No Mans Sky vs Astroneer

[Faded]

Whats better, why?

whats better to chill with?

[Suzaku]

NMS has a lot more stuff to do, but really has no goal in the end. Advancing your available tech is typically super easy, so it feels less rewarding to obtain things.

Astroneer has a more linear upgrade path as you improve your terrain deformation technology. There is an end goal, though getting there mainly involves doing the same thing like 7 times.

Both games are pretty chill and fun in their own ways. Even after all I've typed, I feel they're fairly different enough that they don't compare well. They're each their own game.

[Anga Hakuna]

I prefer free exploration and "make your own adventure" type play on a bazillion worlds, so of the two I prefer No Man's Sky, but they are different games. I also prefer the graphics in No Man's Sky, but that's not really related to the play style.

[Mr. Bufferlow]

I could never really get into Astroneer. The whole tether thing just felt wrong, and the graphical style turned me off. It may be a great game but based on my 15 minutes of play it never caught my interest.

[MP]

Couldn't you have found a less biased place to ask the question?

[japp_02]

How is Astroneer in single player please? Thanks.

[Jalore]

Astroneer is in my wishlist, so am curious about astroneer and how it plays. but picked up Empyrion - Galactic Survival as a part of steams winter sale. it reminds me of nms but with a different feel so far.

[Faded]

Originally posted by Anga Hakuna:

I prefer free exploration and "make your own adventure" type play on a bazillion worlds, so of the two I prefer No Man's Sky, but they are different games. I also prefer the graphics in No Man's Sky, but that's not really related to the play style.

yeah i think i will get this.

[Anga Hakuna]

Originally posted by Mr. Bufferlow:

... the graphical style turned me off.

Yeah. Me too. It reminds me of a plastic kids toy set.

[Johnny in the Clouds]

Originally posted by MihaP:

Couldn't you have found a less biased place to ask the question?

LOL

... But No Man's Sky is infinitely better. Quite literally. :D

[Zep Tepi]

NMS is much better than Astroneer.

I played Astroneer earlier in its development, before they removed storms and before they made the controls wonky. They took a step backward IMO. Even then it was difficult to find a reason to visit all the planets. Instead of giving me a compelling motivation, they just added more stuff to craft and an annoying way to research them. The current reason of putting that giant alien thing together is not very compelling, just an excuse to make you do stuff. I actually think the art style is charming, so that's not my reason.

Empyrion was fun, but admittedly I haven't played it recently. I think they've made a lot of changes since I last got into it. It also suffered the problem of having a limited reason to go to other planets. Combat is better in Empyrion both on ground and in the air. The base and ship building were much better than NMS too, but planetary design, economy and alien interaction are better in NMS.

Thumbs down to Astroneer, while Empyrion and NMS do different things well.

[Nicodemus]

Would Elite Dangerous be a more fair comparison? Although I believe it is pure pvp.

[Brew]

For Elite Dangerous, in "open", pvp is not optional. But you can play it solo (only you) and in a private group instance too (only invitees). I never play it in open. NMS and ED are pretty different. E.g. no building in ED, no visiting planets with life (bio signals hardly count), and no getting out of your ship (until the Odyssey expansion later this year). ED is more complex and sim-like; NMS is very casual.

[Солевой Кот.]

astroneer one love :D

[midori]

Originally posted by japp_02:

How is Astroneer in single player please? Thanks.

Like NMS. You can play with a friend (or more) through steam invitations. But there is no public multiplayer so far, if that's what you mean.


BTW: I honestly prefer this game, but I astroneer is also good game if you want some "relaxing" game with an hidden grind which reminds me of the early NMS builds.

[SpankingNuns]

I think you'll find Astroneer to be a fun simplified interpretation of NMS, while you find NMS to be the "original." That's not to say that one is objectively worse, its much more a matter of personal opinion.

Astroneer has basically the same exact story, and progression; thematically and aesthetically its very similar; as i said, its just simpler and its really up to what your style is.