Friday, 13 August 2021

No Mans Sky....

 
My journey in NMS has been a roller-coaster for sure. Just like it's development. Still a fact not lost on me but still a lot of nuance to think about. Hard to think now that it's just over it's 5th birthday. A long time and a split second. I'm sure the next update (Frontiers) will bring more good with it. 
Where the game has gone from strength to strength my journey ended and ended with mixed emotions. There's been some anger and long-term animosity on my side of playing the game. Mentioning that constantly means it is still 'a thing' in my head. For sure I've waffled enough about that in many a post. I'm not sure today that that was entirely justified. Strong reactions come from strong emotions. Getting back into the game recently made me enjoy feel for the game again. Just by being in it, for no other reason than to see new worlds, catalogue new species. But a revisit isn't a renewed adventure. I'm not sure that will happen the same way again. With everything that 's happened and changed it's not going to be or give the same experience. I've changed as much as the game has. There may yet be a long term middle ground between me and the game.  


What has really invigorated my interest for the game of late has been a video series, a from scratch take on the game from a pro. Time to go back to school. Jason Plays does a good job in explaining things in a casual manner. He pumps out a lot of NMS content(as if there was a shortage). While a lot of it is 'open ended' his series of 'fresh starts' is a breath of fresh air to an old dog trying to learn the new tricks. His latest Fresh Start Playlist is enough to make me want to go back to my old save and do more than 'just' the basics.


I've taken my time, learnt some things; Relearnt some more. I've gathered, created and catalogued. Gotten to explore the planets/moons in the system my character is in. I've still a lot to get to know to feel comfortable in leaving a system again.... Although I doubt there can be any hardship in getting 'stuck' in the current iteration of the universe. Where I had a 'fear' of running out of Antimatter/fuel before; Now it's 'easier' in a way to find resources/process them and create what you need. No harm in that. Maybe not so "hard-core" in a survivalist sense but welcome from a casual take on the game. More user friendly.


For now I'm kind of ok with persisting on the most moderate/peaceful/plentiful of plants in the current system....There's more to explore. More to be harvested and gathered. More to understand before moving on. Perhaps gaining the portal glyphs may/could be my new short term/longer term goal for an adventure.

For now, as is said 'a picture is worth a thousand words':

















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