This week in the Palace of Mega Pixels, we welcome Twitch streamer Enola to the roundtable and discuss her career in game development, her time as a streamer and the emergence of female gamers.
In the news, we discuss the Metroid Amiibo controversy, No Man's Sky 1.03 update, Shadow of War mutliplayer, the existence of a fidget spinner simulator and a study linking first person shooters to brain damage. We also go over the list of games released on 8/8 and what is releasing on 8/15.
No Man's Sky is only 1% away from hitting an overall positive review score on Steam, a monumental achievement 6 years post-launch.
Hello Games put in so much work with NMS. It's similar to CDPR, they massively improved Cyberpunk, Hello Games took that multiple steps further and have just poured everything into this title, rather than say f*ck it and move on.
Title says 8 years since launch, blurb says 6 years since launch. Videogamer's AI journos making weird mistakes as usual.
No Man's Sky's July 2024 update gave it a massive PS5 player count boost as new and returning PS5 and PS4 players checked out the Worlds Part 1 changes.
HelloGames must be one of the most patient and devoted game developer in history. All those updates since they launched the game nearly 10 years ago have been free.
Well-done to the team. NMS continue to impress
No Man’s Sky may be the best video game redemption of all time. It’s also a better game than Starfield.
This game is simply amazingly polished right now.
I personally would still love a less 'cartoonish' approach in the art design of a space exploration game, but I am truly amazed of the indefinite space they are able to simulate in NMS.
If you're into space exploration, all with planets, galaxies, black holes, flora & fauna, huge distances, warp jumps, research, minerals, myths, chemistry and so much else, then NMS is a true gem of its game.
In all of this fields SO vastly superior to Starfield.
There's no comparison really. Let alone the excitment of freely approaching and landing on a planet the first time.
Hat's off to Hello Games!
It's a masterpiece in the genre.
Would be dope if more devs supported their games like this that fell a lil short when released smh. This one of the only devs
People can talk about and praise how much of a good comeback Cyberpunk was, but it's nothing compared to what Hello Games has been doing for this game. The level of commitment, ongoing support and free updates, makes this by far the best redemption in gaming history.
Martin Griffiths proved once again that NMS's proprietary engine is one of the game's greatest strengths.