Ex Xbox Community Manager Says PS4/PC No Man's Sky Is “Stale”; Hopes There’s More Post-Launch

Microsoft’s former Canadian Xbox community manager, Raj Patel, has shared his view on PS4/PC title No Man's Sky, and he isn’t too excited.

[Free_Fro]

I'm with Raj Patel on this one. It just looks boring based on the footage I've seen.

That's just my initial impression.

Getting hands-on could change my perspective..
But that price of admission..its not even attractive enough for me to gamble.

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[Overload]

It might just not be for you.

[LostDjinn]

WHAT?! No.
He's right. The only intelligent thing to do here is get the opinion of someone who admits to not having done anything but looked at a few screenshots. Screenshots tell you the games structure, story, performance and scope after all. Fro's thinking is completely sound. As is that of Raj.
Nasty "oversight" overload. *smh*

[Aeery]

My reaction :

Excuse me ?

I don't think it is possible to have any intelligent/meaningful reply to his tweet ...

[SourtreeDing]

the Division looks Boring to me... it might not be for me i guess.. but No Mans Sky looks fun to me...

my point is everyone has a different View

[sonarus]

Its easy to see why a lot of people consider this game stale. It doesnt have nearly enough explosions or killing. If they could only fit in like 100 more explosions and 1000 more kills then maybe it will be fun then

[Mr Pumblechook]

That's a bit unprofessional for a competitor's ex-staff to criticise the game on a public platform. Keep it classy.

[bf000777966]

Maybe this is not the game for many people, but this is what make PS4 shines(and sales) over Xbox one. Not everyone has the same taste for games. Maybe most gamer would like to play COD or HALO, but there are many dont, and they can find what thay like. Because sony is willing to invest such games. It's a pity if we can only play HALO, Forza, or Gears of War. No matter how good they are, we will get tired of them eventually. So it suprise me that MS shot down many small studio that didn't make money and focus on those did. Its dangerous and put themselves at risk. We will never see those great indie project like Until Dawn, No Man's Sky, Everybody's Gone to the Rapture because MS will never support them. This is what 'the best place to play' means.

[UnHoly_One]

Big time click-bait article...

So we are going to start taking what a former employee of a company says and blaming that on the company that no longer employs them?

C'mon, seriously?

This guy's opinion on it means nothing more than mine, or yours. He's just a regular guy.

If it was Phil Spencer or Major Nelson saying this, then maybe I see a story there, but this guy? Who flippin cares?

There might be some former low level Sony guy out there that hates Halo. Whoopty-freakin-do.

It's just an opinion of one random guy.

But you guys are all falling for it and turning it into a big argument. C'mon people.

[TheCommentator]

Mr. Pumblechook, I'm not sure how it's unprofessonal for someone who doesn't work for MS to have a negative opinion. It doesn't matter where he used to work because he's not working there any more. I don't think No Man's Sky looks very interesting right now either. Just saying.

[GamingIVfun]

Who cares what an ex Xbox employee has to say about a PS4/PC game based on pictures and video footage. Saying that No Man's Sky is stale when their really is no game like it available is a interesting choice of words.

[IamTylerDurden1]

How do u feel about Elite Dangerous? How does this guy? Elite has far less to do, no on foot action, no real planet exploration, yet it's very successful. If ppl aren't bored to tears with Elite, then No Man's Sky should by comparison be riveting.

[UltraNova]

Your forgetting something here, Elite D is multiplayer so based on the fact that these days its ok to have less content (or almost none) as long as you have multiplayer at launch is far more important than having a whole universe worth of content in single player.

Edit: Oh who the hell I'm I kidding... a former xbox exec slandering a Sony/PC game? Yeah ok.

[NatFanBoyRestricted]

I actually agree with you here. But one thing gamers don't phrase right is "nothing to do". In most cases it's them referring to nothing that they want to do. So after saying that, there's definitely stuff in NMS I would love to do that Elite doesn't have (yet), besides multiplayer. They each have their pros and cons

[fei-hung]

Surprise, surprise. Ex Xbox community manager down plays Sony console exclusive based on nothing else but pictures and ignoring majority of the facts.

