I’ve encountered other issues as well. Games like World of Warcraft or Battlefield have had similar launch problems. Many of these players have gone to the Steam Community forums and review section to voice their frustration. For some it is so bad the game is basically unplayable.
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In response to the negative PC reviews, Hello Games co-founder Sean Murray has taken to Twitter to offer fans some advice. I had to exit the application and reload it, which meant I lost all of my progress since my last restore point save. Developer Sean Murray has confirmed a quick patch released for the game. This came as a surprise to the developers but the first patch remedies this by including this needed library as part of the install process.
Murray added that they had already released a patch to help rectify numerous issues now plaguing the No Man’s Sky PC version, and hopefully following the above instructions irons out any other problems that players may be experiencing. However, there was a lot of confusion and drama found to relate to the release date of the game. “Update and restart if needed”. Have you already become fed up with working hard in a game where you feel like you should be relaxing?
The shooting mechanics in this game is not groundbreaking; it’s mediocre at best and the NPC’s are not engaging and don’t have much personality to make you think about them.
The biggest question is why did this happen in the first place.
Game Informer was able to confirm the GPU issues with a system running with a i7-6700, GTX 980Ti, and 16GB RAM.
The top No Man’s Sky reviews on Steam. If they did, some of these problems could have perhaps been averted, although that is truly speculation.
While the gamers enjoyed the use of the floating menu system on their consoles, it doesn’t seem to work well in the PC version.
Hello Games is on it, and is working on a patch soon.
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Amid all the controversy surrounding the launch of No Man’s Sky, there’s one thing that you may not want to do even though you pre-ordered No Man’s Sky: claim the bonus ship.
