Elite: Dangerous - Odyssey

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3.6

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 55 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 15 out of 55
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 55
  3. Negative: 37 out of 55

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  1. Amber50n
    May 21, 2021
    10
    Best of space simulator
    It`s my second life.
    I`m in game more them 9 months gametime
  2. Gabriel_Heroso
    May 21, 2021
    10
    I dream about a game like this since I was a kid. Space legs + best spaceship simulation = Elite !
  3. Lucifer_md
    May 21, 2021
    10
    dlc is interesting, the ideas are good, we are waiting for an optimization and to burn the galaxy
  4. 3ep
    May 21, 2021
    10
    Best game!. I recommend to everyone ! Full immersion in space! The best space simulator ever!
  5. Unknighted
    May 24, 2021
    9
    This is a hard thing to rate.

    Based on my playstyle and experience I am having a blast playing Odyssey. However this expansion is fantastic for a niche playerbase in an already niche game and that is sight seeing/exploration. The light atmo effects are beautiful, the space legs make the planets feel more vast and amazing, the new planet gen is improved in my opinion but I do know there    This is a hard thing to rate.

    Based on my playstyle and experience I am having a blast playing Odyssey. However this expansion is fantastic for a niche playerbase in an already niche game and that is sight seeing/exploration. The light atmo effects are beautiful, the space legs make the planets feel more vast and amazing, the new planet gen is improved in my opinion but I do know there are people who do not like it.

    However there is nothing else to do meaningfully. They added ground conflict zones which is cool but doesn't add much to the gameplay loop. And trading pilots are ****ed cause there's nothing here for them. Take away the bugs and server crashes this expansion is still missing a lot. Dedicated Explorers will enjoy this expansion if you tend to go find amazing sights. But that's it...

    Again I am loving this and feel like it's $40 well spent and if you share my love for exploring then get it you won't regret it.

    But if you're a Combat or Trade Pilot, you do a lot of BGS or PowerPlay gameplay, Xeno Hunters, and Cannon Research then don't get this as there is little to no reason for you to do so.


    9/10 for ME
    4/10 for everyone else    … Expand
  6. Kudurcultist
    May 23, 2021
    8
    The servers kick you all the time, the amount of bugs is very big right now, but the possibilities that the game gives you right now are immense.

    You can fly to a planet, deploy a ship-launched fighter, destroy an outpost while your hired NPC Crew controls your ship and you are in your fighter, all with detailed models an interiors. Or viceversa, you can send your NPC crew in a fighter    The servers kick you all the time, the amount of bugs is very big right now, but the possibilities that the game gives you right now are immense.

    You can fly to a planet, deploy a ship-launched fighter, destroy an outpost while your hired NPC Crew controls your ship and you are in your fighter, all with detailed models an interiors. Or viceversa, you can send your NPC crew in a fighter to do so. Whether your Crew Member (or another player) is controlling your ship-launched fighter or your main ship (while you are on your super-fast fighter), there is a number of order you can give them (follow, guard me, attack the target, maintain formation, etc)

    Want to deploy on land? Land with your ship, then deploy your SRV (vehicle) that is weaponized and explore, analyze, collect. Get out of your vehicle and explore strange places on foot, then return to your vehicle to keep exploring. Or you can directly deploy on foot from your ship. Transfer items between your backpack, your vehicle and your ship. Dismiss your ship and call it back later.

    Explore stations, outposts and other facilities on foot, collect valuables, investigate, kill enemies that show up to stop you or scavengers who want your valuable cargo, buy a new ship, or two. Be a pirate, an entrepeneur, a smuggler, a tycoon, an explorer, mostly anything you want (diplomat is the only 'career' I think it's not available yet). Sell your mapped system charts and probed planet surfaces, increase your reputation with a certain faction and gain access to restricted star star systems or ships. Explore the unexplored, survive, enroll in the military, play with friends each on their own ships or vehicle, on foot or give them a seat in your ship to control your turrets, your ship-launched fighters of your SRV land vehicle and explore together in public of private sessions.

