Summary
No Man’s Sky, which isundergoing another resurgencethanks to theWorlds Part 1 update, has anestimated 18 quintillion planets. Each procedurally generated planet can fall intoone of 11 different categories, with each biome determining the ecological makeup of the world. Some planets are lush and teeming with wildlife, while others are completely dead, with no atmosphere and no flora and fauna.
Given such a vast array of planets, No Man’s Sky players have been discussing what features are a necessity for a world to have when building a base, andwhat they can’t be dealing with.
“Extreme Sentinel Planet, Extreme Sentinel Planet”
Any planet with a high sentinel presence is a pretty hard no for most No Man’s Sky players. Although not always hostile, these drones can be a pain for any player trying to set up a base in the game.
Speaking about the regular sentinels,one player saidthey immediately “find the sentinel tower,” on any planet, “then put a base with a teleporter right beside the deactivation console named [such and such planet - sentinel deactivation here] so anyone who visits can immediately shut it down.” Something many playersweren’t aware you could even do. A second player simply wished to “exterminate sentinels” from any planet they looked to colonize.
“EXTREME SENTINEL PLANET,“another player declared, in reference to planets teeming with hostile sentinel life, causinga further player to thank them"for the PTSD.”
While hostile sentinels are almost universally considered bad,one player makes the most of them. “My only base on an Aggressive Sentinel planet is an underground “smuggler”/grow-op base,” they said, adding, “I like to pretend that they scare off any nosy people on the surface trying to infiltrate my hideout.”
“Weird Looking Fauna With Long Legs”
Given the variety of planets in No Man’s Sky, it’s to be expected that there are a bunch of weird creatures — something which is a major deal-breaker for a contingent of the player base.
One player said they’re immediately turned off a planet if it has fauna with “long legs or flying cows,” with an additional commenter saying that they “don’t mind the long leg bois,” but it’s the “the butterfly swarms that constantly get in the way of mining beam” that are the problem.
While sentinels were a common issue, weird fauna split opinion a little more. Replying to the person who disliked flying cows, another called them “a massive plus.”
“Mountains? Nah I Peace Out Of That Real Fast”
Surprisingly, mountainous planets were a pretty big dealbreaker for a lot of players.
They were slated as being bad for building on, withplayers claiming they"get so tired of navigating never-ending huge mountains/valleys.” Traversal was one of the key issues, witha second player saying, “It’s just not fun to traverse and easy to get glitched into.”
Despite many downfalls on mountainous planets,some players enjoyed them, saying, “The changes in elevation provide remarkable views.”
Other weirdly unpopular characteristics includedyellow skies, “eyeballs on stalks that pop out of the ground”, andplanets that have already been discovered.
No Man’s Sky
WHERE TO PLAY
Lose yourself in a vast sci-fi odyssey as you explore a near-infinite, procedurally generated universe.
Set out from the edge of the Euclid galaxy and carve out your own interstellar existence in a vast universe teeming with life, danger and near-endless mystery.
No Man’s Sky is a hugely-ambitious, heavily-stylised, sci-fi adventure that spans entire galaxies all brought to life with procedural generation. Travel through an endless array of increasingly diverse and dangerous star systems, prospecting for rare materials, trading with alien life, populate planets and searching for clues to the meaning of the universe’s mysterious existence.
How you survive is up to you. Assemble entire fleets of dreadnought-class freighters and tear across the universe; build sprawling habitable bases across planet surfaces, beneath the ground or under the ocean; buy and upgrade your own weapons and star ships and do battle with outlaw space pirates, hostile alien fauna or the mysterious sentinel fleets.
The universe is yours to explore - trillions upon trillions of planets, waiting to be discovered.
