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Posted July 25, 2018
Building castles in the sky.

No Man's Sky, the ambitious open-space exploration game in a procedurally-generated universe, just received a massive update appropriately named NEXT.

It brings a whole bunch of changes and additions across the board, most notably:

- Option to switch between first and third person view at will
- Visual upgrades to ships, NPCs, buildings, terrain textures, space vistas - pretty much everything
- You can now build far more complex bases anywhere on the planet
- Build your own fleet, upgrade it, and send it out or keep it close while exploring a system

The multiplayer element of NEXT is not yet included in the DRM-free edition of the game. Read more about the delay below:


"[i]From launch, the DRM-free edition of No Man's Sky will include all single-player content introduced by NEXT: third-person mode, upgraded visuals, better base building, player customization, and more.

However the multiplayer component will not be ready at launch; we expect it to be released later this year as full multiplayer parity remains in the pipeline.

For a small, independent studio, developing the feature across multiple platforms is a hugely ambitious and technical challenge which resulted in this delayed release. Hello Games is however joining forces with GOG.COM to introduce full multiplayer via the GOG Galaxy platform.

We appreciate your immense support and patience.

- Hello Games & GOG.COM Team[/i]"
Posted July 25, 2018
I don't care for MP, the DRM free element at GOG is more about offline than copy protection systems.

Still, after buying it at launch on PS4, glad to grab it on PC, although I'm still hoping we'll soon start seeing the flora and fauna environments we saw in the lead up to launch.
Posted July 25, 2018
Is this the incident that finally kills GOG and makes us sad, or will they be able to weather the stormy backlash?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EgWnbGNClQ0
Post edited July 25, 2018 by tfishell
Posted July 25, 2018
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johannes19: Will the Multiplayer also support Cross Play between GOG Users and Steam Users? Or are you only working on GOG Users only MP?
Yes. According to Galaxy's FAQ, Cross-play is supported in general (See attached pic below).

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MonkeysLP: If you're not Australian, feel free to contact your credit card company and ask them to charge back the payment. Explain the situation. They will do it without any complaints if you have a half decent bank.

Do give GoG the opportuntiy to refund you first though, because charge backs will cost them not only the money they have to refund, but extra fees on top of that.
It's odd that you'd make such a point about charge-backs. Because if you institute a charge-back on any Steam game purchase, they will freeze and lock your account immediately till you reverse it. GOG doesn't seem to that, do they?

In fact, I'd say if Hello games were decent, they'd give you a Steam key if you can prove your GOG purchase. One indie developer I've bought for a few years, offers keys on all PC platforms he sells on if you contact him and prove your purchase (only platform he won't do is the IOS/Android, as he's selling his games much cheaper there).
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Post edited July 25, 2018 by Nicole28
Posted July 25, 2018
Hey GoG team, just want to say thanks for the update. I appreciate you guys (and Hello Games I guess?) being upfront and communicating with us about what is and isn't in the update. Hopefully it won't take TOO long to get the multiplayer aspects up and running. :)

Quick question: is the intention to have the multiplayer be cross platform (excluding Sony, obviously)? Or will it only be available to other GoG players, once it comes out?
Posted July 25, 2018
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johannes19: Will the Multiplayer also support Cross Play between GOG Users and Steam Users? Or are you only working on GOG Users only MP?
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Nicole28: Yes. According to Galaxy's FAQ, Cross-play is supported in general (See attached pic below).
"Crossplay-enabled games offer [...]" and believe me, GOG would LOVE to have all their games working with the steam versions, the problem is that the developers has to do that extra job!
Posted July 25, 2018
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EXCEPT the biggest aspect, the Multiplayer, in this update being advertised on "PC" not just Steam. So the update was fasly advertised. Like ordering a steak dinner, but told the steak "part" will be done later - but hey enjoy the rest of the meal right? Yeah, no.
Posted July 25, 2018
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Sikklid: EXCEPT the biggest aspect, the Multiplayer, in this update being advertised on "PC" not just Steam. So the update was fasly advertised.
If I had a dollar for every time this has come up in other places (example: Kickstarter.)

Facts are:
1) Steam is the majority market share for PC platform.
2) Industry in general is still very pro-DRM; for often false reasons.
3) Something being available *at all* on a platform is vastly different from being available *universally*. Legalese is funny that way.

Sucks that we get the short stick [again]. But at least it's being addressed. . .
Posted July 25, 2018
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Nicole28: Yes. According to Galaxy's FAQ, Cross-play is supported in general (See attached pic below).
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Pawel1995: "Crossplay-enabled games offer [...]" and believe me, GOG would LOVE to have all their games working with the steam versions, the problem is that the developers has to do that extra job!
Don't think people are directly upset at GoG, but we do expect GoG to observe consumer rights and ethics. It is clear, once again, that Hello Games' false advertising has happened and once again it is not our fault either. GoG must honor ethical business pratices or people will simply leave to where they can have better protections. Just a fact.
Posted July 25, 2018
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Xwaste: I just wish you would have told us a bit earlier is all, rather than waiting to the very last second.

I can have patience and wait, It was the time spent watching the updates roll out to others and starting to get excited and having it pulled out from under me right at the end that annoyed me.

It felt somewhat cheap and cowardly not to be up front with us earlier.
This exactly, because they knew WAY before now that it wouldn't be avaliable at launch.
Posted July 25, 2018
Pretty disappointing GoG -- I'm a fan of CD Project Red and this platform, and I guess this is the cost of DRM free -- I bought this back in 2016 before MP was close to being on the cards - now that it's here, that DRM free thing has ruined part of a game with no change in sight

GOG -- what is disappointing is your lack of communication - I'd hate to think of the amount of people that bought this game on this platform on the premise that they could play it with friends
Posted July 25, 2018
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blackiris: I am a day one player. For 2 years HG has provided free updates. NEXT is a free update. As per the above release notes the DRM Free edition will come later this year. I chose DRM Free GOG on principle. I am willing to wait for the DRM Free multiplayer elements and thank you HG and GOG for not throwing in the towel on us. Until it does come out there is much to see and explore.
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8BitChris: Couldn't have said it better myself. :)
Seconded!
Posted July 25, 2018
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headline "DRM-free multiplayer"
bottom of the news: "introduce full multiplayer via the GOG Galaxy platform."
tell me lies
Post edited July 25, 2018 by NatsuruNat
Posted July 25, 2018
Oh good, another game where Galaxy is mandatory in order to play.
Posted July 25, 2018
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yogsloth: Oh good, another game where Galaxy is mandatory in order to play.
well, yeah, to have multi-player. But you don't need Galaxy to install and play it in classic mode. I can see the reasoning behind it. Everyone can just pirate the GOG installer and play multiplayer on HG's servers without paying... I wouldn't like that either.

You don't need Galaxy to play any game that I know of... but you do need Galaxy if you want to connect to the game's servers.
Posted July 25, 2018
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Jesus Hello Games, you guys really don't like money.
I was expecting this update and was ready to buy it, but now we have a "no multiplayer" update. And even worst, a "galaxy mandatory multiplayer".

I think I'm done with this game.
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