Opinions on No Man's Sky?
Opinions on No Man's Sky?
I think it's bold with promise, but hearing the developers mention a lack of a unified story makes me concerned about its lasting impact. If my aim is to travel between worlds and explore new landscapes, I worry it might not hold much weight. Still, on the bright side, the space battles seem exciting, which is a nice bonus.
I wonder just how much you can accomplish on any given planet. Games like Minecraft, where you simply enter a randomly created world and shape your own experience, are quite different from titles with more complex crafting systems. Without Man of Sky, they haven’t provided much insight into resource gathering or crafting mechanics. If they aim for players to build their own narratives, they’ll need to supply a lot of content for the planets, but nothing has proven this approach will work. I’d say my reaction is cautiously optimistic. I won’t preorder it; it’s expected to launch on PS4 first, so we’ll find out what it really is once it arrives. If it turns out mediocre, that’s fine, but it will also give the developers time to expand before the PC release (which seems to be their intended path).