[PurpHerbison]

I have a PS4/PC and will NEVER own an Xbox, but I still agree with the majority of what was said. At least in this current moment in time.

[AntsPai]

I don't know if I'm disagreeing with all of your comments because all your opinions are terrible or because of the obnoxious
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Craic, but I am glad your bubbles are slowly dwindling.

[Aeery]

@Free_Fro

Just open your mind.

[_-EDMIX-_]

@Fro- I know right, screw the universe and all...../s

[dumahim]

I pretty much agree too. I haven't seen the latest round of media yet, but prior to that, I probably used the same line of "I just don't see the fun."

[Scatpants]

They keep describing things you do in the game, but none of them sound fun. everything they've shown has been pretty much just wandering around.

[kraenk12]

I mean...it COULD be an honest opinion. On the other hand going by all your other posts on here you really really try too hard. This is at least your third account on here since I signed to this website.

;x;x

[ThyMasterDebater]

Yeah, Hard times over at Microsoft the last week. If only they could create a game with half the potential instead of slashing 8 studios. Judging from screen shots and this guy is a community manager?

It's sad that articles like this make the front page. it's not even news, It's just some guy on his Twitter speculating.

[Death]

According to his Linkdin profile he had 5 jobs at 5 different companies while he was "community manager" at Microsoft. My guess is he was a subcontractor working with the MVP program in some way. If you check the Xbox Canada community page the link to Raj as Community Manager is still active. I'm not sure how "real" this position is since he hasn't been replaced and the link still goes to his twitter feed.

[UnwanteDreamz]

How many of you with negative comments have seen the latest previews/hands on?

If you haven't take the time to look them up on Youtube. There is more to this game then just exploring and resource collecting. Do yourself a favor or remain uninformed.

IMO after seeing what I've seen Mr. Patel looks stupid

[Captain_J_Sheridan]

The game does seen rather empty, the mechanics in place look like they can keep you busy, but not exactly entertained

Unless there are tons of exciting events that they have been keeping secret from us, like huge monster fights, epic spaceship battles or tense underground mining, I don't see the game working past it's "40 hour campaign", and getting boring after 10 to 20 hours

I too am counting on post-launch content if that's the case, as it does look to be easy to add events into this universe, like a Borg-like threat, a large scale war or new multiplayer modes

[Goldby]

Sean actually said that depending where you are it may take anywhere from 40-120 hours of constant travveling, mining and upgrading to get to the center of the galaxy.

Thats before you take into consideration the alien tablets, nps, helping frieghters/attacking them and all the shebang along with it

[Pongwater]

"like a Borg-like threat, a large scale war or new multiplayer modes"

I feel like the people asking for things like that aren't who this game is aimed at in the first place.

"The game does seen rather empty, the mechanics in place look like they can keep you busy, but not exactly entertained"

Disagree completely.

[Fin_The_Human]

The game reminds me of MineCraft in space.

Which is a good thing but the game should have been 30 to 40 bucks.

[BattleTorn]

I'd love for someone to PM me....

I'm dying to know whether full-retail was originally planned..

80$CAN is sooooo steep for Minecraft in space.

[S2Killinit]

I think a job just opened up at MS.

[Death]

I don't know if he was actually employed. Linkdin shows he left in November 2015. The link at Xbox Canada still goes to his twitter page. The Community managers for Xbox were typically Microsoft employees that held other positions within the company. Community management would be more of a resume builder and not an actual paid position. Evangelism was done by fans within the community and at times recognized in the MVP program. MVP's aren't directed and have freedom to express what they feel. The community manager would be a link between the MVP's/community and Microsoft. I don't see where Raj held a position outside of his role as "community manager". This leads me to believe he was a subcontractor for Xbox.ca. It's still a little odd since Canadian MVP's were typically part of the same program as the U.S. I'm not sure what would warrant a separation.

[CryofSilence]

It's an exploration game, so if that isn't your cup of tea, then it probably won't be exciting to you. Others will love exploring the near infinite space based on the developers' physics.

