The post-launch support for No Man's Sky has been pretty unbelievable all things considered, and as promised, Hello Games is continually bolting on new features and upgrades to keep the divisive experience fresh. The latest major update for the game, Visions, is out tomorrow on PS4, taking the game up to version 1.75, and it introduces a whole host of new stuff to the procedurally generated adventure.
The main addition to highlight is the numerous new ways the developer has implemented to further diversify the worlds you explore. Improved weather and skies mean storms will sometimes produce rainbows, there's a wild new spectrum of flora and fauna, and new biomes make for some seriously strange planets. You'll also now be able to dig up ancient alien bones and skeletons, acquire precious materials from the most extreme locations, and pick up bizarre artifacts to decorate your base with.
Outside of environmental enhancements, the Visions update also introduces new community-wide missions. These require all players to participate in order to reach a joint goal, which is a neat inclusion. You can even now craft fireworks if you like, which is cool.
It's another significant step forward for a game that has slowly grown into the experience people were after all along. Will you be checking out No Man's Sky with this Visions update? Take flight in the comments below.
[source blog.us.playstation.com, via nomanssky.com]
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So about that VR update/patch...
@naruball Oh boy I would love VR!
@naruball VR would be incredible.
I want VR! Filler text since I can't make my comment that short.
Too occupied by other games at the moment (Astrobot and RDR2) but I always go back to NMS when I'm between games. I've clocked over 100 hours in it so far. Will be nice to find a bunch of new updates when I do hop back on.
I tried it briefly after the NEXT update and I couldn’t remember a thing about how to play it and so I gave up. I would have to just start over. Which is okay, but I just can’t get excited about the game again.
But ... I am extremely impressed with the continued support by Hello Games.
Sounds good. The lack of planet variety has been my biggest complaint about the NEXT update.
Wasn't really an issue before NEXT, but whatever.
@Totaldude911 that is the only reason i would be interested in this game, with VR support this game would be very interesting.
@Th3solution I was exactly the same. May give it another go at a later date though.
My story with NMS:
New update! I try it but I should play 20 hours to use the things they added. So I quit.
New update! I try it but I should play 20 hours to use the things they added. So I quit.
New update! I try it but I should play 20 hours to use the things they added. So I quit.
At this point as it's a totally different game than at launch it should be reviewed again.
Yep, time for a new review definitely, it's turning into a massive fantastic game.
VR might get my attention, but that’s all that will at this point.
This is the kind of update I've most wanted to see. Time to dust off the 'ole space ship.
We are now 75% of the way to No Man’s Sky 2!
Yep a fresh review please! More variety across the generated planets will further enhance what is a truly unique gaming experience. I love it! The tiresome comments referring to the launch hype must surely dry up soon - if they took time to explore the updated game instead of bleating about old news, they'd realise how much fun it is...
I may have a look but VR is the update I'm waiting for to really pull me back in
Its commendable that Hello Games strive to improve and deliver what they promised. This game would suit VR so well they must have plans to implement it.
@FullbringIchigo Not if you didn't buy the game as soon as it was released. I think they're doing a great job with it.
@suikoden This is the trouble releasing a broken game isn't it. The only reviews anyone will ever see are the less than good ones when it was originally released. Surely that means Hello Games have an uphill task trying to sell it even after all the updates? You'd think these companies would realise that a good opening day review everywhere is better than rushing out the game to bad reviews, if only for the fact that the reviews will stay on the internet forever and will likely not be updated to reflect on the games later condition.
NMS is one of those games whereby the thought of playing it excites me, and reading of new amazing updates excites me and I even kind of enjoy it when I AM playing it, but I'm always thinking "hmmm, shall I just play PES or RDR2 or X, Y, Z instead"?
@suikoden
No it shouldn't be re-reviewed. Game companies and publishers have gotten to complacent with releasing unfinished games and fixing them later. In No Man's Sky's case it took them 2 years to get to this point, that's unacceptable
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