Elite Dangerous: Horizons

1. 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.… Expand

   • 13 of 31 users found this helpful
2. Bahska

   Jan 3, 2016

   9

   This is a game the doesn't hold your hand, doesn't have a story (not really) It goes out of its way to tell you you are insignificant andThis is a game the doesn't hold your hand, doesn't have a story (not really) It goes out of its way to tell you you are insignificant and thats why i love it. I hated witcher 3, skyrim fallout 4 etc where you start out and are already a hero. I want to become a hero myself...that's how games use to be.
   If you want a game that tells you exactly what to do and holds your hand through a story that everyone will do the exact same way this is not for you.
   
   However if you want a game that gives you a starter ship and some credits and tells you to go have fun. you can do anything you want in the game from the start. It does have a hi learning curve but there are streams and player groups who would love to help new comers out even some who will give you ore to sell to give you a head start on money. Its extremely rewarding if you are willing to stick with it and gets even better once you find your place join a player made in game minor faction and get into your system politics. Civil wars, invading faction wars, causing havoc to force civil unrest and lockdowns etc. This xpac expands upon the base game's mission, exploration and scavenging systems that and will continue to expand out into other area's over the next year.
   You buy the xpac you get the base game plus a years worth of additional content. If you have the base game and are looking at the xpac. I would say if you enjoyed the base game then yes its worth it if not then maybe not but go check out some streams and see for yourself.
   Give it a 9/10 cause for what it adds its really good fleshes out the base game nicely, harder npc's is a definite plus. However some bugs made it in despite hard work on beta testers and FD which include missions i would love to do for faction influence but are uncompletable as of this writing and its to bad some stuff slipped out of release window but will be coming in a month or so.
   Dont just take my word for it or the bad reviews. go watch some streams do your research and than make your choice.… Expand

   • 9 of 19 users found this helpful
4. 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 notTo 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 of 3 users found this helpful
5. Geolite

   Nov 20, 2020

   2

   Graphics are beautiful, really great, but don't let that sucker you. The controls are so slow, I set my sensitive to max and, I could turnGraphics are beautiful, really great, but don't let that sucker you. The controls are so slow, I set my sensitive to max and, I could turn fast enough, although this game could be designed for controllers, whatever, but I have the largest problem with the tutorial. The final combat drone is so difficult, it almost always goes out of the combat range which, if you do you'll be directed towards the fighting zone, while the bot is allowed, and once you get the shield done, the bot will get so far out of range, you cant touch it. I spent over an hour on the tutorial, and still haven't finished it, ill just stick with other games. Yikes. Again beautiful graphics, but graphics alone can not support a game.… Expand

   • 0 of 0 users found this helpful
6. darkbladebfg

   Feb 25, 2016

   1

   The most repetitive and boring game I ever bought in my life,the expansion whose main feature is landing on planets is a total joke unless youThe most repetitive and boring game I ever bought in my life,the expansion whose main feature is landing on planets is a total joke unless you think landing on planets with same 3 ugly texture types is worth 50 dollars.
   There are no epic random events like it should be in any space game,no new interesting stuff to discover now and then,players can only be found in starting areas because everyone is scattered all over the galaxy or just play offline,pvp feels unrewarding...maybe it's decent for people who always wanted an euro truck simulator in space because this is exactly how the game feels like now.… Expand

   • 8 of 11 users found this helpful
7. texnar6

   Jan 1, 2021

   0

   I am a very calm person, but after half an hour of torment, it was so wildly bombed ... Management is just darkness! full bottom! I've neverI am a very calm person, but after half an hour of torment, it was so wildly bombed ... Management is just darkness! full bottom! I've never seen anything worse! Having picked the settings, it became a little better, but still ... radar is worth special attention - it's just a top, nothing is clear from it where is the enemy. IMHO another port, sharpened for gamepads. (I hate sticks)… Expand

   • 0 of 0 users found this helpful
8. Pannon

   Dec 26, 2015

   0

   If you are buying this barely alpha expansion, you are part of the problem. Companies releasing broken/barebone expansions now, for full priceIf you are buying this barely alpha expansion, you are part of the problem. Companies releasing broken/barebone expansions now, for full price of an entire game. I'm not even gonna mention, how Frontier has completely deserted the ones, who actually gave them their starting cash to create the game itself. The alpha backers are completely ignored and told basically to re-buy the entire game all over again, not allowing to upgrade their base game, they have purchased for almost twice as much in alpha stage, than the general public. It is not uncommon (Frontier do censor them off their forums and Steam pages), that people who payed over $70 or even over $100.00 are not welcome to own the expansion, even though they paid twice as much money upfront, 2 years ago.
   If you are a regular buyer, who bought this game for $49.99 in 2014, and then bought Horizons in Dec- 2015, you are enabling these companies to get away with robbery. Your actions as a consumer basically create an unfriendly atmosphere for other kickstarter projects too, since the ones, who would love to see new ideas and ready to pay twice the final product's price, are becoming concerned, that later on, the company will walk all over them and throw them away, like a dirty napkin, but taking their money along.
   You, the consumer, you have the right NOT to purchase products like this, not because it's terrible, but to protest unfair business practices and reject the notion, that companies would brake their promises and threw their base supporters under the bus, for another basket full of money.
   At the end, it you - the end user/consumer- who is getting hurt, because you are going to pay a fortune in the near future, after every bug fix , every extra additional color, or a new sound effect. And you will complain and try to find answer, how did we end up to here?
   If you bought Horizons, well, THAT way. That's your first step. Mark it down.… Expand

   • 12 of 23 users found this helpful

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