Is singleplayer fun?

[野草ぎ]

I like open-world games and I'm thinking if I should buy this game while still on 60% off. Do each planets have village/city with npcs living? I'm not a good at base building so I just to build a small base near cities/villages if it's possible in this game. Can you interact with npcs or do they react when you hit them like attacking you? Can you tame monsters? Do other ships exist with npc? Can you attack and capture npc's ship? Please give me tips to enjoy this game in singleplayer. Thank you so much!

[1P27]

I mean there's settlements but no villages or cities, you can attack NPC ships but no capturing, you can adopt companions

[yaerav]

There are NPCs in villages and outposts on planets. Interaction with most of them is limited though, and you cannot attack them,

Capturing ships is kindasorta possible in space (pirate dreadnoughts can be captured), but not on planets, There are many sites with crashed ships, and those can be either salvaged for scrap, or repaired and appropriated. Animals can (unless underwater animals) be tamed though, if big enough, you can even ride them, which is kind of fun, especially with flying animals.

NMS is primarily a single-player game. In, unless you change your settings, a multiplayer world, but the universe is so vast that it is easy to go any length of time without meeting a single player character.

O, and, base building, while a lot of fun, and as involved as a player wants to make it, is not really central to the game, which is mostly about survival and exploration.

[DragonIV]

And if you want multiplayer, just do the expeditions. Since everyone in it is on the same path, you'll run into folks all over.

[野草ぎ]

Originally posted by 1P27:

I mean there's settlements but no villages or cities, you can attack NPC ships but no capturing, you can adopt companions

Thanks! can you go adventure with your companions anywhere?

Originally posted by yaerav:

There are NPCs in villages and outposts on planets. Interaction with most of them is limited though, and you cannot attack them,

Capturing ships is kindasorta possible in space (pirate dreadnoughts can be captured), but not on planets, There are many sites with crashed ships, and those can be either salvaged for scrap, or repaired and appropriated. Animals can (unless underwater animals) be tamed though, if big enough, you can even ride them, which is kind of fun, especially with flying animals.

NMS is primarily a single-player game. In, unless you change your settings, a multiplayer world, but the universe is so vast that it is easy to go any length of time without meeting a single player character.

O, and, base building, while a lot of fun, and as involved as a player wants to make it, is not really central to the game, which is mostly about survival and exploration.

That looks fun! Can I build a base inside/beside settlements?

[野草ぎ]

Originally posted by DragonIV:

And if you want multiplayer, just do the expeditions. Since everyone in it is on the same path, you'll run into folks all over.

Thanks for the advice! I'll try multiplayer if it's not laggy.

[yaerav]

Originally posted by 野草ぎ:

That looks fun! Can I build a base inside/beside settlements?

Well... yes and no. "In principle" you cannot create a base in or even right beside a major settlement, but the area you may cover with a base sis very large. So if you place your base computer within 400 Units (I think a Unit is supposed to be a meter) of a settlement, you should be able to place build elements in that village. It might be a good idea, if it is a settlement that you adopted, to let it grow to its maximum size, so that no new buildings appear inside the ones that you built yourself.

All this is irrelevant when you want to build next to a minor settlement, trading post, Grand Archive, or what have you, I have seen some really nice bases that were basically tacked on to trading posts!

[DragonIV]

Originally posted by 野草ぎ:

Originally posted by DragonIV:

And if you want multiplayer, just do the expeditions. Since everyone in it is on the same path, you'll run into folks all over.

Thanks for the advice! I'll try multiplayer if it's not laggy.

Not so much laggy as,,,,mmmm...troublesome.

I'll give you an example, since I tried turning on MP for a while during this latest expedition. Related to another question of yours, can you build beside a settlement? Unfortunately, yes, in fact you can build in the settlement.

One such building was a destination during the expedition, and some jokers both made a base there and terraformed the land in such a way that you could enter, but not leave. Very cute. You couldn't use your terrain tool to fix, because it was "protected" by the proximity of the player base. Also very cute. Solution, turn MP back off, and the base disappeared. as did the offending terrain.

So yeah, if MP antics leave you unhappy, just turn it back off for a bit. :D

PS to the player(s) who designed that lovely trap: that was pretty awesome. Well done.

