No mans Sky Next Review - Worthabuy? 

oh snap this is the first time Mack hasn’t read the *words* *words from the developuh*

The most shocking thing about this is that NMS has actually made more tangible progress than Star Citizen hahahah

What a comeback this game made. Its evidence that this game was clearly pushed out before it was finished. This might be worth picking up now.

Mac forgot to say there is a creative mode where you don't have to grind. You just explore and build and have fun.

Summary: This review took a lot of grit and determination as the early grind is pretty horrible and from watching a certain other reviewers video I can see clearly that they did not bother and just spouted a whole load of bullshit and guess work at what the game is like without even trying many of the new features, this saddens me a lot as people are going to miss out on a good game. First of all it's clearly not for everyone, space survival is a genre that requires imagination, patience and a huge amount of time but the rewards are great immersion, coop experiences and vast exploration. Some of the deluded comments on this video are hilarious, they are from people who have clearly not even bothered playing the game for more than 6 or 7 hours. They say it's all about mining and grinding when it's clearly not about any of that once you start massing your fleet. This is one of the main changes to the game, you become the top dog, the fleet owner, you employ others to work for you, send ships out on missions to earn big bucks while you explore with your friends and even assault other freighters and ships. Hardly mining and grinding. You also decide if you want a huge land base on a planet you like or to just stay in space, mobile and exploring the galaxy, or do both. All the things mentioned here were simply not in the game back in 2016. The 2016 game was just mining and grinding for fuel while you fly around a pointless world doing nothing. Look at these patch notes for the three huge updates that have happened since 2016 (Pathfinder, Altas and Next) nomanssky.gamepedia.com/Patch_notes it's basically a totally different game now and I for one am shocked at how much it's changed. I have huge plans for my game, firstly financial through my freighter missions then expansion of my fleet and then exploration, this will probably take 40+ hours. The fact that am doing this in coop is great and adds a whole new avenue to the game. Did Sean Murray lie to us in 2015 and 2016 ofc he did but he has redeemed himself now by turning the game into what it is today by working his arse off for 2 years to make up for his terrible mistake. Should we still call for his head? ofc not, why should we, he is redeemed in my book, will I trust him again, possibly, but that trust must now be earned, I want to see at least two more games released that actually live up to the "words of the developer" then I may start trusting him again.

Could this be the greatest redemption arc in game dev history?

Wow for me this is one of the best video game comebacks.

No Man's Sky has sinned but repented, and we have resolved its sins. The angels are clapping in applause.

I love stories about good comebacks

Well that's a plot twist and a half

Small team has turned this game around meanwhile Star Citizen...... well nevermind

Game dev noob that was eaten alive by the community makes a comeback. Shows how genuine and passionate they really are in what they do. This actually beats those who are great devs but gets pushed around to make the game less fun for players and more fun for businessmen/investors.

Best gaming comeback of all time

Mack, this is a prime example of why I trust and greatly appreciate your reviews, honesty. You have never steered me wrong on a game. You are a truly valuable reviewer and there aren't many left.

No Mans Sky, as of today Sept 2022... is amazing. Its come a long long way, even in just the couple years I have been playing. Its one if my favorite games, I have over 1600 hours. Its a very niche game, its like black liquorice... you either love it or hate it. Its not really like anything else. And a lot of people don't know how to handle not being pushed along and forced in any particular direction, not having a solid definition of what "sucess" is or dealing with the multitude of ways there are to be sucessful. No ticking clock, no pursuing enemies, no restrictions on advancement or travel... a lot of gamers dont know wtf to do without being told. And there are so many items to find, craft and upgrade and so many systems to make money and nanites and so many things to spend them on and so many roles you can choose for yourself... There is always something to do. I really got into building, its the best building in gaming. Especially once you learn the advanced techniques/glitch building. I agree though, there is a bit of redundancy when it comes to assets. Theres a ton of different plants, animals, buildings, planet styles etc... but you do see the same stuff all the time. And there are no inhabited planets really... settlements and the odd NPC station but no cities or hostile populations beyond sentinel-heavy planets. Thats really all I can complain about.

*There's a theory that the stuff promised would of never been possible at launch. So they lied to get big sales which then gave them the budget to actually make the No Man's Sky that was promised.*

Sold man, sounds great

I really hope they keep this up. If they make the same amount of progress in the next two years, this game will be something amazing. And maybe even what we were expecting at launch.

