LGR - No Man's Sky Review (in 2016)

Gameplay and commentary regarding the procedurally-generated, survival sim from Hello Games for PS4 and PC! Is it worth the years of hype and your $60 to explore its universe? (Does not cover the Foundation Update.)

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[LGR]

For those asking me about what made the game better ~20 hours in,
*SPOILERS BELOW!!*


So basically, it all comes down to Atlas. If you communicate with the red floating orb beside your ship at the start of the game, it will start to "call to you" later on. If you follow its direction, you'll start to find some objectives alongside some tech that really open the game up. You will also get the Atlas Passes which let you open things like new space station rooms, alien anomalies that allow for black hole usage and more Atlas knowledge, unlock all sorts of vital new tech (like warp drives that allow you to reach better star systems with far more lush and interesting planets) and much more inventory space (up to 48 slots in each inventory, ) and you start communicating with the Atlas entity and its followers directly which provide an actual narrative to follow. Eventually, this turns into a quest to figure out what purpose Atlas serves and potentially even the source of all things in existence. Whether or not the answers to those questions are satisfying by the end are debatable.

To sum up: No Man's Sky in the later game gives you objectives to pursue at your own pace and the resources to do anything else you want _more_ enjoyably. That's still not to say it's the game I was hoping it would turn into, but it did improve a bit over my initial impressions.

[Perzyn]

"I didn't start liking No Man's Sky before 20 hours in..." sounds like Stockholm syndrome.

[RiasGremoryIsLife]

I love how your review is one of the few that don't get a massive amount of dislikes. Even if people disagree with you, your opinion is well respected by everyone.

[weaboosama]

A game that takes 20+ hours to get good is not a good game

[Mephilis]

I forgot how bad the inventory used to be lol It would be cool to see you do a 2020 review, with cross platform mutliplayer and all that

[linkmacloud]

What is the point of having sixtillion quintillion rillion planets if everything looks the same by the fifth of sixth planet?

[ChippyGaming]

for every dull planet we cut a limb off of Ralph

[TheGebs]

Quite possibly the best voice on Youtube 💯

[NoeleVeerod]

Hey LGR, do you think you would revisit the game after the various patches it went through? It appears that the devs fixed and improved the game up to the initial standards and somewhat beyond. I don't know how it was before because I only got it 2-3 weeks ago, but maybe you would enjoy it better now?

[blackhawkchalk]

"You may just find some version of happiness you agree with" - That's poetry that relates to life so effortlessly. Your Sir, are a poet and a philosopher.

[Balcra]

Thank god for steam refunds. I'm gonna get it later when the price drops and they have fixed it. The little I did get to play before it went bat s**t crazy with the GPU was fun early on, then boring as you went along as you pointed out... it's not fun when all the planets look the same. Thus the reason why I did not get the $60 PS4 version instead. I don't feel it's worth it atm. As for it getting better as you get along? I suspected as much. As most "chore" games will do that eventually.

[Redfoxe]

It has potential, like you said, imagine recruting NPC to follow you. Make trade agreements etc etc.

[TheMarioFiles]

I think something that would help this game are more variety of planets, like planets with no atmosphere, or cities floating on gas giants, maybe different gravity on each planet.

[ColeTrainStudio]

tl;dw: get it on sale after they fixed the mess they are currently selling.

[sbblakey]

So a bit of Fallout plus Minecraft plus the SPORE space stage? Meh...

[PeteOliva]

Seriously, this is THE No Man's Sky review on the Internet. You nailed it.

[trisymphony]

so, in a nutshell: wait for a 50%-75% steam sale.

[ZoranTheBear]

I like how the planet is called Planet Framerate. Cheeky :P

[adamantoutcast]

That last part of the video where you spoke about No Man's Sky with allusions to real life and if you keep going til you get to the good parts of life you might find a version of happiness you agree with really struck a positive chord with me. Thanks for that man, it was exactly what I needed to hear at the time I was watching your video! Love your vids, and happy to be a subscriber! :)

[jmogler]

PC Port???? This game wasnt developed for PC and then ported to PS4??? If thats true then that is disgraceful.