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Alonso7770 has No Man's Sky

Apr 5, 2024 @ 7:39am

The game needs on foot combat against humanoids

Imagine enter a pirate ship and have to fight your way to the captain or be able to free a small settlement from pirates on a planet. There is so much potential.

Edit: Lol, what's with all the hate, some people is having a mental breake down because I suggested shooting a bunch of pixels.

Last edited by Alonso7770; Apr 5, 2024 @ 12:49pm

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Originally posted by momopovich:

Originally posted by nul:
I'd like to see the game start more casual, then as you progress towards the center of the galaxy, or proceed to a new galaxy, then everything starts to scale up. Cause right now, once you have the answer to a problem (strong enough multi-tool for sentinels, high enough manoeuvrability on your ship to be able to hit space pirates, enough jetpack to leave a planet, enough hazard protection to forget the feature exists, etc), then those things are just no longer problems for the rest of the game.

Combat is always skipable in NMS, you can reach a safe location or just save/reload and avoid any fight. I believe thats a philosophy HG intends to keep for the game and i think its perfectly fine.

Imo the 2 things missing in ground combat are :

-good weapons, fun and satisfying to use.
Better aiming sight animation, scopes, better range, lower recoil etc. Current weapons are just horrible.

-better movement. Jetpack jumps are clunky AF, slow moving and shooting sentinel bots are mindnumbingly boring.

The next part would be more diverse enemies with better physics, but a better movemnt and aiming feeling would be a start.

For space combat : either slowing down everyones speed or increasing the players turning speed. Keeping the visor on target without auto follow is effectively impossible because the camera is slower than the enemy ships, which makes a very crappy gameplay. Auto follow is really a boring workaround for the messy control and speed imbalance.
But i have to say space combat is a bit better than on foot still.

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Dirak2012

Apr 5, 2024 @ 7:44am

Most likely, the game won't add humanoid enemies.

MrBlonde[GER] has No Man's Sky

Apr 5, 2024 @ 7:55am

Originally posted by Alonso7770:
The game needs on foot combat against humanoids

Nope.

Spocks Toupee has No Man's Sky

Apr 5, 2024 @ 8:18am

What Humanoids are you finding you have to "On Foot Combat" against?

Jaggid Edje has No Man's Sky

Apr 5, 2024 @ 8:20am

Originally posted by Spocks Toupee:
What Humanoids are you finding you have to "On Foot Combat" against?

There have been a few Gek I wanted to shoot.

Zak

Apr 5, 2024 @ 8:20am

Originally posted by Alonso7770:
The game needs on foot combat against humanoids

No, it does not. Play a game that has "on foot combat against humanoids". Last time I checked there were lots of games like that.

ItzaLaggin has No Man's Sky

Apr 5, 2024 @ 8:25am

Originally posted by Alonso7770:
Imagine enter a pirate ship and have to fight your way to the captain or be able to free a small settlement from pirates on a planet. There is so much potential.

some people are set in their ways lol....neat idea tho, also why cant we train the settlement inhabitants to defend themselves lol...vykeen running away doesnt make sense..

Spocks Toupee has No Man's Sky

Apr 5, 2024 @ 8:42am

Originally posted by Alonso7770:
Imagine enter a pirate ship and have to fight your way to the captain or be able to free a small settlement from pirates on a planet. There is so much potential.

Nah, What Quake, Half-Life, Skyrim and Doom need is Space Exploration, Base Building, and Ship Building.

Lindy Bomber has No Man's Sky

Apr 5, 2024 @ 8:43am

I don't like shooting people.

gNg

Apr 5, 2024 @ 8:46am

Originally posted by ItzaLaggin:
Originally posted by Alonso7770:
Imagine enter a pirate ship and have to fight your way to the captain or be able to free a small settlement from pirates on a planet. There is so much potential.
some people are set in their ways lol....neat idea tho, also why cant we train the settlement inhabitants to defend themselves lol...vykeen running away doesnt make sense..

And some people are so set in their ways they can't grasp the concept of a game that isn't all about combat.

PakaNoHida has No Man's Sky

Apr 5, 2024 @ 9:31am

Originally posted by Alonso7770:
Imagine enter a pirate ship and have to fight your way to the captain or be able to free a small settlement from pirates on a planet. There is so much potential.

No thanks, but I do encourage you to make your own game with this idea.

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UncreativelyNamed has No Man's Sky

Apr 5, 2024 @ 9:41am

Plenty of games out there where you can kill people to your heart's content. If you want a "spacey" one, there's Starfield, for instance. How 'bout we have one game -- Just one! -- where you don't have to kill anything if you don't want to? Oh wait! We do! It's called No Man's Sky. So how 'bout we leave just that one alone, OK?

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SoloQ

Apr 5, 2024 @ 10:01am

biggest complaint i've ever had with this game is the lack of combat, now there is combat in this game but it just doesn't ever feel very weighty. over the years it's gotten better and expanded in this area, but still just lacking over all.

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esturias

Apr 5, 2024 @ 10:06am

An update to combat would be nice, but no need for a space CoD.

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Idaho

Apr 5, 2024 @ 10:09am

Originally posted by PakaNoHida:
Originally posted by Alonso7770:
Imagine enter a pirate ship and have to fight your way to the captain or be able to free a small settlement from pirates on a planet. There is so much potential.

No thanks, but I do encourage you to make your own game with this idea.

Star Citizen already exists and has extensive combat scenarios like this already.

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