[IGiveHugs2NakedWomen]

Oh that's really credible...

Xbox community manager isn't impressed with No Man's Sky.

You can file this under "Who cares?"

[Realms]

Right because your opinion is very trust worthy when it comes to being objective.

[showtimefolks]

Ok that's his opinion

Division actually looks boring. No man sky could be boring as well but I have yet to see so much to make my mind

But does that mean if someone enjoys the division that they are wrong? Absolutely not

It's just my opinion

[Seraphim]

tweet reads: "Every gameplay image I've seen of No Man's Sky looks like it could take place on the same planet. 'Infinite universe' eh? I don't see it."

thank you captain obvious. You are Ex of what and employed where now again? Maybe he's trying to get his job back at MS. Publicity grab tweet. How is this news? Ex someone of XB says this... geez...

Personally I'm not on the hype train. this is definitely not a game everyone will be interested in or like. For me I think it's a game I'd have to sit down and actually play to truly admire. that being said I guess this guy hasn't seen many pics or videos that are public because I've seen several different looking planets in passing. However in some odd way he has a point. though every planet is round and you can only fit so much into the game, so much detail before ending up with a game that requires 15 blu ray discs or a TB of hard drive space. So just how different are these trillion planets going to look and be? I think a little too much emphasis is being placed on just how many planets there will be and that some who are on the hype train might be disappointed.

[DarXyde]

Curious, have you looked at Hello Games' previous titles (Joe Danger series)?

Let's dissect the key members of the team's individual projects:

Sean Murray has worked on Burnout 3: Takedown (93 on Metacritic) and Black (77).

Grant Duncan worked on Virtua Tennis 3 (80) and Sega Superstars Tennis (67).

Ryan Doyle has worked on the Burnout series (69-93, the low end actually being something of an outlier score) and Geometry Wars: Galaxies (80).

Then we have David Ream who has worked on Geometry Wars.

Combine their efforts and you get Joe Danger 1 and 2 (86 and 82, respectively). And those are small games.

No Man's Sky is incredibly ambitious and completely dwarfs their smaller project in scale. They have Murray who's worked on Black so his chops will be useful in designing the game as a first person title. Most of the key members worked with Criterion on Burnout games, so I would not be surprised if the sense of speed and control for the ship is superb.

I would say at worst, the game will score roughly 8/10 among reviewers. That seems to be their collective sweet spot and it's not at all a bad score. I've loved games that scored lower than that (Condemned:Criminal Origins and Folklore to name a couple). I'm sure you have, too.

I would say it's well worth the gamble. It's a passionate team and they've taken quite some time refining the game. It's beautiful, vast, and still largely a mystery. You could be on the negative side and say it looks boring based on what you've seen.

Or you could be like me and be thrilled about everything you have not seen.

[USMC_POLICE]

You can explore space,planets,alien life and have ships, so boring

[joab777]

Oh really? Actually playing it might change your mind? Hmmmm.

[TheSaint]

I guess we know why he's an 'ex' community manager.

[lelo2play]

Honestly, I'm not sure about No Man's Sky. At a premium 60€ price tag, I'll wait for reviews and when it's much cheaper.

[WowSoChill]

SONY TROLLS

This is a good man, he does a lot of work with at risk teens for free, he has a opinion and he has a right to one, so before you go to troll him on Twitter just remember that he is a good person and does not deserve your vulgar hate ok? thanks

[-Foxtrot]

We don't know what's fully in the game as they haven't announced everything but I'd feel better if I knew there was a focus on building/crafting aswell like in Minecraft.

Find a planet you like the look of, build a small house. If you build a house on another planet light years away then they could add a portal/stargate/teleporter which you can build if you find very rare, hard to come by materials.

Hopefully they will add this in DLC/Expansions or in the sequel.

They honestly could do the features better then Minecraft if they wanted. Minecrafts crafting has become stale these days with most of the stuff you'd think would be included as only in mods.

