No Man's Sky (Zero Punctuation)

[@TheBillStickers]

One reviewer said "When you have 15 people on your staff, you probably shouldn't literally promise the universe"

[@666Xeres]

Elite Frontier II for DOS had the hole galaxy to explore, land on planets plus trading and military missions... It's certainly possible to do all that with 15 people if it was possible 25 years ago.

[@drfloorpills]

+Philosofikal nope 3d

[@supremesolaire203]

+Philosofikal 25 years ago was 1991 so unlikely

[@erkoabdurahman5093]

Killian isn't a reviewer though...

[@brodiekavanagh5444]

+Erko Abdurahman You're right. Killian is a god.

[@raphaelkox]

I'm always hoping Yahtzee revisit NMS today with the added building, story archs, and well, the content that it was supposed to have and he was trying to find

[@Bedinsis]

Just wait a couple hours...

[@doctorgonzo1983]

@@Bedinsis or watch it on Escapist, where you don't have to sign up for anything

[@tmsplltrs]

You got your wish

[@Jayzgame]

Hello!

[@gregoryvn3]

Boy do we have news for you!

[@nordicfatcheese]

In conclusion: No Man's Sky is a very promising Steam Early Access game that for $15 is worth picking up to see where they take... Oh it's not in Early Access. Oh it's $60. Oh it's the most hyped game of the year. Oh it's backed by Sony. Oh.

[@jbizra]

oh...

[@brianbucceri6412]

The best review so far

[@IhasnotomatoMk2]

in summary: play elite dangerous

[@Sunseahl]

Man that was the most prolific 3 seconds of content from WoWCrendor EVER.

[@Horacio_Poggi]

oh

[@georgesears934]

I'd make a joke about this game's hype but unfortunately it's been delayed while I fine tune it. Trust me though, once I post the joke it'll be the literal funniest joke ever told! You should upvote early so you'll see it the moment it comes out! Be part of commenting history and preupvote the joke I'll make next week today!

[@Zakkday]

i mean, it was pretty funny and accurate. idk where you got pathetic from.

[@LS-Lizzy]

Kyle Bosman did a joke like this on 'The Final Bosman', RIP. Great Episode! Lol

[@B3rz_]

Is there a single person out there that doesn't think you should be beaten to death with a sack full of feces and doorknobs?

[@georgesears934]

BCUB3D Yes. Me.

[@bootmanbill2362]

Lol

[@Hound831]

People were trying to call No Man Sky on its bull before it came out but were savaged maliciously every time they uttered a remotely negative word.

[@SmigGames]

Yeah, the zealotry around this game was amazing.

[@SpecArch96]

Spoole was right 2k16

[@MoonlitLycan]

And now it is the exact opposite. Try to say anything positive about this game and people jump down your throat, hurling all manner of insults and hateful vitriol your way just for having an opinion that isn't viewed as the "popular" choice. We have come to an age where opinions don't mean shit unless they agree with our own. You aren't allowed to like something others hate, you aren't allowed to hate something others like...it's truly pathetic.

[@SmigGames]

***** That is also true. There's a rebound effect, but it's being amplified by a perception of dishonesty from the developer, which is making people wish the worst for this game.

[@DemagogueBibleStudy]

"perception" Heheheh

[@GiratinaofFury]

In essence, the game is a metaphor for what the current generation of gaming has become. It's all flashy graphics, and grinding, but without any inherent direction or aim. Perhaps the developers were trying to capture the whole feel of what conventional explorers went through when discovering new land; simply going there and proving it existed was enough, it didn't matter what you saw, provided you actually saw it, but modern gaming isn't that insightful - we've been conditioned to seek a tangible goal, rather than just smell the flowers. I suppose the developers listened to that whole notion where gamers were tired of being reminded of a goal within their sandbox games and wanted to aim for immersion and true freedom of roaming, but then forgot to put in some boundaries or structure to the sandbox, not realising that a sandbox without a box is just sand, and to put it like Anakin Skywalker, it's rough, coarse and irritating, and it gets everywhere.

[@chestbuster1987]

At 60 Eur it's a pretty expensive metaphor

[@DarknessXER]

I don't know, I am pretty easily entertained by Minecraft which does everything better than No mans sky does.

[@lukakapanadze6179]

nope the game does not look good at all. Average at best for todays standards. There are tons of great modern games coming out like the witcher 3, dark souls 3, Doom(which is a modernisation of an old game done really well) and many others. You just gotta know where to look.

[@pentadeuce1086]

The thing with immersion is: You can make it as realistic as you like, but if it is not entertaining in, and of itself all immersion and fun just drops off the face of the earth.

[@InventorRaccoon]

Minecraft can even look better than NMS if you squint hard enough.

[@armouredskeptic]

People keep comparing this to spore Spore didn't live up to the hype, sure, but the difference was that spore made good on all its promises, it just turned out to be lame NMS literally promised a completely different game

[@generico366]

Holy shit it's Armoured Skeptic. What are you doing all the way down here?

[@generico366]

pupper Shoe left him?

[@generico366]

***** Then again, it's not like Will Wright doesn't have a reputation for extremely overpromising and underdelivering.

[@Corsaka]

Spore is still better. There's actually something to work towards.

[@andrewlevin6331]

Armoured Skeptic yay Skeptic! Didn’t know you watched Zero Punctuation

[@OG_McLovin]

This is why I like Yahtzee. Barely cares about or mentions the hype and bullshit around a game and reviews it for what it is. And it's a fucking boring game, Jesus.

[@sirhenners204]

yes.

[@brosephnoonan223]

I mean... That's all well and good, but just because he didn't mention it in the review doesn't mean he doesn't care about it. You seem to be under the impression that Yahtzee ISNT playing a character.

[@camramaster]

Eh. I like the game anyway. It's... Exactly what I like. Combat when you want it, angry wildlife if you find it, and lots of places to see.

[@DevDreCW]

Yeah, but hype has nothing to do with the game's quality. Hype ruined Fable 2 for me, but I can at least appreciate that a lot of work went into it, and it doesn't shock me that plenty of people like it, while I cling to my nostalgic non-hype of fable 1 and claim it's the best one. NMS is just boring. Hype or not, and I'm glad that's what he focuses on. It's a fundamentally shitty game.

