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If you like ED and haven’t already you should check out No Mans Sky, the devs botched the launch but as of 2019 they’ve delivered nearly everything they did pro

If you like ED and haven’t already you should check out No Mans Sky, the devs botched the launch but as of 2019 they’ve delivered nearly everything they did promise and some stuff they didn’t, next up is VR. It feels like a living universe, planets are varied and wild, the creatures are inventive, as are the vehicles, you can build bases, Terra from areas, plant crops etc, it’s a really relaxing game.

jdc0589 7y ago
starter playing recently, and it's been a lot of fun. it's what I was missing in Elite. that said, of you love Elite for it's fantastic flight mechanics, you probably won't love No Man's Sky, at least not for the same reasons anyway.
- HenryBemis 7y ago
  I remember playing Elite back in the DOS years, that made me go buy a PS4 and try NMS. After a disappointed start I phased it out. I know thaat now the games is miles ahead of what it set out to be on the original launch, but that shit has sailed for me. Now I got a PS4 collecting dust because of that (not much of a gamer anyway). If I read that NMS drops some major-mega-big-update I may start it deom scratch.
monk_e_boy 7y ago
Me and the kids played for hours, but there were some parts that were far too frustrating. I often ran out of those stupid red crystals and couldn't find any on the planet. So I'd be stuck there for hours and hours just dying and looking for them. Also, the story/UI were confusing as hell, I could never remember what was going on, who I was friends with, where I was going next. Overall, a confusing and boring game.
indigochill 7y ago
>you can build bases, Terra from areas, plant crops etc This reminds me of the same confusion I had with Starbound: why do I have all these features that require me to settle down in one place to get the most from them when the game wants me to explore the far reaches of space? These things seem to pull in opposite directions. Starbound at least lets you put a teleporter in your base so you can always return quickly no matter where in the universe you are.
- dunnevens 7y ago
  In NMS, you can teleport to your base(s) from any starbase, and teleport back again. You can also purchase a freighter and use it as a customizable mobile base. There's no requirement to have a base of any sort. If you want to be purely nomadic with just a small ship, you can. But, bases are fun to build and design. Provides a solid income if you want it. From a psychological point of view, it's also nice to have a place to call home in the midst of a vast and nearly infinite universe.
  - noir_lord 7y ago
    Indeed and you use the portals to jump to planets with resources that you need frequently (or in my case to a planet I named Boneyard that seems to have an absurd amount of ancient bones and blind sentinels). It's a very flexible play structure.

jdc0589 7y ago

starter playing recently, and it's been a lot of fun. it's what I was missing in Elite. that said, of you love Elite for it's fantastic flight mechanics, you probably won't love No Man's Sky, at least not for the same reasons anyway.

HenryBemis 7y ago
I remember playing Elite back in the DOS years, that made me go buy a PS4 and try NMS. After a disappointed start I phased it out. I know thaat now the games is miles ahead of what it set out to be on the original launch, but that shit has sailed for me. Now I got a PS4 collecting dust because of that (not much of a gamer anyway). If I read that NMS drops some major-mega-big-update I may start it deom scratch.

monk_e_boy 7y ago

Me and the kids played for hours, but there were some parts that were far too frustrating. I often ran out of those stupid red crystals and couldn't find any on the planet. So I'd be stuck there for hours and hours just dying and looking for them. Also, the story/UI were confusing as hell, I could never remember what was going on, who I was friends with, where I was going next. Overall, a confusing and boring game.

indigochill 7y ago

>you can build bases, Terra from areas, plant crops etc This reminds me of the same confusion I had with Starbound: why do I have all these features that require me to settle down in one place to get the most from them when the game wants me to explore the far reaches of space? These things seem to pull in opposite directions. Starbound at least lets you put a teleporter in your base so you can always return quickly no matter where in the universe you are.

dunnevens 7y ago
In NMS, you can teleport to your base(s) from any starbase, and teleport back again. You can also purchase a freighter and use it as a customizable mobile base. There's no requirement to have a base of any sort. If you want to be purely nomadic with just a small ship, you can. But, bases are fun to build and design. Provides a solid income if you want it. From a psychological point of view, it's also nice to have a place to call home in the midst of a vast and nearly infinite universe.
- noir_lord 7y ago
  Indeed and you use the portals to jump to planets with resources that you need frequently (or in my case to a planet I named Boneyard that seems to have an absurd amount of ancient bones and blind sentinels). It's a very flexible play structure.