History Trivia / NoMansSky

* NotScreenedForCritics: Review copies of this game weren't given to PC users at all, and the No Man's Sky review embargo was lifted on August 9th, the same day as the game's release date. Hello Games didn't like that leaked copies footage got published on the internet, claiming that it "didn't represent in which the game would take on its release day". As it turned out to be, the leaked copies of the game were a perfect representation of what the game would look like on its release day, and many players were in for a bad surprise.

* StreisandEffect: The game suffered a good bit when a Reddit user was able to purchase an early copy of the game and posted his findings to the site. Many fans were upset over this, but the creators stated that fans should just ignore the findings, that this sort of thing isn't the real deal. Even more, Sony ended up forcing [=YouTube=] to take down a video from Creator/RoosterTeeth's "The Know" news channel talking about the findings, which two of the many hosts [[WhatTheHellHero called out the company for when they found out how they did it]]. This is a game that also did an embargo on early reviews, which sent up a lot of red flags for many consumers... which later proved to be true, considering the game now sits at the high 60's on Metacritic and around 58% positive reviews on Steam.

** The entire group had been fans of Music/SixtyFiveDaysOfStatic long before working on the game, so, in their own words, [[PromotedFanboy working with the group]] to provide music for the game is a huge treat for them. Unfortunately, given the game's status...

** The entire group had been fans of Music/SixtyFiveDaysOfStatic long before working on the game, so, in their own words, [[PromotedFanboy working with the group]] to provide music for the game is a huge treat for them.

* LyingCreator: '''''Oh hell yes'''''. If you just take a look at some of the promotional material for this game, you'll find that more than half of what the developers promised to be in the game is either nerfed to hell and back, or ''flat out doesn't exist'' in the final game. Understandably, [[BrokenBase the fandom hasn't taken this very well]].

* LyingCreator: '''''Oh hell yes'''''. If you just take a look at some of the promotional material for this game, you'll find that more than half of what the developers promised to be in the game either is nerfed to hell and back, or ''flat out doesn't exist'' in the final game. Understandably, [[BrokenBase the fandom hasn't taken this very well]].

* LyingCreator: '''''Oh hell yes'''''. If you just take a look at some of the promotional material for this game, you'll find that more than half of what the developers promised to be in the game either is Nerfed to hell and back, or ''flat out doesn't exist'' in the final game. Understandably, [[BrokenBase the fandom hasn't taken this very well]].

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: [[https://youtube.com/watch?v=JYNriatnYkE The games prerelease material looks vastly different from the finished product]], and a number of touted features were either reduced in scope or removed entirely.

** He also mentioned ''VideoGame/DarkSouls'' and ''VideoGame/{{Journey}}'' as inspirations for the game's multiplayer.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: [[https://youtube.com/watch?v=JYNriatnYkE The games prerelease material looks vastly different from the finished product.]]

* TheWikiRule: Currently two: [[https://nomanssky.gamepedia.com/No_Man%27s_Sky_Wiki Here on Gamepedia]] and [[http://nomanssky.wikia.com/wiki/No_Man%27s_Sky_Wiki here on]] Website/{{Wikia}}.

* StreisandEffect: The game suffered a good bit when a Reddit user was able to purchase an early copy of the game and posted his findings to the site. Many fans were upset over this, but the creators stated that fans should just ignore the findings, that this sort of thing isn't the real deal. Even more, Sony ended up forcing [=YouTube=] to take down a video from Creator/RoosterTeeth's "The Know" news channel talking about the findings, which two of the many hosts [[WhatTheHellHero called out the company for when they found out how they did it]]. This is a game that also did an embargo on early reviews, which sent up a lot of red flags.

* TheWikiRule: Currently two: [[https://nomanssky.gamepedia.com/No_Man%27s_Sky_Wiki Here]] and [[http://nomanssky.wikia.com/wiki/No_Man%27s_Sky_Wiki here]].

* TheWikiRule: [[http://nomanssky.wikia.com/wiki/No_Man%27s_Sky_Wiki Here]].

* HypeBacklash:

* HypeBacklash: The August 1 leaks resulted in the Reddit community for the game going into a meltdown so filled with hype backlash (due to the leak showing buggy gameplay, and that the worst fears that this game is shallow with nothing to do coming to life) that posters trying to preserve the hype started doing detective work to try and 'prove' that the leaked copy of the game wasn't a retail copy as stated, but in fact a 'demo' or 'non-final developer copy'.

* HypeBacklash: The August 1 leaks resulted in the Reddit community for the game going into a meltdown so filled with Hype Backlash that posters trying to preserve the hype started doing detective work to try and 'prove' that the leaked copy of the game wasn't a retail copy as stated, but in fact a 'demo' or 'non-final developer copy'.

** Expect a real-life Colbert Bump for the game on October 2nd 2015 when Sean Murray guests on [[{{TheLateShowWithStephenColbert}} The Late Show]] to discuss and demo No Man's Sky.
* OneOfUs: Creator/HelloGames' head developer Sean Murray mentioned ''Franchise/StarTrek'' and ''VideoGame/{{Elite}}'' (which he played as a kid) as inspirations for the game.

* OneOfUs: Creator/HelloGames' head developer Sean Murray mentioned ''Franchise/StarTrek'' as one of his inspirations for the game.

** The entire group had been fans of 65daysofstatic long before working on the game, so, in their own words, [[PromotedFanboy working with the group]] to provide music for the game is a huge treat for them.

* TheWikiRule: [[http://nomanssky.wikia.com/wiki/No_Man%27s_Sky_Wiki Here,]] though it NeedsMoreLove.

* OneOfUs: Hello Games' head developer Sean Murray mentioned ''Franchise/StarTrek'' as one of his inspirations for the game.