I usually get the first 30 minutes at 24-30fps then it goes to 6fps on ship, 9-12fps on foot. Instead of going back to Elite, I'm considering getting a new computer. My wallet is already very afraid.
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I usually get the first 30 minutes at 24-30fps then it goes to 6fps on ship, 9-12fps on foot. Instead of going back to Elite, I'm considering getting a new computer. My wallet is already very afraid.
You playing the experimental branch ?
- All the plants and rocks pretty much look the same TRUE/FALSE?
- The Alien bases with yeloow aliens, repeating themselves (as evidenced i nthe video) TRUE/FALSE?
- The animals all look like they're stuck together from 100 different parts TRUE/FALSE?
- It's just constant mining to get stuff to go to another planet to get stuff to go to another planets to get stuff.... TRUE/FALSE?
- Mostly true, part of why my starting experience almost drove me away. But those 1 in 10 planets that look good, really do look good. That point is as they advertised, 1/10 planets awesome.
- This is true, but also true of a lot of other games of a similar type. All the NPC's in many games (assassins creed, even i Elite Dangerous) look similar and repeat.
- This is true if you look for it, but many of the animals look awesome, see: https://www.reddit.com/r/NoMansSkyTheGame/comments/4xrjtd/i_seen_this_majestic_creature_and_had_to/
- It's not constant mining, I've only mined what's needed, I've destroyed sentinels, scanned animals and bought a lot of needed materials from the market (quicker than finding many of the materials). They say it's constant mining because that's how you start, you have nothing and have to mine so I can see why you would get trapped in that cycle.
- The Alien bases with yeloow aliens, repeating themselves (as evidenced i nthe video) TRUE/FALSE?
- The animals all look like they're stuck together from 100 different parts TRUE/FALSE?
- It's just constant mining to get stuff to go to another planet to get stuff to go to another planets to get stuff.... TRUE/FALSE?
- Mostly true, part of why my starting experience almost drove me away. But those 1 in 10 planets that look good, really do look good. That point is as they advertised, 1/10 planets awesome.
- This is true, but also true of a lot of other games of a similar type. All the NPC's in many games (assassins creed, even i Elite Dangerous) look similar and repeat.
- This is true if you look for it, but many of the animals look awesome, see: https://www.reddit.com/r/NoMansSkyTheGame/comments/4xrjtd/i_seen_this_majestic_creature_and_had_to/
- It's not constant mining, I've only mined what's needed, I've destroyed sentinels, scanned animals and bought a lot of needed materials from the market (quicker than finding many of the materials). They say it's constant mining because that's how you start, you have nothing and have to mine so I can see why you would get trapped in that cycle.
I suggest you wait. The PC port is a mess, there are memory leaks, poor shader caching, there's hardly any optimization at all. I suspect FPS will increase markedly in the coming weeks. Or else they wont get my money, there is no way the game should run so poorly for what you get in return.
I use the age old measure - pint of beer and a tank of fuel - to gauge the relative cost of things large and small.
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Thanks! Was hoping to find more bonuses on the suit, but the Jetpack is locked away in the corner, and the shield boosters and stamina enhancements don't actually stack with anything. Flying around on a nice planet now searching for manufacturing fascilities and operation centers, gaining recipes and hoping for an Atlas Pass v2 or v3!
He says it straight, with his own slant to it .. yes
(I find him funny to listen to even when he's talking .. though the overuse of that bell was quite annoying)
I thought the bell was spot on lol.
The game looks quite poor and shallow in my humble opinion. One thing I am impressed by is how lying and misleading folks with endless marketing campaigns creates for a sheep like following in the gaming community, where folks get thoroughly rinsed by unscrupulous duplicitous people like Murray and then start defending their behaviour.
There's likely some cool term for this but I prefer speak in language everyone can understand. Its a con.
[video=youtube_share;TVrDaudzn64]https://youtu.be/TVrDaudzn64[/video]
Could be that playing Ark : Survival Evolved for a long while has given me a fairly high tolerance for poorly optimised games, but I reckon NMS runs pretty nicely
Admittedly I just got a new PC, so anything else would be a little poor... so far no glitches or issues in 25 hours of play, everything from menus to gameplay elements to ship flight and walking around seems surprisingly polished for a game that has just been released!Edit: I see that could be read as me saying ship flight is good - it isn't, it is far too simplistic for my taste, and although it does get a bit more fun in a Star Fox'y kinda way once your ship gets upgraded. However, for all its simplicity it works, there are no glitches and with an XBox controller it is very responsive (within its limitations).
