Submitted 23 hours ago by simple@piefed.social to games@lemmy.world
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This game really shows how it COULD be. Totally fail with epic bad reviews. No giving up, putting year after year of free updates and content until the initial vision was approximated and reviews went to very positive.
I dunno if I could name another game that managed that in the last 3 decades.
Issue with that is I pre-order the game before release based on false information. Gave up playing after 6 months because it sucked. When they finally got it to what they initially promised. It became almost unplayable by the amount of grinding that had to be done to even earn enough to by a freighter. Again gave up playing. So now sits on my shelf part of my collection.
Oh almost forgot when they updated they corrupted my save file so I lost all the progress I made in that 6 months. So that pissed me off as well.
The important thing for me is that they didn’t just shrug and move on to something else. The devs take the issues and suggestions and work towards a better game each time. What other company has completely overhauled a game like this?
I mean you pre-ordered. You got what you deserve
Freighters aren’t difficult to get now…
They just straight up give you a freighter after 3 hyper jumps IIRC
Nothing is ever perfect, but would you have preferred they did nothing, ran with the money and pissed on you? Now they just managed to disappoint you more than once. Many others seem to be happy now. For free. While the vast majority of other companies wouldn’t even bother SELLING you updates. Sure, they didn’t manage to appease 100% of customers, but they really tried to make up for it. That should count for something, shouldn’t it?
A lot of games have made things better with paid updates/expansions, but NMS really seems to be the only one where the free updates have fixed the game. Hell, there were jokes going around with the last big free update that people wanted to pay them more for all these free updates.
Yeah lol. I was pissed for purchasing early too. Back then, 3000 years ago. But now I would really be ready to buy a dlc goddammit 😁
They fucked up royally but stood up to it in the most honorable way possible.
10 years, I was a much different man when I first played this game. Part of my would like to forget the time and start fresh with all these updates.
Why not? Not only you was much different, the game was a different man too. I want to like this game, but the gameplay loop and activities seem not for me. I played it for a few hours years ago and might go back and try again.
I’ve played it after several of the updates and it’s pretty much the same game with a new coat of paint. A mile wide and an inch deep. But the game keeps getting wider and playing it now for the first time would probably be pretty great.
I loved it when it first came out because since I was a little boy playing Atari in the 80s I wanted to play a game where I could fly to space, between planets, and back in real time. This was the first game that gave me a satisfying experience like that. And it’s still my favorite part.
I remember feeling like I was scammed when this was very early development and even after initial release… bros really redeemed themselves.
They did for sure, and he’s now careful about what he says which is smart. He learned a ton through that very public failure.
I’m looking forward to their next game.
Ive been thinking about buying this game for ages, but im just wondering if its gotten better from the original version which i believe was a total flop?
The promise of the original game was never fulfilled but the gave we now gave us good in its own way.
Don’t expect “lone space adventure” and you’ll be ok. The game is a survival game at its core and requires you to gather materials . . . ^In space!^
Pretty sure the ***chill *** portion of the fanbase will disagree with the survival aspect of the game and note how mundane it is, unless you blindfold yourself and never use any scanner.
It’s decent. Exploring and collecting different things and upgrading gear is kinda nifty. Late game stuff like settlements and fleets are time gated and annoying. Planetary vehicles confused the hell out of me. Building a vehicle pad and summoning it is much more effort than just using the literal spaceship I just parked. Combat feels… Bad honestly. There’s a ton of weapon attachments but only like 2 feel viable but maybe that’s just me.
I remember space travel feeling pretty good. It’s not bullshit like starfield (where you load screen instead of actually taking off or landing) and not complex like elite dangerous (where entry has to be planned to land near your target), but a nice arcade-y feel with sick visuals.
If you can pick it up for 20 or 30 bucks I’d say it’s worth if you’re looking for a moderately chill game. There’s a ton to discover but it gets samey after a while.
The motorbike can be fun, getting big jumps can be awesome, and you can explore caves easier. Other than that, yeah.
I got a broken mining laser and just that gets me so far.
If you like the style of gameplay, it is nothing like it’s original launch state.
I bought it on release day and got bored quickly.
I picked it back up two years ago and I played all the way through to the end.
Now I don’t have much to do but play the expeditions and hunt for my favorite ships.
Currently I’m spacing bases out across each galaxy. It’s still quite fun, and if you didn’t complete the main story I think it’s worth the purchase.
It’s basically a different game from the original. The gameplay loop is similar sure, but it doesn’t even resemble the original.
Everything they said (lied) about being in the game at launch has now been in the game for a while, and they just keep going with new content. And always free.
I just recently started it for the first time.
If you’re into this sort of game, it’s really good. I haven’t exactly played a ton of similar games to compare it to, but it’s pretty hard for me to imagine a game that would do what it does better. I think if it had launched in the state it’s currently in it would have absolutely blown peoples minds when it launched a decade ago.
Also since it is, at its core, a decade old game, it runs really well on my computer which is mostly made up of 10+ year old components (and on linux! I did have a little audio stuttering issue that was fixed by just adding a launch option in steam, pretty sure that was just a quirk of my particular hardware)
The story is a little weird, not bad, just maybe not what I would have chosen if I was the writer, and the story is secondary to the building and exploration in this kind of game anyway.
I could nitpick some things about the UI if I really wanted to, and the usual issues with procedurally generated content where you have a big universe to explore but it feels kind of empty (which is also kind of the point) and some of the planets start feeling kind of the same after a while.
I platted the original on PS4. Platted it again several years later on PS5. I am now playing again on PC.
Today’s version is the best version.
NMS cannot lose. The Corvette update is just so god damn fun man.
Needs more conveyor belts.
Satisfactory?
TalkingFlower@lemmy.world 6 hours ago
Honestly, I would rather pay for quality than be forced to accept a bad update like this one, at least with paid DLC you know what to avoid. The game is still wide as the ocean, deep as a puddle.
The_Almighty_Walrus@lemmy.world 1 hour ago
Complaining about something free and optional is wild
TalkingFlower@lemmy.world 1 hour ago
You tell that to the chill players when people mention “improve combat”, but why do fans complain when it is free, right? It is wild. xD
KiloGex@lemmy.world 4 hours ago
The great thing is that you don’t have to interact with it if you don’t want to. And I’m not sure you can call a game who people have played for over a thousand hours shallow.
TalkingFlower@lemmy.world 4 hours ago
Nah, the length of an artwork does not indicate depth, tons of TV shows lasting over 10 seasons and 42 mins per episodes and they are still shallow, still don’t pack a punch like the good old BBC Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy and Alec Guinness plays the role to perfection.
But remember, that’s where they spent their development time, instead of improving the original concept… Oh, wait, they still have the sandbox as the shield to widen the ocean as much as possible.