THE WORST HYPE TRAIN?! | Internet Historian The Engoodening of No Man's Sky Reaction 

I love the transition everyone experiences while watching this, starting with "Sean is a dickhead!" and ending with "Nooo! He's just a bean!"

No Man's Sky has had SEVENTEEN major updates since Internet Historian's video came out. Sean being a technical guy and being absolutely hopeless at PR really worked against him, but breaking down all the complaints into information he could use to prioritise fixes and updates is exactly how a good technical lead would handle feedback. His strengths came through.

Watching Alicia shift from "He's a dickhead" to sincere sympathy and cheering for Sean and the team is so wholesome

I had no idea about your past, or your struggle with cancer until this video and your honest and heartfelt reactions are what finally tipped me over the edge to subscribing. I don't care where you're from or what you did before, anyone who cares this much and this obviously about others, is someone I want to support with all my heart. I know this'll get lost in the thousands of other replies, but I really appreciate your compassion for a total stranger like this. You're a good person.

No Man's Sky is one of the most amazing redemption stories in the gaming industry Fun fact: Sean himself went around reccomending and praising this video, only to roll it back *slightly* by warning people to avoid the last ~10 minutes.

Scientist: “My research is meaningless if taken out of context” Journalist: “Scientist says his own research is meaningless”

No Man's Sky is such an insane story. Went from literally being the reviled laughing stalk of the video game industry to having a super loyal fanbase and years and years of support from the devs. They literally just put out another big update!

Your reaction to the story itself was fantastic, but the multiple mini rants were the best part. Spent all those times just going "yeah, yeah. Let her cook!" Excellent insight and really enjoyed hearing your perspective.

The kinda funny thing is that your reaction to their team size and price "wasn't it a AAA title?" exactly proved his point that pricetags set expectations and it should have never originally released for 60 bucks (in the state it was in at least)

Alicia: "He's saying exactly the things I'm thinking, he must be a wizard!" Me, having already watched the vid: "She's predicting exactly the things the video will say, she must be a wizard!"

I still regret getting sucked into the hypetrain and going against my gut when this game came out. That regret was compounded by the fact that I was among those who frowned at the devs without understanding their story. This video, out of *everything* Internet Historian has made, is the one most precious to me. It showed me that not every disaster is because of greed or hate or malice. Sometimes its just a series of circumstances spiralling out of control. And, sometimes, the people involved actively try to make things better. God bless the folks at Hello games.

NGL, the reaction you had to the fanfic gave me life. Fun fact: Sean himself recommended the vid...while also saying to avoid the last few minutes or something.

They literally released an update a few days ago, the amount of love and passion they put into this game is amazing. Oh yeah, and something personal - that dovetail games Train Simulator callout was hilarious - and I'm a railfan. That simulator is literally just microtransactions - the game. I'm more of a TRAINZ user myself.

Just a note, Tom Clancy games are NOT made in any way, shape, or form by Tom Clancy. He was an author that dealt very heavily in espionage and military based fiction and sold rights to his titles for games to be made. He passed October 1st, 2013. Rest in peace, king.

Watching you predict every single talking point in the video was a hell of a thing.

If you are interested in hearing more of the story, Sean Murray did a nice presentation at GDC about his experience a few years after release when the game was in a much better state. He sounds so much more natural and confident at public speaking with all that pressure off his shoulders. It’s a pretty great presentation.

The fact that there was an update of nearly 6 GB not even 24 hours ago makes his talk about the game just being constantly worked on that much more real. Followed the typical trek of "bored because of lack of engagement" to "holy shit this is one of my favorite games and I hope it keeps going for as long as they can make it" and it's an experience I'll never forget.

It is so fascinating that Alicia was able to connect the dots and figure out the story before IH even got to the part. 1:11:25 I love you can see her face go from calm to shock to disgust in like a second

this is the second video of yours I've watched, and the first time I'm learning about who you are and what you do. I'm glad to hear that your recovery is going well, and I'm so so sorry for the bullshit that gaming journalism put you through. your personality shines bright and I am so grateful I came across your content. you're a lot of fun, and you're very insightful, and I wasn't expecting all these in depth takes about the gaming industry in this reaction video but I am so glad for everything you clued me into. thank you for what you do. keep shining, you beautiful diamond.