Thank you Mack for the excellent WAB. Your opinion has always been valuable to me in choosing games. You have good taste as you have never thumbed up a game which I have bought which I have then regretted purchasing 😝. Thanks for making my pennies go further by alerting me as to how to save 2 quid on my purchase of no man’s sky. 🙂

No words words words and it's actually worth a buy. It's like I'm taking crazy pills.

"....all 6 of them" xD

Mack...Don't ever stop reviewing...I always look forward to your reviews and can never stop busting out in laughter as I watch. No one does it as brutally frank as you.... I've waited to buy this game since its launch and now I think its time. Looks like loads of fun after the updates. Thanks Mack!

Multiplayer is even better now. You can join their game and you still have you base and even when you leave their game your base just continues. Lots of UI improvements and more quests. Still a lot of repetitive buildings but I barely need them with all the other stuff to do.

Tbh warping is a loading screen that theyve slapped an animation. But otherwise no loading screens.

I never got on the hype train and actually never played it when it first released, it just passed me by. I mostly sat and chuckled at the shit show that took place after the release. But about a week before NEXT released I bought it and started playing. I actually didn't even know there was a new update coming. And oh boy have I had fun. With NEXT it's gotten even better. Like crazy good! The best game of 2018 was released in 2016, weird huh...

I'm almost positive that the tutorial is different for everyone. You spawn on a random planet and that's where the tutorial begins. I think you just got unlucky, hahaha.

One of the best things they did to this game was turning the red crystals into compressed carbon (instead of the only launcher fuel) and creating frequently-spawning dihydrogen fuel for the launch thrusters. One of the worst feelings when the game first came out was trying to decide when to land your ship on a planet because relaunching it was like losing a leg. Especially in survival mode. But now the fuel sources are so much more reasonable to make and you can’t get stranded on planets anymore. That is also nice. 10/10

Picked it up today on sale off the back of the words the words of this re-review, having a lot of fun, thank you my friend!

Dammit. You released this right as I'm headed to work. Maybe watch it during my students projects lol.

I’m absolutely loving this update. Thanks for calling it like it is, and giving credit where credit is due regarding the team at hello games.

Man I love your reviews, #1 reviewer in my eyes, been watching for years and based many buying decisions on your reviews. It is rare that you get someone that will so easily tear a game to shreds and show everything that sucks, but also has an open mind enough to go back later and re review something like this, kudos! Keep up the great work!!!

Here's something you gotta remember. About 90% of the way through development, Hello Games Studio was flooded! They had said that it had effected some of their progress, yet they didn't delay the game. Or, weren't allowed to? They had a contract with SONY, and were funded by them for the release of their game on that specific date. Perhaps SONY forced Hello Games' hand and didn't want to see a delay, and made them release what they had. And what they had was MAYBE less then they had before the flood. Anyone else agree? Coulda been false hype and lies. Or it could have been a good company being punished for something they had no control over..

I'm gonna trust you on this Mack.... Don't let me down!

Star Citizen is doomed now.

Hey Mac, love you channel, watched nearly every episode of wab. Will you be doing a review of the new big update when it launches in the summer?

"Learn the words, the words.... of the aliens" - brilliant one :D

I have that hairs on the back of my neck watching this. So happy you did this review. Iv being playing this from day one, got burned but stuck with it. Bit by bit it's becoming becoming. Love it.

Yet! Lol

So i was pretty inactive and maybe you mentioned this topic in another Video but whats going on with your other channel? Are the Videos returning or whats up with that?

This review is eye opening. Seriously sounds like Space Minecraft where the beginning is Minecraft and the end is EVE where you own a space station in the end. Man, creative juices are flowing. Thanks Mack, gotta check this out now. This is a miracle.

Your review influenced my purchase, i'm installing right now, it actually looks like what i wanted at launch.

*LET THE RING, BEGIN!*

I'm loving this game now. I've had it since release but only just now been putting the hours into it. There is so much to do, quests and tech unlocking. The planets are locking better and more varied too. Well done Sean!

Watched this with tears in my eyes..Beautiful review. Thank you Mack!

Mack, you should go into advertisement. You would be INSANELY successful.

I’ll actually buy it.

Hi Mack, Great review !

