Should I buy no man sky?

[Hello Moto]

Looking for some advice guys

[Jaggid Edje]

Yes.

[AgentFisher]

Yes for flat screen, No for VR
They broke vr months ago and refuse to address it for PCVR/Steam/Oculus users

[Shadow Strider]

I mean, that's entirely down to what kind of games you like...
Many love it, some hate it...
Do some research about the gameplay and make your own call.

Personally I really enjoy it. It's a chill game with lots to keep you busy, but nothing so deep that you'll be overwhelmed by it... It's a nice way to relax.
But if you want a story-driven action game, this is not going to scratch that itch.

[Haraidon]

I'm 35, I bought the game about a year ago. Now I don't delete it from my computer, just like "theHunter: Call Of The Wild".

This summer, I advised my work colleague to play. He is 50 years old. Now he doesn't delete the game from his computer either, and we have new topics for conversation at work =).
If you like sandbox games, then you'll like this one too.

I see you in the "favorite games" there is "Terraria". So you know about "Starbound", too. Well, roughly speaking, "No Man's Sky" is mail like "Starbound" but in 3D.

(I have 360 hours in "Starbound" and 560 in "No Man's Sky", so I know what I'm talking about).

[Turuk Makto]

I like the game but you should know two things.

The quest lines are rare and short.
All the universe(es) is(are) just copy paste.

Yes you can have hundreds of hours of fun. and visit thousands of planets. If you enjoy base building maybe even more, but the game itself is way too repetitive due to all the crazy amount of copy paste that is going on.

One would think that they could have introduced more quest lines, races, fractions, things to do in general and to find on planets and in space alike in seven years but it seems like all they knew is howto copy paste content with tiny changes.

The freedom is astonishing but it is basically meaningless because from some point on you will barely see something new.

Fraction reputation raises too fast, (Which might be a good thing because of the lack of variety in any regard.)

Combat on foot and in space is too easy after a short time already.

[Guyver8]

watch some 'Jason Plays' youtube videos (link below) of the gameplay to get an idea if it's the typr of gameplay that you'd like... cos NMS is definitely not for everyone

if you decide to go for it, make sure to buy it when it's on sale... you'll never regret it...
almost 4k hrs in and i don't (best value for money game purchase i've made in over 40yrs)

https://www.youtube.com/c/JasonPlaysAllDay

[cogvos]

@OP, It'd help if you could say what types of games you like. For example I see from your profile that you have Starfield, but I have no idea if you like that or not :/ .

As suggested by @Guyver8 YouTube can be your friend here. NMS is a lot like Minecraft in that there is exploration, resource gathering, building - both useful tech, upgrades and bases - and aspects of survival. As mentioned above there is limited questing; which is why I query if you like Starfield as NMS is not a quest driven game. The games's story and reason things are how they are is there to discover, but it is short and I found rather unsatisfying.

The story and quests play as long-ish tutorials that introduce the various aspects of the game. Once you have completed them you are left with an almost infinite sandbox to explore and make your own story out of.

NMS gets regular free upgrades and there are regular expeditions which give ore goal oriented quests - some are running now.

I like it, it is unlike anything else out there.

[bernardb]

Yes, but ONLY if you play it in VR

[M.D Geist]

Honestly, all the bad press about NMS is gone, the game has been redeemed wonderfully, it is however one of those games outside the ship combat that's pretty casual unless you set the difficulty settings to their max, and then you get a bit more challenge.

Either way, it is a fun time, it's a good game to relax and enjoy yourself, the community is intelligent and willing to help.

All in all, a good game.

[Tampa Powers]

It still has a few janky parts in there, but for the amount of content and the work that has gone into it I'd say it's worth the price definitely. I'd give it an honest 7/10, perfectly acceptable, nothing mind blowing, but delivers a lot of value. Only thing it suffers from is having a lot of content that sometimes lacks in clarity, but wikis exist.

[Edostan]

Yes yes yes great fun😎😊

[wkitty42]

Originally posted by Turuk Makto:

All the universe(es) is(are) just copy paste.

technically speaking, they are NOT copy'n'paste... they are procedural generation (aka procgen) and the tables of items to use in the procedures is limited... if they add more items to the tables, there will be more variety at the cost of more storage and memory used...

in other words, if there's only 10 heads and 10 bodies, that's only 100 different critters...

[lordoftheapes79]

When it's on sale, yes. And it goes one sale several times a year.

[ItzaLaggin]

Originally posted by Hello Moto:

Looking for some advice guys

it will frustrate you at times with a few bugs but not as many as years gone by (lots of constant updates which is great) and no where near the bugs in other space games. multiplayer is the worst for frustration, example... you and a friend are on a planet you are shooting a worm your friend is right beside you but cant see the worm your shooting. planets get a bit repetitive same as the fauna. they seem to be going for the wow factor in looks and hopefully they add more depth in the future. is it worth it....yea if its not your only game.

[[STD]Random Lead]

yes but I would suggest some lets plays to see if the style is what you would like.