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You might never meet anyone else in No Man’s Sky

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So long suckas

One of the biggest games of 2015 won’t be developed by a studio with employees that number in the hundreds. It’ll be one smaller-scale developer with big ambitions and dreams, in the form of Hello Games and No Man’s Sky. That’s a space flight game that has me excited. Not just for the sheer scope that it represents, but also for the chance to actually explore and find something new to do. It could be a game so massive, that you might never ever meet another player, something that even Hello Games is uncertain of.

And that’s thanks to the procedurally generated seeds, which combines personal galaxy building and exploration over a massive network. Thanks to that method, players can explore the worlds of those pilots who came before them, in the vast cold and dark vacuum of space. So will pilots ever meet one another? “We don’t know,” Hello Games boss Sean Murray he told the Guardian.

We don’t know if people will spread evenly out across the universe, or whether they’re going to corral into areas that have already been explored, whether they will form little trade routes, little strips of familiar worlds, going from the outside edge like the spokes of a wheel toward the centre of the galaxy – or whether it will be totally random.

Funny thing is, I could happily go months without bumping into anyone in this kind of game. I think it needs to be a monumental event for players, something that makes them realise the scope of the project that they’re engaging in. And also because I am an anti-social bastard.

Last Updated: October 30, 2014

60 Comments

  1. So, a game for Trevor then?

    I KEED I KEED!!!!

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    • RinceThis

      October 30, 2014 at 14:03

      Meany!

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    • Trevor Bierau

      October 31, 2014 at 17:38

      You’re Damn right this is a game for me!

      Reply

  2. Admiral Chief 0

    October 30, 2014 at 13:05

    I can get behind this. Imagine you are off doing yer explorin’ and you meet another!

    Will you be social?
    Will you hide and observe them?
    WILL YOU MURDER THEM?

    Interesing indeed

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    • Hammersteyn

      October 30, 2014 at 13:10

      In Destiny during the raid there’s a part where you need to jump over platforms that disappear and reappear. So while we wait for the last person(sometimes it takes a while) we humour ourselves by trying to push one another into the abyss, seeing how friendly fire is not enabled. Socializing ftw

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      • Admiral Chief 0

        October 30, 2014 at 13:12

        JOU MAASN’T PUSH (into the abyss)

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      • Rock789

        October 31, 2014 at 08:09

        Now that sounds entertaining. 🙂

        But I’ve also seen there are still num-nuts who run around the areas when on Patrol in Destiny, trying to shoot eachother and any passers-by. Really? Kinda impossible if you’re outside of PvP, so why bother? I usually just stand there, letting them shoot their loadout till they’re bored (ok, that sounded dirty!)… Then follow then EVERYWHERE when they leave and just stand right in their face / behind them… Can lead to some hilarity. And usually ‘Quit to Orbit’ jumps for them… 😉 🙂

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    • Reid

      October 30, 2014 at 13:57

      Well social is out. I have tried that too many times in games only to get shot or stabbed or run over.

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    • WitWolfy

      October 30, 2014 at 14:16

      I’m just hoping that the servers will work at launch..

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    • Thats_how_I_Troll

      October 30, 2014 at 14:41

      Sounds like a threesome discussion with the wife….

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  3. aj_nator

    October 30, 2014 at 13:05

    heh. And some people say the sky is the limit.
    Really looking forward to this one

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  4. Ranting Raptor Llew

    October 30, 2014 at 13:08

    Really want to try my hand at this game

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    • Admiral Chief 0

      October 30, 2014 at 13:12

      Only the hand?

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      • Ranting Raptor Llew

        October 30, 2014 at 13:13

        I’m too tired to have a good comeback

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        • Admiral Chief 0

          October 30, 2014 at 13:13

          Is that what she said?

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          • Ranting Raptor Llew

            October 30, 2014 at 13:13

            *sigh*

          • Admiral Chief 0

            October 30, 2014 at 13:14

            Did she say that too?

          • Ranting Raptor Llew

            October 30, 2014 at 13:16

            *falls asleep*

          • Admiral Chief 0

            October 30, 2014 at 13:19

            OH NOES SHE DOESN’T TALK SHE SLEEPS

          • Ranting Raptor Llew

            October 30, 2014 at 13:19

            oh my word. *gives up*

          • Ceyber, Hans

            October 30, 2014 at 13:24

            Marriage Simulator 2014.

            A worthy competitor for:

            https://i.ytimg.com/vi/GDE4rsLVB9A/maxresdefault.jpg

          • Admiral Chief 0

            October 30, 2014 at 13:25

            BEHOLD, THE MIGHTY TOASTY!

