It has already been a few months since the release of the procedurally-generated open universe exploration video game, "No Man's Sky." Ever since it received some very negative reviews from disappointed gamers, there has apparently been no further news regarding the game's developer — Hello Games — and its creator Sean Murray.
There was a lot of expectations for the game, which was mostly due to its aggressive marketing and the promise of a truly revolutionary gameplay system.
While "No Man's Sky" itself had partly delivered on what was promised to excited players, the entire hype that was created prior to its release proved to be too much to handle by the small development team. This had led to false expectations from gamers, some of which have outright expressed their anger towards those responsible for the game. The developers themselves are currently facing an investigation from the Advertising Standards Authority due to claims of false advertising.
Murray and his team have thus far kept their silence over the past few months, but some experts in the industry still believe that the game itself has a lot of potential and that it may still become the game it was intended to be in the near future.
Sony's own Shawn Layden had expressed the same notion during an interview with PC gamer and he mentioned that the game has yet to reach its true potential.
"Hello Games, Sean Murray and his team, had an incredible vision of what they were going to create. It was something that had never been done before. A very small team had a very huge ambition. They're still working on it. They're still updating it. They're working on getting it closer to what their vision was. And perhaps over time, it'll reveal itself to be all that it can be," said Layden during the interview.
Layden added that the extreme hype may have just gotten the better of Murray and his team, but despite this they apparently have not yet given up on their dream for "No Man's Sky."
