Sean Murray On the Present, Past and Future of No Man's Sky

The game's creator walks us through the nightmare of release, where No Man's Sky stands now, and where it could go next.
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[@radiospines]

The fact that he was able to endure for months and kept grinding on the game behind the scenes is insane. I'm happy there seems to be a happy ending for this.

[@pedroj3432]

Retro radio They had no choice. Either work on it, or never work in the industry again.

[@nothankyoutube]

Not really, it's called work. Plain and simple.

[@rup7591]

Happy moment? yes. Ending? It is the new beginning .

[@jamesgrey785]

He's a lying scumbag. They released an early access game for $60 and lied about the gameplay demonstrations. What was that E3 demo? What was IGN playing a month before launch. Grotesque lying and playacti.ng

[@jborrelli34]

James Grey This is a complete misinterpretation. You’re definitely stretching the actual scenario to great lengths.

[@avoughtf4u-4corsair19]

No Man's Sky could be one of the most inspirational game developer stories since Minecraft.

[@irecordwithaphone1856]

Jaminator Warframe too.

[@KR-yp1ic]

@@irecordwithaphone1856 FF XIV, too.

[@Drascylla]

@@KR-yp1ic I agree with FFXIV and No Mans Sky, but when it comes to Warframe its less of a redemption story like those two and more of a story about a company entering a genre they knew very little about and stumbling along the way until finding their footing.

[@yousuckatlife7604]

@Sarah Umayyad you stop.

[@Ian-hi5vz]

Agreed, and we can all agree that even if you don't enjoy nms now, it's come a long way and gone down a path that more failed launched games should go.

[@mrchichi2405]

Some people can't gett over the fact that, the game is actually getting better..

[@guydives1246]

I know so many close minded salty dogs

[@djbgameplay1794]

its becoming an incredible game now

[@mrchichi2405]

@@guydives1246 hehe true!

[@mrchichi2405]

@@djbgameplay1794 hell yeah!

[@dawienel1142]

Agreed.

[@Johnny-ln1ih]

This guy has earn my respect, he never gave up on the game, not even with all the hate and disaster on the game, while other devs would give up and move to another Project, Sean stick to the game until he deliver the game he wanted.

[@drifterax7731]

Johnny787 you’ve been tricked by the biggest liar in gaming

[@Moolassy]

The Drifter He may the biggest liar. But he didn’t give up.

[@melonytoni9016]

He scammed people and then tries a 180 since he wants to stay relevant in the gaming industry for the sake of having a job and earning money. Wow press the fukin F button guys, we got a real idol here.

[@Umar-Farooq313]

Melony toni watch the video again, it was stated that sean's not caring for the money currently. I say we give him a chance.

[@toy123445]

Melony toni Hey at least he kept his promise on fixing the game and making it what it should have been at release. I give him respect for that.

[@IEatGrits]

One Man's Redemption

[@abstragento0087]

Great game

[@n124ajdx]

I feel like the next red dead redemption game should be about Sean Murray but hopefully with a happy ending

[@LazyMitchell]

I just recently bought the game and am liking it so far. It's a nice game to chill out and play.

[@Kserijaro]

Yeah hitting rocks 24/7 and looking into inventory is nice and chill

[@SilentSeventh]

I’m loving this game, 65 hours into it so far and I still want to keep playing

[@TheMilliverse]

Kusariyaro you edgy Mr Anime avi lmao

[@fishsticks248]

@@Kserijaro 2edgy4me

[@Kserijaro]

When you can't dispute cold hard facts - throw memes at people like the spineless soyboy u are.

[@kubel83]

I got a refund back when game launched in 2016 cause I felt it was pretty shallow. I could see the potential though... Now I bought the game for Xbox x. And I’m so happy I gave it another chance. I’m having such a great time with it. Hell even my wife plays it now. So we are colonizing the universe together. Top 5 best game we have ever played. So huge respect to them for fixing it... Now if only big AAA studios would actually learn and do the same... Looking at you EA

[@WeirdSchizo]

Yeah, I refunded after 1,5 hours on PC. When the game was on sale with the ATLAS update last year, I got it for 25€ and have been really enjoying it since.

[@TheLogicalLowdown]

I bought it again after refunding it on steam at release.

[@FruitNBootNJordN]

kubel83 were all looking at you EA, you money suckers.

[@karara5532]

I mean it still hollow....and buggy

[@CookieeMonstarr666]

It is still shallow even after Next. I skip the refund and trick people to buy so they got funds and because of the promises. The promises came. I regret that i skip.

[@rup7591]

I hated No Man's Sky on release and tried again after foundation update and still couldn't get into this game.I was amazed to see my friend enjoying it for 20 hours. Now after NXT I tried to play it and I got hooked.More I play more I am into it. Now after almost 30 hours in,NMS for me is one of the(if not the) best game to ever come out and everything I wanted it to be.I know I'll get hate for saying this.But this is how I feel.

[@Dzejk86]

Yea i like it too, but i definetly wouldn't say it's the best game to ever come out. Try Witcher 3 or TESV: Skyrim.

[@BrennaDraws]

Skyrim was far from the best game out there.

[@rup7591]

@@BrennaDraws Modrim is the best game ever..Skyrim is below average lol

[@rup7591]

@@Dzejk86 played both...Skyrim and TW3..250 hours on W3 and more than 1K on Skyrim and SSE combined...Witcher 3 world is too static for my taste..not a bad game but not something I'll ever touch after finishing it and it's expansions. Modrim however is my favourite game along with No Man's Sky. No Man's Sky is completely different though...we can't compare it with Skyrim or Witcher 3...

[@rup7591]

For me 1)No Man's Sky or Modrim 2)Morrowind 3)New Vegas 4)Divinity Original sin 2 5)Baldjr's Gate 6)Oblivion

[@mornejordaan1832]

Best comeback award 2018 - No man's Sky !

[@DAG_2020]

Morne Jordaan most def

[@ItsDaniPlays]

Nope

[@sunjamin99]

No, for honor had the best comeback

[@HighlordFrancis]

Sonny Glazer definitely not.

[@chriscook9101]

Sonny Glazer how can you have a picture of Rick as your portfolio and diss the universe dog, like what????

