They've released a ton of content and game enhancements since 5 years ago. I just picked it up a couple of months ago and I'm floored by how good this game is. Yes, it's all randomized/procedurally generated and that's why it's so vast. The story is okay but not AAA amazing, but definitely check it out if it's been a while.

This game has added so many systems over the years, but it still just hasn’t really grown into anything of substance. It’s a game where the only real “thing to do” is mindless busywork. 200 new systems, all created to a standard of absolute minimum viability, none of them are very rewarding on their own, and none of them really create interesting interactions with each other. It’s like they every system was added with the idea that they’re optional, which makes them all feel unnecessary.

You can build bases now, but there’s no real reason to other than to do so. There are settlements you can become the leader of? But what that entails is essentially nothing. The game is designed from the ground up for you to move from planet to planet without lingering too long on any particular one, and yet they added a bunch of mechanics based around specific planets.

It’s a really bizarre product.

I just wish there was more to it. Every update adds more to do, but no reason to do it. Now we have a puddle as wide as an ocean.

I really don't know what to think about this game. It definitely has come a long way, but to this day, it feels... Shallow.

It's a sandbox game where building, crafting and trading are not great, not terrible. It's also an adventure game, but the story is overall very predictable and combat is again, not great, not terrible. It's a multiplayer game, except no, not really, since you don't share quest progesss and almost never meet random people (if you aren't close to the center of the galaxy).

I'm about 200h into it and still can't tell you if I like it or if it just keeps me busy. I have high hopes for Light No Fire tho.

ITT: people vaguely complaining about NMS but not pointing to anything that's wrong with it.

Y'all know you can not like a product without something being fundamentally and at-its-core wrong with it, right? It could just be not your cup of tea?

I personally have been having a blast making my Corvette and am excited for the new expedition. The fact that I got all this stuff for no added cost makes me feel even better about the time I'll have.

I got 150 hours out of this game and I think that is very much all i will ever play.

For a good while it was even quite interesting because there were still a lot of new things to discover.

But then you started to do things just to get them done not because they were particularly fun or interesting.

If they don't implement some fundamental new way to play this game or combine existing mechanics better together I don't think anything could pull me back.

And i hope procedural generation starts to die very soon. Throwing the same basic ingredience into a mixer does not give you something new but more of the same. It's boring.

I keep being enticed back to trying the game again with each new release but the gameplay just doesn't grab me and there's such a limited amount of story that it doesn't get its hooks in me. I guess I'm just not a crafting/survival type.

I appreciate that the devs keep updating the game, but honestly I don't get it. Sure, there are a lot of planets. There's not any reason to one over another though. They're all procedurally generated with the same general stuff (yeah, you'll need to travel for specific resources). For me, it just feels like I'm wasting time, because it doesn't make you feel like you're doing anything meaningful. I can't be the only one who feels this way.

I want to like this game so bad. On paper it is exactly the kind of game that I love, but trying to play it multi-player with my partner is just an experience in frustration. It seems so perfect for multi-player, but so much of the interface just seems setup for one player only.

One of the best redemption arcs in recent video game story.

Might just be a bit burnt out on games like NMS and Elite. A whole universe of unique but equally irrelevant rocks.

What fun stuff is there to do at essentially an end game status? NMS probably does manage better than Elite though, at least you can build a house or something. Or make your freighter hangar pretty.

Elite Dangerous:

This game and the developers deserve credit and support for what they created. I need to spend more time in that sandbox universe, I feel like I've only scratched the surface.

I haven't played in a while, this is piquing my interest again! I love how vast this game is becoming, more major gaming studios need to follow their example when it comes to rehabbing a game that came out initially as the worst version of itself. Still haven't even gotten to the center of the universe, I might try again as the path is really weird.

I hoped on lemmy to look up some news since I saw the steam artwork changed and here was this post at the top

Haven’t read the notes yet on what we get but I’m excited

Nooooo i cant play right now, the fomo is getting me