I played No Man's Sky back in 2016 on launch day for about an hour or two, put it down and never felt the need to return to it. Then I heard over the years the hype slowly ramping up and apparently the updates being awesome, so after seeing Light No Fire and getting very interested in that and then seeing the Worlds Part 1 trailer I decided to give it another go and... ...I haven't been able to put it down. I'm thoroughly hooked.
100% this was me my friend and I I lived with were super hyped got it day 1 thinking we could play together.... I finished it in one sitting and did the same as you but now I have a whole friend groups that play together it's incredible
As another comment pointed out, I highly recommend "The Engoodening of No Man's Sky" by Internet Historian to clarify what happened with No Man's Sky's development pre-launch. Sean is just a guy who likes making games, and had all these wondrous visions for No Man's Sky well before they could be realistically realised. His casual and nerdy ramblings about the game pre-launch were conflated with promises by the internet - which is extremely reasonable and that's where he majorly messed up, but a little insight into his context clarifies the lack of malice in his intentions. I think we need more passionate people like him in development teams. That video really helps to emphasise the difference between a liar and someone who's just... bad at PR, in a toxic publisher situation, whilst holding the weight of the internet's hype on his inexperienced and naive shoulders. He and HG have more than redeemed themselves, and it's important for gamers to recognise nuance in these scenarios when there are plenty of actual liars in the gaming community. Great video by the way! I'm a day 1 player and I love seeing more people diving into this game. We used to be a small community and with all the updates, the game's had so much positive exposure and new people jumping on board. Glad you've found yourself having fun with it despite how janky it can be :D
A couple of years ago the VR aspect used to be blurry and with variable frame rate, which made it an uncomfortable experience. Has this been improved? And does it require a 4090?
@JohnShewbrook I can't speak on PCVR but PSVR2 is absolutely insane, the foveated rendering fixes alot of issues that VR had. I genuinely cant go back to flat screen anymore. There's a few QoL features that would be nice but overall its definitely an amazing experience.
@@SauteKing8760I originally played it on a quest 1. I don’t see why it wouldn’t work with the 2. I’m currently downloading the game onto a newer PC build. My kid has been bugging me to try it. We have a 2 and 3. It was amazing enough with the quest 1. I can’t sit and play it for hours tho. Needs to be taken in small doses. You can play your save regularly too.
@@JohnShewbrook i 4090 certainly would help, but you can play NMS in VR on lower end systems around the class of an RTX 3070 Laptop or RTX 2070 SUPER and Ryzen 5 3600X. But you need to know how to tweak the settings to get a decent experience. If you use a Quest headset you need Virtual Desktop and permanently enable SSW frame generation as well as sharpness and upscaling options as well as ENHANCED settings in game and DLSS. This allows you to play at 72Hz if you can deal with the frame generation artefacts that appear sometimes. Here is a clip playing with my RTX 3070 Laptop: ua-cam.com/video/OdCCkCBrAOs/v-deo.html You will get a better experience using a RTX 4070 or higher GPU and faster CPU.
It’s just not engaging enough for me. I can definitely see the improvements from the years but I find myself getting bored doing an endless grind for parts.
This game is amazing. I like to explore games from scratch. When I found out that I needed money in NMS and agriculture worked I built a huge hydroponic farm that brings in 20 million $ per harvest. Brilliant!
I mean, Sean Murray.. AKA "the lying liar who lies" IS the one behind all of these updates so yes, you DO trust him as he is still a fantastic technical lead and not a PR professional.
He still lied though, not being a pr professional is a laughable excuse. Commendable he’s now made a good game, not admirable he lied to sell version 1.
To be fair, they failed at launch and fixed their mistake, which is rare for studios nowadays, especially for free where as most studios would have just run with the money and abandoned the game. Hello games has earned a level of respect from me few studios ever will. And i preordered the game. The only promise they made at launch they haven't fullfilled is planets orbiting the sun(s), suns are still skybox but they chose to keep it like that because according to their judgement it would become too confusing for players. In that they're probably right if you factor in binary and trinary starsystems (as in 3 body problem)
For me the real surprise of this update is the engine upgrade and the refactoring of core systems like the particle rendering + backporting newer features from LNF to NMS. i wish more game dev studios would put in the work to improve their in-house engines. (like looking at you, Bethesda and EA)
I wouldn't say is the ultimate space game, but one of the greatest one, yes indeed to me if you mix NMS exploration, Elite Dangerous realism, Star Citizen detail and X4 simulated economy an empire building gameplay, it would be pretty much the perfect space game.
I Highly recomend the Engoodening of No Man's Sky video. It explain how much about the how and why the launch was bad, and why Sean did what he did. It's very interesting.
@michaellong2439 it's a common mistake people who are not made for that area commits. Communication is not his best area. Frankly I think he got way more sh*t than he deserved. Some companies don't even release their games completed now and people barely complain and we're talking AAA gams.
I wouldn't be so harsh on Sean Murray. You need to get some context and watch one of the several good documentaries about the No Man's Sky and the redemption it's had. Some people have already recommended the Engoodening of No Man's Sky. It's a great one.
I've got 1300 hours in the game, but haven't put any significant time in the game since 2022. I'm giving it a few more days for Hello Games to work out the worst of the bugs, then I intend to come back with a vengeance. REALLY excited about playing again! I very much enjoyed your video, you really talked up the game, but you were very open about the problems it still has, and I really appreciated the evenhandedness! I subscribed.
Hello games are swimming against the stream as far as their efforts towards their customer base. The modern trend is put out a poor game and charge for every update as a DLC. They deserve to be successful.
I was one of those people who felt ULTIMATELY Scammed with features not being there at launch. I wrote them off, and i was wrong, i came back a few years later, i believe with the Beyond update, and it was back. And NOW, its only gotten better since then.
My first weekend in NMS just now (bought a few copies for my kids and we all had a ball). Ran into a character that looked like you in The Anomaly, I might have been one of those starter ships. Ended up with a bunch of free stuff somehow. I've yet to develop any kind of situational awareness! Thanks if that was you, or to whoever it was!
Yeah I've had that happen to me a few times. Yesterday I was chilling in my ship in the Anomaly and someone randomly gave me something worth 6 million credits lol I made sure to say thank you.
@@towstey3000 thats a pity because it makes a lot of the gameplay loops pointless. You are missing out on the whole feeling of progression, only able to buy lower tier tech and ships, slowly growing and upgrading your stuff. i wish people wouldnt do this. Sending a artifact that is worth 1mio units can help but dropping 50 (probably duped) AI ship valves into another players inventory is a sure way to make new players quit after a short time because there is nothing to aim for anymore.
