RE: No Man's Sky
September 18, 2014 at 12:36 am
(This post was last modified: September 18, 2014 at 12:38 am by Hellfire1014.)
(September 17, 2014 at 11:15 pm)StealthySkeptic Wrote: This game really does sound amazing. If it does well, I might, as others have said, just buy a PS4 for this and give my family my old Blu-ray player. However, I'm worried about a few things. that probably can't be answered until release. Is it always-online? Is it going to be massive in terms of file size (in which case I would have to buy retail- can you even buy it on disc)? Will the worlds actually be any good (graphically and gameplay wise)? And most importantly, is it too ambitious for such a small developer?
They said you can play it offline, but yea it will be always online if you're connected. In the sense of like journey I guess. I never played Journey, but I think they referenced that. They also stated that multiplayer was not the emphasis, because the universe was so large you probably wont run across other players very often. However the end game goal is to reach the center. Which they're not revealing what's at the center. Maybe we will see more player activity at the center, or you can link up with your friends somehow. Another thing I forgot is you can mark the planets on your starmap if you choose to, to let other players know they are there!
I don't imagine the file size would be that massive. The graphics aren't super impressive, just great art direction, and lots of color. I'm thinking it's going to be retail. Not sure if Sony struck up a deal with them, and I don't think it's permanently exclusive to PS4. It will be confirmed on PC. I can't remember if they talked about putting it on the Xbone. If they do it will be after the PS4, and PC version I think.
To your last to worries that is what everyone else is worrying too. How's the gameplay. Will there be stuff to do to keep your entertained, etc, etc. Some base building would be cool, and controlling planets in clans would be AWESOME, but I think they said they didn't want this to be the case. I think they want it to be more PVE with the random events of you coming in contact with other people. The only real civilization's as far as I know will be Space Stations for you to do your trading at.
Unfortunately they are keeping tight lipped. They have one trailer from e3, and a few interviews talking about it, but I've almost stated everything. That I can remember at least.
