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[CryptiK]

Games dead. Like Battleborn no point.

 

[muteki]

Believe

Would reinstall and restart from scratch in a heartbeat.

 

[5taquitos]

Games dead. Like Battleborn no point.

I'm glad the developers don't agree with you.

 

[chrominance]

It's no different than the Elite Dangerous ARG.

The questline for the vehicles in the last update made it seem like there might be a new race or at least a major narrative plotline coming. My guess is this ARG is related to that and we're going to see something big on the narrative front this time.

I think Elite Dangerous did a much better job of managing expectations for what the v1.0 experience would and would not deliver. So when Frontier puts out an ARG teasing some big development, it's easier to take them at their word. That said, if what's being teased really is on the same level as what happened in Elite Dangerous, then my personal misgivings won't matter. I would love to be wrong on this!

The other caveat is that I know what was in the recent content updates (freighters/base building/vehicles) but have not actually played through any of them myself. So perhaps I'm understating how fundamental a change those were to the original game.

 

[Kolibri]

Updated re-release incoming with XBO and Switch versions too.

 

[Ephemeris]

been trying to find an excuse to jump back in (backlog of the forever).

Curious to see what's in store..

 

[Icyflamez96]

do they really need to be intentionally cryptic rn

Spoiler

looking forward to the next update tho

 

[Heckler456]

Games dead. Like Battleborn no point.

Seems to be really successful for them, given the fact that they're still investing a significant amount of development into it.

 

[FinKL]

16 Reasons Why?

- Not all tapes have been received yet, and nobody owns a goddamn cassette player lol.

I lol'd maybe this is a big content push and or multiplayer? That'd be awesome

 

[LastGamer84]

Games dead. Like Battleborn no point.

Nothing is as dead as Battleborn. And No Man's Sky has come a long way.

 

[shmoglish]

Welcome to your tape

Spoiler

You have my attention

 

[anothertech]

After cassette 15 is assessed, we will find there is no cassette 16. A deep dive into the code will reveal it was never actually recorded.

Hello Games will go radio silent for a year after that revelation.

 

[outunderthestars]

Games dead. Like Battleborn no point.

Yes, because a single player focused and online only multiplayer are the exact same......

 

[Human Trashcan]

16 Reasons Why?

I nearly fucking spit my drink

 

[legacyzero]

16 Reasons Why?

Goddamn it LMAO

 

[CecilRousso]

Games dead. Like Battleborn no point.

No point for whom? They sold shit tons of copies, and can continue to just improve and expand the game without worrying about finances or what their next hit needs to be.

 

[TheJollyCorner]

Games dead. Like Battleborn no point.

Man, critical thinking is haaaaard.

 

[BigDug13]

Games dead. Like Battleborn no point.

Battleborn requires a healthy playerbase. This does not.

 

[BigTnaples]

Believe

God Damn I hope so.

 

[NinjamicWZ]

Games dead. Like Battleborn no point.

bro, you can't even find a match in No Man's Sky anymore, the public games server list is totally empty

multiplayer trophies are impossible to get now and their's no way to grind for loot crates

 

[IAmAnAgnostic]

If they actually add significant variety per planet, the game could become decent.

What is encouraging is that the first two updates were better realized than anything in the base game.

 

[Triggerhappytel]

Are they about to finally launch version 1.0?

 

[akileese]

Man, critical thinking is haaaaard.

I just ignore people like that. It's not even a NMS thing. There's a small group of people who will just relentlessly shit on anything that was ever given bad press and refuse to let it go.

I'm really curious where this is going. The tapes that were uploaded can't even be listened to by most since they've already hit the download limit from google drive.

 

[Maintenance]

bro, you can't even find a match in No Man's Sky anymore, the public games server list is totally empty

That's true, I can't find anyone.

 

[Seiniyta]

Games dead. Like Battleborn no point.

There's more people playing No Man's Sky now on PC then Battleborn, and one is a singleplayer, and another a multiplayer where it actually matters XD.

I find it absolutely hilarious that solving the ARG might be a problem because nobody has a cassette player.
Looking forward to the update, although the game hasn't reached the height what we had hoped for the updates to the game have been very solid.

 

[Sniffynose]

Everytime I see this game come up I hope that it's the update to give us that E3 trailer magic for real... I still want to play it if/when it finally hits that point.