I like how they take things step by step in terms of updates. I picked it up again after the sentinel update and have been playing quite often. Adrift was my first expedition.
I’ve been eyeballing this game for almost a decade, buying into the early hype but never actually bought it because of the launch backlash. I finally bought it two weeks ago and I’m utterly immersed and obsessed. This game is truly something special.
Oh wow Blunty I haven't seen anything from you in years but I always been subscribed and wow good to see you still making content. Wish you grew bigger though you deserve it for being here for so long. Keep it up man. I definitely am getting into No Man's Sky now.
I played at launch, 26 hours, and never touched it again. I've heard all of the news about it getting way better and finally downloading it now. Didn't even know about this new update. My only concern is that they've added so much that it's overwhelming. I hope it at least lets me learn the basics before it bombards me with new mechanics.
I've had NMS since the first release. Never complained. I got platinum (PS4) a year ago and thought my journey had ended but a couple of days ago I purchased PS5 just to play it again. Funny thing - I bought PS4 just to play NMS in 2016. History likes to repeat itself :)
I was disappointed with the complexity of the buttons and the changes in the interface. I messed with the VR for about 15 or 20 minutes and gave up on it. I bought my VR helmet for Sim racing, but I just play the flat screen version of no man’s sky on my original day one game save no less
I've just bought this game for the PS4, downloading update version 5.21. 🤞🤞 I want to like the game, i want to absolutely LOVE the game. I've been wanting to play this for a long time, waited with baited breath, and now I'm joining the adventure. And I'm really looking forward to it. Heard nothing but praise for the developers putting in so much effort in improvements.
I recently bought it because I wanted to support this awesome studio. After getting the hang of it in the first 5 hours, I got totally hooked for the rest of the time... （now, almost 30hrs? I know I've only scratched the surface of the game） It feels like they have some magic that makes you feel right at home in that space. Totally worth it!
I'll raise my hand and admit to being one of the few weirdos who actually kinda liked No Man's Sky from the beginning, from launch. Maybe it's because I wasn't really plugged in to gaming scene at the time and was totally unaware of all the hype, oblivious of all the expectations and false promises. Maybe it's because the solitary, mostly aimless exploration at my own pace appealed to my personality. Or maybe it's because I'm a Roger Dean fan, and the game felt like wandering through endless Roger Dean paintings. I'm playing again now, and I'm hooked, I love it. But you know, there's so many things to do now that I feel almost scatterbrained, and I'm finding it hard to keep track of all the quests and sub-quests, hard to pick a goal and stay focused on it!
This video is perfectly timed for me. I wasn't sure about getting this game, looked again for a new game and saw it again and decided I'll check some videos
I just picked it up on PS5 a couple of days ago and my god am I immersed! The first day I played I don't think I even left my starting planet lol. I was just collecting stuff, scanning, exploring and following the first few tutorials. Still haven't been to that anomaly spaceship everyone is talking about. I've been doing everything but the main missions lol. I do have a question though, how do I buy a new ship? I have a ton of units and they don't sell them anywhere I have been.
You can find crashed ships you can claim and fix on your planet if you don't wanna leave yet. Some Outposts that allows npc spaceships to land, you can talk to the npc and buy his ship. I'm also new at the game take your time and enjoy the game.
My first game back in the Atlus Rises days I didn't leave the starter planet (a radioactive world I named Shin Gojira after the resident tyrannosaurs) for around 60 hours. A well known glitch catapulted me to the other side of the planet before I was ready to leave and I lost my starter location which I'd had a blast thoroughly exploring, as well as the base I'd found nearby (but not claimed yet). Back then the immersion and lonely atmosphere was strong-I really felt like a lone astronaut lost in a weird universe. I could've just flown into space and hit the station but was determined to find my way back to something familiar and proceeded to orienteer my way across the planet looking for landmarks and using a memory of the portal's compass position to make my way 'home'. Best playthrough I've ever had and where I learned you could engage with most of the systems in the game on a single world if you wanted to.
i used to play it on ps4 like a year ago. I decided to come back to it on wednesday. I didnt realise there was an update. I just wanted to play it. (dupe glitch isnt fixed after 8 years tho lmao)
Dupe glitch being left alone is intentional. Hello Games decided that players found a exploit, and it's not hurting anyone so why take out something that people use to have fun?
@@LordNavala well it is hurting the game - some people spamming duped high value into new players inventorys makes a lot of the journey and feel of progression obsolete, also leads to faster player drop off
I'm kinda stuck. I have reached the Unit Cap of 4+ billion, have AI valves worth 60 billion units stashed away and about 600k+ Nanites. Got a decent S Starship, S Multitool, both with max slots, as well as fully decked out suit. All tech is learned... The only thing I kinda look forward to is finding an S tier Freighter (A currently). Building a base just for the hell of it... But what now? I'm kinda lost in what else I could do there, except exploring. I return every now and then for the new expeditions.
I picked it up for my steam deck a week ago and have already put over 20 hours in. It's kind of unbelievable that I can do seamless space exploration on my work lunch break. My only criticisms are that progression is very slow and a lot of stuff like ship building still feels completely out of my reach. Its definitely a slow burn, but I i don't mind.
There’s a lot of core issues that still need to be addressed like the messy and confusing UI and all the procedural generated locations that look the same. Game still needs living breathing cities on planets that make the world feel more alive. There’s a lot of potential if they keep adding stuff like this and I’m glad they’re still at it. They built a shallow ocean, they just gotta continue to make it deeper. A good idea might be adding more unique set locations like in starfield (though i dislike that game) that aren’t procedurally generated in other galaxies or planets.
I just got back into it again after not playing for two years and having so much fun. It definitely feels like a complete game now but I still can't wait to see what comes in part 2 of the World's update. Also thanks for mentioning the reflection glitch I had mine set to Ultra and didn't even notice it wasn't working lol.
I’m just happy that they learned from their past mistakes. Great job to the devs for keeping their heads down and just working hard to make this game great.
I LOVE NMS. But as an Xbox player I’m still waiting for the latest “better water and wind” update. It’s a fantastic game and All these updates are free. No charge. Simply amazing.
1:45 so glad you said that... I'm so glad that all the players put enough pression on the devellopers to save this game... It was unbelievable to see the type of scam they were trying to sell to us...
I’ve got a base that’s up on top of a mountain and ships fly through it and knock me off my base. Sometimes I fall through the floor of my base. Sometimes I come back to a refiner and find it empty. Only till later find that the contents are there. They were just missing for a time. There are a number of bugs in the game that have bothered me for years and they’re not being addressed. For example, building underground is still an issue. Pixelization of my base parts and having to wait while they come together so that I can walk through my base …watching it drawn as I move. But yet they add more content.
