metareferential
Member
There's a bit of jank here and there, but overall it's a great experience, scale is very good, everything looks big enough I'd say.
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alucard0712_rus
Member
Great!!
Is there any way to disable creatures? Thats my real problem with this game as they not only spawns randomly but stupid enough to destroy immersion. Also they sounds meh.
metareferential
Member
I don't know if you can disable them through the game itself, but there are mods out there that change the universe to something more like our universe: an emtpy, lifeless void. xD
Twinguistics
Member
You'll be able to play this on your new vr headset if you use virtual desktop or the link cable.
When I get around to finally playing this, it'll be using my rift for sure.
Ovech-King
Gold Member
Lol the rewards ... Still pointless incentive . This game has the same issue since the beginning ; it's getting fluffier , not deeper . The lack of end game and reason to grind towards goals is still dragging it down . I played well over 200 hours , over 3 years but this is facts
Thesuffering79
Banned
all update in details what does what and how it affects stuff... just amazing how much it will change overall look
www.nomanssky.com
Prisms Update - No Man's Sky
Prisms: Introducing Update 3.5 Update 3.5, Prisms, dramatically refreshes the No Man’s Sky experience with a range of new visual features and technologies. The universe has never looked better, with reflections, new texture effects, more biome detail, improved lighting, new skies, new warp...
www.nomanssky.com
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Kenpachii
Member
Its cheap on steam atm,
Can anybody explains what u actually do in this game, i wanna play something completely different. Do you need to collect something or find animals or something that gives you a progression or is it just like na there is no goal and that's it.
I can't really find a answer towards it.
Also what do you do for 90% of the time.
Kinda wondering to get it.
Can anybody explains what u actually do in this game, i wanna play something completely different. Do you need to collect something or find animals or something that gives you a progression or is it just like na there is no goal and that's it.
I can't really find a answer towards it.
Also what do you do for 90% of the time.
Kinda wondering to get it.
So you've never played the game then? It's always looked like the cover of a 50's sci fi adventure novel. If anything, the Prisms update has added more realism than anything to the style.
There's always barren planets to stomp around on if you are tired of color and interesting locales.
Havoc2049
Member
NMS had a little of the 50's sci-fi astetic going on, but it mainly had its own style and didn't quite look like something out of old school Buck Rogers, Flash Gordon or mid 20th Century pulp sci-fi. I thought The Outer Worlds did a great job capturing that look.
My criticism is mainly with the Prism update, the neon green llamas, pilots flying around on small gumby looking pastel colored flying pets, etc. Just looks goofy to me.
And to answer your question, no I haven't played NMS, but I love the space Sim and RPG genres and have over a thousand hours in Elite Dangerous. I watched the development of the game closely and have enjoyed watching what NMS has become and admire the devs for sticking with the game. I've thought about jumping in, but never have.
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RJMacready73
Simps for Amouranth
VR is incredible in this, the sense of scale is off the charts, your ship looks massive and the creatures fauna are all huge my only problem when I played it on the Pro was the resolution was fuzzy as shit, it wasnt sharp or detailed past a meter or so plus there was a real scale back on the amount of ground detail, although apparently they've addressed this with PS5 support but I'm waiting on my VR adapter and then I'll give it a shot for a look about but the gameplay loop doesn't really do much for me long term
StormCell
Member
What you actually do in the game is kind of up to you. The whole premise is that you have awakened on a strange planet with no recollection of how you got there. It's just you alone on a desolate planet in a space exo suit. You must explore while your suit finishes re-initializing itself. With a little effort and some tutorial-style missions you manage to get your scanner functional and your mining beam (essential to crafting anything from here on). The game will do a little minor bit of hand-holding to get you moving because you're going to need all of the essentials in order to progress, which includes a space ship.
The game will basically open up to the extent that you kinda have to figure out what you want to do. Some objects you will come across will open some basic side stories. Some of the side stories you will stumble into will lead you off the planet to explore another planet. Some resources are only found on other planets than the one you woke up on. Still further yet, an in-game currency kinda forces you to gather and sell in order to accrue credits, and yet you could spend your time scanning every new thing you come across, because, strangely?, that also rewards you with money...
At some point you will wonder if you should build a home base or take to the stars. It's really up to you, traveler! Do you 100% the world you're standing on, or would you rather see what else is out there in the stars? You can build fun bases on different planets, collect space ships, own your own ship-carrying vessel (own a fleet), become a space trader, become a space pirate, or simply follow the path before you to the answer presented to you at the beginning of the game.
I just recently started playing again, and there are some things that I had wished were more fleshed out. Unlike the CRPGs I grew up with, this one feels quite a bit more open-ended with sporadic, totally random-generated side stories that can be, sometimes, a little immersion damaging when they don't flow perfectly correctly. Still, I absolutely love the style of No Man's Sky, as it takes me back to those old games I used to play. They absolutely should continue to build on this game as it has all the potential to become something truly special.
RoadHazard
Gold Member
Every time they release a major update (or every few updates) I feel the need to start with a fresh save so I don't miss anything, so I've never actually finished the story in this game lol.
How is this on PS5? Locked 60fps, better terrain generation?
How is this on PS5? Locked 60fps, better terrain generation?
Kenpachii
Member
Thanks, will probably buy it and see what it is then. I am kinda burned out on my current games so yea. See how it goes. This makes it a lot more clear.
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Aenima
Member
Tried it in the last update and it was fine. But i had to turn off the online mode in the game options or the game would crash every time entering a planet with alot of user created structures.
StormCell
Member
I haven't seen that with XSX. Are planets with a lot of user created structures in the main game or is that only in one of the new modes? (I just started a new "vanilla" game)
Aenima
Member
I played the new mode (expedition) where alot of players start in the same planet and then there was objectives to visit a couple other especific planets, and those planets was full of other player running around and full of player created structures.
Had to turn off the online mode for the game not to crash on those especific planets.
When i played the normal single player mode i just saw other player structures close to the center of the galaxy, and when i eventually jumped to a new galaxy i never saw any new player or any new player created structures anymore.
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StormCell
Member
Well that's interesting. I'm not really interested in playing the online mode where we all start out together, but I think having some so-called "hub worlds" is a nice touch. Hopefully, some day, they will figure out how to make planets a little more interesting.
Sinthor
Gold Member
There is an overall goal/set of missions but there are also side missions of going to hunt animals, take pictures of animals or scan for things. You can build things and bases...you can just go explore on your own and that's a side mission itself that you get credit for. All kinds of stuff, really. It's actually a good mix of a game where you can just do whatever you want and not have a "mission" to worry about, or you can do side mission stuff or main mission. And with literally almost unlimited places to travel, there's a lot you can do and see. I like it as a "different" kind of game I can just go and spend time in and relax and have fun. At the same time it seems there are major changes and improvements every few months. This thing is so much further along and more impressive than when it launched....it's not even funny. I'd definitely recommend giving it a try. As a space sim it's not as "realistic" perhaps as Elite, but it's similar in some ways and just a really different sort of game.