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[Truant]

They weren't kidding when they said the on-disc version wasn't what they wanted people to play. The massive improvements in shadows and pop in would be worth it alone.

 

[MassiveNights]

Wow, that's an impressive changelist.

Can't fucking wait!

 

[Draper]

That is literally what Sean Murray has said he wants if the game is successful. He said he would love to continue supporting No Man's Sky if it was successful. I don't think there's any doubt it will be, so you can book it that Hello Games will be adding a LOT more content, and for free. That was another point. He doesn't want DLC, he wants to just add things.

Alright, guess I'll keep my LE on order.

 

[King_Moc]

All sounds good. Can't wait!

 

[ironcreed]

Sounds incredible. That is a lot of meat to add to the bones for sure.

 

[Teletraan1]

Some of these patch notes have actually made me interested in the game now. I love base building.

 

[| Praxis |]

Wow, that's what I call an update.

 

[jmaine_ph]

Wow this patch is huge and glorious. Base building coming soon? Yes!!!!!

 

[Radio]

Sounds great. The one addition I'm hoping for are Earth-like planets with multiple biomes. I know they said each planet only has one biome to encourage moving on to other planets, but with the planned addition of base building, maybe they've changed their minds.

 

[Gleethor]

The review situation makes sense now.

 

[Meffer]

Holy shit that's quite a patch.
Post above me: that's exactly what I was thinking.

 

[exmachina64]

This is incredible and goes vastly beyond my expectations.

 

[legacyzero]

Yep. So if you see reviews happen any time tomorrow or Tuesday, They're rushed as fuck, or not with the patch.

 

[N° 2048]

Space Stations – interiors are now more varied, bars, trade rooms and hydroponic labs have been added

SPACE BARS MAN

Time to get my Space drank on.

 

[BigDug13]

That is literally what Sean Murray has said he wants if the game is successful. He said he would love to continue supporting No Man's Sky if it was successful. I don't think there's any doubt it will be, so you can book it that Hello Games will be adding a LOT more content, and for free. That was another point. He doesn't want DLC, he wants to just add things.

Truly Minecraft survival mode in space, right down to the free content updates on the regular.

 

[DriftingSpirit]

No wonder they wanted to wait for the patch lol.

 

[abundant]

It's been talked about in the spoiler thread, but a running theory I have is that in order to get it out for an August release, they had to submit a core-feature finished build to get it Certified, whilst these changes have been in the works before that.

Like if they waited for these features to be finished before they submitted the game for certification, then it would've come out September >_>;

Yeah, after looking over the patch notes + watching the leaked streams, this seems to be the case.

 

[Kalor]

Everything in the patch notes sound great. I'm curious what the Path stuff is.

 

[Icyflamez96]

"Ability to scan star systems other players have discovered on the Galactic Map, increasing the chance of collision."

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[MilesTeg]

That is a hell of an update and clearly changes the game quite abit. Really looking forward to seeing how they expand the game over time.

With the new feature that lets you see star systems that have been explored by other players, there seems to be hope that maybe some day they add real multiplayer features. Conquering galaxies in a faction would be awesome.

 

[Kenzodielocke]

These guys are working hard. Please don't overdo it

 

[styl3s]

Truly Minecraft survival mode in space, right down to the free content updates on the regular.

Not only that imagine the insane mods people are going to make on PC like they did with Minecraft.

I going to spend an insane amount of time playing this game.

 

[jmaine_ph]

I am confident true multiplayer will come to this game eventually. Makes sense why this game would be $60 if all the DLC and updates are free.

 

[Gamezone]

Was this done in only a month?

 

[Sickboy007]

Reviewers will have a problem with this. IMHO it's great, and they've been very open with this.

But I can see how a reviewer wouldn't like being unable to score the game on day one.

 

[ironcreed]

SPACE BARS MAN

Time to get my Space drank on.

 

[daveo42]

Holy hell this is a massive, galaxy-sized update for the game. Seems like a good deal of the pre-release issues are being fixed day 1. Sean was right in that the game on launch would be different than what we've seen already in alot of ways.

#seanwasright

 

[kvn]

Greatness.

 

[Boke1879]

I am confident true multiplayer will come to this game eventually. Makes sense why this game would be $60 if all the DLC and updates are free.

Yea I think at some point "mp" will come in some form.