Console player here. I started playing again for the first time since 2021 and my experience of the game is much better. Always beautiful to look at, but the worlds are more varied, and the increase in conflict is noticeable. But know that you mention new players at the Anomally... I am only ever the only person at the Anomally when I play. I am still on PS4, but I figured I'd see more.
I started NMS late but still the first month of release. I only missed expeditions 1, 2, and 3 now including the Redux’s. I also play exclusively in VR now and I went from someone who swore against playing in or even touching the water if I didn’t absolutely have to, to making my own underwater homes now with the new update my fears be damned it is absolutely stunning and beautiful in VR.❤ So glad I only took a break from the game but never gave up on it. HG is my games company of choice now.
There's two to three main things that are annoying for new players. 1.) Playing through the main story with friends is essentially impossible since multiplayer seems to still break scripts. Stuff starts working again if no other player is in the same system, but it's still a massive pain having to hop in and out of systems just so that one person can finish the next task. Don't expect to do stuff together other than exploring space, building bases and doing Nexus missions. Even expedition missions tend to bug out in multiplayer which was especially jarring on the previous one which advertised a free-play weekend to play the expedition and explore the game together with friends... 2.) A lot of the content that was added over the years feels a bit "tacked on" if you pay attention. Nowadays you get introduced to sentinel ships pretty early which gives you a ship that's not only basically free but also better than most stuff you can buy. Some stuff is also locked behind main campaign progression (possibly so that everything doesn't trigger at once) which is fine, but the timing is often a bit weird. There's a spot where you make your first bigger star system jump using an "unusual" method (I won't go into details) and *right after that* the tutorial for constructing underwater bases and craft is started. It's super confusing until you realize that it's just part of a previous update and is not actually related to the campaign *at all* but was just placed behind this specific trigger for some reason. 3.) There's a ton of more-or-less annoying bugs right after bigger updates. They get fixed really quickly, but if you cannot make backup saves then it might be a good idea to just not play the game and wait a week until the major stuff is fixed. And yes, do play the main campaigns. You'll get quite important things that can't be lost and also can't be found anywhere else.
same as others, tried this game out when it launched. Was mad that i couldn't refund it cuz I set my game on idle so it went past 2 hrs refund window. Glad I didn't refund when I came back to it last month.
I just played for the first time tonight. it was a great experience😍 now im watching youtube videos on the game because it refuses to leave my thoughts
I been playing and enjoying Star Citizen for years now on and off like I play most games. I didn't think I would like Starfield, but have played it for over a month and went through Unity 4 times and about to do my 5th. It doesn't have the amazing simulation of Star Citizen nor the same feeling of landing on a planet or moon, powering down your ship and just hearing nothing while enjoying the serenity or the excitement of investing all your money in a load of cargo and hoping to make it across the universe and land at a distant city without getting blown up or pirated and loose it all. It doesn't have the feeling of manually landing your giant ship in a small hanger it barely fits in, But Starfield has some great stories, especially the first time through as long as you don't read spoilers. I downloaded Icarus and hated the first hours playing it and almost quit, but once I got past just trying keep enough food, oxygen and clean water to actually build my first shelter it's kept me hooked so much I haven't played Starfield in almost a week. These 2 games are the first 2 I've really played a lot that weren't persistent multi-player worlds where everything I do won't just be over once I've played a week or two. Starfield Has great re-playability. My last Unity I ended up in one of many alternate universes and I'm feeling more powerful every trip through. Icarus has several expansion worlds out so it would keep me going until I just get bored. I like the idea of No Man's Sky, but I just can't get over the art style being more cartoonish, but I may have to give it a try if/when I get bored with Icarus. Of course come October I'll be playing Call of Duty with 5-6 grandkids through fall and winter. Star Citizen has had a major update and keeps calling me back. It would be like learning new for a lot of things, but I'm not ready for a Space Simulator that's much slower paced. I'm always looking for my next game and I may have to put aside the dislike of those graphics and give it a try. I learned that lesson many years ago when I tried WOW over amazing graphics many years ago and again with Starfield after playing Star Citizen for so long.
Havent been willing to try no mans sky because I heard the graphics were bad and that there was little to no content but Worlds Part 1 got me interested and its on sale now so I gave it a try and I cant stop playing it
One thing i wish there would be in this game is different space stations, maybe for every race different one, beacuse from what i playes i know that there are only 2 variants. But other than that the game is very good and im hooked too
I was probably one of the basic new ships you saw on the anomaly 🤣 I just started playing after seeing the update come out and I gotta say I love it. I love exploring and mining and understanding how to be more efficient in it
Im back to NMS after years and im having a blast. Im even choosing not to ride my motorcycle so i can play it, and that is saying something! I cant tell you how many times ive said...damn thats cool.
I just started playing again the same exact time you posted this video, and I want to see how everything is going later game now and days. Been a year and some change since ive played
The first-person FOV still doesn't match what the number in the settings say. 100 is more like 60 and it's worse the closer you get to a wall or whatever. Even overriding the settings to 140 still makes it to what feels like 80 or 85. It's so bizarre this is still a thing.
@@EEKman71 I found a Dissonant planet and I spent several hours just fighting sentinels and then collecting storm crystals and salvageable scrap. Such a beautiful and surreal planet. Highly radioactive. Super violent storms almost constantly but also GORGEOUS colors. I was captivated!
I still really enjoyed it when it came out, it's planets did look a bit samely, but now, oh my god, it's so big now it's unbelievable what they have done, well done Hello games for the turn around 👏 👏 Great share mate, like and subbed 👍
My relationship with No Man's Sky is a mixed bag. I absolutely love the planets and the base building. I also absolutely HATE the flight models, the "no HOTAS", the navigation and the looks when in space. Perfect game would have the planets from No Man's Sky and the flight models from Elite Dangerous. Just merge these two games ... PLEASE !
I tried to get into NMS 3 times, but it never sticks with me... it's too sandbox-y for me. It lacks stakes and reasons to do things... an epic universe-saving Quest or something like that. Give me the exploration of No Man's Sky, with the Story and Characters of Mass Effect and i'd be ecstatic.
I pre-ordered the game too and even though I had a blast I was still disappointed. I saw the new update and decided to start playing again. If I like it on Xbox I'll buy it again for PC.
Same with Cyberpunk 2077, there were plenty of jokes back then when it came out, but my first time playing it was at 2.1 version and damn, it was a masterpiece, and ngl, I haven't met a single bug in that game.
Just recently got No mans sky, and I was wondering. So far I've been to a few planets, farming up resources and have made a small base with a few things in it, still have starter ship and stuff , but is there a lot more to do in the game? I don't mind farming mats and stuff, but is there like a mid and late game aspect to it, and have i just seen the tip of the iceberg?
