Some Cool Player Bases From No Man's Sky's Update

Some Cool Player Bases From No Man's Sky's Update:

No Man's Sky's Foundation update allows players to finally start building bases. With limited tools, players are making beautiful new homes in the game's refreshed universes.

The tools and pieces the game provides you can feel basic until you look to the history of architecture. The composite parts you're given to make bases all have a stark industrial look, similar to the brutalist architectural style that dominated until the 1970s. If you're still not quite sure what I mean, compare Reddit user mckinneymd's No Man's Sky base to my alma mater's campus library.  SEE MORE

Brutalist architecture is, generally speaking, massive in scale and emphasises the building's foundations. If this sounds pretty sci-fi already, it's because it was meant to — it was often associated with utopian, forward thinking ideals on how to reshape economically depressed cities, with a particular association with socialism. Paradoxically, this makes it feel pretty congruous with No Man's Sky's lonely, explorative and constantly changing landscapes. Reddit user TimmySaint made this snowy fortress that wouldn't look too out of place in the Eastern Bloc.  SEE MORE

Steam user Greeo's base evokes a similar kind of utilitarian, dense feeling that's typical of the brutalist style, and really emphasises the support structure of his building.  SEE MORE

But just because you're given a certain set of tools doesn't mean that you have to use them exactly as intended. Reddit user neuspadrin's base is bright, colourful and welcoming, blending in with the neon foliage of their chosen home planet, evoking Frank Lloyd Wright's idea of organic architecture.  SEE MORE

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