No Man's Sky

Hello. Today I'm writing about an upcoming game.

June 21st a PlayStation 4 game comes out called No Man's Sky. No Man's Sky may be one of the most anticipated games of the year and has a lot of expectations to meet. It's a science fiction exploration game. Alone, you explore the vastness of the galaxy, starting at the edge and working your way to the center. By "vast" I really mean vast. The game has 18,446,744,073,709,551,616 planets. It would take everyone on earth 10 years if everyone discovered 500 planets per minute. The galaxy the creators developed is entirely procedurally generated, so even the creators don't know what's out there, and they've sent out their own digital probes to explore the galaxy looking for errors and glitches.

Every planet belongs to its own solar system, with other planets, surrounding a star. Everything about every planet is also procedurally generated so there are different color skies, ground, and water. What's even more amazing is that these planets harbor life that's different on every single planet. The amount of different flora and fauna is even greater than the amount of planets, and every time you discover something new it goes into your database and you earn money. Your spaceship and equipment are just as diverse, and you'll never see two things exactly alike. Everyone playing the game will be in the same galaxy as you are but its so big that you may never see another player. To keep it so that the galaxy seems populated, a robot police race guards planets to protect wildlife and from too many minerals being mined. There are also trading posts in space where you can protect them from pirates, or be a pirate yourself. At trading posts like this around the galaxy you can buy ships and equipment like laser guns.

In No Man's Sky you can do whatever you want, but one major goal is to get to the center of the galaxy, where something awaits you. You can upgrade your ship to be able to carry you greater and greater distances at a time in order to get to the center. Every so often on a planet you'll find a totem that will take you to another planet, somewhere closer to the center.

No Man's Sky looks like a very good game, and I've preordered it for PS4. I highly recommend watching trailers for the game if you're interested. Bye.


- By Ashton