To me the worlds still feel stale beautiful but stale I’d love to see mega cities , civilizations inhabiting planets with commerce , trade , temples , places of knowledge like libraries , wars with each other or other races , etc
correction, the last time numbers surged like this was the outlaws update. Either way though, nice video for an awesome game that keeps getting bigger with each update, not always better but definitely bigger :D. My opinion is that I agree that NMS is one of the best space games out there but I would amend the fact that in this particular game, there's an absolute ton to do but most of it falls into its own standalone content island that has little to no interaction with the other many content islands in the game. We have companion creatures that are 99% useless, wing mates deal next to 0 damage, that special staff you have to work 20+ hours to get is just like every other multitool so isn't worth grinding for unless you just like the look, we have pirate raids on planetary bases but no way for said bases to defend themselves save for your own intervention, settlements are mostly useless resource sinks, food buffs aren't strong enough to become actually useful let alone actually eating is a pain... when you play long enough you start finding the cracks, but even with these cracks the game is great and deserves a look. The important thing to remember is that if you play this like you would any other survivalcraft by mad dash grinding to become a god, you'll find yourself bored with this game soon after you finish that task because here, the journey is greater than the destination.
Sheeet... you should play it in VR. I put it side by side with Half-Life Alyx as the best possible VR experience, if not above due to it's incredible scope.
The spacegame that shall not be named? That only can be STARFIELD - a lackluster uninspired clusterf*ck from Bathesta with a built in hardstop. If you gather too many objects (outposts!) the savefile will be corrupted - that never fixed bug ended in uninstalling the game (in rage!!!) after some 150 hours of grind... 🤷♂️ But since I'm a sucker for anything spaceflight I might try out No Man's Sky and Everquest 2 these days. ✌️
I dont consider any unfinished game a masterpeice. It is not complete and does not yet constitute a final score. Sean Murray with the choice to offer the good will of free updates indeed redeemed himself. Blunty holds a grudge. Forgive and FORGET.
The first time i learned about this game was from the magazine my younger brother brought home when i was in middle school. There were these beautiful whole page-screenshots and colorful arts, and it was saying all this stuff about endless universe and exploring, i was excited af! But at the time i only had a crappy laptop barely capable of running flash games. 2 years later i got a pc as a present, still crappy but i was able to run the game on it (gt 720 gpu or something like that). I installed it on HDD and it was loading for over 30 minutes lmao. lowest settings and resolution, constant stutters, i couldn't play like that. 2 more years later i bought myself an upgrade (gtx 1060, 16G of ram), and this rig was actually capable of playable fps in NMS, i played for several hours but found that the game was really... uncomfortable? Movement, gathering, flying, everything felt bad, i also couldn't immerse myself when i'm in 3rd person, so i thought that was it, the game sucks and it's not what i was hoping for. Recently they dropped the 5.0 trailer and i was surprised, felt really nostalgic, but also in a way "don't give me hope" because i don't wanna deal again with the contrast of expectations and reality. I now have a 3070, 1440p 165hz screen, installed the game on nvme ssd. It loaded in under 30 seconds. And i don't know how much my graphics settings contributed to it, but i was STUNNED. my spawnpoint was a beautiful planet with red grass, fps was perfect and stable, i also found out you can go in 1st person. So i disappeared from the world for the last couple of days playing the game 16 hours a day XD. It feels great, i'm so glad im finally getting the feeling i was craving for since seeing the screenshots 8 years ago. The only major bad thing is the weird bug, that makes your VRAM full and causes massive fps drop if you touch dlss options while in game, and dlss options are also inconsistent they're sometimes go from Ultra-Quailty to Performance and sometimes from Quaility to Ultra-Performance. And Ultra-Performance doesn't show anything it just makes the screen white lol. Well i solved it and now just trying not to spoil myself the plot if there's any, because youtube's for you page after the 5.0 update is just 50% no man's sky. I hope everyone is enjoying the game as much as me!
I played No Man's Sky back in 2016 on launch day for about an hour or two, put it down and never felt the need to return to it. Then I heard over the years the hype slowly ramping up and apparently the updates being awesome, so after seeing Light No Fire and getting very interested in that and then seeing the Worlds Part 1 trailer I decided to give it another go and...
...I haven't been able to put it down. I'm thoroughly hooked.
Same story with me. It has a weird addictive quality to it even though I'm mostly just shooting rocks a lot of the time lol
100% this was me
my friend and I I lived with were super hyped got it day 1 thinking we could play together.... I finished it in one sitting and did the same as you but now I have a whole friend groups that play together it's incredible
i feel like this will be me if i get it going
played it for 2 hrs 6 years ago now i cant stop lol
As another comment pointed out, I highly recommend "The Engoodening of No Man's Sky" by Internet Historian to clarify what happened with No Man's Sky's development pre-launch.
Sean is just a guy who likes making games, and had all these wondrous visions for No Man's Sky well before they could be realistically realised. His casual and nerdy ramblings about the game pre-launch were conflated with promises by the internet - which is extremely reasonable and that's where he majorly messed up, but a little insight into his context clarifies the lack of malice in his intentions. I think we need more passionate people like him in development teams.
That video really helps to emphasise the difference between a liar and someone who's just... bad at PR, in a toxic publisher situation, whilst holding the weight of the internet's hype on his inexperienced and naive shoulders. He and HG have more than redeemed themselves, and it's important for gamers to recognise nuance in these scenarios when there are plenty of actual liars in the gaming community.
Great video by the way! I'm a day 1 player and I love seeing more people diving into this game. We used to be a small community and with all the updates, the game's had so much positive exposure and new people jumping on board. Glad you've found yourself having fun with it despite how janky it can be :D
NMS is one of those games I keep coming back to. It is absolutely phenomenal in VR.
A couple of years ago the VR aspect used to be blurry and with variable frame rate, which made it an uncomfortable experience. Has this been improved? And does it require a 4090?
Does it work on occulus rift 2?
@JohnShewbrook I can't speak on PCVR but PSVR2 is absolutely insane, the foveated rendering fixes alot of issues that VR had. I genuinely cant go back to flat screen anymore.
There's a few QoL features that would be nice but overall its definitely an amazing experience.
@@SauteKing8760I originally played it on a quest 1. I don’t see why it wouldn’t work with the 2. I’m currently downloading the game onto a newer PC build. My kid has been bugging me to try it. We have a 2 and 3. It was amazing enough with the quest 1. I can’t sit and play it for hours tho. Needs to be taken in small doses. You can play your save regularly too.
