Summary
- No Man's Sky's Worlds Part 1 update has completely refreshed the game's universe, hinting at exciting new features in Part 2.
- The update introduces new creatures, plants, and environments, along with updated water and atmospheric graphics.
- A UI glitch reveals a new "purple" stellar metal, suggesting the addition of new star systems and worlds in the near future.
The new Worlds Part 1 update for No Man's Sky has totally overhauled the game's nearly infinite universe, and a UI bug has given fans a major hint at one of the new features that's likely to arrive with the second part of the game's latest update. This is the first time a content drop for No Man's Sky has been split into multiple parts, and while it's mostly a mystery what the other half of the Worlds update will bring to the table, the popularity of the features introduced so far has set hopes high throughout the community.
Though the game's 5.0 update is so fresh out of the oven it isn't even available on Xbox or Nintendo Switch yet, there's no doubt that Worlds is one of the biggest updates the game has ever received. No Man's Sky Worlds focuses on refreshing the entire universe, completely overhauling planetary environments by introducing new types of creatures, plants, and environments for players to discover. The game's countless worlds are complete with updated water and atmospheric graphics, as well as new technologies that bring enhanced weather to planets along with waves and tides to oceans.
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A deep dive video featuring No Man's Sky developer and Hello Games founder Sean Murray gives players a complete insight into everything the update brings and confirms that even more is coming soon. Little is known about the second part of the Worlds update other than that it's due to launch later this summer, but a UI glitch documented and shared online by a fan known as gaviaotrovao serves as a huge hint at what fans can expect to see soon. When going to charge up a portal, the player noticed that a new, fifth stellar metal was available to select in the menu - a purple stellar metal labeled only as "UI_Purple." Each of No Man's Sky four star system types features its own distinct stellar metals - and so the addition of a new stellar metal would certainly suggest that a new star system category is coming soon.
What This Unused Stellar Metal Could Mean For No Man's Sky's Future
This has far-reaching implications for the game in many different ways, with the addition of new stars to No Man's Sky's universe potentially meaning the addition of entirely new types of worlds, too. If this is the case, it could explain how the development team aims to introduce totally new planets for players to explore without interfering too much with the worlds that fans have already settled and built bases on.
The addition of new star systems to the game wouldn't be too far-fetched either, as many players likely remember that the Origins update for No Man's Sky similarly added new planets to existing star systems. It's not yet clear what exactly should be expected from new "purple" star systems, or whether they're guaranteed to arrive with the second part of the Worlds update at all, though the potential for future content gives fans a lot to be excited for.
No Man's Sky
- Released
- August 9, 2016
WHERE TO PLAY
Lose yourself in a vast sci-fi odyssey as you explore a near-infinite, procedurally generated universe. Set out from the edge of the Euclid galaxy and carve out your own interstellar existence in a vast universe teeming with life, danger and near-endless mystery. No Man's Sky is a hugely-ambitious, heavily-stylised, sci-fi adventure that spans entire galaxies all brought to life with procedural generation. Travel through an endless array of increasingly diverse and dangerous star systems, prospecting for rare materials, trading with alien life, populate planets and searching for clues to the meaning of the universe's mysterious existence. How you survive is up to you. Assemble entire fleets of dreadnought-class freighters and tear across the universe; build sprawling habitable bases across planet surfaces, beneath the ground or under the ocean; buy and upgrade your own weapons and star ships and do battle with outlaw space pirates, hostile alien fauna or the mysterious sentinel fleets. The universe is yours to explore - trillions upon trillions of planets, waiting to be discovered.
- Developer(s)
- Hello Games
- Publisher(s)
- Hello Games
- Platform(s)
- PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X, Xbox Series S, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, PC, Nintendo Switch 2
- How Long To Beat
- 30.5 Hours
- Metascore
- 83
