After Everything, Will No Man's Sky Live Up To The Hype?

As everyone knows by now, No Man’s Sky is an upcoming sci-fi exploration survival game being developed and published by the indie British studio Hello Games. The first teaser for the game was showcased in 2013 and the game is finally coming to the Ps4 and PC this August.

[Null1980]

On another article posted yesterday on N4G, I saw someone complain that they hadn't seen any green planets. Glad you settled that by posting a picture of a green planet. Man, this game is gorgeous. Even if it only lives up to 80-90% of the hype, I think I'll be happy.

I'm really looking for a game that is really chill, a break from other high action games. This isn't COD, so it may not appease those kind of fans.

[dirkdady]

Probably not because the hype is unrealistic for any game.

The game will be good for what it is and gamers should set their expectations appropriately.

I imagine this game akin to Minecraft but from an exploration standpoint.

[thekhurg]

Game never stood a chance to begin with.

[ArchangelMike]

How about we all just wait for the gameto be released and then find out. It's ironic all these articles trying to pull the game down are still fanning the hype flames.

[Aenea]

Will it be snowing on December 19?

We don't know. Same answer for this....

[Sunny_D]

Sure it can. AS long as people don't overhype themselves up about the game and what it could offer versus what it will actually offer in the final product.

[Lighter9]

Time will tell.

[Immorals]

Hope so. British developers will need a boost!

[Omegasyde]

I thought nms was canadian built?

[Immorals]

Nope, Hello Games are based in Guildford, same city as Lionhead were!

[Offbasic]

Aug 9th is my B-day. Will get my very own planet!!!Best present ever. Next to hanging with my kids.

[Null1980]

Happy birthday to you then! Forget the kids for a day. Let mom or family take care of them. Your planet needs your attention!

[Offbasic]

My 8 year old wants to play it with me. She is already coming up with names for stuff. She wants to name animals after Gumball characters.

[Null1980]

@Offbeat Sounds even better. :)

[medman]

Your 8 year old sounds too cool for school, enjoy the b-day!

[Offbasic]

She is man. You should see her head bang. Loves some metal!!!!

[jukins]

No way it'll live up to the hype but I'm still expecting an awesome unique game. I honestly can't wait to explore the universe without having some shooter type objective that needs to be completed to push the story.

[Zorkaz]

I'm sure it's gonna be brilliant, but unfortunately, I think the last delay was a mistake. Hype increases for every single day that the game's not released, and pushing the date forward to August gives us nearly two more months for doing so. By that time, people's expectations will have further increased, and the game won't be able to keep up at this rate.

[Lon3wolf]

Whose hype are we using as the gauge? I am just looking forward to it as a decent exploration game set in space with quite a variety of things to do and discover. Pretty sure I won't be disappointed :)

[Hugodastrevas]

I want to believe.

[Trekster_Gamer]

I am cautiously excited about this game I will have to see reviews before plunking down $65.

[JEECE]

If anything, the hype has died down from them taking so long to release the game. A lot of people have probably forgotten about it and moved on.

[detroitmademe]

I hope it does and my gut tells me it will. I know I'll be buying it to find out

[medman]

My limited edition pre-order is still in effect....I'm good. Goodbye to sunlight come Aug. 9th.

[DualWielding]

in one word... No

[alfcrippinjr]

yeah bullshit website trying to drag no mans sky down so they can get the website hits.

what they dont see

is that hello games is a small independent games company in the UK
and they dont have a two million dollar budget. or unlimited funds.
and a big team of programmers.

these guy deserved to be supported for there time
i can hardly wait to play it

i do hope they bring out some dlc for the game.

it gets really boring these so called shooting games it the same old crap all the time online
nothing changes.

[raWfodog]

Bottom line, people expecting an Eve Online or Elite Dangerous-type of mission-based realistic space sim with massive space battles and deep economic systems will be setting themselves up for disappointed. The rest of us who have clearly seen what Sean Murray demo'd in length on many occasions know exactly what to expect and we're looking forward to a simple, relaxing space exploration and discovery game with bright colors, cute animals, crafting, upgradable ships and the occasional dogfights.

[detroitmademe]

I didn't mean to agree with this. Why would people think it's eve online? No man's sky is mainly a single player game for starters.

[raWfodog]

I didn't say people would think its Eve Online. I said people expecting that 'type' of gameplay. Regardless of whether its single-player or not, people online have already been speculating on that exact same thing:

http://www.gamefaqs.com/boa...

And others, like me, have cautioned people to temper their expectations:

http://www.idigitaltimes.co...
Quote from article:
"It’s a survival-based exploration game with a smattering of trading, space combat and faction-based systems. It isn’t Minecraft and it isn’t an MMO or a new version of Eve Online. It never will be. For those things, we have… well… Minecraft, MMOs and Eve Online. We shouldn’t project gameplay onto No Man’s Sky that won’t be there—it’s a guaranteed recipe for having a bad time."

[stalepie]

i think it'll have really pretty worlds to explore, but not really expecting great gameplay, or even sure what the gameplay is. i assume it's more of a visual/exploration game.

[B0bo]

We are supposed to pay 60€ for a game we saw very little footage about just for what we imagine could be. Thank God for Steam refund policy.

[Goldby]

Is the syeam refund good for like 3 hours? Cant grt much done in the game in 3 hours. Maybe you eould be better off waiting til some reviews come ouy

[C-H-E-F]

I just saw that the game is rated E for everyone. I'm kind of like meh now, I was expecting some kind of crazy dinosaur/creature battles/fights but it looks like what we saw a few weeks ago will be all there is, shooting animals in their back and having drones shoot us for shooting them.

[Goldby]

Its e for everyone cuz theres no gore or foul language

[assdan]

When you give people 4 years to get excited about a game, it's nearly impossible for the game to live up to the hype.

[Christopher]

What hype? Most articles I see have people saying how you'll get bored real fast and how it is dead without MP.

[WellyUK]

I have no hype for it so I won't be disappointed unless it's flat out awful.

[gangsta_red]

It'll be interesting to see just how long a game like this will hold people's attention. I can see it being fun for a few weeks, maybe months and then interest start to seriously drop after a while of doing the same thing.