No Man's Sky - The Review (2018)
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- We were all burned by No Man's Sky, but developer Hello Games is asking for a second chance. I think they've earned it, but that doesn't mean that I can recommend the final product that they've put together.
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So wait a moment, even after 2 years they still haven't delivered everything that was promised ? :-)
To me the game feels like playing Warframe, but only hunting Cetus Wisps as the only game mechanic. Maybe people like that stuff, I personally look for a little more than just holding down a button 99% of the time to get stuff to make more stuff.
They delivered most of what they promissed, its just that now people complain that what they got doesnt feel like what they wanted.
Regardles how much you will try to make people happy they will always want more.
C0LDHeartedPerson this is still lightyears away from what was shown in the first trailers...
One Feature you missed: Sandworms, I don't see any damn sand worms despite them being in a trailer.
Can you imagine if DE used this tech with rail jack....a open world universe...O.O
IGN is gonna steal this review.
IamI3rian ouch, burn!!!
You’re beating an old horse with old news dude. Staying angry isn’t making the best video content.
Electrohead 1. It was a joke 2. It’s not old news if it just happened this week...
na that one guy Fillip Mucin is gonna steal it
They don’tsteal shitty reviews that are bias cause Hello Games didn’t pay Shillup to play it. He doesn’t like this game because of the older version and then his inability to actually play this game. Skillup notoriously bloats his reviews for money forcing people to not watch which is why he started a patron because people got tired of his bloated talking. Now he wants us to pay for his and his brother who’s equally as unlivable as he is.
Like how you don't recommend Destiny 2 but still play it?.. gottem bois
-insert "HA, gottem" meme here-
That footage was from Destiny 1, and gjalarhorn is from Destiny 1 as well :D it's still up and running and has a decent playerbase from my understanding.
+Niklas Dude...
Rekt
Destiny 2 is a shit game. You probably stream it too.
why do you need colect oxygen if you have lightbulb instead of head?
Because lungs are inside the chest and not inside the face lol
because they said so
My answer is
Yes...
Because that’s how mafia works
Why do you game if they are not reality? What a stupid comment!
2 years later and this game has only gotten better and better. I absolutely love NMS.
I can respect the fact that when you review a game, you will go to great lengths to make clear about your own biases, what you believe the game is trying to deliver, and how the experience of playing it is. Each review style has its place for different consumers, but yours is one I value tremendously because you seem honest with how the experience was for yourself.
I'm sure this style doesn't gel with everyone, but when you review a game, I feel like a knowledgeable buddy I play online with is sharing their thoughts. Thank you for this review, your previous ones, and any other reviews you do in the future.
i was about to say, man that was a quick review, it's like 10 minutes and it's over, and then i realized that was the intro...
You got me to buy monster hunter...I will never trust you again
emarskineel is it not good?
Mistypix Studios it’s actually a very good game, just not my taste at all. Skill Up’s enthusiasm is just so contagious that I got hyped enough to buy it at launch lol.
But if no one preorders then who will write the reviews?
The people the companies send copies too for free for the express purpose of Reviews
I know your pain.
Everyone hyped it so I bought it and I was already turned off straight away when I was hit with a million fucking text boxes as a tutorial.
I find it a lazy and boring method to just mass info dump paragraphs on players on such an interactive medium to teach them your game.
Also nothing gameplay wise really hooked me. I think it was the third or fourth big monster that I gave up when I just hit hit hit x25, it runs away, I chase it (all the exact same method of "hunting" it), hit hit hit x50 and I win!
How fucking boring.
Does the game get better than that? It had no hook for me.
This is seriously the best review for a game that I have ever seen. Excellent job, you earned another subscriber.
Check out some of his older vids. He's the reason i have over 200 hours in warframe 👍
Its feels like i just watched a documentary about no man sky.Great review.
My favorite things about your reviews is that even when talking about games you do not enjoy you manage to stay respectful and understanding of why the game can be considered a great game by others. You are one of the few reviewers that I feel does not just praise the games they love and shit on the games they hate. When you love a game you still see its mistakes and you will not defend them. When you dislike a game you still find the positives and rarely do you ever call a game mechanic idiotic unless it is an objectively bad mechanic. I know that I will enjoy your reviews whether or not I agree with you, and that is something very few other people can say about their audience.
Breeka Couldn’t have said it better myself, SkillUp really does set the bar when it comes to objective and detailed reviews
Breeka yeah, if only there was more of that. We live in a climate where whenever there is a game which is not amazing but also not bad, people just pick one side (usually the side they heard first from a game media, which is usually the bad side because easy views), not able to find proper arguments to why they hate the game, while calling anyone liking it fanboys and insulting them whenever they come across someone who present arguments and facts to back that opinion up. Trust me, I play star citizen from time to time. It's far from great at the moment but the all-out misinformation propaganda those guys are into is just disgusting.
Breeka He usually does, but he was a bit off here. I could here and just about feel his disdain for this game. I wonder how he feels about Minecraft and Dont Starve? And other similar games, too.
People are still leaving these "Ya see, we can be grown-ups." comments to this day. - I can't but roll my eyes at the repetition.
