this. i mean, theres aspects that seem promising. but open solar system/galaxy or whatever in a shared universe coop game is... not the sequel ive been waiting all these years for. but i suppose its what i should have expected in todays market
also this, so yeah. hoping for the best
It'll only get worse next gen.
I mean, these AAA devs are big companies that only make business decisions based on intensive research and data.
This is true. But they aren't building an "Open Amusement Park", it's an Open "World", where the key is that they're emulating the foibles of the "real" world. The real world is filled with negative spaces or empty areas of which most people don't find interesting, they're just transitory spaces that connect a point to another.
You're right. There's also a chance that the market is declining, as we can see from cover shooters from last gen.
This is a prequel, so everyone can jump in from here.
It has "2", in the title, so that isn't immediately obvious to a newcomer.
Agreed, at this point the BG&E name is just going to be to the detriment of the game. For those of use waiting over 15 years for a sequel, this clearly isn't it, for those that like the look of it, the thought that they need to play an wildly different game to understand some of the story might be offputting.
But it doesn't look special right now?
Biggest non-procedurally generated open world game then perhaps.
There were some successful prequels with 2 in the name, with RDR2 as the most recent example. It all depends on the marketing and how they communicate the game until release.
You need to see the video to understand that this is nothing like NMS.
No Man's Sky isn't cut from the same cloth as what Ubisoft are trying to do with their games. They seek to create worlds filled with stories that the player seeks out of their own volition. What this means is that a game like BG&E2 will have an epic shitload of little stories. A lot of what you see in the BG&E2 footage is very clearly based on ideas being kicked around in AC: Odyssey and Far Cry 5. You sail through space in a ship seeking out stories. You land on a planet, and you find people/aliens there. People who need help. People who want things from you. The thing about No Man's Sky is that its galaxy is driven by a consumption, crafting, and exploration loop instead of a loop of exploration and engaging with NPCs to discover their stories. There are stories to be found in NMS but they're more "read a diary entry" kinda stories than anything else.
The places are hand-crafted unlike NMS, including cities, villages, and dungeons.
