The great thing about the No Man's Sky experience is that it can't exist separately from the harried story of the game's creation. Sean Murray was imperfect in his attempt to create the game, but through iterations and iterations, through months of withdrawn isolation, the game kept getting better and better - a more cohesive, more complete universe. And despite the fact that it was supposed to have infinite possibilities, all the worlds are basically just 20 different things mashed together again and again. No matter what the Atlas plans, there are always only three races. Sean has had his fifteen minutes of fame, but there is still one more minute left for him to try to get things right: a sixteenth minute of fame, to prove that he had what it took to live up to his promises of what No Man's Sky could be.
Thanks for your support, friend! And well said. When my friend and I play together, we're always joking about Sean and Hello Games when encountering bugs or speculating. I don't really do that with other games, but with NMS its development is as much a part of the experience as the game. Fascinating perspective! Thanks for sharing!
It seems to me to be a big middle finger to SONY for over hyping the game and pushing for the release date when Sean knew it wasn't ready and wouldn't be any time soon. I like that he believed in his own creation so much that he's spent over 6yrs improving it FREE of charge, when most if not all others charge for each and every little update/addition to their games. Even putting required items behind "paywalls" or charging FULL game price for a so called remake that only improves graphics at best and ruins/breaks the game more often than not (the last of us pt1 (twice)) and now plans for Horizon zero dawn's remake that's evidently going to 'try' to add multi-player to it, (way to go SONY)!!!
Good grief. What more do you want?! For a 15gb game with absolutely zero monetization outside of the initial purchase price I think it's pretty fecking stacked with content. And that's putting it lightly.
It sounds like the world of glass is like deleted files on a hard drive. It’s my understanding that those files aren’t gone; they’re just sort of forgotten or marked as available space until they’re overwritten with new files. If the Atlas is a computer, it makes sense.
To me, it reminds the glitches, which appear in videogames, where speedrunners can use the warped reality and physics of the glitches engine for their purposes.
This is wild! It’s kind of a shame that such amazing storytelling is reduced to background lore in a game like this. No Man’s Sky has always been referred to as arcadey, shallow, repetitive and all that, and while that may just be the surface gameplay, if you really take the time to explore and dig into the story, it’s shockingly thought provoking and complex. No Man’s Sky was worth every penny to me.
This video is absolute quality. The satisfaction of all these years of lore being weaved together with such craftsmanship. Hats off to you Chris this video is my new favorite!
MY GOD LORE ABOUT THE ATLAS ABYSS LAYLAPS TELAMON AND NULL ALL IN ONE VIDEO??????? KANAJU YOU ARE DOING GODS WORK. the lore of nms has so much to it, it is unbelievable why no one ever seems to bat an eye to it. and i've got some stuff to share not mentioned in the video: i think there's a correlation between laylaps and null, after all, laylaps was said to be the first sentinel that was cut open (for glyphs), and null was the first traveller, who happens to have killed a sentinel for... glyphs as well. if this is true, then the traveller of the logs that first mentioned laylaps could be null themself. that traveller referred to the deed of cutting the sentinel open a 'sin', and null has used the same word 'sin' at one point in the artemis path, though they never specified what they did. null was possibly talking about cutting laylaps open. another thing, about telamon, the abyss/first convergence and the sentinels: they are all sub-protocols of the atlas each performing specific functions for the atlas. telamon: a sub-protocol for performing diagnostics of the atlas, interpreting events within the simulations to determine what's (physically) happening to the atlas. sentinels: like you said, an archival protocol, sorting atlas's data abyss/1st convergence: this one required some thinking. most likely a protocol for collecting data! in korvax planetary archives this can be found: *Atlas imperative: Discover. Harvest. Know. Korvax will do the same.* think about it, the korvax(convergence) are heavily preoccupied with knowledge (data). considering they and the sentinels both have something to do with data, it's no wonder they have such good relations with each other. the atlas itself is also largely preoccupied with data, originally making discoveries about reality for its creator through simulations. this strokes with the idea that the abyss is an older version of the atlas, both working with data/knowledge. in a nutshell, the atlas contains an older version of itself, the abyss, as a sub-protocol. the three all used to be formless, eventually they've all been given form in the simulations, likely around the time when atlas's hardware became damaged. as you've said in the video, atlas did this possibly as a measure of self-preservation, to shed some weight off its damaged hardware. this could be the reason for them all to develop sentience, since they're essentially given free rein in a way, no longer directly doing something in function of the atlas. and of course, the hardware damage likely also contributed to it. god i love the lore of nms
Such a trip when this game's story is not just the game's story. It is a story of real life. Literally. Everything in this game's story is real. The atlas is basically the code our computers use, we are the travellers, Everything in the game is a simulation, and the game No Man's Sky itself IS the Atlas. Ima be up all night thinking about this
Creator of the atlas: needs the atlas to be successful so his sacrifices are not in vein Sean: needs no man’s sky to be successful so selling his house was not in vein
Laylaps was a dog from Greek mythology that never failed to capture it's prey. (I think it was used to try capture a stag or boar that could never be caught.)
