Elite: Dangerous

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  1. Rudal
    May 30, 2016
    6
    great engine and amazing ground for a good game play but nothing to do
    game is boring after a couple of hours and does not reward you for playing
    you are forced to do trading if you want a new ship or upgrade the one you own cause combat and exploring does not give you enough credits
  2. eldumloido
    May 29, 2016
    0
    "Game" sucks and is only a way to sell the content as dlc. No way to buy complete edition. b
  3. sensai25
    May 25, 2016
    9
    So far i have played 1200 hours.

    I really enjoy it. I ainly play as an explorer but i am also a fighter (triple Elite and working on CQC - pvp ranking now). Ok th game is not perfect, but the team is responsive and they are planning to add more and more contect. So i plan to play a loooong more time. Flight model is fine to me, i really appreciated control and immersion, thanks to    So far i have played 1200 hours.

    I really enjoy it. I ainly play as an explorer but i am also a fighter (triple Elite and working on CQC - pvp ranking now).

    Ok th game is not perfect, but the team is responsive and they are planning to add more and more contect. So i plan to play a loooong more time.

    Flight model is fine to me, i really appreciated control and immersion, thanks to my trackIR dashboard are really amazing.

    The sound is also incredible.

    Graphics could be even better but it is not my principal criteria. So i deal with it, 2.1 patch bring some enhancements so with time, the game is going to be deeper and deeper.    … Expand
  4. Darkarrow
    Apr 28, 2016
    10
    I have spent so many hours in Elite 2 and Elite Dangerous is all I've ever dreamed back then. Vast galaxy, excellent realistic procedures and graphics with absolute freedom, certainly not boring, but rather rewarding. I feel like I am in a realistic living, although artificially created, world with endless possibilities where you can forge your own fate. I also love all theI have spent so many hours in Elite 2 and Elite Dangerous is all I've ever dreamed back then. Vast galaxy, excellent realistic procedures and graphics with absolute freedom, certainly not boring, but rather rewarding. I feel like I am in a realistic living, although artificially created, world with endless possibilities where you can forge your own fate. I also love all the holographic/voice human machine interfaces (HMI), which are beautifully crafted and absolutely intuitive. I think they might become a prototype for future HMIs which will be implemented in cars/aircraft/spaceships in the future.… Expand
  5. flyingmanticore
    Apr 22, 2016
    8
    I was a massive fan of Elite II : Frontier back on the Amiga. When I had a chance to purchase this cheaply on a steam sale, I jumped at the chance. Now, 8 months down the line, I feel I have cheated the game creators out of money as I have more than played the worth of the full price game and the Horizons expansion.

    There is a HUGE!!!!!!! galaxy to explore with over 400 billion star    I was a massive fan of Elite II : Frontier back on the Amiga. When I had a chance to purchase this cheaply on a steam sale, I jumped at the chance. Now, 8 months down the line, I feel I have cheated the game creators out of money as I have more than played the worth of the full price game and the Horizons expansion.

    There is a HUGE!!!!!!! galaxy to explore with over 400 billion star systems available. Each of those has potential for planets to land on, or space stations to trade with. There are asteroid fields to mine.....or if you feel really challenging, exploration of new uncharted systems to seek out. Although this game can suffer from some lack of content with so few ships to buy and customise, there is enough out there to keep you enthralled.

    There is a highly active community of players on various Facebook groups and on the official forums that can help make the game better. Teaming up with people to make wings to complete official missions for you chosen power on a weekly basis can be interesting.

    Depending on how you like to play, you have a choice of either playing in Solo mode(where you are the only human pilot i your gaming instance), Open(where anywhere up to 50 pilots could be in the same area as you at any time) or Private(where you are in a private group and only others from that group can play together). In open, you run the risk of other human pilots looking for a spot of piracy and killing you. But that makes it fun.