In Hello Games’s defense, when a major studio backs you, they control when you release. Microsoft almost voted to release the unfinished version of Halo 2, and the only reason Bungie got an extra year to finish it was because the head of Microsoft Studios threatened to resign if Bungie didn’t get an extra year

In response to 1:25:26, there have been 16 more updates since the 8 he talked about in this video!

It's rare to find someone so well-versed and charismatic at the same time. Thoroughly enjoyed this video

1:19:31 giving people a timeline after promising the fixes would have set even more expectations which was the exact same problem that got them into that mess. I think they should have given updates on the patches as they happened in development instead of complete silence but maybe that would have caused other problems I didn't think about.

Man can I just say, as someone completely new to you and your content, your takes on journalism and the gaming space were just so spot on imo. On top of you having an amazing personality and what I’m learning is an incredible legacy that those journalists should absolutely have focused on. Subscribed!

Hope you do more Internet Historian, feels like your personalities mesh well with the commentary. Very entertaining.

I nearly had a heart attack when you said you had cancer. I was like "oh my God, I just discovered this girl. She can't die already! No!" I'm so glad your treatment is working.

The internet historian video where he talks about fallout 76 and YIIK is great too Also the Jontron video about weird dating shows is a funny watch as well

I normally don’t care for reaction/commentary channels since I find them usually a cheap gimmick to ride others successes. But your personal touch is actually so warning and welcomed. You just talk to the audience more like a close friend then an audience, and even your storytelling about your experiences in the gaming industry is so insightful to listen to. Genuinely someone I’d actually wanna sit down and play some games with. Thanks for the content and here is to hopefully reaching 20K! ❤

I was waiting for this! The Internet Historian journey is gonna be an amazing one

thank you, its so rare to come across someone who acknowledge and made effort to help men who were assaulted. especially here in SEA, Im glad that atleast there are people like you out there who does care and is doing something to help. Its super hard as a man myself to speak out about such issue since nobody here took us seriously. I'll stay hopeful for a better tomorrow where everyone is actually equal and protected

“I don’t know what’s the deal with Fallout 76” I’ve got GREAT news about Internet Historian

This was a fantastic reaction, you provided more to the video than just nodding along and agreeing but instead gave actual additional content, and I can hear and feel the emotion behind it all. In short, this was an amazing reaction, one that others should use as an example of what a true reaction is.

I don't say it often, but Alicia is a very based person.

Aww I really appreciated your down to earth and honest and emotional reaction to this. This whole video reaction was a journey

To answer your questions, the last major update was literally today, about 10 hours before you posted your video. It added new enemies, something about monuments, massive enemy capital ships that you can engage in combat with along with other improvements to performance, visuals and VR. There’s been about 17ish major updates with titles since internet historian video (I think that’s not including the limited time expeditions) Edit: Oh and the trailer released for the update is just gameplay and probably looks more amazing than the e3 trailer that everyone got overhyped for. It’s the interceptor update trailer if you’re interested

I think we're on the 16th update with the lastest one being yesterday. It's honestly one of the best comeback stories in gaming history. Your reaction perfectly encapsulated the rollercoaster of emotions I felt throughout its development.

The number of big updates for NMS has actually more than doubled since the time this video came out, theres a whole lot more to do in the game than even Interent Historian talked about

There was palpable rage at the time. The "twist" ending especially hit hard.

I give you a lot of respect for saying that men can be assalted the idea that men never can have any bad thing happen to them (rape/stuff in that ballpark) makes me sick i have a friend who was raped and everyone even some of our(mine and my friends)friends were like "oh i bet you loved it" i always hated that and said to them it doesnt matter if he felt physical pleasure he didn't want to have sex that's all that matters. Love the video

I feel you pain when I comes to game journalism. My dad was a public affairs officer in the US Air Force, the crap he had to deal with journalists of similar methods is some of the reasons why he has PTSD! 😆

Your commentary matching up to what was later said in the video was hilarious! The spooky thing wasn't how you both thought about the same things, but that you could see so many of Sean's experiences in your own life. Maybe you were rambling or maybe you weren't, but having already seen the video I was just as interested in the parallels in your life as I was about hearing Sean's story. And this is only like the 4th video of you I've seen!

