According to Kotaku, 27-year-old gamer by the name of Jorgen Fernandez began his No Man’s Sky journey on a barren desert planet by the name of Kahbaatangs. With its lack of diversity and relative lifelessness, Kahbaatangs is a planet that most players would shy away from, but for Fernandez, he took it as a challenge and so far he has put in over 30 hours into the game and still hasn’t left his unappealing starter planet.

Rather than being spurred on by the lure of finding better planets, Fernandez stated that he was primarily motivated to comb through Kahbaatangs because he wanted to beat No Man’s Sky’s limited and somewhat cumbersome inventory limits before exploring the rest of the galaxy.

It is probably unsurprising to learn then that Fernandez has managed to max out everything he owned using Kahbaatangs’ resources, but he was so intent on exploring everything that he also made it a goal to find all the plants and animals on the planet. At the time of writing, Fernandez is still searching for the one final life form that will complete his planetary records for Kahbaatangs, but rather than be frustrated, No Man’s Sky still manages to find ways to surprise him.

Beyond maxing out everything and thoroughly combing through Kahbaatangs’ flora and fauna, the many hours spent exploring has also meant that Fernandez is fluent in Kahbaatangs’ alien language, specifically Gek. It is inevitable that Fernandez will eventually leave his starter planet, but when that happens, he plans on simply enjoying everything else No Man’s Sky has to offer rather than surveying other planets as thoroughly as Kahbaatangs.

With all the recent backlash over the quality of No Man’s Sky, it is nice to see all that negativity being balanced out by positive stories of exploration and wonder. With major patches now available - and with more undoubtedly to come - hopefully more people will approach No Man’s Sky with Ferndanez’s level of enthusiasm rather than with preconceived notions of disappointment.

No Man’s Sky is available now for PlayStation 4 and PC.

Source: Kotaku