@@danielwalker1589 Yes! I think more than not. Artemis, Ares, Helios, Selene, and Apollo are pretty major deities. Mercury is the Roman version of the Greek god Hermes. Ariadne, Cronus, Hesperus, Hyperion, Perses, Selene, Tethys are Titans, lesser gods or in the case of Ariadne... well that's a long story. Let's just say human become godless. Polo, Nada and Null are the exceptions. "Polos" in Greek is the axis point of the hypothetical "celestial sphere." It's sort of everything that surrounds the observer. You know... you. Nada and Null both seem to mean roughly "nothing." None of these names seem to have anything to do with the characters in the game... ASIDE from Polo(s) seeming etymological root. It might be that we simply don't know their backstory. I mean is Laylaps the hunting dog that always captures the Traveler? That might be a stretch. Is Laylaps a faithful dog? Whose dog? *Gemini is the Roman (I think) constellation of the twins who are Greek figures Castor and Pollux. Twins with different fathers, because mythology.
@@danielwalker1589 My pleasure. Too bad I couldn't come up with anything more interesting regarding why they were named that way. There MUST be more to it.
You are the reason why am so fascinated by the lore. I started playing in 2018, but I’ve been watching it since 2016 when my kids started playing. I picked it up, read some of the lore, but had no clue how deep it was. I think I sort of assumed that there was no way anybody could make that much lore In such a complicated game. Fast forward to back when you had 400 followers. I started following you and watching every single video I could. And that’s when it blew my mind! Thank you! This was phenomenal. (And the music was insanely good! I’m off to check it out!)
Thanks, Andi! I started making videos to share my passion for game details with others. To know you've found your own passion for NMS lore through my videos means a lot to me. Thanks for sharing and thank you for your support!
This video is legit dope fire! I am one of the few playing in VR and can stay in longer than most. It’s almost Ironic that I play in VR where everyone else “just has to have 3rd person.” 😑 😣 But beyond that the irony is as a VR player I’m almost like the beta tester victims that got trapped in the suits. Would only make sense to feel more connected to the game.
thank you so much for putting this together. im often more of a lore junky than actual gamer and learning all of this immerses me so much in a game like NMS. Unlike elden ring, my lack of skill does not prevent me from learning things about this world on my own. but this video is well made, concise and bring across the story in a very well thought out way❤
@@Kanaju really excited to have found your channel! im looking through your older videos now and super happy to find so much more data to absorb! *nomnom*
What if Light No Fire (even if being a fantasy game) explores the world that eventually evolved to created the Atlas computer. That would also explain some of the shared imagery.
Thank you, I had figured out some and had an inkling of other parts but this is the first time I've heard it put together. Been playing since launch in 2016.
I found this video by searching for a backstory on laylaps as I saw their name pop up twice in both quests, damn that's tragic being killed and corrupted
I wonder if the Abyss has been leaking into the rest of the oceans across countless worlds in the game and that’s why the waters have turned from ocean blue to blood red on average.
These videos are great, and I NEED to hear your awesome voice explain all the things to me, cause I love NMS but I don’t know nearly as much as I’d like. I really really hope you one day do a long form video that deep dives into different lores in the game. Seriously, I would listen or a five hour long video of yours about NMS lore if you made one!
I like to think that the Traveller race and why they all look so different is an echo of what the Atlas had previously simulated before sticking to the three primary alien races. And what's even cooler is the fact that some players have access to the 256th galaxy which could've been where the Travellers lived, perhaps even as separate races
What a great video Kanaju! Thanks for going all the way back to the AR game and WARE, I remember those days fondly! Awesome explanation deep dive on all these backstories. MORE PLEASE!
I've been playing since October of 2022 and have been trying to make heads or tails of the backstory that entire time with little success. It all makes sense now, thanks for this.
I love this! Epically done! I love NMS & have done both paths! I still love exploring & seeing everything! I want NMS to deepen their own story! Great vid, keep up the great work!
So basically this video gave my character an insane existential crisis because he’s living in a simulation where even if he explored every planet, it would add up to nothing in the grand scheme of things? Cool!
I really enjoyed this video. Unfortunately I have a very imperfect memory especially when I don't read it all out at my own pace. Do you think you could create a websie using something like Google sites to contain all the lore here, and the parts that would take way to long?
I clicked on this video and then you said it's all spoilers so I'm not going to watch it at all. I'm going to find these stories out myself and maybe one day I'll come back to this video to see if I missed anything hehe. I will certainly leave a like tho cuz you rock sir.
This is both sad and unfortunate but there is potentially a single thread of hope. That is the atlas being saved by either humans, another species or potentially even getting flung free of the black hole. There is one other possibility that the atlas survives the trip into the black hole. If it were to survive the trip it would potentially have all the energy it could ever want or need. Depending on the exact size and shape of both the black hole and the atlas it's a distinct possibility that it could potentially survive entry into the black hole but things would need to be perfectly positioned for entry and everything else to work.
As someone with 100% completion of the game and around 5000 hours playing it, I knew most of the facts in this video, but didn't understand how they tied together. I always thought that you (your character) were the creator, recreated to try to comfort/save Atlas. May I ask where you found all of this data, because putting it together from the game is pretty damned impressive if that is what you did? As I said, I have played for many hours, got 100% completion, and never made these connections. And yeah, I know this video is ancient in the YT universe, but I seriously would like to know where or how you came up with the information in this video. Thanks!
