re: Anyone getting back into No Man's Sky for their NEXT update?

I ended up grabbing it on PS4 last night. Realized it was on sale for $27 for PS+ members. I think I made a mistake right out of the gate, though. I've never played this game before and I picked "Survival" mode. I guess I was hoping for a "Matt Damon stranded on Mars" kind of experience and got more than I bargained for.

The planet I started on had a steady radiation level of about 7 rads along with radiation storms that bumped it up to 10 rads, so my environmental suit was constantly and quickly draining. I died twice while just trying to read about and locate the elements needed to replenish my hazard protection and life support.

I eventually got a feel for what to look for in the environment, repaired part of my ship and headed off to look for a pneumatic seal, which I found in some wreckage a decent hike away. The problem is that I couldn't find my way back to my ship. I didn't pay much attention to keeping my bearings while heading to the wreckage because I assumed there would be some way to locate it, so I got lost on my way back with everything on me that I needed to complete my ship repairs and then died or radiation poison...again. (I read that you can find your ship on your compass at the top of the HUD but I don't have a compass in third or first person view.)

When I respawned my inventory was empty. That's when I stopped playing and went to bed. I'm not sure what to do at this point. I have no idea where I died, so I can't loot my corpse (assuming you can even do that), and I'm guessing the wreckage doesn't have a second pneumatic seal. I'm tempted to start over and just play on normal...but I kind like the feeling of just barely scraping by.

I'm not sure if I was having fun, exactly, but it kept my interest during the hour or so I played. I think "space stuff" is just intriguing to begin with, so that might carry me for a while but I'm hoping to have more luck next time.