    In short, I have to say, this game is only for someone willing to invest hundreds of hours into it. This is no short drop in drop out type of game. You are either in or you are out. Currently I am out due to burn out from a 2 month long exploration trip. But I shall be back.    … Expand
  6. Xelluse
    Apr 20, 2016
    4
    4 and just cos of great Physics release.
    Gameplay interesting on start, but nothing special, boring and very repetitive in late game.
    Graphics not much better than in EVE. Very shiny, feels wet and looks like Korean MMO more, good for old space games. Nice light effects. Game is stable, but will overlock even good gaming PC. Maybe someone like it - design looks like in scifi movies    4 and just cos of great Physics release.
    Gameplay interesting on start, but nothing special, boring and very repetitive in late game.
    Graphics not much better than in EVE. Very shiny, feels wet and looks like Korean MMO more, good for old space games.
    Nice light effects.
    Game is stable, but will overlock even good gaming PC.
    Maybe someone like it - design looks like in scifi movies from 60s, not bad, but was expecting something realistic, especially for that high system requirements.
    I never played Elite before and after this game 100% will not do that in future, In my opinion game is good to purchase just on huge sales.    … Expand
  7. Ectsoplasm
    Apr 18, 2016
    8
    This game is so relaxing, beautiful - even when I run it on my laptop, and gameplay is great. The controls take some getting used to, though. But this game is an enormous open world where you can be a space trucker, space explorer, space pirate, or a space mercenary. It will take a long time to get from place to place, but that's why you should know before entering - this is a RELAXING andThis game is so relaxing, beautiful - even when I run it on my laptop, and gameplay is great. The controls take some getting used to, though. But this game is an enormous open world where you can be a space trucker, space explorer, space pirate, or a space mercenary. It will take a long time to get from place to place, but that's why you should know before entering - this is a RELAXING and CALM game. When the combat comes up, it actually feels like it matters when to kill a pirate.… Expand
  8. mikeytrw
    Apr 5, 2016
    8
    Despite absolutely loving this game, I rate this game as an '8', but that's because I recognise it's imperfections and sometimes it can be difficult to know what to do. It's still very much 'in progress' which is the most common complaint you will hear.

    However, if you are interested in sci fi space games and are at all considering VR, then this is an absolute must. It's simply stunning    Despite absolutely loving this game, I rate this game as an '8', but that's because I recognise it's imperfections and sometimes it can be difficult to know what to do. It's still very much 'in progress' which is the most common complaint you will hear.

    However, if you are interested in sci fi space games and are at all considering VR, then this is an absolute must. It's simply stunning and even after many hundreds of hours of gameplay I am stuck awestruck at the sights in Virtual Reality.

    This is a space simulator, space is big and empty. Remember that and you won't be disappointed.    … Expand
  9. poppyzzz
    Mar 25, 2016
    0
    First of all I would like to say I like this game what I don't like is them charging us more money for Horizons when the base game is still nowhere near complete. Currently life in ED revolves around grinding credits for a better ship and grinding ranks to be able to fly some of the bigger ships. Horizons was so poor I was debating asking for a refund I mean yes you can land on planets butFirst of all I would like to say I like this game what I don't like is them charging us more money for Horizons when the base game is still nowhere near complete. Currently life in ED revolves around grinding credits for a better ship and grinding ranks to be able to fly some of the bigger ships. Horizons was so poor I was debating asking for a refund I mean yes you can land on planets but that's it. You also can only land on planets with no atmosphere and they usually are just baron rocky places with nothing to do except drive across with your moon buggy.There are new surface missions but they pay so little it's not worth doing them,if the surface missions were interesting then fine but they are not they just plain boaring.I could go on here all day but I won't,my advice is wait until they have fixed the game or wait for Star Citizen.… Expand
  10. tagos
    Mar 7, 2016
    8
    I thought I had better put in a review of the game because of some of the absurd reviews and scores here. Scoring a game a 1 or 2 because it's a different game from what you want is pretty pathetic.

    If it is not a game YOU want to play, then don’t. And don’t say ‘there’s nothing to do.’ Say there’s nothing I want to do.’ There’s a difference. This is a sandbox game. It's not Mass    I thought I had better put in a review of the game because of some of the absurd reviews and scores here. Scoring a game a 1 or 2 because it's a different game from what you want is pretty pathetic.

    If it is not a game YOU want to play, then don’t. And don’t say ‘there’s nothing to do.’ Say there’s nothing I want to do.’

    There’s a difference.

    This is a sandbox game. It's not Mass Effect, it’s not EVE, it’s not one of the X games. It’s not Star Wars. It’s not an action RPG or combat simulator. It isn’t even – and pay attention here – it is not a PvP game. It has PvP elements in it for those that want that but it is not the central mechanic.

    It is a sandbox game and the sandbox is the whole galaxy. So don't complain that space is too big, solar systems are too big. Take it up with The Flying Spaghetti Monster.

    Space is BIG. It’s so big that on occasion your objective might be orbiting a planet that if you choose to take the mission without checking the location on the galactic map and then choose not to abandon it, you might spend an hour flying to it. By choice – your choice. I'm writing this while heading for a huge payout at a station 0.14 light years from the jump point. This is the first time I've chosen to do something like this.

    Solar systems really are big in reality and this is a simulation. Get over it. Most the time it takes a couple of minutes, during which time you can be looking out for distress calls and other optional events, watching the movement of other ships for potential ambushers or just appreciating the experience.

    This game says - here is a whole galaxy. It's filled with sights to see, things to get involved in. There are pirates, there are factions, there are empires, there are countless trading and mission opportunities, there are a lot of ships and an almost infinite number of ways to configure them to your taste.

    Go mine asteroids, go hunt bounties, go explore, go trade, go fight for an empire, go ally with a faction. Play in open world, a closed group with friends or on your own. Do whatever you want. Just don't ask me to hold your hand and lead you along the path to becoming emperor of the Galaxy. You’re just some guy among hundreds. You're not a superhero and the Galaxy does not revolve around you. In fact it doesn't care if you live or die.

