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People have started Comparing No Man's Sky with Starfield

Is Starfield, No Man's Sky 2.0?

  • Yes

    Votes: 192 39.0%
  • No

    Votes: 61 12.4%
  • Starfield Looks Better

    Votes: 128 26.0%
  • Twitter & IGN are crazy. These are two completely different games.

    Votes: 111 22.6%

  • Total voters
    492

Draugoth

Gold Member
People have started comparing Starfield to No Man’s Sky on social media following the Xbox Bethesda Showcase, going so far as to get No Man's Sky trending.

Here's how they look side-by-side:



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What is your opinion?
 
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Stuart360

Member
Nothing wrong with comparing games that have similarities, but honestly apart from the fact they are both space games where you can land on different planets, the only real similarity i saw was the shooting a gun to collect resources.
Apart from that they are going to be quite different experiences.
 
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Looking at the picture SF, copy some things from NMS, but which game does not do this? I mean, basing on who came first there are things that are copy from NMS, but those things are copy from whatever game it was NMS was inspired before. Each developer copy something that works on any game "NEWS at ELEVEN".

Ask yourself, what is SF doing that another game didn't do it before? Shooting? Killing? Exploring? Gathering? all games are a copy of one another, now what matters is the execution, the story, the art, and other things that will make this game a gem or a flop.
 
It is basically, except they have a huge budget. Hello Games is a indie studio in comparison. It should be better.

You never know though, No Man Sky 2 could be in the works, two can play this game Sean.
 

Batiman

Banned
Hopefully it’ll be what it thought NMS would be but a lot better. Looks to be the case. Great artists steal yada yada
 

ANDS

King of Gaslighting
It's Twitter warrior bullshit that IGN is spreading for clicks.

Why are you immediately reading ill-intent in these comparisons? The first thing I thought of while watching the stream live was "I'm getting real NMS vibes here. . .and I love it!"

. . .like, I get it if you think the intent behind the comparison is to suggest creative laziness on the part of BETHESDA (which is insane), but I'm not getting that at all - at least from the IGN Tweet.
 

Quantum253

Member
I didn't think No Man Sky until the multi-tool came out and started to mine for the minerals on the wall. I imagine that's how you'll collect crafting materials. Other than that, they look completely different. However, you won't really know until extended play sessions are released. For NMS, I really had no idea what the game was until getting into it. For early adopters, the game loop was quite repetitive. I have an idea of what SF gameplay loop will be. Whether it's too repeative or void we won't know until launch. By the looks and customization, I'd think people would be comparing to Elite Dangerous than No Mans Sky
 

reinking

Gold Member
There are definitely some No Man's Sky elements but I expect Starfield to have a deeper story. That is not a bad thing.
 

Neolombax

Member
NMS had another update?

In all seriousness though, it looks like an evolved version of NMS, at least from the trailers (hopefully Starfield delivers what the trailer promised lol). The only things that NMS do not have is the perks system, and the ship customization. The overarching narrative is to find these artifacts yes? Kind of similar to searching what Atlas is in NMS. The game looks great though. Nothing wrong with it looking similar to NMS. some people are so defensive about this haha.
 

Stuart360

Member
I mean Starfield is a Betrhesda rpg, which means tons of talking npc's a ridiculous amount of side quests and activities, a huge main story etc, everything that NMS isnt.

I mean this is like saying soccer reminds me of tennis because they both use balls. Both are space games, both has you landing on different planets, you can use your lazer gun to mine resources. Yes there are similarities, as there are in most games.

I dont really see the problem.
 
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If you watched that video where they get off the ship and start laser shooting the walls to "mine" for resources and didn't think of NMS, then you haven't played NMS.
There are definitely some No Man's Sky elements but I expect Starfield to have a deeper story. That is not a bad thing.
You're both right.

Didn't realise there were so many similarities between them.

Wonder how Sean Murray feels watching it.

The mature response:

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The childish response:

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Whether one took inspiration from the other means nothing and should be nothing. This shouldn't generate any negative headlines or stoke any fanboy wars.

Both I'm sure are fantastic games in their own right and highlights the fact we need more of these types of space based exploration games.

I'd have both. I will have both.

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ACESHIGH

Banned
Don't worry. Those folks are the same that get pissed once the "Sony exclusive template" pic is used. I was really hyped for No Man Sky, played the game day one when it was an absolute technical mess. Interesting game, but more of a Sandbox, this is an RPG.
 
I mean Starfield is a Betrhesda rpg, which means tons of talking npc's a ridiculous amount of side quests and activities, a huge main story etc, everything that NMS isnt.

I mean this is like saying soccer reminds me of tennis because they both use balls. Both are space games, both has you landing on different planets, you can use your lazer gun to mine resources. Yes there are similarities, as there are in most games.

I dont really see the problem.
There is no problem but we're dealing with gamers so everything is a problem.
 

Techies

Member
Guess I was one of those and I agree.
Although having limited planets, hand crafting part of them (adding actual storyline to them) and procedurally generating the rest of the planet allows you to expand the universe as much as time allows you to.
 

azertydu91

Hard to Kill

Do you really not see the similarities in games where you space travel from planet to planet scanning and laser mining elements to craft/upgrade your gun/ship, create planet bases, fight space pirates using jetpacks on an immense number of proceduraly generated planets. With space battles too... That really doesnt remind you of nms ? I'm not saying that it is all that Starfield will be but the similarities are pretty obvious.
 
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