No Man’s Sky’s subsequent large replace lastly provides fishing to the sport after a chunk of fan artwork stopped developer Whats up Video games in its tracks.
Following the launch of No Man’s Sky’s Worlds Half 1 replace and its new water know-how, Whats up Video games has right now, September 4, launched the Aquarius replace, which lastly provides fishing to the long-running house sim.
This fishing characteristic was impressed by a chunk of fan artwork, under, that reveals the participant’s avatar fishing whereas sitting on their spaceship. It was published by redditor catador_de_potos with the thread title: “I am a easy man with a easy dream.”
“One thing of us actually liked in the Worlds replace was the new water know-how, tons of gamers had been posting movies of themselves simply chilling at the water’s edge,” Whats up Video games boss Sean Murray stated.
“One piece of fan artwork specifically stopped us in our tracks, of a participant lazily fishing from their wing of their boat. That impressed our subsequent replace Aquarius – the place we lastly add fishing to No Man’s Sky!”
The Aquarius replace provides “an enormous array of fish, from frequent minnows to wild alien catches, every with their very own habitat and catching circumstances” to No Man’s Sky, Murray stated.
You may bait your line to lure in the rarest of fish or trawl the deep for hidden messages in a bottle. There are trophies to earn, fishing logs to full, and new fishing gear rewards. There’s even a singular fishing expedition, Murray teased, which sends gamers on a quest for “the largest catch of the day.”
New gear allows you to fish in deep water out of your private fishing platform. New Fishing Pots can be utilized to bait and lure uncommon catches. You may prepare dinner up the catch of the day with new recipe combos to be found.
“My favourite factor is to construct a bit of base on the excellent shoreline, so I can forged my rod each time the temper takes me,” Murray added.
No Man’s Sky launched in 2016 initially for PC and PlayStation 4 earlier than popping out on Xbox One in 2018, and PlayStation 5 and Xbox Sequence X and S in 2020. A Nintendo Swap model adopted in 2022. Over the years, Whats up Video games has issued an extended listing of main updates, most just lately the aforementioned Worlds Half 1. Murray stated Worlds resulted in No Man’s Sky’s largest participant numbers in over 5 years.
Certainly, it is a busy time for Whats up Video games, which alongside updates for No Man’s Sky is engaged on its subsequent sport, Gentle No Fireplace. It is about journey, constructing, survival and exploration collectively, set on a fantasy planet the dimension of Earth.
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