No Man's Sky - Switch release due on 7th October

Still haven't opened this yet!

Some more details here - https://blog.eu.playstation.com/2018/07 ... ks-launch/

jawafour wrote:
Knoyleo wrote:(Next)

Looks amazing . I can't wait to get stuck in .

It does look amazing; I'll be amazed if it comes close to that running on my PS4 Pro.

I finally got round to playing NMS a few weeks ago and I didn't really get on with it.

I'll give it another look though.

The problem never was "didn't have multiplayer".

The problem is that there is nothing to do. Sure, exploring is cool for a couple of hours and it is a pretty game.
Then you realise all the procedure atoms are just different colours, and there is no incentive to continue.

Update adds some cool stuff, yes multiplayer will be fun for a couple of hours and the freighter commands could be interesting.
But then back to X3.

1cmanny1 wrote:The problem never was "didn't have multiplayer"...

Agreed.

1cmanny1 wrote:The problem is that there is nothing to do. Sure, exploring is cool for a couple of hours and it is a pretty game.
Then you realise all the procedure atoms are just different colours, and there is no incentive to continue...

Kinda agree. For me, I liked the exploration of vast, quiet places and I'm cautious about the increasingly "action oriented" aspects. I am concerned that there will be hordes of doofuses charging about causing grief. But I can still see potential in this latest update so I will be giving it a go.

I did as well. Like playing Euro Truck Simulator etc.
It just gets boring, as you run out of an incentive to explore too quickly.

There's a preview of the NEXT update over Eurogamer.

Eurogamer wrote:The first, most striking aspect of NEXT is, unsurprisingly, its visual overhaul and, as its recent trailer will attest, it's genuinely remarkable just how different No Man's Sky looks. Its massively improved lighting engine, better atmospheric effects, and significantly increased draw distances, alongside a gorgeous new cloud rendering technology, improved textures, water, an optional new third-person camera, combine to create a much more nuanced aesthetic.

It certainly sounds like it'll be worth a look.

twitter.com/kezamacdonald/status/1020262268280410112

Octoroc wrote:...It certainly sounds like it'll be worth a look.

I forgot about this when posting in Peter Crisp's "hype" thread... I am hyped for this update! Roll on Tuesday!

Octoroc wrote:There's a preview of the NEXT update over Eurogamer.

Eurogamer wrote:The first, most striking aspect of NEXT is, unsurprisingly, its visual overhaul and, as its recent trailer will attest, it's genuinely remarkable just how different No Man's Sky looks. Its massively improved lighting engine, better atmospheric effects, and significantly increased draw distances, alongside a gorgeous new cloud rendering technology, improved textures, water, an optional new third-person camera, combine to create a much more nuanced aesthetic.

It certainly sounds like it'll be worth a look.

But is the PC optimisation any better?

Knoyleo wrote:
Octoroc wrote:There's a preview of the NEXT update over Eurogamer.

Eurogamer wrote:The first, most striking aspect of NEXT is, unsurprisingly, its visual overhaul and, as its recent trailer will attest, it's genuinely remarkable just how different No Man's Sky looks. Its massively improved lighting engine, better atmospheric effects, and significantly increased draw distances, alongside a gorgeous new cloud rendering technology, improved textures, water, an optional new third-person camera, combine to create a much more nuanced aesthetic.

It certainly sounds like it'll be worth a look.

But is the PC optimisation any better?

I don't know. My personal hope is that I can play it in 1080p@60 without having to change the PS4 Pro's output settings.

jawafour wrote:
Octoroc wrote:...It certainly sounds like it'll be worth a look.

I forgot about this when posting in Peter Crisp's "hype" thread... I am hyped for this update! Roll on Tuesday!

What platform will you be playing it on Jawa?

I'm glad they finally seem to be coming out of the shadow that was cast around the games launch. For all that was said and done, NMS was never a "Bad" game, it was just horrendously mis-represented during its development (Which I never believe was intentional on the part of Murray) and I'm genuinely curious about potentially returning to it now that they've had time to add additional features and content. I'm glad they've stuck with it.

I'll wait for a sale, way too many games to play at mo.

Octoroc wrote:What platform will you be playing it on Jawa?

I'm on PS4 Pro, Octo. Only on a 1080p screen, though.

Cheeky Devlin wrote:I'm glad they finally seem to be coming out of the shadow that was cast around the games launch. For all that was said and done, NMS was never a "Bad" game, it was just horrendously mis-represented during its development (Which I never believe was intentional on the part of Murray) and I'm genuinely curious about potentially returning to it now that they've had time to add additional features and content. I'm glad they've stuck with it.

Total agreement, CD. I can't think of too many games that have been as well supported - for free - since launch.

jawafour wrote:
Octoroc wrote:What platform will you be playing it on Jawa?

I'm on PS4 Pro, Octo. Only on a 1080p screen, though.

1080p@60 is the best way to play it.

I'm up for some co-op japes if you are.

I haven't touch the game since launch so, I'll probably pop it in to see what changes has happened. The trailer got me interested but I'm taking it with a pinch of salt.

Octoroc wrote:I'm up for some co-op japes if you are.

That sounds cool, Octo. I haven't played the game for many months now... I'll need to reacquaint myself with the controls and mechanisms :-) .

jawafour wrote:
Octoroc wrote:I'm up for some co-op japes if you are.

That sounds cool, Octo. I haven't played the game for many months now... I'll need to reacquaint myself with the controls and mechanisms .

It's not rocket science.

Big ol' in-depth review with Sean Murray here. Contrary to Hello Games' previous methods, he actually opens up to a whole load of issues:

We, at launch, I think did the right thing, even though it wasn't ideal. We did the right thing I think in just focusing on development. But it feels kind of wrong to [be] almost neglectful of that community, right? To to have a million people playing your game one day and you're not saying anything to them? And then you leave them for a year you're not really talking to them?

And we're changing what we're doing. After the release of Next, we're going to start communicating directly with the community loads more, and we're going to start dropping weekly content, weekly community missions and rewards and stuff like that. Really catering to them, which is something we've always wanted to do, but it just didn't feel like we could.

https://waypoint.vice.com/en_us/article ... ptwitterus

DLed the game again to give it a quick shot before the NEXT update and it's still not gelling for me. It's too slow, too empty and too relaxed to make for an interesting experience. BUT, I definitely understand the attraction. It's a beautiful game, and I get the appeal. I just wish I could experience it :cry:

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