Elite: Dangerous

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  1. SliceofLife1
    Sep 11, 2023
    8
    I love it. It is beautiful and deep and I have sunk way too many hours of my life into it. Not a 10 as it’s too grindy and the graphics could be better but fantastic anyway and I keep coming back.
  2. iLi87
    Jul 19, 2023
    10
    one of he best space games out there period
    there are many reasons to play elite but the main that keeps getting me back is that I always find something new to do in it
    not to mention that you actually get your head around a harsh truth, the immense size of the outer world (space as we know it) the genius behind the game is the fact that the loading screen is actually you travelling to    one of he best space games out there period
    there are many reasons to play elite but the main that keeps getting me back is that I always find something new to do in it
    not to mention that you actually get your head around a harsh truth, the immense size of the outer world (space as we know it)
    the genius behind the game is the fact that the loading screen is actually you travelling to another star, just brilliant, makes the game feel continuous and gives your head a sense of spacetime    … Expand
  3. lonewolf3264
    Jul 2, 2023
    10
    I play both Elite Dangerous and Star Citizen. It really Irks me when people argue over which is better (will explain why a little further along). I personally prefer Elite Dangerous and find it so much more immersive, easy to play and enjoy. I don't even care if there is repetition of tasks, especially down the line. It just runs so well, so damn smooth and the sound effects are out ofI play both Elite Dangerous and Star Citizen. It really Irks me when people argue over which is better (will explain why a little further along). I personally prefer Elite Dangerous and find it so much more immersive, easy to play and enjoy. I don't even care if there is repetition of tasks, especially down the line. It just runs so well, so damn smooth and the sound effects are out of this world. Even just starting up my ship is a euphoric experience for me in Elite Dangerous and I never get tired of it. The ships are overly complicated in Star Citizen and the set up is intimidating. Playing it feels more like hard work. That's not to say I don't enjoy Star Citizen, it's the second best space sim in my opinion and there are aspects of it that are better than elite dangerous ( I love my persona and character development in Star Citizen as well as walking around my ship). What I usually do is play Star Citizen for a few hours and when exhaustion sets in and I get tired of the bugs I switch to Elite Dangerous which feels more polished and way more chilled to play. But we really are spoiled brats when we get to play such amazing games and we fight over which is better. Play your favourite or play both and just be grateful you are born in a time that we can have such amazing experiences in video games. When I was a kid I used to fantasize about exploring space and having amazing adventures there. 10 year old me would have pissed his pants with excitement if he could have played either of these two games back then.… Expand
  4. shuwar
    Apr 7, 2023
    10
    I’ve played more than 230 hours and still I want more. Still I am finding something new in the game. Lazy traveling, trading, scanning… this is what I need to slow down in my crazy live. I count than developers will still giving us new features.
  5. Xinshadow
    Mar 14, 2023
    9
    It certainly isn't perfect, but with Odyssey and after a very rocky launch it's the most feature complete and rich space sim experience you can have on PC. It looks and runs great (Admittedly this is on a 5900x with a 4070ti and 64GB of RAM) and has an absolute ton of different kinds of content to do and places to explore. The king of the space sims at the moment!
  6. luanrnunes
    Dec 24, 2022
    10
    I didn't had a Metacritic account, but i've created mine today just to review Elite Dangerous here, after seeing so much cowardice in some reviews.

    First, Elite Dangerous is not meant for everyone, if you want a all colorfull LGBT flag like space, forget about it, it's a spacesim, a real, genuine spacesim, if you love sci-fi, space tech theories, physics and space itself, you name it,    I didn't had a Metacritic account, but i've created mine today just to review Elite Dangerous here, after seeing so much cowardice in some reviews.

    First, Elite Dangerous is not meant for everyone, if you want a all colorfull LGBT flag like space, forget about it, it's a spacesim, a real, genuine spacesim, if you love sci-fi, space tech theories, physics and space itself, you name it, this game is for you! (watched Interstellar or a similar movie and liked it? It's for you too).

    Now i'm addressing most of the things i saw here, and explaining why the opinion of the people who wrote them, can't be considered. As i think these people haven't played enough,

    1 - It's boring and grindy:
    Again, it's a spacesim, you are just one person in a full scale galaxy, if you don't want to work your way to be good in the role/roles you chose, go play something else, not a SIMULATOR, and i have bad news for you, space is not for you, as it is mostly, well, boring. Long time to travel (for explorers), a extensive list of succesfull combats is needed for your ranks (well, it's combat), trading, exobiology, etc, everything needs some work.