[@dqi1079]

This is extremely well done by IGN standards

[@space3491]

Indeed

[@tekelupharsin4426]

No kidding I couldn't believe it was an IGN video while I was watching it.

[@cole5953]

They prob took this from a different KZbinr and reuploaded it lmfao

[@khanch.6807]

Reformed their quality checking standards probably after that "incident".

[@leakyabstraction]

What standards? :P

[@videogameobsession]

Sean Murray seems like a genuinely nice guy, who loves making games. I've enjoyed No Man's Sky from day one, random lockups aside. I think it's very noble of them to continue to release these massive upgrade updates, and for FREE. They've more than made up for the shortcomings, but if I could pick 33one more add-on, it would be PSVR support. I think NMS would be incredible in VR!

[@thanankongdoung394]

PsVr support would be great for nms

[@liammorris1018]

He could of just took the money and ran, but no he stuck by his product. A lot of other companies could take a leaf out of his book. *Cough* EA * Cough*

[@TheLogicalLowdown]

You can tell he genuinely feels bad for screwing us and wants to make it right.

[@liammorris1018]

Yeah unlike EA who would of laughed in our face and tried to sell us no mans sky 2 lol

[@Grambee]

Even gave a whopping 50% off discount when Next released, knowing that it would bring the most players in. And that discount lasted a while.

[@feflechi]

Sounds like Mr Murray was traumatised and with reason, such a shame this whole story started off so badly but glad the game is getting better with every update.

[@MuddyGreenMonster]

We all make mistakes & then we learn from. Everyone deserves a second chance & I believe Sean has learnt a lot & will impress in the future.

[@AimanStormShadow]

Totally agreed.

[@jamesgrey785]

He will never lie to you again.... this year.....maybe. Oh he lied in this video. Damn son.

[@stayhome2208]

But how many people can you name that have lied to several million people across several different interviews? I’d wager it’s not that many

[@mikehunt6674]

He didn't lie once, he is on his 5457893923rd chance

[@RichieLarpa]

Agreed, some beloved developers are making mistakes all the time, but are not able to learn from them, because all they care about is profit, because of their success and wealth so far. EA, Activision, Ubisoft, can you hear me lads?

[@Evanz111]

watching this interview after the Outlaws and Leviathan update makes me believe his words even more. He went from Peter Molyneux to who Peter Molyneux thought he actually was.

[@Matt_10203]

I still hold it by them that they lied. *but* I have gained respect for them because of them working on the game even after being slated on launch, that takes resilience.

[@pedroj3432]

MattTheBoss They had no choice. Either work on it, or never work in the industry again.

[@seraphitaraziel6531]

You respect liars and scammers just because they were forced to make amends? Wow you have such low standards.

[@thisisjohnny5637]

@@seraphitaraziel6531 liars and scammers that fullfil their promise after two years with some handful of developers. Nice. Liars and scammers nowadays fullfil their promises. Man these days is weird as hell.

[@deshz]

Just let me know how many other developers launched games in worst state and even lied on gameplay trailers and then fixed the game??? During most of the time modders on pc do it when developers dont care and some are still making millions every year like EA. Blamming Sean Murray just because he had one of the most hyped games ever, and the hype wasn't even his doing, was all created by the fan base, when they should know by know to wait always for the release to make judgement.

[@khalmiofficial]

All these haters... Smh. Go play another game. How are you so bothered at this game that you literally go from comment to comment replying with venom at anyone who has anything positive to say? They can think what they want and support whatever games they want. I liked No Man's Sky from the start and I'll like it til the end. I love indie games and will support Hello games in their future efforts.

[@paulcrocker4157]

I am a 54 year old gamer, been a gamer all my life, I purchased nms at the very beginning and like everyone else i was disappointed at the lack of content, it felt empty and unfinished. However i am glad i stuck with it and seen it grow and expand into what it has become today, I have many games on many different platforms but i play nms 95% of the spare time that i have and rarely visit or play other games. I would say this has become one of my all time favourite games of my life, big statement but true. There are a lot of angry people out there who are still angry from way back when nms was first released, give Sean and everyone who worked on nms a break because every single update has been given to us for free unlike other games where you have micro transactions and it becomes a cash cow. nms was released as an indie game but in my opinion has grown to be a major winner and up there with class AAA titles. I just wanna say a BIG Thank you to Sean Murray and everyone who has worked on No Man's Sky and for giving us all the updates and future updates for free, When i look at how nms was at release compared to now it's crazy what you have done and i don't know what your future plans are for nms but wow you have won my respect and the respect of others i am sure, No Man's Sky will be a game other game developers look up too and aspire too. I somehow feel like every single game i have ever purchased and played was a stepping stone to get to this legendary game. For those of you new to nms... No Man's Sky is an action-adventure survival game with 18 quintillion planets to visit, build on and explore, No Man’s Sky has been billed as a game that’s as infinite as the universe itself, or close to it, with over 18 quintillion - that’s an 18 with 18 zeros after it - planets scattered across its virtual galaxies. Even if you visited one of those planets every second, and could travel between them instantly, seeing the entire game would take you nearly 585 billion years. (For reference, that’s more than 42 times the age of the known universe.) 😮 What makes a game awesome is freedom, freedom to do what you want when you want and not have to stick to a path or mission, within nms you have total freedom to explore a huge universe, when you want, how you want 😀

[@andrewholding3572]

Thanks for that sean murray! We didn't know that 🙄

[@thegrimyeaper]

You sat down and talked with him for half an hour, and this entire video is you and text. I feel LIED to again.

[@john_hunter_]

The guy in this video is the new Sean Murray.

[@Haiirofox]

Not every interview is filmed you geek.

[@videogameobsession]

I don't really understand how people bought into the hype. Hello Games' biggest game upl until No Man's Sky was Joe Danger on mobile and PSN... Hello Games had 4 developers on their team... Mass Effect 3 had 100+ developers.

[@ShinySilvery]

Lied to from a transcript.... Thats a warped leap of logic!

[@JonnyBriers]

then it shouldn't be a video!

[@edwin11373]

The future of NMS looks bright indeed. Sean has created something special, a game that even with its faults, can speak for itself and captivate people. Not many games are capable of doing that.

