(Kinda) Massively Multiplayer
Multiplayer has been a hot button issue for No Man’s Sky for a while – as fans were outraged that the game didn’t have it upon its release, despite it seemingly being advertised.
In No Man’s Sky Beyond, Hello Games looks to deliver multiplayer that provides a fun experience for friends and enriches the world at the same time.
While he wouldn’t define it as massive, creator Sean Murray stated to Eurogamer that the online component of the update is a big feature.
“I was trying to think of a word that’s not massively multiplayer, I think that draws a lot of genre connotations that I don’t want, and I don’t think we deliver on,” said Murray. “But you can go anywhere and bump into people.”
Thanks to the implementation of community missions and a social hub, it is possible to run into upwards of 16 to 32 people throughout the world.
