Best way to enjoy the game

[EmS]

after seeing the most recent trailer i decided to get back into No Man's Sky. What is the best way to play the game or what is your favourite way to play the game?
I usually enjoy space combat and exploration the most.

[Spocks Toupee]

Do what you enjoy in the game.

It's a Sandbox with a couple of storylines to follow when you get bored or want to do something different for a while.

[caseyas435943]

I'd say don't rush. Take your time and do the quest line(s). Take the time to scan the plants, rocks and animals on a planet they are worth units and nanites.

Rushing to the end is silly. There really is no end game in this game if you don't like building bases. But then how many bases can you build before you go, "It's not worth the time."

Then there is hunting ships. If you don't like that well good luck, it's part of game end.

I don't rush. I pop into a space station get all the quests and do them. It's paid off for me with the new update all the rep paid off. One vendor gives me free stuff if I want it. Others give me 50% off.

If your thing is rushing to the end of games skipping as much as you can just to get to the end, you'll run out of things to do in this game quickly. Maybe 10 hours probably a lot less.

Take your time and you'll run out around 100 hours. Now its base building or ship hunting which is all that's left. If those are your thing delete the game, it's over for you.

[Idaho]

A lot of unobservant folks will tell you that 'after 10 planets they all look the same'.

They are wrong. Don't settle on a planet that is 'good enough'. There's quintilions to choose from... Be picky.

[Trip]

Don't rush to the end is good advice. It is easy to get overwhelmed. I would recommend watching a few beginner videos (not the How to make millions, or Find the best whatevers).

[Guyver8]

survival or PD max settings with some form of 'No Starter Ship' challenge is my fav way to play

[Zak]

Originally posted by EmS:

Best way to enjoy the game

There is no universal answer to this question. People play NMS in vastly different ways once they complete the main story. Nobody can tell you what the best way is. It's a personal choice.

But yeah, "don't rush" is a good advice.

[cirk]

Im at +7k hrs playtime , love spacebattles and exploring . current at galaxy nr 21 but have no rush . as long game is fun for you, is the "right" way

[Geldric™]

Originally posted by Spocks Toupee:

Do what you enjoy in the game.

It's a Sandbox with a couple of storylines to follow when you get bored or want to do something different for a while.

is your answer

[Brma]

I personally like dabbling in everything. Right now, I'm doing missions to try and raise all my standings to max. Sometimes I'll do a freighter. I always try to get all the critters on every planet I visit too.

[Acierocolotl]

The best way to enjoy the game is with a bottle of bourbon at your side. A bottle juuust cheap enough you don't mind drinking a bit on Wednesday.

Have a bit. Go fire up the game. Have another bit. See what catches your attention, whatever that is. Have another bit. Not too much! Just enough to get a bit of a glow going.

And then just do whatever. Thing about this game, is it's a game where you have to stop worrying about what to do, and just go do. If you can't just do on your own, the bourbon will help.

Note: It doesn't have to be bourbon. Drink whatever you want, but be responsible. Etc.

[Spocks Toupee]

Play NMS like it's a Bethesda Game.

I.E. Avoid the Main Storyline as much as possible, and "do your own thing" instead, for as long as yo can.

[Feefrock]

I came back and I really dont know if I should start again or not. I still do not understand that game :)

[UncreativelyNamed]

Originally posted by Feefrock:

I came back and I really dont know if I should start again or not. I still do not understand that game :)

If you don't understand the game, it's probably a very good idea to start a new save and follow the tutorial. Make sure to pay attention to it, read carefully, and do what you're prompted to do when you're prompted to do it. Trying to do your own thing when you don't know what you're doing is only going to lead to less understanding, but if you actually follow the tutorial, you will learn the basics. The tutorial meshes with and progresses naturally into the game's main quest, and if you follow that, you'll be introduced to all the basics of both the gameplay and the lore. You can also follow the side quests when they trigger, if you want to; they're all basically tutorials that introduce you to various content that's been added over the years.

Once you have the basics down and have a good idea of how to play the game, then you figure out what you enjoy doing in the game and then you build a play style based on those things, which are going to be different for every player. It is a sandbox game, after all. Once you have a good idea of what to do, you can start a new custom save and disable the tutorial so you don't have to play it again, and then you can go off and do your own thing. Or, you can just continue to play the save you worked through the tutorial in. It's up to you.

[Mandrake]

If you've been gone a while, there is a TON of new content, and there's quite a bit of it they have created as 'end game' content. As in, you have to do several quest lines before you can get to it. To even be able to get the notification to discover the Autophages.. you have to have started a settlement, completed the Trace of Metal (beginnings of sentinel story), and I think they might have reduced it to that now. I don't know that you have to complete the Artemis/Atlas path anymore beyond that. Somebody will know for sure :)