Hello all, I’m hoping to get some feedback on whether I would like this game or not before I decide to buy. I love space games and the idea of it intrigues me but I like to have a narrative/story to give me a reason to ‘do’ stuff. I tend to quickly lose interest in sandbox type games because they start to feel pointless to me. I feel like I’ve seen conflicting reports on whether NMS is more narrative or sandbox.
Also, I’m a dad so I have limited time to play. If this is the kind of game that requires hundreds of hours before it gets good or to the ‘story’ (such as it may be), I probably won’t be able to properly enjoy it.
Feel free to ask me anything else that may help you give a recommendation and thanks in advance! I honestly want to be convinced to pick it up but I have doubts. :-P
IMO there is a massive overarching story, if you pay attention
There are a lot of subplots and it all fits into a big picture, again if you follow along. But it does not make you follow along and you can just click click click through the stories or ignore them completely.
I feel like it’s more of a meditation on video games in general. I like it though I’ll admit I don’t ‘get’ all of it.
But, it doesn’t have a distinct narrative like a Fallout, RDR or Breath of the Wild. The player is much more central and the driver and creator of their own narrative.
The story is the main part of those games, indeed. There is a part of the Artemis story where its very much metaphysical or metaphorical telling of breaking the 4th wall and the philosophical questions it should be making you ask yourself. I thought it was ingenious that they changed the story at one point and it was a self reflection of the games history but told from almost truly the mouth of Hello Games devs. I love the game and have since the first day. Because I was under the impression I was going to be a lonely spaceman exploring planets that might never have been touched by any of the NPC’s or whatever. Just me and my spaceship exploring the vastness of a random solar system generator. It was the first game that I ever completed 100% on Steam. Getting through the center in the perma death is one of my all time favorite video game experiences. It took YEARS to do that!