There isn’t a higher commercial for the virtues of endurance than No Man’s Sky. The sport was an underwhelming fart when it first launched again in 2016. Now it’s top-of-the-line titles round, because of persevering with help by developer Hey Video games. The corporate simply dropped a shock Halloween-themed replace and it’s fairly darned cool.
The most recent launch is known as The Cursed and it’s stuffed to the brim with creepy stuff to expertise. There’s a complete new “twilight universe” the place “gamers will combat to maintain a grip on actuality whereas haunted by visions and voices from one other dimension.” Time can shift unexpectedly and gamers might encounter “spectral anomalies.” There’s additionally no FTL on this twisted realm, forcing gamers to strategically use the traditional portal community.
This sort of reality-bending nonsense appears plucked straight out of the Gamecube basic Everlasting Darkness or, extra not too long ago, the horror fishing sim Dredge. I’m very a lot right here for it.
To navigate this cursed house, there’s a brand new ship to pilot. The Boundary Herald Starship is a authentic flying saucer, constructed from a “Giger-esque coil of tubes, pipeworks and engines.” It’s an actual magnificence and the developer’s first try at designing a retro-style spaceship. The replace additionally consists of bioluminescent pets and a brand new exosuit.
This can be a limited-time occasion, as gamers will solely have round three weeks to discover this twilight universe. Nonetheless, the glow-in-the-dark pets, up to date exosuit and, fortunately, the flying saucer are right here to remain.
That is simply the newest gameplay replace for No Man’s Sky. Up to now, there have been over 35 main named updates and lots of extra medium-sized patches and the like. In latest months, the builders added the power to fish and built-in new climate techniques.