I hadn't realised that. That certainly makes it more appealing.

Ive been playing a little bit lately. New game on ps5 and the new tv. They REALLY have upgraded the terrain generation and how this looks now. There are decent-sized mountains now!! And it looks fantastic. The HDR issue seems to be finally fixed. So amazing to look at in places. On the first system I jumped to I found a paradise moon. Its covered in a bright yellow/golden sort of grass that illuminates at night. Must upload some screenshots to twitter.

superflyninja wrote:

Prisms update launched today with many gfx improvements. And by fuck they fixed the night sky. Space looks vastly improved.

Yeh went to play it last night and an update popped up.
About to restart again.

superflyninja wrote:

digi wrote:

superflyninja wrote:

Prisms update launched today with many gfx improvements. And by fuck they fixed the night sky. Space looks vastly improved.

Yeh went to play it last night and an update popped up. About to restart again.

Restart again? I had to restart cos of the ps5. Just got my firs tfreigther last night after completing 5 warps. Game is looking really good now.

Yeh iv just always restarted with the major updates like when it went full vr and when I got ps5.
It was only like a week ago though so maybe I shouldn't this time.

superflyninja wrote:

digi wrote:

Prisms update launched today with many gfx improvements. And by fuck they fixed the night sky. Space looks vastly improved.

Yeh went to play it last night and an update popped up. About to restart again.

Restart again? I had to restart cos of the ps5. Just got my firs tfreigther last night after completing 5 warps. Game is looking really good now.

Yeh iv just always restarted with the major updates like when it went full vr and when I got ps5. It was only like a week ago though so maybe I shouldn't this time.

Yeah cos this isnt a feature update, from what I understand its just graphical. Fair balls to Hello Games, the shitty night sky was one of my bug bears from day one and they have really seriously improved it. The initial loading (flying through space) and warping seems way faster too.

Yeh everything is faster, more pretty, and there's just more everything.
Audio work is amazing too, I shit myself when I heard a group of ships fly above me earlier.

superflyninja wrote:

Whats it like in VR these days? I keep forgetting to charge my wands

I really enjoyed it last time I tried I used controller though as I found it easier to remember stuff.
Haven't tried any vr since getting ps5 yet though.

digi wrote:

superflyninja wrote:

Whats it like in VR these days? I keep forgetting to charge my wands

I really enjoyed it last time I tried I used controller though as I found it easier to remember stuff.
Haven't tried any vr since getting ps5 yet though.

It keeps on making me sick in VR, though haven't tried since the last graphical updated

I gave the new update a brief whirl and I bounced hard off it. I did an initial couple of tasks but then I chose a market to be built. A fucking 2 hour cooldown on it. Fuck that. On a normal playthrough I wont even be in the same star system in two hours. Yes, there is a portal in the mayor's office but still. Nah I think Ill relegate NMS to looking at amazing screenshots on t'internet

The more they’ve added, the less fun I’ve found it.  It’s just too much like work now.  Started a new play through a couple of months ago and yeah, I bounced too.

The new settlement update just needs to generate some complete settlements on planets. That's it.
That would be awesome. The more stuff they plonk down on planets the better. Give it some life.
The recent graphics updates are fantastic also. But the game itself...

Its a strange game. There is SOMETHING there, something that makes me feel the game is good, or should be good. But it isn't. 
There are a few things I can put my finger on. Firstly the scale and the lack of proper solar motion. The lack of scale destroys the sense of travelling between planets to me. The freighters etc don't feel big. Elite does this right. Its quite scary sometimes the feeling of being so tiny.

Big thing for me though is the planetary generation. Its a bit shit. Ive I dunno at least 15 hours in my new ps5 save and probably over 20 on my ps4 save. Ive never once seen a river or a gorge. Ive not seen a desert planet (do they even exist?) all I see is a handful of way too similar general layouts of planets. There is no point exploring. None at all. When you warp to a system it should just light up your waypoints like a bloody AC game. Point me at downed freighters, settlements whatever. Its not fun to fly aimlessly around another barely unique planet.

Paul the sparky wrote:

Imagine keep coming back to the same game for five years when you don't think it's good? Amazing

To be fair, Hello Games keeps adding hefty expansions to it. And like I said, there is a nugget of a good game in there. Somewhere.

'ninja's comments are pretty spot on to be fair. But I always say this about NMS: the game relies heavily on your ability to suspend your sense of disbelief. Last time I booted it up, I built a big space truck and pretended I was in that Moon film, excavating space rock. If you're prepared to erm...'roleplay' a bit, it can deliver.

I really hope the next expansion they bring out is a cataclysmic contraction of the Universe where space is rapidly shrinking, forcing players to eventually fight over that last bit of precious space rock on the last planet...