

The player’s input is much more impactful as a result. This means that one section of the galaxy could have enemy aliens and colonies pop-up every so often. Its lore is fascinating, and it is ever-changing, even when the player is not online. I’m giving the point to Elite Dangerous here. No Man’s Sky will guide the player much more frequently and has an end goal to its story quests. The player can also pick up additional missions when they go to a space station. It gives the player story quests that they can follow if they so chose. No Man’s Sky follows the open-world (open-universe in this case) method of storytelling.

Even when the player is on a mission, they must find the system referenced in the mission on the Galaxy Map, which requires its own level of acclamation. While Elite Dangerous has a few suggestions on where they should go ultimately, the player explores the universe with little guidance. Elite Dangerous has the player start in a defined set of systems to get their bearings until they rank up in any of the major ranks (Exploration, Trading, or Combat).

The million-dollar question though, which is the better game: Elite Dangerous or No Man’s Sky? Point 1 – Storyīoth Elite Dangerous and No Man’s Sky have open-ended ways of telling their story. Both games explore the depths of space but with a different vision and method to doing so. Our second game, No Man’s Sky creates its universe perpetually as players find more systems, planets, etc. With a one-to-one replication of the Milky Way Galaxy, the game has finite space to explore, but the collective player base has yet to discover it all since its release. Our first game, Elite Dangerous, aims to be the closest to simulating space exploration. Despite this, two games give us a feeling of what it’s like to explore the macrocosm. It is a concept filled with so much wonder and mystery that we just began discovering the possibility of life on other planets. Space, the final frontier, a vast ocean of emptiness that encompasses the majority of our universe.
