No Man's Sky - Sean Murray talks Switch, this week's 4.0 update, and the future of Hello Games
It's been another busy year for No Man's Sky. Not only has the exploratory space sim received three significant updates in 2022 - delivering some of the most meaningful revisions it's yet seen its six years of post-launch support, developer Hello Games has been working behind-the-scenes on bringing the game to a number of new platforms in the not-too-distant future: Switch, PSVR2, iPad, and MacOS. Of those, Switch comes first, arriving on Nintendo's console - alongside a major 4.
However, 4.0 marks something of a departure from previous major number bumps, and Murray is keen to keep expectations in check. While 2.0 and 3.0 [titled Next and Beyond, respectively] were"huge updates in terms of content", he explains,"that isn't the case, here". Instead, 4.0 brings extensive changes to what Murray calls"the more design-heavy elements" of the game: balance, difficulty, and structure.
Additionally, 4.0 introduces No Man's Sky's first new game modes since the arrival of Creative and Survival in 2016's Foundation update."When we [originally] launched," explains Murray,"we made the game a little bit more difficult and more grindy, perhaps, because we didn't have the breadth of content [we do now].
Murray says his initial reaction to the idea of No Man's Sky on Switch was partly down to the nature of the game itself."This might sound bad," he explains,"but I was unsure as to whether it was suited for mobile play. I mean, I've played long-form games [on Switch before] but, generally, it's hard to know how much of the rest of the world is like me - is it more focused on shorter, more mobile experience, more drop in, drop out or whatever?".
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