    Basically this is a game for you to make of it what you will. What I like in particular is that anyone can play and have fun. You don't have to have the best ship, you don't have to be an ace combat pilot. You just have to be able to set yourself goals. Whether that is becoming a top ranked explorer, a rich trader, an Admiral or whatever.

    The flight model is easy to get to grips with but detailed enough to reward practice and imagination. The trade system works well, combat can be brilliant. Your brain is just as important as hand/eye coordination. More so. I’m nearly 60 and not great at combat. But that's no problem. I fly a ship configured to suit. I learn how to run from things I know I'm not good enough to fight.

    You visit the Steam and Frontier forums and there are always people moaning on about how there are too many interdictions. This is a prime example of being not willing to actually play the game as is.

    Listen up. You get interdicted all the time because you sit at the jump in point fiddling with your map while the vultures gather. You get interdicted all the time because you blithely fly in a straight line to your destination regardless of the knot of fighters ahead. You get interdicted all the time because you’ve gone somewhere too dangerous for you to handle. You get interdicted all the time because you haven't scanned the attacker and found it’s some pissant little Adder you can just blow away. And sometimes it's just bad luck. You made sure you had enough to cover the insurance rebuy before jumping into a pirate infested anarchy system, right?

    Basically Elite Dangerous with the Horizons pack that brings in planet landings and missions is a fine game if you want to be a small part of a big Galaxy. It's obviously not for everyone and it does have its irritations and downsides. It can and will improve as Frontier release more content.

    It's a solid 8/10 now. Ignore the reviews who are scoring it on not being the same as Streetfighter 2 or whatever. It’s Elite. It’s not trying to be anything else and it’s pretty good at being a worthy follow up to Elite and the Frontier games.    … Expand
  11. koyukon
    Mar 1, 2016
    4
    It looks amazing but it's just tedious to play. 99% of the time is spent traveling and what there is of gameplay is effectively meaningless mindless activities. I'd only return to it for the sake of planetary discovery but I always find myself quitting in deep space due to lack of reward. It seems that it is better to let others play it and follow their discoveries than to play it myself.It looks amazing but it's just tedious to play. 99% of the time is spent traveling and what there is of gameplay is effectively meaningless mindless activities. I'd only return to it for the sake of planetary discovery but I always find myself quitting in deep space due to lack of reward. It seems that it is better to let others play it and follow their discoveries than to play it myself. I really appreciate the touches of science and realism, but it just lacks a lot of content.… Expand
  12. Delling
    Feb 15, 2016
    1
    You'll love this game... for the first month. The flight model is very good, combat is fun.
    Unforunately, the game is also very boring.
    Combat: space combat is fun; unfortunately, Frontier Developments found nothing better to propose you than go to the combat zone, pick your faction, start killings things. Over, and over, again. Oh, wait, there is also a twist, resource extration    You'll love this game... for the first month. The flight model is very good, combat is fun.
    Unforunately, the game is also very boring.

    Combat: space combat is fun; unfortunately, Frontier Developments found nothing better to propose you than go to the combat zone, pick your faction, start killings things. Over, and over, again. Oh, wait, there is also a twist, resource extration zones! It works this way: go to the resource extraction site, target a ship, if it's a miner leave him alone, if it's wanted shoot him. Over, and over, and over again.

    Trading: go to station 1. pick up stuff. go to station 2. sell stuff. buy stuff. go to station 1. sell stuff. buy stuff. What happens while you travel from station 1 to station 2? Nothing. You simply watch the very same hyperjump animation again, and again, and again. And forget any autopilot feature, the game designers want you to do something trivial roughly each 30 seconds to make sure your ship goes where it's supposed to go. An ancient chiniese torture, actually.

    Exploration: you point your ship towards an unexplored planet or star, wait a few seconds, and the planet is now explored. How exiting. Now you turn your ship's nose towards the next planet, wait roughly a minute to reach it, wait a few seconds, great, you've explored it too. Repeat until you start to sing that old Nirvana song "i hate myself i want to die".

    Long story short: you'll love it for the first weeks. Then you'll start to grow bored. You'll keep clinging to hope the devs will turn it into something interesting for another few weeks. Then you'll realize this game will be finished only when star citizen will be released: they just began to take your money earlier.    … Expand
  13. danstew
    Feb 15, 2016
    9
    Before I start, let me say this: I used to play the original Elite on a C64, back in the 80s. I remember those days well, and E:D has taken a lot from the original game.
    Let me start with the elephant in the room: "Miles wide, inches deep". Yes, compared to a lot of other games (whether it's other genres, or games that have had years to be built upon and deepened, like Eve), on first    Before I start, let me say this: I used to play the original Elite on a C64, back in the 80s. I remember those days well, and E:D has taken a lot from the original game.
    Let me start with the elephant in the room: "Miles wide, inches deep". Yes, compared to a lot of other games (whether it's other genres, or games that have had years to be built upon and deepened, like Eve), on first glance, there doesn't seem to be much you can do.
    However, I feel like that feeling comes up once you approach the game in today's fashion, as in "I want to get a better ship, grind with that, get an even better one etc until I have the most expensive one".
    I don't think this will work, and I feel it's obvious that that will lead to boredom eventually. Instead, it's up to YOU to decide what you like to do, and you can switch routes. It's not like an MMO, where you pick one class and spec and then you're mainly a healer or tank, or you focus on PVP or PVE.