    2 - It's buggy:
    I have nearly 1000 hours of gameplay, and yes, it does have some bugs like any other software, but none of them broke something or happened frequently, indeed it's pretty rare to happen. It's a network heavy game, if you have a decent internet connection and is not running P*rnhub along with the game, it will work ok, try it.

    3 - DLCs for walking and bla bla:
    The game was released in 2014, it didn't had a way for landing on planets, let alone walking on them. So FDEV at the end of 2015 released Horizons (it did cost a lot of money, do you expect it to be free? It's optional anyway, the base game is there at a low price) after one year of release, and then in 2021 they released Odyssey (7 years after the base game! is that bad for you??) whicn again, was expensive to make and the EXPANSION costs money, it's OPTIONAL. Note that the Horizons has been made free after the Thargoid war started, it comes in the base game.

    4 - It's an MMO but not enough interaction and bla bla:
    This argument is really messed up. The galaxy is HUGE, and if you are outside of the most populated systems, of course you'll find no one or just a few people, now if you go to systems like Shinrarta Dezhra, Sol, etc, the chat is non stop, you see ships supercruising all over the place, stations full, combat zones with lots of players participating, you name it.
    And, the background simulator makes it feel really alive, all actions have consequences and a lot times you have to work with other people to achieve things, mainly if you are part of a squadron.
    I receive friends requests at almost every play session as i find a bunch of players and interact with them. If you play the game now during the ongoing thargoid war, you will see lots and lots of people on the systems which the attacks to repel the aliens are being coordinated to(via a huge Discord server of the Anti Xeno Initiave, by the quick progress you can see how the players are truly engaged, and in masses). The game let you wing up with other people, and shows to you, in which system your friend actually is.

    5 - The controls are complicated you need bla bla:
    You don't need anything special, it's a complex game and you'll get used to after some play time, be it a keyboard+mouse (the way i play) a controller/pad or a HOTAS, it works pretty well, you just need to learn, play the tutorials. You don't want to jump in a game like Elite, not even knowing the difference between normal space, supercruise and witchspace, for a basic example.

    6 - Bad support:
    I needed FDEV support just once, and they were pretty quickly to solve my request. Anyway, it's pretty hard to think about cases that you'll need support. I opened a ticket when i was new to the game and i didn't understand why my ship got destroyed inside a station, well, they explained to me why (I did a bad thing) but they just gave me back the credits i've spent to pay for the ship insurance, and i didn't even asked for it.

    I could talk more about the cowardices, but i'm reaching the 5000 char limit.
    Just to finish, the topics i've talked about is what i most saw in the "bad reviews", i am a space enthusiast, i love sci-fi, i love theories and the idea of travelling out there, for me, Elite is the only piece of media that can fulfill this desire of mine as for any other person with a similar profile, for me is the best spacesim game ever made, it's amazing, massive, complete, believable and every people make a difference in this ever changing Milky Way.

    Read what i wrote carefully, compare with the other superficial reviews, and try to conclude if this is or not for you. o7.    … Expand
  7. g014n
    Aug 20, 2021
    9
    It's absolutely a game most people should try, it's a fantastic space sim, a mediocre MMO and a wonderful addition to the sci-fi gaming scene.

    Unfortunately, it doesn't have a large enough pool of cash, as other games that haven't delivered, so it's not evolving as fast as fans wish it to. 700, 1000 hours in, people get bored. Oopsy... but that doesn't mean new players shouldn't try it,    It's absolutely a game most people should try, it's a fantastic space sim, a mediocre MMO and a wonderful addition to the sci-fi gaming scene.

    Unfortunately, it doesn't have a large enough pool of cash, as other games that haven't delivered, so it's not evolving as fast as fans wish it to. 700, 1000 hours in, people get bored. Oopsy... but that doesn't mean new players shouldn't try it, even if they only intend to put in just 50-100h into it.

    It has a great concept, decent visuals, amazing audio and it can be played solo (as I played most of it) and/or cooperatively or in PvPvE mode (with MMO features if you so choose).

    I had the most amazing experience a few years back, I explored the Milky Way as it is recreated in the game (they hired experts in the field to make sure that the galaxy is recreated according to data we have, the nearest 150k systems that were mapped by astronomers are present in the game, while everything else that we don't have data for had to be guessed so that the number and types of bodies match what scientists would expect with our current understanding of things - how cool is that?).

