There's !nomanssky@lemmy.world but it's not super active. You're bound to find some fans in the general gaming communities like this one though.

I’m new to Lemmy BTW.

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Wide as an ocean, deep as a puddle.

Nah, it's better than that but this statement still holds true for me - after several weeks I've seen everything (i.e. the patterns behind everything), and that's when it got repetitive. All in all it's a very nice game.

Don't know, I really would like to love the game. Everytime a new update drops I try to pick up the game, but time and time again I struggle to find a game loop which really grabs my attention and keeps me playing. I either fall back into ressource grinding or trying to unlock all expedition rewards. Both getting repetitive and boring after some hours of playing. It's really a shame as I love the aesthetic and somehow casual feel of the game.

If you guys have any recommendations how to make the game enjoyable again, please feel free to drop a comment, would love to hear from you how you play NMS.

I returned to it when the corvette update dropped. Might come back when there's another huge update. I usually lose interest after two weeks of playing it, because things start to get repetitive.

Got 1700hrs in it; 42 bases across a 30+ galaxies. Mines for Sodium, Indium, Phosphorus, Rusted Metal, Sulpherine, Pyrite, and a few more. Built a few architectural wonders, too. Good times

It's barely recognisable from the below average game that released in 2016. There used to be nothing to do in it, now there's so much to do that it's overwhelming. It's a very good game now, and you have to give credit to Hello Games for what they've done to make it what it was always supposed to be.

Still some things I don't love about it, but on the whole it's well worth playing if you're into that type of game.

252.6 hours played, last played October 2024.

It's enjoyable, but I've never been really engaged with it. There's no progression, I don't feel like my character, equipment, or ships are getting better even though I'm upgrading things. No planet is special, even though they're all unique.

I think it would be better if you started out in a "settled" region with interesting factions, hand-designed planets, optional quest lines, etc. The infinite procedurally generated stuff would come into play if you push beyond the edges of known space.

I was a day one buyer. I gotta say i miss the old game, before it became multiplayer. The loneliness was great. Black holes used to mean something. Now you can just teleport anywhere you want to.

Corvettes are one of the cool things they added, and somehow halfassed it. I don't mean that in a horrible way, just that the ship partss are all over the place. But that got old pretty quick.

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I hop in and out whenever a new update comes out, feels like I slip into my usual grinding routine, collect resources then sell resources. Then a new game comes out and I drop off again. I did get it for the Steam Deck and appreciate the cross save feature and they really do deserve credit for the ongoing updates. But it’s a sandbox and same game mechanics as FarmVille sometimes.

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No, man...looks sadly at the sky

Every few years I give it a try, but I can't really feel it.

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I play it on vr. I just like exploring.

No, I'm not a No Man's Sky fan. I'm a recovering No Man's Sky addict. If retirement exists in the future, I hope this game still exists, cuz I'm gonna ruin whatever remains of my life with it.

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If you like space themed games (of different genres), there is also:

!space_games@piefed.world

I should give it a try again... Release was not perfect but I hear so many good stories about the game. Then again, I just started my first playthrough from the Wild Hunt which(er) takes enough time....

bought it some time ago but only played for like 10hrs. I was either lost or bored most of the time.

Does Elite Dangerous count lol?

I enjoy it. It's a relaxing, peaceful game. I just wish there were more objectives. The idea of just exploring and finding things doesn't appeal to me all that much. The game has a lot of potential for combat, both in the spaceship and as a FPS, but both of these areas feel like they could be expanded a bit. Overall, I just wish that there were more combat-focused missions after completing the main storyline.

But it's still pretty good and I enjoy it when I want to relax.

I haven't played in about a month, but the Corvette update really got my interest renewed. Soon as that dropped, my first thought was how Hello Games basically out-Starfielded Starfield. Having completely walkable interiors on near-infinitely editable ships made things a lot more fun, although also a smidge OP. Methinks I should jump back in! Really need to try VR mode again too.

I play it in bursts every few months when I feel that space exploration itch. Usually there's a new feature or two whenever I pick it up. So yeah, fan of the game and the company behind it.

It is definitely great for what it is, and I do jump in every new update. Plus, it's one of those games I can just throw on when I'm not feeling a particular type of game to play, and it usually does help me get in the gaming mood. :)

Played for a while, a few times, but there's not much challenge so I don't stick around that long. Got strong enough to kill all the sentinels easily. Got a freighter and billions of credits. Lots of resources.

I can imagine deeper stuff they could do, and maybe they will one day.

i like nms but i wish each individual planet had more to do than just mining, scanning stuff, scavenging, and selling stuff. theres just no reason to do anything on any particular planet in your area unless you need resources it has and its a huge missed opportunity.

Recently did an almost full playthrough for the first time.
I'd tried a few times over the years but this one stuck.

I hmhave a goal of having bases evenly distributed across the galaxies. So I hop on every once in a while to find a suitable planet for the next base.

They replay all the expeditions during the holidays so I do the ones I missed as well.

I played it at launch for about 60 hours, haven't touched it since. I started using reddit to participate in its subreddit in 2016, the hype this game created was crazy.

Its weird I know I shouldn't but I kind of love NMS. Its such a broad but shallow game but I cant help but spend hours on it. Being able to just jet off to a new system and explore is excellent.

I like the variation in planets they've added and have always really wanted to like this game. I also like how they added a more casual mode that doesn't require constant grinding.

The main issue is that it seems like every mission is fly to a planet, land, interact with one of a few things, then leave.

Yep! 1000+ hours across PC, Steamdeck and Switch 1.

I just enjoy wandering and discovering, and looking for the perfect planet. I'll occasionally try variant survival saves, like freighterless (using exocraft for additional summonable storage).

I don't mind the corvette ship designing feature, but I enjoy discovering and acquiring the procedurally generated ships more, or journeying to a location from NMSCE which has a particular ship or multitool.

I like that the game mechanics aren't wholly intuitive - it occasionally adds surprise, like finding the settlement towers have a once-a-day scan function or that a particular foodstuff in the nutrient ingestor can increase mining yields.

Currently working through rebel galaxy outlaw. No Man's Sky is next!

definitely

NMS did such a better job of looking like a movie poster than Starfield could ever have hoped to.