No Man’s Sky is back in the number one position on Steam after yesterday’s successful launch of No Man’s Sky latest update, called “Next“, and a 50 percent off sale on the PC version of the game. It has also launched, for the very first time, on Xbox One. Amazon has it listed as the number one best-seller on the Xbox platform as of this morning.
It feels like a corner has been turned in the game’s story, both in terms of the game itself and the drama surrounding it.
I’ve been playing the new update, and it really does feel like a different, more complete game. Sad it had to take two years, but at the same time, props to the studio for sticking to it with regular substantial updates – instead of running away after the storm of incredibly nasty “criticism”. Sure, some of the criticism was deserved, but obviously not the nasty, harassing comments (and more!) the developers received.
…and, meanwhile, GOG.com has made a special extension to their refund policy for No Man’s Sky at their own expense because the devs have postponed multiplayer for the DRM-free release to some nebulous “later this year”.
https://www.gog.com/news/extended_refund_policy_for_no_mans_sky
[quote]…but at the same time, props to the studio for sticking to it with regular substantial updates – instead of running away after the deserved storm of incredibly nasty “criticism”.[/quote]
Sorry, but I have to take issue with “deserved” in that sentence.
Sure, some of the criticism was absolutely deserved. But the incredibly nasty stuff that was thrown at them? Nobody deserves that.
You can argue about it as much as you like, but leave the nasty stuff at home.
Twitter’s plague that caused Guido van Rossum to stop getting involved into Python.
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fr : http://www.lemonde.fr/pixels/article/2018/07/25/je-n-imaginais-pas-…
Edited 2018-07-26 14:09 UTC
I think it’s great that they didn’t just take the initial money and run when it comes to this game. There were a lot of shady promises that never materialized when the game launched.
There must be some passion involved with the creation of this game, and I’m happy that it’s finally something I can enjoy with friends and it has delivered on almost all of the original promises.