Create your own space colony
- by Liam Croft
It feels like we're covering a big No Man's Sky update every other month at this point, and the latest one titled Frontiers is no different. It focuses on the base building mechanics of the space explorer and expands them to such a degree that you can now begin building your very own settlement, complete with alien inhabitants. After downloading the new patch, every occupied planet will contain a settlement you can apply to become the overseer of.
From there, you'll govern "town planning, treasury management, policy decisions and conflict resolution. Every settlement is procedurally generated, with unique buildings, neighbourhood layouts, colour schemes, and interior and exterior decoration." With enough resources, you can then start to expand your own part of paradise into a flourishing town packed full of aliens. You'll even have to take care of disputes between settlers and try to make them happy.
In order to achieve all this, hundreds of new base parts have been added to No Man's Sky. From timber and stone through to alloy, you can add a personal touch to your base. Hello Games' Sean Murray explains: "See all your building parts in an easy-to-parse grid. You’ll notice some you forgot about! You can now pick up and move base parts you’ve placed, duplicate parts, or build impossible new structures in free place mode."
The game's visuals have also received a bit of a touch-up, with nearly all effects improved. "Weapons and explosions feel much more punchy and add a new visceral element to combat." That's yet another gigantic update for No Man's Sky; could it tempt you into playing the game again? Get planning your settlement in the comments below.
[source blog.playstation.com]
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Liam grew up with a PlayStation controller in his hands and a love for Metal Gear Solid. Nowadays, he can be found playing the latest and greatest PS5 games as well as supporting Derby County. That last detail is his downfall.
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- Jacko11
This game has more than redeemed itself at this point. Its so dense and you can really get lost for hours on end doing countless things in game
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- Bamila
Sounds like update for me. Settlement building in fallout 4 was my to-go gameplay mechanic.
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- SJBUK
Damn. I have so much else I should be doing...
Will be updating this later.
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- PaperAlien
SHEEEESH.. Cant wait to dive in later and have a proper look. The ultimate chill out game IMO
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- AFCC
Ah, still not the update that will make me play the game but it looks cool! Call me when they update the creatures, my favourite thing was finding new animals but it becomes boring when you find a pineapple creature for the 100th time lol
I want dinosaurs, giant monsters, cool looking designs!
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- MFTWrecks
The inability to move already-placed items in my base(s) was one of the small yet hugely impactful annoyances that eventually drove me away from the game (for the second time). I'm just not good at pre-planning and always got annoyed that to fix mistakes I'd need to scrap what I already did and redo it all.
Now all the game needs, imo, is some sort of morality system. I don't like that in a procedurally endless universe you don't get to make choices that matter. Why can't I live as a space pirate? Being forced down a specific path/play style gets boring to me.
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- PaperAlien
@MFTWrecks I mean, you can do that if you want? You can start firing upon friendly ships, freighters and loot them, you can then do whatever you want with your spoils, sell on for monies or keep for yourself.. Im not sure what a morality counter would achieve, you already have reputation with each of the alien classes which get damaged if your'e not particularily good to them
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- Jmck87
I lost months in this game previously it's getting harder and harder not to go back. Seems to be getting to a size where you have to pick your focus now!
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- Flaming_Kaiser
@Bamila Did ever try Dragon Quest Builders i think you would like that.
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- MFTWrecks
@PaperAlien The difference with what exists now and a defined system would be that you could progress in unethical ways. Right now it all boils down to some pretty rote/defined steps to achieve goals. There's very little in terms of choices the player makes to achieve quest requirements and storyline requirements.
I feel a broader system of choice could add a ton of flavor.
Plus, specifically with pirating, YOU can do that. But why can't I hire a squad of fellow pirates to aid me? Enemies attack me in war bands, why can't I have my own fleet of fighters doing my bidding?
What's there is very basic. I'd like something more broadly defining different options and roles and choices as to how the game plays out.
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- AdamNovice
I hope when PSVR 2 comes they update it for that cos I found it too blurry on the current headset
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- frankmcma
Behold the visual delight of their release notes
https://www.nomanssky.com/frontiers-update/
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- Chriz
@AdamNovice Love PSVR. Virtual Reality is the only way to play No Man’s Sky. Totally agree that I’m also looking forward to PSVR2
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- BadPlayerOne
Over the last few years I started playing this game and stopped playing it again and again. I picked it up again after this update and I am hooked. So much so that I abandoned all other games. There are still bugs and stuff I want included but I think this is one of the games that is never finished and that is a good thing!
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