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Sean Murray revisited the unpatched 2016 No Man's Sky and praises its solitary charm

Hello Games director Sean Murray played the original, unpatched 2016 build of No Man's Sky and said he enjoys its 'esoteric' and 'weirder' feeling of being alone on a planet. He said the modern game still contains that core sense of solitary exploration while the studio has added many features over ten years. Murray also praised newer systems like base-building and ship customization and often starts new saves to recapture the original feeling. This matters because the developer views the original exploration experience as the game's enduring heart despite dozens of major free updates.

• Sean Murray played the unpatched 2016 No Man's Sky and described it as 'more esoteric' and 'a little bit weirder.'
• Hello Games delivered dozens of major free updates since launch that added base-building, spaceship construction, multiplayer missions, companions, mechs and a Death Star-like structure; custom ships were added last year.
• Murray says the updated No Man's Sky still provides the core feeling of being alone on a planet and that he often starts new saves to re-experience it.
• Murray personally enjoys newer systems — he highlighted base-building and said he 'lost himself' designing custom ships.