[@raptorjesus3894]

Someone called?

[@madratthemighty]

No Man's Sky needed another 2 or 3 years of development, so that they could implement all the features they said would be in the game.

[@inquisitorgrand]

But the problem is that NMS had been in development for over 8 years. You'd think that would be plenty of time to make a game even for an indie developer unless they've been programming with a Commodore 64 the whole time.

[@madratthemighty]

+Grand Inquisitor that is a good point but it still doesn't justify the state it was released in, the only way to finish an unfinished game is to put more time into development, expand the staff, go through proper testing, etc.

[@Kioget]

Dude, you remember the previews and shows? Where all this stuff was there? The promist stuff was shown? MY guees is they cut it out for DLC or something, BECAUSE IT WAS THERE!

[@madratthemighty]

+Jizzy J they were probably cut due to time constraints or they weren't working as intended, which could be solved with more development time.

[@Relytia]

That and about ten times the number of employees and more experience than developing two excitebike successors would get you.

[@samm8743]

I saw the title and immediately thought "Oh boy here we go."

[@w00ds98]

This gon be gud *insert gif of the bear sitting down on a chair*

[@sampressley4567]

my thoughts exactly

[@CaptainMcAwesomepan]

Ditto, and yet, this didn't really feel nearly as caustic as I expected, especially compared to other online reviews I've seen. Almost like a "This could've been good, aside from the complete lack of purpose".

[@RichardBatchelorComposer]

(Grabs popcorn, turns up to 11) ok Yahtzee.... I'm ready.....

[@theevilone]

Now ravage me

[@unknownanonymous2651]

Furiously.

[@cassk8013]

Sexually.

[@bongerman42069]

size 11? XD

[@ValugaTheLord]

Your popcorn goes up to 11?

[@Stiggandr1]

Collecting Space STD's... Hmm... That could actually make the game interesting. Banging your way through an intergalactic stage of StarTrek Green women, each with their own unique genetic history that also can be reduced to carbon... or child support, depending on the type of character you play.

[@georgesears934]

Space Jack the Ripper simulator? I'd play it.

[@Abysslord1234]

They did that already. mgr has you play as saucy Jack.

[@iainballas2508]

THANK YOU

[@TMFlesh]

Yea but Trials isn't full 3D, or even animated at all. It's a good game but don't go in expecting anything other than a text game.

[@TMFlesh]

***** You aren't wrong, I just didn't want people going into TiTS expecting something that it isn't.

[@raverdeath100]

only 9 dislikes? fuck me, even the fanboys have given up.

[@mattalexander9587]

lol, i loved the game for the 80+ hours I put in the game, but this video is hilarious!

[@purplelizard2348]

nah, I love the game and this video.

[@jerodwolf5582]

Who can hate Yahtzee? He's such a sweetie, also the game is boring and the fan base probably fell asleep while playing the game.

[@TMFlesh]

You can like the game for that it is while still acknowledging the false promises and shortcomings.

[@sheepphic]

The fan base probably couldn't get out of their high chairs to click the dislike button.

[@psyched.shelby5391]

5 bucks for No Mans Sky, thats the best I can do HEY MAN, I gotta make money too!

[@Sellipsis]

Let me call up my buddy who's an expert in broken promises.

[@psyched.shelby5391]

+Vurtax yeah sorry man but I don't think I'll make any money on this crappy game, thanks for comin in the pawn shop tho. Stop by again sometime, we can smoke dabs with Big Hoss and the ol man. I'll get you fried.

[@Sellipsis]

+Rick Harrison Are you sure? I have Peter Molyneux on the line along with the entire development team of Destiny.

[@psyched.shelby5391]

+Vurtax I won't budge

[@dinosaurusmaximus8506]

Tell Chumlee I said hi.

[@HappyPotat]

How did Nerdcubed put it? "You grab resources to recharge your mining tool to grab more resources to charge your mining tool to grab more resources to charge your mining tool to grab more resources to charge your mining tool--" Yeah the ming gets convoluted when there's no big pay off to the overall goal of the game.

[@HappyPotat]

***** Nah he was so mad at the game, he reserved his review to a written format and spent the video where NMS was mentioned giving us 3 other games which he considered better replacements.

[@quote2035]

+TheHappy_P0tat0 Rodina is my favorite out of those three.

[@MrSkinnyWhale]

There's actually a lot more to it. You also sell resources to be able to buy a better ship so you can store and sell more resources, which allows you to buy a better ship so you can store more resources... Very nuanced, very innovative.

[@jamespage1392]

wide as a universe deep as a puddle

[@Shajirr_]

Too bad all these ships handle exactly fucking same regardless of their shape/weight, which get totally ignored, with the only major difference being the inventory size...

[@Por-poI]

The comment section has become a time capsule of the time when Hello Games was hated by the community. So cool reading these comments now that No Man's Sky is a good game (others would even say great).

[@lonotalonota5779]

NMS is still a trash game with shallow mechanics. hello games just bought back some credibility not abandoning the project

[@ghosto3624]

@@lonotalonota5779 No Man's Sky offers enough carrots on enough sticks to puddle around in it's open world. To an extension, it can be compared now more to Minecraft with it's terraforming and building yet limited unlike minecraft with the building. For me I spent 90hrs on the game until I reached the point of "yup I'm did everything I wanted to do" and enjoyed those 90hrs. Personally what could help the game in the long run is something more challenging. Perhaps dungeons in planets similar to the abandoned freighters in space. Or adding a reason to explore the planets. As is it's a fun indie game you should get for 30 dollars or less.

[@jaymarten9199]

@@lonotalonota5779 not true, probably cause it's not your type of game or you had a bad day or just still hold on to either the release disappointment of the game but I understand why you think it's bad. It feels bland when you can't figure out how to actually get good at the game cause some mechanics are to difficult to figure out.