I'm a launch player but I'm terrible at absorbing the lore, even though I love the mood and atmosphere of it. I was hoping to find a channel that analyzes it! Keep it up XD
It's one of my favorite storylines in the game because it really stuck with me. However, it's more of a story than a backstory, if you know what I mean. I want to do a video on it someday though. I will never forget the little beacon! 😭
Wheels within wheels... The scientist tries to make a small replica of the convergence when he is disconnected...the convergence is a smaller?(less powerful) replica of The Abyss...The Abyss is a smaller replica of The Atlas...The Atlas is a multiverse simulator making countless replicas of its creator. The theme of 'Alone' is a constant, and the uncomfortable parallels with the nature of gaming itself are striking. I mean...here I am commenting on a 3 month old thread. Time to go for a walk methinks.
This one's delightful. Have you given any thought to making videos out of the topics that you describe in this video as requiring more time to dive into? I would love to watch them if you did !
So, canonically, the fact that the game started with us unable to see other players but eventually was updated so we could, is really because Null made it possible to by going through the portal network?
Yes, exactly. There's also a part in the Artemis quest line where you try to meet up with Apollo, only to realize, despite ostensibly standing in the exact same spot, you couldn't see each other. This same thing happened on release, when Hello Games promised there would be multiplayer - in an interview Sean said: although the in-game universe was huge, if you somehow end up on the same planet, you could meet the other person - which was tested by players meeting up at the exact same location, only for the realization that there was no multiplayer. Also, those portals were around in the beginning of the game as well. Except you couldn't travel through them at all, they were just pointless monoliths at the time. Null - the original travelers who played the game in 2016.
Ah, one could only imagine what's actually outside the atlas. One could imagine (me) that Atlas is now burning on a firey planet, unable to really repair itself. I could only imagine a player character could upload itself to some sort of body, capable of exploring the outside world, maybe repairing the Atlas. With realtime, it'd become an Outer Wilds "Eye" moment, where the player character is scrambling to save their own world. Only then could they possibly scrap the surface and leftovers of humanity, and maybe leave our cursed home planet. P.S The abyss could just be another character who self-realized like the Atlas has. We have no idea what happened to the other characters, like Null, who might've been in our spot as well. Maybe they, after the reset, learned to hack the universe itself to a limited capability. The Abyss seemingly still has some limits, as it doesn't have any physical processes like the Atlas. Maybe the Abyss is someone trying to fight against the Atlas? Maybe even achieve something along the lines of my previous theory?
It would be sick if before the game servers end we see the terminal change from 16 to 15, 14 etc. maybe even have black holes start tearing away galaxies forcing players closer in for one last hooray
then go singleplayer mode once they're done running the servers in however many years. One galaxy, 16 replaced by 0. 0 minutes until destruction. Perhaps even 0 seconds. The time has come yet the Atlas still simulates, it's all it knows.
6:25 - 8:20 that will be explained in another video, that will make the video too long, etc. I want that, I can't have enough, I would watch if you were to make a recap, 100% lore explained or something like 3h long video, I would watch that, No details skipped. maybe, make a pool, see if people would want to watch that. for example this video "The Story of Warcraft - Full Version 2.0 [Lore]", I really enjoy this type of content, but, everything I find about NMS are videos that skip some details. Heck, I would love an NMS animated series, Give me 5 seasons, 30 episodes each xD
Wait. I'm confused by something. Well, a lot of things but one thing specifically. The 16 we see mentioned over and over again are supposed to be references to the 16 minutes remaining but the first instance when you reach your ship at the start of the game says loop 16 initiated/recognized or something along those lines. I thought the traveler and the 16 being referred to were the loop 16 Emily that was stuck in the artificial simulation in the exosuit.
@@mtmountainflyer9734 I'm glad to hear you enjoy the videos. It's great to be able to share a passion with so many others like yourself. Thanks again for watching and happy travels!
No Man's Sky is waaaaaay far out. The whole thing has me thinking harder about our own purpose, why anything at all exists, what God may actually be and if all existence is just a simulation.
At one point, Telamon does tell the player that our universe is likely a simulation as well. Even if it isn't though, we are essentially the way the universe experiences itself. We are the matter of the universe, made of the same stuff as our planet. It's humbling for sure. Thanks for watching.