@@jaspinirving1007 - Old comment, but maybe his disdain came from "getting burned" from the release. - He also claims even in the description that "we ALL got burned". But that's only the hyped-up audience of years who ended up actually buying it at release, not the people that got into it and still enjoyed it at launch. - This game wasn't nearly the half-baked wreck that (the then-non-existent) 'CyberPunk 2077' was and even thát game was enjoyed by people at launch, let alone "NMS". - I think he just had a chip on his shoulder from being one of those people who anticipated this game and didn't get what they wanted or expected. - I, for one, was not in the hyped-up audience, because I never really get swept up in that, and so... I just watched it all go down. And while I can understand that people get upset about promises not being delivered while having spent hard money on those promises (which I supposed goes back to the pre-order-issue), sometimes they can't over that and will remain bitter about it. - But I've just observed it from a distance and as the patches rolled out I only got more interested in it and gained a LOT of respect for Hello Games without even having played the game (but will).
As for 'Minecraft' and 'Don't Starve': I have no idea if he ever played those, I think the former he hasn't and the latter he might have, but I also think he doesn't particularly care about those. - But does it matter?... I don't think those are similar enough. I think some other games that have come out since (and he has reviewed) are probably way more similar, as well as the still-upcoming 'Starfield' that will undoubtedly be compared. - I personally think he should probably revisit "NMS" after all these years and revise his review. Though, he has praised them for how much they've added to the game since this review as well. And I can understand if he just doesn't care (or have time) to go through it again, besides there being loads of coverage elsewhere.
I would love to see a new review! 😁 here right after the companions update
Can we also appreciate the fact that he not only is a master reviewer but also a master at putting ads in perfect places.
Like i actually ENJOY listening to the ads because they are so perfectly timed to give me a little bit of a mental break or just kinda think about the points previously made. Skill up you are truly a master at what you do and i hope you keep on doing it.
I love how Skill Up sees each game as separate arts and respects it. Not comparing it to other games or talking about how the game should be. You got all these other reviewers treating games like products blah blah blah this is like dark souls blah blah the main quest is only 2 hours blah blah the game is 4/10 blah blah its $60.
Totally agree with your general sentiment but it’s a bit disingenuous to say that Ralph doesn’t compare a game to another. He dropped the Mass Effect title in this vid several times and has done so with his other reviews. He’s a brilliant content creator on this platform, no doubt about that, and sometimes it IS beneficial to compare one piece of art to another. And that’s what he’s done so far and will continue to do in the future when applicable. Although we all like to think a video game is some unique avenue for expressing art, they’re just another medium, like films and tv, that benefit from comparisons to one another when trying to convey a particular idea.
Well... in all honesty, they ARE products in the sense that they are mass produced and sold at a price. Not to say they are not works of art at the same time, but as reviewers, I do like these comparisons because they give me (the consumer) a better idea of what I can expect from the game when or if I buy it. I've had many disappointing games that I regret buying; just some examples, Aliens: Colonial Marines, Destiny 1 and its DLC, just to name a couple. And it's due to those reviews that do talk about campaign lengths, give a generalized summary score, and judge the worth of the game's value versus my hard-earned $60. As an example, I'm a person that likes campaigns, stories, and exploration, so when a reviewer talks about a game only having a two or four hour campaign, that conveys to me that I will probably like a game less than someone else will, and thus it influences my decision in a meaningful and appreciative way.
All of that said, I do partially agree with you. I would like to see more games judged on their individual merit rather than be compared to every other game, like the current "trend" of comparing every game to Dark Souls or what the game "should have been".
y2kplus9 Even art gets compared to other art.
Can I call what you just said BS?
ART don't make me laugh.
The game is not art, the idea, maybe the concept, maybe even the main code is art, but the game as a package is a collective effort done my multiple people that never ends.
If the devs keep getting paid, they will continue to improve their product, because it can always be better.
The game has an objective and it is to be fun or enjoyable while art does not.
Art can be enjoyable for it's maker only and it is enough, a game has different objectives and MUST try to be liked by others.
Calling it art is like calling the internet art, which contains artistic expressions but that is not it's function.
This over simplification of a game is the mistake.
However I agree with Skill Up, the game is a grind and not fun at all.
I will also add what Skill Up alluded too;
THE GAME HAS NO SENS OF PROPER PACING.
It doesn't know when to put the breaks on the grind to let the player enjoy other aspects of the game and when to put the grind where it complements what you are doing.
In the end NMS is a badly designed game created with the objective to fund a tech demo of a procedurally generated universe and that is the reason why the game is bad.
Some basics of what makes a good game are simply missing.
A survival without meaningful(well implemented) danger, that makes the player fear death.
An exploration without proper pacing(ruined by badly paced grinding)
A grinding game-play which is not fun to do and seems more like work.
This is horrible game design which should have been rectified at the beginning of the design of the game, but Hello Games were not interested in that at the time, they were more interested to create their procedural generated universe.
The proof is clear as day when they released A grinding game with a very small inventory space which showed their initial lack of effort or interest in actually making a good game.
