No Man's Sky update? Thoughts?

[Kiritsugu]

Heya everyone.  Some of you out there may have pre-ordered or purchases NMS when it came out, and odds are you're probably one of the people disappointed with how the game turned out.

I put a decent amount of hours into it before un-installing because it became repetitive and boring, and all my friends had given up on it.  However, a massive new patch just dropped for PC players (soon for console) called the Foundation Update.

This video outlines the changes and additions: https://www.facebook.com/machinima/videos/10150727713254987/

For a full list of changes and improvements, patch notes are available here on the main site for NMS: http://www.no-mans-sky.com/foundation-update/

Maybe give the video a watch, and let me know what you guys think!  I have mine re-installing right now to give it another shot, if only for the base-building and farming (don't judge me ;-;)



What did you think of NMS beforehand?  What's your opinions on these changes?  What are you most excited for?  SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS WITH ME.

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[Kiritsugu]

So after playing for ~1 hour I've noticed some decent changes.

-Graphically, the game seems less laggy, and the loading times are significantly improved.
-Several new resources were added, and all of them are now labeled when you use your Scanner so you know which ones you need.
-Base construction and farming seem super cool however I restarted my game to experience it again so I have not reached that point yet.
-The Freighters you can buy, summon, and customize look cool as fuck.


CONS/BUGS:

-Some of the flora on the planet I'm on look like shit.  The little grass bushes look 2D like they were drawn with a crayon.  I don't remember these looking that crappy before.
-Before I deleted my save, I talked to a trader on a Space Station and after offering to sell him materials, I was stuck in the trading UI.  No button to leave or escape the menu, it's game-breaking as I had to force close the game.  This happened multiple times and I did report it to Hello Games customer service.  I'm not sure if maybe this bug is something permanent, or only happened because it was on a pre-patch-1.1 save file.


All in all, I think it's worth giving the game some more play time, especially if you had any interest in it before.  At least now there's some new stuff to invest your time in besides just aimlessly wandering planet to planet.