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[Video game] No Man's Sky -- Open World Sci-Fi Adventure

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  1. KingCheetah

    KingCheetah Contributing Member

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    "No Man's Sky" Might Be Hitting the PS4 in June 2015- And It'll Take You 585 Billion Years to Complete It

    The buzz around "No Man's Sky" is enormous- the game doesn't even have a release date yet and, somehow, the entire gaming world is ready to take on this space exploration adventure.

    "No Man's Sky" might remind you of "Spore"- in that the player can explore infinite amounts of planets in space, all with their own ecosystems and inventive, procedurally-generated surroundings. The only difference being that "Spore" was kind of a disappointment, while "No Man's Sky" has the potential to be so much more.

    And hopefully, we'll remember it more fondly than most people do "Spore."

    Now, according to KpopStarz, we might just have a release date for "No Man's Sky." They're claiming that the game's Playstation 4 release date is sometime in June of 2015; however they're quick to add that the game's release date on Xbox One is still up in the air.

    And now for something to make that wait even more difficult- according to Techno Buffalo, the game is so massive that it would take so much time to beat that a single player couldn't do it in one lifetime.

    Or one hundred lifetimes.

    Or one million lifetimes.

    Seriously.

    They're getting their info from a Tweet from the official Playstation Twitter account, which claims the following ridiculous stat:

    "It'll take us 585 billion years to discover every planet in No Man's Sky on PS4"

    Considering most games tend to boast if they've got more than 15 hours of gameplay, 585 billion years' worth puts basically every other game in existence to shame.

    Let's hope that release date comes sooner rather than later-we'll barely have one lifetime to play as much "No Man's Sky" as possible.

    Check back soon for the latest news on "No Man's Sky," its release date and its several billion hours of gameplay.

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    #1 KingCheetah, Oct 26, 2014
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  3. KingCheetah

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    Looks like someone is getting a PS4.
     
    #3 KingCheetah, Oct 26, 2014
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    I hate these kinds of stupid claims. but it still looks promising

    <iframe width="560" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/nLtmEjqzg7M?rel=0&amp;showinfo=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
     
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  5. KingCheetah

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    ^ This looks like the type of game i've been waiting a long time to play.
     
    #5 KingCheetah, Oct 26, 2014
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    I don't trust the developer to deliver on gameplay but the game looks great artistically. Hopefully it works out because I love the concept.
     
    #6 Xsatyr, Oct 26, 2014
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    Sounds like repetitive gameplay on each of those randomly generated planets.
     
    #7 TheRealist137, Oct 26, 2014
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    I remember when Spore came out and had a similar hype. From nothing to everything. The game ended up being good, but simply couldn't live up to my hopes.

    This game sounds spectacular, but I simply don't expect it to what we want. Having said that, maybe games like this and Destiny are precursors to some other game that finally puts it all together.
     
    #8 sealclubber1016, Oct 26, 2014
  9. J Sizzle

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    This. Sounds cool in theory, but seems like it will lack substance, which is the same thing that plagued Destiny.
     
    #9 J Sizzle, Oct 26, 2014
  10. KingCheetah

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    <iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/CLcjvIQJns0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

    Gameplay.
     
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    As long as I don't have to mine one thing on each of 10,000 planets like in that Mass Effect game. That was ridiculous. Think there is a limit to how much discovery one is willing to do without a real reward for the effort. Think developers should focus more on cause and effect in their worlds. If I save a Kingdom then it and its people should evolve so I can go back and see how I'm making a difference.
     
    #11 PhiSlammaJamma, Apr 3, 2016
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    It just released for PS4 and will release for the PC on the 12th.
     
    #12 RedRedemption, Aug 9, 2016
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    Is this an Online only game?
     
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    No, in fact it supports multiplayer in theory only as the sandbox is so vast there is virtually zero chance of encountering a friend.
     
    #14 moestavern19, Aug 9, 2016
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    So basically i can play offline and the universe will randomize itself with other beings/exploring/trading/stealing etc? Computer will go explore planets as well?
     
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    I think you will have to be online, but it won't really feel like you are since you are unlikely to encounter another player.

    I read today there are something like 18 quintillion planets out in the NMS sandbox. Your main objective will be survival at first, but once you build up your resources and ship you can start exploring more.
     
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    Really wish I had a PS4 for this.
     
    #17 Two Sandwiches, Aug 9, 2016
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    This is kind of refraining me from buying this right away. Until there are some reviews after like 100hours of gameplay I may not buy it.

    Is this a survival first/only game and exploring is secondary to finding resources to survive or what Moe just listed(which I'm fine with). Pretty much if I have to constantly say/think, "crap I need xyz before I die" almost every couple minutes in the game it won't really appeal to me.
     
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    Yeah I read a review today that was talking about how it was annoying at first because of the constant need to keep replenishing resources, but apparently it gets better after a while and then you can focus more on exploration.
     
    #19 moestavern19, Aug 9, 2016
  20. Duncan McDonuts

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    I don't get the appeal of this game. Once you start exploring, what's the point? Just fly around to the next randomly generated planet with different models?
     
    #20 Duncan McDonuts, Aug 9, 2016
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