No Man Sky looks cool but it isn't on par with Star Citizen (actually , comparing both is kinda stupid) . Overall , Star Citizen is going to offer alot more variety than No Man Sky . SC is big budget AAA game where everything is handcrafted and attention to detail is amazing .
On other hand , due to small budget , No Man Sky relies on procedural generation , which is cheaper way to create worlds and is NOT on par with something which is handcrafted (Quality over Quantity . Still if you want Quantity , we got Elite Dangerous with 400 billion Star systems and Star Citizen itself is going to have procedural generation expansion after the initial release) .
In Star Citizen you can land on asteroids , space stations , and cities inside planets . And as I mentioned before , those are created by artists and designers and not randomly generated . They got few people from Hollywood that worked on latest Sci Fi movies to do art for their game , including Aliens .
Aliens in SC aren't approached like they are in other games , instead they look and behave completely different than Humans (the way they sit , fly ships , talk , breath etc) . There are even going to be some aliens that live inside underwater cities and we'll be visiting that too .
Then there is First Person Combat , that takes place on asteroid bases , inside frigates , or lawless planets . First Person mode isn't just an after thought , in fact it is created by totally different studio and will feature full armor and weapon customization like any other tactical FPS .
Then there is Standalone game that takes place within Star Citizen universe , it's called "Squadron 42" . Which is Single Player campaign that can be played offline and takes place few months before Star Citizen . It will be linear Character driven game where choices will affect outcome of the game and will feature all the elements of PU except exploration and economy .
Character facial expressions in Star Citizen are powered by the software that is used to create "Killing Monsters" CGI trailer for Witcher 3 . Don't know how No Mans Sky is better than that . Because of procedural generation or because it is on PS4 .?
Yes Star Citizen won't be out until late 2015 or early 2016 but Squadron 42 is releasing next year , which alone is worthy of 50$ price (50 missions , multiple endings , 15+ hours of gameplay , cutscenes , orchestral soundtrack , celebrity voice acting and so on) .
Arena Commander module that released recently is just a game WITHIN a game . Arena Commander is in fiction simulation software that allows pilots to practice dog fights . Even that isn't final yet and version released ATM is 0.8 . Final Arena Commander version will be 3.0 . The game is still fun even in this early release . They are going to reveal their FPS combat in August , during Gamescon , which means ; better character models , enhanced animations and so on .
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