No Man's Sky 4.0 update is finally here, and it's a big deal. In fact, Hello Games founder Sean Murray describes it as a «generational jump» for the game. However, rather than any large, all-encompassing changes, 4.0 is a sum of dozens of small shifts that add up to big differences in the game.
For example, it introduces hundreds of quality-of-life improvements. Many more aspects of the game can be customized than ever before, from crafting to basic controls. There's a new «relaxed» mode, which softens the hard edges of the game's survival mechanics in order to focus more on exploring the cosmos. There's also a handy information screen that gives returning players an update on what they were doing last time.
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