_Wow._ This was an amazing video, and I don't mean Internet Historian's (I mean, _it is,_ but I've watched it dozens of times already). This was basically 90 minutes of you being on the same exact wavelength as Mr. Historian *and I was here for it.* All of the tangents were extremely interesting too: as someone who really isn't into Esports and knew next to nothing of your career beside a few mentions in passing in your other videos, it was a real treat to hear about your own experiences and legacy, and how you related to Sean and co. and the hardships they went through. Mad respect for everything you accomplished. Btw, fun fact: Sean himself watched that video, and posted on Twitter about it imploring people to not watch the last part... If listening to it was painful for you, imagine the people at Hello Games xD

Oh my god, I really want to see more of your reactions. Is not so common to see a reaction video where the commentary is so insightful and entertaining at the same time. Also really like the aiming at good vibes mentality, the world is pretty bad as it is, so why not try to see the good things? This kind of content is somenthing that I really need, thank you Alicia

No Man’s Sky is ABSOLUTELY worth picking up again. It has come so far, and is such an amazing game to experience and play now Edit: 8 years after release and they’re STILL pumping out free updates. Just in this past couple of weeks, they’ve added ship creation!!

No man Sky more like Yes Woman Earth

47:18 The unopened bottle of celebratory champagne always gets me. It really shows just how bad they felt about the launch and how dedicated they were that they didn’t even take a moment to revel in the fact that they launched a AAA game(although a bad one) like many other studios would have.

Two of my favorite channels in one video? Just take my money now!

Your insight into the world of game development, media, and just overall how many times you were able to call out something IH was about to talk about was great!

Honestly, the fact you personally relate to Sean's situation at least to some extent, really made this reaction far more unique and engaging! Thanks for sharing, and keep up the great work as always!

As annoyed as I was by the long tangents you went on in this video, I still listened to all of it, and your opinions and respect for all those in the gaming community have earned my own respect, and thus, a subscription. :) Also, good luck with your cancer treatment! Glad to hear it's working out so far! I'll be praying that you are able to make a full recovery!

I will always remember the time when I met someone from Hello Games at a job fair, this was after the hate from No Man's Sky had died down but before the first major content update, he was mostly talking about work the studio did for other projects and there was a TV showing Joe Danger gameplay, when he said he worked for Hello Games I said "Oh yeah, you guys made No Man's Sky, what was that like?" I could see the colour fade from his face immediately

That rant about Journalism came from the SOUL.

Seeing Alicia get this tilted over it is both gratifying and tilting. Because shes right, this is messed up, though not exactly as it seems either But also almost all her questions get answered *in* the video. Sometimes in the very line she interrupted to pause. And didnt rewind. So theres elements missed

Alicia I'd like to say that what you said about journalism in the second half of the video was absolutely based (sorry for the zoomer vocabulary, but I really mean it and that's the best word I know to describe how correct you are)

Ahh yes one of the best redemption stories for a game dev

"Underwater stuff is so scary!" Now the tiny sadist in me really wants to see you play Subnautica. XD

Oh you really can't get enough of Internet Historian. The content is like a chef's kiss, your reaction to it is like icing on top. 28:50 when I saw her say that I was so excited for her to see further in the vid.

No Man's Sky is 7 years old and we still get good updates like every 4-6 months. Sean and his team just don't stop.

I love the evolution of how Alicia reacted to the game throughout the video. Been a fan of the game since day one. Got my physical CE still. They've added so many updates since then and even since IH's video there's been tons of updates, my favorite being them adding the players ship from mass effect. I love this game and I'd love to watch you play it whether you do it live or not. Great reaction as always. ❤

Hearing you support men and advocate for men was really nice to hear. My mother and physically and sexually abused me from the age of 12 to 19 when I left to join the military and get away from it. Her and my dad got a divorce and she get full custody and thats how it started. For a good few years I tried telling people. No one cared so I just gave up and dealt with it. I'm 36 years old now and I never talk about it anymore because I'm either laughed at or not taken seriously or I get stupid questions like "well was she hot". I'm doing okay now but there's somebody young men out there that need support that simply aren't getting it. There are so many men that are being very seriously abused and nothing is being done to help them. Thank you so much for supporting men in bringing a bit of light to that.

