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Shooter, Simulator, Adventure, Indie
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No Man's Sky is an action-adventure survival game set in a procedurally generated universe containing over 18 quintillion planets. Players explore star systems, gather resources, trade with alien species, and upgrade their equipment while following an overarching narrative involving a mysterious entity called the Atlas.
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Epic, richly built, cool and unpretentious.
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Digitally DownloadedAug 20165/5 starsNo game, film, book or otherwise has been more effectively in capturing what the experience of exploring the universe must be.
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Nintendo LifePJ O'ReillyOct 20229/10No Man's Sky on Switch is a fantastic port of a game we genuinely didn't really believe would make the transition to Nintendo's console without some serious technical issues. Hello Games has made the necessary cutbacks and downgrades to get this intergalactic survival sandbox playing at a super solid frame rate and the colourful, chunky graphical style here ensures that it all still looks pretty fantastic to boot. With all of the game's previous updates and content included - barring multiplayer at this point - and a plethora of customisation options courtesy of the massive Waypoint update, this is an easy recommendation for survival fans and one of the most impressive ports we've seen on Switch to date.
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God is a GeekAdam CookOct 20229/10No Man's Sky sits comfortably next to the best ports on the platform. Of course it doesn't sing quite as beautifully as the most high-powered console versions, but really, when you can planet hop in a decked out space ship while having a number two, who cares? Absolute wizardry.
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Common Sense GamingJames WynneSep 20164/10No Man's Sky is a flawed game that everyone should try to experience once, just not at $60. There's a lot to see and not much to do.
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The JimquisitionJames Stephanie SterlingAug 20165/10I’ve seen so many planets, met so many aliens, and mined so much goddamn carbon and not once have I been surprised. Not once has the game thrown me a curveball. Every new location is just a different coloured home for the same old routine, and the procedural generation means that things feel far less diverse than they could be –- when randomized pools replace handcrafted designs, the lego bricks piecing everything together are far too obvious.
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IGDB rating 7.3/10 from 671 ratings.
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