The weird experience of liking a game before it's 'fixed'

The author liked Battlefield 2042 and No Man's Sky at launch even as both were widely criticized, enjoying their eerie solitude and odd physics. EA overhauled BF 2042's maps and refocused on 64-player modes, while Hello Games spent a decade turning No Man's Sky into a redemption story. Hello Games founder Sean Murray says he still has a soft spot for the original 2016 version.