Most recent update was fractal, which helped with inventory management even more among other goodies. They even announced a new one coming in the future a few days ago.

Man, I still remember one of the game awards, I believe it was 2020-2021? The Award was something like, "best online game that continues to update" or something about, there was Among us, Fortnite and massive games that update constantly, then, there was No Man's Sky Next. Sean Murray was on a call on the event as it wasn't on stage, with the others Devs for the games nominated. They pan out of the Dev's views, to announce the winner. Sean gets out a beer and starts drinking, at that moment in time No Man's Sky was barely on it's comeback. 'Next' Wins. Over all the others. You can see the actual surprise on the dude's face as he lays down the beer from his mouth. For me, I really still think about that moment. I think at some point he nearly cried but I can remember it for sure. Should really watch that again, it was pretty nice

YES YES YES so happy your reacting to this.

No Man's Sky. The Prince Zuko of Video Games.

Glad you're checking out more of IH's stuff. I love the way he tells this story from the public's side then goes back and re-tells it from behind the scenes. It's fun watching people's reactions and how their perception changes when they realise what actually went down. "That zone between 50 and 52" probably get's my vote for next as it has some great editing, or "My Immortal" which is a dramatic reading of a really bazar emo harry potter fan fiction, but there's a nice back library of entertaining video's and you can't really go wrong. Keep up the great content, I love your overall positivity!

Watching the dramatic and emotional end was such a treat knowing that immidiately after you'd be subjected to the smut. Also watch Man in Cave

Man they had like 8 big updates since the internet historian video came out. They have combat mechs biological ships and all sorts of cool stuff now. You can now create your own town and build it up.

Fun fact since the synthesis update there have been 25 major updates to the game as of the writing of this comment with the latest update coming out on the 19th of June 2023 and all of those updates and every feature in them was completely free for everyone who already owns the game and can be bought everything included with buying the base game for those who don't have it yet.

A lot of other tubers do so, but I still like watching people react to “Ididathing’s” dry Aussie humor. A great opening vid (and imo one of his best) is making the gun hammer, but I also have a soft spot of him rating all of the animals in his backyard (he’s from Australia, so lot of unique animals)

The division on release (including the beta) was amazing cuz there was no meta or no game breaking gear combos yet. So everything was new and somewhat balanced. That multiplayer and getting a whole server together to hunt down one rogue team. It was beautiful

I'm relatively new to your channel, didn't know who you were prior but I've come back over time and enjoy your vibe and just very sweet atmosphere you make in these videos. It broke my heart to hear that you're battling cancer, but I'm super happy to also hear that the treatment is working. I pray that it gets wiped out completely with no surgeries needed. God bless you, Alicia :)

Once again, you manage to preempt so many of Internet Historian’s points with so much good commentary. I love it!

Oh my god, I've watched a couple of your reactions now and never knew you were battling cancer, my heart literally dropped when I heard that. Thanks for the reaction to the Engoodening of No Man's Sky, but most importantly I hope you get through and win and get better soon Alicia.

So glad I found this channel, it's always amazing to see someone with experience reacting to gaming stories. Love your persona and please do keep it up!

Woohooo!!! im so glad youre continuing with his channel!

I like how passionate you are about games!

So refreshing to have someone actually *in* the industry giving commentary to this situation. Also they literally just released another update earlier this week

To answer your question about the Cyberpunk release. I'm a PC player and I played the game starting release day and there were a good number of bugs, but not enough to cause any serious gripes from me. The large majority of the issues were on the previous gen and next consoles where CDPR weren't able to fully finish the porting of the game to those platforms. For me, as a PC player, we were getting regular updates within weeks of release to fix major bugs and by the six month mark, it was a perfectly stable game I had played mulitple times. It wasn't until then CDPR started working steadily on the patches and updates for the consoles. In comparison, I also was a release day player of NMS and by the first week I was done playing it and got tired of it. At least until the new updates started releasing months later.

Man, every time I see this video. I just can't help but cry. Anyways, great video! You can see the journey you have in your opinion of Sean as the story goes on. Have a nice day!

