Elite Dangerous: Horizons

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  1. CD-Action
    Mar 4, 2016
    85
    If you love interstellar travels, you’ve got nothing to mull over, because right now Elite Dangerous is the best space sim. [02/2016, p.36]
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  2. Brash Games
    Feb 4, 2016
    80
    My time so far with Elite Dangerous: Horizons has been amazing. I really didn’t know what to expect going into this game and was blown away by the scope of it. I usually like a game to have a strong narrative, but this game is heavily focused on exploration, which it absolutely nails. The game looks amazing, plays well and I’m excited to see how the game develops over the coming months.

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5.2

Mixed or average reviews- based on 92 Ratings

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  1. Positive: 40 out of 92
  2. Mixed: 11 out of 92
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  1. Much
    Dec 19, 2015
    0
    Only a total sucker would buy this for a price of a full AAA game.
    Same as E:D, this is an empty boring shell game mod, selling non-existing    Only a total sucker would buy this for a price of a full AAA game.
    Same as E:D, this is an empty boring shell game mod, selling non-existing features.
    What a joke.    … Full Review »
  2. Goseigen
    Dec 27, 2015
    1
    Elite Dangerous has always felt like a backbone for an amazing game. It has so much untapped potential which could really push the game to theElite Dangerous has always felt like a backbone for an amazing game. It has so much untapped potential which could really push the game to the next level. The original version was riddled with bugs and many core features, like missions, were just broken for a really long time. Every time something was fixed, something else broke in the process. It also quickly ran out of content and different ways of playing were completely imbalanced compared to others. For example trading brings in tens or maybe hundreds of times as much credits as bounties/exploring.

    Horizons continues the same path as the main game. Landings on planets and bring a whole new aspect to the game... in theory. You will quickly find out that none of the interesting planets are landable. You can only land on rocky/ice bodies which contain absolutely nothing. Materials found on the planet surface are tedious to gather and worth almost nothing. Even the special encounters are totally useless and will net you credits worth of one low bounty pirate kill. After messing around an hour with the SRV, you won't ever land on a planet again. It's just not worth it.

    Again I'm just baffled how amazing features like building your own base and co-op heavy content isn't even in the planning. The update is said to have two person piloted ships, but with no real content it will get boring really fast. Without serious addition of undocumented features (Base building, co-op/group content, ship/equipment construction, unique module drops, THARGOIDS!) this game will just fade away. This game has so much potential but the developers just don't seem to have any idea what people want or how to properly balance the game.

    Pros:
    - Driving SRV on the planet surface is fun for a while

    Cons:
    - Planets contain nothing of interest
    - New missions are broken and probably take ages to get fixed.
    - You can't land on interesting planet types like earth-like planets.
    - Planet landing being the main feature of this expansion, 50€ price tag is outrageous. Pre-orderers got 25% discount but even that for an incomplete expansion is a joke.    … Full Review »
  3. mossfoot
    Dec 23, 2015
    10
    Continuing the excellent work of Elite: Dangerous. Basically this is Season 2. If you bought the game earlier, you get a discount towardsContinuing the excellent work of Elite: Dangerous. Basically this is Season 2. If you bought the game earlier, you get a discount towards Season 2 that's more in line with high end DLC. If you're buying it new you get all the goodness of the original season and this one.

    Compared to so many DLC I've seen in games, some offered for just as much or more than this, this actually is the first on I think justifies the price tag. I love the base game, and this expansion only increases that love. If you ever wanted to be Han Solo, the ability to land on planets makes that feel one step closer to real.    … Full Review »
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