'No Man's Sky' Release Date Set for 2015; Will Debut Exclusively on Sony’s PlayStation 4
No Man's Sky release date is sometime within 2015 and will be a timed exclusive on the PlayStation 4 platform as highlighted during Sony's press event at the Electronic Entertainment Expo 2014 (E3) according to PlayStation Lifestyle. In an interview with BBC, Sony's Shahid Ahmad said: "No Man's Sky is an enormous deal. Infinite, you could say. It's one of the most inspirational titles that we've seen. For me No Man's Sky evokes the hope of sci-fi, and the pioneering spirit. It's a great story. We're absolutely delighted."
No Man's Sky is a game about exploration and survival in an infinite procedurally generated galaxy according to game developer and publisher Hello Games, the indie British company also responsible for the hugely successful Joe Danger video game series. "Whether a distant mountain or a planet hanging low on the horizon, you can go there. You can fly seamlessly from the surface of a planet to another, and every star in the sky is a sun that you can visit. Where you'll go and how fast you'll make your way through this universe is up to you. It's yours for the taking," promises Hello Games at its website.
The game will feature planetary exploration, deep oceans, space-based battles, and even potential predators on the various procedurally-generated or computer-created worlds. Each world will have its own unique ecosystem and potential lifeforms. Players in No Man's Sky have as their main goal, to reach the center of the galaxy, and this in turn is driven by the availability of resources which improves as the player moves closer towards the center of the galaxy. Players thus need to collect, sell, and trade resources to acquire better ships and more fuel that lets them explore the deeper areas of nearer the center of the galaxy.
Hello Games' co-founder Sean Murray in a recent talk with Game Informer said that a player could reach the center of the galaxy with between forty to one hundred hours of gameplay without focusing on any additional exploration. However, he also said that he is hoping that players will find themselves involved in other activities enabled by the open nature of the game, including managing a trade route or studying all the possible flora in the universe, so that they can can a better appreciation of No Man's Sky.