Will 'No Man's Sky' steal ED's thunder?

TheDoctor

TheDoctor
To be honest E3 is becoming irrelevant in todays always on society.

Apparently exhibitors are down 20% on last year and with games news websites bringing 24/7 news as well as developers engaging directly with the players then a trade show like this is losing it's place.

Especially as E3 related news was hitting the websites so fast it was impossible to keep track of it all.

Although it is back at the LA exhibition center next year the organisers have taken a swipe saying that it is no longer a world class site and are looking at alternatives.

Who knows it might come to the ExCel in London and we can all try and blag our way in as bloggers/online journo's. :)
 

HaB1971

H
Looks like something I would have a stab at playing...

Someone took a stab at a bunch of different space based games, mashed them together...

I don't care about cartoonish graphics if they work... It reminds me of Homeworld mixed with Supreme Commander and a hint of Spore thrown into a 1st person world...
 

NeilF

NeilF
I'll swear there's talk of trading in the game? Be fascinating if you can buy, transport and sell good!

Of interest is all we've seen so far (I believe) are trailers. There's no real indication to the core game play etc.

It could well be they're still a long way off release, so ED could be out first!
 

Boardwalker

Boardwalker
Too early to tell, because NMS seems little more than a tech demo. And it will be on consoles. If it has even half the complexity/nuance of piloting in Elite:D, I'll be surprised.
 
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Flin

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The idea of exploring endless number of new planets is more compelling for many than endless number of star systems because planetary environs and inhabitants are more relatable.

Can wait until planetary landing expansion is ready. It should get at least the same level of hype, if not more.
 

[SI] Bobdelion

[SI] Bobdelion
Flin said:
The idea of exploring endless number of new planets is more compelling for many than endless number of star systems because planetary environs and inhabitants are more relatable.
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Although I'm assuming all those planets will be accessed from a large number of star systems as well, unless we are looking at a game with just a few systems with hundreds of planets each! There is obviously a lot more here than has been shown at this point. I mean, there would have to be, right?! From what we've seen so far though the key difference will be in tone and as such NMS and ED could end up complimenting each other quite nicely. In either case I love the idea of two UK developers going head to head to produce these hugely complex procedurally generated game worlds for us to explore.
 

Shigawire

Shigawire
Slawkenbergius said:
As above, so below.

I don't think they're sped up.
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The developers stated in one of the videos or texts that orbital or rotational speeds of planets have been increased.

The reason, they stated, is that it creates more interesting vistas for a planet.. having the change from daylight to night time more frequently. So if you wanted to see a sunrise on a planet, you wouldn't need to wait an entire day. And on some planets, "one day" is really more like a year.

I'm looking for the source, and it's not easy to find it. If it was a video, there's a lot to look through.. and there's a lot of text. :)
 
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TheOohChild

TheOohChild
Both games earned some well deserved hype from their recent showings at E3. More people seem to be talking about both games, but more so for NMS. NMS is stealing thunder from everyone.

I favor Elite D, but I am really excited to see what happens with NMS.
 

Slawkenbergius

Slawkenbergius
I just finished watching that before coming here. Given the video's title, it's still disappointing not to see any actual gameplay footage. As in someone holding a controller and playing it live...
 

PacalB

PacalB
Slawkenbergius said:
I just finished watching that before coming here. Given the video's title, it's still disappointing not to see any actual gameplay footage. As in someone holding a controller and playing it live...
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Agreed, I got the same feeling too, I also kept feeling he was describing ED as well (minus the dinosaurs of course). Its different but the same, if you get my meaning. What did stand out was his line about the release date, sounds like it still could be way off, that or Sony are on their case big time to keep shtum about it!

God you've gotta love those old Germanic words in the English language. :D
 

[SI] Bobdelion

[SI] Bobdelion
The thing that really stood out for me in that video was his line regarding NMS resolutely not being a simulation, and I could not agree more. Hello Games are using procedural generation as a 'possibility engine', spitting out huge amounts of esoteric and highly randomised content, whereas Frontier are using it to simulate the huge number possibilities within our galaxy inferred by what we already know about how it works. The starting points and mechanisms may be similar but the results will be very different. In recent times I've been enjoying Starbound quite a bit and NMS increasingly looks like a 3D version of that, whereas Ed is obviously going to be a very different beast.
 
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