@@JohnShewbrook i 4090 certainly would help, but you can play NMS in VR on lower end systems around the class of an RTX 3070 Laptop or RTX 2070 SUPER and Ryzen 5 3600X. But you need to know how to tweak the settings to get a decent experience. If you use a Quest headset you need Virtual Desktop and permanently enable SSW frame generation as well as sharpness and upscaling options as well as ENHANCED settings in game and DLSS. This allows you to play at 72Hz if you can deal with the frame generation artefacts that appear sometimes. Here is a clip playing with my RTX 3070 Laptop: ua-cam.com/video/OdCCkCBrAOs/v-deo.html
You will get a better experience using a RTX 4070 or higher GPU and faster CPU.
It’s just not engaging enough for me. I can definitely see the improvements from the years but I find myself getting bored doing an endless grind for parts.
There's little to no grind in this game because you get enough cash to buy whatever you need
You can set the game to unlimited resources.
This game is amazing. I like to explore games from scratch. When I found out that I needed money in NMS and agriculture worked I built a huge hydroponic farm that brings in 20 million $ per harvest. Brilliant!
I mean, Sean Murray.. AKA "the lying liar who lies" IS the one behind all of these updates so yes, you DO trust him as he is still a fantastic technical lead and not a PR professional.
He still lied though, not being a pr professional is a laughable excuse. Commendable he’s now made a good game, not admirable he lied to sell version 1.
To be fair, they failed at launch and fixed their mistake, which is rare for studios nowadays, especially for free where as most studios would have just run with the money and abandoned the game.
Hello games has earned a level of respect from me few studios ever will.
And i preordered the game.
The only promise they made at launch they haven't fullfilled is planets orbiting the sun(s), suns are still skybox but they chose to keep it like that because according to their judgement it would become too confusing for players.
In that they're probably right if you factor in binary and trinary starsystems (as in 3 body problem)
For me the real surprise of this update is the engine upgrade and the refactoring of core systems like the particle rendering + backporting newer features from LNF to NMS. i wish more game dev studios would put in the work to improve their in-house engines. (like looking at you, Bethesda and EA)
It’s the ultimate space game for sure, it has blown my mind how good every update has been and its environments are phenomenal
I wouldn't say is the ultimate space game, but one of the greatest one, yes indeed to me if you mix NMS exploration, Elite Dangerous realism, Star Citizen detail and X4 simulated economy an empire building gameplay, it would be pretty much the perfect space game.
@@efxnews4776 I'm more a fan of the detail Eve Online provides than Star Citizen, but apart from that you described the game I would never put down.
@@thenewfoundation9822 well the thing with eve online is (speaking from experience) it, as awesome as it is, becomes a second job though
I Highly recomend the Engoodening of No Man's Sky video. It explain how much about the how and why the launch was bad, and why Sean did what he did. It's very interesting.
@michaellong2439 it's a common mistake people who are not made for that area commits. Communication is not his best area. Frankly I think he got way more sh*t than he deserved. Some companies don't even release their games completed now and people barely complain and we're talking AAA gams.
He still lied. Many times.
I wouldn't be so harsh on Sean Murray. You need to get some context and watch one of the several good documentaries about the No Man's Sky and the redemption it's had. Some people have already recommended the Engoodening of No Man's Sky. It's a great one.
I've got 1300 hours in the game, but haven't put any significant time in the game since 2022. I'm giving it a few more days for Hello Games to work out the worst of the bugs, then I intend to come back with a vengeance. REALLY excited about playing again! I very much enjoyed your video, you really talked up the game, but you were very open about the problems it still has, and I really appreciated the evenhandedness! I subscribed.
Hello games are swimming against the stream as far as their efforts towards their customer base.
The modern trend is put out a poor game and charge for every update as a DLC.
They deserve to be successful.
I wouldn't give up having experienced launch until now over starting today.
I was one of those people who felt ULTIMATELY Scammed with features not being there at launch. I wrote them off, and i was wrong, i came back a few years later, i believe with the Beyond update, and it was back. And NOW, its only gotten better since then.
My first weekend in NMS just now (bought a few copies for my kids and we all had a ball). Ran into a character that looked like you in The Anomaly, I might have been one of those starter ships. Ended up with a bunch of free stuff somehow. I've yet to develop any kind of situational awareness! Thanks if that was you, or to whoever it was!
People are generally kind in this game. I forget how people can just give you stuff directly
Yeah I've had that happen to me a few times. Yesterday I was chilling in my ship in the Anomaly and someone randomly gave me something worth 6 million credits lol I made sure to say thank you.
I just started and someone in the Anomaly just gave me like 120 fusion reactors or something and now I have like a billion credits. 😄
@@towstey3000 thats a pity because it makes a lot of the gameplay loops pointless. You are missing out on the whole feeling of progression, only able to buy lower tier tech and ships, slowly growing and upgrading your stuff. i wish people wouldnt do this.
Sending a artifact that is worth 1mio units can help but dropping 50 (probably duped) AI ship valves into another players inventory is a sure way to make new players quit after a short time because there is nothing to aim for anymore.
I like how they take things step by step in terms of updates. I picked it up again after the sentinel update and have been playing quite often. Adrift was my first expedition.
I’ve been eyeballing this game for almost a decade, buying into the early hype but never actually bought it because of the launch backlash. I finally bought it two weeks ago and I’m utterly immersed and obsessed. This game is truly something special.
Oh wow Blunty I haven't seen anything from you in years but I always been subscribed and wow good to see you still making content. Wish you grew bigger though you deserve it for being here for so long. Keep it up man. I definitely am getting into No Man's Sky now.
I cannot stop playing this game, cannot recommend it enough.
Is it really fun and can you spend hundreds of hours
@@makandalpyes and yes
I played at launch, 26 hours, and never touched it again. I've heard all of the news about it getting way better and finally downloading it now. Didn't even know about this new update. My only concern is that they've added so much that it's overwhelming. I hope it at least lets me learn the basics before it bombards me with new mechanics.
I've had NMS since the first release. Never complained. I got platinum (PS4) a year ago and thought my journey had ended but a couple of days ago I purchased PS5 just to play it again. Funny thing - I bought PS4 just to play NMS in 2016. History likes to repeat itself :)
Yep I was happy at launch too, ppl lost control of perspective back then.
I'm tempted to get PSVR2 for it...
@@CORNISHDUDE So am I! I think I might get the VR just for this game.
