.



    exploit what?-who cares? you play the game alone-(you will be cheating yourself) its not like a co-op thing. nor a multiplayer game.its not competitive.

    its all about exploring- not about braging rights...imo.

    -looking forward to this game!
    As with any game, there will be those that will compete.

    Who will be the first to get to the center of the galaxy ?
    Who will be the first to get to the center of TWO different galaxies ?
    Who will be the first to explore planet type X that has an extremely deadly atmosphere ?

    Friends will compete with each other, and the more dedicated nerds will take it to Reddit, of course... :D
  • Silverthorn8Silverthorn8 Member UncommonPosts: 510
    Maybe later we'll see Pokemon Go Man's Sky, gotta get all the Pokemon in the universe!
  • SirmatthiasSirmatthias Member UncommonPosts: 562
    What we have with the Milky way Galaxy is reference points X,Y,Z but with this game having so many planets will I be able to look at a map or have a friend send me a screenshot from their phone to show me their location, will that do me any good. or I guess I should ask will this galaxy(ies) have a frame of reference point.
  • SomeHumanSomeHuman Member UncommonPosts: 560
    I remember reading that there is a loose story or at least a set of goals that lead to an ultimate goal, which reveals something important about the essence of the universe. Maybe I saw it in a dev. Video or something. Can anyone confirm or clarify for me?

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  • TokkenTokken Member EpicPosts: 3,649
    edited July 2016
    will wait for the next steam sale around the holidays. been burned too much by buying games at launch. too many disappointments. i.e. - Star Wars Battlefront.

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  • SpottyGekkoSpottyGekko Member EpicPosts: 6,916

    SomeHuman said:

    I remember reading that there is a loose story or at least a set of goals that lead to an ultimate goal, which reveals something important about the essence of the universe. Maybe I saw it in a dev. Video or something. Can anyone confirm or clarify for me?



    There is no "personal story" or quest thread or any such mechanism, but there is general background lore that places things in context.

    The idea is that your start on the outer edge of the galaxy and then attempt to reach the center, because there's something important there. Nobody knows what that thing is.

    All we do know is that the journey becomes more and more difficult the closer you get to the center. More powerful animals and NPC's are encountered, and more and more extreme and inhospitable planets.

    NMS also has a definite "Survival Game" aspect.
  • XxPriestxXXxPriestxX Member UncommonPosts: 133
    edited July 2016
    Play Starbound or Terraria. They do the whole random generation of worlds for you to explore... but after that there's still actually things to do, not just pet/shoot a cow and fly to the next useless planet lol.
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  • barasawabarasawa Member UncommonPosts: 618

    Kyleran said:

    Not hyped, I don't "play games" these days.



    Should be fun for those that do.



    Really? Then I have to ask, if you don't play games, why are you on the forums of a site dedicated to a particular sub-genre of games, you know, those things you don't play
    Not being mean or anything, I just don't understand and would like to.

    Lost my mind, now trying to lose yours...

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