PC exclusive that makes No Mans Sky look quaint

While No Mans Sky is very impressive it's still just one fake galaxy that only will have a 100,000 or so star systems. This is Space Engine. It is a complete 3D simulation of our entire Hubble Volume (Observable Universe) that features trillions upon trillions upon trillions of galaxies which you can visit every star, planet, moon, asteroid, comet in the entire cosmos. And best of all it's completely free. If you have any interest in Astronomy I implore you to check this amazing "game" out.

Prolly not less of an actual game than No Man's Sky. And hey - walking simulators are now the latest craze...

beautiful but it's no game

@the_master_race:

It's far more than just a game (Why I put game in quotations =p)

To me it's one of the most impressive piece of software on the planet.

@the_master_race: Is Dear Esther or Everybody Has Gone to Rapture a game?

To me they both are but I can see where stuff like this is subjective.

Wow thank you im really interested astronomy is one of those jewels in the history of humanity i will check it out i was always curious how metane lakes or those jupiter hurricanes look like

Doesnt mean much if it got 100 000 or trillions of solarsystems, how detailed/meaningful do you think each place will be? Do you want a replica of universe, a game you not can beat in your lifetime?

It is the "feeling" that matters, who knows which game is best/ most fun...

@sts106mat:

See for yourself

http://en.spaceengine.org/

Procedural generation is a very powerful tool. No Mans Sky uses this as well. But Space Engine is based after real world science.

Idk , it depends on what your definition of video-game is

What can I do in it beside explore stuff?

Obviously you have no idea what you're talking about. You lost all credibility in the field of Astronomy when you said "even hubble cannot resolve the planets orbiting stars in our galaxy," If you actually think a telescope that's 25 years old is what Astronomers use to "hunt planets" then you need to take more than just a few courses in Astronomy; try going back to square one. The next planet hunting telescope, the James Webb Space Telescope will be able to resolve extra solar planets as well as being able to sniff out what the chemical composition of said Exoplanets atmosphere. (Yes and it will be able to detect organic molecules as well) Also Space Engine was written by someone who holds TWO PH.D's and is widely praised and used as a tool by actual scientists in the field. But I guess expanding your knowledge isn't what you consider "fun"...

what the hell did I just watch? Nice graphics though..

100,000 star systems in NMS? It's like you've blatantly chosen to ignore everything we know about the game.

NMS will have things to do, to upgrade, to explore and an objective to follow. This little PC exclusive is what's quaint compared to NMS.

What's with the meh reactions? I think mine was "Holy shit, holy shit, holy shit! I have to download this now."

That said I am a big fan of universe Sandbox 1 and 2. Those I do count as games, because you can spawn things and get up to all kinds of nonsense.

That is really quite cool. I'll check it out for sure. thanks for the info.

It does look very impressive

Everything we know about the game is that there's not a semblence of engaging gameplay in it at this point.

And that it randomly denerates shit in ~ 1 Km radius around you and deletes everything that's not in it, so literally nothing exists outside your little bubble.

Colliding entire galaxies into each other seems a tad bit more fun to me.

Talk about "blatantly" ignoring things. Obviously you have no interest in Astronomy; therefore this post was not meant for the likes of you in the first place, As you demonstrated either a complete lack of interest in science or that you simply lack the mental capacity to enjoy things such as Space Engine.

Yup, not sure why he even bothered..lol

No Man's Sky has 4 billion star systems.

Space Engine is not a game either, it's literally a procedural generation engine based our current knowledge of our universe. There is no game there. It's more of a scientific tool and procedural generation experiment than anything.

I'm locking this because of the misinformation and the fact that Space Engine is not a game.