[@mrchichi2405]

Damn right, boy.

[@cyco7229]

well put, I'm enjoying the game a lot, even with some glitches or room for improvement in several areas

[@PixelDump]

Is it just me, or was this video surprisingly deep.

[@braelwilliams1206]

I was massively surprised. Coming from ign this is actually pretty amazing. It's the video Sean Murray deserves.

[@9yearoldepicgamersoldier129]

Ikr. It's One Man's Redemption story

[@quito787]

Let’s give Sean Murray credit for continued improvements to the game, but let’s not forget that he misrepresented a lot of things to consumers at the start. Such misrepresentations should never be tolerated.

[@MegaPhilX]

And the gaming media contributed to these misrepresentations instead of questioning them.

[@irecordwithaphone1856]

quito787 Yeah but you also shouldn’t get harassed and sent death threats for two years.

[@tharshan09]

They totally deserve all the praise and coverage. They have put their heads down, listened to feedback, as well continue with their vision of the game. The NEXT update is amazing and I have been hooked on it ever since it launched. I have clocked in almost 40 hours and there is so much I am still looking forward to. The community around this game is amazing. Regarding money, I would happily drop 10 pounds on an upcoming DLC. All these free updates are great, and I think they have almost earned the trust back of their actual fan base. Everyone else is just a vocal minority, so I hope they don't listen to them too much and do too many free updates where the team suffers from money problems and burnout.

[@chriscook9101]

I am at 170 hours and I still land on planets and go wtf is even happening right now man. I have taken over 1000 screen shots so far, the most another games has garnered was skyrim remastered with 55 pics, and Everquest with 75 over a 15 year career, that should say something right there....

[@mitchelljulius5875]

I have been no-life on it for about 210 hours... Have yet to come across an S-class Exotic ship... or a Better freighter. I already platinum-med the game. (PS4)

[@chriscook9101]

Poor guy, I already have 4 S-Class exotic ships and a 34 slot S class freighter. I found an alien weapon but its only an A class but ironically right after that I found my first S class weapon and it was junk compared to the alien weapon. I have found all my S-Class exotics at the space stations in Opulent and Affluent Systems in the space station, I think I found them because I was farming money making super conductors and cry pumps, so I would stay at each space station for about 15 to 20 minutes a pop buying and selling and they where always one of the last ships in before they started off on a new round. Also I have found them all in Euclid, I have not seen one exotic in Budnlldangr or however tf you spell it. I did go backwards in the new galaxy though all the way to the edge of the map at 820k light years so that might be part of the reason, I had gotten within 300k LY in Euclid and that seemed to be around the sweet spot for me in finding exotic ships but the galaxies are so infinite it is all just random odds on finding them. Best of luck with it man and I hope that helps in the tiniest bit....Also, check youtube on how to get S class ships and freighters, I reloaded my game like 20 times on a freighter battle to spawn an S class that I liked the color scheme of, just because I really wanted it out of the way. Every 3 hours freighters spawn so the next jump after 3 hours make sure it is an opulent system for best odds.

[@chriscook9101]

Hubert, No Man's Sky is a great game, just go play whatever crap it is you like, you didn't like a game, boo hoo hoo hoo. Do you know how many triple A titles I have purchased and hated? Does that mean they need to go to prison for it? You are insinuating that everyone must be perfect so let me ask you this, what the hell have you done in your life that is so great because I guarantee it does not hold a candle to what Sean Murray produced, so if he deserves to be bankrupt and in prison then I am thinking you deserve much worse.

[@legend123meme8]

The return of No Man's Sky.

[@asmosisyup2557]

No man's sky strikes back

[@luca_magna7753]

@@asmosisyup2557 No man's sky, A new hope

[@ShikaRoddy]

From the very beginning I was going to give this game every chance it needed to redeem itself, glad I did.

[@13tapioca]

Roddy Shikatekime me too and I cant wait for what’s to come

[@ZachBail]

Same, I've had it installed and played on rainy days ever since. Next is amazing, can't wait for more.

[@braelwilliams1206]

Me too. I played about 30 hours, after feeling super disappointed I calmly put down the controller and decided to wait until they fixed it. it took 2 years but thsi has become the game I dreamed it would be

[@paulolameiras861]

Same. To be honest i always liked this game.

[@danisplatking7636]

From Zero to Hero.

[@drifterax7731]

Dani Aura H from liar to dead game

[@danisplatking7636]

The Drifter from dead game to ressurection.

[@babos249]

Not a hero, yet.

[@roadhouse7597]

Dani Aura H hero is an overstatement. But he's definitely no longer a zero...

[@billqiu4692]

Seriously? He's a Hero for finally releasing a standard title? Are Sony or Nintendo heroes now too for being competent??

[@shawnbyers6947]

This perfectly sums up Sean WITHOUT the background noise of violent and argumentative naysayers. Even after 2 'free' years, a promise of more and a sincere apology and acknowledgement of one's own actions, it still isn't enough for some. Maybe I can see the reality Hello Games are faced with or maybe it's because I'm kind at heart and show a lot of empathy, but I don't have any negativity toward Sean and see him not as a hero of the industry or a genuine leading example, but as a human being who had a dream and one he and his team [Hello Games] chose to share with us ❤

[@itcouldbeworse5851]

He knowingly lied for months about features of the game that simply were not there. I wonder if money wasn't involved, if he'd even be trying to fix anything right now.

[@shawnbyers6947]

Nicholas Roux That is one opinion. Personally, I'm not here to share animosity so if that's all you're bothered about (which begs the question whether you actually watched the video at all?) Then I'd suggest making a separate comment as I do not support negative attitudes in my thread - cheers!

[@itcouldbeworse5851]

@@shawnbyers6947 What a special princess you are, sweetheart. Life isn't all flowers and pretty little pink panties you have on. Grow up.

[@stayhome2208]

shawn byers that’s not an opinion. It’s an undeniable fact that he lied. I’m not trying to throw animosity around but denying the simple truth that he lied about many things that weren’t in the game (and some that still aren’t to this day) is major bullshit that people (video maker included) should be ashamed of.