    In E:D, you can do PvE, PvP, trade, bounty-hunt, mine, trade, explore. If you want to earn money as fast as possible, there are recommended methods to do so, but to me, the fun part is trying out and doing different activities.
    Right now, I have one ship which I do missions with or hunt down pirates, or dabble with some other things, and one ship which I do trade-routes with - long journeys which involve trading and can bring quite some profit.

    Some activites are more exciting, others are rather relaxed. Trade routes for example take some time and involve mostly navigating and travelling. However, when you're hijacked (interdicted) by a pirate with a cargo hold full of valuable stuff, and you need to decide whether you try to simply run and sell your stuff or try to fight, things get tense quickly, depending on your equipment.

    Look at the success of a game like Euro Truck Simulator... people do enjoy games like that, and it's ONE thing you can do in E:D.

    It's true, the game does not hold your hands, and I recommend to read some beginner guides or watch some videos. However, IMO, it's not as bad as people make it sound. There are tutorial missions, and before I even started the game, I did those a few times. They taught me the basics of navigating, flying, dogfights, docking etc. Will you be a master after that? No, it still takes practice, but after doing these, I was able to start a new game and start doing missions, some fighting, trading right away.

    I do recommend to use a joystick with this. It can be done with kbm, but to me, playing this with a joystick (possibly with a thruster added) is much more fun, and feels more immersive. There are suggested settings for different sticks, but a lot of players set them up to their own liking. Do the tutorials and get a feel for what you need, then assign buttons on your stick to those functions, so it feels natural to YOU.

    There also is a story happening... alien artefacts have appeared, and just last week, people accidentially found some barncale-looking alien things on a planet. The story is developing, and there is a good chance there will be contact with an alien race at some point... and we don't know whether it will be peaceful or a conflict.

    My point is: E:D has taken over some things from its ancestor... it's pretty old school, where there is a steep learning curve, no set path (meaning you pick what you wanna do, and you can change paths), you will prolly have to use your imagination to fill out the gaps and add more to the incrediby huge universe you can explore.

    To me, the game is incredibly immersive, it can be quite exciting, and at least to me, there was a nice mix of frustration (losing expensive cargo or being killed) and fistpump-moments, like beating a tough enemy or earning a pile of money from trading and getting a new ship.

    A lot has been said about the whole business model, with Horizons costing that much, instead of being an added DLC to the base-game for a lower prize. I am not getting into that, but let me say this: Playing E:D for two weeks convinced me to buy Horizons to have even more options in game, and I look forward to trying the new aspects of the game, looking forward to what will be added soon.

    As a fan of the original Elite, I was surprised how much this game feels like the original. It's very old school, I think that's why it polarizes so much. It can be tough, can require a lot of research or trial and error, it can't easily be judged by a single 1- or 2 hour play session.
    However, it is a ton of fun, with lots of things to try out, and I feel that I already got my money's worth out of this. I just upgraded to Horizons, and currently do trade routes (while having a movie play in the background, so it's a relaxed activity) to save up for a bigger trade hauler, so my current tradeship can be used as an explorer and planet-lander-ship next.
    looking forward a lot to more adventures and seeing how the whole alien-storyline develops.    … Expand
  14. Kapow626
    Feb 14, 2016
    5
    The Game still leaves a lot to be desired as the RNG nature of it and terrible instancing doesn't help, but if you get in with a good group/wing/player faction you will have fun :) I give it 5 out of 10 with potential to be 9 out of 10
  15. cassius769
    Feb 11, 2016
    2
    Was big fun of Fronier. Now nothing changed apart graphics. It is either where you start qes to dock and if you go somewhere further away from starting point there is empty space. No one. I mean no human players. The sequence of docking is painful when you have to wait these long seconds watching a bit of metal tilting by 30 degrees.

    Boring to tears.
  16. MrSteakface
    Feb 10, 2016
    6
    I've put over 100 hours into this game. You'd think that a game I've played for that long would deserve a higher score. That'e because, to me, this game represents the perfect example of a love-hate relationship.

    The game world is HUGE, so expansive it can take weeks to cross it with some solid time investment. I personally love the exploration aspect of the game, and being able to    I've put over 100 hours into this game. You'd think that a game I've played for that long would deserve a higher score. That'e because, to me, this game represents the perfect example of a love-hate relationship.

