what is the Endgame?

[Optical Optimus]

I played the game for 100 hours,i came to the conlussion that there is nothing in this Game to go for, the only things you do are boring and sometimes tedious Farm/explore Quest from the Nexus, Sarship hunting (stay at Trading Outposts or Spacestations) or exploration for "better" Planets to have your Base or Settlement on.

So what awaits you after the perfect Planet, Starship, Freighter and Settlement?

You either go build your base/settlement, get materials refine them and thats it, sometimes even have to chose from 2 option which building to build at your settlement or solve a dispute.

Me and my friend are kind of disapointed after 100 hours of gameplay, we did all of that we got what we wanted but there is nothing to do, repeated buildings on planets, and the same "dangerous plants" all over.

There is no real threath awaiting you if you go "explore" the only threat are the green monsters which are bugged and kill you even when you shouldn't have died.

Occasionally there is a tentacle hanging down in abandoned buildings but thats really it.

Derlight Freigthers were the only "motivation" since the ones we got were swarm infestation.

Is there anything i'm missing?

[Yxklyx]

No, just role play I guess. I've been slowly filling up my race milestones. Build cool bases - I think I'll try building in space soon. Found a 3 Star system recently that looks cool.

[aggressor27]

You're not really missing anything. It's basically an open ended sandbox game where you can explore, build, do missions, etc. I guess the "endgame" would've been the atlas path and reaching the center, but that's too easy to accomplish these days.

[GrandTickler]

endgame is making Fusion Ignitors and Stasis Devices :P
i usually quit shortly after reaching that stage, or just make a new save file.

once that "wow what a beautiful planet" effect wears off its time to take a break from NMS

[Lindy Bomber]

There us no real end game in the sense you are looking for. Either you continue build bases for the love of building or you keep exploring looking for the rare wow moment-rare fauna, strange land scape, scenic view, ECT.

If after 100 hours you feel you have seen it all and done it all then it's time for you to move on.

[Krash Megiddo]

This endgame is what you make it. I remember when games would promise 40 hours of gameplay for $50 and we were happy with it.

(also walked 5 miles to school through 10ft of snow, both ways)

[Menel]

100hours of gameplay is quite a lot, there are a lot of games I don't get that much out of.
I have over 400hrs in NMS, it gets dry sometimes, I go do other things, but I always keep coming back. Mainly because it's so relaxing and stress reducing.
Maybe take a break?
What are you looking for?
Bugged green monsters? Biological horrors should definitely cause death...

[FoolishOwl]

Originally posted by Krash Megiddo:

This endgame is what you make it. I remember when games would promise 40 hours of gameplay for $50 and we were happy with it.

(also walked 5 miles to school through 10ft of snow, both ways)

The curse of open-ended games is that people play them until they get bored, then are left with that feeling. Contrast that with a closed narrative with a strong finish; people are left wanting more. Yet you tend to get many more hours of gameplay out of open-ended games.

One of my favorite games is a creative sandbox, in which you'll regularly see people complain that they've played it for thousands of hours and found there's nothing to do.

[vackillers]

For some, the end game is to reach the center of the universe. For others its to just simply explore the universe in hunt for that perfect ship, the perfect planet to settle a base down on to. Others are 100% completists, even tho thats technically impossible with this game, hunting for the absolute max tech loadouts for every ship, multi tool and exosuit is what a lot of people crave to do, and that'll take you quite a bit. Others just like to strike it rich, make as much money as humanly possible, building farms, others just like to explore and find as much about the lore of the game as possible, NMS isn't like any other game where it spoon feeds you its lore, you have to actively go out and find out which i might add, the lore of the game is pretty awesome.

If you got 100 hours into the game and feel your done! thats pretty good, thats a lot of hours you spent into the game to be fair but you wont have seen everything after just 100 hours. Did you complete the Artemis, Atlas, Horror storylines? did you complete the Living ship storyline? The Artemis and Atlas storylines will take you about 30 hours alone.

The game lacks threats, I don't come to NMS for my space/ground combat pleasures, its my go-to Zen game, where its a game I just come to and relax, chillout while exploring the stars. Theres has been talk of a combat update for years now I dont think that's gonna come to be honest. But if you do want a challenge, try survival or perma death, those are a LOT more challenging then normal mode, and makes all of the survival aspects of the game a lot more meaningful.