Not running away with the money cannot fix the core problem of the game, the game is badly designed from the ground up, and cannot be fixed without scrapping the procedurally generated universe.
A procedurally generated universe simply does not work for exploration games. The effort and attention to detail needed to grab the player has to be done by a human and not a program. NMS proved that.
Except that's what he did here. Compared how combat feels in Destiny to Gameplay in NMS. Bogus analogy. He prefers limited handcrafted vs. the possibilities based on an algorithm that you could equate to sci-fi physics and planetary development with a 60s-70s aesthetic. Mind you, there are more updates coming continuously, so while not complete, there is still the possibility that this game can be better. I like SkillUp, but this review was more a miss. Not bad, as NMS has gotten what it deserved, but he is still NOT the one to come to for reviews on this. Seek someone else who sees the past, present, and future (based on actual updates) for this title. SU just sees what wants here and just isn't interested.
When the video ended i had the same feeling as i had when i walk out of the cinema!
Really great job!!
that's the best compliment ive ever seen
You payed too much for popcorn?
You had to pee?
Poetry
I know that this must have been said a million times already, but almost anything except for carbon can be bought on the thousands from space stations and trade outposts, and there's upgrades available for the starship that make it not require the refilling of launch thrusters. It's a balance between spending time to save money, or spending money to save time. When you are advanced enough, money stops being an issue, so you don't need to grind at all.
I have to clarify that I haven't gone to the center of the galaxy yet (not sure if that is a grind or not, but seems like it)
This review took me by surprise. I came into it expecting you to crap all over it for repetitiveness but you turned it around. I greatly respect you to put this much time into a game, make this good of a review, and say the things you said about even though it’s not the game for you. That’s what a good reviewer should do. Keep up the phenomenal work Shill Up.
tbh I think Ralph had to spend extra time on carefully putting the right words on the screen at 26:08 so he doesn’t offend his good friend ACG whose reviews bare the same structure
Shit I REALLY hate how correct you are about this game. I was ready to mentally disagree with you because of how much I enjoy this game but almost everything you mentioned was spot on for the most part.
i mean, it has third person, so it is by default better than cyberpunk 2077
vietimports can you explain to me why people hate cyberpunk being first person
oheen abtahi because of some stupid excuse like wahh I feel so nauseous mommy, can u buy me a pc so I can change the fov plz
Right I really like this game but his points are spot on
Am I the only person that buys resources from trade terminals???
I can't believe y'all waste hours mining when you can spend a few k to get enough resources to fuel your ship, hazard, and life support for hours..
That was a very well written piece. I personally love NMS for what it is and do find enjoyement in the grind. But the aspects of the game mentioned here are very real. and it would be interesting to see the game finally focus more on exploration and diversity, now that there is a solid sandbox/survival foundation.
I personally think the best way to play this game is in its creative mode. Especially for players who really don't like survival games. It just brings the focus from surviving, all the way to exploring and discover new planets. It feels freeing to not have the limitations of needing to constantly mine
Any chance for a re-review with 4.0 released? Sean has stated that the purpose of 4.0 was the update for people who say, "I like it, but I can't recommend this game just yet." I wonder if this update would have changed your mind.
Okay I don't usually comment on CZcams videos, but I have to thank you, and applaud the professionalism, the time and the effort you put into these reviews.
I think he does deliver art when talking about art. If you think of it, there's really no other way to do it. It's proper :)
You know you can just build a trade terminal and basically Buy 99.9% of anything you need for anything else? Watch the "grind" die with each simple cheap purchase.
Oatmeal Gamer even better once you figure out how to play the trade system. I’ve been running around the universe selling goods for a couple hours now
Already this is completely out of date. Huge updates since then and everyone complains and moans about needing to CONSTANTLY restore oxygen and various ammos. No. You can buy THOUSANDS of basic minerals at one wealthy station for CHUMP CHANGE. Then you’ll never need to “mine” except for special cool stuff. 5 minutes of logical thought removes the busy work in this game, it’s fun. It’s only a droll grind if you refuse to learn how to do things better, faster, stronger, etc. you know, no different than Minecraft, Starbound, terraria, or any survival game. Use your tools knuckleheads. Also you can expect it to get even more updates, I’m glad they’ve proven mistakes can be worked around!
Spenser Kniep it’s incredibly outdated now, as it has almost added everything that they promised, the beauty of origins. Of course this is not skill ups fault as this was two years ago.
One of the most fun parts of the game was when I got an s class hauler, I turned her into a gun ship and raided secure facilities from the air with rockets and lasers
skill up back again with the amazingly charismatic reviews
keep up the content
SkillUp! You are too good at reviewing games! This was so enjoyable and different from everyone else out there, who either still hate or have magically become fond of this game. The way you put your arguments forward is truly what's needed more in the video game critique space.
Can't wait for more!
