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I've been looking forward to this since it was announced.   Been watching the leaked videos (tons of people have the game now) and the outrage and trolling going on in game forums is hilarious.   People are melting down over this game.


there are a few things that I'm disappointed about, but overall the game still looks fun as hell

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Cool. Sounds like a modern version of Starflight. I loved Starflight.

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I'll be getting it...just not on launch. Maybe a few weeks

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Hope none of you took PTO to play the game on the 9th on PC...


https://twitter.com/NoMansSky/status/761694858562207744

Absolutely no doubt this is Sony pulling it's weight saying clearly that PS4 will get it 3 days ahead.  

It's a marketing ploy, to try to get people to buy it on the PS4 so they don't have to wait.

Kind of a shitty dick move considering it is 3 days out, and he didn't say a damn word about it until a couple hours ago.  How are people going to change their PTO for this now?

I don't have that problem, but if you read Reddit, a lot of people took time off and are now fairly screwed.

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Actually a LOT of modern games don't have native 21:9 support. And most that claim to have it really just have a dynamic resolution with either a stretched, zoomed & cropped or otherwise wonky UI that was designed for a fixed 16:9 aspect ratio.

But as a 21:9 player myself I also agree that using it as excuse for a delay is just that, an excuse. They could have patched the game post release for the, what, 5% of players using a 21:9 monitor? I'm used to modern games not natively supporting 21:9, so it is no real skin off my nose if a game comes out and doesn't support it. I can still play the game, just with black letterbox bars on the sides.

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This is Sony, thats all there is to it.  Hell, if it were up to Sony this would be a PS4 exclusive.  They are advertising it as "Get it Tuesday, August 9th, Only on PS4!"

Fuck Sony lol.


This is definitely something that could have been in the day 1 patch.  It's an excuse, and they can't just come out and say Oh, BTW, our Sony Overlords told us to delay your PC release.

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I pre ordered it off steam, and its not showing up in my game library.  Anyone deal with this before? This is my first time pre ordering from steam.

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This is Sony, thats all there is to it.  Hell, if it were up to Sony this would be a PS4 exclusive.  They are advertising it as "Get it Tuesday, August 9th, Only on PS4!"

Fuck Sony lol.


This is definitely something that could have been in the day 1 patch.  It's an excuse, and they can't just come out and say Oh, BTW, our Sony Overlords told us to delay your PC release.

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Rofl...

https://gfycat.com/IlliterateAncientGreendarnerdragonfly

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Day 1 patch notes are out.
http://www.no-mans-sky.com/2016/08/update-1-03/

Im really liking some of these.  Increase carrying capacity and will be implementing base building.

Next up we’re adding the ability to build bases and own giant space freighters.

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I like the idea, but am definitely waiting so I don't get another Peter Molyneux experience. From the vids I've seen, it looks a little too indie for me, and unpolished.

Beware these notes contain some spoilers. Here are some things our little team has been up to over the last four or five weeks:



The Three Paths – there are now new, unique “paths” you can follow throughout the game. You must start the game on a fresh save, with the patch, as early choices have significant impact on what you see later in the game, and the overall experience.

The Universe – we changed the rules of the universe generation algorithm. Planets have moved. Environments have changed biomes. Galaxies have altered shape. All to create greater variety earlier. Galaxies are now up to 10x larger.

Diversity – Creatures are now more diverse in terms of ecology and densities on planets.

Planets – we’ve added dead moons, low atmosphere and extreme hazardous planets. Extreme hazards include blizzards and dust storms.

Atmosphere – space, night time and day skies are now 4x more varied due to new atmospheric system, which refracts light more accurately to allow for more intense sunsets.


Planet rotation – play testing has made it obvious people are struggling to adjust to this during play so it’s effects have been reduced further…

Terrain generation – caves up to 128m tall are now possible. Geometric anomalies have been added. Underwater erosion now leads to more interesting sea beds.

Ship diversity – a wider variety of ships appear per star system, and are available to purchase. Cargo and installed technology now vary more, and ships have more unique attributes.

Inventory – ship inventories now store 5 times more resources per slot. Suit inventories now store 2.5 times more per slot. This encourages exploration and gives freedom from the beginning. We’re probably going to increase this even further in the next update, for people in the latter game phases, and will allow greater trading potential.

Trading – trading is deeper. Star systems and planets each have their own wants and needs, based off a galactic economy. Observing these is the key to successful trading. We still working on adjusting this based on how everyone plays, but all trading values have been rebalanced across the galaxy, giving a greater depth. A bunch of trade exploits were uncovered and have been removed

Feeding – creatures now have their own diet, based on planet and climate. Feeding them correctly will yield different results per species, such as mining for you, protecting the player, becoming pets, alerting you to rare loot or pooping valuable resources.

Survival – recharging hazard protection requires rare resources, making shielding shards useful again. Storms can be deadly. Hazard protection and suit upgrades have been added. Liquids are often more dangerous

Graphical effects – Lighting and texture resolution have been improved. Shadow quality has doubled. Temporal AA didn’t make it in time, but it’s so close

Balancing – several hundred upgrades have had stat changes (mainly exo-suit and ship, but also weapon), new upgrades have been added.

Combat – Auto Aim and weapon aim has been completely rewritten to feel more gentle in general, but stickier when you need it. Sentinels now alert each other, if they haven’t been dealt with quickly. Quad and Walker AI is now much more challenging, even I struggle with them without a powered up weapon.

Space Combat – advanced techniques have been introduced, like brake drifting and critical hits. Bounty missions and larger battles now occur. Pirate frequency has been increased, as well as difficulty depending on your cargo.

Exploits – infinite warp cell exploit and rare goods trading exploit among other removed. People using these cheats were ruining the game for themselves, but people are weird and can’t stop themselves ¯\_(?)_/¯

Stability – foundations for buildings on super large planets. Resolved several low repro crashes, in particular when player warped further than 256 light years in one session (was only possible due to warp cell exploit above).

Space Stations – interiors are now more varied, bars, trade rooms and hydroponic labs have been added

Networking – Ability to scan star systems other players have discovered on the Galactic Map, increasing the chance of collision. Star systems discovered by other players appear during Galactic Map flight

Ship scanning – scanning for points of interest from your ship is now possible. Buildings generate earlier and show up in ship scans

Flying over terrain – pop-in and shadow artefacts have been reduced. Generation speed has been increased two fold (planets with large bodies of water will be targeted in next update)

Writing – The Atlas path has been rewritten by James Swallow (writer on Deus Ex) and me.  I think it speaks to the over-arching theme of player freedom more clearly now. Early mission text has been rewritten to allow for multiple endings.

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The whole idea of 18,000,000,000,000,000,000 planets and maybe 10,000,000 players seems kinda stupid.

I'll wait for reviews 2 weeks out.