Thoroughly confused about the beginning storyline

[ThreeDayBeard]

Let me first say that I played NMS when it first launched, and made enough progress to have done some of the Atlas path (although I never finished it).

Now I decided to try NEXT. Well, I finished the tutorial, I think, and wound up in the anomaly.

What I don't understand is why there is now a quest in my Log called "The Atlas Path" - Search for Answers. It talks about my having found an atlas interface aboard a crimson station, and something about asking for seeds. And then under objectives it says "The universe is yours to explore. Enjoy the journey."

The problem is-- NONE of that happened. I have not been to any crimson station, I don't know what seeds are.

Sounds like a bug, but I don't know anymore. The wiki said something about Artemis, too, but I haven't heard nor seen anything about Artemis.

In fact, I haven't really seen anything much different about the game since I played it 2 years ago. Sure there are different recipes and a portable refiner and such, but I'm still finding myself wandering around really just mining stuff and crafting.

Where the hell is the story? Is there more to come? Or is it already bugged out?

[wim1234]

Escrito originalmente por ThreeDayBeard:

I've already done that. How do I tell if Artemis began or not?
The only quest line I have been given is called "Awakenings."

Is that Artemis? I thought it was Nada and Polo.

you need to fnish awakenings first.

[jabberwok]

There seem to be several different quests that feed into each other. For instance, I apparently completed the Atlas Path quest by making progress in the quest involving Artemis. And the base building is mixed in there, as well, so it all gets a bit confusing.

It sort of sounds like the game is acting like you completed the Artemis quest? But it's hard to say without knowing more specifics and understanding how they relate better than I do.

[[CG]Chaplain Bradley]

Escrito originalmente por ZombieHunter:

Just artsy fartsy nonsense.

My impression of the "story" after about 2 hrs of play.

[Ghostlight]

Just ignore all that crap, the "story" is garbage. Feels written by a teenager who just read his first SF novel. It tries to be epic, metaphysical and trippy at the same time and fails miserable on all fronts.

[ThreeDayBeard]

Update: I figured out what borked the questline. I went back to an earlier save and retraced my steps, and watched the journal closely.

What screwed it up was using the teleporter to return to the base I built in my home system. As soon as I went back there, the game suddenly thought I had been to a lot of atlas stations, and it advanced the quest ahead. Just an odd bug. So, I guess, no more teleporters until I finish the quest line.