What a lame game..

[PlayL4D2!]

I only bought the game now, because of the upcoming "multiplayer", and because players seem to claim it's now a good game.

Well, if it's NOW a good game, I don't wanna know how the game used to be.

First I spend my time re-configuring the game, to quickly realize it's another console port... defaulting to nauseous framerate & everything.. Ok I reconfig my keys (except "jump" in vehicle that you can't reconfig, I assume that's the first bug) because I'm a numpad player. Obviously like all bad ports, I'm still forced to reach some unbindable keys in the middle of my keyboard. Then I think that it's not a bad thing that it's a console game afterall, that I will be slowly guided by a tutorial of some sort.

Well.. I wander around on a planet, slowly losing my energy because the planet is ♥♥♥♥♥♥. I then get attacked by the planet's guardian pods or something (had I not watched Youtubes on this game before, I wouldn't even know what they are). I kill 5 and they stop bothering me.. why? Is that part of the tutorial?
Anyway, the game wants "heridium", it's nowhere to be found. I don't even know if the scanning tool is supposed to show it to me, so I google (again) to find what "heridium" looks like. I find something that looks like it (not thanks to the scanner that doesn't even see it..) but no, that's "iridium". I then wander around looking for "hedirium" until I just die, because.. ♥♥♥♥♥♥ planet is acid or something (& none of the stuff to refill my energy is available around. There's titanium and EVERYTHING else is iron)..

That's just boring.
Had the game started right inside a working ship, instead of on a random ♥♥♥♥♥♥ planet, that would already be much better. Well I HOPE the game gets better once you leave your ♥♥♥♥♥♥ planet.


Edit: seriously this game is crap. It could just TELL why I constantly lose life, there is no apparent reason. I got inside one of those shelter pods and was still losing "life support" constantly. And the stuff that's needed to recharge it is just nowhere to be found.

[JTracx]

Sorry if you didn’t mean that all to be funny but..... you made me laugh!
Thank you.

[Faceplant]

Are you playing in normal mode or survival? You should start in normal.

The game can be unforgiving at the beginning sometimes, but it should walk you through what you need to know if you pay attention to the prompts. You need to build a signal booster to find heridium. Did you do that?

And, yes it gets better and much easier once you get to your ship.

[JTracx]

On my first attempt, everything was washed out like it was an extreme sunny/radioactive environment.
I kept struggling and actually got quite a way before I logged off.
The next day, I fired it up and....WHAT? Totally different graphics.
I quit & started over. Stupid GPU.
Try doing everything you did with radiation glaring off the screen. I was DESPERATE to get off that planet! And. Never. Go. Back.

[Burning Bubbles]

When your effort is so low you dont even repair your shio, much less restart.

[PlayL4D2!]

Originally posted by Faceplant8:

Are you playing in normal mode or survival? You should start in normal.

The game can be unforgiving at the beginning sometimes, but it should walk you through what you need to know if you pay attention to the prompts. You need to build a signal booster to find heridium. Did you do that?

And, yes it gets better and much easier once you get to your ship.

No, I read in the guide that I had to build a signal booster, but couldn't find where. I see several stuff to build behind the cog icons, but no signal booster. I checked the suit, the multitool & the ship, I don't even know what it belongs to.

And yes I'm playing "normal".

Another strange thing, I had reached a save point right before dying for lack of "life support". Strangely I get restored with full health, and this time my "life support" does not lower for no apparent reason anymore.

[Faceplant]

I use a controller, so I don't know what keyboard key you use to bring up the menu to build it, but there's a video on this page that shows building it:

https://nomanssky.gamepedia.com/Signal_Booster

[JTracx]

"Z" for Booster (& manual save thing), "X" for other features. Use "Q" & "E" to side scroll.
It's a good idea to get used to using this quick menu because it will come in very hand in battle (restore shields, health, weapon xharge, etc).

Edit:
Scan everything.
Many things have a secondary element that you will only get if you first scan it.
Rocks often have small amounts of T9 & Zinc. Not much but hopefully enough to keep you alive.
You can also "bash" things if your weapon is empty.
Do not run. That drains your systems fast.
Learn to bash to move forward fast like as you hit jetpack.
Get under ground or overhangs to get out of environment.