"made by Tom Clancy" Some people probably mentioned it, but Tom Clancy was a military fiction author whose books - which included the Splinter Cell and Rainbow Six novels - were so ahead of their time that he had US military officials come knocking at his door one time asking if he had people leaking him classified information, but he was just that smart when it came to understanding how the military, war, and politics work together in his books. He was like an American Kojima without the goofiness of a Kojima game. So while a lot of Tom Clancy games were originally based on his book series, eventually Ubi just started making stuff up, and literally slapped Tom Clancy's name onto The Division even though he had literally nothing to do with it. Nobody asked for an essay, but I miss Tom Clancy's books, so their ya go.

Hey Alicia! God has smiled on me today! Made it to the video 12 seconds after upload! Loving all of the uploads, RU-vid and Patreon!

Someone probably already told you that, but your model is BEAUTIFUL. It looks like one of those very beautiful and expensive dolls from before 2010, and the way it captures the expressions is really good.

I'd definitely recommend checking out Fall Of 76 next, especially when you have No Man's Sky's redemption arc to contrast it against. They're basically two sides of the coin.

anything from the net historian...he's a legend....the spot between area 50 and area 52

I don't really know, but I suspect NMS being full price (with the occasional sale) is what helps the 26 devs in that studio to keep releasing new updates for free and with zero microtransactions, while also being able to fund their other projects, like The Last Campfire and an untitled big project Murray said they are working on.

This is Internet Historians greatest work IMO, the first half is working the viewer up into an angry frenzy and then showing the context and very human story in the second, making us reconcile between indignant rage and dogged inspiration.

Man i still get so emotional when watching this. put together so well. this legtimately changed my whole view on dev work and to not immediately go into the ''stupid lazy devs'' route. Like i never did before, but theres always a reason for things, not always the 1st negative thing you can imagine.

For people wondering when the last update for No Man Sky was, there was an update less than two weeks ago. They still haven’t given up on the game and the game still hasn’t been fully explored yet

I’m still sad his “man in a cave” video got deleted but it’s so good that recommend reacting to an upload it’s just to good

Alicia’s going to have a lot of fun reacting to both Internet Historian and Maxor videos!

I'm glad you enjoyed the video Aliciax. There's 2 other Internet Historian videos that you might be interested in. The Fall of 76 & the Zone between Area 50 and 52. Internet Historian has another channel called Incognito Mode. Theres two videos called the Swedish Job & the Gentleman Pirate which are a retelling of events that happened but in his own way

Amazing. First video, I became a fan just some 10 minutes into the video for the absolute vibes, after the video, I found an incredibly delightful happy bean to follow, I'm smashing and melee'ing the subscribe button and bell so hard right now. You made me a happy bean too.

Your speaking about men being assaulted and abused earned a sub. No one really speaks about it. My fiance wrote a fictional book about the subject but sadly no one cares about that or if you're a guy who has gone though that you get laughed at. I know cause when i was a young teen i was sexually abused for a few years and 30 years later it still effects me, but no one really ever touches on it.

btw, there have been SEVENTEEN updates to No Man's Sky since that video came out. After Synthesis, they released Living Ship, Exo Mech, Desolation, Origins, Next Generation, Companions, Expeditions, Prisms, Fronteirs, Sentinel, Outlaws, Endurance, Waypoint, the Nintendo Switch release, Fractal, Interceptor and the most recent update, Echoes, which came out just this past August. And the price of the game hasn't gone up.

Your explanation of yourself makes so much more sense as to why I enjoy listening to your vids. Passion and former professional commentator.....also a proper amount of caffeine lol

I’ve had an uncle who unfortunately passed away from brain cancer, couple of months ago and I’m so happy you’re getting better.

Just found your channel and I love this style of videos. You seem like a really genuine person and I really admire your openness and vulnerability. You've earned another long time sub 🤘

1:10:00 And what's worst of all, is that you cannot simply call out journalists for their loaded questions, as they'll just use that call-out as a way to call you bitter and over-emotional...

my favorite thing about this video is that no matter when someone makes a reaction of it you can go into the comments and find people talking about how they added another update recently.

No Man’s Sky: Gaming’s Greatest Redemption Arc of All Time