And that'll be the name for planet/flora/fauna #2.JesusNice that we can name things. I think I'll name the first thing I come across Cunt.
Considering Hello games is based in England, naming every other thing cunt would in fact be quite suitable.
Jesus this game/mathematical formula algorithm sounds like it is the work of absolute genius....
I'm looking forward to offline NMS speed runs.
Jesus this game/mathematical formula algorithm sounds like it is the work of absolute genius....
If you're interested in this stuff, here's a link to a TED talk about procedural generation by David Braben, one of the guys in the industry that has been using procedural generation in his games for many years. He also talks a little bit about the "math" behind it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GEVutbSqBI0
Considering Hello games is based in England, naming every other thing cunt would in fact be quite suitable.
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Pretty sure they've said you probably won't meet any other players.
Could be wrong though.
Pretty sure they've said you probably won't meet any other players.
Could be wrong though.
Is it confirmed you can't play with your friends or other random people? If so, what's the point? If I'm going to explore a universe, I want to do so with my friends.
Is it confirmed you can't play with your friends or other random people? If so, what's the point? If I'm going to explore a universe, I want to do so with my friends.
Nice that we can name things. I think I'll name the first thing I come across Cunt.
Like I said before, it was announced as an online game and as far as I know this is the first time the devs explicitly said it could be played offline.Was it ever not?
They have said that technically you can meet up with people, but that because of the sheer size of the universe the chances of it actually happening is very, very small.
Do you have a source on this? I can't find it. The closest thing I can find is "There are elements where you'll get crossover and interaction with other players, but that's not what this game is about.", and that's pointedly not saying that you can meet and play with other people.
Im at work so can't look for it but it was from a video on the PlayStation Blog recently, the interview is about 17 minutes long I think and that pretty much exactly what he says with regards to multiplayer.Do you have a source on this? I can't find it. The closest thing I can find is "There are elements where you'll get crossover and interaction with other players, but that's not what this game is about.", and that's pointedly not saying that you can meet and play with other people.
Eh Ive always hated the word and I feel like theres a huge difference between it and dick.. you say dick in a crowd its no big deal.. you say what he said and people will react.
Maybe its just the times.. but yeah I feel less tolerant of stuff like that.
And yet, I still don't have the slightest idea what this game is about.
Looks awesome though....
AFAIK it's essentially a dumbed down Elite. Not sure why people are excited about this when Elite Dangerous is coming out and will probably blow this away, but at least this game isn't promising Heaven and Earth like Star Citizen.
Fantastic news. The main sticking point against the game for me was the poorly-defined online integration that was mentioned during or after the VGX.
Jesus this game/mathematical formula algorithm sounds like it is the work of absolute genius....
TSA: We were under the impression that itd feature multiplayer is that something youre aiming for?
Sean: No, its not you can come across other players, but its not like an MMO that were making, and actually space is so vast that the chances of you coming across someone is very slim.
TSA: But there will be other players existing in the universe?
Sean: Yeah, we all share the same universe, but we generally dont want people to think of it in those terms, its not the core of the game.
TSA: So its kind of Journey style you wont know who someone is?
Sean: Yeah bang on. Thats what I normally say: think of Journey, I really like the multiplayer in that.
Is it confirmed you can't play with your friends or other random people? If so, what's the point? If I'm going to explore a universe, I want to do so with my friends.
As reported in the latest Edge magazine, players can discover the infinite universe of No Mans Sky without having to play online. It was originally not a high priority goal for the team until they discovered that over 70 percent of nameable objects were named after penises.ontheplanetofsexstraliaWhile the goal of the game is to journey to the center of the universe, exploring the vastness of space is the main attraction. Every planet, every animal, and every plant can be named by the first discoverer. The team at Hello Games admitted that they knew what was coming but never thought it would be this bad.
When we held the first semi-open beta for the game, I was pretty optimistic until I came across Cocktopia, said Sean Murray, managing director, It only got worse when I actually landed on Cocktopia and discovered an animal named Dicksucker33. Apparently, Dicksucker1 to Dicksucker32 were already taken.
I just kept hoping that I would see anything that wasnt so crude, recalled Murray, The first thing I saw that was sort of acceptable was a planet named Guns For All. But then I landed and discovered that this person apparently has a grudge against blacks, women, Asians, the list goes on. I never knew that animals could be so racist.
One of the members at Hello Games actually contributed to this mess. Creative director David Ream was initially put off by how crude it all was, but then admitted that the unconventional naming eventually got to him. At one point, he started to enjoy naming things after penises and vaginas but was then told by other team members to stop.
It was also difficult to find a plant that wasnt named after some variant of marijuana, continued Murray, I mean, it was funny the first time walking through a field of Green Ganjas and 420s. The twentieth time, not so much. And if it wasnt marijuana, it would be pubic hair or something else. I dont really know why I expected better.
Offline mode was also requested by some players because they knew their creativity would be dwarfed by others online.
It just took me out of the game to see a planet named Deep Vagina Six, said tester OryKatanoz, I knew there was no way I could be that creative so I restarted the game in the hopes of finding less creative people out there. And then I saw an animal called Muffdiver and thats when I knew that I would never be able to express my creativity unless I could play by myself. Only then can I finally claim Dicksucker as my own and not have to settle for 34.
One proposal to combat the awful names was to create a word filter that would block out anything undesirable. This did not go over well with players who were unable to come up with names for anything without having to resort to using the word dick or pussy.
Another proposal was the idea of making the multiplayer spawn points so distant from each other that players would never encounter another person while playing the game.
p4gaming is like The Onion for video games. It's a joke site.Hoo boy, I could've told them that from the start. Spore was famous for dick aliens and almost every game that allows for greater user input and creativity will be plagued by dicks and immature names and phrases. Although, from the article I don't really understand how they're actually going to deal with this. Sure, have an offline mode for anyone who wants it but how does that prevent everyone online crudely naming their planets and discoveries? Sounds like the proposals at the end of the article were scrapped and I don't really see how placing people far away from each other changes much (and it's also already one of the base gameplay elements as they've continuously mentioned) if the discovered planets are all named Dicksucker and Cocktopia.
p4gaming is like The Onion for video games. It's a joke site.
That said I'm sure all kinds of filters will be in place, either through Sony's end or Hello Games'.
p4gaming is like The Onion for video games. It's a joke site.
That said I'm sure all kinds of filters will be in place, either through Sony's end or Hello Games'.
Considering there's very little story to it, I imagine localization would be very easy.Has there been any word of the title being localized in other countries, by the way? Curious to know how that might work out.
Considering there's very little story to it, I imagine localization would be very easy.