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[Giganteus]

These are some of the people that review our games people. Let that sink in a little, lol.

Oh, I don't know. Poopland's alright.

 

[Darklor01]

Steelbook?

 

[MikeyB]

You wanna take this outside or you wanna handle this in the space station

Oh. Bazooper or whatever.

 

[Tubobutts]

Harambe XX LMAO.

Oh man I wonder if they have any filters for the planet names. Naming Planets should be pretty freaking awesome.

Sean said they have a strong profanity filter.

 

[bananafactory]

Gonna name my first planet Morty I

 

[J3ffro]

Gonna name my first planet Morty I

TINY RICK!

 

[Blackleg-sanji1]

Oh. Bazooper or whatever.

 

[ShabbadooJr]

Can Planets be named the same name as another planet?

 

[Hoodbury]

Do you have to name things or is there an auto-name-generator system you can use? Or can you just leave them un-named?

 

[Mahonay]

Do you have to name things or is there an auto-name-generator system you can use? Or can you just leave them un-named?

Everything gets an auto-generated name. You can then choose to name it if you'd like to.

 

[MikeyB]

Do you have to name things or is there an auto-name-generator system you can use? Or can you just leave them un-named?

They appear to be auto named. You can choose to rename them. So somebody went to the trouble of typing out that unfunny dreck for a "heh."

 

[Shrewder]

Steelbook?

Correct. I just opened the box and the contents are inside a book-like case. It's pretty snazzy.

 

[LookAtMeGo]

Nooo. Im awake too soon. Must go back to sleep!

 

[Fujinn]

I hope someone records the stream, i won't be at home. :/

 

[Raven117]

Hope the universe is ready for a string of my ex-girlfriends names on my path to the center of the universe.

 

[Hoo-doo]

They appear to be auto named. You can choose to rename them. So somebody went to the trouble of typing out that unfunny dreck for a "heh."

You get spacebucks for every discovery you name, so there's an incentive to do so.

 

[Blackleg-sanji1]

Hope the universe is ready for a string of my ex-girlfriends names on my path to the center of the universe.

You're going to give them the satisfaction of having a planet named after them?

 

[Flying Toaster]

Hope the universe is ready for a string of my ex-girlfriends names on my path to the center of the universe.

Thats some high fidelity level stuff, are you going to name them in order of least to most heartbreaking breakups as you go towards the center of the galaxy?

 

[Danlord]

BBC News was just live at Guildford

Really nice for NMS to get this coverage.

 

[MassiveNights]

The mainstream coverage this game is getting is pretty crazy.

There was just a news story about it on the main BBC News 6 o'clock programme.

 

[mishakoz]

I ordered on PSN, is there a pre-load for this game? I dont think I had the option.

 

[DiabloTheGrey]

Not being the very creative type, I mostly intend to leave the planets/flora/fauna named as is except for in very special cases.

If I don't rename things I've discovered, can other players come in after I've left a planet and rename my discovery, or will the names of my discoveries remain intact?

 

[Belgian Dude]

Gonna name my first planet Morty I

Can't wait 'til I find Gazorpazorp

 

[ranmafan]

So excited, my most antipated game of the year, which is amazing considering this year has not only this game, but shin megami tensei 4 final, uncharted 4, last guardian, persona 5 (Japanese version), and final fantasy xv! Any other year they would be tops but this game just has gotten me so excited and I can't wait to play more than them all.

And thankfully my Amazon us preorder of the limited edition just shipped. I was so worried about it cause I ordered it from Japan, but originally when they first posted preorders they wouldn't allow orders to be shipped to Japan. So I just preordered the regular one. Two weeks later they went back on preorder after a time when they were sold out and this time it said shipping to Japan was ok, so I preordered immediately and canceled my regular one. But I worried cause after they sold out again the page updated saying it couldn't be shipped internationally again. Thankfully however I got my shipping notice just now so I'm very relieved, and hopefully I'll have the game in a few days. Until then, will be watching the Olympics, and catching up on some other games. Just hope it gets here super fast.

 

[kevin1025]

Game acquired! Hurry up, update!

I'm ultra excited now.

 

[Hoodbury]

Everything gets an auto-generated name. You can then choose to name it if you'd like to.

Ah nice, thanks. Follow up question, what's the point of naming things if there are 18 quidzillion planets, meaning it's likely no one else will visit the planet I'm at? And naming an animal that is on that planet and only that planet that no one else will ever visit?

Is there some other game system or something that tracks the names of all these things? Or for animals do we name the higher level of the species family like cat/feline vs lion, tiger, house cat, etc. Or is it more for personal fun to do so?

