Xbox Series X: 10 Most Enhanced Games You Need To Play

5. No Man's Sky

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With its procedurally generated universe of over 18 quadrillion planets, each with their own individual ecosystems and specific flora and fauna, No Man's Sky is probably the ultimate exploration experience in modern gaming.

Over time, despite its infamously fraught launch, No Man's Sky has become a stellar experience. Moreover, Series X enhancements make its seamless surface-to-space transitions truly special.

Despite its infamously rocky launch, the game today is light years ahead of where it was back in 2016. Finally, it lives up to those pre-launch expectations. That and there is still something quite special about getting in your ship and flying higher and higher until you burst out of the atmosphere and into the wide expanse of space.

Considering that this last feature was especially touted prelaunch, being designed as it was to be seamless and load-timeless, it now actually works to its fullest due to the Series S/X optimisations.

That and the graphical boosts, with Series S/X allowed 4K resolution, the game hasn't looked better. Consequently, the latest generation of Xboxs is the place to experience Hello Games's idiosyncratic and captivating sci-fi title.

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