Boring Gameplay?

[Label07]

This game has been touted as having the biggest comeback. I bought into the hype literally and finally purchased the game. After playing a while I find it incredibly boring.

I've visited a few planets, settlements, spoke with plenty of aliens, fought many robots, engaged in space/planetary air combat, bought and sold...
Does it get better a some point or does the is the loop pretty much the same always?

[areudeadyet]

Have u even touched the story?
On the other hand, i love the freedom in games, NMS give me just that

[Viddy]

I've found better ways to travel the galaxy and find cool planets to build cool bases on. I'm about 100 hrs in and still finding tons of cool stuff to do. Last night I used the 'restore' feature on the terrain tool to make a subterranean glass walled base with a batcave/car port underneath and used the wire hider to make it look awesome.

I started doing missions from the nexus inside the Anomaly which can warp you to random new places to build. I'm barely touching the story and having a great time.

[Level12Boss]

NMS has like 2 dozen hamster wheels you can spin on. But overall, the main gameplay loop is an "explore > harvest > craft > upgrade > repeat" model that is mostly a pretty chill experience.

There is a main narrative quest line you can complete as well, but it's mostly the same gameplay loop dressed up with melodramatic sci-fi metaphysics about gods, free will and the nature of reality. Not awful, but not particularly mind blowing.

[Felis_Exploria]

If you are going to troll, you should make your profile private. Go back to your pew pew mmo / FPS games.

[Label07]

Originally posted by areudeadyet:

Have u even touched the story?
On the other hand, i love the freedom in games, NMS give me just that

Well yeah, need to progress that to get your ship going. Last bit I did was a monolith somewhere.

I'm asking if the game loops remains the same based on the couple worlds and their loops I've experience so far. If so, I really wish I could get a refund.

[Nimsosim]

Originally posted by Label07:

This game has been touted as having the biggest comeback. I bought into the hype literally and finally purchased the game. After playing a while I find it incredibly boring.

I've visited a few planets, settlements, spoke with plenty of aliens, found many robots, engaged in space/planetary air combat, bought and sold...
Does it get better a some point or does the is the loop pretty much the same always?

WE could go over ALL the different types of gameplay loops.
Then we could rate them on a boring scale.

For example.
1. Your in a dense asteroid field. Blasting them and getting gold, platinum, silver and tritium. Mining, so thats a little boring right ? Doesn't take long at all for that jazz to get boring. But it sure does look cool as hell, especially in 3rd person view. I feel like the problem is lack of exciting uses for the ores im getting.

[Shadow Strider]

I enjoy the game, but it's definitely not for everyone.
It's a chill exploration game, with no real end game or goals beyond what you make for yourself. (the story missions are really just the tutorial)
If you want challenging action/combat I recommend you look elsewhere ;)

[Guyver8]

no game suits everyone, you're only 14hrs in so there is tons of stuff you've not experienced but if you're not feeling it, then you're not feeling it... move on.

PS. but having bought it you'll always be able to jump back in with a fully updated game at NO additional cost for the updates you missed

[ŁōãF]

Like the comment above me said.

Not every game is for everyone. Its boring for you, thats completely okay, then stop playing it and accept it.

I find multiplayer pvp games boring, thus i dont play them.

[RoyalGuardian7]

come back when new expedition released, usually there are few new updates on cosmetic or lore.

that's what im doing after finishing all the quest in game.

[Label07]

Originally posted by Guyver8:

no game suits everyone, you're only 14hrs in so there is tons of stuff you've not experienced but if you're not feeling it, then you're not feeling it... move on.

PS. but having bought it you'll always be able to jump back in with a fully updated game at NO additional cost for the updates you missed

True. However, I think the core is there and will not change.

I think what really killed it for me is the constant need to place those portable crafting stations down and ALWAYS refuel them and ALWAYS dig through my inventory and place mats that sometimes need to be refined like 4 times to get modules (or w/e they're called). That and the rate in which the player has to recharge their equipment.

"TECHNOLOGY RECHARGED", haunts my dreams!

[Shadow Strider]

Originally posted by Label07:

Originally posted by Guyver8:

no game suits everyone, you're only 14hrs in so there is tons of stuff you've not experienced but if you're not feeling it, then you're not feeling it... move on.

PS. but having bought it you'll always be able to jump back in with a fully updated game at NO additional cost for the updates you missed

True. However, I think the core is there and will not change.

I think what really killed it for me is the constant need to place those portable crafting stations down and ALWAYS refuel them and ALWAYS dig through my inventory and place mats that sometimes need to be refined like 4 times to get modules (or w/e they're called). That and the rate in which the player has to recharge their equipment.

"TECHNOLOGY RECHARGED", haunts my dreams!

I never use the portable refiners except at the very beginning... once you build a base/get a freighter you will have access to much better refiners that cost no fuel to operate...

You can also get upgrades for hazard protection that significantly extend the amount of time between recharges... I generally only hear that phrase during storms in extreme environments

[gh0stwizard]

You have found a bad place to ask bad question. Steam and devs now hates bad opinions. So, you will not find the answer mostly.

The real honest answer: there is a story and nothing special at all. Everything you may do in first hours, you may / will do in the next 10000 hours. Side missions are repeatable. Planets and star system in general repeatable. A normal human will not notice that two planets have only a difference by 1 single creature. Such planets for normal human are the same. And so on.

What you can do alongside main quest:
* play with others on anomaly, this may be fun
* finish an expedition if it available now

Most fanbois here don't understand that if a player don't like the game in general, this player will never be happy by building bases, looking on planets, hunting ships and so on. A player may love to do these things only and only when the game brings pleasure to player.

Anyway, you may return later to the game. IMHO, such games could be fun only by playing in co-op for people like you (no offense, this is just psychology, I am also find other games boring, which you may like and enjoy).

[Shadow Strider]

Originally posted by gh0stwizard:

You have found a bad place to ask bad question. Steam and devs now hates bad opinions. So, you will not find the answer mostly.
....
Most fanbois here don't understand that if a player don't like the game in general, this player will never be happy by building bases, looking on planets, hunting ships and so on. A player may love to do these things only and only when the game brings pleasure to player.

several people (including myself) have already stated that the game isn't for everyone, without being disrespectful to the fans of the game... why did you need to phrase it like that?

[Dud]

Originally posted by Label07:

This game has been touted as having the biggest comeback. I bought into the hype literally and finally purchased the game. After playing a while I find it incredibly boring.

I've visited a few planets, settlements, spoke with plenty of aliens, found many robots, engaged in space/planetary air combat, bought and sold...
Does it get better a some point or does the is the loop pretty much the same always?

You should have tried it when 1st Released, Ohh Boy.