VR is epic in this game. I use my Oculus
I was a day one player... I keep coming back every few years and everytime it feels like a whole new game
This game in VR (I have the PSVR2) is just amazing right now, this is my go-to to relax and de-stress after a hectic day/week/month :)
I was disappointed with the complexity of the buttons and the changes in the interface. I messed with the VR for about 15 or 20 minutes and gave up on it. I bought my VR helmet for Sim racing, but I just play the flat screen version of no man’s sky on my original day one game save no less
I've just bought this game for the PS4, downloading update version 5.21. 🤞🤞 I want to like the game, i want to absolutely LOVE the game. I've been wanting to play this for a long time, waited with baited breath, and now I'm joining the adventure. And I'm really looking forward to it. Heard nothing but praise for the developers putting in so much effort in improvements.
Nice! I was that dude running off at the beginning when you landed on the anomaly (:
I recently bought it because I wanted to support this awesome studio. After getting the hang of it in the first 5 hours, I got totally hooked for the rest of the time... （now, almost 30hrs? I know I've only scratched the surface of the game）
It feels like they have some magic that makes you feel right at home in that space. Totally worth it!
7:12 that ship name is awesome💀
lol
I'll raise my hand and admit to being one of the few weirdos who actually kinda liked No Man's Sky from the beginning, from launch. Maybe it's because I wasn't really plugged in to gaming scene at the time and was totally unaware of all the hype, oblivious of all the expectations and false promises. Maybe it's because the solitary, mostly aimless exploration at my own pace appealed to my personality. Or maybe it's because I'm a Roger Dean fan, and the game felt like wandering through endless Roger Dean paintings.
I'm playing again now, and I'm hooked, I love it. But you know, there's so many things to do now that I feel almost scatterbrained, and I'm finding it hard to keep track of all the quests and sub-quests, hard to pick a goal and stay focused on it!
Just started playing this game recently, an absolutely incredible game now.
They need to make Star Wars & Aliens vs Predator game like this..
its on sale i bought it i pray i like it wish me luck boys
This video is perfectly timed for me. I wasn't sure about getting this game, looked again for a new game and saw it again and decided I'll check some videos
I just picked it up on PS5 a couple of days ago and my god am I immersed! The first day I played I don't think I even left my starting planet lol. I was just collecting stuff, scanning, exploring and following the first few tutorials. Still haven't been to that anomaly spaceship everyone is talking about. I've been doing everything but the main missions lol. I do have a question though, how do I buy a new ship? I have a ton of units and they don't sell them anywhere I have been.
You can find crashed ships you can claim and fix on your planet if you don't wanna leave yet. Some Outposts that allows npc spaceships to land, you can talk to the npc and buy his ship. I'm also new at the game take your time and enjoy the game.
You can buy new ship from npc who landed on station.
My first game back in the Atlus Rises days I didn't leave the starter planet (a radioactive world I named Shin Gojira after the resident tyrannosaurs) for around 60 hours. A well known glitch catapulted me to the other side of the planet before I was ready to leave and I lost my starter location which I'd had a blast thoroughly exploring, as well as the base I'd found nearby (but not claimed yet). Back then the immersion and lonely atmosphere was strong-I really felt like a lone astronaut lost in a weird universe. I could've just flown into space and hit the station but was determined to find my way back to something familiar and proceeded to orienteer my way across the planet looking for landmarks and using a memory of the portal's compass position to make my way 'home'. Best playthrough I've ever had and where I learned you could engage with most of the systems in the game on a single world if you wanted to.
Ahh ok thanks guys! I saw that crashed symbol before but never checked it out. The ships I've seen landing don't look that great to me usually though
i used to play it on ps4 like a year ago. I decided to come back to it on wednesday. I didnt realise there was an update. I just wanted to play it. (dupe glitch isnt fixed after 8 years tho lmao)
Dupe glitch being left alone is intentional. Hello Games decided that players found a exploit, and it's not hurting anyone so why take out something that people use to have fun?
The Dupe glitch became a meme in the community, they knew better than to remove it.
@@LordNavala well it is hurting the game - some people spamming duped high value into new players inventorys makes a lot of the journey and feel of progression obsolete, also leads to faster player drop off
@@Square-0nebeats asteroid grinding to earn money. Still haven’t found a better way and I’ve been on and off since launch
I'm kinda stuck. I have reached the Unit Cap of 4+ billion, have AI valves worth 60 billion units stashed away and about 600k+ Nanites. Got a decent S Starship, S Multitool, both with max slots, as well as fully decked out suit. All tech is learned...
The only thing I kinda look forward to is finding an S tier Freighter (A currently). Building a base just for the hell of it... But what now? I'm kinda lost in what else I could do there, except exploring.
I return every now and then for the new expeditions.
It cannot be stressed enough how insane this game is in VR2. The immersion is unmatched, especially when flying
I picked it up for my steam deck a week ago and have already put over 20 hours in. It's kind of unbelievable that I can do seamless space exploration on my work lunch break. My only criticisms are that progression is very slow and a lot of stuff like ship building still feels completely out of my reach. Its definitely a slow burn, but I i don't mind.
There’s a lot of core issues that still need to be addressed like the messy and confusing UI and all the procedural generated locations that look the same. Game still needs living breathing cities on planets that make the world feel more alive. There’s a lot of potential if they keep adding stuff like this and I’m glad they’re still at it. They built a shallow ocean, they just gotta continue to make it deeper. A good idea might be adding more unique set locations like in starfield (though i dislike that game) that aren’t procedurally generated in other galaxies or planets.
I just got back into it again after not playing for two years and having so much fun. It definitely feels like a complete game now but I still can't wait to see what comes in part 2 of the World's update. Also thanks for mentioning the reflection glitch I had mine set to Ultra and didn't even notice it wasn't working lol.
Just upgraded from a ps4 to a ps5 pro. This is the first game I ordered for my new pro.
i played in 2016 and never again till about a month ago. really enjoying it
I’m just happy that they learned from their past mistakes. Great job to the devs for keeping their heads down and just working hard to make this game great.
Can you play the whole game with 3 other friends start to finish. The whole campaign?
I snatched it up a couple of days ago by chance. I'd been looking at it on/off for a couple years and I'm glad I picked it up it's super fun
And we just got the new aqueous update, man this games just getting better and better
I like this games so much that I've brought four copies, two on PC for myself, one for one of my daughters on her PC, and one on the PS5.
Every developer needs to take notes with no man sky best damn game EVER
I LOVE NMS. But as an Xbox player I’m still waiting for the latest “better water and wind” update. It’s a fantastic game and All these updates are free. No charge. Simply amazing.
Ive been enjoying this game since the second the "Next" update dropped & added 3rd person
1:45 so glad you said that... I'm so glad that all the players put enough pression on the devellopers to save this game... It was unbelievable to see the type of scam they were trying to sell to us...
Phenomenal game and some of the most dedicated devs.
