Is there something about No Man's Sky I'm missing that's making people act extra stupid? I know it's a console exclusive but hot damn it's like Trump held a rally inside and a WWE match at the same time and Chik Fila was catering.
People's imaginations ran wild and filled in the blanks for what the game was, while not understanding that what we saw in the trailers
WAS the big draw. A no loading screen transition from walking on a planet, jumping into a spaceship to zipping around in outer space and back to another planet.
The hype somehow morphed into "EVERYTHING: THE GAME" according the dumbass Sony stans and people on reddit. There isn't a main campaign or even a story. There aren't robust dialogue trees or romance options. Base building was never in the game and this isn't like Civilization: Beyond Earth where you're creating space colonies. It isn't an MMO and it doesn't have PvP or co-op. It isn't even really a space sim like Elite. It is a Make Your Own Space Adventure via exploring frontier planets and star systems. And try not to die along the way. That is the entire hook-seeing another planet in the sky and knowing it isn't just a flat background on a skybox but that you can actually go there to look around, likely to explore a planet no one else has ever seen or will ever see. The universe in No Man's Sky isn't technically infinite, but for all intents and purposes is it essentially endless exploration. That is what makes the game interesting.
Will No Man's Sky be engaging for more than a few hours? Will the procedural generation be varied enough to keep things interesting? Fuck if I know. It might end up with a 65 on Metacritic and pretty grindy, but unlike the unhinged fanbase I do have a clear understanding of what the game is and why I'm buying it. The other side of the fence is ravenous to see the game fail. I just want to fly around in space and enjoy my synth playlist.
I've been watching the various NMS streams for days, and from everything I've seen, it's exactly what I'd hoped it would be. People who thought this was going to be more than an exploratory/light survival game built it up in their heads way too much.
Pretty much.
