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No Man’s Sky soars again as new update prompts biggest discount yet (www.pcgamesn.com)

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[–] kat_angstrom@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I've got +1700hrs in it. I promise you there's lots to do, it's just a super chill non-linear game. It's okay that it's not your thing, but there is a reason that it's had so many free updates and maintains a consistent player base after so many years:

'cuz it's good, if you're into it.

[–] TheOctonaut@mander.xyz 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Well I've definitely given it a fair go.

It's had so many free updates because it is a visual game and so every reason to make a new trailer is new marketing. Every trailer is 3 second jump cuts of something visually interesting. Ocassionally giving away that the gameplay is still "aim the same tool that does the same thing at a rock, plant or creature until a number goes up in the ship. Use the bigger number in the ship to improve how high the number is allowed to go in the ship. Use the ship to get to a new rock, plant or creature. Oh and learn words?" I just genuinely do not understand what people are getting from it. Maybe there's a plateau in the point in the game I'm at and I am simply another 4 hours of pointing at rocks, plants and creatures until I unlock the fun, but I am old. I don't have time to unlock the fun. To be fair I've never been the grinding sort.

And I'm definitely into "explore space and build things in a non-story, non-linear way"

OK Lemmy's being weird but here is where the screenshot of 2500 hours in Kerbal Space Program goes.