No Man’s Sky has gone from people’s chump to people’s champ, with outstanding post-release support by developer Hello Games over the past five or so years. Just six weeks on from the addition of pets – and a bunch of other features! – the UK studio is rolling out an entire new game mode, named Expeditions, which will change on a seasonal basis.
“For the first time we will be starting all players together on the same planet and setting them off on a community expedition,” said boss Sean Murray on the PlayStation Blog. “Through the Expedition planner Travellers can embark on a series of milestones, each bringing new challenges – some are simple, others only the most dedicated will reach. Completed milestones unlock gorgeous mission patches to display, and a host of new content that can be accessed across all saves.”
You can get a better idea of how it all works in the trailer embedded above, but the idea is to offer something different to the existing modes, while still providing persistent game-wide rewards. “In the coming weeks, completing the exploration goals unlocks unique rewards which players can take back into the other game modes,” Murray continued. “Rewards such as a cool new jetpack, an exclusive ship, weapon, a title are now available – and much, much more.”
Once an Expedition has concluded, your progress will be converted to a standard save, so you can continue where you left off. It sounds like a great place to start if you’re new or returning to the title, however: “New expeditions drop players into the game with a collection of technology, customisation, new ships, and weapons, providing a glimpse of some of the wild possibilities in the universe.”
The update also brings with it numerous quality of life improvements, all of which are listed in the upper-left corner of the new trailer. Has all of this convinced you to return to the galaxy? Steer your ship into the comments section below.
[source blog.playstation.com]
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Pets convinced me to return. Expeditions convinced me to tell my friends.
This is probably the best turnaround story in gaming history. A lot of companies should use this as a blueprint to salvage their games. Not all games are worth saving though.
I'm thinking about jumping into NMS. Will the vanilla addition have all of the updates available or do I need to buy beyond?
@Jimmy_G_Buckets There's only one version of the game, I believe. You get everything so far once you buy it.
@get2sammyb thanks Sammy 👍
Gift what keeps on giving and its all 100% free.
@Jimmy_G_Buckets I think the disc is still the vanilla 1.0 version but the update will bring you to the current version, its 100% free as the game has zero paid content.
This is out now btw downloading the update as I type (6 Gb) Wasnt fussed by the pets thing but this looks pretty great, I know what im doing this evening with my newly stick drifting Dualsense 5
NMS is still a game that I really WANT to like and get into, and every so often I excitedly load it up and then......just get bored within 10 minutes and quit.
Is fauna better? Do we have dinosaurs, interesting creatures? Or do they all look like sentient pineapples?
I have this on PC and PS. Looks and runs far better on PS5 than on my PC, just wish I could transfer my PC save onto PS!
You do need some patience to get far with it, though. Kind of addictive once you get the freighter and multiple quests on the go.
The amount of updates this game is getting is actually insane considering it's a single player game with no mtx
It's cool, but I'd rather have a redesigned galaxy map and reworked mech controls to be honest. Both are horrible.
I hope Sony's PSVR 2 isn't too far away, because I really want to try NMS in VR.
Tried it on Gamepass on my pc I couldn't get into it and I didn't even get off the first planet lol, I was poisoned the moment I started and had to find something but the distance it was asking to for was a joke so I gave up. I assume every start file it's a different scenario and planet maybe not sure as I didn't stick around.
@Kang81 Why not see what people think of the current vr version?
Decided on getting this a couple days ago so this is great news.
@Jayofmaya
I've read it's good, but I just can't justify buying a PSVR yet. Especially since it uses the outdated move controllers.
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