    The game world is HUGE, so expansive it can take weeks to cross it with some solid time investment. I personally love the exploration aspect of the game, and being able to first discover stars and planets gives you a reason to venture far. The ships are great and fill many different roles. Some ships focus on specific roles, some can handle multiple roles, and some are just cool to have. Flight mechanics are very well done but can be difficult to master, providing progression in combat skill. Weapons and loadouts are diverse enough that you'll always be coming up with different ship builds, sometimes to the point of obsession. The visuals and sounds are beautiful, FD really has a great art team. Along with a slowly progressing story-line, the game will give you a reason to catch up on the galaxy's latest news even if you're taking a break.

    That was the love, well, most of it. We all know what must come next. Like others have said, the game can seem shallow and lacking, and can get repetitive very quickly. Missions don't make much sense as starting players will need to have some kind of ranking before accepting most of them. Players who are further advanced in the game may have many mission options, but most of them aren't worth the time investment. Grouping with others can be a hit or miss because of the way the games peer-to-peer online system works; sometimes you can drop into the same instance, sometimes you can't. It can be quite irritating when your friend is engaged in combat with someone else, and you can't come to their aid because of infrastructure limitations. FD's priorities put game breaking CTD (crash to desktop) bugs on the development back burner, releasing content patch after content patch while adding more bugs. The gaming experience would be much improved if FD would just take the time to fix them. The community is hit or miss when discussing these issues. Many members take it as their personal responsibility to defend FD's actions, for whatever reason, even if they are obviously causing issues within the game.

    In the end, I want to completely love this game. There are so many things this game does right, and it's unfortunate that they must be grouped with all the things the game does wrong. I will continue to play it, all the while staying hopeful for the possible grand slam that Star Citizen has worked itself up to be.    … Expand
  17. Necron99
    Feb 4, 2016
    2
    This game falls short and by a long way, It looks great has amazing audio and pretty good flight mechanics, Sadly that where it ends! After that its just a truck sim in space with the odd bit of combat thrown in, To make things worse they the add a DLC that add planet landings to the game, This is adds nothing in the way of game-play just more shallow and empty game mechanics with nothingThis game falls short and by a long way, It looks great has amazing audio and pretty good flight mechanics, Sadly that where it ends! After that its just a truck sim in space with the odd bit of combat thrown in, To make things worse they the add a DLC that add planet landings to the game, This is adds nothing in the way of game-play just more shallow and empty game mechanics with nothing to do charged are a premium.… Expand
  18. ScottsPorage
    Jan 22, 2016
    5
    As an Alpha backer and avid fan of the originals, I have been extremely dissapointed with ED.

    Whilst visually and audibly stunning, it lacks immersion in a huge way. There is no continuity in the game, nothing you do has any effect on the galaxy, this creates a 'space invaders' effect, where you are just doing the same thing over and over for points (credits). There is no reason for    As an Alpha backer and avid fan of the originals, I have been extremely dissapointed with ED.

    Whilst visually and audibly stunning, it lacks immersion in a huge way.

    There is no continuity in the game, nothing you do has any effect on the galaxy, this creates a 'space invaders' effect, where you are just doing the same thing over and over for points (credits). There is no reason for me to login anymore as my brain requires much more stimulation that just shooting things.

    Trading is incredibly boring, the 'economy' is completley static, nothing ever changes, so those exciting trade routes that you would find in the original games just dont exist, the prices are very similar everywhere you go.

    Given a few years this game could become something great, but personally I feel that David Braben has lost the essence of the original games, some of the design decisions are just plain awful.

    He is making a game for the masses now, dumbed down and lacking any challenge, its such a sad thing to see happen to such a great game series.    … Expand
  19. siarl
    Jan 5, 2016
    10
    This game's like Marmite, its very British in origin - and you'll either love it or hate it. Its essentially a space exploration sandbox, that is constantly being refined and updated, although you dont have to explore, you can bounty hunt, or mine, or follow a career, or get involved in the in game politics. But essentially do not expect this game to lead you by the hand, it basicallyThis game's like Marmite, its very British in origin - and you'll either love it or hate it. Its essentially a space exploration sandbox, that is constantly being refined and updated, although you dont have to explore, you can bounty hunt, or mine, or follow a career, or get involved in the in game politics. But essentially do not expect this game to lead you by the hand, it basically dumps you out in space in a tin can and lets you work out the gameplay mechanics all on your own.… Expand
  20. bw7816253
    Jan 2, 2016
    0
    Frontier Developments' Elite: Dangerous is boring, empty, buggy and unfinished. This extremely poor excuse for a game does not deserve to carry the name Elite.
  21. BEKTOP
    Jan 1, 2016
    10
    3rd review update:

    Now it's been more than a year and I can see (with much certainty) where things are going with Elite Dangerous. It is still the best (by vast margin) space flight/combat simulation ever made in terms of it's flight model and amazing feeling of freedom of control over your ship and graphics and sounds. Addition of CQC (close quarter combat) brought that advantage up    3rd review update:

    Now it's been more than a year and I can see (with much certainty) where things are going with Elite Dangerous. It is still the best (by vast margin) space flight/combat simulation ever made in terms of it's flight model and amazing feeling of freedom of control over your ship and graphics and sounds.