[@MrKingkez]

Your missing the point though in this day and age where patches and stuff can expand and fix games everyone seems to forget the most important thing. IT SHOULD HAVE WORKED WHEN SOLD.. I do not want to live in a world where we get shit and then it's good later is normal that is not how this works or at least how it shouldn't.. If the little game that could works out great if not then let it stink and die and oh yeah only promise what you can actually do or your no better then a polatishion

[@ipsnagi9442]

@@MrKingkez I'd like to hear your opinion on Cyberpunk 2077 then... That can't even put forth the 'little game' argument... Also, your comment should've started with 'You're missing..." or "You are missing..."

[@tommasosimonini4469]

How to improve NMS : - Add base management and settlement construction (similar to Fallout 4's thing) - Add a variety of gun upgrade. (i wish my multitool could also be a sniper?) - Add in-game factions based on the 3(4?) main alien race - Which in terms leads to faction wars - AND conquering planets/systems - Add multiplayer (works really well with faction stuff) - Polish some mechanics (ie : the life support system is boring as hell, but also make plutonium more scarse, rare my ass) - Add actual fights agaisnt alien races - Add more complexity to space combat (being able to instantly recharge your ship shield is hand holding x100) - A better HUD/UI that isn't ctrl+c from Destiny (seriously though) - Add an actual ending to the game... - Let us crash our ship (yup, i want to do that) - And honestly, they might as well have given us 1Millions planets, but with the aforementioned features, i would have been happy - 3/10, too much space IGN

[@888Brain]

1. Why you need a base in a game with 18 quintillion planets to "explore"? 2. Why you need a sniper in a game where even with the mining laser you can destroy all the space polices?

[@tommasosimonini4469]

888Brain to make it more fun ! As yathzee once said : "i can't think of a single thing that wouldn't be improved with the inclusion of a jetpack." Yet NMS is still kinda dissapointing... Not atrocious, but definitely not worth 60$ per say...

[@888Brain]

+faded alien yeah man but....for how long do you plan to snipe monsters on planets? the game still lacks on purposes and need other improvements to be a real game...

[@Odysseusx86]

Having a base actually makes perfect sense for an exploration game. That would be where you store all the cool shit and rare goodies (if the game actually any of had those) you find on your travels. That would atleast give some sort of goal or purpose to this repetitive borefest of a game

[@OzixiThrill]

You know what I would like to see in that game? More weapons and tools for the ship. I want to be able to equip my ship in a way that I can literally just sit in space and shatter an entire planet into spacedust; Then tractor in the useful parts and leave the rest there.

[@spiderjerusalem100]

An endless galaxy where you do nothing but collect shit so you can upgrade your equipment in order to collect more shit and NOTHING you do in the game matters. Fucking NOTHING! What fun!

[@PixXx31]

Sounds much like life.

[@Amalga_Heart]

Also sounds like most MMOs. And alot of RPGs.

[@fishworshipper]

+Misery At least with most MMOs and RPGs there's a pretense the you're doing something.

[@jaimestark3019]

+Misery You obviously don't play MMOs and RPGs. Those games have narratives and rewards and progression so there's actual incentive to do the things you're doing. NMS is literally an empty sandbox where the only goal is to see more sand.

[@Amalga_Heart]

Jaime Stark Thanks for the assumption about someone you've never met. I've been playing MMOs in particular since Everquest (aka, the era of COMPLICATED MMOs, they've gotten much simpler nowadays) and normal RPGs since the very first Final Fantasy on the NES (back when RPGs actually had challenge, instead of the "could beat it while asleep because the bad guys attack by dying in my general direction" ones these days). If it's a big MMO... and often also smaller ones... I've probably played it. Except EVE, I hate that one. JRPGs I dont play as much these days; they're too easy to hold my attention when I could just play the older ones. Besides, what you say there changes... a whole lot of nothing. MMO *and* JRPG gameplay usually boils down to: 1. stomp enemies, 2. get items WOO LOOT, 3. next dungeon/area/thing. A bit repetetive, wouldnt you say? You go punch enemies (usually via a very uninteresting combat system) to get new stuff so that you can go through the next area and punch enemies to get better stuff and.... yeah. Sound familiar? Also, NMS actually does have a narrative (which actually starts to suggest that there's a goal OTHER than the center of the galaxy, if you read far enough into it, not that most people bothered to). But there's a difference: It doesnt wave it at you via cutscenes like a JRPG. You have to look for and READ it instead of it just handing it to you. Mind-boggling concept, yeah? Having to EXPLORE to learn stuff in an EXPLORATION game? Yeah. Mind-boggling how the narrative might go down that road. Mind-boggling indeed. **facepalm** I seriously hate this gaming generation. So much.

[@cereal_chick2515]

You're looking at a piece of history, gentle viewer. This is the first game ever that Yahtzee re-reviewed.

[@Hostilenemy]

When are you gonna review No Woman's Sky?

[@WH250398]

triggered

[@h_espeliz3347]

What about Yes Woman's Surface

[@pancakesonrage902]

Its called huMANity :)

[@Zerpderp0]

We of the She-Woman Boy hater club, are legally changing Humanity, to Hu-unspecifiedgender-ty or Husgty for short.

[@apfrot5016]

Don't be silly. Women can't fly spaceships.

[@Licherous]

I'm genuinely amazed at how good you are when it comes to ripping apart games. Never stop.

[@whatdoesthisthingdo]

I wish I could get a celebratory jingle every time I scratched my ass. That would be so validating.

[@TwwIX]

Say what you will about Spore but its space stage alone trumps everything this glorified tech demo of tedium has to offer.

[@pentadeuce1086]

And space stage was the worst part of Spore.

[@mechicanalnumbariaro]

Play the tribal stage and say sorry for lying.

[@MondoMurderface]

Yea.. I kinda think NMS would have been better if they didn't let you leave the ship and focused on manipulating the planets like Spore did. Abducting animals and collecting wildlife. Giving you terraforming tools. Even the goal is the same. Reach the center of the universe.

[@The_Slav]

I actually rly like Spore and I enjoyed all stages :3

[@TimSenna]

Having played both I feel like NMS is what the sport space stage should have been like. Enjoyed both though

[@therealdavidcage4761]

I hope at some point Yahtzee reviews Rimworld, a less shit space survival game.

[@audieorlandolilybassoff4069]

Rimworld is great!

[@TheTollFace]

That's like calling Battlefield 1 a space game just because it takes place on a planet that is on space.

