No Man’s Sky is easily one of my favourite things I saw at E3. Behind closed doors, seeing how the game actually plays out and could appeal to a wide variety of players, it’s shot to the top of my list of anticipated titles. Now you can see just a small sliver of why it’s looking oh so rad.
It seems that Sean Murray sent some YouTubers some b-roll of the game. For those who don’t know, this is typically footage selected randomly from a PR-happy play through. It’s meant to be layered over interviews or as backing while YouTubers talk about a game. It’s what Matty works with to make us look good and cover up my incessant interview nodding and other silly quirks we might have. One YouTube channel was sent six minutes of footage. While they ruin it later by talking about what they saw, at least you can get six minutes of gameplay footage with the actual sights and sounds of what you can expect when playing the game:
I know the game is about exploring space, but I love the planetary gameplay. It’s just so cool to wander around, exploring an uncharted world that is truly uncharted because not even the game creators know what’s on it. I just want to hop from planet to planet, discovering new forms of life, sending in my discoveries and generally living a peaceful, exploring existence. I know some of you will want to shoot everything you see, but at least we’ll all be galaxies apart so you won’t even know that my pacifist exploration is going great.
The sound effects are particularly cool. I like that you can hear all the squeals of the animals when they’re around you, but if you’re underwater or in space, the sounds are totally different. Plus, it’s a huge relief that there isn’t some irritating kind of backing track to the whole thing. It feels much more immersive that sometimes it will be jarringly loud with life, and other times, the dead silence of space (minus your ship’s air circulation and engine noises).
Last Updated: June 25, 2015
Ottokie
June 25, 2015 at 15:06
I am cautiously optimistic about this game. As long as they avoid the feeling that Elite Dangerous gives you of that “wide river, shallow water”, its gonna turn out great.
GooseZA
June 25, 2015 at 15:12
I’m LOVING Elite at the moment. Really fantastic game. Bit buggy still on XB1 but I am loving every second.
Ottokie
June 25, 2015 at 15:15
I’m not bashing the game…a lot, I love it as well even now that I finally have my Clipper, space just feels a bit empty…
GooseZA
June 25, 2015 at 15:17
I’ve been trading mostly. Just upgraded myself to a Type-6. Keen to do some bounty hunting as well so will probably pick up a viper tonight and go mess about.
Ottokie
June 25, 2015 at 15:19
Yea as soon as you get the type 6 you can do about 300 000 credits profit per round trip,takes about 10 min. But the grinding only starts when you have the type 6, just kit it out with cargo space and replace shield (focus when going out the mail slot 😛 ) for more cargo.
Fnuik
June 25, 2015 at 15:11
Will any of the animals you encounter try to eat or use your corpse as a bed? Would think that in at least one of the billions of planets you should encounter a meat eater?
Lord Chaos
June 25, 2015 at 15:14
IF you encounter a planet with life on it.
Her Highness the Hipster
June 25, 2015 at 15:16
yes – when i saw the demo behind closed doors, there was an animal trying to kill us. sometimes they’re friendly, but not always. Also, not all galaxies have planets and not all planets have life.
Fnuik
June 25, 2015 at 15:27
Game sounds really awesome, but at the same time really boring! But think it can be one of those games that you play when you are tired but not ready to go to bed, and when you eventually check the clock it’s almost time to go to work.
Admiral Chief's Adventure
June 25, 2015 at 15:20
This game appeals to me
Lord Chaos
June 25, 2015 at 15:27
That’s appalling.
*Ok, I need sleep. 🙁
Alien Emperor Trevor
June 25, 2015 at 15:29
Cast a pall over everything. :/
Lord Chaos
June 25, 2015 at 15:30
Problem is I still need to go to a thank you work thing.
Good news is it’s free drinks.
Admiral Chief's Adventure
June 25, 2015 at 15:31
Make me proud minion, drink ALL the beer, and cast IGNI on the most flammable objects
Lord Chaos
June 25, 2015 at 15:42
And ironically it’s being sponsored by the credit department. O_o
Pariah
June 25, 2015 at 15:45
Been paying your debts I see.
Lord Chaos
June 25, 2015 at 15:47
The amount of work my devs have been doing for them it’s about time. 😛
Alien Emperor Trevor
June 25, 2015 at 15:31
In that case, drink double vodka & redbull. Two birds with one stone.
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Timmy_The_Good_Troll
June 25, 2015 at 15:34
What happened to the most planets wont have any life on them, all these trailers i see are teaming with life?
Pariah
June 25, 2015 at 15:46
They have to show the interesting stuff. People don’t get excited for dead planets, they excited for the possibility of a planet that’s come to life.
Ir0nseraph
June 25, 2015 at 15:36
I hope the game , has an option where one can build your own music playlist.
CuddlesaurusRex
June 25, 2015 at 15:46
Now THIS I want to play with Morpheus! Holy balls this looks so good.
chimera_85
June 25, 2015 at 16:16
Can’t wait so when is it out 😀
CypherGate
June 25, 2015 at 16:26
This game sounds cool and all, but my main concern is direction… I mean I dont mind exploring planets etc, but I would also prefer direction… a good story that engages me. Even if its large long ass missions as well. Id prefer those sort of campaigns etc IF this sort of thing isnt in the game. I mean if its just exploring basically with fights (for no apparent reason other than being a pirate) then this game just doesnt sound too exciting.
Donovan Tull
June 26, 2015 at 12:36
If you really want to, there is a bit of an aim.
Reach the center of the galaxy. This is expected to take 40-100 hours. So for those who prefer to have a set goal, you can try and get to the center of the galaxy- and this should take 2-5 times longer than AAA games to finish the plot- Impressive, particularly for a sandbox game.
ElimiNathan
June 25, 2015 at 17:14
When is this coming out
konfab
June 26, 2015 at 16:33
DAT GALAXY MAP MUSIC *__*