I’ve got a base that’s up on top of a mountain and ships fly through it and knock me off my base. Sometimes I fall through the floor of my base. Sometimes I come back to a refiner and find it empty. Only till later find that the contents are there. They were just missing for a time. There are a number of bugs in the game that have bothered me for years and they’re not being addressed. For example, building underground is still an issue. Pixelization of my base parts and having to wait while they come together so that I can walk through my base …watching it drawn as I move. But yet they add more content.
Console player here. I started playing again for the first time since 2021 and my experience of the game is much better. Always beautiful to look at, but the worlds are more varied, and the increase in conflict is noticeable. But know that you mention new players at the Anomally... I am only ever the only person at the Anomally when I play. I am still on PS4, but I figured I'd see more.
I started NMS late but still the first month of release. I only missed expeditions 1, 2, and 3 now including the Redux’s. I also play exclusively in VR now and I went from someone who swore against playing in or even touching the water if I didn’t absolutely have to, to making my own underwater homes now with the new update my fears be damned it is absolutely stunning and beautiful in VR.❤ So glad I only took a break from the game but never gave up on it. HG is my games company of choice now.
I started playing nms a week or so ago. And I cannot put it down. ❤
I'm hoping I have your same experience, just picked it up myself today
There's two to three main things that are annoying for new players.
1.) Playing through the main story with friends is essentially impossible since multiplayer seems to still break scripts.
Stuff starts working again if no other player is in the same system, but it's still a massive pain having to hop in and out of systems just so that one person can finish the next task. Don't expect to do stuff together other than exploring space, building bases and doing Nexus missions. Even expedition missions tend to bug out in multiplayer which was especially jarring on the previous one which advertised a free-play weekend to play the expedition and explore the game together with friends...
2.) A lot of the content that was added over the years feels a bit "tacked on" if you pay attention. Nowadays you get introduced to sentinel ships pretty early which gives you a ship that's not only basically free but also better than most stuff you can buy. Some stuff is also locked behind main campaign progression (possibly so that everything doesn't trigger at once) which is fine, but the timing is often a bit weird. There's a spot where you make your first bigger star system jump using an "unusual" method (I won't go into details) and *right after that* the tutorial for constructing underwater bases and craft is started. It's super confusing until you realize that it's just part of a previous update and is not actually related to the campaign *at all* but was just placed behind this specific trigger for some reason.
3.) There's a ton of more-or-less annoying bugs right after bigger updates. They get fixed really quickly, but if you cannot make backup saves then it might be a good idea to just not play the game and wait a week until the major stuff is fixed.
And yes, do play the main campaigns. You'll get quite important things that can't be lost and also can't be found anywhere else.
same as others, tried this game out when it launched. Was mad that i couldn't refund it cuz I set my game on idle so it went past 2 hrs refund window.
Glad I didn't refund when I came back to it last month.
I just played for the first time tonight. it was a great experience😍 now im watching youtube videos on the game because it refuses to leave my thoughts
no mans sky was apprarently at one point the highest rated game on the playstation store
Wow, it's been years since I've come across one of your videos Blunty! Missed ya, used to LOVE your videos!
Just picked this up a week ago, can't put it down now. Like many others I stayed away due to the disaster of a launch.
Between No Man’s Sky, Star Citizen and X4, the gaming sessions are complete 👍🏾
I been playing and enjoying Star Citizen for years now on and off like I play most games. I didn't think I would like Starfield, but have played it for over a month and went through Unity 4 times and about to do my 5th. It doesn't have the amazing simulation of Star Citizen nor the same feeling of landing on a planet or moon, powering down your ship and just hearing nothing while enjoying the serenity or the excitement of investing all your money in a load of cargo and hoping to make it across the universe and land at a distant city without getting blown up or pirated and loose it all. It doesn't have the feeling of manually landing your giant ship in a small hanger it barely fits in, But Starfield has some great stories, especially the first time through as long as you don't read spoilers. I downloaded Icarus and hated the first hours playing it and almost quit, but once I got past just trying keep enough food, oxygen and clean water to actually build my first shelter it's kept me hooked so much I haven't played Starfield in almost a week. These 2 games are the first 2 I've really played a lot that weren't persistent multi-player worlds where everything I do won't just be over once I've played a week or two. Starfield Has great re-playability. My last Unity I ended up in one of many alternate universes and I'm feeling more powerful every trip through. Icarus has several expansion worlds out so it would keep me going until I just get bored. I like the idea of No Man's Sky, but I just can't get over the art style being more cartoonish, but I may have to give it a try if/when I get bored with Icarus. Of course come October I'll be playing Call of Duty with 5-6 grandkids through fall and winter. Star Citizen has had a major update and keeps calling me back. It would be like learning new for a lot of things, but I'm not ready for a Space Simulator that's much slower paced. I'm always looking for my next game and I may have to put aside the dislike of those graphics and give it a try. I learned that lesson many years ago when I tried WOW over amazing graphics many years ago and again with Starfield after playing Star Citizen for so long.
Havent been willing to try no mans sky because I heard the graphics were bad and that there was little to no content but Worlds Part 1 got me interested and its on sale now so I gave it a try and I cant stop playing it
One thing i wish there would be in this game is different space stations, maybe for every race different one, beacuse from what i playes i know that there are only 2 variants. But other than that the game is very good and im hooked too
@1:40 you earned that thumbs up right there
Now I just have to remember how to do every basic thing and where all my stuff is after no playing for 2 or 3 years.
Playing over a month now. I have seen 2 bugs literally, and they wore nothing major. I love the game and the Worlds update.
I was probably one of the basic new ships you saw on the anomaly 🤣 I just started playing after seeing the update come out and I gotta say I love it. I love exploring and mining and understanding how to be more efficient in it
Im back to NMS after years and im having a blast. Im even choosing not to ride my motorcycle so i can play it, and that is saying something! I cant tell you how many times ive said...damn thats cool.
I just started playing again the same exact time you posted this video, and I want to see how everything is going later game now and days. Been a year and some change since ive played
The first-person FOV still doesn't match what the number in the settings say. 100 is more like 60 and it's worse the closer you get to a wall or whatever. Even overriding the settings to 140 still makes it to what feels like 80 or 85. It's so bizarre this is still a thing.
I’m so damn addicted to NMS. I just spent 5 hrs after work, aright through dinner and well past bedtime and I’ve been doing that every day for weeks
Some of the.planets you find are insane. I can spend hours walking on them doing absolutely nothing.
@@EEKman71 I found a Dissonant planet and I spent several hours just fighting sentinels and then collecting storm crystals and salvageable scrap.
Such a beautiful and surreal planet. Highly radioactive. Super violent storms almost constantly but also GORGEOUS colors. I was captivated!
A good example of "If at first u don't succeed, try try again".