Downloading this on January 17th of 2021. Pretty hyped for it seeing Mac was this happy with it two years ago

the tutorial doesn't really hold your hand like it used to and i find this game a lot harder now you have to do a lot more with getting resource than before, anyone else find the interface a little bit more harder to get used to or is it just me lol

Damn dude, I might actually have to pick this up now. How expansive is the multiplayer though? Is there a limit to how many people can get into one co-op game? Is there an overall multiplayer like they were talking about two years ago, with hundreds of people on one server, but the universe is so vast that you'll hardly bump into anyone else?

Hey Mack, You are an absolute champion. I was 10 yrs old when I got ELITE on the BBC. Was an Xmas present from my mother , a complete surprise. Best Xmas I ever had as a kid. I absolutely loved that game. I backed the Kick Starter for ELITE Dangerous. I was in awe when I saw David was remaking it. After installing it the joy I felt as a kid came back. It was awesome. But like you I was extremely disappointed by the fact there were no thargoids. I'm not sure if you have played Elite Dangerous recently but I'd love to see you re-review it like you have done for No Man's Sky. I watched your first review of no mans sky and once I could finally stop myself from laughing so hard I decided not to buy it based on your review. Then I saw this review and I was like holy shit I have to have it! I am over 50 hours in to it now and am loving it. If only Elite had this much content when you land on a planet instead of the single outpost on a derelict planet with not a single f!%@$n thargoid in site! (DING!) I do have to use an Xbox controller on my PC to fly though. Flying with the mouse is impossible. If I could merge the two games I'd have the ultimate game. We could call it No Man's ELITE!! (DING!)

First time I watch a video on this channel, but I fell in love with your accent immediatley.

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NMS Worth a buy confirmed?!!! Hell yea

The number one thing that I think people need to understand about NMS is that no matter what, it is a survival game, which is a fact that isnt going to change. That's a big, popular genre, but it's not for everyone. That genre always has the same sort of gameplay loop and NMS is no exception: Gather resources so you can survive, so you can gather more resources, to survive more, and maybe get some improvements and machines, to get resources better and have more options, to survive more..... you get the idea. Survival games are always quite repetitive and tend to have ALOT of "resource grind", but holy heck do you have alot of freedom and there are always about a bazillion things to do despite the repetition. It might sound silly, but I always compare NMS to Dont Starve, as it really is the same gameplay loop and alot of the same concepts. Though this has a MUCH higher emphasis on exploration and it's quite a bit less brutal than Dont Starve is (unless you play on the harder of the two modes... then it gets cruel). If you like survival games, you're gonna freaking love this, and the exploration elements are going to just improve the formula even more. But if you dont like them, this one likely wont change your mind on that genre. So all of that should be kept in mind before deciding to buy or not. Ya know what this game also reminds me of... Starflight. Ooooooold space game from way back when. It's like a super-modern version of that. I adored that game, so this has been fantastic to me. I am absolutely loving this and it's been fascinating to watch this make such an astonishing comeback... heck, even most of my friends are playing this. Despite most of them declaring it to be horrible early on.

well done mate, maximum respect for giving it a revisit and fresh review, so many reviewers out in youtubeland seemingly not interested in doing a fresh review and that's a shame! I may have missed it but you forgot to mention the devs are starting weekly community events aswell which means you will have fresh missions and tasks to do every week going forward aswell as consistent performance patches. Also... did you play solely in first person? the third person view is amazing, have you seen some of the screenshots people have captured on steam, unbelieveable stuff mate check it out. as always enjoy your reviews!

Mining and grinding!?!? Lol. Mack should do an updated WAB on sea of thieves in a year

It really is amazing now, I bought it a week ago after seeing this updated review. I just love it. Glad I saved money and time waiting until it got fixed. What they did was unacceptable, but they get points for recovering it to such a degree.

“Now they’re actually in the space station doing their business, (not having a shit)” 😂😂😂 Mack, you are so damn funny my friend! ...This is an incredibly done review, as they always are from you. Got a really good feel for the game. Keep up the truly awesome work!

Your review sold me on finally taking the leap into No Man's Sky, thanks for this!

A hell of a lot of these "new" features Mack goes on about were all there in the original release, as far as I can tell. I don't think Mack took a long enough look at the original game, I'm not saying it hasn't improved in many ways, just not as many as Mack says.