I think this game definitely plays alot better when you organise and plan you moves,if you prepare your launch fuel pods you store the minerals you usually need the most in your ship, things like this make the grinding alot less time wasting traveling to get the 2 rocks.
maddoc336 one of the best things I did was build 20 launch fuel. It has lasted me forever never had to worry about being able to go where I want
Now lets jump on to the 2019 review with vr :D
This review mostly matches my feelings on NMS. One thing I can heartily recommend to anyone playing this game is mods. Some examples (not exact names):
- Halve/quarter/remove launch cost. I used quarter. Can also reduce warp costs.
- Instant button press (press E to do the thing, rather than hold it). Gosh that was annoying.
- Remove camera shake. I hate camera shake.
It can take some work but there are quite a number of tweaks out there.
An intro less than 7 minutes? Shame
DANNYonPC not even a single boating metaphor, why do I even watch this channel anymore
I love the game but you did a very good job at reviewing it fairly and objectively and clearly can see the game for what it is. Very good review.
Best review / synopsis I’ve ever heard. Well done and I subbed.
This review and your struggling with the item management actually makes me want to try the game now, I love that kind of stuff.
You just got a new subscription. As someone who enjoys NMS, everything you said is true. This game is very much niche and tedious. Your review is one of the better game I've seen in a while. You don't trash the game but you honest about it's issues. You not blindly positive but you recognize why some people would enjoy. Your review really does show that while reviews have a place, they should be used as guides about the game experience. Good work.
India Green strongly recommend you watch all the Shill's reviews. Best reviews of any format, not just on the web or CZcams. But in general anywhere.
Well that was quite a turn...
He's been going through rough times since his boyfriend left him.
@Adolf Hitler ur 12... Got to bed kid
Me too. Best review of pretty much any -game- media I've seen in a while. Talking about what it is, isn't, and a bit of history, but most of all acknowledging the reviewer's own tastes. I reserve the right to play the game and disagree with my own analysis of this review in the near future.
"Why would you put a ship in space when it isn't fully built?"
A perfect analogy for the game itself.
This review is more of a mini-documentary. I appreciate the research and effort that went into it. Not only did I learn history about the game, I learned what works and what could be better. Thanks for sharing.
If I were to describe skill up, then I'd call him the Micheal Fisher (Mr Mobile) of video game reviews. Articulate, expressive and just damn interesting to watch. You are a master of your craft Ralph. Enough said.
I am glad that you managed to tell us so well for why you enjoy or don't enjoy the game. Sometimes things can be good in a way, but not fun for the reviewer, sometimes you come across games that the reviewer truely loves but the average player doesn't like at all. You've done an excellent job at allowing your own opinions and feelings for the game to come into the review without blindly shitting on the game like oh so many people do on both ends of the spectrum. Its good to let personal experience and bias affect a review when you are honest with that and for that, I respect you a lot.
This is, like, an actual *review* of the game, not regurgitated “THEY LIED” and “BAD GAME ONLY” arguments (though the former point is still a valid point, it just shouldn’t be where the reasoning stops). There’s actual reasoning behind your points that isn’t mindless bashing and shaming. And I cannot stress how refreshing that is. Even as someone who’s liked it for these past two years, I’m not at all blind to its issues and so far I haven’t seen any reviews that point those out without revolving into a repeated tantrum of hate and contempt. Your review is an actual review, and boy howdy is that a good thing.
Another really great review! The best reviewers make you want to watch a review of a game you are not really interested in. I wasn’t interested in No Man‘s Sky post-lauch, let alone now, 2 years later, at all, but I still watched this review. Thank you so much for all your effort and passion in making these!
This is a really great video. I loved the whole presentation and script and everything. Good work!!
You sounds like the dude from the Laymen Gaming lol
That's insulting
An outrage. Upsetting frankly ...
How dare you?!
Skill ikr
Whoa I never noticed that before!
Amazing review, well worth the wait.
I love how you have laid out how the lies played into the reason why this game was so controversial, you have also been very fair about the way you cover this. I only started watching your content after seeing you with ACG but I'm loving these reviews. I'm also considering signing up for your Patreon because those written reviews look beautiful.
Cheers
The amount of the missing stuff that’s in the game now is just amazing
They released a bit too early.
@@WexMajor82 yeah, but Sony boxed them into a corner on that one
GrabberBythePuss it all depends on who plays it, I personally think it feels no less empty than Minecraft, you can crucify me for saying that if you want but it’s what I believe.
GrabberBythePuss well then take it as it feels as empty as about every game in the genre
My lord, this was a masterfully crafted review. Good work on it, and thank you for such honesty and unbiasedness throughout it; you deserve more subs man!