[BonPadre]

Though... honnestly... if you bought it on the premise of

Originally posted by PlayL4D2!:

the upcoming "multiplayer", and because players seem to claim it's now a good game

You may be up for a treat... and join the line of the haters... because depending on what are your hopes for "multiplayer", that may fall flat (or not, again due to anyone's different expectations... and that's the issue... expectations...)

And in this forum, in many many posts asking if the game is good, we mostly answer YES for us players that like it BUT it's NOT everybody's game...

So if you are under 2h... just refund... honnestly... if you start like that, do that right now...

Now if you want to stick with the game, either follow Faceplant8 advice and learn the game on normal mode (understanding that survival and permadeath are not much more difficult, but use mostly more ressources for same actions), or watch at least a few YouTube vids about how to start properly.

I started since winter sales, and I enjoyed every minutes I played and I learned the game on survival... I restarted a few times understanding my failures, and not blaming the game, nor the game's mechanics, and learned from them.

Also some starts are easyer than some other, thanks to RNG, so I'm not ashamed that even after understanding a few early key points, I did also restarted just due to the starting planet. So don't be afraid to restart, specially since that's probably the best moment in the game... mid - late game when everything's under control is way quieter and not as exciting.

[PlayL4D2!]

Originally posted by Faceplant8:

I use a controller, so I don't know what keyboard key you use to bring up the menu to build it, but there's a video on this page that shows building it:

https://nomanssky.gamepedia.com/Signal_Booster

Even that looks pretty obscure to me, because nowhere in my UI it tells about "blueprints".

Either "blueprints" are "install technology" and then I'm not spotting any "signal booster" anywhere, or "blueprints" are stuff that are already present, and I'm still not finding it either, not in multitool, not in ship, not in exosuit. Is it a card that should already be present?
I'm pretty sure I've inspected everything on the ground outside the ship.

[MonkeyGamesVR]

Originally posted by JTracx:

Sorry if you didn’t mean that all to be funny but..... you made me laugh!
Thank you.

[Faceplant]

Originally posted by PlayL4D2!:

Originally posted by Faceplant8:

I use a controller, so I don't know what keyboard key you use to bring up the menu to build it, but there's a video on this page that shows building it:

https://nomanssky.gamepedia.com/Signal_Booster

Even that looks pretty obscure to me, because nowhere in my UI it tells about "blueprints".

Either "blueprints" are "install technology" and then I'm not spotting any "signal booster" anywhere, or "blueprints" are stuff that are already present, and I'm still not finding it either, not in multitool, not in ship, not in exosuit. Is it a card that should already be present?
I'm pretty sure I've inspected everything on the ground outside the ship.

You find it under the quick menu, which looks like you bring up with 'X' on the keyboard.

[JTracx]

I edited one of my posts with more info.
After I posted it, I saw 5 other commitments. Oops.

[PlayL4D2!]

Ah, so I was missing the "build menu".

Wtf are those "build" & "quick menus"??? That's the ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ console adaptation I have touched, seriously. Those "menus" don't seem to have a shortcut anywhere else, yet are fully required, and they are not mouse-friendly at all.
When I rebound my keys, I thought those were just shortcuts only needed to access things faster. This is totally a game designed around joypads and quickly patched for kb+mouse.
I thought that right-click popup menus were pretty much a standard these days.

[JTracx]

Originally posted by PlayL4D2!:

Ah, so I was missing the "build menu".

Wtf are those "build" & "quick menus"??? That's the ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ console adaptation I have touched, seriously. Those "menus" don't seem to have a shortcut anywhere else, yet are fully required, and they are not mouse-friendly at all.
When I rebound my keys, I thought those were just shortcuts only needed to access things faster. This is totally a game designed around joypads and quickly patched for kb+mouse.

More and more I'm thinking you will take BonPadre's advice...

[MonkeyGamesVR]

Originally posted by PlayL4D2!:

Ah, so I was missing the "build menu".

Wtf are those "build" & "quick menus"??? That's the ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ console adaptation I have touched, seriously. Those "menus" don't seem to have a shortcut anywhere else, yet are fully required, and they are not mouse-friendly at all.
When I rebound my keys, I thought those were just shortcuts only needed to access things faster. This is totally a game designed around joypads and quickly patched for kb+mouse.

I think u has to get use to the controles. Ive personaly have no issue with it yet and i used to hate playing with a controller, but there is no way around it for some games in vr at least...