[@shawnbyers6947]

Dante BKG I'm not denying any truths, I'm just simply tired of hearing them. You were all brought up as humans, not parrots, so maybe start acting like one. I know Sean's history very well because I followed it, yet his history is where it belongs - in the past! Inexcusable yes, but dragging it up because apparently, we must hold grudges to feel satisfied is no better than Sean unintentionally lying. I say the word 'unintentionally' because it's the truth, lying it may be but if anyone believes this man deliberately wanted to create a product based on lies then you're solely uneducated.

[@SpartanIVI]

Arguably one of the the best revives of a game

[@LPlaysGaming]

This was really cool! Great Job HG, don't look back :D

[@fro-yo2622]

Hello jipper!

[@dylanhumphrey2479]

Xeoron and if you think they haven’t you’re ridiculous

[@dylanburns6682]

What if in the future Hello Games adds orbital ship yards, that in which you can pay to have your own custom ship built? (Based on ship classes, weapons, and technology)

[@austinbarnard7688]

THIS IS MY NEW FAVORITE GAME

[@jonasc7407]

Mine too!

[@austinbarnard7688]

Peppermint Butler just been pure fun grinding just wish it wouldn’t cost me 400 pure fernite to make a base I hate having to grind to get specific resources

[@braelwilliams1206]

Same! It's become such an incredible game since the last update.

[@sharonishere]

Same same

[@Maliketh_The_Black_Blade]

honestly the community gave the poor guy a hard time. I really loved the game and still do for what it was. Something new no one had ever done before.

[@itcouldbeworse5851]

You can't talk about honesty and Sean Murray in the same sentence. It wasn't a one off lie, or even 5 lies, it was months of marketing and promising dozens of features that never made it to the game. He wasn't nervous, he wasn't scared, he knew exactly what was happening and I'm sure he saw those dollar signs every day.

[@SpartangalaxyII]

@@itcouldbeworse5851 clearly you didn't watch the vid

[@Maliketh_The_Black_Blade]

@@SpartangalaxyII saw the video alright but i still liked the aspect no mans sky brought to the exploration side is all.

[@Maliketh_The_Black_Blade]

@@itcouldbeworse5851 i know but all im saying is i really liked what they brought to the table with superb potential and the unique exploration aspect.

[@moseygosey]

People hate on this game because of the release and Murray not giving what he promised. But none of those people have given it a chance and come back to it to try again. Because now, there is so much that was EXPECTED and is now there. Well done to SM and all of Hello Games!

[@johnduff1010]

The comeback kid of this industry. Nms has come back from a disasters launch to being the most anticipated game, impressive. A unique destiny

[@Videohead-eq5cy]

I believe in Sean Murray's ideology

[@jamesgrey785]

The ideology of lying, conning and playacting. He could be EA's new head of worldwide studios. Oh they already got Filip Miuchin

[@UltimateFeudEnterprise]

James Grey You obviously haven’t done your research, but then again what do you expect from people these days, you have no initiative.

[@stayhome2208]

The Unknown Research doesn’t make facts disappear into thin air.

[@UltimateFeudEnterprise]

Dante BKG If you do your research you’d know those ‘facts’ aren’t facts at all.

[@Grrizo]

Which is his ideology? Asking sincerely, not trolling.

[@tvd-theremedy2515]

Props to Sean Murray. He hung in there, took the abuse over the overhyped (definitely not all his fault), underwhelming launch of NMS, admitted that he completely understood the frustration- and then spent the past couple of years killing it, pumping out update after update- all for free- and it has paid off for him & Hello Games. I admire him. He didn’t run away and hide, and just be happy he got paid, but instead dedicated himself to making the game that the people want, and he’s delivering on that consistently- update after update. THANK YOU HELLO GAMES, for all of the extra work you guys have put in over the past couple of years, in order to try to satisfy (the sometimes impossible to satisfy) gamers. You guys are awesome in my book. I look forward to continuing to play NMS well on into the future...

[@stanislavzoldak2198]

Here after Beyond update - This game is now so much more than what was promised before initial launch, it's honestly amazing.

[@ronomgenuff]

That was a very artful video, thoughtful and deliberate.. great job IGN

[@IGN]

Thank you for watching and your kind words. - Dale.

[@EnergyOfQi]

yo i can envision this blowing up and a whole story of redemption, man I think I might start playing again.

[@Striker4Days]

This video was honestly amazing, from the editing to the voice over was really good and covered alot of questions and doubts about This game . Thankyou

[@IGN]

You're welcome! Thanks for watching. - Dale.

[@GrosMollets]

2022 and still playing it. Lot of new free content, love it.

[@frostreaper1607]

Respect for this madman tackling something AAA wouldn't even poke with a 50 foot pole, he delivered something that wasn't really a game, but he realize WHY people where upset to the degree of setting aside his own ideals in favor of FUN like a true developer should. And instead of running of with the money, like many before him had done, he rolled up the sleeves got his team to work and made NMS the game it DESERVED to be. Thank you HG for not giving up !

[@ooharloo]

It's nice seeing some positive light on Sean. And he seems like he has some great ideas to come. Next is a great update. I would live to see in a future update is the plantes properly/realistically rotate around the sun and the moons around the planet.

[@StevenTLS2007]

Harlowe E this existed before the original release but playtesters complained and it was removed. Apparently they were getting confused by the orbits. This is why the planets orbit in the galaxy map still.

[@chriscook9101]

It is sad how the meager minded ruin the world for the scientific ones

[@unordinarystudios5846]

Anyone here after seeing the beyond update?

[@keithtaylor55]

Never played NMS....firing her up tomorrow on PS VR and can't ****ing WAIT

[@cintron3d]

Before anyone calls him a liar, try putting yourself in his shoes. He's not a PR guy, he's a programmer. A programmer who worked with some friends on a cool idea. Who suddenly was thrown onto stages and in front of cameras to tell the world about his ideas. He's not a trained public speaker, politician, or PR professional. I've been put on the spot at work myself when big shots from other companies come to get a tour of our office. It's hard to know what to say, and even harder to communicate it well. Simple questions like "how long does this take?" "When will it be done" are incredibly vague and difficult to answer when you're just a piece of the puzzle. When you're face to face with the CEO of a big household name company (like I was), or thousands of people (like he was) - imagine the pressure. My mind went blank, I spoke the first thing that came to my head and wish to this day I could take it back. So I don't believe Sean ever intentionally lied, and I doubt anyone who accuses him would have done any better.