It sounds like you gave the game a really fair shake. I appreciate that a lot, it’s rare when it feels like a reviewer spends a decent about of time on what the game does right and what it does wrong. Well done.
slipspacer88 What does that have to do with this comment? But yeah I also heard that. Atleast he made the game he originally promised out of those funds
my point is this game is still garbage and you support people lying just to get money about shit thats not going to be there if you buy this game
slipspacer88 you got a source for that? Otherwise you're just talking shit.
slipspacer88 The game isn't garbage though? Maybe it used to be, but it's done loads of things no other game ever has. Not justifying the false promises at release but I just picked up the game for the NEXT update and it's incredible. You really need to do your research with the game if you're a new player but I found that quite easy to do with how easily the game can pull you in. The beginning grind is tedious, but it teaches you quickly how to manage inventory and become stronger. Again this is a grindy game much like minecraft for example, where the grindy part isn't all that 'fun' and more so just relaxing and waiting for each rock to be destroyed. If you don't like mining and feeling the gratification of slowly becoming stronger then don't play a universal sandbox. The reviewer did a great job and I liked the video. The game still has some minor flaws but it is without a doubt specifically tailored for people seeking this experience. Thought that was pretty obvious though
slipspacer88 This mentality kills industries, drop it while you're still young. We SHOULD support actions like this by developers to make them understand that consumers will give them revenue IF they treat us right. By absolutely shitting on NMS at release, and by supporting it when it vastly improves, we're telling developers that we won't take that kind of bullshit. Look what happened to ME:A, EA completely abandoned it and now its a dead game.
I'm about halfway through this review and I gotta be honest, I thought I was gonna disagree with you a lot on this one but I was wrong . This game like many other space sims is not for everyone
All the points you've made so far are spot on . It's a survival exploration game at its base so if you dont like that genre you will hate this game a lot. As a fan of space sims who is bored with elite dangerous' stagnant slow dev cycle (we've only had one major expansion which changes the core game in 5 years and all that did was allow planetary landings in small wheeled vehicles) I absolutely love it though I have a feeling the core gameplay loop will start to wear on me in a couple weeks to a month
I hoped that no mans sky will be my new love, but ill rather stick to ED for now, even though its lacking. I guess we all have different tastes hah
This is by far the best review of NMS i've seen so far ...... it's thought out well and funny at the same time . Well done ! Greetings from Germany .
Your review of this is very in-depth and insightful. Subbed.
A lot of people have an issue with the rock grinding in No Man’s Sky, that’s probably the main gripe everyone has with the game. Grinding resources for progression in building new tech.
The thing is, there are ways to minimise that grind. Not entirely there are always going to be times you go to a planet and mine the piss out of it but there are other ways, I personally scan a bunch of animals and discover new planets, buy C, B, A and S scanner modules with the nanites. Go back to scanning animals. Make a shit ton of money and then take advantage of the galactic market or incoming traders instead of grinding for resources.
With your regards to discovery, you don’t want to land because it wastes Launch fuel? That’s easy to solve. Uranium lol. If you find metal fingers you can get uranium from it and then you won’t care about landing anywhere because uranium lasts way longer.
If you had a problem with inventory then why didn’t you just buy more slots. Inventory management only sucks at the start of the game, it’s supposed too. The game is supposed to suck for you at the start because you start with barely anything and slowly build into something. Most of the problems people face like recharging life support, getting resources, and managing inventory are pretty much solved later on, how? Easy life support upgrades, more slots for your suit and farms.
A legit piece of feedback for the game would be to improve the grind a little bit seeing as it is the main gripe for people, it may not be an issue for people once they get a functioning base going but it is still the main gripe. The rest though, I think that’s too easily solvable.
Might not be the game for you but you certainly only told the story of the beginning, not necessarily the middle or the later stages.
Because everything you mentioned takes unreasonable amounts to time to do even the most simple thing and this is coming from someone that has played since end of 2016. For example, why bother making us pointlessly run around the atlas stations to learn words for a few minutes every time?
popcornfilms1 Which is a reasonable gripe and you can have that, but after you’ve achieved them upgrades, the grind becomes less so by doing so. Also not everything I mentioned takes an ‘unreasonable’ amount of time, a procedural mission that grants you nanites doesn’t take long at all, scanning a few animals and uploading them doesn’t take long. You have the nanites and now you can buy scanner upgrades that significantly increase your cash per animal, you can now make millions per planet. With that money you can just buy the shit you need, need copper, why hunt for it? Just buy it from some trader, if it’s not in that system, just buy other shit that’s there that you need and warp. Honestly not that difficult.
Also you don’t have to run around collecting words, you can if you want. You don’t have too?
You know, at one point after i finally looked into how to increase scan revenue, i realized there is very little reason to hit rocks. That clears two big caveats, mining and inventory management. Because, why would i hoard all this shit, thats not how i play, i dont need em right now. Those, not so frequent moments, when you still have to grind rocks for hyperdrive refill etc dont take that long.
In short, i currnetly bypass huge amounts of grind, maybe if id be building a base it would be different story, this gets us to biggest problem with No Mans Sky. Namely why build it, why do much of anything, there is very little consequece to anything. build for what, go to center for what reason?
ps. i think im dont with freighters and their missions, will use mine for storage thats all. doesent feel like expeditions are profitable enough, considering the time they take. I scan an animal for 450k, takes 5 seconds or so, they come back with some odd million after an hour or two, sometimes broken needing manual labour. and as much as i did those, seemed like there is only handful of same missions you do over and over again.
pss. what the hell is all this new tech people are building, base furniture? Should i look into it lol? Nanite traders have pretty much supplied me with everything i feel i needed.
psss. i throw this bone out here, as infinitely better as NMS is after NEXT, its still very shallow in many ways.