    The journey took 6 months IRL (playing several times a week 2-3h each play session). In game I jumped over 60k light years and visited 3000 star systems across half the galaxy, looking to chart at least one star of each class and size, at all stages of development recreated in the game (made up my own challenge, because this is that kind of a game). Not going to lie, it's a boring experience, it's about the journey not the instant gratification. While playing I watched all the TV series, YT content that I never made time for and re-watched some sci-fi shows too. The difficulty comes from the fact that if you die, you loose all the data you collect and the boredom makes it easy to make mistakes and get burned by jumping into a dangerous system because tens of previous jumps were safe. If it were any other way, you'd lose interest really fast. But in of itself, this approach is a very realistic portrayal of how such a journey would be 99% of the time. It's just that in that other 1% you find something that is so amazing or breathtaking that it makes it all worth while. And this is just one of the things I've tried.

    It's also why I confidently tell you to ignore the reviews and the negativity, dive into a sci-fi experience that is unamtched.    … Expand
  8. SecretIdentity_
    May 23, 2021
    8
    If you like space and is willing to climb the somewhat steep learning curve, you're going to enjoy the game very much. The most impressive aspect of the game is the 1 to 1 scale recreation of our own galaxy, 400 billion stars, all for you to explore! To this day, many years after its release, less than 1% of the galaxy has been explored by players, insane!

    The downsides though are some    If you like space and is willing to climb the somewhat steep learning curve, you're going to enjoy the game very much. The most impressive aspect of the game is the 1 to 1 scale recreation of our own galaxy, 400 billion stars, all for you to explore! To this day, many years after its release, less than 1% of the galaxy has been explored by players, insane!

    The downsides though are some bugs took quite a while for the devs to fix and the occasional repetitive game loop. But overall, great time sink and I totally recommend it to space and sci-fi enthusiasts.    … Expand
  9. tomrollauer
    Apr 29, 2021
    10
    ED is a game you either love or hate. I love her. There is no better spcesim than ED. This game takes hundreds of hours to make a difference in the galaxy.
  10. ukuli
    Mar 8, 2021
    10
    A modern version of Elite, a true classic reborn. If you liked the original you will love this one.
  11. Marker89
    Dec 16, 2020
    10
    This is the best space game i ever played on pc. Everyone have to try it if love space and science.
  12. InterestingName
    Dec 13, 2020
    9
    Gets pretty grindy at times, but exploring space is really fun. All the mechanics are well thought out, and graphically, it is beautiful.
  13. spainfalcon
    Nov 26, 2020
    10
    Sencillamente magnífico, es la mejor experiencia VR espacial que uno puede jugar. La cantidad de detalles y realismo es abrumadora. Si bien es cierto que tal vez el motor gráfico en 2020 ya se le note un poco los años, pero todavía es una juego de sobresaliente, sobre todo si lo haces con un visor de realidad virtual. Cualquier cosa que intente explicar sobre lo que uno siente estando ahíSencillamente magnífico, es la mejor experiencia VR espacial que uno puede jugar. La cantidad de detalles y realismo es abrumadora. Si bien es cierto que tal vez el motor gráfico en 2020 ya se le note un poco los años, pero todavía es una juego de sobresaliente, sobre todo si lo haces con un visor de realidad virtual. Cualquier cosa que intente explicar sobre lo que uno siente estando ahí dentro se queda corta. Misiones, minería, exploración, combates... Si te gusta el espacio y series como The Expanse o Star Trek, este es tu juego, no busques más.
    Feliz vuelo comandante.    … Expand
  14. KsandrMorr
    Sep 16, 2020
    8
    Весьма достойный онлайн космосим, который спустя годы после выхода продолжает развиваться а не деградировать (Ив) или просто сосать деньги еще даже не выйдя.
  15. Kekkone
    Aug 23, 2020
    9
    The best space game out there. Looks great and sounds even better. Although many people claim Elite is a grind fest, IT REALLY IS NOT, unless of course you have the grind mentality and can't enjoy the game without the absolutely best ship with maximum engineering. The fact is, that you can do practically anything with not so expensive ships as well, if you're a good player and know how toThe best space game out there. Looks great and sounds even better. Although many people claim Elite is a grind fest, IT REALLY IS NOT, unless of course you have the grind mentality and can't enjoy the game without the absolutely best ship with maximum engineering. The fact is, that you can do practically anything with not so expensive ships as well, if you're a good player and know how to fight.