Hi As a muslim I believe life in earth is a test Allah Almighty say in Quran ( From the earth We created you, and into it We will return you, and from it We will extract you another time. 20:55 ( And [mention, O Muhammad], when your Lord said to the angels, "Indeed, I will make upon the earth a successive authority." They said, "Will You place upon it one who causes corruption therein and sheds blood, while we declare Your praise and sanctify You?" Allah said, "Indeed, I know that which you do not know." And He taught Adam the names - all of them. Then He showed them to the angels and said, "Inform Me of the names of these, if you are truthful." They said, "Exalted are You; we have no knowledge except what You have taught us. Indeed, it is You who is the Knowing, the Wise." He said, "O Adam, inform them of their names." And when he had informed them of their names, He said, "Did I not tell you that I know the unseen [aspects] of the heavens and the earth? And I know what you reveal and what you have concealed." And [mention] when We said to the angels, "Prostrate before Adam"; so they prostrated, except for Iblees. He refused and was arrogant and became of the disbelievers. And We said, "O Adam, dwell, you and your wife, in Paradise and eat therefrom in [ease and] abundance from wherever you will. But do not approach this tree, lest you be among the wrongdoers." But Satan caused them to slip out of it and removed them from that [condition] in which they had been. And We said, "Go down, [all of you], as enemies to one another, and you will have upon the earth a place of settlement and provision for a time." Then Adam received from his Lord [some] words, and He accepted his repentance. Indeed, it is He who is the Accepting of repentance, the Merciful. We said, "Go down from it, all of you. And when guidance comes to you from Me, whoever follows My guidance - there will be no fear concerning them, nor will they grieve. And those who disbelieve and deny Our signs - those will be companions of the Fire; they will abide therein eternally." 2:30to39 ) O People, if you should be in doubt about the Resurrection, then [consider that] indeed, We created you from dust, then from a sperm-drop, then from a clinging clot, and then from a lump of flesh, formed and unformed - that We may show you. And We settle in the wombs whom We will for a specified term, then We bring you out as a child, and then [We develop you] that you may reach your [time of] maturity. And among you is he who is taken in [early] death, and among you is he who is returned to the most decrepit [old] age so that he knows, after [once having] knowledge, nothing. And you see the earth barren, but when We send down upon it rain, it quivers and swells and grows [something] of every beautiful kind.) 22:5 O mankind, worship your Lord, who created you and those before you, that you may become righteous - [He] who made for you the earth a bed [spread out] and the sky a ceiling and sent down from the sky, rain and brought forth thereby fruits as provision for you. So do not attribute to Allah equals while you know [that there is nothing similar to Him]. And if you are in doubt about what We have sent down upon Our Servant [Muhammad], then produce a surah the like thereof and call upon your witnesses other than Allah, if you should be truthful. But if you do not - and you will never be able to - then fear the Fire, whose fuel is men and stones, prepared for the disbelievers. 2:21to24
I swear to all that is mighty that the intro for the ATLAS almost makes it sound like it was intended for NMS to be so barren at release. Only three races to interact with, the same shit on every planet, leading to the same mystery.
Yep. It's all found in game with the exception of the exosuit origins which were part of the Waking Titan ARG. It's assumed that WT was canon as it was commissioned by Hello Games and tied into the release of multiple updates. Of course, it's technically my interpretation of canon lore, but it's intentionally been left up to interpretation for the most part. So I did my best to stick to what's confirmed with as little speculative interpretation as possible.
The great thing about the No Man's Sky experience is that it can't exist separately from the harried story of the game's creation. Sean Murray was imperfect in his attempt to create the game, but through iterations and iterations, through months of withdrawn isolation, the game kept getting better and better - a more cohesive, more complete universe. And despite the fact that it was supposed to have infinite possibilities, all the worlds are basically just 20 different things mashed together again and again. No matter what the Atlas plans, there are always only three races. Sean has had his fifteen minutes of fame, but there is still one more minute left for him to try to get things right: a sixteenth minute of fame, to prove that he had what it took to live up to his promises of what No Man's Sky could be.
Thanks for your support, friend! And well said. When my friend and I play together, we're always joking about Sean and Hello Games when encountering bugs or speculating. I don't really do that with other games, but with NMS its development is as much a part of the experience as the game. Fascinating perspective! Thanks for sharing!
It seems to me to be a big middle finger to SONY for over hyping the game and pushing for the release date when Sean knew it wasn't ready and wouldn't be any time soon.
I like that he believed in his own creation so much that he's spent over 6yrs improving it FREE of charge, when most if not all others charge for each and every little update/addition to their games.
Even putting required items behind "paywalls" or charging FULL game price for a so called remake that only improves graphics at best and ruins/breaks the game more often than not (the last of us pt1 (twice)) and now plans for Horizon zero dawn's remake that's evidently going to 'try' to add multi-player to it, (way to go SONY)!!!
Good grief. What more do you want?! For a 15gb game with absolutely zero monetization outside of the initial purchase price I think it's pretty fecking stacked with content. And that's putting it lightly.
beautifully written
Been around since launch day, this hits hard. Sean ended up creating a beautiful universe, one of my most favorite games of all time
It sounds like the world of glass is like deleted files on a hard drive. It’s my understanding that those files aren’t gone; they’re just sort of forgotten or marked as available space until they’re overwritten with new files. If the Atlas is a computer, it makes sense.
To me, it reminds the glitches, which appear in videogames, where speedrunners can use the warped reality and physics of the glitches engine for their purposes.
WHOA!!!. I TOTALLY NEED A 3 HOUR LONG VERSION OF THIS VIDEO SO IT CAN DELVE DEEEEEP INTO ALL OF THIS LORE. So fascinating.
YES, PLEASE!
Saaame
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I hope that happens soon
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This is wild!
It’s kind of a shame that such amazing storytelling is reduced to background lore in a game like this.
No Man’s Sky has always been referred to as arcadey, shallow, repetitive and all that, and while that may just be the surface gameplay, if you really take the time to explore and dig into the story, it’s shockingly thought provoking and complex.
No Man’s Sky was worth every penny to me.
This video is absolute quality. The satisfaction of all these years of lore being weaved together with such craftsmanship. Hats off to you Chris this video is my new favorite!
Thanks, friend! I'm glad to hear you liked it. Every time I dive into the lore of this game I have no idea where I'll end up. lol
Your lore vids are why i am here. Keep up the great work!
What they said . Agreed.😀
Wait, is your nickname Polo Nada with the first letters swapped?
