10 Times Video Games Got Science WRONG
9. Nonsense Chemistry - No Man's Sky
No Man's Sky was certainly a game made to appeal to science buffs, yet many were disappointed to discover its shockingly lax approach to chemistry and the periodic table in particular.
The primary gripe is that many of the recipes for synthesising elements aren't even remotely close to the scientific truth, and one enterprising fan was even miffed enough that they created their own mod, whereby actual chemical equations would generate the required materials.
The irony is that, for well-read scientists, No Man's Sky became a more bewildering challenge because it betrayed the laws of science so recklessly.
With their real-world knowledge more or less useless, they had to trawl fan-created Wiki pages to figure out how the hell to create even basic elements.
And honestly, that's just the tip of the iceberg.