[Galadhlinn]

Originally posted by FoolishOwl:

The curse of open-ended games is that people play them until they get bored, then are left with that feeling. Contrast that with a closed narrative with a strong finish; people are left wanting more. Yet you tend to get many more hours of gameplay out of open-ended games.

One of my favorite games is a creative sandbox, in which you'll regularly see people complain that they've played it for thousands of hours and found there's nothing to do.

Wait just a second here . . I don't see a contrast! Both of your outcomes end with the player wanting more. Are you trying to pull one over on us?

[Rowdy Rob]

The end game is where you become bored with playing and move onto something else.

[Mr. Bufferlow]

There is no end game. It is primarily a game for exploring an unlimited play field.

You can click all the boxes- perma death/survival achievement, all milestones, gone to center, etc. Typically that is going to take more than 100 hours unless you do a lot of cheaty things to speed it up.

You can make up your own activities...go to your local galactic hub via navigating there was a lot of fun for me. When I did it, there was no real other option than navigating there. Not sure it would be as fulfilling now that you know you can just hop in a portal or spam a base and get there in a couple of minutes.

If you mainly do MP, not much to do since it was never really designed for extensive MP. You could chase the QS prizes, but that is about it.

You are probably done. That is okay. Come back after the next update.

[MS. Green Label]

i suppose freighters and frigates were once considered end game since they were expensive but once you have them all you do is gather more stuff u can't sell as you reached the ceiling, so i suppose HG haven't worked it out yet and we wait for future updates

I only came back to this game as i hadn't played for so long and missed a lot of updates, i've seen everything now and you still "hit the wall" u always did

I started using the cooking and recipes and it was quite interesting seeing all the different foods u can make, i had so many i just give them away on the anomoly, i'm bored of that now,m here's hoping the settlements get fleshed out and we have something to do with the citizens because the way it is now it's pointless, there is no interaction whatsoever

money is pointless i can scan 1 animal and get nearly half a million, it's stupid

space combat is also pointless there is none of what Sean said "here i'm on the boundary of 2 warring factions" "i can join in i can take sides" u fire on something and the police come, wave after wave after wave, which can be taken out in seconds with no consquences and no meaning, you might lose a bit of standing with a race but you get so many items to put that standing back up with frigate missions you could never use them all

the expedition was a blast as i hadn't done the other, it only lasted 3 hours and now we wait 4 more weeks out of the 6 to see if we can use the overide, but as HG don't say zilch everyone is left hanging, again everything is left to speculation

I warp to a new system then think what is the actual point of landing anywhere, there is no new buildings and nothing to do there with the ones we have, strangely enough i still have high hopes for where this game "might" end up, maybe i'm kidding myself

thee is no actual point to having 3 multi-tools or 6 ships, they're all exactely the same apart from looks, they all do the same job, no point in mining anything because i can buy it for peanuts with the constant cash influx

the whole economy needs looking at but HG allow people to edit files and give themselves anything they want, so again pointless, you could be a new player on the anomoly and someone will kindly come along and fill up your inventory with 9999 stacks of activated Indium, you know why ? because they have no need for it, there is nothing to do with it

all of mine are full all the storage is full, bases included because you can't do anything with the stuff you craft, there is no need for it, i have containers full of stasis devices and farms full of plants and gases that i have no need for

[FoolishOwl]

Originally posted by Mr. Bufferlow:

There is no end game. It is primarily a game for exploring an unlimited play field

The funny thing is, the game storyline specifically says this. Repeatedly.

[Hellsmoke]

Originally posted by FoolishOwl:

you'll regularly see people complain that they've played it for thousands of hours and found there's nothing to do.

That is quite funny, we are some weird creatures for sure.

[MS. Green Label]

Originally posted by FoolishOwl:

Originally posted by Mr. Bufferlow:

There is no end game. It is primarily a game for exploring an unlimited play field

The funny thing is, the game storyline specifically says this. Repeatedly.

that same argument, exploration, exploring what exactely ? all the buildings are exactely the same and serve no purpose