[@swigityswagity1396]

+Games That I Play pretty much, it boils down to "provide for people by creating various buildings and products." I mean it's fun to build a base that works well together until your gunsmith Jane goes berserk and tears the legs off your doctor.

[@PaulGirdlestone]

If only it was Rimmerworld.....

[@daemonofdecay]

+Paul Girdlestone a game about manipulating wax droids to die for your glory

[@TheEternalGoth]

I would love to see Yahtzee revisit this now.

[@AceStrife]

Both this comment and the revisit video are "1 year ago", damnit KZbin! GIVE US TIMESTAMPS! Did you see it?

[@scottski02]

And this, children, is why you never preorder games.

[@falconbox]

You realize you can cancel pre-orders, right? I already pre-ordered Battlefield 1 and South Park.

[@AwkwardSquirtles]

But...why have you pre-ordered? You get it at the same time if you play on steam.

[@falconbox]

+Awkward Squirtle it takes me 2-3 days to download 50gb on a slow connection. I want that ore-load ability to play on day one.

[@GrimAhren]

+falconbox even if you cancel your preorder the company still makes money off of interests for as long as that money is in the bank. They've already got the money to produce these games, so we should stop rewarding them before they release them. you don't pay Toyota $3,500 immediately after they announce their newest vehicle coming out a year later; you buy it after they release it. Now, crowdfunded games is another thing. they don't have the money to produce them and they are asking for an investment.

[@GrimAhren]

+falconbox you really can't wait a few days to play it? A lot of games tend to have a few bugs on day 1 and if they are a highly anticipated online game they tend to have problems with their servers.

[@fan.of.feet2310]

4 and a half years later this review has aged 100% perfectly

[@jogaming55555]

How

[@tylerhallsen5952]

People playing this game lost their minds when they discovered that, despite their first assumptions, there were rivers in no man sky. they are just so uncommon you may never see one. That perfectly describes the issue in no man sky. There are some cool vistas, discoveries, and whatnot, but each one is only sorta interesting and about 20 hours away from the other

[@sampressley4567]

I saw lakes and an ocean

[@jak0995]

are they really rivers though? or are the channels in the ocean. i believe to qualify as a river it needs to flow downhill. or are rivers in NMS just long thin lakes?

[@Virakotxa]

Long thin lakes... There is only one level that water can be at. But rivers there are.

[@Mrrshal]

THERE IS NO RIVERS. Water in rivers flow in one direction, in NMS it does not. Its just a crack in the terrain that goes deep enough to the global water layer

[@Virakotxa]

There is no flowing water. Period. Nor any sort of fluid simulation... Atmosphere is not slowly leaking into space are replenished by plant-life, either. But there are rivers. And I am not talking about unreasonable suspension of disbelief, here... images.akamai.steamusercontent.com/ugc/255965188095985125/D1446C275F40980DCC95B31EF5CD0A9C663284D7/ Or, images.akamai.steamusercontent.com/ugc/255965188091502920/315FB1C1826CA2296D19297B86A34ED1C4375827/ and, images.akamai.steamusercontent.com/ugc/262720044769309275/A118802C92A6ABBA29BF79173D485C4BA8BE3F92/ and prettiest I've captured myself: images.akamai.steamusercontent.com/ugc/262720044779153076/0B41C739A0B197DA68EF1B925469080D95C28724/ images.akamai.steamusercontent.com/ugc/262720044779151945/4AF060A92821A6ACD9BE58A4D8E7472DBD8F9F0A/ All taken ingame by myself.

[@AlejoAcvdo125]

For a non-native English speaker, Captions are a MUST HAVE with this guy. So thank you c:

[@physsnake]

Oh Yahtzee, oh Yathzee. You know how to make us happy.

[@aircooledgaming]

Not going to address the fact that they advertised it as multiplayer but it was not multiplayer?

[@Fran_5]

They never actually advertise it as multiplayer. They didn't even mention it for the better part of the 2 years since the reveal.

[@dylanmckenna4760]

They actually said that there would be multiplayer several times.

[@Askorti]

Yea, because saying that it's gonna be MP in all the interviews doesn't count at all...

[@sin21ful]

+FraN_ accept all the times Sean said it would be.

[@sin21ful]

even if it was released with the MP, Yahtzee would've only brushed up on it because he doesn't care about mp at all

[@tally9542]

"I already sold my furniture for all of the cooked spaghetti." I laughed way harder at this than I should have.

[@bass-dc9175]

Elite: You can be a trader, fighter, explorer. X3 XRM: You can be a Trader, fighter, builder, bounty hunter, Fleet commander, Explorer (But one has to say: Elite does its fighting way better) No man's sky: You can bum around, "fight" in the most reductive way and explore. So: DO you want massive variaty? Go to Elite or X3 XRM (NOT x rebirth. Fuck that game). Do you want to explore with nothing else to do? Try No Man's sky.

[@JohnBack]

Probably the best review you've ever done. Gold.

[@rezaka116]

Starbound did the fuel collection really good: Fuel was found on moons that were inhabited by powerful immortal entities that will chase you, and the more fuel you collect, the faster they are.

[@frozeneternity93]

I am enjoying the game, but I enjoyed your review of it too. Thanks for making me laugh

[@thefloorhasgone]

i am enjoying this game as well. but this made me laugh a ton!!

[@semvision]

I didn't enjoy this game and I enjoyed this review.

[@TakuroSpirit]

Me too.

[@bellsTheorem1138]

Most of the pain points he brings up have since been addressed. Looking forward to the NEXT update.

[@katanaridingremy]

Thanks for another hilariously great review! Really loved that you compared this game to the much better Elite Dangerous that not enough people play or are hyped about like No Man's Sky received. Especially when every aspect of Elite Dangerous is superior to No Man's Sky

[@OctagonCookies]

If the devs weren't ass maybe more people would play ED, but that's not going to happen.

[@katanaridingremy]

Lol why do you feel the devs are so bad? I have never encountered a bug or any other problems.

[@ShadowFox37]

ED vet here. ED suffers a lot of the same "nothing to do" problem, and the devs are notoriously horrible at actual game design. They've built a fantastic core and the fundamentals of flying a spaceship and feeling like you are flying a fucking spaceship are second to none. The problem is that there is nothing to do when flying your fucking spaceship and the devs continue to add a lot more meaningless features that are bland, boring, and grindy.

