Summary
No Man’s Skyplayers seem to be getting behind the idea of a fishing mechanic being added to the nearly 8-year-old game.No Man’s Skyhas always been centered around resource gathering in a variety of ways, but fishing has somehow never made it to the space exploration game.
Launching in August 2016,No Man’s Skyfeatures more than 18 quintillion planets, all procedurally generated, for players to journey to, explore, and mine for resources. While the game was poorly received at launch due to a lack of content, it’s become one of the greatest rebound stories in gaming, with the development team at Hello Games continually providing support and adding missions and new ways for players to gather resources and build homes across the universe.
Recently, though, one fan has shared a new idea for resource gathering that seems to be gaining some traction in the fan base. Reddit user catador_de_potos shared a hand-drawn image of an Explorer sitting on the nose of a fighter ship wearing a straw hat over their helmet and holding a fishing rod, dangling a line in the water, calling the concept a “simple dream.” While plenty ofgames have fishing mechanics, the idea of adding one toNo Man’s Skyseems to resonate with a lot of fans, as it would add to the existing methods of gathering resources already included in the game, like laser mining, horticulture, and animal taming.
No Man’s Sky Fans Want to See Fishing Added
If fishing could be incorporated into the game, fans have some different ideas about how it could feasibly fit into gameplay. One player responding to the thread offered the idea that players would be able to see what species of catchable fish were swimming near them, though they’d probably need to be sorted into categories to be used inNo Man’s Sky’s cooking recipes. Others feel likeHello Games’Light No Fire, its upcoming successor toNo Man’s Sky, is more likely to include fishing as players explore one enormous world.
Part 1 of theNo Man’s SkyWorlds content updatelaunched in mid-July, revamping a lot of the ways planets work, such as adding wind patterns and ocean waves to the game. It also added a lot more flora and fauna options to be found across the universe. With the second part of the update planned for later this summer and changes to oceans and animal life already enacted by the update’s first half, the possible addition of fishing would be a welcome change for a lot of players.
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Lose yourself in a vast sci-fi odyssey as you explore a near-infinite, procedurally generated universe. Set out from the edge of the Euclid galaxy and carve out your own interstellar existence in a vast universe teeming with life, danger and near-endless mystery. No Man’s Sky is a hugely-ambitious, heavily-stylised, sci-fi adventure that spans entire galaxies all brought to life with procedural generation. Travel through an endless array of increasingly diverse and dangerous star systems, prospecting for rare materials, trading with alien life, populate planets and searching for clues to the meaning of the universe’s mysterious existence. How you survive is up to you. Assemble entire fleets of dreadnought-class freighters and tear across the universe; build sprawling habitable bases across planet surfaces, beneath the ground or under the ocean; buy and upgrade your own weapons and star ships and do battle with outlaw space pirates, hostile alien fauna or the mysterious sentinel fleets. The universe is yours to explore - trillions upon trillions of planets, waiting to be discovered.
