No Man’s Sky is one of the few examples of games that launched in a bad state and was saved by the myriad of updates that developers have released over the years. If you haven’t yet played Hello Games’ title that made its debut back in 2016, expeditions are always a good motive to pick this one up.
Apart from the solo campaign, No Man’s Sky runs new expeditions every few months. These are limited time events that offer players tons of rewards for achieving various goals. Usually, the main objective is to travel to a specific point in the universe starting with the bare minimum.
Expeditions have become the core of No Man’s Sky’s gameplay for quite a while, as many fans can’t wait to embark on a new adventure that unravels more of the mysteries of the universe contained in the game.
Singularity is the name of the most recent No Man’s Sky update, and just like the previous ones, it promises various rewards that can be redeemed in the solo campaign after you’ve managed to achieve any of the objectives required.
The most intriguing aspect of Singularity is the fact that it continues the rather mysterious story introduced in the Interceptor update, thus players will be able to unveil even more of the history and original of the so-called “harmonic camps.”
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Two of the important characters from the main campaign, Nada and Polo, will be guiding players with the assembly of a robotic Construct, which supposedly will have a major role to play in the fate of the universe, so you’ll definitely want to build this as fast as possible.
Above all else, Singularity is a narrative-heavy journey, probably the most narrative-driven update released by No Man’s Sky developers to date. If you love that part of the game, you’ll definitely one to check out Singularity since you’ll be able to delve below the surface to uncover more clues to what is on the horizon for No Man’s Sky.
Now, as far as the rewards go, Hello Games will offer players who uncover the mystery and assembling of their mechanical Construct a set of unique posters, new jetpack and freighter engine trail customizations, buildable Atlantideum crystals for bases, an exclusive new helmet customization, as well as an entire Construct visual customization set. After completing No Man’s Sky’s Singularity expedition, or when it concludes, players will be given the option to convert their progress to a Normal Mode save.
In case you don’t know, all the exclusive rewards mentioned will be registered at the Space Anomaly’s Quicksilver Synthesis Companion, and they can be redeemed across all save games. It’s also important to mention that the Singularity expedition will run for about five weeks.
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In the same piece of news, Hello Games announced that update 4.30, which includes the Singularity expedition, brings a bunch of stability and gameplay fixes. These aren’t just more enhancements to the already top-notch gameplay loop, but also quality-of life improvements meant to streamline players’ overall experience.
Here are some of the most important fixes and improvements included in this update, but for the full list make sure to check out Hello Games’ blog post:
Upgrades to the Neutron Cannon have received an increase in their damage bonus, and a large increase to their charging time reduction.
Fixed an issue that could allow corrupted Sentinel drones to chain heal each other in a circle.
Corrupted Sentinel drones now have a cooldown on healing that is triggered if they are damaged mid-heal.
Fixed a crash on PC related to memory trampling.
Fixed a number of memory-related crashes on Xbox platforms.
Introduced a significant load-time optimization for PlayStation platforms.
Fixed an issue that could cause players to appear in the wrong system after leaving a multiplayer session and then immediately rejoining it.
The clarity of expedition milestone objectives displayed in their popup has been improved.
Fixed an issue that caused some starship communicator messages to linger incorrectly after a save/load.
If you’re a sucker for solving mysteries, there’s no other expedition that has so many answers to some of the more pressing questions surrounding the No Man’s Sky’s universe. However, you’ll have to search every nook and cranny because the new layer of hidden clues that’s been added with the Singularity update aren’t always easy to figure out.
Not to mention that the update’s mysteries concerning AI (artificial intelligence), harmonic camps and, possibly, what’s coming next for No Man’s Sky, extend into several layers. This basically means that every mystery revealed my hide another, even bigger, mystery waiting to be discovered.
The new Singularity expedition doesn’t require players to have finished the solo campaign, but it helps a lot if you’ve previously played a little bit of the Normal Mode. The best part is that there’s enough time to uncover everything that Hello Games decided to hide in this expedition, even if you’re a newcomer to the game.
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