[@kencendron8760]

errrr...do you remember how bad was ED at launch? it got better only recently...just saying.

[@kanedakrsa]

Try shooting other players. They usually put up a good fight.

[@zacharyhobia159]

So big as an ocean but deep as a puddle?

[@Carbonated__Milk]

more like deep as the piss your dog leaves on the fucking lawn.

[@fluckberg2633]

One fine thing Angry Joe said in his review

[@mymanpaddymcnair1950]

No, big as a theoretically infinite universe and deep as a damp stain on the floor.

[@EriniusRainCat]

Big as the fucking universe smaller than a 2d plane

[@airbornesquirrel]

Nowadays it's deeper than the mariana trench

[@GackleBlax]

Wow. Your comment (OP) about the planets being as different as people are from each other caught me as particularly profound. I paused it and had a moment thinking "Compared to other humans, i am as unique as a planet in No Man's Sky." Very thought provoking.

[@101wormwood]

best review ive seen, and i think ive seen them all yatzee. 100% spot on, GJ.

[@loveshankme]

Otherwise known as "Starbound: Overhyped Edition."

[@elix485]

But starbound is actually good

[@jesustheangryatheist]

Starbound, without the interesting exploration, character and ship customisation, story, characters, crafting, building...... The list just goes on and on.

[@SystemSearcher]

And that's kinda funny, because Starbound was already way too overhyped. This just took it up another level of hype, and took it down a few levels of "nothing to do".

[@personingtonman3951]

while they both were overhyped starbounds hype seemed to be more from its decent beta and its several major updates , while no mans sky threw up a bunch of concepts and promised the world (or rather the universe)

[@bread8036]

0:44 This does sound like the alpha version of starbound.

[@hanwi5471]

I found that you can learn the local languages on each planet and solar system. You can learn the history of the people's and the relations between them all. I found it very interesting however it definitely took a lot of walking around each planet. I mean at one point I was 8 real time hours of walking away from my ship. I did end up finding ways to make my ship spawn near me which made it easier but a few times I found ships that we're better than the starter ship or my current ship and I'd just repair and take them. But I found the exploring to be fun even if it was monotonous at times. But I can definitely see why many didn't like the game due to the lack of a defined goal.

[@ViktorKruger99]

People asking for the game to be reviewed again, I have an idea: release the full thing instead of an incomplete game.

[@atlas8827]

fuck off, weeb.

[@Virgil-Arcanum]

@@atlas8827 fuck you too

[@MegaCoxRox]

The thing about No Man's Sky is that it's basically the building blocks of an amazing game, without the actual game. The ultimate goal of getting to the center of the universe does provide a lot more structure than sand-boxes usually have; you fly from system to system, having to touch down on planets for fuel or to repair your ship, which is a cool premise that feels right out of a Star Trek or Battlestar Galactica kind of show. The problem is, with those sci-fi TV shows about intrepid explorers needing to touch down for some essential part to continue their journey, that essential part leads to actual adventures; maybe it's owned by some alien civilization that needs you to solve their problems before they'll give it up, or it's hidden in the lair of some horrible space monster. In No Man's Sky, the essential items you need to travel are about 5 steps away from wherever you land. Actually exploring planets is completely optional, but if you select that option, what does it get you? Not much, really. All this is to say that No Man's Sky *could* be a much more fun game with just a little added content. Being able to build things on planets (especially something that would let you actually return to any world you particularly liked) would help. So would a feature that would let you actually *take* creatures and plants from planets, maybe to display in your own space terrarium that other players could visit. Unlike Yahtzee, I totally *am* down for experiencing the raw mystery of the cosmos, but discovery for discovery's sake feels hollow when there's no one to share it with. It seems like the only point is to be like an old European explorer, going into new lands and getting to name everything after himself, but the appeal of being Magellan is that people actually sail Magellan's strait. No one will ever even find Planet Michael because of the sheer size of the universe, but even if they did, they wouldn't care, because there's nothing significantly unique about it when there's trillions of other planets in the game.

[@Trustachio]

so pleased with the spore reference, no else i have talked to seems to understand. great video

[@pedanticvampire8121]

Christ, Yahtzee's been doing this for almost nine years now.

[@Biodeamon]

honestly if you could build shit in no man's sky that would probably save it's sorry ass, but right now it's basically european backpacker simulator 2016 since you just fly from one weird planet to the next relying on the few random words you know of the locals

[@crono276]

You don't even need to learn words either

[@bad4ever2001]

And you can never go back after you leave a system. That is fucked up.

[@DevDreCW]

Lol right? They couldn't even get that shit right.

[@liquidacid1983]

You can go back to a system after you leave it. It's just generally a pain in the ass and pointless.

[@elegantoddity8609]

Yeah, imagine if you could capture animals, or gather resources to build complex bases. When you returned it could pretty much be like your some kind of space emperor, ruling over your awesome castle. Also it might be best if animals had more behavior modes then, run away, ignore, or attack. At least give each individual its own abilities. Some spit poison, some can't be touched, other are super fast, some turn invisible, some fly away, some burrow underground , some get a running charge, and some just steal from you. I like flavor text as much as the next guy, but you have to have an actual meal in there. It's like ketchup without the fries.

[@isprobablyjobhunting]

That "cooked all my spaghetti" line is brilliant.

[@Postcinct]

Stick with Elite Dangerous, lads.

[@tennoshenaniganizer9234]

Amen. I play on console

[@Postcinct]

Sirtbone14 So I can play it with my friends. :^)

[@The_noticer-u2b]

+sirtbone14 it's got good space combat

[@MJRSoap]

AI pilots are still annoying though. they used to scan-ram (They would scan you and get way to close resulting in your ship blowing up, even with the best shields you can carry and having military alloy bulk heads while they live) to, they somehow travel faster than their ship is suppost to move and you cant sit behind an Anaconda shooting its power plant while it trys to pull in front of you anymore.

[@sceroye3538]

+Sirtbone14 you don't have to be a trader. Besides, after next update space stations will start to look different.

