No Man’s Sky is a huge, daunting game that is almost out of this world… but not quite
PS4 - £49.99 - PEGI 7+
THERE are eight planets in our Solar System – nine if you count Pluto. No Man's Sky has 18 quintillion...
Just trying to take in the shear scale of this space exploring action-adventure free-roamer is no easy feat, it's HUGE, and daunting to say the least.
You could spend your entire life in this game and only ever see a tiny fraction of what the universe has to offer.
So why bother? What's the point of a game you can't complete? It's simple really. We all wanted to be an astronaut when we grew up, right?
This is your chance. You can now travel to different, diverse and beautiful worlds. Exploring new planets and what they have to offer.
No Man's Sky – one of the most hyped titles of the year – is simple in its execution, but the most complicated game ever created.
You start on a world, with no idea who you are, what you're doing there, and how your ship has come to have crashed.
The player – known as the Traveler – must gather resources to fuel his thrusters, power his life support machines and just generally survive.
That's it, the universe is then your oyster. Your goal after that is simple, to travel around space gathering, trading and exploring.
Most gamers won't be used to No Man Sky's style. People are used to having their hands held in Triple-A games these days.
But that's what makes it great, you're on your own. It's just you, your ship and as many planets to look around to literally last you a lifetime.
Even the graphics are beautiful, a mix of old-school cartoon and next-generation. This is close to be perfect, but not quite there.
No Man's Sky is so nearly out of this world.