No Man's Sky Is Trending After Microsoft's Big Starfield Reveal

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Bethesda finally pulled the curtain back on Starfield at today's Microsoft and Bethesda Games Showcase, and new gameplay footage of the upcoming space epic is reminding gamers of another sci-fi exploration game: No Man's Sky.

No Man's Sky is the procedurally generated space exploration game developed by Hello Games that originally launched in 2016. While early reception of the game was not so positive, consistent content updates have managed to turn the game around. Earlier this year, No Man's Sky creator Sean Murray said the game isn't close to being finished, even after 19 major updates.

There are certainly grounds for comparison between the two titles, as Starfield's first gameplay video showed a character in a spacesuit exploring an unknown planet while mining resources with a laser — gameplay elements that are integral to No Man's Sky's loop.

We also saw space flight and combat, loads of customization options, and a lot of dinosaurs, which are also reminiscent of Hello Games' title. Shortly after Starfield's gameplay premiere, No Man's Sky began trending on Twitter, with some gamers excited about Starfield's resemblance to No Man's Sky, and others saying the game looks just a bit too similar.

No Man's Sky 2 looks good. pic.twitter.com/TNNYdy9RJr

So I'm really hoping Starfield is good but man does it look like No Man's Sky + guns

Starfield looks like AAA no man's sky and I officially am making plans to get an Xbox as of such

I gotta admit, ending the Showcase with No Man's Sky running at 24fps was a pretty bold move.

Its like Bethesda saw No Man's Sky and said "we can do that but only about 15% better"

No Man's Sky made by the creators of Fallout 76 has real potential to be the most broken game ever made

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