I've been playing subnautica and that's hitting my exploration itch and feels like NMS under the sea except not a lie lol.

I do hope they actually keep on it and bring that original Vision to life

 

[8byte]

Source: https://www.reddit.com/r/NoMansSkyTheGame/comments/6fmyn3/cassettes_megathread/

- Hello Games sent packages to 16 people (seemingly all Reddit mods?)
- The packages contain a NMS shirt, pin, socks, signed poster with a "hope you like what's next" message and a written message that says "dreaming of far-flung worlds"
- Most interesting, that each package contains a audio cassette tape, marked with 1/16, 2/16, etc etc. meaning each tape may have separate content on them.
- Not all tapes have been received yet, and nobody owns a goddamn cassette player lol.
- the tapes are slowly being uploaded once each recipient can figure out how. The link above contains the files to listen to.

I listened to the first tape. My description is as follows


Side B contains retro' 65 Days of Static music

This all happened yesterday over a matter of hours. It went from "this is some hoax bullshit". Then one source, then two sources, etc etc, hit my Twitter DMs.
I talked through the events here:
https://youtu.be/07_8fDNSQNk

I'll update as things progress, and I'm on mobile currently

The talk was good, but man, some of the statements made are fucking stupid.

"No Mans Sky was in no way, shape, or form what was promised."

Yea, okay. :rolleyes

 

[True Fire]

16 Reasons Why?

Hahahahahahahahahahaha how did this comment go under the radar

 

[-NeoTB1-]

Neat stuff. I wonder what's next...

 

[Tal Shiar Agent]

Who has a cassette deck anymore? All of the hipsters went for vinyl.

 

[belvedere]

I recently started playing again after the Galactic Hub project started gaining traction. It's definitely been more fun than I had imagined exploring other people's bases and discoveries.

The last two updates were fairly significant and weren't hyped like this, so it gives me hope there's something big in store.

 

[2blackcats]

I absolutely love stuff like this. Reminds me of I Love Bees. Cannot wait to see what they have in store.

Me too. I Love Bees was amazing.

 

[DrFunk]

Has it been 3 months already?

Yep. Curious to see what's next

 

[Blam]

Always good to see that this game is alive.

 

[Nugg]

16 Reasons Why?

 

[red731]

I can't wait. Really looking forward what to what they're cookin'.

 

[Mr. F]

 

[2blackcats]

Always good to see that this game is alive.

I put in a good few hours after the last update, can't wait to jump back in on the next update.

 

[Amory]

I have to fire up NMS again.

What I played before was relaxing and enjoyable enough, there just wasn't enough to do.

 

[talkingood]

Interested to see what this is! I've had a lot of fun from the game so far, but I've had trouble making progress lately. Glad they're still working on it.

 

[The Greek Freak]

I hope it's a time machine to get me back the hours I played hating that game baffled at dozens of decisions and game breaking bugs/crashes.

 

[legacyzero]

One of my fellow Youtubers ran the audio through a visualizer. It's ummmm..... very deliberate
https://twitter.com/legacyz3ro/status/872156156017463298

 

[MADGAME]

I'd like to see a more diverse array of ship designs while keeping the 70's sci-fi vibe intact. A full blown ship editor with robust customizations would be sweet.

 

[InsaneFandom]

Hm that's pretty cool

I've been thinking of getting NMS for a while now
I never really followed it at all pre-release so didn't have any expectations but obviously the reaction it got was a tad offputting. Seems like it's still being supported & it's fairly cheap now so certainly worth a try

 

[eyeball_kid]

One of my fellow Youtubers ran the audio through a visualizer. It's ummmm..... very deliberate
https://twitter.com/legacyz3ro/status/872156156017463298

Hm, could the 's' and 'p' stand for star and planet? Parts of a coordinate?

 

[WeTeHa]

I love stuff like this. Hopefully the next update has good stuff.

 

[Marcel]

I'd like the alternate reality where this game didn't release like a hot mess.

 

[Murkas]

-Work Together
-Solve the final puzzle
-Final puzzle just plays the first cassette again

 

[The Elite]

Are the portal/gates active yet?

 

[GankzyMcfly]

Can you play with your friends yet?