No Man's Sky - Interceptor

[gospvg]

8 minutes ago, Davros sock drawer said:

 

I've got loads, been saving them up.

 

Best thing that's happened was getting the Atlas V3 pass last night. It was from a random Abandoned Building. Not even got the Atlas V2 pass yet, and I've never found the V3 in any of my save games. 

 

I actually jumped out of my chair...

 

Some gameplay videos would be nice to watch, go create ....

[Davros sock drawer]

Got loads of those too!

[gospvg]

28 minutes ago, Davros sock drawer said:

Got loads of those too!

 

Youtube? If yes post a link.

[gospvg]

5 minutes ago, Captain LeChuck said:

I think that's being really optimistic. I don't think even the pro could do it. 

 

Don't say that, I still hope it will happen.

Spoiler

I would also take Elite on PSVR

 

[amc]

So seeing as this is peanuts to buy second hand I'm probably going to give it a try. As someone who completely missed the hype train around this, in fact I only knew of its existence after its release, would that benefit my enjoyment. Most peoples views seem to be based on not getting the game that was promised. So for someone who had no idea of said promises and no anticipation for vapour features would I like it. As a game is it fun. I can't sort the wheat from the chaff review wise as so many people are commenting on its negatives and false promises.

 

So at the end of the day is it a decent game for someone who missed the hype and disappointment? 

[Davros sock drawer]

Depends what you're looking for! In many traditional "gamey" respects it is lacking. In many other respects it is masterful. I find it relaxing and moreish, where other people find it infuriating and pointless. 

 

If you like making up little adventures for yourself, and have a fondness for ambitious 8-bit games like Mercenary and Captain Blood you may find yourself pleasantly surprised. If you like fleshed out single player campaigns, you may find it rather meaningless. I play it for a few main reasons:

 

1) I find the repetitive busy work (crafting, mining, buying and selling etc) deeply relaxing, bordering on therapeutic 

 

2) I like looking for unusual rock formations, lush grassy planets, and weird creatures, and taking screenshots

 

3) I like wallowing in the soundtrack and overall sci-fi book cover vibe

 

That's about the size of it. Although I will just add that the new Survival mode is a much greater challenge than Normal mode, and is much more rewarding as a result. Having to actually blow holes in the ground to shelter from storms you'd otherwise shrug off in Normal mode adds an extra layer of gameplay that wasn't there before.

[Hello Goaty ♥]

It also takes up loads of your time! big timesinker

[amc]

I'm gonna get it. I knew I was already but well this is what forums are for really... I'm not sure about the timesink aspect as there's a lot on the go atm, unless it totally sucks me in and I'm a sucker for strange vibes and graphics etc. It's got to be worth a punt at the prices it's going for these days. Hopefully the dev hasn't washed it's hands of it and will put out some content/patches etc to buff it up a little. Hopefully.

[SpagMasterSwift]

I think back on my time with No Man's Sky like a great holiday. You're effectively a space tourist going around checking out the sights, staying a few days in the nice places you find then moving on. Sending the occasional post card to rllmuk.

[BruceBruce]

http://www.idigitaltimes.com/no-mans-sky-updates-happening-internally-pc-next-big-patch-coming-583171

 

They're saying it's possible there might be a new content update date confirmation sometime in March...

 

*salt grains*

[SpagMasterSwift]

Took the old girl out for a spin.

 

 

Now I have to know what those planets are like.

[Davros sock drawer]

Just so you all know I didn't dream it:

 

 

Yay! Now I can access pointless rooms such as these:

 

 



 

 

Still, nice to finally be able to go everywhere in every base and Space Station. And the materials are always handy.

 

I also landed on a lovely grassy planet - and got immediately attacked by the largest carnivore I've come across in the game so far. It kicked the shit out of me while I mashed the screenshot button:

 

 

 

 

 

"And don't come back!"

 

 

This planet also had huge flying birds, which I shot down from my ship to have a look at:

 

 

And lovely sandy beaches:

 

 

 

I really miss that ship. I've been working my way up to a 32 slotter, but my current ship is hideous (it's one of those asymmetrical ones). I did have this dropship type one for a while though, which I quite liked. It looked amazing on this really dark, barren planet:

 

 

 

 

In fact that system had loads of nice planets, like this grassy one, with dark black/blue skies at night, and searing orange/red hues by day:

 

 

 

 

It was also home to these horrible gelatinous blobs:

 

 

Which was a new one on me.

 

Anyway, I'm 60 systems in now on Survival mode. I always at least visit each planet, so Christ knows how many hours I've put in. Still plenty to do and see - I haven't even really looked at the base building, although I have finished all the quest given out by my recruits.

 

Bonus sight-seeing shots:

 

 



 



 



 



 

Some unusual rock formations:

 



 



 



 



 



 

My stupid wonky ship:

 



 



 



 



 



 

 

I think that'd better do for now!

 

[Mike1812]

I love seeing those posts, makes me want to get back into this and take some shots myself. 

[Davros sock drawer]

It's only going to get better as a game IMO, but I loved it from Day 1. Before that even, as I had it pre-release. So although I'm looking forward to the buggies etc, the things I like about it haven't really changed.

 

In fact, some of the things I don't like about it will never be changed, I suspect. For example, every world with seas will have two types of small fish, and one large predator. Well, I say large, but they're all about the same size. I'd love to come across a genuine Leviathan, but I just don't think the engine could cope. 

[Hello Goaty ♥]

If support for this stops, can you still play it without an internet connection?. or rather if Hello Games killed their servers etc..

