From fallen star to supernova - our latest State of the Game looks at the ever-expanding No Man's Sky:
And then it's up, up, up, we go, past my newly renovated capital ship and its armada of frigates , past a space station recently commandeered by pirates, and then, with a little more room to manoeuvre, it's time to do my worst. Within seconds the pirate threat is no more and peace, for now at least, is restored. Before I go home, though, I summon the imposing hulk of the inter-dimensional Space Anomaly and head in for a friendly rendezvous. Cake has been promised.
Perhaps No Man's Sky's biggest transformation has been its conceptual shift from a game of relentless space tourism to something more like a deep-space life sim on an intergalactic scale. That shift began surprisingly early on, starting with No Man's Sky's very first post-launch update in November 2016. This, the Foundation Update, with its emphasis on base-building, slammed the breaks on a game previously built around ceaseless forward momentum.
None of these systems are particularly deep, admittedly. Even after 20 updates and countless revisions, No Man's Sky remains more interested in breadth than depth, focusing on delivering an accessible, arcade-y take on the ordinarily stodgy space genre. But I'd argue they're as deep as they need to be, particularly when its breadth is as staggering as it is, even among its vastly more established genre peers.
To date, there've been eight Expeditions, each finding intriguing, and increasingly ambitious new ways to spin No Man's Sky's core components. Expedition 4: Emergence, for example, went big on narrative, tasking players with uncovering the secrets of a sandworm-worshipping death cult, while Expedition 7: Leviathan went all-in on delivering a rogue-like adventure that became gradually easier as the community worked together to complete specific goals.
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