(Might include some tiny spoilers for those who haven’t played the storyline yet)

… what are the travelers really?

We are no Gek, Korvax or Vyr’ken, we can change shape almost freely.

We are almost immortal when exposed to space but get terribly hurt by falling on the surface of water.

We talk to the big entity like it’s nothing but are hunted by its workers.

We return into existence after death.

My best guess: we are either a selfdefence mechanism of Atlas, fighting a reoccurring errors in its system, like… the density of water.

Or we actually are an extra space intelligence aside from the big three. Why else would we get hurt by water but not by falling through space? A good spacesuit would withstand both.

So my brother got No Man’s Sky and encouraged me to get it so I can play with him. I’m more of an JRPG fan who plays a ton of single player, narrative-driven games that deep dives into character relationships (e.g. Xenoblade Chronicles, Nier, Persona).

I used to play FPS multiplayer games when I was younger but not really anymore. I never played an open sandbox game and the game’s visuals looked great. I love the sci-fi and space genre and the game was on Steam, sale so why not?

Unfortunately, I find the whole mining/crafting and base building pretty tedious, boring and a monotonous grind. Conversely, my brother loves it. He’s already spent 40+ hours on it. I’m only 9 hours so far.

I changed a lot of the settings to Free for Crafting, Purchases, Blueprints etc. because I hate grinding (even in RPGs and other games). But now, I’m not sure what to do now that I can just get everything for free.

The one thing I do like is the exploration. Seeing new planets. Traversing the different systems and taking in the visuals. Admiring the landscapes, fauna, animals, etc.

I hope this doesn’t sound like I’m bashing the game. I genuinely want to find a way I can experience this game in a way that’s fun for me and enjoy it with my brother or solo. But feel free to call me out too if you think this isn’t the game for me.

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