24 July 2022

Why i HATE No Man's Sky

24 July 2022 · 9:55

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Summary

He skipped No Man’s Sky’s launch over cost and criticism, then tried its updated Game Pass version six years later. He admires seamless planet-to-orbit travel and the enormous procedurally generated galaxy, but finds planets barren, repetitive, lonely, and largely uninhabited. Gameplay is tedious mining, refining, excavating technology, and unlocking construction; despite building a wooden house, he finds progression shallow.

Insight

He again rejects novelty when repetitive mechanics outweigh impressive scale and freedom.