Nobody expected No Man’s Sky‘s redemption arc, but it’s here and it looks like the overwhelmingly positive benefits it resulted in are here to stay.
Previously named one of 2016’s most disappointing and underwhelming launches, people had no hope left for the game. The developer, Hello Games, has managed to turn it around and score a gigantic achievement for itself one of the biggest digital gaming marketplaces on PC.
No Man’s Sky Is No Longer a Flop on Steam
After eight tumultuous years, Hello Games pulled a Cyberpunk 2077 and completely changed No Man’s Sky‘s reputation for the better, which was more than abysmal at launch.
A recent Reddit post highlighted how the game has completely turned things around.
No Man’s Sky is now Very Positive on Steam!
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As SteamDB reports, the game currently sits at an 80.04% positive rating with over 245,000 positive reviews and just 58k negative. That is a commendable score, especially for a game that began with an ‘Overwhelmingly Negative’ rating at launch.
Its recent reviews on the platform are ‘Very Positive’ (93% of 4,022 reviews) and all-time is ‘Mostly Positive’ (78% of 231,997 reviews).
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One comment dates the chronology of how the game has slowly been evolving for the better and receiving better scores as a result.
We saw a similar redemption story with CD Projekt RED’s Cyberpunk which had a terrible launch due to poor optimization and game-breaking bugs, to name a few.
No Man’s Sky was also marked a huge disappointment when it first launched. While there were many reasons for people’s criticism, one of the biggest was how several features that were originally promised by Hello Games were completely missing from the game.
Essentially, the marketing for the game drew in expectations that were far bigger than what the game was intended to be, a recurring problem in the industry.
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Compare this growth to other games that continue to disappoint, and the difference is vast.
Time, and Hard Work, Can Heal Wounds
Under the post, people mostly only had good things to say about the developers and the game that went from zero to hero.
It has changed immensely for the better over the past eight years, and Hello Games’ hard work certainly hasn’t gone unnoticed.
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One Redditor breaks down exactly why a lot of games fail to meet expectations these days, and how Hello Games managed to learn from its mistakes and instead deliver something realistic but fun to its players.
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Certainly, respecting your players as a studio can take you a long way.
Setting realistic expectations for yourself and your player base is a start, but putting in the hard work and effort to understand what your fans want and need, and being able to execute is what took Hello Games’ game from an absolute flop to a gem.
What do you think Hello Games did right that other games that continue to fail are getting wrong? We’d love to hear your thoughts in the comments below!