@@great_hedgehog8199 This precisely lol! I came up with the name before I ever started making content
MY GOD LORE ABOUT THE ATLAS ABYSS LAYLAPS TELAMON AND NULL ALL IN ONE VIDEO??????? KANAJU YOU ARE DOING GODS WORK. the lore of nms has so much to it, it is unbelievable why no one ever seems to bat an eye to it.
and i've got some stuff to share not mentioned in the video:
i think there's a correlation between laylaps and null, after all, laylaps was said to be the first sentinel that was cut open (for glyphs), and null was the first traveller, who happens to have killed a sentinel for... glyphs as well. if this is true, then the traveller of the logs that first mentioned laylaps could be null themself. that traveller referred to the deed of cutting the sentinel open a 'sin', and null has used the same word 'sin' at one point in the artemis path, though they never specified what they did. null was possibly talking about cutting laylaps open.
another thing, about telamon, the abyss/first convergence and the sentinels: they are all sub-protocols of the atlas each performing specific functions for the atlas.
telamon: a sub-protocol for performing diagnostics of the atlas, interpreting events within the simulations to determine what's (physically) happening to the atlas.
sentinels: like you said, an archival protocol, sorting atlas's data
abyss/1st convergence: this one required some thinking. most likely a protocol for collecting data! in korvax planetary archives this can be found: *Atlas imperative: Discover. Harvest. Know. Korvax will do the same.* think about it, the korvax(convergence) are heavily preoccupied with knowledge (data). considering they and the sentinels both have something to do with data, it's no wonder they have such good relations with each other.
the atlas itself is also largely preoccupied with data, originally making discoveries about reality for its creator through simulations. this strokes with the idea that the abyss is an older version of the atlas, both working with data/knowledge. in a nutshell, the atlas contains an older version of itself, the abyss, as a sub-protocol.
the three all used to be formless, eventually they've all been given form in the simulations, likely around the time when atlas's hardware became damaged. as you've said in the video, atlas did this possibly as a measure of self-preservation, to shed some weight off its damaged hardware. this could be the reason for them all to develop sentience, since they're essentially given free rein in a way, no longer directly doing something in function of the atlas. and of course, the hardware damage likely also contributed to it.
god i love the lore of nms
Very good!
This game had no deal having a backstory this good
Such a trip when this game's story is not just the game's story. It is a story of real life. Literally. Everything in this game's story is real. The atlas is basically the code our computers use, we are the travellers, Everything in the game is a simulation, and the game No Man's Sky itself IS the Atlas. Ima be up all night thinking about this
What an Kafkaesque existentialist commentary about videogame culture, right?
Creator of the atlas: needs the atlas to be successful so his sacrifices are not in vein
Sean: needs no man’s sky to be successful so selling his house was not in vein
I wouldn't be surprised if the Creator of the Atlas is Sean, that would be very cool.
@@DynoSkrimishermakes sense with the whole game being in a simulation
No man’s sky is the atlas on earth. The atlas in no man’s sky is just a representation of itself.
Lol agreed
@@DynoSkrimisher better than that Sean is the creator of creator of the atlas!
Laylaps was a dog from Greek mythology that never failed to capture it's prey. (I think it was used to try capture a stag or boar that could never be caught.)
Telamon was a Greek hero. Father of Ajax. Friend of Hercules. I think he was at the siege of Troy too.
Wait really? That’s fascinating!
Are there any other references to greek mythology in NMS?
@@danielwalker1589 Yes! I think more than not. Artemis, Ares, Helios, Selene, and Apollo are pretty major deities. Mercury is the Roman version of the Greek god Hermes.
Ariadne, Cronus, Hesperus, Hyperion, Perses, Selene, Tethys are Titans, lesser gods or in the case of Ariadne... well that's a long story. Let's just say human become godless.
Polo, Nada and Null are the exceptions. "Polos" in Greek is the axis point of the hypothetical "celestial sphere." It's sort of everything that surrounds the observer. You know... you.
Nada and Null both seem to mean roughly "nothing."
None of these names seem to have anything to do with the characters in the game... ASIDE from Polo(s) seeming etymological root. It might be that we simply don't know their backstory.
I mean is Laylaps the hunting dog that always captures the Traveler? That might be a stretch. Is Laylaps a faithful dog? Whose dog?
*Gemini is the Roman (I think) constellation of the twins who are Greek figures Castor and Pollux. Twins with different fathers, because mythology.
Thank you for the detailed response!
@@danielwalker1589 My pleasure.
Too bad I couldn't come up with anything more interesting regarding why they were named that way. There MUST be more to it.
You are the reason why am so fascinated by the lore. I started playing in 2018, but I’ve been watching it since 2016 when my kids started playing. I picked it up, read some of the lore, but had no clue how deep it was. I think I sort of assumed that there was no way anybody could make that much lore In such a complicated game. Fast forward to back when you had 400 followers. I started following you and watching every single video I could. And that’s when it blew my mind! Thank you! This was phenomenal. (And the music was insanely good! I’m off to check it out!)
Thanks, Andi! I started making videos to share my passion for game details with others. To know you've found your own passion for NMS lore through my videos means a lot to me. Thanks for sharing and thank you for your support!
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atlas: yo can i scan your whole concious mind real quick before you leave
creator: why
atlas:
creator: thats all you had to say, im in.
Kanaju, your NMS content is the most creative, Interesting, and thought provoking in all of NMS.
That means a lot. Thank you!
I was not expecting all the stuff that went down in the Telamon part, I had no idea it truly went that deep. It’s just insane.
Everytime i watch lore videos of no man’s sky: Big knowledge, me big brain.
I hope they eventually have major side missions where you see the abyss and world of glass
Come for a relaxing sandbox gameplay, stay for an existentialist commentary about videogame culture.