Tõnis Oja Why build a base? Do progress the story for some, others use a base to show off to the community aye. But yeah, more things for the base will always be beneficial to the game. Why go to the Centre ? Why not? Don’t have too. I know Sean said it would probably be the main goal for most people, turns out he was wrong. Most people just wanna go and do shit in the Euclid galaxy. They did improve the centre though as different galaxies have different rules in a sense, like I’m in calypso and everything is just turned up to extreme lol
Hmm, ya know when I clicked on this video, I was getting this vibe you were just gonna rip it apart because of the original hype train catastrophe.....and then.... you actually started saying it was good, but just not quite the right game for you. And that's totally cool. Good review, I like the honesty you put into it. NMS is a beast of two sides, one of wonder and exploration and adventure, the other of micro managing and dullness. LOL!
The game sucks. Most refunded game in gaming history, and rightfully so.
You're entitled to your opinion on the game. That's all there is to it.
Rick Diculous wow, no brainer comment :p
@ Tanner Gleason
Not the person you've asked, but... I refunded the game and I might have refunded maybe 5 games in my 30 years as a gamer. Because it was boring as fuck, the mechanics were crap and because I thought that the devs lied about so much that was not in the game or at least looked _very_ different. czcams.com/video/RvAwB7ogkik/video.html
I was pissed and I felt lied to and I thought that the devs going into hiding after the release and the initial shitstorm was not a good sign as well.
Also I thought that the game is actually boring as fuck and I thought it was utterly ridiculous that you were constantly chasing after resources, as if things like bloody sodium were amongst the rarest things in the galaxy. Or that if you were not struggling because of missing resources, you were _then_ struggling because of the stupidly limited storage space.
My fault for jumping on the hype train, I am usually beyond that for quite some time now, but I am _such_ a scfi fan and a sucker for everything that has space ships in it. Also, I had over 39°C fever and was suffering from severe stomach cramps when I bought this game, which might count as explanation.
You're truly amazing and expressing your point and providing a fair and reasoned argument for your reviews.
THIS is how you do a review. No hyperbole. No unfunny scripted sequences in costume.
Just a review of the game.
Kudos.
Reviews legit specially reviewer go miles and beyond and actually make vigorously written script, great job SU! Here is my sub
Man...I really REALLY wish more reviewers, and gamers in general, had your outlook on games. You really blew me away with how much you reinforced the fact that while you didn’t personally like this game, that doesn’t negate the fact that it’s a technological marvel that many people *do* love. I can’t wait to start looking through your backlog while waiting for your next video, because you’ve really earned my respect and sub!
Thank you for doing this... Like your voice, tempo, talent. Best CZcamsr for me
Extra credit for true feeling and how deep you can go
Yep, new subscriber here. Clicked on this review expecting the same old "it sucks" type of review and was pleasantly surprised. Everything you're frustrated about, i agree with. Thanks for the review.
Of all the reviewers I watch, I look forward to this channels reviews because of how it treats the game, like how he mentioned at the end. And because of the detail and overall goodness involved. The understanding of something not being for you, but knowing the appeal is there for someone else. This is why I will always use Skill's Warframe glyph lol.
Lol but true
If only his glyph looked more snazzy...
It looks like you don't know that exosuit upgrades have separate slots
Great review. Loved your facial at the scientist reboot.. You where like WTF!!!
Wow, that was a great review. Loved every peace of it. The amount of effort you put in it just amazed me. :)
Bravo! As always really well done in thought out and very much appreciate it. I Personally have not played This game. I'm not one for resource gathering survival games. That being said I am looking forward to star citizen when it's completed in 2050.
But jokes aside , thank you for the insights and the very transparent review. Honestly a sister joy to hear listen and watch you review something. You can probly make a review one hour and I would probly still watch it. Not cause I'm a fanboy would because they're so dam good.
Daamn dude, that's so well made!
Wow, now that’s a review with a heart and soul! Awesome!
I’ve watched like 15 of your vids and I don’t think I’ve ever been so confident to subscribe to a gaming channel. Great shit, dude.
After playing this game for the past week or so, my experience with the game has led me to exactly the same feelings towards it. However, I highly doubt I could explain it this well and thoroughly. Awesome video, Ralph. Thanks for posting!
I subscribed. The most honest and useful take on the game I've seen so far. Congrats.
He tends to do that a lot
The most honest? BS other Reviews arent less honest because they reccomend NMS. He has just another Opinion. Point.
cheesyspace it’s more honest in that he recognises his own bias and doesn’t just blindly shit on or recommend the game for everyone because he himself hates/loves it
bullshit. It's just his personal taste, for me, it's awesome
you and acg always make my day!
Once again, an amazing review. Thanks man!
I am trying to like No Mans Sky so much, but i don't succeed.
