When I first bought No Man’s Sky I was allured by the many many promises. Promises of a vast universe of exploration where I could discover galaxies and meet fellow voyagers along the way and even travel the stars with them. The hype was so great that I knew I needed it. I preordered and waited for the day. Upon the games release I downloaded it and after waiting several hours for said download I started the game and was…whelmed. While there was indeed a vast universe of exploration with numerous planets, All of the planets felt generally the same but with different hazards and horribly slapped together creatures on them.
Kill it with fire!
Exploring was fun at first but after a while just felt the same every time additionally when it came to playing with other explorers not once did I even encounter another player. Disappointed I quit the game eventually deleting from my ps4 to be forever lost to the dark corners of time, or so I thought.
Whispers began to pass on the wind tales of a game revived. Tales of a developer listening to the criticisms of the players and actually working to fix it. No, I thought surely tis but a legend things like that don’t happen in real life, but soon the whispers grew all around the internet people were praising the game I had turned my back on so then it has to be worth playing now right? I grabbed my playstation controller and bought the game again ready to explore the universe once more. It was a bit poetic seeing my save file from three years ago still there but, ignoring that, I hit new game and started again and this time I was completely…whelmed...again.
Look at all that...dirt?
After giving it another try while yes they had fixed some issues everything still felt the same. The planets were all fairly generic and the multiplayer while fun just felt like doing the same boring thing just with someone standing next to you. The only thing that made it fun was the person I was playing with. While there was some neat planets that’s all they were, just neat. You could explore a small square of a planet and already you have seen all there is to it, maybe throw in some copy paste bases and generic alien architecture and bam you have a planet. The only real allure to the game I felt was learning the mystery of who I was but even that didn’t out weigh how bland everything else felt. With three different alien races in the universe each with their own stereotypes, the robot like ones who love tech, the weird little gremlins that are all about trade and money, and the big gruff ones that are grumpy and quick to anger, everything just feels like its on repeat after a bit.
Most planets wind up looking dull and uninteresting with the same bland colors.
In all honesty I fully regret buying this game again because I allowed my self to be burned by the same game twice. The devs promised they would make the game great again but much like the other person who said that it all seems like it was an empty promise to me. Maybe I didn’t give the game enough time but this is one mistake I wont make again.