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So you're saying, in effect, that myself defending the game - because I enjoy it - means I am .. brainwashed ?
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I started playing Subnautica again after I got the itch from seeing NMS out there. I hadn't played it for quite some time, wanting to get a good bunch of new content before diving back in. For one thing, they have made the game significantly harder for Survival mode. There are so many more thing trying to kill me...just last night as I was doing my best Michael Phelps out of the kelp forest, something must have bit my leg with poison because it nearly killed me...as I turned to look a shark came barreling in from my side and had a healthy lunch.
It is also much harder to build your seamoth...I used to get it going within an hour of starting...I'm now 5 hours into a new game, have collected the blueprints but still don't have a blueprint for the construction platform. Resources are more intelligently placed and it looks like there are now bigger rocks that can be mined (gonna need that exosuit!). Fish repopulate now, which is good.The game is looking great and should line up well to their Q4 release.
The survival mechanics are more in depth (than NMS) and have varied buffs and consequences. Subnautica also hits that sense of panic really well when you go deeper. Hard to say if the game is better wither having played NMS myself. From what I've seen, though, your activities and motivations are a lot more varied than in NMS. I'll head out on a mission to find some Magnesium and will get totally side-tracked by a found wreck, then chased out by a pack of piranha and then find myself hiding in a cave from a leviathan, hoping my air can last until it goes away.
No, if you have enjoyed it good for you..
Though this one is worth watching (some swearing in this vid):
[video=youtube_share;l_HEI8ZfDbM]https://youtu.be/l_HEI8ZfDbM[/video]
I just happen to be sitting back enjoying all the drama /popcorn [haha]
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Ah I see - you're having a pop at the fanbois (gleaned from watching the 2nd video).
Well, enjoy your popcorn ... there's plenty of them to keep you entertained.
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To be fair the original comment you made that I quoted you on, if you were referring to fanbois, happens in all games - Take a look at our beloved ED .. there's some people here that if you so much as say a bad thing about it they're all over you. Same on the Blizzard forums that I frequent for Diablo 3 .. etc etc.
They . Are . Everywhere !
Well, enjoy your popcorn ... there's plenty of them to keep you entertained.
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To be fair the original comment you made that I quoted you on, if you were referring to fanbois, happens in all games - Take a look at our beloved ED .. there's some people here that if you so much as say a bad thing about it they're all over you. Same on the Blizzard forums that I frequent for Diablo 3 .. etc etc.
They . Are . Everywhere !
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TB was saying he fixed this with setting the graphics low, quitting then changing thme back to high and quitting and resarting ughhhh jeez lol
Not sure if posted here, yet.
Ars has a review
http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2016/08/no-mans-sky-review-total-eclipse-of-the-galaxys-heart/#p3
Ars has a review
http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2016/08/no-mans-sky-review-total-eclipse-of-the-galaxys-heart/#p3
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True but NMS has taken it to a whole new level that was previously thought not to exist
Fair enough.
On an unrelated note I like that Jim Sterling chap .. seems quite down to earth. Must subscribe to his channel.
Oh wow. I didn't realise that disease had spread. I think this is the true legacy of Star Citizen. Or Patient Zero as it'll be called in the future.
Funny as I'm listening to that review and what you claim is entirely wrong. Horizons is a crap product.
As for DS - I thought his main gripe with the game was the constant roll out the way and attack then walk to the next boss - yeah, crap gameplay again.
How come you're making stuff up - perhaps you shoudl pay more attention and stop misrepresenting him?
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I'm going to keep an eye on it for now and wait until they sort out the frame rate issues and bug fixes and see what it's like in a month. reptitive game play is ok if it's fun game play though I have to say, the mining looks satisfying lol
NMS Avatar spotted...
http://www.pcgamer.com/no-mans-sky-data-miner-finds-possible-player-avatar-and-a-half-life-logo/
One thing I've also noticed...there are no mirrors in the NMS universe!
http://www.pcgamer.com/no-mans-sky-data-miner-finds-possible-player-avatar-and-a-half-life-logo/
One thing I've also noticed...there are no mirrors in the NMS universe!
FYI, there are different starsystem types, as explained here:
https://www.reddit.com/r/NoMansSkyTheGame/comments/4xle85/psa_there_are_four_types_of_star_systems/
Not immediately obvious what is what from the galactic map! (ED's map is sooooooo much better than the one in NMS!)
https://www.reddit.com/r/NoMansSkyTheGame/comments/4xle85/psa_there_are_four_types_of_star_systems/
Not immediately obvious what is what from the galactic map! (ED's map is sooooooo much better than the one in NMS!)