Many things you said, felt like they came straight out of my head :P
2 Fucking Rocks need to be a meme XD
Not quite - you never know beforehand which resources are needed and how much. Only after repairing a fair few frigates do you get a sense for what types of resources are required frequently and even then it is still hard to just stockpile enough of everything due to the limited inventory space. And it's not just repairing frigates, it's for everything else, too: Building bases, repairing drop pods, crafting equipment. You always need truckloads of all kinds of different resources and even in different "qualities". Sometimes you need Ferrite Dust, somtimes Pure Ferrite and sometimes Magnetized Ferrite - so that's 3 inventory slots just for Ferrite already.
I still like the game and after getting some upgrades this all becomes bearable, eventually - but it's still an issue, especially when just starting out.
Yea, No Man Sky is the only game that use crafing/refining system, oh and its the only game in which players have to learn how much resources they need for a specific crafting recipe......wait a minute!
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Just like any other rpg game with crafting/refining system...even in freaking Skyrim you are turned around to look for a ore, or whatever, if you find out that you are missing some and cant craft that armor.
Do people now blame NMS for problems that exist in any game with crafting?
COLD stop being like that, you are embarassing yourself. The fact that this game has a crafting system/inventory management was never critiziced, what is critiziced however is how these things are presented to the player and how he's supposed to interact with them. The inventory system is bs, plain and simple, and needing to gather ressources everytime you want to do literally anything is a pain in the buttocks. You never know exactly what and how much you'll need to repair, say, a drop pod. So how do you plan? Just take everything with you? You can't because, well the inventory stinks and there is no space. This contradicts your lousy examples: In Skyrim I know exactly what I want to craft, what I'll Need for it and how much and den get it. And after crafting that armorset I'll be good for a while because there is no need to craft every 2 seconds. It's the execution that is flawed in No Mans Sky, that is being critiziced. As has been said before. Listening/reading comprehension, you work on that.
にゃあエイリアンMeowAlien "requires 2 ferrite dust"
I always store the most important resources in cargo slots in exosuit. And try have more caloric fuels (instead carbon, better one is condensed carbon or phosphorus and instead ferrite dust, the best is magnetised ferrite which I usually collect from destroying ships which attack me) however sometimes you have to keep ferrite dust or regular carbon or nitrogen to create something. I always try to have 500 in cargo. Plus instead of starship launch fuel I always keep 500 uranium in ship and this is sooo soooooo simple that after so many hours this guy should know this....
I respect you for being the only reviewer, who can properly explain why I would like/ dislike a certain Game. The thing that really struck me was your (sort of) rejection of the "Checklist equasion review". It is something I cannot relate to at all. And there are a couple Games that I would like to see reviewed in your style, games that usually dont get a chance because they are more than the sum of their parts. A property that isn't reflected in checklist reviews. Overall I believe that your current style has struck a balance that is truly magnificent, and I look forward to the videos that come in the future.
MisterF0oT i agree 100% I would really like to see elite dangerous reviewed like this.
What games would benefit most from being reviewed in his style, in your opinion?
Insanely great review! I really enjoyed the ways you broke this game down and talked about each individual aspect of the game. Got yourself a subscriber! I'm going to watch some more of your videos for sure!
I love how you manage to give objective, unbiased reviews while also injecting your personality and preferences into it. You're the best in the biz in that regard imo, thanks for all the awesome content man.
Would be interested in your opinion now. After even more large updates
Yeah sure, not a problem. So I think the new additions to the game are excellent. I like how you can buy what you need using nanites instead of going through a quest like before. I don't know if I like the new farming and mining changes to the game. My biggest problem though is the lack of diversity on the planets. When you land on a planet, what you see around you is the biome for the entire planet. It doesn't matter if I fly six hours in any direction, the planet will still be the same. This really ruins exploration for me. I'd like to see the colour of the grass or the ground change. Different types and sizes of trees with different coloured leaves. I'd like to see different biomes on planets instead of a planet being just one biome. There also doesn't seem to be an end to the gameplay loop. There is no cycle to the gameplay. It just feels like one long stretch without an end. But I'd like for there to be more diversity and biomes on planets because I want to explore these planets for hours. I'd like to travel for an hour and notice the grass changing colour or the weather pattern is different. I'd like to feel that I'm in a new area of the planet but still within the theme of the planet. So like, if it's a snow planet, I'd still like it to be cold and freezing but with different trees and areas that still work within the theme.
What do you think about the game?
@@kubabooba548 sadly I still dont like it but its more a "i dont like it" on a death standing Level. As a whole i think its one of the most interesting games in how it came back and even wenz far and beyond what everyone expected. They didnt talk they just worked
wow, first time I'm seeing you, that was a well written review, i like people who are open to things and don't review, like you say what they want the game to be rather, review it on the merits it has like you just did with no man's..subbed
Hey man, love your content. You should do an updated review of this game!
Best review I think I have ever watched. Well done.
Worth a buy and skill up my favorite reviewer's
This is the most detailed review of No Man's Sky I have ever seen period! Great work good sir!!
Great review!! The uneven engines on your small ship trigger my OCD like crazy, however. Geez.
I truly appreciate your reviews. Thank-you Skill Up!
Awesome review, I really think this is the best no man's sky review on youtube.