[Malphite]

Sean Murray mentioned that it is a feature that might be added at some point. The reason they decided against it is because they want people to explore the universe first. It's basically a decision based on game design purely.

[-Foxtrot]

Well once we've explored hopefully the first add on is a "Home Sweet Home" expansion pack

[Pongwater]

"Cry more"

Irony more

[wtopez]

I gotta say that since it was announced that this game has a survival component to it, I've kinda mellowed on it. Still hoping it's amazing.

[Pancit_Canton]

Who?

[mike32UK]

Exactly. Slating another devs years worth of hard work? How very unbecoming

[Chaosdreams]

That's cool Raj. Not like I knew who you were before. So, your opinion is as relevant as,

Everyone else's. And since the game isn't even out yet. Well,

Imagine how much I care ;)

[fallacious]

smear job

[Kayant]

The desperation some of these sites are doing nowadays for hits is frankly just sad.

Even though this person hasn't been at Xbox for at least 3 months+ based on their linkedin his view is being manipulated(not really that but can't think of a better word) here by the media in order to create a "conversational" flamebait piece.

I highly bet if you searched enough you would find similar/not positive views from other industry folk about the game.

Shame at times people are not allowed to have an opinion without being tied to the employee/ex-employee in this case.

[OB1Biker]

Yea so many times it's the media spinning some random unknown people comment into 'news'. The sad thing to is people fall into it debating or getting emotional for nothing. 'A dev said' articles are also an example of how the lazy journalism work and get some buzz over a random opinion. People need to question gaming journalism instead of getting manipulated.

[AizenSosuke]

Someone is trying to get back into MS's good books.

[Death]

Bringing negativity/flaming into the spotlight like this is not how you get into Microsoft's good books. This type of behavior intentional or not is a great way to get walking papers. Microsoft works very hard to maintain their image regardless what many people think. Not using discretion when needed will go a long way at reversing built up goodwill that has been generated over time. There is enough fud and misinformation generated by non-employees going around that stuff like this in-house isn't needed.

[onanie]

What makes you qualified to say this?

So far, Microsoft has been pretty good at reversing goodwill itself.

[Death]

Is Microsoft the one reversing goodwill or is it anxious fans determined to discredit them every chance they get? On Monday fans were upset that Microsoft was going to be releasing an Xbox every year as an annual update. On Tuesday these same fans were writing stories about this being the last Xbox. Both stories were based on the same comments by Phil.

The big story this last week was about Microsoft expanding the Xbox brand as they incorporate Universal Apps across all Windows 10 devices. Microsoft wants a gamers purchase on his Xbox to either stream or run natively on their Windows phone, tablet or PC. Somehow fans are twisting this into Microsoft exiting the console market. It truly is mind boggling at times and I wonder why Phil even speaks to the community.

[AudioEppa]

Hey Raj.... Run!

This guy will be on NMS fans emotional hit list for about a week, maybe 2 if there's no other news to make people forget easily lol And it's even more perfect that it's someone who did something with Xbox too.

I guarantee if this was coming from somebody else who most people recognize (also follow what they think & do) The interest around this game would slow down real quick.

It's smart to release this in the summertime, away from everything.

[mezati99]

i don't know about you but I am 32 and I have always wanted to be able to just land on a beautiful world or dangerous planet by entering it's atmosphere. Then explore it and take off straight out into space again without any loading. And even in space there are stations, pirates, asteroids, etc. This game achieves that dream.

Honestly, I think that anyone who loves sci fi, survival and who has a sense of wonder and discovery will more than likely fall in love. I mean shit, it has the ingredients of the ultimate final frontier game that so many like myself only dreamed about. All while looking more approachable and fun than the usual dry sim kind of game.

[asmith2306]

We all know you're really 17.

[mezati99]

Nope, 32 with 3 beautiful children :)

[Aenea]

Yup, that's the thing, I love SciFi, love to read about distant worlds, how they look, what plants and animal life is there, etc. and always imagined it would be great to explore space and find new planets, now I finally can!

This is a game geared to people like us, if you don't like SciFi and/or don't get excited about exploring new planets then it certainly is not for you.