[@draconicdemon2]

i love yhatzee's reviews because even when he's criticizing games i personally enjoy he makes a lot of good points!

[@benwasserman8223]

Now to see if The Last Guardian lives up to its hype. All nine years worth of hype

[@justinArtorias]

I really hope it's good, it looks great

[@bishopspechulure9821]

That's what everyone said about Watchdogs, Order 1886, No Man's Sky, etc.

[@theodoreplore1512]

no mans sky looked great

[@Melkac]

Hype? What hype??

[@Mordalon]

Nothing can live up to that amount of hype, and people should be mature enough to realize that.

[@chester1882]

Anyone returning from the new Re-review?

[@ryancarter2959]

My little pubic louse 😂 best pet name ever

[@dduuddeechil]

love your stuff Yahtzee. I'm halfway through your Let's Drown Out Dark Souls II and its got me dying. When you actually pissed off your friend in episode 5 was spectacular

[@iambicpentakill]

That end bit made me remember the awesome musical Six. Recommended.

[@kiwanozukai1180]

I do cocaine... so I can work longer... so I can buy more cocaine... so I can faff about somewhere else... so I can get resources... so I can faff about somewhere else...

[@ArcaneAzmadi]

Just for the sake of experimentation, I chose this video to be the one I watched with the sound turned off, and it's a really surreal experience that I recommend everyone try (not necessarily with this video, try one you haven't watched in a while). It really does draw attention to the quirkiness of Yahtzee spending most of the video riding around on a bottle of Fairy detergent.

[@JackT13]

I think we take for granted just how good zero punctuation is. Its very rare to get a youtube series that promises hilarious critique on every single video from start to finish. Go Yahtzee

[@thedeergod435]

This was more lighthearted that I thought it was going to be, but a lot of good points were made.

[@doctorsaticoy3814]

"Baby's First Elite Dangerous" is probably the best, most succinct summary of this game I've seen. I'm going with it.

[@Katsuki_gg]

You definitely should revisit this they have almost fulfilled every promise

[@eyjay1508]

The game is still wide as an ocean and shallow as a puddle. Its a grindy repetitive snorefest with no real depth or reward for exploration.

[@Katsuki_gg]

@@DrSauce Maybe if you knew about the process of publishing games being backed by such a large company you would understand. I highly recommend the KZbin video Internet historian made so that you can better understand

[@Katsuki_gg]

@@eyjay1508 It is a very grind heavy game and that doesn’t appeal to everyone and it doesn’t have too. Just because you don’t like something doesn’t mean that it is bad.

[@eyjay1508]

@@Katsuki_gg None of what you just said contradicts the reasons I said its bad.

[@Katsuki_gg]

@@eyjay1508 I don’t believe you understand maybe read that again.

[@OrangeyChocolate]

Can the world shut up about No Man's Sky, now? Yahtzee has summed up the game beyond argument.

[@OrangeyChocolate]

***** Oh well, a man can dream...

[@OrangeyChocolate]

***** One could say that the internet is No Man's Land.

[@TylerAlbers01]

The world knows that the game is mediocre, but that isn't what the world is talking about. The world is talking about the developer who straight up lied about nearly everything in the game, and created a hype train so amazing that the game looks like absolute shit in comparison. And then they charged 60$ for a game that should cost 15 - 20. That's why the world can talk about it as much as they damn well please.

[@RecklessAbandonGaming]

I'll stop complaining once my refund gets accepted.

[@terchanovic]

+Tyler Albers this whole "the developer lied" thing is remarkably overblown, i feel bad for the devs

[@-CrimsoN-]

No Mans Sky makes Spore look good...actually it makes almost any space based exploration game look good. Even the fucking old school DOS ones.

[@playnothack]

I acctually went back and played spore after no mans sky because I found it way more interesting

[@HoodieProduction]

I don't remember hating spore?

[@fuzzywizard5383]

Hell yea DOS games! Memories of Eye of the Beholder come to me...

[@sodldierofinFAMY]

Spore makes this look awful

[@E_net4]

Ever played Noctis? A free DOS game from 2001, it has thousands of stars and planets to explore, and the whole thing fits in a floppy disk. :)

[@MortalVildhjart]

I have been waiting for this, and I have not been Disappointed. Thanks for the great Entertainment Ben.

[@DionysusEleuther]

Actually had the chance to talk to this dev a few months before launch, and he seemed to legitimately believe at some level that the things he told people would be in the game would, in fact, be in the game. He talked with all the self-assurance of someone who knows you don't believe they had sex with Taylor Swift but knows that the sex tape is going to leak on the web in a couple weeks. Any time any contradiction arose, you could almost hear his brain revising his memory of the conversation before he went off on a tangent as if the point had never been made.

[@stephengoralski6555]

Yes! Somebody else noticed that No Man's Sky is basically all the bad parts of Spore!

[@ShadowFalcon]

My primary issue with NMS, which is also the reason I didn't buy it was the price. Because it looks and feels like a 15€ game. Not bloody 60€

[@Amalga_Heart]

It IS an indie game. That's what nobody quite spotted.

[@koloth5139]

I blame Sony for the price. I would bet Hello Games would have been more reasonable had Sony not gotten involved.

[@Amalga_Heart]

Koloth The Barbarian Chances are, quite alot of things would be different if a big corporate group like Sony hadnt gotten involved. I'd bet that alot of the problems surrounding this wouldnt be there, and the game probably still wouldnt be out yet (because there wouldnt be a big dumb publisher pushing them to release before they were ready).

[@Rrynarth]

The blame also lies with the devs. They outright lied to us. I'm not talking about hype from media or sony, but the Devs themselves told us there would be content that does not exist. They tried to fuck us and now their reputation is fucked instead.

[@charcharmunr]

Crendor's 2-minute review is pretty spot-on. "It's a pretty great 20 dollar early access survival game. It's a terrible 60 dollar full-release game."

[@Xeon897]

Most fun I had was the wait of receiving my money back

[@005AGIMA]

You sir, read my mind, wrote a script from it, and then made a video. Saved me the effort :D

[@Kindlesmith70]

THIS was spot on. Quite amusing. Good start to the morning.

