Mul·ti·play·er

mul·ti·play·er
ˈməltiˌplāər,ˈməltiplāər/

adjective
adjective: multiplayer; adjective: multi-player

1. denoting a computer game designed for or involving several players.

Nobody changed anything. The definition fits. The game is designed to allow you to discover a universe and share those discoveries with other players using a shared database. The definition isn't specific enough to denote specific requirements such as concurrent gameplay, be it co-operative or player vs player. That's what you, yourself, interpret the word to mean because you expect open-world "multiplayer" games to be like every other MMO you've ever played with an emphasis on community, making and playing with friends, and sharing the majority of your gameplay experience with others. God forbid someone try to make an online game that aims to do the opposite.

hahahaha
are you really posting a new thread to argue with the shitposters from last thread
>top kek

Was the ban worth it?

multiplayer isnt fucking subjective like some people in here wants you to believe. There is a possibility of running into another player. So its multiplayer.

Probability of finding another player P ~ # of players times 10^(-18) ~ 10^(-13)

It's ~10^5 times more likely to die by a shark attack than find another player. 10^5.

nms doesn't involve several players
it's singleplayer

IT HAS NO MULTIPLAYER REEEEEEEeeeeeeee
the planet seeded from a static id everyone has generates the planet the same way for everyone.

when someone visits it for the first time on their singleplayer experience they can name it dumb shit

next person to find it can see their dumb shit names

that's it, that's all the interaction, besides that you will never see another player because there is no network protocol to support it.

stand at the same place as your friend, wont see each other.

editing same planet? nobody will see it, in fact it resets every time you leave.

How is it fucking multiplayer

Multiplayer isn't uploading high scores. That's just an online scoreboard.

Same shit with names.

>hello i am user and multiplayer is subjective in the case of this game

The correct definition of the term multiplayer is when there can be more than one person in a game at one point. and you are fucking deluded if you think that doesnt apply to this game as any game.

Even steam didn't let them pull this bullshit and allow it as the multiplayer tag.

Fun fact: The steam store pages and PS4 box list whatever features the developers want them to list. If the devs don't want to list multiplayer because they don't want people mistaking their game for one with typical "play with other players whenever you want" multiplayer mechanics, then they don't put multiplayer on the back of the box. The game is still multiplayer by definition.

>isnt fucking subjective
way to get triggered
>so it's multiplayer
i have some bad news for you

see Also how am I triggered? I literally typed "define multiplayer" into google and that is the VERY first result. Feel free to look at any dictionary and try to find something that contradicts it.

>being so pedantic that the definition overrules everyone's conception of what a multiplayer game is
why are doing this

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They never implied it was subjective.

They implied that it was objective, depending on your perception.

You're a retard trying to use big words incorrectly, and misinterperate the rest of what you're saying.

Go to Uni or something, fucking NEET scum.

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>The definition isn't specific enough to denote specific requirements such as concurrent gameplay
Even if it was, the game has the capacity to allow for this.

It happens so rarely that nobody in their right mind would even bother calling it multiplayer, but technically the game will have multiplayer.

>inb4 "n-nuh uh steam says it's singleplayer"
Steam says whatever the devs want it to say. These devs don't want their game to be called multiplayer. Do the math.

>These devs don't want their game to be called multiplayer.

Because it doesn't have multiplayer. Otherwise they'd list it.

nice samefagging op

>How is it multiplayer
According to every single dev interview regarding multiplayer, the game has the capacity to allow two players to connect to each other and interact.

However rare it might be, the fact that it allows for such an occurrence means it's technically a multiplayer game.

Multiplayer isn't a black and white term. There are varying degrees. Just because you don't get to hold hands with your best friend and explore the universe together doesn't mean you can't see other players in the game should you cross their path, or that your discoveries won't show up on someone else's nav chart should they come across it.

If you have to be pretentious enough to classify the game as a single player experience with multiplayer components, then go ahead, but that won't change anything.

If it was objective, they would've agreed with the fact that the correct term multiplayer is more than one player in the same environment at the same time.

So it's you using big words incorrectly.

