Hello Games is clearly far from done with No Man's Sky, as it's just dropped the latest in a long string of massive, meaningful updates. The sci-fi explore-'em-up has now received its next free expansion, Echoes, teased last week, and it's another literal game-changer.
The headline addition this time is a brand new race of robots, which is the first to be brought to the game since its launch in 2016. These robots bring with them "rich new story content", and completing robot assignments lets you earn parts with which to make your avatar a robot, if you fancy.
The other big attraction is improved space combat, with a focus on freight ships. Hello Games has implemented freighter vs. freighter fights, with pirate freight ships to take down. A big plus for Star Wars fans: you'll be able to fly through the trenches of these enemy freighters and sabotage their shields before destroying them.
Other noteworthy changes include the ability to scrap Multi-tools, build your own ceremonial staff, display your discoveries in a holographic museum, and play the new Voyagers expedition. Elsewhere, the game has had yet another tech refinement, improving "rendering quality, stability and performance". The PSVR2 version of the game will now take advantage of the headset's foveated rendering, meaning the stuff you're actually looking at will be drawn in higher quality than the surroundings.
There's more to discover in the lengthy patch notes through the link, but suffice to say that Echoes is another whopper of an update. Will you be checking out No Man's Sky's new bits and bobs? Launch into the comments section below.
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Read the patch notes and damn what an update.
I’m really looking forward to seeing the foveated rendering update for PSVR2.
Might have to buy it again. Had it on release day when it was obviously not a great game, but for £20, can't go wrong I guess.
Will be interesting to see how the psvr2 visuals improve with foveated rendering. I've held off playing it on the headset because of all the negative comments.
I bought the game day one back in 2016 and haven't really touched it since.
May buy it on PC to take advantage of the VR mode.
@NinjaNicky NMS at launch and now are two very different things. I am already waiting for Starfield reviews to read all the comparisons between this two. And I hardly doubt Starfield will be better in most of them.
@Serialsid everyone on Reddit seems to think it’s been dramatically improved. I can’t try out til later
Kind of wish they'd move on and make a second game. It's admirable all the work they've done but I feel at this point the limitations that make up the bones of NMS are holding them back. I've put in a bunch of hours at different points and ultimately I start to feel that it's all just a bit pointless and shallow in the end. They can add a million mechanics (I think they might have at this point) but the core of the game is always going to limit their ambitions.
Do have this for vr but just got to much to play to give it a real chance ..and I just bought firewall ultra today and I have armoured core 6 coming on rental tomorrow ..and then Starfield next week...and I also wanted to get baldurs gate ...ffs lol
The visual improvements for PSVR2 are massive. It’s hard to overstate how much better it looks. The clarity is just so much better. It joins RE Village and GT7 as the killer apps on the platform. I could give Hello Games a big hug for this!
Does it have fauna/flora updates?
@ztpayne7 Hoodie718 well I think you've both convinced me. Time to give it a go.
@Hoodie718 This is great news. Not only because PSVR2 gets a bonus killer app, but because it demonstrates how powerful foveated rendering really is.
@AFCC Yeah around 2 years back, you can even have pets and ride them.
The PSVR2 visuals have certainly had a big improvement. I just played a couple of hours and the difference in sharpness is like DVD vs bluray. I especially noticed it in interiors and on planets, and also flying close to freighters and frigates. I didn't encounter any of the other changes but I didn't really go looking.
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