[@Pods_Vids]

I bought this game a few weeks ago. It's actually pretty good now.

[@Pods_Vids]

Yeah i was duped, that's why i'm having fun with it?

[@E-Man5805]

For a moment I wondered why did KZbin change it's layout to this white empty minimalist whatever. Then I realized that the subscribe button was the only thing colored in and outlined. Along with the Post button. You ain't slick, KZbin!

[@Scriptedviolince]

I wonder what he would think of Kerbal Space Program.

[@pkpandabear]

best. game. ever.

[@Scriptedviolince]

pkpandabear Yeah, it's also hard in that cruel but fair way that is characteristic of the attitude the laws of nature have toward the works of man. It's a sandbox game and in sandbox mode, it doesn't really give you a goal but unlike a lot of other sandbox games, it actually has that structure and progression of goals that yahtzee would probably enjoy. Build a rocket. Get into the air. Get your rocket to stop crashing. Get your rocket into orbit. Get to the mun. Get the guy you inevitably stranded there back down again. so on and so forth.

[@SamFreelancePolice]

Love that History A level joke at the end

[@GlycerinGhost]

I've noticed some of his reviews have been slower, I'm glad this one shows off his speed speech. He does say he can talk faster.

[@misterpenguin2144]

I was going to say a funny joke, but the chances of anyone finding this comment is "infinitely small."

[@zanturovahjul419]

Wheres the joke....I guess it is infinity small

[@imoutofnames1]

Yes, there are funny jokes in the comment section. But, to be clear. The comment section isn't about funny jokes. Don't go looking for that experience.

[@Mahaveez]

I managed to find it though, because I coordinated with others via finding this posted KZbin video. I wonder if Yahtzee ever thought THAT would happen!

[@IAmAnAngryAlien]

Amazing!

[@donaldwalrus4029]

Dude I can't see your comment even though we are on the same youtube comments section !?!?!

[@Amouat2000]

I am worried, what if Yahtzee gets demonetized by the new KZbin Rules Guidelines?

[@frostyblade8842]

I'd love to see Yahtzee redo this video now that Hello Games have fleshed out the game so much more and it's actually a pretty awesome game now so you have to give them credit for the colossal improvements they made to the game

[@jamesbevan9939]

Would be interested in seeing Yathzee return to the game now that it's been updated significantly. EDIT: Wow, if I knew I'd will a reanalysis into existence, I would've also asked for a million dollars and world peace.

[@danielshamy3899]

Brother, you are too funny. After a day's work of who took whose money, get it, and "sure, I'll pay your bill if I feel like it" - yes, I am an attorney - your videos are like a Superbowl commercial where you just watch in awe and smile at the creativity. Please consider doing one for How to Survive 2 if you get the chance. Just started playing that game with my son, and I would love to hear your take on it.

[@thuff86]

Damn, where's all the fanboys now!?!?! Zactly.

[@westforlols1425]

They jumped ship faster then Helen's picture of her riding usain bolt.

[@Solidnypan]

I still like it. Sue me.

[@DPedroBoh]

So it's like starbound, but bad?

[@SchrödingerKousae]

Yeah. It's 3D Starbound, but without 70%-90% of the content, but costs $60 while Starbound costs $15. Also Starbound didn't have a crazy nutjob go around lying through his teeth about features that wouldn't be there. Oh, and Starbound supports Steam Workshop, and greatly supports modders, so even more content there.

[@JodFantasy]

+Spectre Night aaaaand that's why I have stabound lmao

[@MorrisseyMuse]

+Spectre Night They didn't lie about any features, that's just a myth that bandwagon-jumping muppets quote cos they've not played the game itself. It's a good game, needs more direction sure but I wouldn't take this 'review' as serious, it's done for entertainment

[@DevDreCW]

I followed the hype from beginning to end, yes they fucking lied about SO many features. Not least of which was fucking multiplayer, which was a feature advertised on national TV. If it was just a 'bandwagon' thing people wouldnt be refunding it in the 10s of thousands. They'd be playing it, like any good game. The game even advertised trading in the week before the launch, the game doesn't have an OUNCE of trade simulation, it's the shallowest 'trading' ive ever seen in game claiming to have it. But someone already did the work of narrowing down just how much bullshit they fed us : www.reddit.com/r/Games/comments/4y1h9i/wheres_the_no_mans_sky_we_were_sold_on_a_big_list/

[@chiefofthedesert7070]

At the start of the game didn’t they say the goal was to find the center of the universe or something?

[@Markus_Andrew]

You could travel to the centre of the galaxy, which took hours and hours of hyperspace jumps - and your reward for finally getting there was to get sent to _another_ galaxy where you got to do it all over again. I thought finally getting to the galactic centre would reveal the meaning of life or let you meet God or something, but no.

[@quinntucker6241]

The game is good now, look at some more recent reviews

[@Markus_Andrew]

@@quinntucker6241 It is a way better game now, I agree, and I have in fact played it recently. But I was really talking about what it was like back then, I should have been clearer. Cheers!

[@demonfireofhell]

Baby's first Elite Dangerous. That line made me happy.

[@Northernmight]

This guys' wit is just insane.

[@josetorres6392]

Imagine a game where instead of 18 QUINTILIAN planets, They scaled it down just a bit and instead had around 6. But each planet was as lively as a map from skyrim! And don't tell me it can't be done cause You can just use the content from the other 17 Quintilian planets and use it to make these 6 better planets instead

[@sin21ful]

+PixelPower I think his idea is good and his spelling is irrelevant

[@josetorres6392]

+PixelPower whoops

[@TheGinger_Ninja]

Not going to happen because Skyrim was actually designed by artists, not algorithms.

[@tommasosimonini4469]

+The Ginger Ninja well, now Bethesda knows what to do *wink wink* todd howards

[@majormythical7419]

The closest thing you have to that is 'Rodina'. The planets in that game are HUGE! They're just as big, if not bigger than earth itself, although it's not as lively, it feels big, and it's fun.

[@gamesman0118]

Have they lowered the price yet? Needs to be $5-10 instead of $60. They should do that then when they finally get some real content charge $10 for the DLC. It'd be a better strategy. In 6 months no one will be playing it and it will be infamous as a flash in the pan that tanked big time.

