No Mans Sky dumbed down Exploring

[crazycupmuffin]

For a game thats main focus is on exploration. They did one heck of a job, taking as much of the exploring part away from the game.

Every planet I go to, I might need fuel, or food, or whatever resource I may require. Now.........the one tincy wincy little problem I have here is.................they bang way points absolutely everywhere! On everything! Immediately defeating the exploring part of the game altogether.................................................
Why? Why do all game developers do this? 'Oh our games coming together nicely........but screw it.........let's bang out waypoints everywhere like theres no tomorrow!' Why, why oh why?

So now the gamer is left with a join the dots style game.
''Oh, I need this stuff. Let's explore. Oh wait no, it's clearly marked out exactly where it is with all those coloured waypoints. Guess i'll just walk straight ♥♥♥♥ing to it then''. :(

Sorry but this isn't going to hold most peoples attentions for long. Imagine playing even minecraft, ♥♥♥♥ing MINECRAFT!..........ok.............now imagine everytime you needed ore or whatever tat you are looking for, you just need to click what you are looking for.........AND BOOOOOMM!!! Up comes waypoints to all the ♥♥♥♥ing ore or coal or whatever the fudge you want!!!! I guarantee you the game would not be half as successful as it is today. Because that exploring, is a major part of the fun. EXPLORATION. No Mans Sky is an exploration game, with exploration removed.

[GHSTproject]

if you dont want waypoints, dont use the scanner and hf !

[crazycupmuffin]

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This actually annoys me far more than the multiplayer argument ever did. OP deserves a cookie.

Thank you. I don't think a lot of people realize it. But they will be fed up with this within a fortnight. It's just not exciting to follow the dots.

[ShivaNata]

Don't scan and you can flail around in the dark to your hearts content.

[ShivaNata]

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let begin

terraria > ore detector yes
starbound > ore detector yes
grav > ore detector yes
planet explorer > ore detector yes
ark survivor > ore detector yes
portal knight > ore detector yes
and the list go on and on and on and on
no one like to keep looking for gold ores during 4 hours and find nothing

I don't play those. And apparently a small title called Minecraft had and has no problem with it according to how many people play it.

Not comparable to minecraft except on a very superficial level.

[SpecOp Clergy]

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The waypoints in streams were bothering me as well. I am hoping there is a way to turn those off. Also the time to beacon counters...

Based on some of the criticisms I read, I think one of the best things the devs could do for the longevity of this game is allow some custom gameplay options, such as settings that disable waypoints, decrease the occurrence of minerals, or increases the aggressivness of animals and pirates. Allow the player to fine-tune the experience for himself, even if we can only do it for our own offline galaxy.

[crazycupmuffin]

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I don't play those. And apparently a small title called Minecraft had and has no problem with it according to how many people play it.

Not comparable to minecraft except on a very superficial level.

Thats not my point. My point is, minecrafts success is in it's exploration, as much as it's building.
In this it has been touted as an exploration game. Yet every stream, literally every one, people just follow the dots. How is that engaging or fun?

[crazycupmuffin]

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The waypoints in streams were bothering me as well. I am hoping there is a way to turn those off. Also the time to beacon counters...

Based on some of the criticisms I read, I think one of the best things the devs could do for the longevity of this game is allow some custom gameplay options, such as settings that disable waypoints, decreases the occurrence of minerals, or increases the aggressivness of animals and pirates. Allow the player to fine-tune the experience for himself, even if we can only do it for our own offline galaxy.

+1

[crazycupmuffin]

Every stream, 'Welcome back guys it's me, >some youtube A-holes name inserted here<!
And now we are back in No Mans Sky. Just before we left off in the last episode we found out we needed to go explore for some iron. So lets get right into it, and go out and g...........oh it's right there on the waypoint............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................tumbleweed rolls by..............................................................................

[(ZX-S) sceptre]

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let begin

terraria > ore detector yes
starbound > ore detector yes
grav > ore detector yes
planet explorer > ore detector yes
ark survivor > ore detector yes
portal knight > ore detector yes
and the list go on and on and on and on
no one like to keep looking for gold ores during 4 hours and find nothing

Not to jump way off topic buy out of theses games which are the best.

[Xyzzy]

exploring, so can you walk, run. jump? does each planet have different gravity and atmosphere?

[phadin]

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Escrito originalmente por IG-88:

let begin

terraria > ore detector yes
starbound > ore detector yes
grav > ore detector yes
planet explorer > ore detector yes
ark survivor > ore detector yes
portal knight > ore detector yes
and the list go on and on and on and on
no one like to keep looking for gold ores during 4 hours and find nothing

Not to jump way off topic buy out of theses games which are the best.

I would recommend Terraria first and Starbound second, though mostly because I've actually played and enjoyed those. Terraria is the oldest, almost as old as Mincraft, and thus one of the more robust experiences out there. It has a clear progression both in terms of ore and equipment as well as progress through the game and it's bosses. It has been refered to by some as the 2D version of Minecraft.

Starbound I haven't played much in it's current incarnation (it got out of Early Access and into full release a couple of months ago) but I was enjoying it even back when it was still very early access a couple years ago. It's also similar to Terraria, plus multiple planets and a spaceship to expand as a mobile base.

[(ZX-S) sceptre]

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Not to jump way off topic buy out of theses games which are the best.

I would recommend Terraria first and Starbound second, though mostly because I've actually played and enjoyed those. Terraria is the oldest, almost as old as Mincraft, and thus one of the more robust experiences out there. It has a clear progression both in terms of ore and equipment as well as progress through the game and it's bosses. It has been refered to by some as the 2D version of Minecraft.

Starbound I haven't played much in it's current incarnation (it got out of Early Access and into full release a couple of months ago) but I was enjoying it even back when it was still very early access a couple years ago. It's also similar to Terraria, plus multiple planets and a spaceship to expand as a mobile base.

Thanks for the response.

[Xyzzy]

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exploring, so can you walk, run. jump? does each planet have different gravity and atmosphere?

Thanks buddy for taking the time to respond.

well can you? (oh you wanted reply to your offtopic bit, dunno I was talking ontopic Op.

[NamelessPlayer]

The worlds are empty and meaningless, the last thing they want is for you to stay in the same planet for too long and realize how shallow the game is.

[Xostean]

You can avoid 110% of what you just described OP by simply just never using the scanner.

The visor for discovering stuff and the ore scanner are 2 different things, just delete the scanner and never use it.

Problem solved