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No Man's Sky on PS5 - Finally Worth Buying?
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Content-wise, it's a completely different game than where it was 2-3 years ago and it's very good. I've dropped probably 15 hours into it last week.
Apparently the next-gen patch needs to be downloaded manually from the PS Store. Pull the trigger and travel the stars in search of sweet planets, bud.
Apparently the next-gen patch needs to be downloaded manually from the PS Store. Pull the trigger and travel the stars in search of sweet planets, bud.
What's the hdr issue? Seemed fine when I checked it (for 5 minutes)
Same for me.
I think it´s legit the best "meditative" game out there (especially in the Mode without the survival mechanics) but that´s simply not what I look for in a game.
It is extremely good in what it sets out to do tho.
Wow I was playing last night and thinking this looks awful! Didn't realize it was broken.
Not really. It's a boring loop where progress takes forever. I hate to think what it must have been like at launch for people to consider it good now.
I don't know why it's doing this, but the problem is that highlights and colours are massively overblown and oversaturated. It looks like it's something to do with the way the PS5 handles HDR
just started for the first time:
-60 fps is essential
-dualsense features feel perfect
-colors look weird, i think it's the HDR issue
-gameplay itself feels very shallow but it's nice to be able to put a podcast on and mindlessly play
OK wow, yes. this explains a lot.
-60 fps is essential
-dualsense features feel perfect
-colors look weird, i think it's the HDR issue
-gameplay itself feels very shallow but it's nice to be able to put a podcast on and mindlessly play
OK wow, yes. this explains a lot.
It's crazy good on PS5. The load times alone make it worth it. I can get into the game so fast now, and moving around between my base and my space stations is so good. The HDR issue is the only thing that's bothering me at this point, but it's also inconsistent. I had one play session in HDR with no issues, but then I played it again, and it was back to being terrible.
It's also really fun with friends or other people in general. I have a group that have all set up their bases near each other, which makes base-building feel more like I'm building onto a colony, rather than a solitary experience.
It's also really fun with friends or other people in general. I have a group that have all set up their bases near each other, which makes base-building feel more like I'm building onto a colony, rather than a solitary experience.
Ah. I'll take a look with and without.
The planet I played on was a barren grey rock so not much colour.
I'd have to say no to that. I've went back and tried to enjoy it a couple times now after all these big updates and it still ends the same. Being bored out of my mind :) Just far better survival/exploration games out there. The procedural generation is still really bad and very predictable and the vast majority of things to do are just plain dull. I love these type of games also.......
It has been worth buying for years, literal years!
Unless every copy bought from now on blinds a kitten I can't imagine why it would be any less "worth it". :P
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Unless every copy bought from now on blinds a kitten I can't imagine why it would be any less "worth it". :P
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Done! Thanks people.
Yeah, this. It's been genuinely good for a while now, and they have fulfilled all their pre-release promises and more.
I just bought the game through the PSN sale, haven't played it yet though.
Is the HDR issue people are talking about a game specific thing, or is it affecting other PS5 games too? Had a few moments in Miles where I thought things looked a little too washed out/bright, but I wasn't sure if it was just my TV settings (TCL 4 series TV). I changed some setting and it seemed to help.
Never had a Pro, so this is my first experience with 4K HDR gaming.
Is the HDR issue people are talking about a game specific thing, or is it affecting other PS5 games too? Had a few moments in Miles where I thought things looked a little too washed out/bright, but I wasn't sure if it was just my TV settings (TCL 4 series TV). I changed some setting and it seemed to help.
Never had a Pro, so this is my first experience with 4K HDR gaming.
Did you try it after the recent 3.0 update that overhauled the procedural world system and added richer diversity?
I have had No Mans Sky since launch and only played a few hours. I think i just left the first planet.
I'm thinking of going back in and trying on the PS5.
What do people recommend...should I begin a new save or just continue from where I am? I'm not sure if any of the updates since the release would have changed the start?
I'm thinking of going back in and trying on the PS5.
What do people recommend...should I begin a new save or just continue from where I am? I'm not sure if any of the updates since the release would have changed the start?
It's very stable. I've noticed an occasional hitch very briefly after teleporting but that's it.
My complex base that used to chug on Pro doesn't drop at all.
If you've only played a few hours then I'd start from scratch as you won't have got very far into it.
