The days are long, the decades are fast. (Something like that)

The issue with procedural generation isn’t how to do it, the issue is how to keep it from being boring.

If you add civilizations and intelligence to procedural generation- you get really fast into foundation prime radiant territory- where you generalize from huts to radioactive ruins or substrate (matrices) - the rise and fall of civilization from first principles. To put that into deterministic math- is fascinating - but then to add the players input and have the fate diverge..

No Man's Sky is great, but it does feel a bit too relaxed for the kind of experience I'm typically looking for in a game these days.

What kind of games did you play before and how do you enjoy spending your time now?

>I guess I will never try it, once you hit your 40s, games lose their appeal anyway.

you say this as if it is a law of nature, but into my 60s, i still quite enjoy relaxing with a good game. no mans sky is one of them!

Agreed. Except for Cracktorio, I mean Factorio

They really turned it around. You should check it out.

But yeah, super crappy launch.