Computerman 最近的评测

Oh boy, this is gonna be a long one.

When No Man's Sky initially released back in 2016, I tried to refund it. I felt betrayed - Not only was it missing a lot of promised content, but it was also vehemently buggy and felt just half-baked. Planets felt dull and boring, animals were mediocre and didn't add much to the experience, and it all around didn't feel like there was much to even do in the first place.

Of course, my luck being what it is, my refund didn't go through, so I decided to just swallow the pill I'd been given and kept it in my inventory.

Over time, the game began to get updates - Foundation. Pathfinders. Atlas Rises. NEXT completely turned the game on its head, almost completely redesigning the game from the ground up. Abyss. Visions. Beyond took what made NEXT so great and expanded upon it (and gave us VR support, which is always welcome!). As the list of updates grew, I found myself slowly but surely coming back to it more and more.

I didn't realize it at the time, but I witnessed this game dig itself out of its own grave. I watched this game go from the butt of every gaming joke at the time to an actually beloved title in people's libraries.

Fast forward to now, No Man's Sky sits at a Very Positive rating, something I never thought I'd see when I saw it release. As for personal statistics, at the time of writing, No Man's Sky is the 3rd most played game in my library with 708 hours played.

I've kind of hesitated writing this review as I can't exactly put it into words all that well, so I'll at least try. Let me start with the elephant in the room:



Maybe it's because I'm burnt out - 708 hours is a long time for a game like this, long enough for someone like me to do just about everything the game offers. Planets have improved terrain (though that's still kind of up for debate - I personally feel planets pre-NEXT had more unique terrain, but to each their own on that front) but I can't help but still feel that mediocre slog that I felt all the way back in 2016. There's much more to do now, but it feels like if you do it once, you don't really need to do it again unless you want to grind for certain items.

Despite all this, I find myself just booting up the game and exploring, maybe catching the occasional photo or two. Kind of ironic, considering that's more or less what No Man's Sky originally sold itself to be - an exploration game at its core with everything else tacked onto it over time. It's like the video game equivalent of a warm blanket to me - Sometimes I just want to wrap up in it, grab a warm drink, put on a nice video and get lost wandering around a planet that feels all too familiar compared to the last.

Most of those 708 hours have been exactly that, and honestly for that alone it gets my positive rating. It's far from perfect, but it has provided a kind of entertainment I don't think many other games have achieved in my eyes.

Earlier in this review I said my luck was bad. Thinking about it, maybe my luck isn't nearly as bad as I thought it was - just took some time to come back around is all.

A beautifully written love letter to the Jet Set Radio series, I don't think I'll be putting this one down anytime soon. Fluid movement combines with a soundtrack that never gets old to create the funkiest game of the year, hands down.

Not even joking here - EASILY one of my favorite shooters to date, Fast paced, completely ridiculous, bearing a learning curve that's simple and easy to learn but difficult to master. This game makes you feel like a truly unstoppable force regardless of skill level.

yeehaw

okay but seriously this is one of my favorite games of all time, Absolute 10/10.