No Man's Sky in on course for its 9th and 10th August release dates in North America and Europe respectively, and according to Hello Games boss Sean Murray, development is "genuinely going well". Over on the game's official website, the humble developer explains why he thinks that the decision to delay the title has turned out to be the right choice, reiterating that the studio is "working super, super hard".
"We knew that people would be disappointed [about the delay], and we've certainly heard a lot from some who decided to tell us all about that. But we've also heard some super nice words of support as we make the final push," writes Murray.
However, as always, Murray doesn't shy away from describing the pressure that the development team is under: "I've said it before, but No Man's Sky is the hardest thing I've ever worked on. It's even bigger than you can imagine. This is a type of game that hasn't been attempted before, by a smaller team than anyone would expect, under an intense amount of expectation [...] This is the hardest working, most talented team I've ever worked with, and I'm so proud of what we're doing. For all our sakes though, we get one shot to make this game and we can't mess it up."
Indeed, we don't even want to imagine the weight of expectation that the studio's having to deal with right now, especially as we creep closer and closer to the game's launch - but we've got to respect Murray's honesty all the same. Now, we just have to hope that Hello Games' project ends up as endearing as the tiny independent developer itself.
Do you think that No Man's Sky can live up to the expectations of PlayStation fans? Jet off into the comments section below.
[source no-mans-sky.com]
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The fact he said genuinely worries me. What about all the past updates? Were those not genuine?
Either way, maybe the team are stretching themselves. It's a big undertaking and some pretty pictures after all.
Roaming space in my own ship has been a fantasy of mine since I was about 14 (I won't expand on the other fantasies I had at that time). I'm very excited for this, as are a lot of people, but I get the feeling that it will end up being very divisive amongst gamers. Metacritic will be an interesting place post release.
I've been championing this game as the 'Wii Sports for VR', just to find out Sony isn't putting its weight behind it as much as I would like. This might have to do with the (lack of) raw horsepower the PS4 delivers, but it's a shame nontheless. The more I think of it, the more I wonder how this game will run on the base PS4, cause I can imagine its performance being hamstrung by the CPU.
Because it isn't a VR launch title like I hoped, I'm gonna wait till it will feature a fully fledged VR mode. That said: I hope this game will make Murray an overnight millionaire when it launches instead of having Sony raking in all the dough.
@BLPs not really. People are just questioning the reason for the delay and asking if there are development problems. And he responded by saying no, genuinely, everything is fine.
Still, 8/10
@Mergatro1d You're right about No Man's Sky being divisive. I haven't seen one conversation about the game that doesn't end in some kind of heated debate about what the game actually entails.
Personally, I think it looks fantastic, and the allure of exploring a gigantic universe full of literally unknown and unexplored territory grabbed me from the very first trailer.
They definitely announced it too early. I think that was their biggest mistake, as it feels like we've been waiting for far too long to play it, and in that time, people have either lost interest, or their expectations are now so high that they'll be impossible to reach.
I absolutely can't wait to play it, and see everyone's reactions to reviews etc. August will be a fun time!
For me this is one of those games that I will buy even if it gets slated by the 'critics', which I very much doubt it will (there will always be one though).
The 10th of August can't come soon enough.
This is exactly why I am so happy to be an older and wiser gamer now. In my formative teenage years I would let the hype for a game I wanted reach a fever pitch, which almost always ended in dissapointment when the title actually launched, even if the games were still great. Noone can live up to the expectations we create in our own minds. Nowadays I only let myself get hyped for games that I KNOW are EXACTLY what I am looking for and want to play. Barring epic failure my hype is almost always justified now, because I have learned to temper it. This is still, by far, the most hyped I have been for a game on the ps4 thus far, surpassing UC4, Destiny, Bloodborne, Fallout and all the others. The fact that it is a small development team is a good thing IMO. They will strive to achieve their own personal goals and not bend and bow to what they think the market wamts, like all the big devs. BTW, this will have VR support, will be for the Neo.
It will not live up to everyones expectations because its received so much hype. Its a small team but the expectations are too big by the general public. However I do think it will be a well loved game by those who stick with it and put many hours into exploring its universe. As for the delay at this stage all it can be is polishing some of parts so maybe it will need less of a day one patch.
Preordered and waiting patiently for probably the only game I'll buy this summer
@BLPs I wouldn't worry...I think he is playing on the words of alot of other developers when they say 'it's going well' and then delay again!
Considering that there's a small team working on a hugely ambitious game, and that the delay is only 2 months, I'd say everything's tip top!
Especially when games with hundreds of people involved have had delays of months or even a year.
Like the build up towards the Brexit who truly knows the truth? One morning we'll wake up, regularly tune in to pushsquare, then it'll be tears of joy or tears of shock at the review result. If it's not the result 'I want', I want it completely redone, done my high expectations way!! (Haha only kidding...) I truly wish the developers the best of luck cos hard work is sweaty stressful hard work😀 I've been waiting for a decent space exploration game since Freespace on PC.
I want to believe it won't be delayed again but I'm worried about it.
It's all good.
I don't sweat release dates too much. It comes when it comes.
Yay. Now to wait.
As always there will be plenty that didn't learn about the game before buying it! However I myself am not worried at all about No Mans Sky! As with other space exploration games I sure it will have its slow points. That is very much a part of what space travel is about. Sean Murray and Hello Games have been Amazing, I am very excited about No Man's Sku.
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