[@andreiasimov33]

6 months? you are overoptimistic, this game will be forgotten in 2 months.

[@MatsuShiki]

If they dropped the price that much this early on, they prob wouldnt make any profit with the rep this game already has

[@CapitalMort]

Oh it will be remembered alright, but for all the wrong reasons.

[@Kyndral22]

well the thing is that Sean Murray said all dlc would be free, imagine what the people would do if he went back on his word there, after all that has happened...they simply cant do that

[@decimatedmusic]

This game is awesome now though.

[@guguy00]

Never forget how Sean Murray downright lied and how awful the game was on launch. On the other hand Hello Games should be an inspirational story on how to win back an audience and redeem yourself in the eyes of the public. And with the Origins update NMS is now a passion project as far as I'm concerned. Like I said, never forget, but I think we can forgive this time.

[@ciaranhayes3212]

guguy00 though they couldn’t have delayed it because when they tried to they were sent death threats so it wasn’t really there fault

[@guguy00]

@@ciaranhayes3212 Yeah you have a point. I would like to stress that I think the game is amazing now, but we cannot forget the lies, which are understandable considering the circumstances, but were lies nonetheless.

[@XboxGuineaPig]

Hohohooooo, I've been waiting for this review for a *long* time! And it didn't disappoint!

[@RunningClothesline]

I clicked on this video at random and loved it. Then, I glanced to my right where my Limited Edition copy of No Man's Sky is sitting. I can easily find the game, but I'm having a difficult time finding the desire to pick it up again. Fantastic review. Subscribed.

[@teckworks]

So wait...you can craft sex toys in Minecraft? I must have missed that recipe.

[@OdaSwifteye]

Mods enable all sorts of things.

[@TheHeadHunter1000]

Boats and hoes my friend wooden boats with stone hoes.

[@TheHeadHunter1000]

Crispy Bacon .... I cannot. I lost my keys to my horse.

[@needforspore]

Who here after the internet historian video?

[@emilygordbort7300]

Yee!

[@MegaZeta]

I’m here after drive-by-ing that one with the comment that No Man’s Sky has turned the abusive relationship into a business model, netting the developer a fan base convinced they made a good boyfriend, uh, I mean game. There it is

[@emilygordbort7300]

@@MegaZeta yes bc improving something you did poorly at is just being an abusive bf

[@cameronwise-maas5610]

I mean, not everyone has to enjoy the game, but you've gotta admit there's an incredibly amount of work put into it. And clearly some voodoo magic involved to make a universe that big. Personally I never really cared about the game until I picked it up on sale last week, and I think it's pretty incredible tbh, even if it's still a bit unpolished.

[@cameronwise-maas5610]

Well, as I said, I only just bought it, so the game's history doesn't really matter much to me except as an interesting historical footnote. I do think it's a little unfair to group an indie studio with the practices of Bethesda, Activision/Blizzard, and other AAA studios. They've made plenty of games, they know what their schedules are going to look like, they have plenty of money to do it properly, and they know they've got lots of fans who will buy it no matter what who they're exploiting. For an indie game studio, personally I'm more willing to assume it was incompetence or budget shortfalls rather than a deliberate strategy.

[@lowhp_comic]

agh, Yahtzee was not scathing enough........

[@RoyalGhost-27]

No he was just completely honest like he usually is. I mean if they just worked on giving us something to do and released it as an update they could save this but they haven't handled it very well so far. I haven't played it since like 3 days after it came out. Really wish I hadn't bought it.

[@raditzace]

+Sebastian Pickett i think, honestly, if they said "these features will be coming out once the game has launched so we have time to test load from core game and inplement servers to prevent overload or crashing" i think people wouldnt even be half as pissed.

[@Proserpira]

Reminds me of Project Zomboid. It's been in alpha for years and the steam workshop has content that the devs promised to release years ago, like survivors and vehicles. Can you find them in game? no. But you can in the workshop. And they work perfectly well. (I guess it gets updated very often tho) The thing with Project Zomboid is that it's a brilliant base. A zombie RPG relying on a craft system, with you having to watch out for things like weight load (your character will get a bad back), disinfecting and changing bandages regularly, dressing warm, not eating raw food, staving off boredom... Like, it goes into small details like having a tissue on you if you have a cold, because sneezing attracts zombies. After a while the electricity and water cut off, food goes off an so on. The characters have traits, too, on a point system. They can be short-sighted, hard-of hearing, deaf, obese, athletic, etc etc. The game has not a lot of it, but there are lots of useless little items you'll sometimes find on zombies or in homes, like jewels or toys. The problem? ITS S O B O R I N G. Your aim is to survive. That's it. Sure it's not easy, especially with the system making it so there are more and more zombies as time goes on, but once you have your shelter and farm etc, there's nothing left.

[@shizuwolf]

Possibly Dell Honne they have added stuff

[@thatguy5608]

'Baby's first elite dangerous' You hit it in a nutshell there

[@RGS_1520]

Finally! *insert Dunkey reference here*

[@mobsta163]

Dunky

[@cuminte]

GRAPPLING HOOKS

[@logasoba]

bakemeacakebakemeacakebakemeacake

[@PorkpieJohnny]

I give Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door a 4/5, just a solid RPG.

[@DuncanL101]

This comment reminds me of that time dunkey beat no man's sky in smash.

[@EmperorSmith]

Hello from 5 years in the future. No Mans Sky is now one of the most content rich space sims on the market. The little game that could.

[@spawnlordgaming7826]

This game has improved since this review, sadly, Many will not give it a second chance. To each their own I guess. I've really enjoyed my time playing it. PSVR and PC VR make this game amazing. That said, some games (No Man's sky) included are not for every one. You find gems and then you find normal games. Neir, The Last Guardian, Death Stranding and many others are outstanding games, but not everyone will like them, just like some will enjoy Call of duty or Battlefield, more of a battlefield guy myself. 😊 Its all a matter of opinion. Enjoy what you play, even if others don't understand. Life's to short to fuss over the small things. Miss you, Spc Hams SFC Gray

[@Heiroxyz]

words cannot describe how long i have waited for this video

[@pintshotriot2]

I'd love an updated review on this