Hello Games’ ceaselessly evolving exploratory space sim No Man’s Sky has just received another free update on all platforms; it’s called Prisms, and brings sweeping visual enhancements to the already striking sci-fi sandbox.
Prisms, No Man’s Sky’s 17th named update since its release back in 2016, touches up the game’s visual presentation pretty much across the board. Planets, for instance, get enhanced weather effects – Hello Games highlights rain, which now refracts the light and causes surfaces to become slick and wet – while underground caves become more detailed, with improved lighting and volumetric fog.
Planetary fauna, meanwhile, has been overhauled with proper fur effects and, as a bonus, flying creatures – which were sadly neglected in No Man’s Sky’s taming-based Companions update – can now be adopted and ridden through the sky.