[SniperControl]

I get the same feeling when i'am playing Elite Dangerous in VR, ever since i was a kid, watching shows like Battlestar or films like Star Wars and The Last Starfighter, i've always wondered what it would be like to sit in a cockpit of starfighter and fly around the galaxy, well i get to experience that every time i play Elite.

Hopefully, Hello games add VR support for either PSVR and Rift DK2 in the new future so i can experience the same feeling.

[bloodybutcher]

well, i am 39 soon and i think, that any game without exploding zombies is an ultimate flop.all great games have exploding zombies. baldur's gate, escape from monkey island, pure chess. on the other hand, i might have been stoned.

[MRMagoo123]

I'm 35 this year and this is the kinda of game I have been wanting for a long long time and if it gets VR support pair is gonna be day 1 for me......as close to a holodeck in star trek as I can probably get in my lifetime so I'm gonna be happy.

[IamTylerDurden1]

No Man's Sky is going to be amazing, particularly in VR. Ppl don't realize that there is so much that won't be revealed until you actually play. Sean is very particular about this.

The game features space combat, spaceship and on foot exploration, FPS combat with organics and robots, mining, crafting, upgrading, trading, bounties (on you), pirates, potential co op (unlikely), discovey of new species/planets, seeing other ppl's imprint on the universe and making your own. There are secrets that lie in the center of the universe, No Man's Sky is full of wonder and possibility.

[Patrick]

Wow, I couldn't have said it any better. I'm loving this game already and have never played it. Its just that from everything I've read and seen, I truly think it will be an epic game, that they will expand on, adding new features for hopefully years to come. I Also do believe that someday you will be able to play coop... but not for a while as I think they want players to just explore this massive universe they are making. Can't wait for the release.

[Featuring_Dante]

Whats the point of exploration if there is not enough gameplay mechanics involved? I'm pretty sure that people will be done with the game in a week, and disappointed at that.

[Perjoss]

You dont understand what exploration means

[Liqu1d]

There are other gameplay mechanics though. This isn't just an exploration game.

[OtakuDJK1NG-Rory]

and those are?

[Liqu1d]

@Otaku www.google.com

[IamTylerDurden1]

Umm take a look above. What mechanics is it missing? NMS has a hell of a lot more to do than Elite Dangerous. For one, you can actually get out of your ship and walk on planets. You can shoot a gun with your hands, fend off dangerous new species, robots, and space pirates. FPS, dog fighting, mining, trading, upgrades/crafting.

Your goal is to explore the universe, mining resources and upgrading your gear so you can delve deeper towards the center of the universe to unearth it's untold revelations. All the meanwhile fending off enemies and making incredible discoveries. What more do you want? Games like Rebel Galaxy and Elite Dangerous are successful while only offering a fraction of the content, mechanics, and possibilities.

[Unborkirkster]

Its an ambitious game which i greatly welcome, especially in an era of un-ambitious rehashed and uninspired games. We need games to push the boundaries, if people have a problem with this, then I'm sad for you.

[DafunkyRebel]

who, if given the chance would not explore space and name planets after themselves or whatever they want?

[VTKC]

Yeah its "stale" because its not on a certain console. Please. You shouldnt shit talk about products you dont have. Promote your own product that can rival it instead. Its so much more mature. Shit talking just shows you dont have anything to oppose the product of a rival company. Its still bad that he is a formerly related to a rival company.

[KingKevo]

Lol. This "not very smart person" says No Man's Sky looks stale while he is working as the marketing manager over at icejam games who are making free-to-play mobile games. Talk about stale, right?

[Trez1234]

No big explosions, no fast cars, no big guns..obviously boring for someone who worked as a manager of a community that don't really like different games.

The good news thought, he's an ex community manager. Here's hoping for a more diverse community ( and community manager ) going forward

[OC_MurphysLaw]

Jeff Canata from the DLC podcast had commented on he felt that No Mans Sky was designed around the "math" of it all and less about the "fun" which I think echos a lot of the concerns many have.