    Addition of CQC (close quarter combat) brought that advantage up front and made best of it - CQC is the pinnacle of what I'm talking about here - it adds tactics to space combat (objects to take cover behind and inside, rock-paper-scissors weapon/defense choice (which can be changed during match by a number of custom made setups). Faster, nimbler smaller fighter ships.

    "Flight assist off" mode is still the best and only way to properly experience the joy and freedom of space flight (and don't listen to those who tell you to only use it situationally - when you need to turn around fast and such - simply always keep it turned off, then you'll get to feel it). If you start learning it from the beginning you'll just need a few weeks to master it and each step will give you lots of rewards and fun. Don't skip it. Really it's worth it.

    Now to problems:

    Combat vs NPCs in the main game is predictably bland and boring (as in every single computer game, so nothing to worry about). PVP in main game is unforgivably bland, too long and boring (compared to fun CQC fights it's even more pronounced) - by the very end of the year and months of countless complain threads devs finally pretended to address it, but only added some superficial changes - PVP is still in same state, now we just have a bit of freedom of choice on what modules to put on before engaging in bland, boring and too long fights. My previous review on combat was mostly based on fun duels I had before devs ruined PVP with SCBs (shield potions) and duels I had to specifically arrange, by asking people not to use SCBs - I was under impression that thing will get fixed in near future seeing how many players complained about it.

    Which takes me to one thing I've understood about Elite Dangerous development by now - if you see that something in the game is completely wrong - it will not be changed. Also there are things that gradually getting worse - graphics get toned down every single update and devs do not acknowledge it.

    And there's a lot of those things in the game. At the beginning whenever I saw a placeholder like exploration mechanics ; retarded missions (most of which are broken in one way or another) ; utterly broken background simulation (all those politics to take over systems, me being part of a small faction, economics simulation - it all either static or doesn't work or non existent) ; POI (signal sources) mechanics ; Super-Cruise flight mode.
    There's much more big and small placeholders in this game and when all of them are taken together - the only part of this game that doesn't feel less than half-baked is flight mechanics and CQC combat.

    So after a year this game is still a big promise and nothing changed, no game mechanics element was addressed (if only very superficially) to point where we can say it's not a placeholder thingie, but a strong and fun gameplay element.

    I won't pay Frontier for their another big promise - Horizons. I'm fed up with their promises already and I can dream on how this game could be if/when they fix it completely free - there's no point of paying for it.

    But what they made with flight model is something I like so much that I still play the game (CQC part). So still a 10 from me - if only for a small (but insanely important) part of this game.

    2nd review update:

    Why I'm still giving E:D a 10? - it offers the best space combat simulation (multiplayer and solo) ever made. Especially good are PVP duels or 4x4 fights and all configurations in between - like 3x1; 2x4. (if you want to properly feel it - use "no-assist" piloting mode where you can control all acceleration vectors your ship is capable of). It's easy enough to find a good match for your skill and fighting is so great that your hands will be shaking from excitement while you try to keep your opponent inside your reticle. It's never getting old. Don't forget that this game offers very good in-game voice communication - they apply same radio filter to voice they use in action movies and it adds a lot to game atmosphere.

    This game is a promise. Right now it only shows parts of game mechanics, but they are so good that can pass as a great game by themselves (some things are crude placeholders though, like missions, or mining, or exploration but devs are working on it).

    Galaxy is beautiful and vast, sounds are wonderful, flight simulation is great, especially docking and asteroid field fighting. You actually feel like you're piloting a spaceship.