[@SlipperyBrick89]

It is funny how everyone thinks the guy lied. He was clearly excited about his game and wanted to talk about it and the ideas he had, the technology behind No Man's Sky really is the first of its kind, a procedural world, planet, galaxy, it is really impressive all running in real time! People saw something bigger though, a massive galaxy to fly around and discover things but nobody had the common sense to realise all that play space is gonna be pretty empty, this was Sean's idea, a lonely world that is very realistic in terms of exploration. The players ruined the whole thing though the hype just got out of control with people expecting the game to be more than what it really was. That isn't one guy lying, it was just people getting the wrong idea. I feel so sorry for Sean, he has worked really hard to please everyone and I have huge amounts of respect for the guy, he really pulled through all the negativity and I bet it was even harder for him considering the fact that he had to motivate his team as well, the guy has coped with massive amounts of stress and pulled through so Sean if you see this message it takes a real strong person to come out of something like this. Congratulations to you and your team for creating something incredible you can see the amount of passion you guys have and it hasn't gone unnoticed ;)

[@AzureRath97]

Anyone would be naive to trust him with marketing an IP again but giving credit where credit is due, I'm glad he stuck with NMS and hope he continues to deliver.

[@drifterax7731]

AzureRathalos 97 amen

[@neronah7349]

Yes. He should definetly just stick to coding and have a dedicated PR person.

[@Moolassy]

Sean Murray can be seen as the Steve Jobs of Gaming. He lies. He carries on. He delivers.

[@evaunitbrig6435]

lmao from "This Guy Lie" to Steve Jobs of gaming lol

[@dof8406]

Cosmos Oh so you've one of those guys huh

[@djbgameplay1794]

he was just rushed

[@ErxandaleOfficial]

Cosmos When steve jobs died apple started to become overpriced and uninspired, steve jobs is awesome

[@brobot2059]

Sean was right in the fact that the angry people (myself included) were angry because it was the set up to a perfect game, booted up and waited for the amazing...but quickly saw through the fog

[@ThanicsProd]

HOLLYWOOD: We should make this a movie! AUDIENCE : Nooooooooooooo

[@monody]

Problem I have is now he's engaged himself in double-talk about the game. The interviews he had leading into the launch of the Next update were disappointing when you hear him saying that the game was, at launch, everything they had intended it to be in spite of the fact that it was missing a bunch of the very features that had been talked about being in the game or worked on for release. It was an unapologetic stance for their mistake, and instead of acknowledging what they did, it was spun into something else. The fact that Next largely is just delivering on content that had been previously promised at launch, but he characterizes it as "...a really grand vision. Way bigger than we could've delivered at launch." itself is the act of ignoring that the very vision currently being delivered was the one originally promised. It's dishonest of him to be positing that he wanted it to be a "single player survival exploration experience" when he was the very one to introduce to people the notion of the game being played within a shared universe people could potentially run into each-other in, even if at a largely slim potential due to size. It's not simply what players wanted, it's what they were told they were getting, then never got until Hello Games was held to the fire for it.

[@3Melchiah]

EA needs to be taking notes, oh wait they fired all their writers lel. Respect Mr. Murray and all at Hello Games. Thank you.

[@LichRC]

Sean Murray has become almost an hero among game developers. Hello Games have proved serious and trustworthy indie game developers and designers.

[@PaSa7887]

Considering how games that are bad or broken at launch are usually treated by developers (completely abandoned within months or fixed through costly/exploitative dlc) I feel that Sean Murray and the Hello Games team deserve a ton of respect. They clearly went into the project over their heads and let the whole thing get away from them, but they've since worked hard to make the game fulfill all the promises they made along the way at no additional cost to the players. They're clearly not perfect, but they've more than earned back my respect.

[@wayne997gbro]

You may not like this but I see Sean Murray as the Einstein of gaming for what is pulled off with a team of 6 is absolutely astonishing

[@questionablereasoning1718]

I'd say Murray is more Steve Jobs of gaming than Einstein.

[@MrSmart199]

wayneo1974 6 people and millions of dollars and the backing of Sony

[@ghoulishgam3r508]

The team is more than 6.

[@keksitzee1094]

They have not created something fundamentally revolutionary. Sean is not like Einstein in that way. Jobs went against the mainstream just for the sake of it and for the sake of his ego. I do think Sean is more like Jobs in that aspect.

[@FlipFlopGod]

Team is way more than 6

[@swetlion8998]

We all make mistakes, just look at rainbow six siege. It didn't have the smoothest launch but now its very popular.

[@jonsimpson9491]

Please for the love of god, make more videos like this. This feels like genuine games's journalism. Digging into an issue that's been at the centre of this industry for years now. We can never know enough about what happened to NMS. Because if we as an industry, as a community, don't learn from this shit.. it's only gonna keep happening.

[@badbroozer6561]

This goes to prove that indie developers really care about their products as oppose to groups like EA and Activision. The fact that this guy continued to fix this game even when all hope for it was lost is impressive as hell. Good work Sean.

[@bigbutterbuns360]

Best IGN video I've seen in years, if not ever

[@IGN]

Thank you, Jack! - Dale.

[@bigbutterbuns360]

@@IGN seriously I finished watching the video and it just hit me how well written it was, well delivered vocally, well edited footage. Clean journalism. You guys should watch EasyAllies reviews for perspective in that department.

[@LAGxZombified]

We want buildable space Station!