[V3zna]

9 minutes ago, Hello Goaty ♥ said:

If support for this stops, can you still play it without an internet connection?. or rather if Hello Games killed their servers etc..

I doubt there's many servers running this. There's no multiplayer. 

[TehStu]

This is the first and only game that I love reading experiences of. Don't stop posting these Wish You Were Here type things, @Davros sock drawer.

[Davros sock drawer]

I'll certainly keep em coming, I just wish more of you would join me.

 

I may be about to snag the freighter type I was after. Only a couple of million credits short...

[SpagMasterSwift]

I'm with you my space exporing brother.. Will post more pics soon.

[Darwock]

Was your Atlas Pass v3 from an abandoned facility or a manufacturing site? You said abandoned (which I took to mean the ones overrun with weird alien plants) but your picture looks like a manufacturing site.

 

I have amassed a personal fortune of 55 million credits or so, from spending a long time on my wintery base planet of Trebor - I have a sales terminal with great prices in my living quarters, an automated Emeril mine just outside the front door, and a large plantation of crops to harvest. I want to start hunting for my final ship soon, but can't leave Trebor until I've found all the species. It's the last slot that's left, which usually means cave dweller or aquatic life. The one right before it was a swimming creature, does that mean it's another aquatic one or should I be hunting in caves? I haven't found any cave creatures at all. There are no big expanses of water on Trebor, only shallow pools few and far between. I have only found the other swimming creatures once in hours of searching.

 

I haven't bought a freighter yet either, I can't find one I like the look of.

[TehStu]

5 hours ago, Davros sock drawer said:

I'll certainly keep em coming, I just wish more of you would join me.

 

I may be about to snag the freighter type I was after. Only a couple of million credits short...

I just want to get my Crusader to level 70 (or finish Act V, I guess) in Diablo, first. Although that isn't happening if I can't fix this ejecting issue again.

[Davros sock drawer]

5 hours ago, Darwock said:

Was your Atlas Pass v3 from an abandoned facility or a manufacturing site? You said abandoned (which I took to mean the ones overrun with weird alien plants) but your picture looks like a manufacturing site.

 

I have amassed a personal fortune of 55 million credits or so, from spending a long time on my wintery base planet of Trebor - I have a sales terminal with great prices in my living quarters, an automated Emeril mine just outside the front door, and a large plantation of crops to harvest. I want to start hunting for my final ship soon, but can't leave Trebor until I've found all the species. It's the last slot that's left, which usually means cave dweller or aquatic life. The one right before it was a swimming creature, does that mean it's another aquatic one or should I be hunting in caves? I haven't found any cave creatures at all. There are no big expanses of water on Trebor, only shallow pools few and far between. I have only found the other swimming creatures once in hours of searching.

 

I haven't bought a freighter yet either, I can't find one I like the look of.

 

Sorry, yes - it was clearly a Maufacturing Facility.

 

As for your final creature, it sounds like you've been cursed with looking for it on a "Puddle Planet". From the guides I've read online this means your final creature is almost certainly sea life, but because of the reduced amount of water the chances of it spawning are correspondingly reduced. 

 

I usually move on from those planets, in terms of completing the life form scan.

 

This is the freighter I'm going to buy. I love the space battle stuff. It's so simplistic (especially since I maxed out my cannons)  but it looks great and it's in such short bursts that I always find it fun . Hard to believe that on release there was just a blue light your ship would bounce off, instead of the hangar we have now.

 

 

[Davros sock drawer]

Now we're talking!

 

 

I'm not sure I've ever had a ship with all 4 Warp Drives. Still not got the blueprints for Tau or Theta, but for now I have a ship that has them pre-installed, which means I can access all types of stars. Who knows what I'll discover? Probably a bouncing pineapple, but you never know!

 

It helps that the new ship is quite cool looking:

 

 

I've maxed out the cannons as well, so it cuts down enemy ships in seconds.

 

Not a huge screenshot dump this time, but I do seem to be finding a lot of cool predators lately. This guy was my favourite:

 

 

 

But there was also this weird bird-like thing (shite pic sorry)

 

 

And these:

 

 

 

I've seen that creature type many times of course, but not that size!

 

And finally, adios to my crappy old ship:

 

 

Onwards to Blue Star systems!

[noob]

@Davros sock drawer I'm still struggling to get some money together to buy my first decent ship... 

 

*weeps* 

 

 

I keep going from needing one thing to another and having no idea what to do or where to get it so I end up just jumping planet to planet.

[Davros sock drawer]

Actually I found this ship. It's a grind, but you can always search for transmission towers to locate them.

 

Going from one thing to another with no clear goal can be fun, but I sometimes set myself little targets, such as getting the materials for a specific upgrade, or stock-piling Iron or whatever.

 

At the moment I'm saving up 15m to buy a freighter. In the meantime I've also got a longer term goal of planting more Mordite at my base, which which I can craft lubricant to sell for £££.

[SpagMasterSwift]

That gets worse once you have a freighter that you can fill up with SpaceLube.

[Stanley]

Is there a Pro patch for this yet, and if so what it improvements does it offer? Or boost mode for that matter.

[carleton]

This is £14 on PS4 at Amazon, I've decided to give it a punt for that based purely on Davros' last video.

[Davros sock drawer]

Good stuff. That's actually quite a small space battle, I've seen them on a much larger scale.

[SpagMasterSwift]

Found a planet that was mostly water...no sign of Kevin Costner.

 

 

 

Some pics from another planet...