No Man's Sky

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118986657#Comment_118986657

You can avoid some of the grind by buying resources at space stations. For example, buying Life Support Gel and Ion Batteries saves you having to constantly search for sodium and oxygen.

Also you find rusted metal a lot, each can be refined to ferrite dust at a 1:2 ratio.

I'd also highly recommend getting a personal refiner at the Anomaly, so you can refine materials on the fly, even on your star ship and space station.

Zero-Cool

Thanks, will do! I did get sick of looking for oxygen plants last night. So, I made a tiny shack, have the base computer, structure builder, bio fuel generator and a warp tunnel setup.

I read i should look for an outpost, one in each planet and set up camp there instead for quick trading. Will do that today, try set up a more permanent base while i still get to grips with the game.

You could also build your base on a freighter, where you can install a trade terminal, also purchased at the anomaly.

Sephiroth_dude

Are the planets interesting to explore? Have they got some landmarks or something ?

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118991277#Comment_118991277

There different types of structures, yeah. I would say it's fun to explore for a good while due to the planet and biome variety, but then it does get repetitive. But there's definitely enough to do to get your money's worth.

It's great in VR also.

EoinMcLovin

https://twitter.com/NoMansSky/status/1539957401176113155?t=O-75L5R7JmIrE6TIvyM-8g&s=19

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marcbrophy

Cool, hope it plays well on the Switch ☺

saneman

https://www.nomanssky.com/endurance-update/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSvwcneTNu4

Potential-Monke

The gift that keeps on giving. I was never big into the Freighter side of this, but that piques my interest. Pity I foolishly accepted the first Freighter I saved and have a hape of crap, and the good looking ones cost a lot! I wouldn't be happy creating my Bridge Crew until I had the best ship...

MOH

As someone who bought this at the time, and kept backing it after launch, it's embarrassing at this stage.

There's been something like 20 "updates" at this stage, and basic functionality is sorely lacking.

Save game, reload, randomly fall through the floor. No problem, I'll just console respawn -- doesn't exist.

UI is still appalling. Inventory management is still mostly rubbish. Combat is facile. Everything single you do is ultimately massively repetitive, disguised under a thin veneer of difference, like a rubbish MMO. Animal movement looks briefly realistic until you spot the pattern after 5 seconds. Occasional moments of "that looks cool" fail to disguise the utter sameness of it all 90% of the time. That may well be a deliberate meta-comment on life, given the "story" as far as I've gotten.

But overall this is a mediocre game that could have been great, clearly focused on luring in more saps with "updates" than actually fixing the basic failures.

Vicxas

Hey guys, can anyone explain NMS to me? Is it like a single player with some MP elements or is it like a Multiplayer with some Single Player elements game like Destiny 2/ Warframe?

Potential-Monke

It's both. I play 100% solo, but I know of people who play 100% MP. I just find myself getting lost in a loop of doing something. Like, the other night I was tempted to try and set up a farm to create the most expensive things you can craft, so I got lost in a loop of trying to find a system with the perfect planets to make certain parts easier to harvest. I gave in after a few jumps and got distracted by finding crashed ships to salvage instead. There is a lot to do here, but it is all basic enough. You can become a pirate, or a pirate hunter. You can smuggle goods or catch those that do. You can create massive bases or just continue to travel. With the latest update, you can build a city on your Freighter if you want. There are 3 "stories" to follow, but I don't recommend finishing one of them completely. You can do all of this with or without other people. If you're not paying for it, I think it's at least worth an experience.

I think MOH's comments are fair, it is very repetitive, but what game isn't if you pare them down to their core mechanics too? Racing games being the stand out, sports games too. It's always the same thing over and over, just a slightly different experience each time. I find the game relaxing, and I'll never tire of flying around in space in a system, watching the spectacular views (imo).

Vicxas

Cheers Monke. For 25 quid on PSN I guess it’s worth a punt.

Potential-Monke

I'd spend that 25 on Plus as it's included with that if I'm not mistaken!

EoinMcLovin

https://youtu.be/KWgZ2kjL4bM

https://youtu.be/cn5aZR9sM48

https://twitter.com/NoMansSky/status/1578369557575540736?t=r3Len5RYFbaVLR0qyqdr1A&s=19

Patch notes

https://www.nomanssky.com/waypoint-update/

Zero-Cool

Unreal, i couldn't get into this the last couple of times i played as i was on a tutorial but that had me collect a ton of resources that looked very grindy. I have to go back and try because every update shows a really interesting mechanic so I'm sure I'd like it if I gave it a proper chance.

