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[VlaudTheImpaler]

That gif cracks me up because it actually looks like he is saying no.

Hypothyroidism?

 

[Blackleg-sanji1]

To some people sure! I bet if you asked that question in the OT they'd be happy to tell you why it's amazing.

That's seems fairly obvious? Likewise asking in this thread will get you the opposite effect obviously seemed pointless to say

 

[Netherscourge]

Put mirrors in the game.

You will see another person.

Problem solved.

 

[Nerokis]

Well. I mean it is a technical possibility, it's just the players don't get to decide themselves who enter their shared space.

Is this the definitive answer?

And if it is, that means whenever Sean mentioned there's a just greater than zero chance of seeing someone else, he was referring to both the vastness of space and the fact that anytime you're miraculously in the same area as another person, you also have to coincidentally be in the same "shared space"?

That's...quite something.

 

[Bytes]

Just gonna leave this here

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bv1CkZXBROc

Perhaps my favorite part of this video is Sean's pained expression as he says "you can see other characters and they can see you" through his teeth.

His body language really sets off my BS meter.

 

[AngryMoth]

Yeah they really messed up by not messaging this clearer. Especially with all the talk about it being "highly unlikely" that 2 players could meet implying that it maybe possible.

I'm not surprised though, didn't make sense that such a small team would take time to implement coop multiplayer if only 0.1% of players were gonna experience it.

I really hope they do add some kind of organised multiplayer in the future.

 

[diaspora]

Is this the definitive answer?

And if it is, that means whenever Sean mentioned there's a just greater than zero chance of seeing someone else, he was referring to both the vastness of space and the fact that anytime you're miraculously in the same area as another person, you also have to coincidentally be in the same "shared space"?

That's...quite something.

He likened it to Journey where iirc you can encounter anyone- including your friends in a random encounter if you pass by each other. I thus far haven't seen anyone prove where he or anyone else said you can set up a meeting between players. Meeting with your friends is a technical possibility, just an absurdly low one.

 

[Crossing Eden]

I don't know how to feel; just casually looking at bits and pieces of this game over the years and I had assumed that not only could you see other players if the opportunity arose, but that there would be social hubs for you to interact with other players deliberately. Starting to figure out where I even thought that those bits would be part of the game, and am starting to wonder if this game is even for me.

Going to read more impressions in the meantime before I decide Friday if I buy this or not.

They never said anything about social hubs. Just about the fact that you can see other players.

 

[old manatee]

He likened it to Journey where iirc you can encounter anyone- including your friends in a random encounter if you pass by each other. I thus far haven't seen anyone prove where he or anyone else said you can set up a meeting between players.

'your friends' heavily implies it.

 

[diaspora]

'your friends' heavily implies it.

It implies whatever people want to convince themselves of. It's already been impressed that the odds of meeting anyone were absurdly low as it is.

 

[ROUGE_BLOCK]

Question from someone who know literally nothing about this game, do you need to be online to play the game or it doesn't matter?

 

[Permanently A]

Imagine if this really is just a bug lol

 

[Kinyou]

Perhaps my favorite part of this video is Sean's pained expression as he says "you can see other characters and they can see you" through his teeth.

His body language really sets off my BS meter.

To be fair, I think that's Sean just in general. He always comes off a bit nervous on camera.

 

[flkraven]

It implies whatever people want to convince themselves of. It's already been impressed that the odds of meeting anyone were absurdly low as it is.

But are they literally zero? They need to answer this.

 

[diaspora]

Question from someone who know literally nothing about this game, do you need to be online to play the game or it doesn't matter?

Fully playable offline.

But are they literally zero? They need to answer this.

They said it's not literally zero, just almost zero. Or... incredibly rare.

 

[spannicus]

Obviously they didnt want to say no as it would have lost them some sales. I get many have no problem with this being a single player game, but many also were in love with the thought of exploring the galaxies and bumping into other people here and there. Something is weird as to why they just wouldnt come out and say no from the beginning instead of going the route they went.

 

[TheChewyWaffles]

He likened it to Journey where iirc you can encounter anyone- including your friends in a random encounter if you pass by each other. I thus far haven't seen anyone prove where he or anyone else said you can set up a meeting between players. Meeting with your friends is a technical possibility, just an absurdly low one.

You need to watch that video that was posted further up the page. He said far more than "this is kinda like Journey...sort of..."

 

[diaspora]

You need to watch that video that was posted further up the page. He said far more than "this is kinda like Journey...sort of..."

So... what? They said it was possible but also incredibly rare that you might pass by someone else- friend or otherwise and people are mad that two people didn't end up in the same shared space on day 1.

 

[anothertech]

Ya, I'm on the side of 'launch day isn't a good indicator of what's actually possible in this game' regardless of what people have tried thus far.

Honestly though, whats with the people trying to argue 'they never said this is possible' when it's been clear as day they said these things. You can't argue with the gifs lol.

 

[Audioboxer]

Shitty if so. This was definitely one of the "OMG" moments that rang through many peoples heads thinking it would be such a special moment if you were lucky enough to see someone.

Think Journey on steroids.

Don't blame the technical feasibility on the gamers. Its not up to us to know how complex coding is or we would be damn game developers and not just players.

Alarm bells starting going off in my head with embargoed reviews, day 1 patch pleading and then on top Sony acting like dicks with YT videos.

