How do you follow-up a game that attempts to simulate an entire universe for your exploratory enjoyment? Hello Games has just answered that very question with the reveal of its next title, Light No Fire, a co-operative adventure set on a procedurally generated fantasy planet.
Specifics are limited at present, but Hello describes Light No Fire as a game about "adventure, building, survival and exploration together" set on an ancient fantasy planet the size of Earth, that "brings the depth of a role playing game to the freedom of a survival sandbox".
As far as they've come with No Man's Sky, I was looking forward to their next project. Unfortunately, this just looks like a vaguely fantasy-themed No Man's Sky.
Vaguely interested in this one. My son bought No Man's Sky early, so I got to play it a bit before the waves of patching started. I could see it had potential but I really wasn't into it.
Just based on hearsay alone, I’m not sure I know of a title that flipped so dramatically from ‘trash at launch’ to ‘amazing’ after patches. Referring to No Man’s Sky.
And from what I understand, it wasn’t due to bugs (at least mostly). Which makes a turnaround like that even more impressive.
Civ V kinda did that, though I wouldn’t say it got thrashed on release like NMS did. But to me personally they took that game from ‘I’ll just keep playing Civ IV, thankyouverymuch’ to ‘best Civ ever made’. Via (paid) expansions, not patches, though, which matters.
Carpet_pissr wrote: ↑Mon Dec 11, 2023 9:53 am
Just based on hearsay alone, I’m not sure I know of a title that flipped so dramatically from ‘trash at launch’ to ‘amazing’ after patches.
Final Fantasy XIV is probably the best example of recovering from a disastrous launch, even better than NMS imo.
When darkness veils the world, four Warriors of Light shall come.
Skinypupy wrote: ↑Sun Dec 10, 2023 12:52 pm
Looks incredible. NME had a remarkable turnaround and I would assume they learned lessons on what not to do for this one.
Really excited for this!
Same. I never got [deeply] into NMS for various and sundry reasons, but even at my relatively low amount of time with the game, it was very obvious and impressive how great a job they did to eventually bring the thing up to par with expectations/promises, and then to just keep on exceeding them.
I'm looking forward to what they can do with a clean slate and all those lessons and experience behind them.
Skinypupy wrote: ↑Sun Dec 10, 2023 12:52 pm
Looks incredible. NME had a remarkable turnaround and I would assume they learned lessons on what not to do for this one.
That's why I was looking forward to what they were doing next. This doesn't look different enough to excite me.
Alefroth wrote: ↑Mon Dec 11, 2023 1:54 pm
That's why I was looking forward to what they were doing next. This doesn't look different enough to excite me.
See, I'm the exact opposite. I dabbled with NMS several times and enjoyed the general gameplay, but ultimately lost interest because the sci-fi theme didn't really grab me.
That same formula with high fantasy? Might be the equivalent of digital crack. They don't even really need to do much different...just plug in swords, spells, and dragons.
When darkness veils the world, four Warriors of Light shall come.
I didn't really get a high fantasy vibe from it. It looked like a hybrid sci-fi/fantasy setting to me, with a really vibrant palette similar to NMS. I'll definitely play because I think they can put together a really good game, and after all they did with NMS, they deserve the support.
I enjoyed my time in NMS (even at launch), but I'm holding off on getting excited about this until there are more details about just what sort of multiplayer game it is going to be. I'm not all that keen on anything that leans too much in the MMO direction. My enthusiasm for sharing a virtual planet with people who are into creative griefing is limited.
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