 

[The Technomancer]

This continues to be the most fascinating game of 2016 that I just have no interest in playing

Giant procedural galaxy should be my bag, but I just can't bring myself to care about another crafting loop

 

[DeepEnigma]

Reviewers will have a problem with this. IMHO it's great, and they've been very open with this.

¯\_(&#12484_/¯

Spoiler

If they have a problem with improvements, and try and be cynical over it, then fuck them, seriously, lol. They are being petty as shit then.

 

[Felix Lighter]

It sounds like they have a real commitment to continue supporting the game and increasing its depth and scale. I hope they are able to stay with it for sometime.

 

[BigDug13]

Reviewers will have a problem with this.

Probably why he's spoiling the patch notes early. To make it known that reviewing the game in its current state will be a waste.

 

[Tecnniqe]

Was this done in only a month?

If they managed all this in a month I'd wonder why the game took so long to come out =3

Seems to be a case of printing the core game on disc for verification and patching rest of the game in at release when it was done.

 

[WadiumArcadium]

They have been busy.

 

[Bubba_Sparks]

I have to say it's kind of a sad state of affairs when before a game is even released we are looking forward to patch 1.03.

 

[The Technomancer]

A bunch of this stuff was almost certainly like 70% complete when they had to submit the final build for manufacturing, so they probably stuck an old build on and knew this patch would be necessary.

 

[TheKingOfPain]

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Yeah, but now Galaxies are 10x bigger than before...

 

[Felix Lighter]

Was this done in only a month?

I'm sure they are a collection of features that they were working on for more than a month but not fully implemented until the patch.

 

[Mikey Jr.]

Holy shit at that update.

I said God damn!

It seems fucking significant. Awesome. I'm so pumped.

 

[piratepwnsninja]

Everything in the patch notes sound great. I'm curious what the Path stuff is.

My guess is it's kind of determining difficulty, as it were, as well as how things are generated when you discover them. So if I choose a Survivalist path, it's going to be more difficult than an Explorer path. This is all just wild speculation though.

Reviewers will have a problem with this. IMHO it's great, and they've been very open with this.

Especially ones that wanted to rush to get a review out. Will be interesting to see what sites go ahead and rush to publish something since these notes for what a majority of people will experience are out ahead of the embargo.

 

[bananafactory]

I have to say it's kind of a sad state of affairs when before a game is even released we are looking forward to patch 1.03.

You could also choose to look at the amount of work put in since disc was sent to print as an encouraging sign that bodes well for post release fixes and support

 

[jmaine_ph]

I have to say it's kind of a sad state of affairs when before a game is even released we are looking forward to patch 1.03.

Many people here were looking forward to the game before the patch notes, this is just the cherry on top.

 

[Kremzeek]

Wow so happy to hear about reduced popin & improved AA coming!

 

[MarineMountie]

Reviewers will have a problem with this. IMHO it's great, and they've been very open with this.

But I can see how a reviewer wouldn't like being unable to score the game on day one.

They will get over it.

Its obvious why they had the embargo go until release date. If "reviewers" would have reviewed the game last week, well, that isn't the game we are getting anyway. That review would be obsolete.

 

[Kyoufu]

I'm sure they are a collection of features that they were working on for more than a month but not fully implemented until the patch.

For example: Ship scanning was shown off at E3 2015 but didn't make it onto the disc.

 

[Fujinn]

Impressive patch. Now I have to sleep until the 12th..

 

[Sickboy007]

Probably why he's spoiling the patch notes early. To make it known that reviewing the game in its current state will be a waste.

Especially ones that wanted to rush to get a review out. Will be interesting to see what sites go ahead and rush to publish something since these notes for what a majority of people will experience are out ahead of the embargo.

They will get over it.

Its obvious why they had the embargo go until release date. If "reviewers" would have reviewed the game last week, well, that isn't the game we are getting anyway. That review would be obsolete.

Posting the patch notes early was a smart move.

 

[Seiniyta]

Was this done in only a month?

Most likely a lot of features were in the work for much longer, but they felt not confident adding them in the disc version either for performance, stability or it was simply not quite ready yet functionality wise.

Of course, doesn't mean big features can't be done in a month just that it's more likely a lot of those were already in the pipeline in various stages of developement.

 

[Sjefen]

My hype went from 0 to 100