[Calico-Jack]

Originally posted by DragonIV:

if MP antics leave you unhappy, just turn it back off for a bit. :D

Probably going to make myself quite unpopular by posting this but I only play SP, even on expeditions - all the message beacon /base spam around every objective just ruins the discovery aspect for me.

[Mr. Bufferlow]

Originally posted by 野草ぎ:

Do each planets have village/city with npcs living?
build a small base near cities/villages if it's possible in this game.
Can you interact with npcs or do they react when you hit them like attacking you?
Can you tame monsters?
Do other ships exist with npc?
Can you attack and capture npc's ship?

Planets have small outposts for the most part and you can become an overseer of a settlement- which is like a small village. You can interact with NPCs but it is pretty basic and mostly very standard conversation trees. It is all done by text boxes so no spoken dialog really other than odd sounds they make.

Outside of the sentinels (space police) and a few other NPCs, you can't hurt NPCs and they will not try to hurt you. There are pirates but they only attack ground locations with their ships. They do no real damage but you can earn rep by getting in your ship and dealing with them.

You can tame critters. Some are monsters (I guess). They will be your companions but they are not really helpful, just cute for about 10 minutes and they get in the way alot.

Plenty of different styled ships flown by NPCs. You can buy or exchange for them.

You can fight pirates and you can attack friendly freighters- which will call in the sentinels(space police) and you will need to fight them all. Generally, this is not a wise move. You can never really defeat the sentinels on land or in space. With a lot of effort, you can gain a momentary reprieve but the only way to reduce your wanted level is to run for a station or hide out until they get tired of seeking you.

This is not a good game if you want a lot of combat situations. It has it, but very simple and usually disappointing if that is the main reason you bought the game.

It is primarily an exploring game and there are no real goals other than to enjoy whatever it is you are doing at the moment. If you want some grand purpose or wish to take over the galaxy, you will be disappointed.

If you accept the game on its terms, you can have a lot of fun. You may even discover you like building bases. It takes awhile to master the process but it is very enjoyable. I only play single player and it is fun...for the last 4500 hours at least.
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[DirtyMick]

Originally posted by Calico-Jack:

Originally posted by DragonIV:

if MP antics leave you unhappy, just turn it back off for a bit. :D

Probably going to make myself quite unpopular by posting this but I only play SP, even on expeditions - all the message beacon /base spam around every objective just ruins the discovery aspect for me.

You mean you try to take the game seriously and you have to go to a planet called "smell my finger" to do an objective and it ruins it for you? Lol yeah, I feel you there.

[Kobs]

I always play solo, the only thing you miss is the crowd and lag in the anomaly everything else is the same

[M.V.Petra]

I only play it solo, or on occasion with one friend. Its fun in short bursts. I usually play whenever there's a new update with stuff to explore, then get bored and sstop playing until the next update

[rovaira2]

The game is my favorite with over 2500 hours into it. Planets are procedurally generated which is awesome. Creatures are as well. There is some repetitiveness to it in some ways, but it's still a lot of fun.

There are settlements which you can get 1, build bases, etc. Those are more of a side to the game though.

You can interact with NPCS for basic things like learning a language, turning in items, or getting quests at space stations.

You can tame pets. You can get other ships.

Exploration is the best part, but also getting the quests at each space station gives you things to do along the way.

[1P27]

Originally posted by 野草ぎ:

Originally posted by 1P27:

I mean there's settlements but no villages or cities, you can attack NPC ships but no capturing, you can adopt companions

Thanks! can you go adventure with your companions anywhere?

Originally posted by yaerav:

There are NPCs in villages and outposts on planets. Interaction with most of them is limited though, and you cannot attack them,

Capturing ships is kindasorta possible in space (pirate dreadnoughts can be captured), but not on planets, There are many sites with crashed ships, and those can be either salvaged for scrap, or repaired and appropriated. Animals can (unless underwater animals) be tamed though, if big enough, you can even ride them, which is kind of fun, especially with flying animals.

NMS is primarily a single-player game. In, unless you change your settings, a multiplayer world, but the universe is so vast that it is easy to go any length of time without meeting a single player character.

O, and, base building, while a lot of fun, and as involved as a player wants to make it, is not really central to the game, which is mostly about survival and exploration.

That looks fun! Can I build a base inside/beside settlements?

not anywhere in space tho and verify this not in buildings