Quote from: BaconShelf on August 25, 2016, 07:41:05 AM

Quote from: gats on August 25, 2016, 06:57:08 AM

Quote from: Naru on August 21, 2016, 08:28:54 PM

this game could have been much more if it followed simple astronomy and physics

how would that fix a lack of content and/or cut content?

It would add stuff.

Stars of varying classifications
Black Holes
Neutron stars
Gas Giants and ring systems
Asteroid Belts (Dunno if these are in the game anyway. I'm erring on the side of they aren't but correct me if they are)

And finding a planet with life would actually hold some weight to it. Out of all the airless dustballs out there and you finding one with life? That's something special.

There are different types of stars and black holes. The higher class stars have the better planets and usually aren't on your straightforward path. Black Holes just throw you many many many more light years closer to the center instead of going system to system.

Yeah but aren't the stars just painted on the skybox? Like, you can't actually go to them? With black holes, can you actually go an see the light refraction and accretion disc and actual void past the event horizon? Are the stars in the skybox calculated as to where they would be based on their actual locations, intensity and such?

Serious questions.

Quote from: gats on August 25, 2016, 06:57:08 AM

Quote from: Naru on August 21, 2016, 08:28:54 PM

this game could have been much more if it followed simple astronomy and physics

how would that fix a lack of content and/or cut content?

It would add stuff.

Stars of varying classifications
Black Holes
Neutron stars
Gas Giants and ring systems
Asteroid Belts (Dunno if these are in the game anyway. I'm erring on the side of they aren't but correct me if they are)

And finding a planet with life would actually hold some weight to it. Out of all the airless dustballs out there and you finding one with life? That's something special.

Some are complaining that they are coming across too many barren planets as it is.

Quote from: BaconShelf on August 25, 2016, 07:41:05 AM

Quote from: gats on August 25, 2016, 06:57:08 AM

Quote from: Naru on August 21, 2016, 08:28:54 PM

this game could have been much more if it followed simple astronomy and physics

how would that fix a lack of content and/or cut content?

It would add stuff.

Stars of varying classifications
Black Holes
Neutron stars
Gas Giants and ring systems
Asteroid Belts (Dunno if these are in the game anyway. I'm erring on the side of they aren't but correct me if they are)

And finding a planet with life would actually hold some weight to it. Out of all the airless dustballs out there and you finding one with life? That's something special.

Some are complaining that they are coming across too many barren planets as it is.

For the two solar systems I've been to all the planets and moons which have life on them look just like Skyrim when it comes to vegetation.

Quote from: Stroud on August 26, 2016, 07:52:47 PM

This is the last nail in the coffin for me.

hmm

yeah, i guess i won't get this game after all--shame, i remained super optimistic about it for some reason, too

I did too. Exploration and discovery were the only parts of this game that still kept my interest, but now it seems to be entirely pointless if most of your discoveries will be wiped. The only thing left for me is taking screenshots, but that doesn't validate spending $60. At least by taking screenshots I can archive all of my cool discoveries. I really hope this turns out to be a bug affecting several people or a server issue.

This is the last nail in the coffin for me.

so what's even the point of this game now


The entire premise was discovering things but your discoveries don't even get saved?

Quote from: Stroud on August 26, 2016, 07:52:47 PM

This is the last nail in the coffin for me.

so what's even the point of this game now


The entire premise was discovering things but your discoveries don't even get saved?

Exactly, there is no point anymore. I guess they thought no one would actually get back to their starting planet, just like they thought players wouldn't run into each other.

Apparently it is most likely a bug lads.
The damage has been done already, and I have no desire to get the game anymore. And it still doesn't make up for all of this:

Dunno, maybe if the reviews are good

It tickles all the right parts of me though

I can tickle your parts.

Quote from: Kiwicake on August 08, 2016, 03:10:24 PM

Dunno, maybe if the reviews are good

It tickles all the right parts of me though

I can tickle your parts.

You'd do better than the game more than likely.

I'll buy it when it drops to the $40-30 range

I'll buy it when it drops to the $40-30 range

Don't get the game even if its free

Quote from: Jono on August 27, 2016, 04:28:09 PM

Quote from: Varg on August 27, 2016, 02:34:23 PM

I'll buy it when it drops to the $40-30 range

Don't get the game even if its free

it's a perfectly acceptable $30 game

It's not a perfectly acceptable anything

Quote from: LC on August 27, 2016, 05:24:35 PM

Quote from: Varg on August 27, 2016, 04:30:30 PM

Quote from: Jono on August 27, 2016, 04:29:21 PM

Quote from: Varg on August 27, 2016, 04:28:51 PM

Quote from: Jono on August 27, 2016, 04:28:09 PM

Quote from: Varg on August 27, 2016, 02:34:23 PM

I'll buy it when it drops to the $40-30 range

Don't get the game even if its free

it's a perfectly acceptable $30 game

It's not a perfectly acceptable anything

if you're a braindead fanboy that overhyped the game, sure

I don't think it would get a play from me even if it was free. As it stands they only reason I can see to play it would be to explore the procedurally generated worlds, but even then I could just download a texture pack for Minecraft and have a better looking experience with more depth.

minecraft isn't a space sim

neither is no mans sky