[onanie]

Namely you and Jeff?

LOL

[Mikeyy]

What does Ice Jam even make again?

[Goldby]

old cassette remix's of vanilla ice tracks

[Der_Kommandant]

Who is that guy and why is this news?

[Skankinruby]

All entitled to our opinion I guess. I however am stoked as hell for this. This guy just sounds like he's trying to half-heartedly piss on the hype for this game to be a debbie downer. My take is if you thrive on call of duty type button mashing action this game probably just isn't for you

[Yetter]

Lot of people at this site seems to take this personally. I certainly see where he's coming from. This game looks as wide as an ocean and as shallow as a puddle

[jwillj2k4]

I have the same feeling but I still purchased it because its an ambitious project that's never been done to this scale on console. I am hoping there is a day 1 VR patch for it which would significantly improve its longevity.

[Kreisen]

The game seems very shallow mechanically. Whats the point of having countless planets if all you can do is mine some minerals? Its not like you can built a base or anything.

[feraldrgn]

The reason you mine for minerals is to upgrade your Ship, Suit & Gun.

You upgrade your suit to deal with the unique environment of each planet, because the game has a survival aspect.

You upgrade your ship so that you can better fight in space battles (& probably to upgrade flight speed).

You upgrade your gun to have better firepower & different features, like a bomb type ammo that you can use to blow up the environment with, which is one way you can uncover underground caverns for spelunking.

There are also alien NPC's for trading & monoliths to learn more of an alien's language for better trading.

People need to start watching new videos, as they have more details on the game now.
Stop listening to people saying it's shallow, just because they're used to a different genre of game.

[garrettbobbyferguson]

"Just because they're used to a different genre of game"

I've put in several hundred hours into Elite: Dangerous. I can tell you what a shallow game is. No Man's Sky seems to be going down the same path, just they got procedural generation and planetary landing working properly.

[Kreisen]

Except none of those things translate into more interesting gameplay. The fact that people upvoted you just proves how little they know about the game.
I am fully aware you can upgrade certain things, but have you red that none of them actually change the core gameplay in any way? The people who played the game all say this isnt some rpg where youll start off in a tiny ship and end up with a MASSSIVE gunship wrecking everything in your path. The upgrades to your ship are to fly faster, thats it. The upgrades to your suit are so you can access more planets, survive bad weather etc.
What you have to accept is its a game about farming resources so you can upgrade your tools to farm even faster. There is no Minecraft element that allows you to do anything interesting with the recources you gather. Which is why its SHALLOW GAME.

[Goldby]

@Kreisen.

SHALLOW GAME in your opinion.
This game obviously doesn't grab you the way it does for other people. That isn't a bad thing. ill tell you one thing, there it countless more depth in this game than the likes of AAA games that have been coming out.

Not every game is about becoming the super-powered-one-punch-ultra- force-fighter-jet-squad-guy. some games its just about making it through the day. survival games like minecraft. Like NMS. Like DayZ, Don't Starve and countless others. these games alone have more mechanics in it than any AAA game released lately.

but in the end, you have your opinion, and i have mine. so we shall have to settle this like men. Grab your white glove good sir. for i challenge you to a dual. hazzah!

[Seafort]

No Man's Sky reminds me of a first person Starbound currently on PC.

That game had infinite planets to discover and explore along with mining resources to upgrade you armour and equipment but it also had player built buildings too.

It's a 2D game but in the same vein as No Man's Sky.

[frostypants]

So some obscure guy nobody's heard of thinks something. Sounds article worthy to me.

/sarcasm

"Canadian Community Manager"...LOL...

[WickedLester]

I'm fascinated with this concept and I'm really looking forward to playing No Man's Sky. However I get the feeling that it isn't "the game." It's the game before "the game." What I mean by that is, I think either another dev company is going to take the same procedurally generated concept and build the game that everyone THINKS they're getting with NMS or Hello Games is going to use this first iteration and then build on the idea and make the sequel actually live up to people's expectations. OR they could treat the initial game as a platform/service and just continue to add to/improve on the original idea.

