After all this time, No Man's Sky finally releases....

[Draco18s]

Though I've no intention of touching that one even if it's a masterpiece... it's an MMO, after all.  Screw that genre with a fork.

A friend pressured me into buying the $20 "get the game" edition.
Ages upon ages ago, before it got stupid.  Questionable, but not stupid.

I think the reason so many people *CARE* about the game and thus we have a 13 page topic, is that deep down they wish this were an actual fun game (and not just a pointless exploration sandbox)

Actual game: yes.
Production: meh.

Currently it looks like it has production but no game.  That is: lots of shiny assets, but no mechanics.

[Misery]

Though I've no intention of touching that one even if it's a masterpiece... it's an MMO, after all.  Screw that genre with a fork.

A friend pressured me into buying the $20 "get the game" edition.
Ages upon ages ago, before it got stupid.  Questionable, but not stupid.

Someone I know tried to do the same thing.  I ranted at him for 20 minutes until he agreed to never mention it again.

If you've played it, is there actually anything to it?  As in, any good whatsoever?  What little I've seen of the game doesn't exactly fill me with a desire to have much more of a detailed look at it, but I don't have enough info to really judge it regardless.

Granted it only matters so much... it's still a freaking MMO.   There was a time when I didn't hate that genre... ah, those were the days.  And then Warcraft happened.  Ugh.

[Draco18s]

If you've played it, is there actually anything to it?  As in, any good whatsoever?  What little I've seen of the game doesn't exactly fill me with a desire to have much more of a detailed look at it, but I don't have enough info to really judge it regardless.

Own, not played.
I've been deliberately ignoring all the newsletters and not installing/playing because I have no fucks to give until it is complete.

[Mánagarmr]

For the content NMS provided on release I believe it was ridiculously overpriced. There was probably not more than $15 worth of content in the game and they demande you fork over $60. That never sits right with me.

[Aklyon]

If there's been another AAA purchase I've made, I've forgotten about it.  Wait, no, there was Diablo 3, though I didn't stick with that for all that long as my arm kept acting up (too much mouse).  Suddenly occurs to me that I could give that and PoE another go finally.... hmm.  I just might do that.

PoE just started a new league yesterday, too (and has an expansion next year).

[TheVampire100]

I never got past the Siren in PoE. And no one of my friends plays the game, so I have no one to help me.

[Aklyon]

I never got past the Siren in PoE. And no one of my friends plays the game, so I have no one to help me.

My friend who I play it with was talking yesterday in discord about how it'd be great if we had more than the occasional returning person in our tiny guild to talk to or play with, I'd play with you guys if you want.

[TheVampire100]

I have to reinstall the game first but I would maybe play with you guys. That depends however on the level gap which I fear may be too big. Liek I said, I never got past Siren which was the second boss in the entire game.

[Aklyon]

First actualy boss, really. Brutus is a mid-act boss.

[TheVampire100]

Then I'm even worse.

Also I don't remember but are there different servers for different continents? Because I'm from EU and my characters would be on EU too.

[Aklyon]

No, but there are different gateways that lead to the same place but with better/worse ping.

[TheVampire100]

Okay, I'm currently installing the game but this may take a day.

[Misery]

Then I'm even worse.

The game DOES have a pretty big learning curve.  I doubt you're the only one getting stuck in places like that.

From what I understand, it's not uncommon for a new player to get a certain distance in, sort of hit a wall, and realize that their character build just isn't working.  Which is when it's time to start a new one, hopefully improving on the previous concepts.   And starting totally new characters sounds like something that's done FREQUENTLY in this game for a bunch of reasons.  Probably why levelling up is so quick.

I ended up watching a few tutorial videos myself very recently (and also installing a loot filter designed to help new players).  Particularly for when it came to stuff like the economy... that currency stuff is more than a bit confusing at first.  Such a unique mechanic though.   

Currently I'm using a witch who specializes in summoning exploding skeletons for some reason.  Cant go wrong with exploding skeletons.  Well, if this were Minecraft then you could go wrong with them, it'd mean some sort of hideous skeleton/Creeper combo.... 

[Aklyon]

And starting totally new characters sounds like something that's done FREQUENTLY in this game for a bunch of reasons.  Probably why levelling up is so quick.

That, and also the fact that they give you a ridiculous amount of character slots for free. Plenty of space for alts...not so much stash space once you actually find things you want to hold onto.

[TheVampire100]

Installes and checked, my furthest character is at level 17.