# No Man's Sky - First star to the right, and straight on till morning **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Tags:** video-games-e-games\ **Created:** [July 12, 2016, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-mans-sky-first-star-to-the-right-and-straight-on-till-morning/759701 "2016-07-12T01:16:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 49
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2020, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-mans-sky-first-star-to-the-right-and-straight-on-till-morning/759701/961 "2020-09-25T01:42:43Z")
It’s a chill and open-ended exploration game. Some people will always find that boring and monotonous. Most of the criticism was about promised features not being delivered. The core gameplay hasn’t changed all that much, even as the reviews got better and better. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2020, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-mans-sky-first-star-to-the-right-and-straight-on-till-morning/759701/962 "2020-09-25T01:58:21Z")
I think I just encountered my first truly new animal. Sort of a land-dwelling multi-tailed stingray; I named it _H. Wiley_ after Johnny Hart’s aquaphobic character. ---
**Author:** ![Lightnin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lightnin/32/180_2.png) [@Lightnin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightnin)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2020, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-mans-sky-first-star-to-the-right-and-straight-on-till-morning/759701/963 "2020-09-25T16:58:37Z")
I’m loving the incredibly tall mountains on some of the planets. I’ve just found a gorgeous paradise planet just covered with huge, tall peaks. I’ve started building a base on the tallest one I could find. ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2020, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-mans-sky-first-star-to-the-right-and-straight-on-till-morning/759701/964 "2020-09-25T17:44:45Z")
All I’ve found so far a planet with flying koi. ---
**Author:** ![Teuton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/teuton/32/3864_2.png) [@Teuton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Teuton)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2020, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-mans-sky-first-star-to-the-right-and-straight-on-till-morning/759701/965 "2020-09-25T19:41:16Z")
I’ve seen giant sand worms, straight out of Dune! I didn’t chase one down though, I was busy with stuff. ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2020, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-mans-sky-first-star-to-the-right-and-straight-on-till-morning/759701/966 "2020-09-25T20:46:34Z")
Do you remember the planet type it was on? ---
**Author:** ![Teuton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/teuton/32/3864_2.png) [@Teuton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Teuton)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2020, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-mans-sky-first-star-to-the-right-and-straight-on-till-morning/759701/967 "2020-09-25T21:00:55Z")
Hot desert planet ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2020, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-mans-sky-first-star-to-the-right-and-straight-on-till-morning/759701/968 "2020-09-26T01:17:54Z")
Ohh sweet, they added multitool upgrades. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2020, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-mans-sky-first-star-to-the-right-and-straight-on-till-morning/759701/969 "2020-09-29T18:08:16Z")
The NMS Twitter account has been putting up screenshots, and they’ve really turned the “screenshots that look like pulp scifi novel covers” dial up to 11. [https://twitter.com/NoMansSky](https://twitter.com/NoMansSky) ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2020, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-mans-sky-first-star-to-the-right-and-straight-on-till-morning/759701/970 "2020-09-29T18:15:33Z")
Found within that Twitter feed: > **[The Art of No Man's Sky](https://www.iamag.co/the-art-of-no-mans-sky/)** > > Enjoy The Art of No Man's Sky in a collection of Concept Art made for the game. No Man's Sky is an action-adventure survival video game developed and ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2020, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-mans-sky-first-star-to-the-right-and-straight-on-till-morning/759701/971 "2020-09-29T18:17:00Z")
I have to admit, plenty of the screenshots I’ve seen recently blow that concept art right out of the water. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2020, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-mans-sky-first-star-to-the-right-and-straight-on-till-morning/759701/972 "2020-09-30T17:23:14Z")
[![](https://www.iamag.co/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/no-man-sky8-405x219.jpg) ](https://www.iamag.co/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/no-man-sky8-405x219.jpg) Flying under things has been possible for a while now but can lead to trouble. I once got my ship trapped in a cavern! ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2020, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-mans-sky-first-star-to-the-right-and-straight-on-till-morning/759701/973 "2020-09-30T22:40:59Z")
You guys are talking me into this game. My memory was that the game had no real story and when you do reach the end, it just resets to the beginning again. Did they ever add any kind of story to the game? ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2020, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-mans-sky-first-star-to-the-right-and-straight-on-till-morning/759701/974 "2020-10-01T02:20:23Z")
It’s not so much a story as it is a slow reveal of a backstory. NMS is still a relaxed exploration game with minimal combat and moderate building. If you want exposition it’s not a good fit. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2021, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-mans-sky-first-star-to-the-right-and-straight-on-till-morning/759701/975 "2021-01-02T02:15:55Z")
I’ve been playing today and ran into a black marketeer selling X-class upgrade modules. Didn’t get anything useful from him, though; already had better S-class ones. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2021, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-mans-sky-first-star-to-the-right-and-straight-on-till-morning/759701/976 "2021-01-02T03:03:18Z")
Some interesting flora I ran across today… > **[Steam Community :: Screenshot :: Luminescent Plants](https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2345852222)** > > Steam Community: No Man's Sky. Luminescent Plants ---
**Author:** ![Babale](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/babale/32/15666_2.png) [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2021, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-mans-sky-first-star-to-the-right-and-straight-on-till-morning/759701/977 "2021-01-02T03:09:24Z")
How’s the big update from September turned out? ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2021, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-mans-sky-first-star-to-the-right-and-straight-on-till-morning/759701/978 "2021-01-02T03:32:34Z")
The game is definitely more interesting now but reworking aquatic biomes did present an unfortunate side-effect for those who had beachfront property. My home base, which had previously been on 100% solid ground, suddenly became a victim of erosion that left about half of it hanging in mid-air. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2021, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-mans-sky-first-star-to-the-right-and-straight-on-till-morning/759701/979 "2021-01-02T06:28:53Z")
> [@Teuton](#): > > I’ve seen giant sand worms, straight out of Dune! I didn’t chase one down though, I was busy with stuff. > [@wolfman](#): > > Do you remember the planet type it was on? > [@Teuton](#): > > Hot desert planet I’m on a hot desert planet right now. First thing I saw upon setting foot on the planet was something tunneling underground, like a graboid would do. Only these things are as unlike a graboid anything can get, they’re actually rather beautiful. Like gossamer, and I don’t mean that monster from Bugs Bunny cartoons. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2021, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-mans-sky-first-star-to-the-right-and-straight-on-till-morning/759701/980 "2021-01-03T01:25:39Z")
Mountains, mountains, everywhere. Every drop too steep. > **[Steam Community :: Screenshot :: Long Way Down](https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2347322377)** > > Steam Community: No Man's Sky. Long Way Down > **[Steam Community :: Screenshot :: Hot Mountains](https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2347322787)** > > Steam Community: No Man's Sky. Hot Mountains [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-mans-sky-first-star-to-the-right-and-straight-on-till-morning/759701.md?page=48) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-mans-sky-first-star-to-the-right-and-straight-on-till-morning/759701.md?page=50)