Summary
- No Man's Sky features gas giants with hazard-filled environments in the latest Titan expedition.
- Players start in dangerous conditions, facing storms and can die quickly without proper gear.
- Completing the expedition involves encountering tornadoes.
Fans of No Man's Sky can jump into the game's latest Titan expedition right now, though many that have already begun the adventure have found their characters dying at record speeds upon initialization thanks to the unforgiving weather conditions of the gas giant that they start on. The new Titan expedition is the 17th community expedition event to come to No Man's Sky, and it doesn't hold back on exposing players to the new features added in the game's recent Worlds Part 2 update.
Gas giants are now a thing in the universe of No Man's Sky courtesy of the latest major content update, and they're unlike anything players will have seen before. While not as hazardous as they are in the real universe, in keeping with the sci-fi fantasy style of No Man's Sky's fictional universe, the game allows players to land and set foot upon these worlds for themselves. Many players tend to gear up with top-end hazard protection upgrades and a Minotaur mech before braving the surface of one of these giants - but the game's new expedition doesn't give players that luxury, instead dropping them straight into one of the most hazardous environments in the universe.
One No Man's Sky Weapon Has a Wild Effect On New Water Physics
One No Man's Sky player discovers that a lot of fun can be had by applying a specific weapon to the game's impressive new water physics system.
On the one hand, this is undeniably an awesome way for No Man's Sky to kick off its newest expedition. On the other hand, though, many players are finding themselves swept up by an impossibly huge tornado and thrown hundreds of meters away from their starting point before the initialization animation is complete. One hilarious example was recently shared by the player known as CallMeThiccolas. The clip shows them being thrown by a tornado and immediately bouncing off some hills, with a bug that involves their velocity being conserved by the collision causing them to fly extremely far.
No Man's Sky's New Gas Giants Are Some of the Most Dangerous Worlds Players Will Find
With the Titan expedition starting all players off on this gas giant, plenty find themselves in a similar situation when getting started. With the sheer force of No Man's Sky's storms and the little shielding that players start out with, many end up dying before they can even reach their ships. Though some might find this frustrating, it's no bug - the frequency of such weather events is a legitimate feature on gas giants, so players should make sure to waste no time in getting to their ships when the expedition starts.
On the bright side, though, one of the milestones that players will need to accomplish to complete the Titan expedition involves being picked up by a tornado, so players will at least be able to tick off a challenge and claim its rewards right off the bat if this happens to them. Gas giants are just one of many new features players can enjoy in the latest version of No Man's Sky, and the latest expedition is sure to help players tour many of these additions.
No Man's Sky
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OpenCritic Reviews
- Top Critic Avg: 71 /100 Critics Rec: 36%
- Released
- August 9, 2016
- ESRB
- T for Teen: Fantasy Violence, Animated Blood
- Developer(s)
- Hello Games
- Publisher(s)
- Hello Games
WHERE TO PLAY
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.
- Engine
- Proprietary
- Multiplayer
- Online Multiplayer, Online Co-Op
- Cross-Platform Play
- PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, PC
- Steam Deck Compatibility
- Verified
- Platform(s)
- PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X, Xbox Series S, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, PC, Nintendo Switch 2
- How Long To Beat
- 30.5 Hours
- X|S Optimized
- Yes
- PS Plus Availability
- N/A
- Supported VR Headsets
- Sony PlayStation VR, Sony PlayStation VR2, Valve Index, HP Reverb G2, HTC Vive Pro 2, HTC VIVE Cosmos, Meta Quest 3, Meta Quest 2, Meta Quest Pro
- File Size Xbox Series
- 20.36 GB (September 2024)
- OpenCritic Rating
- Fair
