Your Purpose in No Man’s Sky
What can a single soul in an entire universe possibly bring to the table? It’s one of No Man’s Sky’s most pressing questions as it thrusts you into its wild, merciless universe with little more than a Swiss army knife and a pat on the back. At first it seems like it’s the start of any other open-ended survival game. You’re to do with the world as you please, meeting new NPCs, reporting discoveries, and becoming an all-around space badass. But, after stepping off the first planet and helping out a few lone aliens, your purpose in the grand scheme of things becomes something more.
The players primary purpose is to explore and discover. That much is clear from the opening. There is so much information out there that the universe as a whole can benefit from, and you’re part of the movement to bring that knowledge to them. After that, though, there’s your personal mission to find the meaning in it all. After an introduction to Atlas, which we’ll cover shortly, it becomes a lot more introspective. Why does this universe exist? What change can you bring to it? Is it even worth it?
Through your travels and your interactions, or lack thereof, with the myriad alien races scattered throughout the galaxies you’ll bring light to these questions.