60% off on PSN and this is the game I wanted it to be back in 2016.
I saw a bunch of datamined leaks within the community for what Part 2 will bring this summer and I am so incredibly hyped for it.
Any hints?
I still really enjoyed it when it came out, it's planets did look a bit samely, but now, oh my god, it's so big now it's unbelievable what they have done, well done Hello games for the turn around 👏 👏
Great share mate, like and subbed 👍
I played Starfield for 150 hours, i played No Man Sky like 4-5 years ago, i tell you, i came back for No Man Sky PS5 i prefer it a lot
My relationship with No Man's Sky is a mixed bag. I absolutely love the planets and the base building. I also absolutely HATE the flight models, the "no HOTAS", the navigation and the looks when in space.
Perfect game would have the planets from No Man's Sky and the flight models from Elite Dangerous. Just merge these two games ... PLEASE !
I tried to get into NMS 3 times, but it never sticks with me... it's too sandbox-y for me. It lacks stakes and reasons to do things... an epic universe-saving Quest or something like that.
Give me the exploration of No Man's Sky, with the Story and Characters of Mass Effect and i'd be ecstatic.
I'm like, 5 years, and 1500 hours in. And I regret nothing.
I deleted my negative review from when the game came out and left a positive !
I pre-ordered the game too and even though I had a blast I was still disappointed. I saw the new update and decided to start playing again. If I like it on Xbox I'll buy it again for PC.
Same with Cyberpunk 2077, there were plenty of jokes back then when it came out, but my first time playing it was at 2.1 version and damn, it was a masterpiece, and ngl, I haven't met a single bug in that game.
Just recently got No mans sky, and I was wondering.
So far I've been to a few planets, farming up resources and have made a small base with a few things in it, still have starter ship and stuff , but is there a lot more to do in the game?
I don't mind farming mats and stuff, but is there like a mid and late game aspect to it, and have i just seen the tip of the iceberg?
Xbox still can't come out with an update
Waiting sucks
Yeah wtf is up with that?
@@custardgannet4836 Microsoft quality checks and hello games not meeting their quality checks
Update is finally out now for Xbox too, it also includes the patch that fixes some of the worlds updates bugs
To me the worlds still feel stale beautiful but stale I’d love to see mega cities , civilizations inhabiting planets with commerce , trade , temples , places of knowledge like libraries , wars with each other or other races , etc
correction, the last time numbers surged like this was the outlaws update. Either way though, nice video for an awesome game that keeps getting bigger with each update, not always better but definitely bigger :D. My opinion is that I agree that NMS is one of the best space games out there but I would amend the fact that in this particular game, there's an absolute ton to do but most of it falls into its own standalone content island that has little to no interaction with the other many content islands in the game. We have companion creatures that are 99% useless, wing mates deal next to 0 damage, that special staff you have to work 20+ hours to get is just like every other multitool so isn't worth grinding for unless you just like the look, we have pirate raids on planetary bases but no way for said bases to defend themselves save for your own intervention, settlements are mostly useless resource sinks, food buffs aren't strong enough to become actually useful let alone actually eating is a pain... when you play long enough you start finding the cracks, but even with these cracks the game is great and deserves a look. The important thing to remember is that if you play this like you would any other survivalcraft by mad dash grinding to become a god, you'll find yourself bored with this game soon after you finish that task because here, the journey is greater than the destination.
I play it on xbox gamepass.
May i ask what kind of ship yours is, and where you got it from?
Me to Xbox as Joker was to Batman when he unmasked him:
"Where's my g*****n update Box?"
Sheeet... you should play it in VR. I put it side by side with Half-Life Alyx as the best possible VR experience, if not above due to it's incredible scope.
I only play expeditions, 10h or so every 3 months or so as they focus on the new content! PS. I'll start from zero without any starting help.
The spacegame that shall not be named? That only can be STARFIELD - a lackluster uninspired clusterf*ck from Bathesta with a built in hardstop. If you gather too many objects (outposts!) the savefile will be corrupted - that never fixed bug ended in uninstalling the game (in rage!!!) after some 150 hours of grind... 🤷♂️
But since I'm a sucker for anything spaceflight I might try out No Man's Sky and Everquest 2 these days. ✌️
Started playing this again, first time playing since the game first originally came out, it have 56 hours so far in the last 5 days 💀
bro you should get it it has been out for a long long time and they r still imporving the game
Start fresh or reload old save?
I dont consider any unfinished game a masterpeice. It is not complete and does not yet constitute a final score.
Sean Murray with the choice to offer the good will of free updates indeed redeemed himself. Blunty holds a grudge. Forgive and FORGET.
Just need more buildings now and more combat events with better combat
ship combat still sucks, so does ship movement and navigation. If the developers tightened up all three, I would absolutely love this game.
The first time i learned about this game was from the magazine my younger brother brought home when i was in middle school. There were these beautiful whole page-screenshots and colorful arts, and it was saying all this stuff about endless universe and exploring, i was excited af! But at the time i only had a crappy laptop barely capable of running flash games. 2 years later i got a pc as a present, still crappy but i was able to run the game on it (gt 720 gpu or something like that). I installed it on HDD and it was loading for over 30 minutes lmao. lowest settings and resolution, constant stutters, i couldn't play like that. 2 more years later i bought myself an upgrade (gtx 1060, 16G of ram), and this rig was actually capable of playable fps in NMS, i played for several hours but found that the game was really... uncomfortable? Movement, gathering, flying, everything felt bad, i also couldn't immerse myself when i'm in 3rd person, so i thought that was it, the game sucks and it's not what i was hoping for. Recently they dropped the 5.0 trailer and i was surprised, felt really nostalgic, but also in a way "don't give me hope" because i don't wanna deal again with the contrast of expectations and reality. I now have a 3070, 1440p 165hz screen, installed the game on nvme ssd. It loaded in under 30 seconds. And i don't know how much my graphics settings contributed to it, but i was STUNNED. my spawnpoint was a beautiful planet with red grass, fps was perfect and stable, i also found out you can go in 1st person. So i disappeared from the world for the last couple of days playing the game 16 hours a day XD. It feels great, i'm so glad im finally getting the feeling i was craving for since seeing the screenshots 8 years ago. The only major bad thing is the weird bug, that makes your VRAM full and causes massive fps drop if you touch dlss options while in game, and dlss options are also inconsistent they're sometimes go from Ultra-Quailty to Performance and sometimes from Quaility to Ultra-Performance. And Ultra-Performance doesn't show anything it just makes the screen white lol. Well i solved it and now just trying not to spoil myself the plot if there's any, because youtube's for you page after the 5.0 update is just 50% no man's sky. I hope everyone is enjoying the game as much as me!