When the game get interesting?

[Sabadge]

Hey guys, when does the game actually get interesting?
I've tried starting the game a few times, but each time I got bored because of the dull open world, ugly planets and monsters, and the bugs.
How long do I need to play before the game becomes fun and beautiful, like in the screenshots Steam shows me?
Everyone saying the game has changed a lot over the years, and it has high ratings now, but I don't see any changes. The only changes I notice are in the prerendered screenshots.
I also get the feeling that some of the positive reviews for the game are written by bots, since they have just a few hours in the game, very few games on their account, and only 1 review, specifically for NMS.

[Ozwald]

This probably isn't the game for you.

[Andreas]

If your visuals doesn't match the screenshots, that's due to your graphics settings.

As for gameplay, it never changes. If you don't like it, play something else.

[Heliosa]

I have over 8,500 hours of playtime on NMS and I still enjoy it. I can't tell you anything more.

[Showtgunner]

Originally posted by Sabadge:

Hey guys, when does the game actually get interesting?
I've tried starting the game a few times, but each time I got bored because of the dull open world, ugly planets and monsters, and the bugs.
How long do I need to play before the game becomes fun and beautiful, like in the screenshots Steam shows me?
Everyone saying the game has changed a lot over the years, and it has high ratings now, but I don't see any changes. The only changes I notice are in the prerendered screenshots.
I also get the feeling that some of the positive reviews for the game are written by bots, since they have just a few hours in the game, very few games on their account, and only 1 review, specifically for NMS.

Are you here to ask a real question or just complain and make false accusations?

When you start a new game, you'll always begin on a "ugly" planet because you have to learn the basics, aka survive in a dangerous world, so it'll be always planets with very high or very low temperatures, toxicity or radiations.
Now if you want to discover beautiful planets and stuff, I suggest you to learn the game enough to leave your planet or even your solar system, beautiful planets are not that far if you stop complaining and make everything you can to discover one.

[errordiskfull]

Worst Jester famer 2025. congrats

[Rathyel]

Originally posted by Sabadge:

Hey guys, when does the game actually get interesting?
I've tried starting the game a few times, but each time I got bored because of the dull open world, ugly planets and monsters, and the bugs.

If you get bored after multiple attempts in your total playtime of 21 minutes, there isn't really anything anyone could tell you to keep playing.

Originally posted by Sabadge:

Everyone saying the game has changed a lot over the years, and it has high ratings now, but I don't see any changes. The only changes I notice are in the prerendered screenshots.

It's hard to see any differences, if you never played much in the first place.

[Sabadge]

Originally posted by Showtgunner:

Originally posted by Sabadge:

Hey guys, when does the game actually get interesting?
I've tried starting the game a few times, but each time I got bored because of the dull open world, ugly planets and monsters, and the bugs.
How long do I need to play before the game becomes fun and beautiful, like in the screenshots Steam shows me?
Everyone saying the game has changed a lot over the years, and it has high ratings now, but I don't see any changes. The only changes I notice are in the prerendered screenshots.
I also get the feeling that some of the positive reviews for the game are written by bots, since they have just a few hours in the game, very few games on their account, and only 1 review, specifically for NMS.

Are you here to ask a real question or just complain and make false accusations?

When you start a new game, you'll always begin on a "ugly" planet because you have to learn the basics, aka survive in a dangerous world, so it'll be always planets with very high or very low temperatures, toxicity or radiations.
Now if you want to discover beautiful planets and stuff, I suggest you to learn the game enough to leave your planet or even your solar system, beautiful planets are not that far if you stop complaining and make everything you can to discover one.

This was a real question. Because I see screenshots of beautiful worlds posted by the developers, but when I log into the game, the nearest planets are just puddles of goo, not planets what was advertised. It feels like a lie to me.
Also, my eyes are bleeding from the draw distance in the game. I think I set the settings to maximum, but it was still very low, and I could see plants and monsters loading in just 50 meters away from me, and behind them, empty fields.
I'm playing on an SSD with a 1660 Super with FSR

[Sabadge]

Originally posted by Rathyel:

Originally posted by Sabadge:

Hey guys, when does the game actually get interesting?
I've tried starting the game a few times, but each time I got bored because of the dull open world, ugly planets and monsters, and the bugs.

If you get bored after multiple attempts in your total playtime of 21 minutes, there isn't really anything anyone could tell you to keep playing.

Originally posted by Sabadge:

Everyone saying the game has changed a lot over the years, and it has high ratings now, but I don't see any changes. The only changes I notice are in the prerendered screenshots.

It's hard to see any differences, if you never played much in the first place.

I played about couple of hours on friend account. These 21 minutes was free weekends years ago

[Andreas]

So, just trolling. Got it.

[Sabadge]

Originally posted by Andreas:

So, just trolling. Got it.

[Shadow Strider]

I presume you bought the game on other platforms or that you are just exaggerating/trolling... as you have all of 21 mins of playtime on Steam...

Your interest and sense of fun are dependent on you.
It's a sandbox, how fun/interesting is sand?

How long it takes to find the lush planets that are often featured in trailers is dependent on RNG and how much you actually explore in the first place... (you always start on a hazardous planet)

Originally posted by Sabadge:

Also, my eyes are bleeding from the draw distance in the game. I think I set the settings to maximum, but it was still very low, and I could see plants and monsters loading in just 50 meters away from me, and behind them, empty fields.
I'm playing on an SSD with a 1660 Super with FSR

Maybe you should try turning settings down if your setup cant handle rendering fast enough with them on high...

[Lord Vivec]

You might be right about the game being boring. Although the biomes of the planets have a lot of variety, there is still nothing to do on these planets. But as you can see many people like it, it's not my place to judge them for that

[Batabii • Suikoden I&II HD]

9 years of updates and you're STILL not interested?

[Miss P.]

It is a chill game in my opinion. It is for the not-hurry who takes their time. And it is for player who like exploring and learning really free. You just do what you want to do.

I am super bad at this game, but I love it. And I think it is pretty beautiful. I have not bug for now. The down side for me it is the worlds seem a little bit empty and lack of animals/plants doing their things.

Maybe try to play with someone else ?

edit : trying to be more clear

[Showtgunner]

Originally posted by Sabadge:

Originally posted by Showtgunner:

Are you here to ask a real question or just complain and make false accusations?

When you start a new game, you'll always begin on a "ugly" planet because you have to learn the basics, aka survive in a dangerous world, so it'll be always planets with very high or very low temperatures, toxicity or radiations.
Now if you want to discover beautiful planets and stuff, I suggest you to learn the game enough to leave your planet or even your solar system, beautiful planets are not that far if you stop complaining and make everything you can to discover one.

This was a real question. Because I see screenshots of beautiful worlds posted by the developers, but when I log into the game, the nearest planets are just puddles of goo, not planets what was advertised. It feels like a lie to me.
Also, my eyes are bleeding from the draw distance in the game. I think I set the settings to maximum, but it was still very low, and I could see plants and monsters loading in just 50 meters away from me, and behind them, empty fields.
I'm playing on an SSD with a 1660 Super with FSR

Check my profile and my screenshots. You'll see that it's not lies.

And if you care about draw distance, you maybe are misunderstanding the game. Also, 1660 with FSR doesn't matter, the game is working mostly with the CPU, the GPU has nothing to do with it except the textures, FPS and screen resolution.