[@dirtylizardneck3890]

that would require too much work for not much new content in the end, it wouldn’t be too different from a freighter, it would be a customizable space station where you can trade have npcs, ships dock, it would warp through systems you can build inside.. would have all the same functions that a freighter already has they just need expand on that if anything

[@LAGxZombified]

Space Buddha you obviously don't know the difference between a freighter and a space station then

[@dirtylizardneck3890]

ohh man you blew my mind, so tell me this big difference.. cause the way the game works it would be a preset station just customizable inside.. you’d be able to hire npcs, build, trade and warp through systems all like the freighter. go ahead tell this big difference thats worth 6 months of their team designing this for you

[@LAGxZombified]

Space Buddha you're dumb, you know you can't hire nps, you can't aquire any side quests, you can't acquire npc specific blueprints, you don't have to defend a space station from pirates, the freighter isn't fully customisable you obviously don't own one to know that would you like me to carry on? I've got a whole list if you want to be that much of a dumbass

[@LAGxZombified]

Space Buddha if there was no importance to space stations then they would delete every pre generated one if you already had a freighter

[@johngalactus4014]

This guy is a trooper. He stuck with his team and worked hard to improve the game to what it is now. Not many devs like him today. Let's hope their next project would be far more successful.

[@MarkFilipAnthony]

I've been so annoyed and angry at people sucking at reading Sean Murrys emotions on in interviews. People saw his laugh as evil or bullying, but all I saw was a nervous guy trying to hide his emotions behind a fake smile. It was so clear to me he was only answering yes to everything he was asked,simply because he knew in theory these things was possible in his game, but he did not seem to know how much of these features would be in the final game. Also the title 'no man's sky's says everything u need to know about the original intent of the game:a space survival game. U were supposed to feel alone,lost and grind,and casually find incredible things now and then. But people expected for some reason much more of the game than was presented. Thank u for this video for clearing this out.

[@NEXIS981]

At Release i've played it as explorer: i loved it :-D Then they brought patch 1.3 what destroyed my base and changed my beautyful ice-planet with polar seas into a shabby fungus-planet: i raged and hated it >-( Since Next: i calmed down and actually i start slowly to love it again :-) Even if my homeplanet is still crippled :'-( The Developers should learn to do not destroy our progress and homeworlds, to be care about the integrity of our planets, ships and bases while patching. Then we keep friends :) No Man's Sky is a game for explorers and world-builders. Patches like 1.3 had destroyed the attractivity of the game for exactly these explorers and world-builders. I hope that seedchange-desaster of a 1.3 will never repeat. Limit seedchanges to undiscovered planets.

[@jackielogan9104]

I FEEL BAD FOR HIM!

[@drifterax7731]

Jackie Logan just don’t.. he’s a liar and an a**hole

[@nguyenkyanh8305]

The Drifter Well... Not anymore tho. The update is great

[@stratosk.4188]

The Drifter it's not his fault sony rushed the game

[@aqualemon6009]

He didn't lie, he was just too ambitious, no one can predict the future so I'm pretty sure that if he knew none of the missing features could get into the game he wouldn't have said all that

[@twayland6186]

The Drifter lol. Move on

[@TetFeMal]

I almost dropped a tear when he said maybe we're terrible business people. That sounds like the last gasp of a true artist.

[@baltod4978]

25 hours in less than 2 weeks. It's worth it. I hope they continue to add more exploration scripts... more abandon buildings to explore, more wrecked ships, distress beacons, unknown beacons, jobs, etc. etc. etc. Just give us MORE! I love it!

[@johnb8132]

We need more people like Sean Murray in the gaming industry.

[@joshuameadows2850]

Patching up a game 2 years later doesn't make the lies you told 2 years ago dissappear. I watched the interviews myself. He can claim he wanted a lonely experience but that is not what he was preaching during the hype campaign before release.

[@MrBlockHead]

Sean just might end up becomming a legend. I don’t know of any game designer that took that much feedback from the community and made a game that actually plays well.

[@omarabulmagd4880]

Sean startes this project with about six people, an indie compang racing with other developers, the game is awesome now. Sean Murray didnt lie, it was just his first game to create.

[@lucerohatake3578]

Well done Hello Game. They just have to check up there animal generator

[@sgradone]

"Sean Murray is not a liar", hold on a second let's slow down and remember he that he promised a lot of these things at launch. It doesn't matter if the arrive two weeks later or two years later. He was a liar.

[@mrchichi2405]

sgradone well that's why we forgive people, especially when they are improving.

[@The_RedVIII]

I think, as far as I understood, he wasn't lying, as he thought these things will be in the game at launch. He just had no idea how big of a task it actually was.

[@Matt_10203]

CandyGrooves wat. That’s the worst analogy I’ve ever heard

[@gamerforlife9865]

CandyGrooves that's an extreme example, so an honest man never lied in his whole life? He made a mistake at launch promising and did give it even though it took 2 years, he only has a small Dev team and I can only imagine Sony forcing him to go to interviews he don't like and to say things he don't want.

[@evaunitbrig6435]

They were working on all of these features. He never lied about anything he was just a PR noob.

[@MystoRobot]

The game is awesome. Right now, it would be nice if they could fix several bugs/problems/limitations. *Some I experienced recently:* - Being locked inside freighters after an alert. - Appearance of mining laser light in the HUD whenever another player uses the mining truck's laser, no matter on what planet he is. - Impossibility of taking stuff from the storage container (base) even though there is plenty of inventory space for it. - Impossibility of spawning two player freighter in one system Thanks Hello Game for not letting the game down. Truly appreciated. :)

[@hkoizumi3134]

Gabe from Valve once said to never lie to the internet. Sean could have taken that to his heart. The thing what he did is Sean got himself into a situation where he was working up hill with one of the most hardcore gamers of all, Space/racing sim players. Despite their niché genre, it is one of the oldest genre in a video game. Fans of that genre went as far as transforming and dedicating their gaming space into a cockpit. Spending well over multiples in 1000s. Because it is an established genre, it has expectation. A strict one at that. For example, having support with HOTAS, having in-game scripts or macro, multi-monitor support, and so on. NMS fell short on some of those requirements.

[@Eldwinn]

I ended up buying the game rn, looks dank

[@dustin_echoes]

Tell me lies, tell me sweet little lies.

[@shawnbyers6947]

subject_17 Ok. ^

[@MrMilch66]

Here is a lie: Sean Murray is a liar.

[@ShinySilvery]

Sean Murray talked to everyone about his basically single player game in more serious in-depth interviews. See this example two minutes thirty five in kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z4C1d5qcnc-Snq8 So along with the gaming media hype train lie in 2016, my sweet little lie is: No Man’s Sky has full pvp multiplayer from the get-go!

