A passionate No Man’s Sky player has managed to hit the game’s 3,000-part building limit, creating a beautiful Cyberpunk-inspired city. No Man’s Sky remains one of the most popular titles on the market and has continued to establish itself as one of gaming’s greatest comeback stories. Arriving on a wave of hype at its launch in 2016, No Man’s Sky's unique technical elements and its procedurally generated universe featuring 18.6 quintillion planets were offset by a lack of meaningful gameplay and a bevy of controversies stemming from a lack of previously announced features.
Since its launch, however, developer Hello Games has worked to fix the game’s issues, offering a multitude of free updates that added several of the once-promised features, such as multiplayer support. Since then, No Man’s Sky has seen its player count increase and has managed to live up to the massive potential it showed upon its initial reveal in 2013. The game has also continued to expand its reach across numerous platforms, most recently receiving a Nintendo Switch 2 release at the platform's launch last year.
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Gamer Creates Stunning Cyberpunk City in No Man’s Sky Despite Build Limit
On the No Man’s Sky subreddit, user xMr_Lagz posted screenshots showcasing a Cyberpunk-style city they built in the game within the 3,000-part build limit. This city, known as Cyron Nexus, is located on the planet Aurelis Prime in the Euclid Galaxy. XMr_Lagz claims to have spent anywhere from 15 to 20 hours constructing the base, though they note that they left and returned to it at different points in the construction process. XMr_Lagz also offered players the opportunity to visit the base, listing the coordinates as +5.19, +27.19.
XMr_Lagz noted that they would’ve continued building the city had they not hit the game’s 3,000-part limit for uploadable bases, which is the maximum a user can use if they wish for other players to be able to use them. No Man’s Sky’s 3,000-part maximum for uploaded bases is in place to ensure stability across all devices, as increasingly complex bases with larger amounts of parts would potentially cause performance issues on lower-end hardware, such as the Nintendo Switch. Players can still use more than 3,000 parts on their own bases, with the game offering a 16,000-part maximum across a single save file.
XMr_Lagz’s city is a reminder of the growth No Man’s Sky has shown since its launch, and another example of the game living up to its potential. While it had been promised before the release of the game, base building was not initially available in the game, only being added later in 2016 as part of No Man’s Sky’s Foundation Update. Without Hello Games’ hard work to improve the game, a build such as this would not have been possible.
XMr_Lagz’s Cyberpunk build also showcases the creativity of the passionate No Man’s Sky fanbase, even in the wake of the game’s limitations. Even with a 3,000-part limit, xMr_Lagz used the tools at their disposal to create a full-fledged city that is visually gorgeous with plenty of options to explore. While an increase to the build limit would be a fantastic addition to the game, xMr_Lagz’s Cyberpunk city shows that great things can still come in smaller packages.
No Man's Sky
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OpenCritic Reviews
- Top Critic Avg: 71 /100 Critics Rec: 36%
- Released
- August 9, 2016
- ESRB
- T for Teen: Fantasy Violence, Animated Blood
- Developer(s)
- Hello Games
- Publisher(s)
- Hello Games
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.
- Multiplayer
- Online Multiplayer, Online Co-Op
- Cross-Platform Play
- PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, PC
- Steam Deck Compatibility
- Verified
- PC Release Date
- August 12, 2016
- Xbox Series X|S Release Date
- November 10, 2020
- PS5 Release Date
- November 19, 2020
- Nintendo Switch Release Date
- October 7, 2022
- Nintendo Switch 2 Release Date
- June 5, 2025
- Platform(s)
- PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X, Xbox Series S, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, PC, Nintendo Switch 2
- OpenCritic Rating
- Fair
- How Long To Beat
- 30.5 Hours
- X|S Optimized
- Yes
- File Size Xbox Series
- 20.36 GB (September 2024)
- PS Plus Availability
- N/A
- Supported VR Headsets
- Sony PlayStation VR, Sony PlayStation VR2, Valve Index, HP Reverb G2, HTC Vive Pro 2, HTC VIVE Cosmos, Meta Quest 3, Meta Quest 2, Meta Quest Pro
