Little did I know the 'wow' of the game ended there. The transition between planet, atmosphere, and then space is something to behold. I lifted off my first planet, and wow that's the coolest part of the game.

They use a dumbed down version of Destiny's UI with slower cursor speed and an even more frustrating speed of selection.Īfter 45 minutes and walking for what seemed like miles, and dying twice from a sentinel (The shooting controls are dreadful) I had finally repaired my ship. I noticed that the inventory system was slow, and not very intuitive. I marveled at the planet I spawned on, and repaired my ship (the tutorial revolves around fixing issues with the ship before taking off to explore the galaxy) which was actually a pretty fun time. The first 5 hours I spent with this game were actually pretty interesting. They teased it for years, but all in all it doesn't live up to the hype. With the promise of infinite planets and pure freedom gamers were excited. When this game was announced years ago the trailers made it look so fantastic. This review is from No Man’s Sky Standard Edition - PlayStation 4 If you want Civilization in space with an endless procedurally generated universe to discover in the first person, where you can build enormous death stars requiring hundreds of real live players to operate, or where you can terraform planets and establish trade routes while building space stations for trade, etc. However the entire game feels like it is the foundation for an immersive RPG world that was never made, where you can build cities and develop galactic empires with other players.

The RPG aspect of the game, with primarily three intelligent alien factions that you encounter, is solidly done. Combat is awkward like the clunkiest of FPS games without any of the bells and whistles, but where the game excels is in exploration. The closer you get to the center of the galaxy the more extreme the planet environments become, making it so a mountain's shadow creeping across the landscape can freeze you to death, or on a planet close to a star where sunrise will kill you.

That in itself provides endless hours of play discovering all kinds of insane looking space critters, plants and minerals. The play style is a lot like Minecraft in space, without the ability to build anything except updates to your exo-suit, multi-tool and starship. What can happen is that you will run into unique and rare places like black holes that have already been discovered by other players, but more often than not you will be the first person there. No Man's Sky is technically a multiplayer game, where real players can run into each other, but the odds of it happening are astronomical. No Man's Sky lives up to the promise of discovering new worlds in a procedurally generated universe that is massive beyond belief.

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