    The game does not force you to do anything. You're absolutely free from the second you start the game. If you choose to grind, it's your own fault.

    I gave 8.5/10 rounded to 9. The 1.5 points missing because of poor design in certain areas. The game should really have an in-game way to search galaxy-wide for commodities and their prices, stations and what they're bying/selling/offering, plot neutron routes, set routes by using waypoints, display near star types in the left hand side panel. At the moment, there are third party tools for all of this, but it involves alt-tabbing every now and then which is a bit immersion ruining and tedious. Additionally, the powerplay should be redesigned and made more dynamic. Should these be implemented and fixed, this game would be 10/10.

    The best thing is, that this game keeps evolving. The development has been very slow, but it does happen.    … Expand
  16. Anarkroft
    Aug 15, 2020
    9
    Temps de jeu : + de 100h, en VR (jeu jouable en VR ou en normal)
    Un jeu excellent. Toutefois, un avertissement avant de s'y plonger est de rigueur : le jeu est beaucoup plus simu que arcade, ce qui implique du pilotage, et 50 boutons à gérer (j'exagère, mais pas tellement).
    Pour ceux qui jouent en VR, sans manette ou joystick, vous pouvez oublier : appuyer sur T, ou sur G, ou sur ù quand    Temps de jeu : + de 100h, en VR (jeu jouable en VR ou en normal)
    Un jeu excellent. Toutefois, un avertissement avant de s'y plonger est de rigueur : le jeu est beaucoup plus simu que arcade, ce qui implique du pilotage, et 50 boutons à gérer (j'exagère, mais pas tellement).
    Pour ceux qui jouent en VR, sans manette ou joystick, vous pouvez oublier : appuyer sur T, ou sur G, ou sur ù quand vous avez le casque sur la tête relève de l'exploit ! J'ai essayé quelques heures avec une manette, c'est jouable mais ça manquerait de boutons. Et on ne va pas se le cacher, c'est complètement le jeu qui se joue au joystick (au HOTAS, c'est encore mieux).
    Si vous êtes donc : joueur VR + HOTAS, ce jeu est parfait. Bah déjà, simu spatial en VR avec du pilotage, ça ne se bouscule pas au portillon. Mais au delà de ça, le jeu est très beau, agréable à piloter, tout en FR (voix et menus), des musiques qui font très "espace", des activités infinies (trading, PVE, PVP, exploration), que du bonheur. Ha oui, il est possible d'aller se poser sur une planète, et de se balader en "véhicule lunaire", le tout en VR : LA CLAQUE !
    Autre détail, bien qu'étant full online, le jeu n'a pas vraiment de scénar et est un bac à sable géant dans un univers colossal, qui peut se parcourir seul ou avec d'autres pilotes. Par contre, ce n'est pas un jeu pour joueur occassionnel qui voudra jouer deux ou trois heures dessus, ça demande plusieurs dizaines d'heures d'investissement pour maitriser les bases du jeu, et quelques autres dizaines pour découvrir le reste. Idéalement, il vaut mieux se faire expliquer le jeu par un ancien joueur, ou aimer creuser et se casser les dents pour découvrir. Je cite un ancien joueur "j'en suis à plus de mille heures, et j'apprends tous les jours un nouveau truc".
    Pour les connaisseurs, ça ressemble beaucoup à EVE Online (très complet, complexe, multitude de choses à faire et à découvrir), mais en vue subjective dans le vaisseau, et avec le pilotage.
    Un incontournable pour celui qui voudra passer de belles heures dans l'espace. Et en plus le jeu plein tarif n'est pas cher, et est régulièrement en promo !    … Expand
  17. OUTC45T
    Aug 7, 2020
    10
    I can't wait for the release of Elite Dangerous: Odyssey. That's all I have to say.
  18. AKDT21
    Jun 21, 2020
    10
    the game is beautiful and the sounds are the sight that unfolds before us and raises a dozen possibilities waiting for us
  19. Nixxx2000
    May 1, 2020
    10
    After playing 5 years in EVE I've started to playing Elite 2 weeks ago and I love it. I have encouraged my friend to get it either and after 3 days he bought a HOTAS :) It's a really good, atmospheric space simulator with missions and own economics and what's the most important legendary ships
  20. TommyLee
    Feb 1, 2020
    9
    One of the best Space sims out there. The recreation of the Milky Way galaxy and the fact that you can travel to all 400 billion stars is one of the most awe-inspiring aspects of this game.
  21. nere
    Dec 7, 2019
    10
    Что не так с оценками? Не канон, они уже не подходят к Сегодняшней игре, это не фильмы, которые просто есть и никак не меняются, сколько бы времени не прошло, с играми такое не работает. оценки 15 года уфф...

