Hello Games, developers of the procedural sci-fi survival game known as No Mans Sky have recently teased and now released their 5th year anniversary update known as Frontiers. Promising a wide variety of new additions in gameplay, visuals and more.
No Mans Sky released back in 2016 exclusively for the PlayStation 4 console and PC. It was met with a negative audience for the most part, mixed at best if we are honest but over the coming years they have proven underdogs ever wanting to win back the hearts of their fans with countless free updates, patches and improvements. It is also more than fair to say they have been incredibly successful and have earned forgiveness from their loyal fanbase. Additions such as VR, cross play, next gen upgrades and deep gameplay shake ups have installed a precedent for Hello Games to keeping updating the game in fun meaningful ways. Frontiers, the latest instalment of their redemption arc is no different and promises to expand gameplay into managing settlements throughout the galaxies. The best part? its totally free and available right now!
But what are the key features, additions and changes of this new update? and is it worth you're time? well we have some a useful breakdown below from the Hello Games website itself...
KEY FEATURES
Planetary Settlements: Clusters of pioneering aliens have banded together to build
planetary settlements. These little communities, bustling with life and promise, can now be found on all inhabited planets across the galaxies.
Found your own settlement: Submit your management credentials to become overseer of a settlement, rename it, and assume leadership over its citizens. The settler population will look to you for town planning, treasury management, policy decisions and conflict resolution.
Each settlement unique: Every settlement is procedurally generated, with unique buildings, neighbourhood layouts, colour schemes, and interior and exterior decoration.
Help settlements grow: Ungoverned settlements start off small and modest, with a sparse population and only a few buildings scattered around their town centre. Provide resources to construct new buildings and transform your ramshackle collection of dwellings into a flourishing town!
Resolve citizen disputes: Settlement life is not always harmonious! As overseer, you will occasionally be called upon to help resolve disagreements between settlers. Fair and compassionate judgements will result in happier citizens!
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Hundreds of new base parts: Construct your own settlement-inspired bases with a huge array of new base parts. New structural sets of timber, stone and alloy pieces create a tremendous range of possible building shapes. Over a hundred new decorative parts create all-new ways to add personal character to bases.
New Expedition season: This community adventure has a different feeling from previous expeditions. Travellers will begin their journey with a technologically unique starship, featuring an advanced waveform engine and powerful frameshift catapult.
Breath-taking nebulas: Interstellar clouds have gathered in deep space to form spectacular multi-coloured nebulas, making space skies more beautiful than ever.
Enhanced effects: Almost all of the game’s visual effects have been revisited, revamped and improved. Weapons and explosions feel much more punchy and add a new visceral element to combat.
Base building improvements: Introducing a clean, minimal, contextual HUD to place, scale, rotate and recolour base parts. See all your building parts in an easy-to-parse grid. You’ll notice some you forgot about! You can now pick up and move base parts you’ve placed, duplicate parts, or build impossible new structures in free place mode.
Twitch campaign: Coming soon another round of in-game No Man’s Sky rewards will be available to earn by watching streamers play the game on Twitch.
Frontiers is not the first update in Hello Games catalogue, oh no, it is one of many passionately designed additions to an ever evolving sandbox universe that is totally procedural. If you have not checked out the state of No Mans Sky for some time I recommend taking a peak to what's under its procedurally generated hood as there's a lot waiting for you to explore.
Frontiers itself marks Hello Games 17th major update and studio lead Sean Murray made sure all of his Twitter following knew its important and that there is always more to come.
''Frontiers will be our 17th major update, in amongst hundreds of smaller hotfixes and patches. This is just another update for us, another step, and there's more to come. We're excited for what it allows us to do in future''
Sean we are very happy to hear that NMS has a promising future and cant wait to see what the next 5 years bring, happy anniversary to the biggest and best underdog story in the industry!
- Written By Jontis
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