No Man's Sky has a game-breaking exploit

[GazzaGarratt 11,049]

Taken from Eurogamer....

No Man's Sky has a huge exploit which is letting users farm the game's rarest items. The method, detailed below, allows people nab valuable resources such as Atlas Stones again and again.

Due to the resource-driven nature of the game - where some items require many steps to create - this exploit is allowing users to create enough high-level items that the secretive No Man's Sky ending quickly comes into view.

Testing it out for Eurogamer, our Ian Higton managed to get five Atlas Stones in around half an hour - a process which would otherwise take at least 10 times that.

This method of short-cutting to the ending is reminiscent of how an early players reached the game's ending in record time before the No Man's Sky day one patch. It looks like another patch will be needed quickly to block this exploit too.

Details of the exploit lay below - look away now if you do not wish to read.

Upon death in your ship, No Man's Sky allows you to claim back your ship's inventory from your grave marker. But by reloading a previous save you can get your inventory back plus access to the grave as well, doubling whatever you had at the time.

The items you wish to duplicate need to be in the ship's inventory, and you'll need free slots to pick them up, but - in theory - if you had 10 Atlas Stones in there you will instantly get 10 more.

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I fear the concept of this game was brilliant but just brought to market too soon with too many things left open to pick holes at exploit.

[The3rdWalker 1,271]

Now the question is will they roll back accounts.

[J4MES OX4D 10,033]

Also a game breaking bug has arisen which affects people that pre-ordered the game http://uk.ign.com/articles/2016/08/11/no-mans-sky-game-breaking-bug-strands-players

[tronic44 3,642]

I'm glad i didn't get this game, after reading up on everything it looks like one big joke tbh

[phil bottle 9,754]

Lots of issues on the PC version. 

Was going to get it today but think I'll hold back for a while.

[The3rdWalker 1,271]

That huge exploit/ dupe method to farm in game items is insane. Apparently it takes around an hour or two to get a single Atlas stone. Now you can get 5 in about 30 minutes so people are essential in "the end game"

[J4MES OX4D 10,033]

PC version is a complete mess apparently. Huge frame drops, crashing and other complaints. Currently sitting on a ''Mostly Negative'' rating on Steam which is the second lowest possible and tonnes of refunds going in it seems. TotalBiscuit has torn it a new one on his Stream and is strongly advising people not to buy it.

[crispymorgan 1,054]

Gave in to child pressure and bought it for Alex.  I'll download it and report back.