    Купил игру в 16 году, и меня, как минималиста, всё более чем утраивало, открытый мир и твоё воображение, делай что душе угодно. Игра потрясная. к нашему времени графику подтянули,    Что не так с оценками? Не канон, они уже не подходят к Сегодняшней игре, это не фильмы, которые просто есть и никак не меняются, сколько бы времени не прошло, с играми такое не работает. оценки 15 года уфф...

    Купил игру в 16 году, и меня, как минималиста, всё более чем утраивало, открытый мир и твоё воображение, делай что душе угодно. Игра потрясная. к нашему времени графику подтянули, завезли оптимизацию под современное железо. И продолжают "завозить" контент.

    А сейчас, я с нетерпением жду обнову на "космические линкоры", которые будут стоить целое состояние, без учета их апгрейда и того, что линкоров целых 3 штуки, в этом месяце и узнаем более подробную информацию. (Те, кто пробовал январский бета тест, узнали про будущую обнову чуть больше как и я!)

    А ещё, я не понимаю людей которые при первом заходе в игру, жалуются что им не понятно что делать после обучения, надо просто найти свой жизненный путь в игровой вселенной, и время в реале, т.к. игра его требует слишком много    … Expand
  22. hookandsling
    Jul 2, 2019
    10
    As per the reviews you either love or hate Elite.

    So many never get past the initial wall that it throws up. Everything is hard. The game will kill you and leave you with nothing without remorse. The flight model is complex. The controls are complex. Very little is ever explained. Players will murder you instantly if you go to the wrong system and nobody cares. But here's the rub:    As per the reviews you either love or hate Elite.

    So many never get past the initial wall that it throws up. Everything is hard. The game will kill you and leave you with nothing without remorse. The flight model is complex. The controls are complex. Very little is ever explained. Players will murder you instantly if you go to the wrong system and nobody cares.

    But here's the rub: things get easier as you gain experience. Not XP - actual human experience.
    The controls become second nature. The flight model reveals itself to be satisfying and skills based - piloting skills matter. Death traps are known. Insurance is covered. You become a CMDR and the wall you had to climb makes that worth something.

    Then you can start to enjoy the game and there is plenty to do these days - trade, bounty hunt, PvP, alien science / killing, mining and of course exploring. The game isn't going to help you do any of that, or provide a 'saving the galaxy' story line. The game doesn't care what you do.

    This is the game for a specific breed of nerd. If being in a scale model of the Milky Way doesn't really matter to you, consider not playing Elite. If that nobody is going to tell you to do anything means you'll be instantly bored, consider not playing Elite.

    Yes the game has bugs, yes features have been launched and then kind of abandoned, yes progress can seem slow. The sheer potential of the thing makes many players become bitter when it seems to never happen. But they've typically put in 2000 hours at that point ,and they'll be back with the next patch.

    I've been playing on and off since Beta. I give it a 10 because there's nothing else remotely like it, and because if Elite IS for you that's the score you'll give it too.    … Expand
  23. Cloudbank
    Mar 24, 2019
    8
    Elite is a wonderful game but it needs much frequent updates (especially big updates)
  24. Lim4
    Jun 28, 2018
    10
    Ok, I already have passed my 2000th hours playing.

    I've been through everything in this game, people just doesn't find what to do, who doesn't want to. I started with a wretched Sidewinder smuggling Canisters at the very beginning, explored with a Cobra(yes, pain in the ....). I fought using a Vulture, got spanked by an ET, fell from a mountain, race in a canyon, discovered that    Ok, I already have passed my 2000th hours playing.

    I've been through everything in this game, people just doesn't find what to do, who doesn't want to.

    I started with a wretched Sidewinder smuggling Canisters at the very beginning, explored with a Cobra(yes, pain in the ....). I fought using a Vulture, got spanked by an ET, fell from a mountain, race in a canyon, discovered that Harry Potter is a Commander nowadays, visited the Solar System, George Lucas station, listened to a Sidewinder Radio broadcast, mined on Jupiter etc. and today I have a fleet; used all ships in game and its still amuses me and the game still in development, Elite has the best devs.

