NMS added pokemon and it's pretty fun!

6 months ago by forestbeasts to c/nomanssky

We've played a little bit of Pokemon, but never really got into it. Probably because of the peer pressure from other furries to like or at least know all the different critters.

In NMS everyone's procedurally generated, so there's none of that! And it turns out the battle system is really fun. I like all the buffs/debuffs/shields/"hit after 3 turns"/etc. moves.

Oh, and it's all holographic, so no one gets hurt.

I do wish you got the opportunity to start swapping moves before getting to max level, though. Can't even start tinkering before maxing out.

-- Frost

otter 11 points 6 months ago

Wait. It wasn't an April Fools joke? 😅😶

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forestbeasts 6 points 6 months ago

Nope!! haha!

-- Frost

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otter 8 points 6 months ago

Well, sheeyit. Might dust off the ol' thing for a look. 😋

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greybeard 10 points 6 months ago

Oh, and it’s all holographic, so no one gets hurt.

So a video game about animals fighting is a problem to you, but a video game about a video game about animals fighting is abstract enough? I'm just kidding, just a funny chain.

That looks pretty cool. I assume those are critters you scanned through normal exploration? Sounds like a fun loop to push you to look for new critters. Just scanning for the sake of scanning was never enough to keep me hooked.

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forestbeasts 7 points 6 months ago

They are indeed the normal critters you find on planets! You gotta make friends with them by giving them a treat first, then you can summon them wherever, ride on them, and now do this new stuff.

And yeah, the extra abstraction is actually a difference. :3 Means they don't get hurt even in-universe.

-- Frost

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Grimpen 2 points 6 months ago

Ha! I agree, the extra level of extraction helps. I don't know why, it feels bad to be mean to animals and NPCs in a game, but it's okay if it's a game within that game? Feelings aren't rational I guess.

Besides the only animal companions I have are my treasured walking towers/bastions!

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Aussiemandeus 1 point 6 months ago

You're not Theotherfrost from YouTube?

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forestbeasts 2 points 6 months ago

Hah, nah, a totally different Frost! We don't make youtube videos or anything like that. :3

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AceFuzzLord 8 points 6 months ago

Lawsuit from Sintendo claiming they're the only company that can have cock fighting in a video game in 3... 2... 1...

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Korhaka 4 points 6 months ago

They lost that patent recently iirc. Also NMS is from the UK so it would presumably have to be a UK court

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AceFuzzLord 3 points 6 months ago

From what I understand, that patent was lost in the US, but I can imagine they could try and throw money at the UK legal system to try and end them because UK patent being different from US patent. Wouldn't put it past them to try it in another country. Probably would be less than a drop in the bucket for their financials compared to what they would get in full control over a single genre of game.

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Korhaka 1 point 6 months ago

Do they even have a patent in the UK?

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AceFuzzLord 1 point 6 months ago

If not, I'm sure they can hire the best lawyers to try and make it a reality.

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HubertManne 4 points 6 months ago

my wife is liking it.

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