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No Man's Sky Worlds Part I Update Trailer (www.youtube.com)
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[–] WolfLink@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Last I played it was a couple years ago.

My impression has always been that people were underwhelmed by the procedurally generated game. Idk exactly what people expected a heavily procedurally generated game to look like. It was never going to have terrain that looked as good as in hand-crafted games.

The only real promise I know they made and initially didn’t keep but later fixed is multiplayer.

[–] bolexforsoup@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

It regularly has 10-20k concurrent players on steam despite being 8 years old. Almost 50,000 after the most recent update.

People are clearly not as underwhelmed as you think. Just because you don’t like it doesn’t mean your opinion is the dominant one.

I completely agree that the game is a lot of breath and not a whole lot of depth in many respects, but that really doesn’t change anything. It clearly pleased a lot of people. Go see the reviews if you doubt me.

[–] WolfLink@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

You misunderstand.

I like the game. I have always liked the game.

I don’t think there are many people who like the game now who didn’t originally.

It’s not a game for everyone. Some people went in expecting Eve Online or Star Citizen (what a finished Star Citizen would look like). Instead it’s a 3D Starship Omega with a touch of Minecraft. but I liked Starship Omega so I liked No Man’s Sky.

[–] bolexforsoup@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

I don’t think there are many people who like the game now who didn’t originally.

Based on? Because even in 2022 they were selling well. TL;DR: They cleared ~$50mill in revenue on a game with no DLC. So I'd be very curious where you're getting your information from, as that clearly shows they are still selling units.

It’s not a game for everyone. Some people went in expecting Eve Online or Star Citizen (what a finished Star Citizen would look like). Instead it’s a 3D Starship Omega with a touch of Minecraft. but I liked Starship Omega so I liked No Man’s Sky.

I never said it was for everyone or anything about expectations.