[@stayhome2208]

Ryuk he is a liar. When asked if you could meet other players in the game he replied saying yes. That is a lie no matter what half assed apologist bullshit you try to spin on it

[@UltimateFeudEnterprise]

Dante BKG Not the lie you’ve been told though. The lie isn’t deliberate. They spent until the final hours of development time trying to implement it. He didn’t go ‘I’ll tell them this and deliberately not put it in the game’ he can be blamed for not managing time correctly or something like that, but a liar? Na.

[@xPORTALWALKERx]

Thanks for saying this. He didn't lie, he was just excited and fell short of delivering on time. I never thought he would stop working on the game and not deliver.

[@ExplosionChimp]

Should have labeled it as a beta on release. People tend to be a lot more accepting of any shortcomings when they know its unfinished.

[@user-bd2oo1tz1d]

Great!

[@vercoda9997]

“Sean Murray is NOT a liar.” That’s where you lost me, and after this post I’m unsubscribing, and abandoning IGN. I like No Man’s Sky, And I love the NEXT update, which has, for me, transformed the game for the better - I’ve sunk a Lot of time into the game. But Sean lied, and lied, and lied, and lied, and lied, and lied, and lied again pre-release, something which all the subsequent updates in the world can’t wipe out. It wasn’t nerves or inexperience or enthusiasm or passion, or all the other things that I’ve heard a few apologists trot out - Everybody knows when they’re lying, and to consistently do so all over the place, on show after show, in interview after interview, made Sean a particularly prolific, blatantly dishonest person which, I’m sure, conned people into buying No Man’s Sky. Certainly, I bought my game at least in part based on what Sean repeatedly said - repeatedly lied about - before release, only to find that so many things he’d smilingly said again and again were in the game... weren’t. And the You have the nerve, the gall, the complicit sucking-up to him and Hello Games (perhaps in return for some upcoming exclusive content it interviews?) to say he wasn’t lying, when he was. Goodbye, IGN.

[@memeyloaf7999]

Ver Coda agreed

[@attackcrash655]

Sean is my dad

[@kg888]

Ver Coda Yeah, you act like you never lied before. You must feel right at home huh? Bet you still owned some people money but never deliver.

[@mrchichi2405]

Spoiled brat.

[@diigentace8066]

Virtue signal much?

[@landl190372]

Full respect to the developers of No Man's Sky, they kept with it and turned an over promised botched launch into an epically re-playable and enjoyable gaming experience. It's great to be able to reassess the "lies" told before launch as massively ambitious imagination now that we see the mature article.

[@troysean9377]

You're the best, Sean! and all of you at Hello games. Game is phenomenal. Please support Devs like these people and stop defending gamefreak's 10 fps games at 2023.

[@evorm7329]

Let's not kid ourselves here. Sean is an adult and knew what he did. He lied to the audience multiple times. He released a boring and unfinished game. He made the game much more fun and I love it now, and appreciate the fact that he stuck through the hate and worked very hard on it, and I almost forgive him for outright lying, but we can't just say he didn't lie at all, because he totally did and you can't tell me otherwise.

[@justifano7046]

evorm Did he though? He said the features would be in the game. I don't remember him saying when

[@evorm7329]

@@justifano7046 He did lie. He didn't say they "were going to be", he said they "are". When asked "Can you play with friends?" he replied "yes" which means you are *currently* able to play with friends, which back at the time was a completel 100% lie as there was not even any netcode in the files of the game. Again, let's not kid ourselves here. He did a great job reviving the game later on, but he did a terrible job telling the truth.

[@BrennaDraws]

actually he said multiple times that features won't be there at release. Also Are can be used in future or present tense. :)

[@justifano7046]

evorm No. kzbin.info/www/bejne/pGHYiqGtptGmorc

[@Tentacl]

Sean Murray IS a liar. You can't launch a single player game and state it's multiplayer even if you make a free DLC a year later that adds multiplayer.

[@felisasininus1784]

Yes, he did tell some lies whether he meant to or not, but what counts now is that he and his team pulled through and delivered in the end, as they say, it’s always better late than never. Plus many of us respect them for the sheer perseverance and resilience, to weather all that hatred and pain while working to right their mistakes.

[@Aqueous92]

They never stated it was multiplayer. If you go to the pre release notes, to every interview and every news about the game for all the years in development, they've stated again, and again, and again, and even the day after the release that it ISN'T a multiplayer game, and that you shouldn't expect it to be. That it has always been a single player game. Go on, do your homework. Because YOU sir, are the liar.

[@sirlodestar5677]

You guys hear what you want then criticize from there. Actually do your research and you’ll find out there were no lies. Just misunderstanding bastards twisting words and sending death threats.

[@Tentacl]

@@sirlodestar5677 Are you drunk or idiotic? The true answer to the question "is there multiplayer" was simply "no". He lied. If some imbeciles harassed him later, it's abother subject.

[@wylie2835]

There was never "Is there". It was always "Will there be". And guess what? There was. We have it right now. The game boxes and stores said singleplayer. Anyone buying it expecting multiplayer got what they a deserved. A hard lesson learned. Don't make assumptions and blindly buy products.

[@conahscreations]

The story of Sean, hello games, and no man's sky is such an interesting narrative to follow and I truly am happy that things are starting to work out for the team and for the game. As most people have said, I think most of the disappointment was due to expectation; I went into the game wanting a casual experience and fell in love instantly. I was, and still am blown away by the technicality of the game considering the team size. I love the ideology behind the game and the lonely traveler vibe that the game exhibits, the team has consistently devoted themselves to their project like no other company would, which is refreshing to see. I think the entire team should be proud of what they've achieved and I hope the overwhelming support and appreciation makes up for the childish death threats. I also like the fact that this interview featured Sean off camera, an almost nod towards him not feeling comfortable in interviews.

[@AceMyth1]

I think many are understating the fact that the game Carrie's ZERO microtransactions, which is prevelant in 90% of full price titles anymore, and has received multiple free updates since launch. Kudos to him to avoiding that model. He got overwhelmed by all the publicity and just wanted to please everyone. The game achieves things that are truly remarkable. He should absolutely be applauded for sticking with it these past few years.

