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Edited by Zaki Greenmiles: 12/10/2013 3:33:52 AM
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No man's sky

Some people around internet says that this game is like Destiny, but more open. [url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5FehgXeVPY]Here's what is about the game[/url]. What you think? This game looks awesome, 10/10, would play.

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  • I think [url=http://indiestatik.com/2013/12/08/procedural-generation/]this article[/url] sums up my thoughts very well. Procedural generation can be great. But if you procedurally generate everything, it can really get bland. In a handcrafted environment, every space is designed to be played in. In a game like Destiny, you can be assured that every environment is uniquely crafted by artists and level designers who have spent a lot of time thinking how to make every individual environment fun and interesting, both in terms of play and in terms of aesthetics. Procedurally generated environments in contrast are inherently [i]random[/i]. There are certain parameters given to the engine based on which the environments are built, but other than that you never really know what you get. Anyone who has played Minecraft knows what this leads to. The exploration is fun at first, but after a while it gets bland. Even though you have mathematically infinite possibilities, all the game does is repeat the same things over and over again. Once in a while you may get something awesome, like a huge cave with sunlight coming from the above and creating an underground tree in the cave, but most of the time you just get completely uninteresting random formations, hills and valleys as far as eye can see. With the randomness, the spaces really aren't designed to be played in. There has been no human putting all their effort into making it visually appealing. There has been no human placing objects in strategic spots to make it interesting to play. There has just been an algorithm crunching sets of parameters and generating objects and features at random. The quality of whatever you get is not tested by anyone. No one has played there and concluded it's a fun environment. There hasn't been countless iterations trying to make it as good as possible. Procedural generation is all about quantity over quality. The main point of a procedurally generated game has to be somewhere else than in exploration. The quality of the content isn't high enough. Minecraft has the building aspect to it, the ability to modify the environment to your liking. As someone who has spent a fair amount of time playing Minecraft, I never really bother to go exploring anymore because I know that 99% of that time will be spent in completely uninteresting places. What's the point if I already know what I'm going to get? So, what do I think about No Man's Sky? It's certainly an interesting concept, but I've learned that quality is more important than quantity. If you don't have the manpower and time to handcraft huge environments, going completely with procedural generation instead of just making a smaller game is quite a risky move.

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    • I hope they make a Battlefront MMO

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    • No mans sky and destiny are 2 way different games...

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    • Does anybody know if this will be next gen consoles?

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      • Guys, by the way, for who wants know the song name, is this one^

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      • Sounds like a lot of gamers are burned out on just FPS and exploration is starting to sound good to them. The Occulus Rift might be a nice match with this one.

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        • Looks nice as -blam!-. But everything is too damn colourful!

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        • To be completely honest, I really don't like the look of the game. I mean, the concept, and the gameplay looks great, especially for only a 4 man team. But for ME, the way the game looks does not appeal to me.

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        • looks very similar to destiny at face value, but definitely has more focus on exploring ALL of space, rather than what we know of space so far.

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        • Anyone who says it looks like Destiny has never heard of Wing Commander. I hope we're not going through another phase of "(insert Sci-fi game here) looks like Halo!" with Destiny.

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          • Edited by MoReCoWbELLx2x1: 12/10/2013 4:55:21 PM
            I need to see more before I make judgement. Any game can look good when they have a certain part of it and you only see that part that is scripted.

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          • The only similarity between this and Destiny is spaceships. Looks amazing though.

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            • It looks what would happen if Star Trek and minecraft had a child.

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              • Looks meh

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              • How can you rate it a 10/10 we barely know anything about it

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                • It seems to just focus on exploring, which I love, I just hope there is lore.

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                  • Looks damn promising. This game is definitely one that I am now watching very closely.

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                  • How could it be good if I've never heard of it outside of B.net?

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                    • There was already like 3 thread like this. Honestly looks absolutely nothing like destiny

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