No Man's Sky

[allBthere]

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One suggestion I'd make for the people wanting more challenge out of the game:

Survival is probably as high as you're going to want to go. There's still a pretty steep penalty for death in the mode - you lose most if not all of your personal or ship inventory (depending on which one you died in) - and some of your technology will sometimes be damaged and in need of repair (not unlike the situation you begin the game in. It can be a pretty big setback considering you can be carrying millions worth of units at times.

I say that because there are still some bugs in the game that can result in death as well and that's a real bummer in permadeath mode. I had my PC permadeath game wiped out by a situation where I got my exocraft wedged in a tight underground cave, and when I got out I fell through the world textures and out of bounds, eventually dying.

Just some friendly advice to maybe save you some frustration. I can still have a lot of fun with the game in Survival.

I was so hyped for this game leading up to the release and as far as I know it's still a bit of a mystery what happened - but there was a flood at the studio or something that wiped out a ton of progress to which extent is still unknown.

All I know is that pre-disaster they had a build where every solar system was in motion like in real life - planets were 'spinning' and moving in 'orbits' which was so cool and one of the big things that put a big damper on it for me personally when the actual game came out and everything was so static.

As many have stated though, what an effort by the development team! I felt bad for the creator because he received SOOO MUCH backlash after release because of things like what I pointed out. I believe he may have received death threats!

So I gave the game an honest try and mildly enjoyed it, but the letdown from expectations was too great and I shelved it. Fast-forward to now and I still haven't tried it again since launch so I think now is the time and I'm excited to dive back into it.

I'll probably cheat a little bit with youtube vids initially because I remember it being frustrating to figure out how to get a ship going etc and sometimes you get a bad draw for a home planet. I went through all that already so I don't feel the need to 'figure it out again'. But after that I look forward to seeing how the game has changed and what the experience is like now.

[DJ]

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Is there a way to increase the text size (XB1)? I'm having a hard time reading the instructions on the screen.

I tried playing over the weekend and it was a major struggle for me to try and figure out what to do. I assume I was in the tutorial section, but it didn't come across as easy as I was on a planet with freezing cold temps and needed to upgrade my suit, but by the time I started to find the right material, it was game over.

[bcruise]

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Is there a way to increase the text size (XB1)? I'm having a hard time reading the instructions on the screen.

I tried playing over the weekend and it was a major struggle for me to try and figure out what to do. I assume I was in the tutorial section, but it didn't come across as easy as I was on a planet with freezing cold temps and needed to upgrade my suit, but by the time I started to find the right material, it was game over.

The start is tricky for beginners because you don't have a lot of time before your suit's hazard protection runs out and leaves you susceptible to health damage. I'll explain it the early critical stuff here so you don't have to rely only on the in-game hints (though it is thorough, time still moves while the tutorials are up and it can be a little intense).

The process of getting on your feet is always the same - shoot small rocks for Ferrite Dust to repair the scanner, and scan for yellow plants - they contain sodium that you can use to recharge hazard protection. At that point you can go to the ship's distress beacon (the ship will always recharge your hazard protection over time, so getting there is priority), but before that you might also want to consider stockpiling some sodium for additional recharges and also collecting some Carbon (shoot plants) and Di-Hydrogen (shoot blue crystals) to craft a couple Life Support Gels. You might need some extra life support to survive the trip to your ship.

Once you reach your ship you'll go through some additional repairs (some of which will require more exploration around your ship's landing site) and eventually get airborne. But as long as you're carrying extra sodium and life support, you should be able to get through the early parts. Later once you're able to travel into space and to other planets, you'll be able to purchase Oxygen Capsules that are relatively cheap and never have to worry about running out of life support again. Hazard protection is always the main limiting factor on long surface excursions, but as long as you don't travel too far from your ship you'll always be fine and if you can find natural caves or buildings to take shelter in, you can move quite a bit further.

Let me know if you need any more help - getting started is always the toughest part in this game.

[DJ]

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Thanks, bcruise, I appreciate the detailed response and pointers. Going to give it another go today.

[BurghFan]

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No Man's Sky: Desolation

Scavenge and survive in the haunted wreckage of derelict freighters with the Desolation update. Introducing procedurally-generated freighters, more story content, combat improvements, freighter customisation and more!

This looks awesome. Also now have the ability to build teleporters on freighers and can get freighter inventory upgrades from the derelicts.

[jfsolo]

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Finally started this a couple of days ago. I too started off on a freezing cold planet and died very quickly. I was ready to pack it in and look for another game to play since dying within 10 minutes of beginning a game isn't that appealing to me, but I decided to stay with it and actually try to figure out what I was doing before giving up.

I'm a couple of hours in now and I still barely know what I'm doing of course, but it's enough to know that I will probably put several hundred hours into the game now.

[Bullit]

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3.0 Update is live on PS4. I am downloading now. Will post patch notes later this afternoon. Time for a fresh start.

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[BurghFan]

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3.0 Update is live on PS4. I am downloading now. Will post patch notes later this afternoon. Time for a fresh start.

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Was just coming to post this. Here's a link to the patch notes

No Man's Sky 3.0: Origins

All I can say is HOLY ****!!!! Volcanoes, tonrados, sandworms, giant buildings, and much much more

[Bard]

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No Man Sky is so damn good.

Whenever I say okay, I can put it down fully for awhile, they suck me back in. I'm going volcano diving!

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[Bullit]

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It looks amazing. Real tight graphics upgrade. Metals look like metals, just found a swamp planet with fogs and mist. Scanner HUD is tight. Space actually looks alive. Lord I love this game.

[Bullit]

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HOLY **** there is lightning now in severe storms that actually strikes ground and can kill you!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Bullit]

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Ok. I have seen enough. I really think I am hitting a fresh start. I would like to discover the rest organically. Have fun folks, I know I will

[Keirik]

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Anyone hear if NMS has any plans for next gen updates? I mean this game really could shine so much with the extra power.

[Bullit]

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New elements, new class of upgrades (Black Market). This games just keeps getting better and better. For $25 right now on PS store if you have not picked it up this is really a no brainer now.

[Flightwhite24]

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New elements, new class of upgrades (Black Market). This games just keeps getting better and better. For $25 right now on PS store if you have not picked it up this is really a no brainer now.

Can you play this on the PS5 when it comes out? Already have this on Xbox but it’s been sold in prep for the Series X. Reading the above post has me itching.


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