    We are at the beginning of a battle on who will dominate colonized space there and peoples actions already have tangible effects on galaxy and game story developments    … Expand
  22. zombiechan
    Dec 30, 2015
    8
    It's a great game for you if you're just sitting around waiting for Star Citizen. I highly recommend this game if you have an Oculus Rift, it's perfect for that.
  23. zitrux
    Dec 27, 2015
    3
    frustrating game. ship controls is really akward and hard to master. Maybe game for some hardcore Space simulator fans but cant recommend for anyone else
  24. Pannon
    Dec 26, 2015
    4
    The gamer site reviews reflect the score, that has hopes and wishful thinking has attached to it.
    If you read them, note the date of the review. They reviewed the game not long after it was released and the game has (had) a huge potential to become something much bigger. The reviewers gave the high scores for high hopes. A year later, the game barely changed, beside a few additional    The gamer site reviews reflect the score, that has hopes and wishful thinking has attached to it.
    If you read them, note the date of the review. They reviewed the game not long after it was released and the game has (had) a huge potential to become something much bigger. The reviewers gave the high scores for high hopes. A year later, the game barely changed, beside a few additional features, which ultimately just gave the game more grind, instead of adding meaningful content.
    If you play it for a few hours you get the vibe, that you may have to do a lot of things to progress anywhere, and perhaps you get excited, just thinking about the endless possibilities and options and choices.
    Give it another 10 hours, and your entire gameplay consist of preparing to start to play the game and waiting for that moment, when you start really playing. Unfortunately, that moment never comes. What you do in your first hour, is what you will do for the rest of the time. Either trade back/forth between stations, which consist of taking off, traveling - loading screen -traveling - landing, or fighting endlessly spawning enemy ships, which change absolutely nothing, whether it comes factions or affiliations of various powers. All the other ships you may see as traffic is nothing else, but background filler. They serve no purpose or function, beside they are giving the illusion of "things happening". You can actually test this by trying to follow a ship, which will end up traveling somewhere infinitely, or landing at an non particular space station, and then taking off and doing over and over, without selling something or fighting.
    You can also test, that whether those ships you blow up makes any difference to their faction or base. They do nothing.
    Eventually, you will realise, that the entire universe is created for you, and outside of your visual radius, nothing really goes on, and everything ceases to exist as soon you leave. Unidentified signals sources pop up for you randomly, if you fly slow and their content isn't determined, until you stop to investigate by dropping out of hyperspace.
    Sound effects is great. That's why I'm giving it a 4. If nobody else, then it's the sound team, that perhaps did their best to make something.
    I see, a lot of people praising graphics. I don't see it that way. It's not hard to draw space and place objects floating in it.It's much harder to create Earth based fantasy worlds or actual locations with buildings, vegetation.
    I can't give more than 4, and if I would not consider the sound and music, this game is maybe a 2.    … Expand
  25. mossfoot
    Dec 23, 2015
    10
    This is the game I imagined back in 1984, updated in just about every way that matters. Horizons brings this even more in line with what Elite accomplished during Frontier and First Encounters and Season 2 looks like it'll be bringing even more awesome to the table
  26. parenter
    Dec 22, 2015
    10
    This game is worth $ 40 ... Star Citizen worth $ 45
    In this game the only thing you can do is go aa point b with the ship in a few types of missions and most are poorly explained and repetitive.
    If you buy a $ 50 expansion you can go to the planets and drive a car. And in the future they will put another expansion in which you can walk and play on ships of friends. All this already has    This game is worth $ 40 ... Star Citizen worth $ 45
    In this game the only thing you can do is go aa point b with the ship in a few types of missions and most are poorly explained and repetitive.
    If you buy a $ 50 expansion you can go to the planets and drive a car.
    And in the future they will put another expansion in which you can walk and play on ships of friends.
    All this already has Star Citizen, which it set about $ 45 and above will have a campaign. And remember that Star Citizen is an indie game funded by players.    … Expand
  27. eduardvictor
    Dec 20, 2015
    0
    It would be great if Frontier Developments toned down the completely pointless grind by about 90%.

    Grind is NOT fun in ANY game. There is a reason why only 3000 players are playing this on Steam, meanwhile FD is bragging that they sold over a million copies. I had a ton of fun in the Horizons Beta, because everything costs 10% of what it does on the live server. I actually felt    It would be great if Frontier Developments toned down the completely pointless grind by about 90%.

    Grind is NOT fun in ANY game.

    There is a reason why only 3000 players are playing this on Steam, meanwhile FD is bragging that they sold over a million copies.

    I had a ton of fun in the Horizons Beta, because everything costs 10% of what it does on the live server.

    I actually felt like I was progressing every time I killed someone, sold something, or did a mission.

    Meanwhile, on the live server, I barely scraped together enough money in 4 hours of play just to upgrade my Cobra Mk 3 to a Cobra Mk 4, and I can't equip jack **** on it because everything good costs over half a million for each part, sometimes over 1.5 million.

    At this rate, I will never get into that ship that costs 170 million+ and requires faction rep grind, unless I literally only play this game all day every day for the next 2 years straight.

    Grinding money for years to go through 10 different **** ships in order to get to an actually good one is not my idea of fun, if I wanted that, I'd still be playing Eve Online.

    I do enough grinding IRL, TYVM, when I get into a game, I expect to have fun.

    They should either make the rewards not be complete and utter **** for everything, or lower the prices to beta server levels (10% of live server prices), or double that, hell, even triple, but not **** 10 times more.

    Add to that the fact that it takes ages to get anywhere in this game, because of the much too slow supercruise, and you have a recipe for a game that no one but the most hardcore and unemployed people will want to / have time to play past 2 weeks at a time with 10 month breaks in between.