    As Manley says, Fly safe.
    o7    … Expand
  25. Costs1129
    May 22, 2018
    10
    New to the game and loving it! I don't know what the game was like in the past, but so far I have been very very impressed. Massive world, excellent immersion, fine mix of complexity, and finally a game I could enjoy solo but feel like I am in an MMO.
  26. Alvazia
    May 12, 2018
    10
    The ED is sci fi space game that really have high potential for space games, lately other space games failed to accomplish but ED is different than other spaces games because it have a really good developer who keeps adding stuff in the game not to mention when they release an major update it really fix the game bugs and adding more stuff etc etc etc
  27. Techmaster
    Apr 19, 2018
    9
    This game IS about missions: transport, combat, mining. Unless you don't like the original game or dont like space sims, DONT BUY IT. I love the original game and i 'm loving this one. For all who complies about grinding: Elite was ALWAYS about it, explore and grind. Exploraton is what makes the game so cool and you can make it with your friends.
  28. itsz
    Mar 20, 2018
    9
    Fantastic game, and it's only going to get better. If you're even remotely interested in space games, this is definitely worth checking out. It's fairly slow-paced, but there's plenty of action if that's what you're looking for.

    Frontier's recreation of our entire galaxy is simply stunning, with more improvements being added as they're developed (we can only land on around 60% of the    Fantastic game, and it's only going to get better. If you're even remotely interested in space games, this is definitely worth checking out. It's fairly slow-paced, but there's plenty of action if that's what you're looking for.

    Frontier's recreation of our entire galaxy is simply stunning, with more improvements being added as they're developed (we can only land on around 60% of the planets, currently rocky/icy ones without a full atmosphere).    … Expand
  29. Toastclaimer
    Feb 17, 2018
    8
    While it can get tedious at times and a little slow the various options and ways to play make Elite an enjoyable experience that is truly enhanced by VR. Controls a fluent and responsive and do make you feel in control of a spaceship and the community is friendly and enjoyable. However the biggest point against this game is the horrible microtransactions; everything from paint to smallWhile it can get tedious at times and a little slow the various options and ways to play make Elite an enjoyable experience that is truly enhanced by VR. Controls a fluent and responsive and do make you feel in control of a spaceship and the community is friendly and enjoyable. However the biggest point against this game is the horrible microtransactions; everything from paint to small wings costs real money for EACH individual ship and these are not cheap either. An utterly shameful practice that hurts an otherwise good game… Expand
  30. DarkWolf009
    Oct 8, 2017
    10
    One of the best things about this game is the amount of choice available. Trading not your thing? No problem, you can explore. Not a fan of exploration either? You can be a pirate/bounty hunter. These options are only scratching the surface. There is a complex political system that becomes really interesting if you join a player faction, however none of this is needed if you don't likeOne of the best things about this game is the amount of choice available. Trading not your thing? No problem, you can explore. Not a fan of exploration either? You can be a pirate/bounty hunter. These options are only scratching the surface. There is a complex political system that becomes really interesting if you join a player faction, however none of this is needed if you don't like that.

    The graphics and audio are by far some of the best in gaming right now, although you will need quite a powerful system to crank those settings up (especially super-sampling). The sounds of shooting, boosting, warping and ambient sounds are expertly woven in to the game, and one of the things that makes exploration so intriguing for me, is how good the planets, stars and other bodies look.

    A lot of the negative reviews here depict the state of the game in 2014/15, in its infancy. As someone who has been invested in this series for years, I'd like to stress how much the game has developed since then. If nothing else, it's worth giving the free demo (big + to the devs as very few games do this in modern gaming) a shot to see if you like it.    … Expand
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80

Generally favorable reviews - based on 54 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 46 out of 54
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 54
  3. Negative: 0 out of 54
  1. LEVEL (Czech Republic)
    Jul 8, 2015
    80
    First minute the game takes your breath away and then it entertains you for another couple of hours to end up like a meditative tool for hard working individuals. What a waste and shame for a game in such beautiful environment. [Issue#253]
  2. Ragequit.gr
    May 11, 2015
    90
    Everyone who played the original game back in the 80's, should be right at home. It's the 21st Century version of "Elite." But newer, uninitiated players may find it strangely desolate and repetitive. A grand space simulation, aimed at the series' hardcore fans.
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  3. Games.cz
    Apr 23, 2015
    80
    You can focus on the journey, not the destination – even when some "road work" signs will bother you for the time being in the reincarnated Elite. But their numbers are declining with every new update so a thirty-year-old vision becomes more and more complete.
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