Over promising and not delivering on a full price retail title never goes down well.

 

[Netherscourge]

How exactly is not being able to see another person ruining a game where you're not supposed to see another person for months or years anyway?

The fact that these two met on the first day tells you it's not intended and probably a bug.

Yet here is half of GAF trashing Sean and Hello Games without even waiting for them to address it first.

 

[TheChewyWaffles]

So... what?

It contradicts your defense of this, that's what.

 

[old manatee]

Imagine if this really is just a bug lol

I hope so, because otherwise they pulled some shady shit.

 

[Macleoid]

That gif cracks me up because it actually looks like he is saying no.

Like a psyche 'yee-nope'

If I eat all my boiled cabbage and tripe then will I get pudding?

 

[diaspora]

It contradicts your defense of this, that's what.

It really doesn't contradict me saying that it's like journey when you quote the guy saying it's like journey.

 

[FStop7]

It implies whatever people want to convince themselves of. It's already been impressed that the odds of meeting anyone were absurdly low as it is.

And yet it happened in less than one day.

 

[TheChewyWaffles]

It really doesn't contradict me saying that it's like journey when you quote the guy saying it's like journey.

He never said anything of the sort, actually.

 

[Clockwork5]

Can't even have an actual rational discussion because both sides are just flinging shit.

Yeah. Better Business Bureau GAF and defense force GAF have really collided on this one.

This thread has me perma-cringing.

 

[diaspora]

And yet it happened in less than one day.

And yet it didn't.

 

[Makai]

What does this have to do with multiplayer? Is this just the default NMS hate thread now?

Spore was marketed as Massively Multiplayer Offline

 

[Future PhaZe]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AE0nuW-mQ8A

The evidence is damning.

Welp

 

[nynt9]

Imagine if this really is just a bug lol

He tweeted yesterday that the game doesn't have multiplayer.

He said several times before (including on national TV) that the game has multiplayer.

At this point it doesn't really matter if it's a bug or not. We have his words.

 

[Afrodium]

This thread is going to be hilarious if more tests reveal that seeing other people is in fact possible.

 

[diaspora]

He never said anything of the sort, actually.

Fucking lol.

there’s no multiplayer (encountering another player would be more akin to Journey, perhaps, and is expected to be an incredibly rare event)

 

[Froli]

Is there even a character model? you can't see even your hands or go into 3rd person lol

 

[diaspora]

This thread is going to be hilarious if more tests reveal that seeing other people is in fact possible.

It was always possible and still is, people have deluded themselves into thinking they can control who they encounter.

 

[ViciousDS]

No buy till they patch this in or add it. I was expecting journey like experiences.

Fuck this game, he even said I swear that you could see other players and meet them

 

[Audioboxer]

Is there even a character model? you can't even go into 3rd person lol

That was sold as the minor "OMG" moment to actually finding someone else in the first place.. Seeing what we look like.

 

[HP_Wuvcraft]

This could be server problems, let's not make definitive statements.

Certainly not a great sign though.

This is really all that needs to be said.

 

[TheChewyWaffles]

Fucking lol.

The point is that the video hints at something far more controllable in his interviews than the chance meetings in Journey. His description makes it sound like a multiplayer game.

 

[diaspora]

The point is that the video hints at something far more controllable in his interviews than chance meetings in Journey.

So you'll admit that the assumption of control is self-delusion right?

 

[Ryouji Gunblade]

Were they Asian?

 

[Zombie James]

No buy till they patch this in or add it. I was expecting journey like experiences.

Fuck this game, he even said I swear that you could see other players and meet them

You do realise that when this is added or fixed the game will still be nothing like Journey, right?

 

[Kinyou]

It was always possible and still is, people have deluded themselves into thinking they can control who they encounter.

So you mean there's also a random factor to it? Seems weird to me considering how unlikely it is that two players will end up in the same star system anyway. Why reduce that likelihood of meeting even more deliberately?

 

[diaspora]

So you mean there's also a random factor to it? Seems weird to me considering how unlikely it is that two players will end up in the same star system anyway. Why reduce that likelihood of meeting even more deliberately?

To remove the ability for people to organize. It'll still be possible for people to have encounters just that organizing them would be a non-starter.

 

[ViciousDS]

You do realise that when this is added or fixed the game will still be nothing like Journey, right?

Randomly crossing other players and exploring with no voice commands or space battles with random players and everyone heading there separate ways at times. Seems good enough to me

 

[icespide]

So you mean there's also a random factor to it? Seems weird to me considering how unlikely it is that two players will end up in the same star system anyway. Why reduce that likelihood of meeting even more deliberately?

I literally have no idea but I suspect that's just a symptom of how the game fundamentally works (different instances or whatever). otherwise they'd have to have the infrastructure in place for an MMO type situation

 

[Zomba13]

it pissed me off for years seeing people asking if they can find other players or if they could carve their name into a mountain for someone else to find.

No. You can't. videogames are hard.

This game is incredible technical feat and yet it's still not enough for people. So ridiculous!

Then why say for years that you can?

 

[diaspora]

Randomly crossing other players and exploring with no voice commands or space battles with random players and everyone heading there separate ways at times. Seems good enough to me

Randomly crossing players isn't really ruled out though. The ability to force or organize encounters is ruled out.

 

[Biff]

"You know, Sean, we really are the No Man's Sky."