Only person ever ive seen make more than one lore vid from nms
Nice great one kanaju
Man, thank you for that. Awesome job! Some interesting overlaps with "The Matrix" and "Ready Player". 😎👍
This video is legit dope fire! I am one of the few playing in VR and can stay in longer than most. It’s almost Ironic that I play in VR where everyone else “just has to have 3rd person.” 😑 😣 But beyond that the irony is as a VR player I’m almost like the beta tester victims that got trapped in the suits. Would only make sense to feel more connected to the game.
weird place to flex your new vr headset but ok, cool
thank you so much for putting this together.
im often more of a lore junky than actual gamer and learning all of this immerses me so much in a game like NMS. Unlike elden ring, my lack of skill does not prevent me from learning things about this world on my own.
but this video is well made, concise and bring across the story in a very well thought out way❤
Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment! I'm glad you enjoyed it. 🙏
@@Kanaju really excited to have found your channel! im looking through your older videos now and super happy to find so much more data to absorb! *nomnom*
What if Light No Fire (even if being a fantasy game) explores the world that eventually evolved to created the Atlas computer. That would also explain some of the shared imagery.
Awesome video. It filled in a lot of gaps for me. Thank you.
Excellent video. After so many years playing it's amazing what you forget when it comes to it's lore.
Thank you, I had figured out some and had an inkling of other parts but this is the first time I've heard it put together.
Been playing since launch in 2016.
This video just RE-Rekindled my passion for NMS...I subbed faster than light
Thanks for breaking this down. I wouldn't have put all this together and I had no idea it was that deep.
Only 2 mins in and I know it’s boutta be a slappin video
I admit, I saw this comment when you first posted it and it made me smile. Thanks! I hoped it lived up to expectations!
It definitely did. I only recently found your channel but you’ve already become my favourite nms TH-camr!
I found this video by searching for a backstory on laylaps as I saw their name pop up twice in both quests, damn that's tragic being killed and corrupted
Great video. I've found the lore very immerisive. Even RP as different characters. Dense game. I just hope animals and plants get an update next.
I wonder if the Abyss has been leaking into the rest of the oceans across countless worlds in the game and that’s why the waters have turned from ocean blue to blood red on average.
These videos are great, and I NEED to hear your awesome voice explain all the things to me, cause I love NMS but I don’t know nearly as much as I’d like. I really really hope you one day do a long form video that deep dives into different lores in the game. Seriously, I would listen or a five hour long video of yours about NMS lore if you made one!
The best most comprehensive no man's sky lore video 👌🏼💯
love your videos man hope this hits the algorithm big time
Thanks! I hope so too. I appreciate the comment!
I like to think that the Traveller race and why they all look so different is an echo of what the Atlas had previously simulated before sticking to the three primary alien races. And what's even cooler is the fact that some players have access to the 256th galaxy which could've been where the Travellers lived, perhaps even as separate races
This was a bad ass video and thank you very much for it
What a great video Kanaju! Thanks for going all the way back to the AR game and WARE, I remember those days fondly! Awesome explanation deep dive on all these backstories. MORE PLEASE!
I vividly remember watching a feed for hours only to see someone feed a hamster!
I've been playing since October of 2022 and have been trying to make heads or tails of the backstory that entire time with little success. It all makes sense now, thanks for this.
Thanks for doing this, I was considering doing it myself, but am super happy to see someone else did, cause as you said it's a ton of work.
Cheers!
I love this! Epically done! I love NMS & have done both paths! I still love exploring & seeing everything! I want NMS to deepen their own story! Great vid, keep up the great work!
These are my favorite kind of videos 🎉
Thanks! Glad to hear it!
The traveler one makes me wonder why I am naturally drawn to the comfort option every time I would interact with the atlas.
I listen to this while i work, please do a longer version if possible good sir. Your talented
So basically this video gave my character an insane existential crisis because he’s living in a simulation where even if he explored every planet, it would add up to nothing in the grand scheme of things? Cool!
I really enjoyed this video. Unfortunately I have a very imperfect memory especially when I don't read it all out at my own pace. Do you think you could create a websie using something like Google sites to contain all the lore here, and the parts that would take way to long?
I clicked on this video and then you said it's all spoilers so I'm not going to watch it at all. I'm going to find these stories out myself and maybe one day I'll come back to this video to see if I missed anything hehe. I will certainly leave a like tho cuz you rock sir.
Incredible Lore video. I played the game before but had no knowledge about the abyss, or the drone character!
I just got no man's sky on vr and this video adds so much context
OMG Dude! Where the heck did you find all this info?!? I've played the game like crazy since it came out and had no idea about any of this!
I'm gonna be in SA For a couple weeks in mid Feb. Would love to buy ya lunch.
I like the mission of Laylap, kinda interesting how it became a "being", a happy one
Didn't know there was so much lore, very interesting :D
This is both sad and unfortunate but there is potentially a single thread of hope. That is the atlas being saved by either humans, another species or potentially even getting flung free of the black hole. There is one other possibility that the atlas survives the trip into the black hole. If it were to survive the trip it would potentially have all the energy it could ever want or need. Depending on the exact size and shape of both the black hole and the atlas it's a distinct possibility that it could potentially survive entry into the black hole but things would need to be perfectly positioned for entry and everything else to work.
great work. much appreciated :)
And I appreciate the comment! Thanks for watching.
