No Man's Sky

[Mr. Adventure]

It's a Bluray disc.

And?
Have you ever installed a game from that just worked out of the box without downloading something? Granted, I'm being a bit facetious about it just being a small installer but doesn't feel far from the truth sometimes.

For example, Driveclub on PS4 has had 12.1 GB of updates.

 

[intrinsical]

And?
Have you ever installed a game from that just worked out of the box without downloading something?

Yes. Just to name a few... Star Trek: A Final Unity, Ultima IV, Leisure Suit Larry.

 

[Owain Taggart]

It's finished...
Gold meant the software was put on a gold layered master-Disc for mass-copying...

Yep, and there used to be a website tracking these things.

 

[Mr. Adventure]

Yep, and there used to be a website tracking these things.

Oh yeah, gonegold.com IIRC.

 

[Owain Taggart]

Oh yeah, gonegold.com IIRC.

Yep, that's the one! Run by a former police officer, which eventually had a spinoff site for consoles.

 

[JD]

I've been very intrigued by this one since I first heard about it. I've been dying for a good space game for a while, and it looks this is one that could finally take care of that.

 

[James Swallow]

Couple of new trailers here:

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[Ronald Held]

Any new PC trailers?

 

[James Swallow]

And another...

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[Jono]

I'll be interested to see how it reviews. I still have big concerns about whether or not this game will be actually fun.

 

[James Swallow]

Last of the "guide" videos...

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[SPCTRE]

I'm aboard they hype train now

CHOO CHOO

 

[Robert Maxwell]

Not gonna buy this right away but it's only a matter of time. Looks great!

 

[Ronald Held]

Wondering whether to download it on release, or wait a week?

 

[SPCTRE]

PC release has been delayed, glad I preordered on PS4

 

[Ronald Held]

12th is not a good sign if continual delays.

 

[intrinsical]

I've been watching live feeds of people playing the game.. The gameplay looks boring. The majority of it is spent scrounging on planets for stuff to replenish, fix or build your gear.

 

[SPCTRE]

well, it is one of those games - what exactly were you expecting?

 

[Rincewiend]

There will be a big-ass patch day one, so all of those people who got the game early...
They have to restart all over again to get the most out of it...

 

[intrinsical]

well, it is one of those games - what exactly were you expecting?

I'm saying from what I have seen, there's literally too much scrounging needed just to stay alive.

Your multitool has about 50 charges. Life support and thermal protection are separate systems and both are depleted with about 10 minutes of use. The gun runs out of energy after taking down 1 opponent, and opponents usually come in swarms of 3 or more. Hyperdrive is depleted after every jump. Ship shields go down mid-fight. The fix in every single case is recharge the gear with resources you're carrying. Coupled with the minuscule inventory, which seems to be anywhere from 5 to 8 slots means that you're constantly on planets scrounging, constantly juggling your limited inventory.