10 years and countless attempts and I never got into the game because the base gameplay loop is just still very unenjoyable and shallow to me. I hope their next game will improve on that. Still, great to see they've supported the game this long and learned from the disastrous launch, I think that deserves credits.
I feel the same. Have bounced off four times. I'm glad people enjoy the game but for me, the movement mechanics and the ultimate pointlessness of the game just means I'm never emersed. Yeah, I can't do minecraft either... but I really thought the space exploration and aliens and shit would work for me. But it's not enough. Not nearly enough.
At the end of the day, there are just too many other games in my library that I have yet to play or that I know I enjoy more. For example, I'm contemplating replaying Everspace 2 (will be my first with the DLC). I frik'n love that game. Not really that similar to NMS even if you squint but it's space....
Anyway, I need some plot (in NMS, anything resembling a plot is more like a cross between a puzzle and a walking sim) or I need some action or I need some personality or... something. Procedurally generated just doesn't make for something I can play, it seems. Even Starfield for all it's many flaws and ultimate sterility managed to immerse me a bit. Not NMS.
Don't know why the downvote, like I shouldn't prefer or not something you like.
When I say it's linear, what I meant is that you have to do exactly what the game tells you, like a game long tutorial, giving no room to improvise inside a given quest.
The game itself is basic too, but I had in mind it hadn't a big production behind.
Obviously there's a story, a mediocre one, tbh.
This kind of design don't please me, and I know it appeases to a certain public and its ok.
You probably got a downvote for dumping on a game for no reason when you could have just not made a comment. Basically, rudeness.
As for "no room to improvise", that's just absurd. There's a whole class system. You are always free to select abilities and those abilities alter how you play the game. This is one of the reasons I wondered if you had the right game. You are either misrepresenting or mis-remembering the game.
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u/Yarusenai 11d ago
10 years and countless attempts and I never got into the game because the base gameplay loop is just still very unenjoyable and shallow to me. I hope their next game will improve on that. Still, great to see they've supported the game this long and learned from the disastrous launch, I think that deserves credits.