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>singleplayer

>Gender isn't a black and white term. There are varying degrees. Just because you don't get to hold hands with your best friend and explore the universe together doesn't mean you can't see other players in the game should you cross their path, or that your discoveries won't show up on someone else's nav chart should they come across it.

>If you have to be pretentious enough to classify sexuality as a single player experience with multiplayer components, then go ahead, but that won't change anything.

Anyone can put tags on those.

/thread
this thread was made out of butthurt
take your shots now while op is still mad

That's not a tag you stupid fuck.

>tags
oh boy

I'm sorry you're so stupid that led you to believe that "gender" is completely synonymous with "sex".

The word has other meanings. The most common one (one regularly taught in actual academics) being "a social expression based on sex". An alpha male could be a gender, while beta male another gender. They're both male but have different behaviors that stem in part from sex, but from other social factors as well.

The less common, more technical meaning is literally "any class within a subclass based on distinguishable characteristics". Apples can have genders such as red, green, and yellow, for instance.

see Steam store tags aren't the end-all be-all of what the game is.

You're fucking stupid and sound like a Reddit social justice warrior.

>There is a large chance you will never experience MP without making an effort to
>That effort could take multiple days just to find someone
>literally no in-game systems that foster or enhance multiplayer experiences
>Label the game as multiplayer

>I'm sorry you're so stupid that led you to believe that "gender" is completely synonymous with "sex".
>>>/tumblr/
nah really though leave

Not an argument.

JUST IGNORE THE DEDICATED ASPIE SHITPOSTERS

god damn

>the fact that it allows for such an occurrence means it's technically a multiplayer game.

Question: if the game does in fact have multiplayer, then why not show it in the previews instead of being so vague and dodgy about it whenever interviewers asked if the game has multiplayer?

Literally no one would question whether or not this game has multiplayer if they were just upfront about it and shown a demo, even if it was an in-progress version of multiplayer gameplay.

People call me the Man of Glass or Master Mirror, I give people what they want, you wished for multiplayer you got it, it's not my fault you didn't word your wish correctly.

REPORT THREAD

>IT SAYS SO RIGHT HERE ON STEAM SO ITS TRUUUUU

wew lad, that is a bait post I never expected to see in a No Cucks Sky thread. You have earned your fish.

Are you saying Steam is lying about the game?

when has the genre category on steam been wrong?

Because of people forming opinions of what multiplayer is and should be like the autismos in here

>implying steam hasn't been wrong before
Up until the day before EDF 4.1's release date, it was listed as not having multiplayer. Home Improvization was listed as having Online Multiplayer when it straight up didn't. Steam gets tags wrong.

Definition of gender

noun gen·der \ˈjen-dər\

a : a subclass within a grammatical class (as noun, pronoun, adjective, or verb) of a language that is partly arbitrary but also partly based on distinguishable characteristics (as shape, social rank, manner of existence, or sex) and that determines agreement with and selection of other words or grammatical forms

2 much science for you? not enough maymays for your pea sized brains to comprehend?

>op thinks finding plants and planets that other players already found and named is multiplayer
>b-but muh definitions
>i-it's too vague to say it's not multiplayer, but just vague enough to say it is multiplayer
>this amount of cherry picking
jesus christ op end your life

If it said multiplayer there people would buy this left and right without doing research thinking they would be able to play with and find their friends, I dont think there is a genre category for the kind of multiplayer No Man's Sky is.

>let's stretch the definition of multiplayer so far it almost breaks just so we can say "the game has multiplayer!!!"

it fucking doesn't. You can't team up with other players at all. You can't group up. There is no player interaction. Nobody would sell this as a multiplayer game. The fact that you are here arguing the definition of multiplayer shows that the game has no multiplayer, and that you are a fucking idiot.

why are you replying twice to the same post?
are you new?

Why are anons on Sup Forums trying their damnedest to defend this game? Is it shills or are there really people who believe in the "behead all who insult our new favorite game!"

You're thinking of genus, not gender, OOPS

When it called No Man's Sky a singleplayer.

>someone is literally copypasta-ing my posts from yesterday

why, user? They're not even good posts. They're not even good shitposts

Awesome post. Great duration. Looks sick. Solid. Tight. Keep us all posted on your continued progress with any new shitposts. Show us what you got man. Wanna see how freakin huge, funny, sick, and epic you get. Thanks for the memes.

