The Late Show with Stephen Colbert hosting No Man's Sky demo next week

Want to see more of No Man's Sky? You'll need to tune into next week's Late Show with Stephen Colbert as the show will have Hello Games' Sean Murray.

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No Man’s Sky will be making its late night appearance as The Late Show with Stephen Colbert will be hosting Hello Games’ founder Sean Murray on Friday, October 2.

Murray’s appearance is being categorized as an interview with a demonstration, meaning we should expect to see some more of No Man’s Sky in action. Those tuning in will also be able to enjoy interviews with Morgan Freeman and Ruth Wilson.

We’ve learned a great deal regarding No Man’s Sky over the past few months as we know it’ll release on both PC and PlayStation 4 at the same time and it may support Oculus Rift and Project Morpheus. It’s great to see Hello Games getting the recognition it deserves for its upcoming exploration game, and we’re hoping next week’s interview comes with a release date announcement.

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    September 22, 2015 7:47 AM

    Daniel Perez posted a new article, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert hosting No Man's Sky demo next week

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      September 22, 2015 8:26 AM

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        September 22, 2015 8:27 AM

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        September 22, 2015 8:32 AM

        All I can be sure of is that it will either be good, bad or average.

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        September 22, 2015 10:08 AM

        I'm very impressed with everything I've seen so far, except for shooting which I think is unnecessary element. But the vastness of the world and exploration possibilities are fantastic. I don't understand how this has anything in common with Spore.

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        September 22, 2015 10:12 AM

        Likewise. I don't see anything more than shooting some bots and ships and exploring new planets, which like Elite, can get boring pretty quick. Discovery of a new species? Is there a mechanic in there to actually make me care?

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        September 22, 2015 11:02 AM

        An exploration FPS with Spore-like procedural generation sounds amazing. I can't wait for No Man's Sky.

        I think at this point you should pretty much know whether or not No Man's Sky is going to be your thing, it seems pretty clear what it's going for.

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          September 22, 2015 11:22 AM

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          September 22, 2015 11:39 AM

          at some point, likely very quickly, the exploration will get boring because looking at 1 planet that's blue with osterich lookin aliens and another planet that's green and has rhino lookin aliens will get boring. we haven't really seen much of any gameplay that makes exploring stuff seem worthwhile. i'm still curious to see some reviews.

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            September 22, 2015 12:10 PM

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              September 22, 2015 1:55 PM

              See, I don't think there needs to be an 'actual gameplay hook' to keep people interested. The gameplay that's been shown already is what people who are picking up what NMS is putting down are on board for. This game just simply won't be for everyone.

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        September 22, 2015 11:34 AM

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        September 22, 2015 11:54 AM

        They had me for a hot minute, but that minute has passed. The continued hyperbole and slow leaks of the actual game play have only made me less interested.

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        September 22, 2015 6:11 PM

        This game is so completely different than Spore. There are a few common themes but the standard gameplay loop is so different.

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      September 22, 2015 9:50 AM

      How about a fucking release date?

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      September 22, 2015 10:54 AM

      The crux of a procedural generated world is how intelligently you use the procedural seed to create variance. If you are creating the seed to solely randomly roll for vegetation type and sky color, that is a low variance, but if you used the seed to generate warring factions over a unique resource, that suddenly sounds more interesting. Civ has enough variables to create interesting variance and so does nethack (and from what i know, dwarf fortress), but there are plenty of other games where the procedural variance is not interesting enough or cause your gameplay experience to be different. I'm not sure where no mans sky will end up. I haven't played galak-z yet but they did lots of procedural generation too for another modern example.

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      September 22, 2015 11:10 AM

      I'm not expecting it to be too mentally or physically interesting, but it'll be great eye candy for when you're super stoned.

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          September 22, 2015 1:24 PM

          Intellectually challenging? I like turn-based RTS and spatial puzzle games like Fez, Portal, Paper Mario, etc.

          Clever platformers are always a good bet for a nice combo of mental and physical. Also any other genre when the story is great and the innovation level is high. Special mention goes to Catharine, which has its goofy aspects, but overall really works hard to hit all the bases from story to visuals to puzzle-y twitchy gameplay.

          For total gelling out, Rez is still one of my favorites, because the music and imagery perfectly blend with the gameplay, which can be as challenging or as easy as you're in the mood to make it, plus it even manages some emotional impact in the "story". No better total synesthesia game out there, though many have tried and come near.

          I get the feeling No Man's Sky will be a little skewed towards the visuals, but if it can bring gameplay at the level of something like Pixeljunk Eden, I'll be content!

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        September 22, 2015 7:00 PM

        Thank you. I say this every thread. it's not like I want to play Eve Online or calculate super string theory when I'm faded.

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      September 22, 2015 11:36 AM

      Nice, I really want to try this out, cool.

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      September 22, 2015 11:45 AM

      Just tell me when I can name something "Muff Beaver".

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