          • Ceyber, Hans

            October 30, 2014 at 13:27

            That’s what she said o_O

          • Ranting Raptor Llew

            October 30, 2014 at 13:28

            urrrr…..

          • Admiral Chief 0

            October 30, 2014 at 13:30

            INDEEEEEED, although toasty is a strange name for a schlong

          • Ceyber, Hans

            October 30, 2014 at 13:37

            Maybe she calls hers Toasty, who knows…

            Than again, that wouldn’t make sense, because bread goes in a toaster soft and comes out hard, whereas a schlong goes in… Wait, WTF am I saying? I’m gonna stop now.

          • Ranting Raptor Llew

            October 30, 2014 at 13:46

            wow

          • Ceyber, Hans

            October 30, 2014 at 13:49

            yeah, stupid brain…

          • Ranting Raptor Llew

            October 30, 2014 at 13:50

            I guess you can say this convo…. escalated quickly….

          • Ceyber, Hans

            October 30, 2014 at 14:00

            My fault, still haven’t had lunch and GF away for the week. Both of my brains are starving and delirious.

          • Admiral Chief 0

            October 30, 2014 at 14:02

            Eish

          • Ranting Raptor Llew

            October 30, 2014 at 14:29

            eish

          • Ceyber, Hans

            October 30, 2014 at 15:20

            EISH!

          • Admiral Chief 0

            October 30, 2014 at 14:02

            O_O

          • RinceThis

            October 30, 2014 at 14:09

            0-O Not sure whether to moderate, or… 0_O

          • Ranting Raptor Llew

            October 30, 2014 at 13:28

            hahahaha

      • aj_nator

        October 30, 2014 at 13:44

        pssht. This game is rumoured to offer joystick support :p

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  5. Hammersteyn

    October 30, 2014 at 13:10

    Where’s Everyone Sky?

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    • Ranting Raptor Llew

      October 30, 2014 at 13:13

      Can you never be happy????

      I told you it’s you!

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      • Hammersteyn

        October 30, 2014 at 13:16

        I am happy, I just thought it might be a more apt title for the game.

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        • Ranting Raptor Llew

          October 30, 2014 at 13:20

          It’s always about how you feel and what you want isn’t it!? ISN’T IT!?

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          • Admiral Chief 0

            October 30, 2014 at 13:24

            My my, get this lady a box of chocolates STAT!

          • Skoobaz

            October 30, 2014 at 13:25

            And tissues for the issues!

          • Admiral Chief 0

            October 30, 2014 at 13:26

            XD

          • Ranting Raptor Llew

            October 30, 2014 at 13:29

            None of you understand! *runs away crying for no apparent reason*

          • Admiral Chief 0

            October 30, 2014 at 13:31

            Llew uses “silent treatment”, it is not very effective

          • Ranting Raptor Llew

            October 30, 2014 at 13:31

            lol

          • Skoobaz

            October 30, 2014 at 16:41

            Lllew, you know I “keed”!!

          • Ranting Raptor Llew

            October 30, 2014 at 17:13

            Haha. Of course 🙂 Tis why I dig this community

          • Skoobaz

            October 30, 2014 at 14:40

            Here, have some cheese. It’ll go nicely with that whine!!!

    • Admiral Chief 0

      October 30, 2014 at 13:14

      Left of the republican sky

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  6. Pieter Kruger

    October 30, 2014 at 13:29

    This is looking very interesting and I’m excited for this game! Very Spore esque!

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    • Admiral Chief 0

      October 30, 2014 at 13:36

      Indeed, I quite like Spore, good ideas

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  7. RinceThis

    October 30, 2014 at 14:03

    I am actually rather keen for this game!

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  8. RinceThis

    October 30, 2014 at 14:08

    I want OvG to play this, and while he thinks he is alone on a planet, the whole of Lazygamer’s community is hiding behind a rock. And as he thinks to himself ‘this online stuff ain’t so bad’ we all leap out and scream at him That would please me. More so than it really should… 0_O

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    • konfab aka derp

      October 30, 2014 at 15:28

      Hmm, that makes me wonder if there would be some type of coordinate system so you can “fast travel”.

      I could see whole worlds being claimed and changed into abominations by communities.

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    • Admiral Chief 0

      October 30, 2014 at 15:47

      LOOOL

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  9. konfab aka derp

    October 30, 2014 at 15:26

    I hate people, so this is going to be a very good thing

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    • Skyblue

      October 31, 2014 at 15:36

      Was thinking the exact same, well said

      Reply

  10. z1n

    October 31, 2014 at 11:35

    Single Player or Multiplayer? Why not both!?

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