{"id":90064,"date":"2022-10-07T16:57:00","date_gmt":"2022-10-07T16:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/no-mans-sky-update-4-0-waypoint-streamlines-game-for-switch-launch\/"},"modified":"2022-10-07T16:57:00","modified_gmt":"2022-10-07T16:57:00","slug":"no-mans-sky-update-4-0-waypoint-streamlines-game-for-switch-launch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/no-mans-sky-update-4-0-waypoint-streamlines-game-for-switch-launch\/","title":{"rendered":"No Man&#8217;s Sky update 4.0, Waypoint, streamlines game for Switch launch"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p id=\"T6ij6H\"><em>No Man&#8217;s Sky<\/em><em> <\/em>gets a major new update alongside its launch on Nintendo Switch on Friday.  The update, called Waypoint, brings the game to version 4.0 and conducts a sweeping overhaul of the game&#8217;s balance and structure \u2014 although it doesn&#8217;t add much new content.<\/p>\n<p id=\"YtLa1Z\">Developer Hello Games said Waypoint is designed to help new and returning players make sense of a game that has had 21 major updates in the six years since it initially launched, and to give Switch players a more \u201cpick-up and play\u201d experience.  It also has a focus on quality of life improvements for the dedicated <em>No Man&#8217;s Sky <\/em>community<\/p>\n<p id=\"yKf4bu\">There&#8217;s a new Relaxed Mode that aims for a streamlined, faster, and less grindy way to see the sights and features of this vast space exploration game.  Custom game modes allow survival, crafting, combat, controls, and accessibility settings to be adjusted to each player&#8217;s play style.<\/p>\n<p id=\"SS2jm2\">Long-term players will benefit from an overhauled inventory system that greatly increases level caps for ships, weapons, and players, as well as a new milestone system, new collectibles, and improved mission content. <\/p>\n<p id=\"hEUa8t\">And if, like me, you played <em>No Man&#8217;s Sky <\/em>years ago and are daunted by the idea of \u200b\u200breturning to a long-forgotten game save plus a raft of new systems, a new information portal will break down all your progress and goals.<\/p>\n<p id=\"aqNO79\">There&#8217;s more to pore over in the full Waypoint<em> <\/em>patch notes.<\/p>\n<div id=\"gs21aJ\">\n<p><div class=\"ast-oembed-container\" style=\"height: 100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"No Man&#039;s Sky Nintendo Switch Launch Trailer\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cn5aZR9sM48?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>No Man&#8217;s Sky gets a major new update alongside its launch on Nintendo Switch on Friday. The update, called Waypoint, brings the game to version 4.0 and conducts a sweeping overhaul of the game&#8217;s balance and structure \u2014 although it doesn&#8217;t add much new content. Developer Hello Games said Waypoint is designed to help new &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/no-mans-sky-update-4-0-waypoint-streamlines-game-for-switch-launch\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">No Man&#8217;s Sky update 4.0, Waypoint, streamlines game for Switch launch<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":90472,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/no-mans-sky-to-release-waypoint-update-adds-relaxed-mode-switch-bonuses-and-more\/","url_meta":{"origin":90064,"position":0},"title":"No Man&#8217;s Sky To Release Waypoint Update, Adds Relaxed Mode, Switch Bonuses And More","date":"October 8, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Subscribe to Nintendo Life on YouTube After what feels like a long wait of cautious optimism and nerves, No Man's Sky is finally out on Switch and Hello Games is introducing a new update to go alongside it. 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