Fans Shouldn't Be Worried About Hello Games' No Man’s Sky Follow Up
With marketing departments hellbent on generating hype prior to a game's launch, and video games expected to be bigger and better with each console generation, there's a lot of pressure on new titles. Often a studio can misstep, over-promising or announcing games too early and inevitably paving the way for fan disappointment. The most notorious example of this in recent years is No Man's Sky. When Hello Games first announced No Man's Sky at E3, players and critics were blown away by the premise of the game and the ambition of the relatively small studio. With potentially billions of planets to explore, No Man's Sky had a lot to deliver. Sadly, the original game fell far short of what fans were expecting, and Hello Games became the recipient of a vitriolic backlash.
Almost six years later, No Man's Sky is an unrecognizable experience. It went from receiving poor to mixed reviews and unbridled player criticism, to winning the award for Best Evolving Game at the 2022 BAFTAs. This is quite a reversal of fortune, and is definitely not a journey that many maligned games can undertake. Now Hello Games has its sights set on a new title, which the studio has revealed is in early development, and fans might be understandably a little worried. Even more so after some recent comments from the studio's Managing Director, who hinted at another ambitious project that might match or even exceed No Man's Sky's scope.
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