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No Man’s Sky is a first-person open world survival game that allows you to take the role of a planetary explorer in a universe that is uncharted. The game will allow you an opportunity to explore over 18 quintillion possible planets. For those of you who don’t speak ‘Mathematics’, it is the number 18 followed by 18 zeros. The game launches in India on August 13 and is already up for pre-order on Amazon India.
No Man’s Sky has been developed by the indie game studio, Hello Games, and designed for the PlayStation 4 and Microsoft Windows platforms. The game revolves around four main themes – explore, survive, combat and trade. A player in the game has the liberty to explore an open universe that is (practically) limitless. No Man’s Sky can be considered as a “disruptive technology” in gaming, which might change the way games are designed.
The game has a very indie look that might appear a little rough around the edges. There is no blueprint to the game, and you as a player can do whatever you want. It is rumoured that it will take someone up to a year to explore all the planets in the game, though you would have to be someone who really has nothing else to do in a day, to accomplish this feat.
No Man’s Sky begins with you embodying a space explorer (in first-person) on an unknown planet in an uncharted part of the universe. You will be equipped with some survival gear, a space jetpack, a multi-tool to scan, among others things, that will help you collect minerals by mining, while defending yourself from the creatures and plants on the planet. The goal is to repair your broken spacecraft and then leave the planet to continue the exploration.
A player can gather information about the planets and its lifeforms; then upload it to the Atlas, a galactic database that is shared by players. The game will also give you the opportunity to share coordinates of planets with their friends. Most elements of the game are ‘procedural generated’, creating planets, star systems and galaxies. Procedural generation is a method used in gaming that creates large amounts of game content via an algorithm and automatically. This means that the game is expanding itself as you play.
The game is available for pre-order on Amazon for Rs 3,990 with a Rs 49 delivery charge.
