Channel: Writing on Games

Category: Gaming

Tags: a personal examination of no man's skyartemis pathnarrativeno man's skycritiqueretrospectiveatlas risesdiscussionanalysissecretsno man's sky five years latersean murrayhello gamesnext updateno man's sky fifth anniversaryrevieworiginsfrontiers updatefive years onstory

Description: Thanks to Core for sponsoring this video - Download Core to play and create PC games for FREE at bit.ly/Core-WoG Support the show on Patreon - patreon.com/writingongames Podcast - anchor.fm/writingongamescast Second Channel - youtube.com/channel/UC1xxfS_HILi09yaELQdmV1A --- It's hard to believe that No Man's Sky came out over half-a-decade ago now. After playing through the game multiple times, I thought I was done after my last video back in 2018. To mark the game's five year anniversary, however, I stepped back in for one more trip to the galactic core, and was very pleasantly surprised by what I found. In this retrospective critique/analysis, I discuss the frustrations I had had with the game up to this point, as well as the technical and artistic changes made to the game over numerous updates that have turned me into a full-blown fan of the game. No Man's Sky, after five long years, makes sense to me now. Thank you Hello Games for your dedication to such a special title. Timestamps: 0:00 - Intro 4:39 - My Frustrations Up to This Point 9:39 - No Man's Sky is Really Good Now 16:01 - The Real Game Changer is VR 19:36 - The Metanarrative 23:42 - Why No Man's Sky Makes Sense to Me Now 33:00 - Conclusion/My Own Shortcomings #nomanssky #hellogames #frontiers --- Text intro by Isaac Holland - twitter.com/drazgames The thumbnail for this video was inspired by/intended as tribute to the incredible mock-ups of retro-futurist paperback that circulated around the game's launch. I always had in my head that they were official art, but after making the thumbnail and trying to find the source for the paperback art, I found that they were actually fan-made! I'm not sure how to reach ichtyander, but I just wanted to thank them for making such cool, inspirational art, and apologise for unintentionally stepping on any toes. pushsquare.com/news/2016/07/these_alternate_no_mans_sky_ps4_covers_look_just_like_classic_sci-fi_books Also, if you want a truly amazing video about No Man's Sky, Noah Caldwell-Gervais' piece released a few years back remains the definitive piece about the game as I see it - youtube.com/watch?v=o0LJdhXr7L0