That's good, not sure why the PC version was all over the place.
I bought it on disc for PS4 at Walmart for $8-9 years ago!
Physical media keeps paying dividends.
Physical media keeps paying dividends.
Whelp, I feel dumb. I've been playing the ps4 version for days marveling at how good it was. Lol.
Resource gathering isn't even a thing I do any more. You eventually get so rich you just buy the resources or the materials for things you need. Life support stuff, even things like uranium make launch cost trivial. Unless you're playing on a mode above normal, then resources are capped to a dumb degree, but on normal you can have 9999 and never really run out if you know the most cost effective use of stuff. I haven't 'mined' in hundreds of hours at this point, so those that say the grind is too much either didn't figure out ways to make their life easier or they didn't get out of the tutorial.
I played it at launch and haven't touched it again until I just bought the PS5 version this week. It's still roughly the same game with the same gameplay loop. If that interests you at all, definitely pick it up, because they have made a ton of massive quality of life changes.
But again, ultimately it's still the same loop of collecting and managing resources.
But again, ultimately it's still the same loop of collecting and managing resources.
I believe that you need to fall back to the PS4 version of you want to use PSVR. So no specific update on that front.
The problem is they keep introducing lots of annoying bugs with each patch, more often than not the larger expansion content drops also end up screwing with your base which you may have invested a LOT of hours into. I have been burned more than once now, my main base planet which I spent ages finding was completely altered and my base buried. I decided not to play this again until they end of life it, at least that way I can be sure any time invested is not wasted as soon as a new patch drops and destroys my hard work.
Not until they fix the HDR. It's unplayably bad.
Turning off HDR back and forth when I want to play this game isn't a solution. There's not even an HDR toggle in the game itself, it's just automatic.
Turning off HDR back and forth when I want to play this game isn't a solution. There's not even an HDR toggle in the game itself, it's just automatic.
I don't really think it's all that different to when it shipped 2 years ago. I think there's a lot of over emphasis on this idea that the updates have been transformative, and perhaps if you're really interested in building a base, that is true. But for the most part the core game is the same, and still lacking in the same areas. The survival mechanics are still full of fairly tedious resource management, that's mostly meaningless unless you play on the harder difficulties, yet at the same time, still manages to occupy a large portion of your time.
Planetary exploration is still very limited in that there's only a small selection of pre-set points of interest to discover, and once you've discovered those, you'll notice them repeating on every planet. You will see everything the game has to offer within a short while, and then it's mostly aesthetic variation.
Still, I like the game a lot, and I liked it at launch too. I love seeing the new planets and discovering interesting spaces and caves. I like the art of No Man's Sky and it's procedural generation. Base building enhances that because I can effectively 'save' my favourite spots by placing a base and teleporter in those so that they can be revisited as I explore forward into space. I think that that aspect really works for me, and I think the breadth of playstyles in No Man's Sky should see most players with at least some element of the game that they enjoy and want to focus on. Whether that be base building, exploration, or trading to acquire better ships whatnot.
The only thing I really wish is that the game didn't feel so crap when it comes to the 'action'. Shooting your blaster feels awful, enemy feedback and AI is terrible and there's not a lot or variety when it comes to hazards in the game. I'd like to see outer worldly hazards like 1000 foot waves and other ridiculousness. At least they added the sand worm.
Planetary exploration is still very limited in that there's only a small selection of pre-set points of interest to discover, and once you've discovered those, you'll notice them repeating on every planet. You will see everything the game has to offer within a short while, and then it's mostly aesthetic variation.
Still, I like the game a lot, and I liked it at launch too. I love seeing the new planets and discovering interesting spaces and caves. I like the art of No Man's Sky and it's procedural generation. Base building enhances that because I can effectively 'save' my favourite spots by placing a base and teleporter in those so that they can be revisited as I explore forward into space. I think that that aspect really works for me, and I think the breadth of playstyles in No Man's Sky should see most players with at least some element of the game that they enjoy and want to focus on. Whether that be base building, exploration, or trading to acquire better ships whatnot.
The only thing I really wish is that the game didn't feel so crap when it comes to the 'action'. Shooting your blaster feels awful, enemy feedback and AI is terrible and there's not a lot or variety when it comes to hazards in the game. I'd like to see outer worldly hazards like 1000 foot waves and other ridiculousness. At least they added the sand worm.