No Man's Sky Interceptor is Phenomenal

hey guys this is NOLA para and today I want to talk about Hello Games latest free update to No Man's Sky the Interceptor update I may be a bit late to the party as it's been out for about a week now but I've been blown away by the quality of this update we're fresh off of two updates Waypoint and fractal that were both mainly quality of life and ports to new platforms they weren't super substantial content-wise so I've heard many people losing interest moving on to other games heck Interceptor is the first midi content update that we've had since endurance nine months ago Interceptor adds cohesive new elements to the combat pillar of the game I'll speak a bit about how the new features build and flesh out the game instead of feeling tacked on like many updates of the past have felt if you haven't checked out the update yet I highly recommend you do it's a great update guys [Music] the biggest and arguably the coolest addition to this update has to be the new Sentinel ships the namesake of this update the interceptors for years we've been able to fly the Sentinel ships on PC with mods but they were never the most detailed models you know they're all identical like the Crown Vics of space no more it's like the Sentinel Department had a budget increase and they're rocking these brand new custom rides holy cow I was floored when I saw these patch notes these are beautiful they're detailed and most importantly they're procedural so there's thousands of different combinations of colors and ship varieties and wings and animations and this is the best type of ship we have in the game right now not stat wise but like visually speaking it blows the other ones out of the water definitely a big boom to ship hunters and regular players alike and the difference is not just cosmetic these ships are the only ships that can do a full stop in atmosphere you can pretty much hover they also boast increased maneuverability and hyperdrive range as well these ships come with their own unique Sentinel flavor Tech installed which can be charged with Sentinel related resources that are easy to get such as the new radiant shards found everywhere on the new corrupted worlds making running one as your daily driver very convenient a nice detail that I love within this new lore of the game is within the ship hunting process and even the ship itself you'd think this unmanned drone ship wouldn't have any room for a pilot right it's just like a machine drone but fear not the game explains this there are mentions of a vestigial cockpit of these crafts vestigial meaning left over peace or organ meaning that at one point these ships were piloted but over the Millennia with corrupting influence of the Sentinels and the mismatch of wiring these ships became self-driving and part of the hive mind leaving behind a useless cockpit at least useless until you arrive just look at the details when you hop into one of these Beauties there's no glass to look out of yet within this hollowed up Machinery are panels that display the outside world seamlessly give or take the pulsating of electricity through the circuit boards neat stuff you could even see exposed wires showing that this was more of a slapped together kind of last-ditch effort to make the Sentinel ships instead of something designed from scratch you know these were at one time regular ships until the Sentinels co-opted them into their leagues thankfully these awesome ships are not just for the Galaxy's police force millions of these new types of Worlds have been corrupted into Sentinel planets that are littered with wrecks of these ships this new update didn't just add the new ship type it added special Salvage missions that make you have to earn these ships your mind has to meld into the consciousness of this Sentinel brain if not the ship will certainly reject you like a parasite or even digest you within the reason I call these additions to the update cohesive is because the content is sort of a new holistic package it's not just something that I detect onto the side of the game the way you acquire these ships is intermingled with the new planet type the new enemies you can face here and the new abandoned camps it all links up in a very satisfying way and is conductive to gameplay Loops to have variety there's not just one way to find these new interceptors you can get to Max wanna level in any system destroy the mothership and you'll get the coordinates to the nearest Interceptor even if it's in another system you can seek out the new planet type from the Galaxy map once there fighting through all the waves of the new and revamped corrupted Sentinels we'll also lead you to an intercept of Crash height and speaking of the Devils it makes sense in hindsight why Sean uses Purple Devil Emoji to tease this update the crystals embedded in these corrupted Abominations almost look like horns [Music] along with this new look for the basic corrupted there's a new insect type of Walker that shows off the improved AI for all the Sentinel quads even the regular dog Sentinels are smarter fiercer and Donna new cloaking ability that still catches me off guard sometimes I'll tell you this new setup of the waves of corrupted Sentinels is refreshing you have the regular corrupted you have the small Walkers you have the larger Walkers that almost feels like a boss battle and it's this kind of combat that I wish we had more of in no man's sky this alongside the new Sentinel waves added last year is nice to see it's nice to have this Variety in combat encounters instead of it always going the same way and these corrupted Sentinels had my fully upgraded self still sweating at times it was a blast to fight them also new to this update are abandoned camps in this new planet type they seem to be Sentinel camps they tease some lore they have a new puzzle to solve and not only does it send you to an Interceptor site it also lets you access the new types of multi-tool a new jet pack and more things is it just me or do these mechanical remains look like it might be teasing a new humanoid Sentinel faction just saying it would be dope this kind of looks like a hand reaching out I've also noticed a grand Trend overall in this game many updates of the past year and now this one have been getting assets and features that have been in the game for years some since launch like uh Freighters freighter Interiors Sentinels Sentinel ships and methodically upgrading them not only visually but integrating them more fully into the main gameplay experience I for one love this new approach that they have been taking with these updates not just adding settlements for the sake of settlements and abandoning them they're getting features that already are in the game and adding new ones but still trying to weave them together you know it's not just something tacked on it excites me to know how much more potential this game has getting these meaty worthwhile free updates almost 7 years after launch it's wild to me many were very disappointed with the last two updates and hey to each their own not every update could be a banger many felt like Hello Games was just letting us know hey we're winding down no man's Sky updates are just going to be little bug fixes some quality of life that's it no more No Man's Sky content maybe they were focusing on their upcoming title people thought one thing I take for the Interceptor update is that Hello Games is far from finished with no man's Sky hell you should see the datamine space station designs that have been circulating again with this trend of getting old assets making them new revamped better than ever we don't know this for certain but it's likely that we'll see these new stations in a coming update who knows if we'll finally be able to use our station overrides for once fingers crossed I would love to go into more detail about what this update brings but I really want to get this video out ASAP because my Channel's output has been dry the past couple months I've been really busy with real life Shenanigans like getting my electrical journeyman license and all that but I definitely want to get more videos out soon and if intercept there's anything to go by this year is going to go in the books that's one of the best this game has ever seen mark my words thank you so much for watching I'll see you all in the next one this has been Nolo Para

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Published: Sat Apr 15 2023