• Deconceptualist@lemm.ee
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    7 months ago

    No. Every single gameplay mechanic in NMS is shallow and made by someone incompetent on game design.

    The engine runs well and it’s a weird giant sandbox and it gets tons of grindy cosmetic content updates. But the actual game aspects are terrible.

    EDIT: Disagree? Name one game mechanic that’s designed well compared to other games.

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        7 months ago

        That’s cool, but isn’t it also true of Elite?

        Also I felt like halfway into the game there was nowhere good to go in my cool ships. I mostly went between my settlement and freighter.

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          7 months ago

          I’m not sure about Elite, but I think I was saying that more to your point than against it.

          When I first got the game I had about 50-60 hours into it before I started getting bored. I spent most of that time farming eggs to sell and hanging out in space ports waiting for cool ships to arrive. I’ve come back a few times after updates but it always felt monotonous. All that’s really left is it’s a cool VR tech demo, as long as you only want to fly ships (which is pretty cool, but gets old fast).