 

[Truant]

Hope the universe is ready for a string of my ex-girlfriends names on my path to the center of the universe.

"Young gamer dubs No Man's Sky planet in a creative marriage proposal, leans back and patiently awaits the discovery"

 

[Kaladin]

I will let plants and animals and such be named as they are, but planets will get a "WhateverNameIComeUpWith" I, "WhateverNameIComeUpWith" II and so on. That will provide me with a good look at where I've been in the galaxy.

 

[valkillmore]

For goodness sakes lads the soundtrack is incredible. Got it on Spotify while I work.

 

[caesar]

Hours until unlock?

 

[Fuser]

No Man's Sky, Hello Games and Sean Murray just featured on BBC1 6pm news. Very rare to see gaming mentioned in the mainstream news.

The story was about how the UK is about to get a homegrown blockbloster, and they said it was one of the biggest releases of the year.

 

[bananafactory]

Hours until unlock?

10.5

 

[Danlord]

I just realised this game will make me keep my USB keyboard connected, because of the amount of planets, creatures and plants etc. I'll be naming I'd rather type it out on a keyboard rather than using the d-pad.

 

[The Elite]

Correct. I just opened the box and the contents are inside a book-like case. It's pretty snazzy.

We need an unboxing.

 

[tomedo]

Pre-ordered - couldn't resist anymore.

 

[Mahonay]

Ah nice, thanks. Follow up question, what's the point of naming things if there are 18 quidzillion planets, meaning it's likely no one else will visit the planet I'm at? And naming an animal that is on that planet and only that planet that no one else will ever visit?

Is there some other game system or something that tracks the names of all these things? Or for animals do we name the higher level of the species family like cat/feline vs lion, tiger, house cat, etc. Or is it more for personal fun to do so?

They've implemented (or are going to?) some kind of feature that lets you scan for other player's discoveries.

 

[vpance]

Qqq aaa asdf qwe123 for life!

 

[noomi]

Going to be broadcasting for the next few hours. Going to try and stay out of spoiler territory and just explore

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCS_iQ31TxQ

watching you play and it's making the wait for the 12th unbearable for me.

 

[Pestilence11]

Any word on when the server is being wiped? I have my copy sitting in my PS4 with the patch installed, just waiting.

Still nothing?

 

[bananafactory]

Can't wait 'til I find Gazorpazorp

TINY RICK!

Get Schwifty!

 

[Karspankey]

We need an unboxing.

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=no+man%27s+sky+limited+edition+unboxing

Some on YouTube, though I will not be watching any. Always spoil the special editions of games I get. Not this time

 

[Lonestar]

Will the game let words be reused multiple times? Are there going to be 3,000 Planet Butts out there in the universe?

 

[valkillmore]

No Man's Sky, Hello Games and Sean Murray just featured on BBC1 6pm news. Very rare to see gaming mentioned in the mainstream news.

The story was about how the UK is about to get a homegrown blockbloster, and they said it was one of the biggest releases of the year.

Would love to see footage of this

 

[caesar]

10.5

;_;

 

[SolidSnakex]

No Man's Sky, Hello Games and Sean Murray just featured on BBC1 6pm news. Very rare to see gaming mentioned in the mainstream news.

The story was about how the UK is about to get a homegrown blockbloster, and they said it was one of the biggest releases of the year.

It certainly looks like it's going to be big. It's currently the #1 game on Amazon US, UK, Germany, and France.

 

[QuantumSquid]

I can't wait for the review thread!

 

[Darklor01]

Nooo. Im awake too soon. Must go back to sleep!

Nice! Also, like the new avatar.

 

[Belfast]

Ah nice, thanks. Follow up question, what's the point of naming things if there are 18 quidzillion planets, meaning it's likely no one else will visit the planet I'm at? And naming an animal that is on that planet and only that planet that no one else will ever visit?

Is there some other game system or something that tracks the names of all these things? Or for animals do we name the higher level of the species family like cat/feline vs lion, tiger, house cat, etc. Or is it more for personal fun to do so?

Check this out: even though this is a simulated universe, it is so vast that when you come across something and name it, you are potentially discovering something that nobody has ever seen before (and may never see again). Things that even the devs may not have anticipated. Even if it's not "real," you've found something totally unique. I think that's pretty cool.

 

[Wyndstryker]

This completely flew under my radar till people started talking about it.

Got my prepurchase on steam, now to wait a few days.

 

[Chase17]

Do we know if it's actually possible to see other peoples planets/other players? I haven't been following the game too much and have only heard that it's been said that the universe is so big that it would be unlikely.