It seems that after watching the leaked gameplay a lot of people are questioning what has been said about the game and the actual reality of the game.
A post on reddit trying to dismiss, defend or justify these things makes for some very amusing reading.
https://www.reddit.com/r/NoMansSkyTheGame/comments/4vjjga/we_have_collected_some_evidence_that_the_leaked/
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The lack of detailed info regarding the game has allowed people to give free rein to their imaginations. The disappointment is going to be immense in some cases...
It's pretty clear from reading the comments on Reddit that many are expecting far more from the game than it can reasonably deliver. Some appear to be upset that it can take just 30 hours to "beat the game" (reach the center of the galaxy), when Sean Murray apparently said it would take anywhere fro 40 to 100 hours, depending on how you played.
Knowing how I play open-world exploration games, I'm quite sure it will take me several hundred hours to reach the center, because I'll be taking the scenic route...
But hey i could be wrong, only time will tell :awesome:
In the link below he states that he's reached the center but doesn't want to spoil the "secret".
Here be spoilers https://www.reddit.com/r/NoMansSkyTheGame/comments/4va7ve/the_spoilersleaks_megathread/d5yg3u9
"We all do the best we can based on life experience, point of view, and our ability to believe in ourselves." - Naropa "We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are." SR Covey
One of the Reddit mods just quit the NMS subforum because they apparently received death threats from some people that disliked their moderation style...
The guy that broke the leak fiasco (/u/Daymeeuhn) apparently has a history of doing similar things with other games. He is happy to pay $2000 to be "famous" on the internet for a while. He's doing it for the fame, not for the game...
Whatever floats your boat, I guess. Some like to be worshipped, others like to worship. The leaks gave me the opportunity to finally make up my mind about the game, because I had some lingering doubts.
The ex-mod's post
When you go outside, for that walk in the sun, it's all you can think about. When you get back, sit in your chair, it's still in your mind. It's horrible. I know, with an incredibly high sense of certainty, that nobody is actually going to go out and kill me, but it doesn't change the fact that they just said that.
The saying "Sticks and stone will break my bones, but words will never hurt me" is nothing but complete bullshit. They hurt just as much, but there's no physical signs of them, and words are a hell of a lot easier to send out.I said in Discord a few days ago that before I go out, I have to stand in front of a mirror and force myself to smile before I go. That is still true.
What really threw the subreddit into chaos was the removal of footage, kow-towing to HG and the conspiracy theory post that the mods stickied, the one linked in the OP.
The exorbitant hype was bound to implode at some point and trying to control the narrative in such a situation is an exercise in futility.
With such games there will always be some guy finding some way to "beat the system".
Doesn't mean that you have to take the same path, too.
Some speedrunner beat Skyrim in 35 minutes....yet the title provided hundreds of hours of awesome gaming experience for everyone else.
I've played over 800 hours of Skyrim, and never completed the "main" quest. I've never "beat" the game. I'll probably finish it one day, but if I never do, it won't make the slightest bit of difference to how much I enjoyed playing it.
I'll not be playing NMS to "find out what's at the center". I'm in it for the journey, not the destination.
Hopefully all those things will be fixed on release, but if they haven't, then HG needs to seriously think about delaying the game more so that they are fixed, particularly the whole game crashing issue on the PS4 version, i don't think Console players will be very happy if that stays in the game. O.o
NMS went "gold" over a week ago, and that was AFTER HG had the extra time required by the launch delay.
Things like the very high value of certain resources can be easily adjusted by a day-1 patch, but crashing issues would not be as trivial. However, the crashing issues do not appear to be game-breaking, otherwise it would be a major complaint on ALL the leaked streams...
Anyway NoManSky rage and shattered dreams will be nothing compared to what will happen once Star Citizen releses.
It's what makes us human, we are all different. Every new thing will be loved by some and hated by others.
The internet even allows some people to actively look for new things to hate !
This isn't a signature, you just think it is.
https://www.reddit.com/r/NoMansSkyTheGame/comments/4vlm3p/the_second_coming_of_the_spoilersleaks_megathread/
Some people seem to love destroying the happiness of others. It's probably pure envy...
( i never pre order anymore and most of the time im going pirate the games before buy it, but im ending up buying the game if that good )
honestly doing it this way im buying so far less games... dev are liar, games releases full of bugs or are often not even what they should be.
that okay if the players are not happy the games crap
no 'game beat' because there is no 'beating' a sandbox
no 'figured all parts of it out' because its actually designed well
no 'got to the center in 30 hours' because you cant
Please do not respond to me, even if I ask you a question, its rhetorical.
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