    Or play solo if you want to farm engineering materials alone and not disturbed (you can still chat with your friends and the people in the solar system, but they won't show up physically). Upgrade the many, many modules in your ship, go beyond that and engineer them and add them one of the many experimental effects. Mine an asteroid field, refine with your onboard refinery, buy and sell.

    The possibilities are many. But more importantly, enjoy the game your way.

    Yes, Odyssey has had a rough start but it can only get better from here. It WILL get better from here.

    And ship interiors are probably next.

    Elite Dangerous is slowly becoming Star Citizen... years before Star Citizen is finished.    … Expand
  7. Hankuspankus
    May 22, 2021
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I updated my NVidia and Horizons and found no real issues . Seems the game is developed for future hardware updates such as DDR5 and 1 NM CPUs which will increase performance . I got about 30 FPS at 4 K on a PC from 2015 , I7 , 16 GB ram , new SSD and RTX 2080 . The game DLC has 3 main game loops , salvaging , exploring and conflict battles on foot . As there are so many maps that could be discovered with many lighting effects , I can`t think of any other game that is similar . Many negative reviews on Steam with issues that I have not encountered and playing the Alpha the performance slightly got better . As this is a very novel type of game it seems very difficult to compare and seems at the cutting edge of organising a Galactic map with immersive gameplay as seamless as possible , as you can encounter a battle on foot , use external camera and passively view the action across the area . I look forward to updates and refinements to Odyssey as the developer has updated the previous Horizons updated regularly .… Expand
  8. MaxEncoder
    May 21, 2021
    9
    The best space simulator game. Limitless space, many different types of game activity, an interesting community. With the release of the new add-on, it became even more interesting. Many thanks to the developers for their hard work! I recommend it to all fans of space adventures!
  9. Enlightened
    May 21, 2021
    10
    Awesome most awaited update for the best space sim ever. Despite of some issues on start it is definitely worth to play!
  10. Supremacist
    Sep 8, 2023
    10
    Perfect game of space simülation games. This game is my life. I dont understand why nobody love this?

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55

Mixed or average reviews - based on 13 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 13
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 13
  3. Negative: 3 out of 13
  1. Cubed3
    Nov 29, 2021
    60
    Elite Dangerous: Odyssey is a fundamental shift in how this operates - literally. From space to the ground. Taking those first steps on a planet's surface after having landed there is simply awesome, and is decades in the making for fans of the Frontier franchise. The unfortunate reality however is that the performance is currently letting it down. Serious optimisation work is a necessity to iron out a multitude of issues - albeit it's probably not as bad as some are portraying in the immediate aftermath of release. While the new gameplay mechanics come with some variety for those bored of simple space combat, the shooting on the ground also needs a good deal of attention, with AI, and the general standard of combat, alongside the amount of different locations generated on planets, all in need of work. The thing is, this is a journey; a road map, and this is just the first staging post. Hopefully there's a lot more to come down the line.
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  2. CD-Action
    Jul 23, 2021
    55
    While the base game attracted players with the vastness of space, this add-on narrows down the scale and has you complete missions on foot. Sadly, this pretty exciting idea was executed poorly. New tools (e.g. blowtorches and scanners), cool planetary facilities, and procedurally generated missions won’t prevent you from being swamp with repetitive tasks and samey visuals. Additionally, Odyssey is unstable and poorly optimized. [08/2021, p.67]
  3. TheSixthAxis
    Jul 7, 2021
    50
    Elite Dangerous: Odyssey is an ambitious addition to the Elite formula that doesn’t quite hit the highs it should. It instead serves as a preview of what the game may be like in 6 or 12 months from now, and is hard to recommend as it currently is. Personally? I’d wait and see how Frontier Developments improves the game. Let’s face it, there’s still plenty to explore in Horizons.
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