10 Video Games Gamers Will Never Agree On
5. No Man's Sky
It can be difficult to remember just how astronomical the hype leading up the No Man's Sky was.
Hello Games were promising something ,which if delivered upon, would be a defining title not just for open world games, but gaming as a whole. The promise of an infinitely explorable world where no two planets were the same was tantalising for a mass audience.
The story of No Man's Sky's launch is infamous. Hello Games overpromised and underdelivered, failing to include previously hyped features such as online multiplayer. However that's not why this game is included.
No Man's Sky was destined to have a controversial launch no matter how good the game was. In the age of the Internet, games can be hyped up to be things that they were never intended to be. And unfortunately with the levels of hype it accrued, it was never going to be possible to fully satisfy the expectations of some fans