Wossack

I’m hoping it’ll show up on ps plus - have turned into a console gamer, and can’t justify buying it again

missed the last few big updates

bnt

Mac version arrived the other day. I'm playing it on a Mac Mini M1, performance is just fine, so I don't need to fire up the big PC for this any more.

marcbrophy

Oh nice, I'll install on my iMac M1 and see how it plays :)

EoinMcLovin

https://youtu.be/EsBHl6kHFog?si=Bb7Fy6c_sbwMeC5d

https://blog.playstation.com/2024/02/15/no-mans-sky-universe-opens-to-newcomers-for-limited-time-with-new-omega-expedition-launching-today/

The new Omega Expedition is Free to play this weekend

EoinMcLovin

https://youtu.be/i3svmrkl3_M?si=vOPdOrWkFmYPKG6k

https://twitter.com/NoMansSky/status/1772986947197440149?t=vZY0LwrxaSSlHPFrTu9Fig&s=19

https://www.nomanssky.com/orbital-update/

https://blog.playstation.com/2024/03/27/latest-no-mans-sky-update-adds-ship-customisation-new-guild-system-space-station-overhaul-and-more/

Another big update

Potential-Monke

Holy crap. I thought they were winding down support when they made all the Expeditions available to play at any time. Now they drop this, with "more to come". Whatever people think of the actual game, I hope HelloGames and NMS is remembered for how to continue to support a game well after launch, how to give the community what it wants and continue to surprise with new amazing content. Had only played through the last Expedition a few weeks back, so looking forward to jump back in and have a go at making my own ship.

SuperBowserWorld

NMS team's next game.

https://youtu.be/jKQem4Z6ioQ?feature=shared

Kiith

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121957944#Comment_121957944

Hello Games: "We aimed too high with our first game, and didn't set realistic expectations."

Also Hello Games: "Lets make an entire planet."

🤣

Potential-Monke

Well, an entire planet should be easier than 3 trillion of them... interesting concept, hope they pull it off, I've enjoyed my 200+ hours with NMS. Albeit solo.

Dave_The_Sheep

I've a good few hours in NMS at this point, mostly heavily modded and/or multiplayer. The updates are good to see, good support, but it remains a very shallow game at heart. Loads to do but not much of it very interesting.

(Funny thing is, this is from someone who has a lot more hours in Elite)

Might see if any of my mates want to dust off NMS for one last attempt at a long MP game.

Potential-Monke

https://gamerant.com/worlds-part-1-update-whats-new-in-no-mans-sky-nms/

New update out, allegedly completely refreshes the world generation. While working on their new game, they found new ways of doing things and have adapted that into NMS. Massive list, and its only part 1 so more to come. Comes with anew Expedition which is combat focused to introduce all the new changes/features. Expedition not live yet though.

Potential-Monke

A few hours put into this. Maybe it was my luck, but the first system I flew to had 7 planets, 2 airless, 2 constant Extreme planets and the rest all had extreme storms. Maybe the coding is a bit messed up, usually it's hard to find an Extreme planet to begin with.

Storms are definitely changed, can barely see a few feet in front of you. Makes running around after storm crystals fun... water is the biggest change I can see, especially audibly. You get close and its like being beside a TV ad seaside. Water is far more realistic and audibly prominent, sounds like you're actually at a waterway/beach.

Overall, I think there's been an improvement to the graphics in general. While it still has vivid colours, it seems a bit more realistic now. Still very early days, I only flew to another system at the end so not sure what paradise planets et all will be like.

Grumpypants

There's some alleged improvements for PS5 pro too according to dataminers. Hopefully that improves the PSVR2 experience too. It's great but slightly blurry. Would love a crisper visual.

Zero-Cool

Man I'm definitely give this another go, just incredible support and love from the devs. Last time i tried it, i was early in, visited a space station to meet vendors and some npc's, for a mission to retrieve something from a crashed ship but the ship has glitched into the planet so i couldn't actually get onto it. Tried mining down into the planet but no joy, just left it at that sounds like a good time to start a new journey.