6) It’s Being Supported As All Games Should
When No Man’s Sky went gold, Twitter assumed the team were on holiday. Quite the opposite – Hello Games immediately set about putting together an extensive patch that would correct balancing issues in time for its 10 August release.
This is a labour of love, and Hello Games is supporting it every step of the way. Going forward the team will continue to release with free updates well into its life-cycle. You can expect large-scale additions like a new base building mechanic, a la Fallout 4, adding another dimension to an already richly involved game.
Patches and add-ons of this nature are practically unheard of and few AAA teams would dream of going to this extra effort, but Hello Games is approaching the release as any studio should: with care, passion and a real appreciation for the support of their fan-base.
While No Man’s Sky might not be perfect – and never will – that’s fine. The quest for perfection never produces true art, and it’s a staggering achievement as it stands. I’m hugely excited to be able to write about a game that breaks so much ground, and might conceivably have changed the industry for good.