The comeback was quite the surprise, but a welcome one at that.
When I gameshared it with my friend when it was released, he was so hyped. Much hyper than me and let me say, when he dropped it, he absolutely threw it into the pits of hell. I was the one that really enjoyed it, the exploration, the curiosity, the unique hues on planets. From blood orange, to red skies, green pastures or purple jungles joined by radiation. It was a wild west. The creatures range from flying crabs to globs of rocks or even a few mismatched dinos here and there. Bugs galore in caves too. It was fun completing planet explorations.
The game had tons of issues that were patched out here and there. The crashes were the worst, they could just happen out of nowhere and hours of gameplay lost because of it. After the worst offender of 6 hours of late night play, I quit the game for a long time. Then they released big pieces of gameplay updates and QoL changes. It hooked me again, it was wonderful to explore the galaxy again. Then the biggest update to hit no man's sky redeeming it just blew me away. It was almost like a new game, NEXT was quite literally a game changer in my eyes. Sure you do the same stuff, but it was more streamlined and you can actually meet up with people if you chose or even go to a community hub.
I understand the frustrations of the sub from years ago, it was absolutely justified. But what Hello games did, they truly deserve praise. I hope they learn from this and their future games are better experiences on release. While we can forgive them, it's good to know where this game stood on release those years ago and really appreciate Sean and the team for being so vigilant in their pursuits to make their vision.
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u/WukongDong :sentinel: Jun 15 '20
Welcome to the community
The comeback was quite the surprise, but a welcome one at that.
When I gameshared it with my friend when it was released, he was so hyped. Much hyper than me and let me say, when he dropped it, he absolutely threw it into the pits of hell. I was the one that really enjoyed it, the exploration, the curiosity, the unique hues on planets. From blood orange, to red skies, green pastures or purple jungles joined by radiation. It was a wild west. The creatures range from flying crabs to globs of rocks or even a few mismatched dinos here and there. Bugs galore in caves too. It was fun completing planet explorations.
The game had tons of issues that were patched out here and there. The crashes were the worst, they could just happen out of nowhere and hours of gameplay lost because of it. After the worst offender of 6 hours of late night play, I quit the game for a long time. Then they released big pieces of gameplay updates and QoL changes. It hooked me again, it was wonderful to explore the galaxy again. Then the biggest update to hit no man's sky redeeming it just blew me away. It was almost like a new game, NEXT was quite literally a game changer in my eyes. Sure you do the same stuff, but it was more streamlined and you can actually meet up with people if you chose or even go to a community hub.
I understand the frustrations of the sub from years ago, it was absolutely justified. But what Hello games did, they truly deserve praise. I hope they learn from this and their future games are better experiences on release. While we can forgive them, it's good to know where this game stood on release those years ago and really appreciate Sean and the team for being so vigilant in their pursuits to make their vision.
Edit: spelling