I wonder if before the Atlas gets taken by the black hole it found a way to copy itself by creating the Lighr No Fire universe.
As someone with 100% completion of the game and around 5000 hours playing it, I knew most of the facts in this video, but didn't understand how they tied together. I always thought that you (your character) were the creator, recreated to try to comfort/save Atlas. May I ask where you found all of this data, because putting it together from the game is pretty damned impressive if that is what you did? As I said, I have played for many hours, got 100% completion, and never made these connections. And yeah, I know this video is ancient in the YT universe, but I seriously would like to know where or how you came up with the information in this video. Thanks!
Brilliant presentation! Thank you for your work.
This needs more attention
I'm a launch player but I'm terrible at absorbing the lore, even though I love the mood and atmosphere of it. I was hoping to find a channel that analyzes it! Keep it up XD
remember the heridium pillars? pepperidge farm remembers.
I still have the little poster of the old now outdated periodic table that came with preorders 🤣@@lsswappedcessna
This is so awesome. Thank you!
How could you not include that korvax scientist mission in your base questline? That shit's depressing AF
It's one of my favorite storylines in the game because it really stuck with me. However, it's more of a story than a backstory, if you know what I mean. I want to do a video on it someday though. I will never forget the little beacon! 😭
@@Kanaju ah i see. Makes sense yeah
Wheels within wheels... The scientist tries to make a small replica of the convergence when he is disconnected...the convergence is a smaller?(less powerful) replica of The Abyss...The Abyss is a smaller replica of The Atlas...The Atlas is a multiverse simulator making countless replicas of its creator. The theme of 'Alone' is a constant, and the uncomfortable parallels with the nature of gaming itself are striking. I mean...here I am commenting on a 3 month old thread. Time to go for a walk methinks.
This one's delightful. Have you given any thought to making videos out of the topics that you describe in this video as requiring more time to dive into? I would love to watch them if you did !
this is such an amazing video holy hell
This is the best.
So, canonically, the fact that the game started with us unable to see other players but eventually was updated so we could, is really because Null made it possible to by going through the portal network?
Interesting way to work the release mess into the game's lore tbh. Wonder what the heridium, plutonium and thamium9 retcons would be explained by?
Yes, exactly. There's also a part in the Artemis quest line where you try to meet up with Apollo, only to realize, despite ostensibly standing in the exact same spot, you couldn't see each other. This same thing happened on release, when Hello Games promised there would be multiplayer - in an interview Sean said: although the in-game universe was huge, if you somehow end up on the same planet, you could meet the other person - which was tested by players meeting up at the exact same location, only for the realization that there was no multiplayer.
Also, those portals were around in the beginning of the game as well. Except you couldn't travel through them at all, they were just pointless monoliths at the time. Null - the original travelers who played the game in 2016.
Great video! I love these lord videos! Subbed!
I wish we could replay missions in nms. I never understood the lore when I first played through the game.
Ah, one could only imagine what's actually outside the atlas. One could imagine (me) that Atlas is now burning on a firey planet, unable to really repair itself. I could only imagine a player character could upload itself to some sort of body, capable of exploring the outside world, maybe repairing the Atlas. With realtime, it'd become an Outer Wilds "Eye" moment, where the player character is scrambling to save their own world. Only then could they possibly scrap the surface and leftovers of humanity, and maybe leave our cursed home planet.
P.S The abyss could just be another character who self-realized like the Atlas has. We have no idea what happened to the other characters, like Null, who might've been in our spot as well. Maybe they, after the reset, learned to hack the universe itself to a limited capability. The Abyss seemingly still has some limits, as it doesn't have any physical processes like the Atlas. Maybe the Abyss is someone trying to fight against the Atlas? Maybe even achieve something along the lines of my previous theory?
I don't know why, but I still think the Atlas in this game world is just adorable. Maybe because it reminds me of just my own adorable little Scarlet.
If the game goes offline one day, I hope they make a like "death of atlas" event
It would be sick if before the game servers end we see the terminal change from 16 to 15, 14 etc. maybe even have black holes start tearing away galaxies forcing players closer in for one last hooray
then go singleplayer mode once they're done running the servers in however many years. One galaxy, 16 replaced by 0. 0 minutes until destruction. Perhaps even 0 seconds. The time has come yet the Atlas still simulates, it's all it knows.
6:25 - 8:20
that will be explained in another video, that will make the video too long, etc.
I want that, I can't have enough, I would watch if you were to make a recap, 100% lore explained or something like 3h long video, I would watch that, No details skipped.
maybe, make a pool, see if people would want to watch that.
for example this video "The Story of Warcraft - Full Version 2.0 [Lore]", I really enjoy this type of content, but, everything I find about NMS are videos that skip some details.
Heck, I would love an NMS animated series, Give me 5 seasons, 30 episodes each xD
Wait. I'm confused by something. Well, a lot of things but one thing specifically.
The 16 we see mentioned over and over again are supposed to be references to the 16 minutes remaining but the first instance when you reach your ship at the start of the game says loop 16 initiated/recognized or something along those lines.
I thought the traveler and the 16 being referred to were the loop 16 Emily that was stuck in the artificial simulation in the exosuit.
Thanks!
And thank you for the support! 🙏🙏🙏
I have alot of fun watching your videos. I Play No mans sky more casually, but I appreciate the time you put into it and all your insights!
@@mtmountainflyer9734 I'm glad to hear you enjoy the videos. It's great to be able to share a passion with so many others like yourself. Thanks again for watching and happy travels!