People are tired of your wannabe tortanic shit and jaded attitude.
And the fact that you think that being like this implies superior taste in video games is laughable.

way to dodge my question user
> I dont think there is a genre category for the kind of multiplayer No Man's Sky is
how about single player/fps/exploration
because that's all it is

He just posted the definition of gender and it perfectly corroborates what he's saying, so no he means gender, not genus.

Dude after looking at the game i'd rather not spend money on another open world wander around and look at the pretty things game.

plus from the look of it, i'd rather play starbound.

but it's not reaching at all user, it's the actual term. multiplayer meaning you would be able to lobby and play with friends isnt a set rule or thing. It just simply means there can be more than one person playing, even if you dont know who that person is and they could be mistaken for an NPC. In this case there can actually be a few people within the same game at a point.

>male
>female
pick one

So arguing about whether or not something is "multiplayer" when it contains clearly defined multiplayer components because you don't believe that's enough to warrant the label is pretty arbitrary. All you can do is state the facts and draw your own conclusion. The game allows players to see each other within in a limited space, you can see other people's discoveries and they can see yours. The universe is vast and you'll probably not run into other people. It's a multiplayer game.

No one cares what you think.

You put it like Steam is the pinnacle of the all reliable sources, and that it cannot be wrong. Which is clearly not the case.

sounds like someone doesn't want this game to sell. What a horrible attitude to have towards a possible client

does this game even have a story or script?

>I dont think there is a genre category for the kind of multiplayer No Man's Sky is.
There doesn't need to be. A game either has multiplayer or it doesn't. If you can't play with other players, it's not multiplayer. Seeing people on a map or finding shit they left behind or labeled does not a muliplayer game make.

MAN DIES FROM LACK OF NUTRITION AND SLEEP BECAUSE HE SPENT MONTHS LOOKING FOR PEOPLE TO PLAY WITH IN NU MALE SKY

You're not a client. You're just some random shitposter on the internet nobody cares about

This game will succeed and go on to sell millions, people will enjoy it and there is nothing you can do to stop us.

Autism.

There was a chance that I would want to look into the game if you would at least try to tell me that it wasn't all just walking around and looking at mutant animals and pretty scenery.

People like you could end up hurting sales by repulsing potential purchasers away.

DEFINITION OF GENDER

X AND Y CHROMOSOMES

DEFINITION OF SEX

X AND Y CHROMOSOMES

DEFINITION OF BEHAVIOR
CULTURAL AND SOCIETAL

HOW DO WE KNOW THIS

HUMANS, MALE AND FEMALE, RAISED AS WILD CHILDREN DO NOT DEMONSTRATE MALE AND FEMALE BEHAVIORS FROM A HUMAN SOCIETY.

DEAL
WITH
IT

>mfw this delusionality spills over into its own thread

user someone literally posted the definition of gender in this thread, and they pulled the definition from a dictionary instead of their ass

>You put it like Steam is the pinnacle of the all reliable sources, and that it cannot be wrong.
i didn't imply any of that, you did.
steam is a reliable source btw
but for the sake of argument here's another source

>delusionality

what do you even do in this game

But you can play with others, just not with your friends.

>Mode(s) Single-player, multiplayer

well i guess that settles that

>>>/tumblr/

Game looks great, and patch notes look even better.

the faggot would sooner die of boredom

Ohhhh, wow... A definition of gender from a human society...

Wowwww.... It's almost like gender is defined by SOCIETY.

Well there you go? case solved?

Is the back of the box also not a reliable source now?

Actually, this is multiplayer with a lowercase M, that means its not real Multi-player.

[citation needed]

btfo

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>BUT IT HASN'T EVEN RELEASED

also the "patch notes" look less like "notes" than a list of promised features they announced as damage control after people got the game early

>takes a wiki article as more of a reliable source then steam
so when an something justifies your ideas it's credible, ok.

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You have a mental disease. Seek help.

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Games with multiplayer don't list "1 player" on the box.

Ok.

Does leaderboards count as multiplayer now?

>steam AND the ps4 box are both not credible

you're linking to copypasta dumbass

they do if the devs want them to

DEAD ON ARRIVAL