Random: Seven Years Later, No Man's Sky's Reputation Is Slowly Improving | Push Square
05.04.2024 - 09:17
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/ Sean Murray
No Man's Sky has become synonymous with ambitious developer overreach, a cautionary tale of what can happen when publishers do nothing to reign in out-of-control hype. When the game was released in 2016 and failed to meet sky-high expectations set in no small part by Hello Games director Sean Murray himself, fan backlash was the stuff of legends. But ever since, the developer has set about making amends.
Seven years later, the ambitious sci-fi exploration game is in a much better place. Alongside Final Fantasy XIV and Cyberpunk 2077, it is often pointed to as an example of developers winning back lost faith with burned players. But the road has been long and gruelling, as evidenced by a recent <a href=«https://twitter.com/NoMansSky/status/1775157201952276836?ref_src=» https:>Twitter
post from Murray himself.
Murray explains that on Steam, where such user-measured metrics are plain for all to see, No Man's Sky now enjoys a score of 78% Positive in «All Reviews». In 2021, the game reached a Mostly Positive (70%) rating, which took five years to do. It's a fascinating insight into how players have come to view the game more positively over time. Murray remains hopeful: «Mathematically, each % point is much harder to gain than the last — I never thought it possible, but guys, we might hit „Very Positive“ (80%) one day.»
A whole new world
Have you come to see No Man's Sky in a new light? Do you think Hello Games has earned back player trust, and are you looking forward to the studio's next game, Light No Fire? Let us know in the comments section below.
Khayl is Push Square's Australian correspondent, a reporter who regularly catches the competition napping. With five years of experience as a freelance journalist and mercenary wordsmith, RPGs are his first great love, but strategy and tactics games are a close second, genres in which he is only too happy to specialize.
With all the work they put in I feel like they more than deserve it.
@ATaco 1000% agree. No man's sky is an epic game and it's one of the games I intend to replay with all the ps5 goodness they threw into it..plus the gazillion updates and extra features they introduced for free..FOR FREE.
At least he stuck with it, I guess. More than I can say for 99% of other developers who arrogantly release a broken game.
Amazing game. Really in it's current state it should be a 90% at least. It's massive, dense, and keeps giving.
Also for anyone on the fence and willing to not laugh at it, THIS is the PSVR2 system seller, right here, full stop. It was pure jank a year ago but boy oh boy is it utterly amazing in PSVR2 now.
Hell yes it's amazing in the PSVR2
Went back a few days ago to check out the space stations and they are amazing. Such classic Sci-Fi