[@D0pam1n]

Sorry but he didn't just talk about features "still in development", he talked about features that apparently barely existed on paper and haven't even made it into the heavily patched game 2 years after release. He IS a liar. He advertised a very formulaic, barebones, repetitve survival game with his wishful thinking of it and fooled too many people into wasting their money. OK, props to him for trying to repair this mess after the fact but this will never become what he LIED about.

[@Aqueous92]

How is he a liar? Because the game wasn't multiplayer on launch day? When did he said it'll be multiplayer? The only thing he hinted at was the "you'll know what you'll look like if you see another player. IF. Read the pre release notes. Listen to the interviews again. Hello Games stated again, and again that NMS is NOT a multiplayer game, and that you shouldn't treat it like it. So it's like this: They tell you that it isn't a multiplayer game. They told you in interviews, videos, and many pre release notes. And still you said it WAS a multiplayer game? Because... your lack of attention? Sorry dude but YOU are the liar. And a poor reader, and have the attention span of a goldfish. That's on you, not on the developer. It's your fault you don't have the mental capacity to pay attention at what you're reading and listening. You are the liar. Grow up. Mature. Accept your fault.

[@wylie2835]

www.reddit.com/r/NoMansSkyTheGame/comments/6f0ib2/so_i_found_a_certain_interview_with_sean_murray/

[@D0pam1n]

Oh well, that one throwaway line in one obscure interview of course offsets everything he kept saying for years to big media outlets or on E3 stages. And even that line was garbage. Doesn't really sound like, "give us two years after release and you might be able to do most of what we showed you to an extent".

[@D0pam1n]

Bblurre The MP was just one in the litany of false claims they made. And video footage can be as false as verbal claims or has anyone seen sandworms in game yet? But you're right, always assume that a company lies. And Hello Games is getting as much flak as any other company would. But the sheer number of false claims that Murray made is just mindblowing. Almost as mindblowing as the fact that there are still people trying to defend their shitty business practices. Seems like a case of Stockholm Syndrome to me. Grow a spine, damnit.

[@chriscook9101]

He is the mind of an artist not a corporate goon, you should learn the difference because their in lies the distinguishable confusion that your poor little mind is suffering from

[@mgiebus1869]

Turned this off as soon as I heard "Sean Murray is not a liar". I'm playing No Man's Sky right now, love it... But he definitely lied

[@samsanchaz4040]

No you're not

[@jessetanner2600]

Sean Murray is a gift.

[@86themadhatter27]

Nice work, i hadn't watched the old interviews in a long time so it was funny seeing him talking about stuff that didn't appear till the NEXT update. This must surely be one of the biggest comebacks a game has had.

[@Tokioka]

*"Sean murray is not a liar."* That's where you lost me mate. Disliked.

[@guydives1246]

Tokioka here we see a small minded life form.

[@dof8406]

Tokioka Literally no one cares

[@Tokioka]

Dawid MacDonald No one cares that Sean Murray lied? Pretty sure they did at the time... 🤔

[@dof8406]

Tokioka No one cares that you disliked

[@Tokioka]

Dawid MacDonald Probably. No one cares about your opinion either.

[@ALEX-lq9yt]

Sean Murray = One Man's Lie

[@CGJUGO80]

You’re trying too hard, man...

[@thebruheternal3654]

Dead meme

[@doctor_whoey3857]

We all make mistakes in life, and what he said in the interviews before no man's sky came out was Sean Murray's biggest mistake. But, he was able to recover from his mistake rather than abandon his project. He was able to clear his name and reputation, for his passion for his game. And now, since his name is now cleared, people trust him again! And hello games is now making their new game, The Last Campfire! If it was not for his devotion his name wouldn't be clear, and his company would no longer be successful, so for that i applaud Sean Murray And I also love No Man's Sky

[@triplehood]

I really enjoyed this video. It is calm, positive and has an air of professionality around it that one rarely sees on KZbin.

[@IGN]

Thank you very much, very kind. - Dale.

[@itsangelcuh6575]

R E E E

[@bluntbreak]

still not worth the $60 I spent at launch. initial launch left a bad taste in my mouth I won't be returning to this game "present or future"

[@qarcon3247]

if it makes you feel better i recently bought this game on ps4 for 20 dollars 😂

[@paulwarren9927]

Frankly, that's your loss. The Atlas Rises and Next updates have turned the game into something quite remarkable.

[@bluntbreak]

Exactly, my loss. The game left such a bad taste for me that I don’t want to return. And it’s shitty that it’s worth half, maybe less than that now.

[@paulwarren9927]

Too bad. I'm enjoying the hell out of the latest patch. It's what the game should have been all along. Multiplayer is a hoot.

[@BravesFan]

Let's hope you never make a mistake and people treat you the same way you're treating him. Maybe go brush your teeth or try some mouthwash?

[@CJ-uv6iq]

Something I think most of us doesn’t know is that there was once a massive flooding at hello games which caused all the files of nms to be lost. Sony however still wanted the game to be released in 2016 which probably was a major reason that caused nms to be so bland at release

[@definitelynotcole]

He has got to be one of the most skilled game makers of all time. Him and his amazing team have really pushed the industry. I just don't think they know what people want.

[@himangshumahanta5398]

SEAN LIED

[@vigintiundecim1364]

Wait, is that Vaas as your profile picture? 🤔 Seems you like Far Cry a lot. What about Ubisoft? Have THEY ever lied, acknowledged their mistakes and tried to redeem/make their game better? I have a feeling some of you just need to see an enemy, someone you can hate on to temporarily relieve your bitterness caused by completely other circumstances in the past unrelated to Sean Murray. You aren't helping yourself, you're only making it worse.

[@rasmus5036]

First

[@paradoxine6287]

Wow... I'm proud that Sean Murray never gave up his game and career... And the game keeps improving everytime! Keep it up Sean Murray, you can do it!

[@DxTrixterz]

I give Hello Games respect where it's deserved. They didn't give up on the game where many other developers would and admitted their mistakes and did everything they could to fix them. No Man's Sky really deserves second chance.