[sereal_killer]

They did say that another reason for the 60 price tag is si they can update the game with free content over time. I assume eventually it will have paid dlc if it does well. But the idea if a 60 game instead of a 40+20(dlc/season pass) apeals to me more. Im just tired of all the super expensive dlc. And basically i like supporting new ideas/ips

[frostypants]

Yeah, hopefully they don't pull an "Elite: Dangerous" and start making people pay for the game all over again every time they add content.

[Lon3wolf]

Just lol, that is all.

[NotanotherReboot]

I agree with this guy

[zombie78rock]

Ex Xbox Community Manager LOL people who vote on games before they play them. TROLLS I guess I know know why he is the EX XBOX Community manger because his opinions is worthless.

[blakstarz]

"Microsoft’s former Canadian Xbox community manager, Raj Patel"

Of course he is going to say something negative if its on PS4....whatever man.

[Aloy-Boyfriend]

Canadian and ex Xbox employee...

Do you guys see the issue here?
:p

[MilkMan]

Says the guy that works for a company chomping at their arms right now. Its not like Xbox is a market leader in....anything. And this isnt a console war. Its an observation.

[rhap]

who

[its_JEFF]

Stale... not that surprised, I could see that happening from time to time in a MASSIVE open space exploration game, it's gonna happen! It's also gonna be tough to judge such a possible massive game with such limited hands on time.

Even with some doubts about the game I will still probably pick it up.

[Hitoemi]

Its click bait, plain click bait

[Null]

Who is this guy and who cares what he thinks?

[WarPuppet96]

No one has a say in a game I want to play because I am the judge and executioner of a game that I don't, like me and like many others do I like to try for myself and see how it is and if it's dull hey maybe my kids will like it.

[Night99]

Yes procedurally generated and infinite space is most of the time only in theory exciting in reality it gets tedious and boring very quick like the procedurally generated chalice dungeons in Bloodborne for example, the rest of Bloodborne was just awesome but chalice dungeons was boring and annoying even after the first few rooms. The only cool thing in chalice dungeons was ironically some of the handcrafted, non procedural Boss fights.

[soniqstylz]

So he hasn't played any of it, he's only commenting on images.

Awesome, glad to take him at his word. *eyeroll*

[JEECE]

I love how a game can be "stale" when nothing truly comparable exists yet. And Star Citizen isn't out, so that doesn't count.

[RosweeSon]

I'd rather have this new original game than halo 5, gears 4 and forza again... Those are stale games.

[wraith4912]

Butthurt much?

[Mr_Luke]

Uhm... ok, whatever.
I just can't wait to play it (and to hear impressions by someone more credible and i hope a bit more... known...).

And:

"Every gameplay image I've seen of No Man's Sky looks like it could take place on the same planet. 'Infinite universe' eh? I don't see it."

Uhm... maybe, instead of stupwitting (stupidly twitting) you could try the game. You know, TRY, different from watching the images you see in internet and be the Patchter of the situation. If they show us ALL the game and the possible surprises, three quarters of the fun go away, nothing to discover.

[mEATgrinder]

Crapolaaaaaaa lol

[Elda]

I will say for a $60 game I personally need to see & know more about this game though I'm very interested,for me to pay that price it would definitely have to have a story mode or a sp campaign otherwise I may pass or buy it when it gets to half the price.

[Artemidorus]

Didn't take long for a pro Xbox person to give an opinion on it

[Vipre77]

I'm not as excited about it as a lot of people seem to be. The procedurally generated worlds without loading screens is pretty cool from a tech standpoint, but from a gameplay standpoint, they haven't yet sold me on what the point is other than just going places and seeing randomly created worlds, that largely all look vaguely similar from the couple of demos I've seen. Is the game just about the exploration and naming your discovered worlds? Is there more to it than that? They've shown off the tech, but the plot/story as shown so far seems to be non-existent.

If the worlds are randomly and/or procedurally generated, will the world look the same if you leave and come back again later? What if other players come? Will they see the same world you did? Does the generated world get stored online once created so that other players all see the same thing for a given world?

