How long is NMS story?

A science-fiction game set in an infinite procedurally generated galaxy. When focusing on the main objectives, No Man's Sky is about 30½ Hours in length. If you're a gamer that strives to see all aspects of the game, you are likely to spend around 142 Hours to obtain 100% completion.
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How long would it take to explore all of NMS?

Your character wakes up on one planet, but No Man's Sky has 255 entire galaxies' worth of planets to explore, totaling up to more than 18 quintillion worlds. It would take you nearly 585 billion years to see them all.
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Does NMS have an ending?

Not really. There is a story line to follow, but it is mostly about learning the lore and history of the universe. Finishing it does change anything and you can completely ingore it. You decide what you want to do in game and you decide when your done.
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What is the main story in NMS?

Summary. The main storyline of No Man's Sky, also known as the Artemis Path, involves the player character uncovering the mysteries of Artemis and the Fourth Race, as well as the true nature of the Atlas, the Portals, and the universe of the game as a whole.
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How big is no man's sky story?

Story. Experience infinite freedom, or uncover the secrets of the universe with more than 30 hours of story.
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How long does it take to 100 no man's sky?

When focusing on the main objectives, No Man's Sky is about 30½ Hours in length. If you're a gamer that strives to see all aspects of the game, you are likely to spend around 142 Hours to obtain 100% completion.
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How long is no mans sky main quest?

This whole questline, acting as one of the main stories you'll follow, can also take you around 20-30 hours to finish. Variable, but this comes down to how you play, and the upgrades you obtain.
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Can you do Atlas path after Artemis?

You can complete the Atlas path in your new galaxy. Also, if you refuse to reset the simulation at the end of the Artemis quest line but then change your mind you just need to get to the very center of the galaxy and you can reset from there.
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How do you beat NMS?

Open the galactic map. Use Q or E to select the galactic centre option. The game should automatically select the galactic centre and begin the warp to next galaxy sequence. Only way you fairly could say to 'beat' the game would be: play all the game in permadeath and finish the story line.
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What happens if I refuse Atlas?

If the player chooses to refuse the Atlas, they and their starship will be teleported to a random planet in the current galaxy with the starship located around 500 units away, and the mission will conclude immediately.
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What happens if you accept the Atlas Path?

If the player chooses to follow the Atlas storyline, then they will come across strange space stations run by the Atlas. Upon entering the station, they will be able to interact with the Atlas, using the Atlas Interface located inside of the station.
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What happens when you finish the Atlas Path?

Finally, once you complete the path, you'll be shown the way to a Black Hole, which will take you slightly closer to the galactic core. Otherwise, that's all there is to it for the Atlas Path - you're now released from the shackles of the Atlas and free to carry on exploring to your heart's content.
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What does 16 mean in no man's sky?

In-game, it's stated that there are 16 minutes before the simulation crashes, the Atlas dies, and the universe comes to an end. The player, the last Traveller, is given the choice to either start the simulation over or continue until the simulation reaches its inevitable destruction.
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Is No Man's Sky bigger than the universe?

No Man's Sky is 3.75 times bigger than our measured universe, but 4,444 times smaller than our actual universe. No Man's Sky is slated to have 18 quintillion planet, or 18,000,000,000,000,000,000 planets, or 18 * 1018. That seems like a lot. Especially to games like Eve Online that have only 66,856 planets.
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Is No Man's Sky the biggest game ever?

18,446,744,073,709,551,616

While that number may seem impossible to even comprehend, it's actually a quintillion (18 zeros), and means that, at least unofficially, No Man's Sky must be the biggest game ever made – and we're sure the Guinness World Record will follow in time.
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What happens if you tell Artemis the truth?

The player must choose once more whether to tell Artemis the truth or keep them in the dark; regardless of which choice is made, Artemis gets stuck in a loop, causing the player to come to a profound realisation concerning the death of the Atlas.
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What does the star seed do NMS?

Summary. Star Seed is an exosuit health technology that increases the player's core health by 1 unit.
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How many Atlas seeds are there?

Summary. There are ten different seeds, and each seed requires the previous one as a crafting component. After visiting the 11th Atlas Interface and activating it, it will ask for the last seed, Heart of the Sun, in order to complete the Atlas Path.
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Is there a story to NMS?

No Man's Sky does have a story that players can choose to follow or ignore, albeit the story is far from complex. The story does touch upon various philosophical subjects which prove to be very interesting, however, and acts as a great introduction to the systems across No Man's Sky.
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Is No Mans Sky fun alone?

Probably, yes. I tried working with a few people in game at the same time once or twice. They pretty much left after twenty minutes. I have found a few places and have visited a few other's bases.
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Will there be a no man's Sky 2?

It's not No Man's Sky 2 but it's just as ambitious

“Similar to No Man's Sky, it's the kind of project that even if we had a thousand people working on it, it'd still seem impossible,” he said. “No Man's Sky is not being held back by the next project but neither is the new thing being slowed by No Man's Sky.
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Is Mars in no man's sky?

Summary. Mars Prime is a planet in the star system MCR-PRIME in the No Man's Sky universe.
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