No Man's Sky Players Are Still Asking for 1 Major Feature to Be Added to the Game (2024)

No Man's Sky players seem to be getting behind the idea of a fishing mechanic being added to the nearly 8-year-old game. No Man's Sky has 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 Sky features 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 of games have fishing mechanics, the idea of adding one to No Man's Sky seems 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 in No Man's Sky's cooking recipes. Others feel like Hello Games' Light No Fire, its upcoming successor to No Man's Sky, is more likely to include fishing as players explore one enormous world.

Part 1 of the No Man's Sky Worlds content update launched 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.

No Man's Sky

No Man's Sky is a space exploration game that is procedurally generated. After a rocky launch, develop Hello Games has spent years adding and adjusting the game to make it the arguable masterpiece it is today.

Adventure

Action

Survival

Systems

OpenCritic Reviews

Top Critic Rating:72/100 Critics Recommend:36%

Platform(s)

Switch , PC , Xbox One , Xbox Series S , Xbox Series X , PS4 , PS5

Released

August 9, 2016

Developer(s)

Hello Games

Publisher(s)

Hello Games

Multiplayer

Online Multiplayer

Engine

Proprietary

ESRB

T for Teen: Fantasy Violence, Animated Blood

How Long To Beat

30 Hours

X|S Enhanced

Yes

PS Plus Availability

N/A

File Size Xbox Series

13 GB (April 2022)

Cross-Platform Play

PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One & Xbox Series X|S

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