[jznrpg]

There is more information out there about factions of aliens and how the whole algorithm works concerning worlds, I think I read it recently on playstation lifestyle.

[THRASHMOUTH]

"Oh, hey look! An opinion!" -the boy who cried wolf

[mochachino]

Way to keep it professional Raj.

[jznrpg]

Not all games are supposed to be for everyone. This is for people who likes these types of games , crazy thought I know. Some people love RPGs , some don't, RTS , Shooters, Platformers etc. I could care what some guy on twitter thinks-

[iNFAMOUZ1]

watch once people get the game they'll see for themselves

[MaximusPrime_]

Some guy expressing his view. Meh. I'm looking forward to it.

This is the kind of game I'm interested in.

[ASBO-5]

Awwwwww, is somebody mad that his system didn't get a cool game?

[Fist4achin]

This guy's a total weiner. Plus, I like saying that. I've never met him and have only seen a picture of him with this article. My opinion is about as sound as his on this game.

[Destiny1080]

if no mans sky is stale, where does that leave everyone else

I thing its going to be a phenomenal experience

[Mrveryodd]

i think it sounds interesing , wish is was coming to xbox .....)

[holdmyown83]

Must be a game for old pc gamers. Looks sooooooo boring but you old nerds love it that way so I guess that's all that matters

[SynestheticRoar]

I want it.

[IceKoldKilla]

EX Community Manager. His income must be stale.

[Etherialskies]

Yeah....because I'll take the word of a guy from a rival company who's barely touched the game.

I'll wait for release and make my own decisions

[Azzanation]

Its amazing how gamers jump on someone's opinion about a game yet reads an article about Xbox being destroyed and takes it like its the holy grial.

Too many in here have selective reading.

Its must an opiniom just like every other article.

[thelaughingwiseman]

I do agree. Not saying it is a bad game but it doesn't really look entertaining. It might be a "Everybody's Gone To Rapture" where story is experienced through game play. Not disliking that aspect. I will wait to see gameplay walkthroughs of this. But if it is just planet exploration with no real objective and 60 bucks, I would have a problem.

[Picnic]

The thing about the PS4 is that the fast GDDR5 memory alone can raise the experience of certain games. The nuts and bolts of the game can be everyday but when you look at the small visual details, when you feel the smoothness of the response between the controller and what you're doing on screen, that is, in a way, the PS4 experience. You're sometimes playing the smoothness more than you're playing a game. And, for some games, that's OK for now.

[jay2]

Mate thats what ms did to rare!

[Tallpine]

Wow... What a dumbass.

[HAHAHAHAHAHAHA]

lets bag out a game that hasn't come out yet shall we?

OMG like that dark souls III games a POS huh from the gamplay videos i have seen it looks like a total rip off of Bloodborne....

that doom looks like its a revamped version of this same game i use to play ages ago called Doom as well i think they totally ripped it off and copied it....

lets talk about Mafia 3 its just like gta just reskinned to be back in the 1940's or something.....

this guy is a total idiot i may as well just start hating games before i get to play them too, seems like a new fashion.

[baldulf]

Microsoft gonna Microsoft.

Cant wait to see how in two or three years they drop the whole Xbox brand away to focus on Windows games.

[TheMutator]

Just look at that hipster face lolololollool

[Game-o-holic]

LOL. The game might not be for everyone. But believe it or not... neither is Halo, Mario and Uncharted.

Amazing how a click bait article can rise that far to the top.

[Father Murder X]

Why are all you Sony fanboys getting worked up over someone else'e opinion. He is entitled to his opinion. You can't make someone like something because you do. Just because something is an exclusive that doesn't mean that it can't or won't suck. Personally I don't like Tomb Raider,Uncharted or Grand Theft Auto but that doesn't mean that the games sucks. Everybody is entitled to their opinion. You Sony fanboys fall for the same click baiting shit every single day. You guys are being pimped and are too stupid to realize it.

[kenwonobi]

Last thing I'm gonna do is trust the advice of a Xbox community manager.