When Steam gives you two hours to refund, then devs really need to put more effort into tutorials to hold the players interest and to make them keep wanting to play.

Hi Mack, this is nothing special but i just wanted to say that i've been watching your videos for at least 2-3years now. I've been also enjoying videos on your 2nd channel "Mackscorner" - i hope you didnt abandon it. :) Anyways, before i found you on youtube i was always a huge fan of TB (since ~2008) and after he passed away i have to say you have the best review videos here on this platform by far - at least for my taste and i am a bit older gamer (i started gaming in 1990/91). Thank you & keep up the good work!

Great WAB Mack, my sentiments exactly. Almost 200 hours now in the "Next" version and wasn't more than 10 hours in before I gave up in the previous one. It's honestly great fun now!

I stayed far away from this game thanks to your original review, but with this updated review im ready to jump into this game. I have to agree with you, they could have ran with their millions, renamed their company and brought out a new game instead they got their hands dirty and turned this turd ship into a sailing wonder.

So you're telling me that the developer of no man's sky is actually now better than chris roberts and star shitizen?

The stuff with learning the alien language has been there before

Sorry if you answered this already, but which do you prefer now, NMS or Elite? I re-tried Elite a couple months ago but dropped it after a couple weeks. I'm 40+ hours into this now since NEXT dropped and i'm still going.

The werds the werds

If only this was a star wars game! It be sweet if you can mod pc copy with sw stuff. Disney give the license to hello games be better the casualfront 2.

I'm on the edge of buying it. I'm not entirely sure if I want it yet or not, I'm just scared of getting bored. I normally play things like Fallout and red dead. I want immersion and purpose that keeps me going, not tedious copy and paste quests if you know what I mean? Also, can you build ships in this or not?

Just bought this for me and the missus. You've put my mind at ease for when we start it tomorrow =D

It is funny tho, a lot of the things mac is happy about in this game have not changed at all from 2016. Ex like finding finding a ship on a planet and fixing it and taking it

"Mining and grinding and mining and grinding and mining and grinding and.....ding! ding!" LOL!!!!!!!!!!!

How is the Hotas support in this? I played a tonne of Elite Dangerous a while back, just wondering how this game controls with a flight stick, or if its actually just good with a mouse and keyboard.... thanks

what´s the name of the tune you use at the thumb up-down screen?

The Warping is a loading screen.

so....so....so....so...mack actually liked a game...???

No man's sky:no guy you buy

It’s always been that game I go back to when I just wanna explore and chill with nothing too exiting. Now it’s been brought back to life and I’m so buzzed for it.

And it is still mining and grinding...even worse. And Menus are still broken and clunky...the new Animation System is good though.

No mans lie is back ay

Mack would you say it's better than Elite with the Horizons expansion?

The language learning was around at launch. I remember that part fondly of the grind. I might have to head back in.

seriously mack?.... you mentioned integrity, how much were you payed for this bag of lies... very disappointed.

For the haters complaining about grinding, there's creative mode.

Mack, I was on the fence about buying this after being so disappointed at launch, but your review convinced me to buy it again on PC. 5 hours in, I jump into my 4th new system to find a freighter under attack. I help the ship out, the captain invites me on board and the crazy bastard makes me the new captain. So I've gone from the starter ship to commander of a huge freighter and its support fleet of frigates. I don't even speak a single word of their language.

What an honest reviewer.

Have to disagree on this one. Yes the dev team added base building and a load of other stuff but ultimately this is still a pointless game: grind resources so you can make equipment that makes it slightly easier to... grind resources. What's the point?

I still wont buy this

Outstanding review. I didn't think it was going to be possible for Mack to convince me to give this a second thought, but he did.

When I heard Mac say the word immersive, that was very high praise, he loves his immersion as do we all.

The words "too little too late" come to mind.

I don't get what purpose there is if everything is still generic and repetetive. Not a big difference from the original version imho

The redemption arc of the goddamn century. This needs a documentary of some sort.

One of the most accurate reviews on this game to date, love your stuff.

"He took the money and stayed?" Or he was contractually obligated to continue development by Sony.

Lol they stole the radar design from elite dangerous...

I'm from Canada and usually the conversion rate on the prices at greenmangaming don't make up for the additional 10% off they usually give. Is that different for the UK?

Def do an updated review of NMS, Mack. Go into it with a fresh take from late 2022. I'd love to hear your thoughts.