I can't tell you exactly how and why I know, but I can tell you this:
The game is going to have multiplayer. It will be released as some sort of DLC or update, which will basically introduced an entirely new multiplayer element into the game. Complete with ways of identifying friends and so on.
The reason they dropped the netcode for multiplayer was one: It meant not allowing the game to be pausable and two: What they had in terms of existing netcode was basically just a way of having a few people within a single system. Any more than that and they would have needed to invest in dedicated servers for which they don't really have budget.
tl;dr - the small multiplayer element they did have was dropped in favor of a strategic decision to actually introduce an entirely revamped multiplayer aspect to the game, complete with new UIs and objectives and so on.
NMS is going to be a very DLC heavy game moving forward.
Please buy No Man's Sky! It's not at all a gigantic piece of garbage that was deliberately mis-marketed and then sold at a price far exceeding the lackluster content! More's coming! I promise!
Justin Sanders
This game, man.
I barely thought it would live up to the hype, let alone exceed it. I've been playing for four hours straight across only two systems and about five planets/moons, and it has been absolutely and utterly humbling. My breath is being taken away at every turn.
I just drowned trying desperately to make my way out of a dark underwater cave on a cold, lonely, massive planet, with ominous growling startling me from far across some rocky, eroded mountains against the backdrop of a massive dark blue system. Earlier I was marveling at a herd of grazing antelope-like creatures on a little yellow paradise of a moon with a pink sky. Creatures were screeching in the distance and tinkling piano chords played in the background.
I very much appreciate the technical and leveling aspects such as mining and trading, but most of all, this game has been an extremely emotional experience for me so far. I could barely pull myself away from my first system once I acquired the warp cell. No matter what I'm looking at, I have this excitement and this wonder and frustration that I am inevitably missing so much. I have never, EVER felt this lost. Space just beckons, wordlessly. What a beautiful, beautiful, titanic game. I have no words.
Enjoy, everyone. And thank you, Sean and Hello Games. Jeez Louise.
Andrew Sanchez
Gosh this game seems like a steal with all the upcoming soon-to-be in-game content. How much for this future virtual masterpiece, good man? I'm sure I'd pay any amount of dollars considering the promised seperate pay future content is surely on it's way . (As to which I would then proceed to purchase that content as well)
Sebastian Cook
I'm sure this is a lot funnier if you've actually played the game and know what it's actually like
Brody Howard
nice i like this thread and it makes me feel funny inside what is that feeling?
Andrew Rivera
This game, man.
I barely thought it would live up to the hype, let alone exceed it. I've been playing for four hours straight across only two systems and about five planets/moons, and it has been absolutely and utterly humbling. My breath is being taken away at every turn.
I just drowned trying desperately to make my way out of a dark underwater cave on a cold, lonely, massive planet, with ominous growling startling me from far across some rocky, eroded mountains against the backdrop of a massive dark blue system. Earlier I was marveling at a herd of grazing antelope-like creatures on a little yellow paradise of a moon with a pink sky. Creatures were screeching in the distance and tinkling piano chords played in the background.
I very much appreciate the technical and leveling aspects such as mining and trading, but most of all, this game has been an extremely emotional experience for me so far. I could barely pull myself away from my first system once I acquired the warp cell. No matter what I'm looking at, I have this excitement and this wonder and frustration that I am inevitably missing so much. I have never, EVER felt this lost. Space just beckons, wordlessly. What a beautiful, beautiful, titanic game. I have no words.
Enjoy, everyone. And thank you, Sean and Hello Games. Jeez Louise.
Jason Rogers
>Sup Forums actually believes any marketing head worth his salt would waste money on zero ROI shit like employing peoplt to viral-market an imageboard