So basically: every player who plays the game is another aspect of the atlas, another dream.
I wish they would add city’s to no man’s sky because there intelligent races that can travel space but don’t have big city’s just settlements
they arent allowed "big citys" i thought? thats the job of the sentinels to tear down anything too advanced like sin in ffx lol
Please I need more lore vidssssss🎉🎉🎉 I need more on the exosuit and everything please
My guy, you've gotta make individual videos for the covered topics lmao
No Man's Sky is waaaaaay far out. The whole thing has me thinking harder about our own purpose, why anything at all exists, what God may actually be and if all existence is just a simulation.
At one point, Telamon does tell the player that our universe is likely a simulation as well. Even if it isn't though, we are essentially the way the universe experiences itself. We are the matter of the universe, made of the same stuff as our planet. It's humbling for sure. Thanks for watching.
Hi As a muslim I believe life in earth is a test
Allah Almighty say in Quran
( From the earth We created you, and into it We will return you, and from it We will extract you another time.
20:55
( And [mention, O Muhammad], when your Lord said to the angels, "Indeed, I will make upon the earth a successive authority." They said, "Will You place upon it one who causes corruption therein and sheds blood, while we declare Your praise and sanctify You?" Allah said, "Indeed, I know that which you do not know."
And He taught Adam the names - all of them. Then He showed them to the angels and said, "Inform Me of the names of these, if you are truthful."
They said, "Exalted are You; we have no knowledge except what You have taught us. Indeed, it is You who is the Knowing, the Wise."
He said, "O Adam, inform them of their names." And when he had informed them of their names, He said, "Did I not tell you that I know the unseen [aspects] of the heavens and the earth? And I know what you reveal and what you have concealed."
And [mention] when We said to the angels, "Prostrate before Adam"; so they prostrated, except for Iblees. He refused and was arrogant and became of the disbelievers.
And We said, "O Adam, dwell, you and your wife, in Paradise and eat therefrom in [ease and] abundance from wherever you will. But do not approach this tree, lest you be among the wrongdoers."
But Satan caused them to slip out of it and removed them from that [condition] in which they had been. And We said, "Go down, [all of you], as enemies to one another, and you will have upon the earth a place of settlement and provision for a time."
Then Adam received from his Lord [some] words, and He accepted his repentance. Indeed, it is He who is the Accepting of repentance, the Merciful.
We said, "Go down from it, all of you. And when guidance comes to you from Me, whoever follows My guidance - there will be no fear concerning them, nor will they grieve.
And those who disbelieve and deny Our signs - those will be companions of the Fire; they will abide therein eternally."
2:30to39
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O People, if you should be in doubt about the Resurrection, then [consider that] indeed, We created you from dust, then from a sperm-drop, then from a clinging clot, and then from a lump of flesh, formed and unformed - that We may show you. And We settle in the wombs whom We will for a specified term, then We bring you out as a child, and then [We develop you] that you may reach your [time of] maturity. And among you is he who is taken in [early] death, and among you is he who is returned to the most decrepit [old] age so that he knows, after [once having] knowledge, nothing. And you see the earth barren, but when We send down upon it rain, it quivers and swells and grows [something] of every beautiful kind.)
22:5
O mankind, worship your Lord, who created you and those before you, that you may become righteous -
[He] who made for you the earth a bed [spread out] and the sky a ceiling and sent down from the sky, rain and brought forth thereby fruits as provision for you. So do not attribute to Allah equals while you know [that there is nothing similar to Him].
And if you are in doubt about what We have sent down upon Our Servant [Muhammad], then produce a surah the like thereof and call upon your witnesses other than Allah, if you should be truthful.
But if you do not - and you will never be able to - then fear the Fire, whose fuel is men and stones, prepared for the disbelievers.
2:21to24
I swear to all that is mighty that the intro for the ATLAS almost makes it sound like it was intended for NMS to be so barren at release. Only three races to interact with, the same shit on every planet, leading to the same mystery.
Always breaks my heart that the lore is more interesting than the game itself.
I fell asleep to this masterpiece of a hypnosis
This is all fantastic, where can we read or discover more?
18:02 bro Jake from State Farm came to help
I interpreted 16 minutes as 16^16 minutes left.
Isnt Telamon is put into the hard frame minotaur in the quest ,,a Trace of Glass"?
He's finally thx man
“Only” 1.9 trillion planets remain to be explored
Whats the deepest lore for why you can alter yourself and your freighter, but not the multitool and your ship?
Amazing video. insta-sub
Is this all real lore found in the game/confirmed by hello games?!
Yep. It's all found in game with the exception of the exosuit origins which were part of the Waking Titan ARG. It's assumed that WT was canon as it was commissioned by Hello Games and tied into the release of multiple updates. Of course, it's technically my interpretation of canon lore, but it's intentionally been left up to interpretation for the most part. So I did my best to stick to what's confirmed with as little speculative interpretation as possible.
Send this video to matpat at game theory
Barely watching the vid. Is it all a dream? I bet its a dream. Like Rick and Morty real life game I forgot the name is called
fascinating
Can I still play nms with same inventory, ships and without losing anything? Which ending is the "good" one? I'm afraid of making bad decision.
Where is all this information from?
ok no longer using psvr2 as im probaly going to be intergrated in the nms universe
Telamon, anagram of NoMetal?
I am thinking of writing a story…
Why not add another race?