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This is a link post Impressive demonstration of No Man's Sky
A procedurally generated universe.
(hieronymus bosch pcmechanic 4ver in ar harts, goodnite sweet angle, Sat 6 Dec 2014, 0:24, Reply)
This is a normal post had my eye on this for a very long time
It's top stuff. Stopped playing Elite when it came out of beta as.. well, I hope for a great final build...
*edit - the link being original elite was a masterpiece of procedural generated ...ness. Planet fly bys and landing always being a wanna.
 (I helped save b3ta! zacherynuk @echo off, Sat 6 Dec 2014, 0:27, Reply)
This is a normal post It does look the nuts...glad I have a PS4
...My pc would spack out.
 (mrmatt is staging a 'dirty protest' on, Sat 6 Dec 2014, 0:33, Reply)
This is a normal post Elite's great but it might take a couple of expansions before it really starts to get fleshed out.
I imagine no man's sky will have worse flight mechanics and feel even shallower.

None of these new space sims will live up to the hype.
 (hieronymus bosch pcmechanic 4ver in ar harts, goodnite sweet angle, Sat 6 Dec 2014, 0:34, Reply)
This is a normal post I think thats the point of NMS
You start tiny and build to the Universe... For a player the upgrades will feel standard in the game and without restraint. (I Hope)
 (mrmatt is staging a 'dirty protest' on, Sat 6 Dec 2014, 0:40, Reply)
This is a normal post Still sore from spore.

(I helped save b3ta! jonbob loves you, Sat 6 Dec 2014, 1:55, Reply)
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aye.... i never EVAR got into space.. and feel cheated.....
 (Wankle-Rotary-Engine -pronounced 'Throat Wobbler Mangrove', Sat 6 Dec 2014, 13:29, Reply)
This is a normal post very interesting the way it creates the universe
even down to the creatures. Wonder what kind of game they will glue to that background.
 (I helped save b3ta! mutated monty, Sat 6 Dec 2014, 1:32, Reply)
This is a normal post I can't wait for this game
Thanks for sharing his :)
 (I helped save b3ta! Frogbeat, Sat 6 Dec 2014, 1:47, Reply)
This is a normal post WOW (NOT WORLD OF WARcraft )
Just plain simple wow, as in very impressed.
 (I helped save b3ta! Hummel Who died and made you....oh wait...., Sat 6 Dec 2014, 4:21, Reply)
This is a normal post I mean, this is kind of, like, a really annoying, like, bloke. Kinda.
Procedural environment is cool though. Like.
 (I helped save b3ta! P-MONKE We're all fucked, Sat 6 Dec 2014, 10:38, Reply)
This is a normal post Thanks, really nerded out on that
*starts writing engine*
 (teh_raab Hail Seitan!, Sat 6 Dec 2014, 15:56, Reply)
This is a normal post I think it looks like a supermassive boringness

(I helped save b3ta! gaijintendo Regular Member, Sat 6 Dec 2014, 17:46, Reply)
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*presses PS button*

*goes to bed*
 (I helped save b3ta! PooPants, Sat 6 Dec 2014, 23:25, Reply)
This is a normal post I think this is the toolset which is going to expand videogames' lexicon
The algorithms that underpin this admittedly impressive universe will be appearing in all sorts of triple-A titles in the future. As for No Man's Sky itself - I think it will be an ambitious technical demo which will suffer because of the hype heaped on it.
 (I helped save b3ta! Hitler's Barber Soylent Green is high in saturated fat, Sun 7 Dec 2014, 10:06, Reply)
This is a normal post Most game engine technology is based on completely different principles than this.
Such a thing cannot be easily retrofitted to existing tech. So, if triple-A titles want this, they're going to have to use this engine, or build their own similar engine. So, even if the gameplay itself is not that thrilling, other developers will be clamouring to license this tech for their own games.

Most games will not see any benefit from such a thing anyway. If your engine can create a galaxy with so much real-estate that there are more planets than there are people in the real world, you've got serious game design issues to solve; how do you make sure people meet each other and interact?

I'm seriously considering applying to work for these guys; I wanna know how they solved the rivers/canyons problem, because I've been trying to do that for months.
 (eViLegion Chief Commissioner of the Scottish Lunacy Board, Sun 7 Dec 2014, 15:32, Reply)