Elite Dangerous: Horizons

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  1. tompytel
    Apr 27, 2017
    7
    To boldly go where no man has been bored before!

    I've sunk many hours into the VR version of this game and even though it was not originally designed for that, it definitely works very well. Beautiful stars and planets and fun combat and relatively ok exploring and feeling like you are actually piloting a real spaceship are all a plus, I just wish this game was fun. A hint for making it    To boldly go where no man has been bored before!

    I've sunk many hours into the VR version of this game and even though it was not originally designed for that, it definitely works very well. Beautiful stars and planets and fun combat and relatively ok exploring and feeling like you are actually piloting a real spaceship are all a plus, I just wish this game was fun. A hint for making it better, the person at Frontier Development who designed the missions where you have to travel to a specific planet and then wait and stare at the pretty stars for up to thirty minutes while waiting for a specific NPC to show up should probably be let go. That is just one example of the many boring time-waste factors deliberately implemented in the game.    … Expand
  2. parenter
    Dec 22, 2015
    7
    This is a 50$ expansion... Have the expansion or not you are forced to download it but you can not use it if you don't pay the $50. And the only thing you can do is to land to the planets and driving. This is all.
    PD: its an early acces so the expansion have a lot of bugs, $50 bugs.
  3. Kapow626
    Feb 14, 2016
    5
    More is needed and hopefully more will come. In terms of the pricing fiasco of this game I can only honestly say that it surely affected it's reputation, but otherwise it still has potential. 5/10 on current state and potential to be 9/10
  4. Rudal
    May 30, 2016
    5
    beside planet landing and SRV that allows you to move around the planet which is amazing the first three times Horizons does not bring anything exciting to the table
  5. sneakyc4
    Mar 13, 2021
    5
    Having now spent over 500 hours and I can say Elite is not a game, it's a boring space / loading screen simulator.

    Graphics: 9/10 Sound Design : 10/10 (it's so good you forget about the laws of physics like you re not meant to hear sound in a vaccum) Cockpit Experience 9/10 sooooo immersive, even better in VR Flight model, dynamics 9/10 it's quite fun to fly and pew pew    Having now spent over 500 hours and I can say Elite is not a game, it's a boring space / loading screen simulator.

    Graphics: 9/10

    Sound Design : 10/10 (it's so good you forget about the laws of physics like you re not meant to hear sound in a vaccum)

    Cockpit Experience 9/10 sooooo immersive, even better in VR

    Flight model, dynamics 9/10 it's quite fun to fly and pew pew

    Network: 5/10 limited to wings of 4 lots of instancing issues, almost unplayable

    Gameplay : 2/10 (very limited and inconsistent, chaotic) This is the biggest problem of this title. The game is split in many activities ( that have little to no-overlap) and gets overall very basic, repetitive and dull.You will be jumping stars and looking a lot at a loading screen and you are meant to like it!

    MMO : 0 /10 all you can do is shoot others or drop/pickup cargo ... the money in game cannot be transfered. There are lots gameplay limitation that ruins the game (cannot carry upgrades around ...) pushing players to find loopholes to get around those ... leading the dev to create more nerf / constraints to block players to do what they want = no freedom = more salt = less fun. The only impact you can have is the label of the faction controling a system or a nametag on a planet for having discovered it first. This "thing" is soporific!

    Difficulty : 3/10 there s quite a bit to learn before you feel confortable flying around., you may feel like burning your joystick while you are learning... It's really difficult to not get bored too as all the end-game content is simply hidden away behind a soul-crushing repetitive grind that will make you regret to play this game.

    If you like space games, have friends to play with, and have a lot of imagination, then this game is for you : it will provide the world for your space adventures. But don't expect too much variety in missions and activities. The bare extra-ordinary content will be created by you and what you decide to do and will always revolve around doing the same missions or shooting others.

    Space travel is soooo slow and long, this game will require a lot of patience, a lot of time just looking at a loading screen.    … Expand

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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]
  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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