Fck me! I don't know how u do that really, like you always manage to somehow catch the essence of the game u are reviewing. I love this channel (and I hate that even though I love the concept of No Man's Sky I can't find pleasure playing it...). Keep up the good work, u really deserve to be bigger but I think that most people just rather watch some null 10 minutes of fortnite than 40 minutes of in-depth material.
I have never, nor ever wanted to play this game but to be fair Ralph played this as a game that needed to be reviewed. Most people play it as a their go to long term game. They arent trying to get it done, they are playing it for the "doing" this game isnt meant to be a fast run.
Great honest review
thanks mate
Skill, you do a amazing work with reviews. I wait for your reviews before I purchase most games because I'm always getting the truth and depth of these games within your reviews.
10:57 You need to dump a whole load of materials to get your freighter running. (requires just one easy to craft very common warp drive)
Great video. The bit about “2 rocks” was really funny because it’s so true. I agree with all your grind complaints but I’m still willing to pay that annoying price for the chance to settle on my own planet and have life the way I want it. It’s my escape.
Your video style is great, funny and professional. I was particularly impressed by how you’ve managed to fit the adds in between scenes. Didn’t know you could do that. I’m subscribed.
Great, really even handed review, thanks man.....
One of the best reviews for any Film/book/game/product ive ever seen. Hands down 10/10 review.
I love the game for the grind to get all the best shit you want. I have gotten to a point to where I don't need to gather resources but rather just buy what I need from the Galactic Trade Network. Certain systems sell and buy at different rates and I take full advantage of that.
This review perfectly articulated how I feel about No Mans Sky with me having to stop and think long enough to find the words myself and for that I thank you.
On a side note about the video itself, I noticed the Mid roll ads seemed to drop perfectly in segment transitions, whether this was intentional or just automatically achieved by some sort of algorithm I dont know but holy shit is it about a thousand times better than the channels that fucking drop them mid sentence or even mid word. And for that I praise you even more.
I leave gaps :)
17:35 "Why would you put a ship in space if it wasn't fully built?" that right there got me
One of the best reviews I've ever seen. And I'm one of those who loves the game.
I like your approach. Who would thought a little bit respect for something could make it all feel som much more genuine ;)
This might be a little late, but there comes a point in the game where space becomes a non-issue (96 slots in your inventory), and you don't really need to mine for anything ever again: Once you get to that point you simply buy the stuff you need, and you get an idea of what kind of stuff you always need to keep in reserve. Repairing frigates, refueling, etc becomes a non issue, just a click away whenever you need it. I wonder whether you ever got to that point :)
Of course, the experience coming up towards it also needs to be taken into account, and having to go through that perceived slog is not an excuse. Still, something to consider. :)
I think the biggest problem with the game is that all of the progression revolves around collecting resources and more importantly money. You want a better ship? - Buy one. You want a better tool? - Buy one. You want to upgrade your equipment? - Well, you better have nanite clusters. About 90% of the progression is just buying upgrades. The only consequence of death in the game is that You'll have to spend another 20 minutes pointing at rocks, because apparently your super high-tech hyperdrive can be fixed by hand using copper. You never feel stranded, because every single one of your problems can be solved by going around and shooting rocks. You never have to get creative with how you acquire resources, because you know there's a near infinite supply of ferrite dust or whatever on the other side of that hill.
What a well crafted review!
Honestly Mr.Shillup, you might be my favorite if not the best game reviewer I've watched on CZcams. You usually seem to be able to sum up my thoughts and vocalize them in a way I never could. Appreciate the awesome work dude keep it up!!!
Personally, somehow I managed to miss any info about this game until like a month or two before its launch, so I didn't have a few years of hype built up from it.
The "infinite procedurally generated planets and environments" thing I knew was just going to be the Borderlands guns all over again, so I didn't expect too much from things like that. The multiplayer wasn't my main interest either, it was just going to be a nice bonus.
Because of these things, I managed to get a solid 30 - 40 hours out of it at launch, which was a different introduction to how it's like now. The main Atlas quest seems complete now too. I liked the exploration, I liked the discovery, I liked the atmosphere, I liked the visuals, and I liked the audio (the music in particular is something even people who disliked the game liked).
I recommend it only on PC though. Not that you can't get a good stock experience, but mods add, and resolve, so many things.
By far the best game review I've watched. Thank you
I really respect your commitment to these reviews, and that you work so hard to present a well constructed and rational set of points backed by evidence. I love NMS, but that's largely because no other game in the genre comes close to delivering the feelings you get from this game when it's at its best. But, I agree that the swings are too pronounced. The inventory management is tedious. The game would benefit from another layer of hand-crafted experiences among the procedurally generated environments for the player to really sink their teeth into. NEXT has improved the variety of flora and fauna to discover, but I think they still need to go further to really sell a sense of discovery and to differentiate the experience of each planet and solar system. In any case, thank you, it was an enjoyable watch and a valuable critical analysis of where the game stands now.
Boy that's a great description. And so far what I've seen is that if you simply jump on the game, without any big expectations (kinda hard if you ever watched anything involving the hype-moved CEO there), it's actually enjoyable.