    Most frustrating, grindy and boring game I've ever played in 20 years, with the possible exception of Archeage.

    Absolutely FRUSTRATING to play, and less fun that Eve Online.

    The developers are making a game that THEY want to play, and they are completely IGNORING every single ♥♥♥♥ing piece of feedback that the community gives them to make this ♥♥♥♥ game more fun and less of a ♥♥♥♥ing chore to play.

    They are not increasing mission rewards or reducing prices, so you don't have to grind an arbitrary number of credits back for half a day in order to get your ship back.

    They are not fixing the completely BROKEN interdiction system, which makes it completely ♥♥♥♥ing impossible to avoid an interdiction every time you take a courier mission.

    Earlier today, I took a ♥♥♥♥♥♥ 6000 credit reward courier mission and got interdicted 4 times in a ♥♥♥♥ing row (IMPOSSIBLE TO AVOID) by a CLIPPER, in my COBRA MK IV, and lost it. There, 900000 worth of ship gone to ♥♥♥♥ in minutes.

    Uninstalled the game after that ♥♥♥♥.

    ♥♥♥♥ Frontier Developments for charging people crap tons of money for this ♥♥♥♥ game, I'd rather return to Eve, which I played from 2004 to 2014.

    Hell, X3 Albion prelude ♥♥♥♥♥ all over this game in terms of fun and properly done progression, this ♥♥♥♥ game is all flash no substance.

    In 2000 hours of playing X3 AP, i never felt frustrated or like i was wasting my ♥♥♥♥ing time grinding.

    I have over 500 hours in Elite Dangerous and a bunch more in Horizons, which did not register on my Steam account, because I played on the separate launcher that beta players get.

    Yeah, don't waste your money, this game is being handled by old farts who don't know a fun game if it ♥♥♥♥ed them in the face.    … Expand
  28. choppy
    Dec 20, 2015
    7
    Critics are right about the repetition and tedium, and supporters are right about it being the best space sim currently on the market. What both need to realize is that this is the ultimate Early Access game. In another few years, it will be a great game, but for now, it needs a huge "UNDER CONSTRUCTION" sign on everything, and it's definitely not worth paying $60 for unless you love theCritics are right about the repetition and tedium, and supporters are right about it being the best space sim currently on the market. What both need to realize is that this is the ultimate Early Access game. In another few years, it will be a great game, but for now, it needs a huge "UNDER CONSTRUCTION" sign on everything, and it's definitely not worth paying $60 for unless you love the concept of living through and supporting every baby step of development. I've played more than 200 hours, so enjoy it, but for most people I'd say save your money until this is a full game, in another three years or so.… Expand
  29. jclaiborne2007
    Dec 20, 2015
    0
    Woohoo! Not buying in on this game is a real win for me. Frontier loves to screw its backers. Please give us your money for an empty game and if we ever do make anything worth playing we will be sure that the backers pay 10x as much as a new player. Paying $100 dollars to fly around in an empty game, gee now that is a great deal!
  30. Basiclife
    Dec 17, 2015
    4
    Promising Game, Idiotic Company

    The game has an awful lot of potential. Playing with the rift is truly f-ing awesome. When I first got hold of E:D I sunk a couple of hundred hours into it and then left it alone for a while to see what came along next. Apparently the answer is ... Nothing. You can buy a whole _new_ game which includes the base game (and some new features like landing    Promising Game, Idiotic Company

    The game has an awful lot of potential. Playing with the rift is truly f-ing awesome. When I first got hold of E:D I sunk a couple of hundred hours into it and then left it alone for a while to see what came along next.

    Apparently the answer is ... Nothing. You can buy a whole _new_ game which includes the base game (and some new features like landing on planets) but there's not much in the way of content (at least, not when compared to MMORPGs as the devs keep trying to do). The new game? More expensive than the original because it includes the base game. Which I already have.

    I don't mind the money, I object to the shady business practices, broken promises and (frankly) half-baked level of implementation for all existing features/content.

    But hey, why finish developing a game when you can add a few new features and charge the same all over again? Ok, they haven't _actually_ added most of the stuff you're paying for but they will. Honest!

    Looking at their track record for keeping promises to date, I'm not optimistic.

    In summary: Really good foundation to make a truly epic game, but it's being used to make a series of half-broken, incomplete, full-priced games, one every year to keep milking you.

    Oh and as an added bonus, you too can have 10 copies of the game in your Steam library to really clutter things up.    … Expand
  31. Saratosa75
    Dec 14, 2015
    1
    Horizons buyers, be aware of a few facts, before you decide to pay $50.00 for an expansion.

    1. Premium Alpha and Beta backers are discarded, not listened to and continually been ignored, since 2014. I paid $75.00 for Premium Beta, and according to Frontier, I do not qualify to own Horizons. There are thousands of us, some paid over $140.00 and left in the ditch by Frontier    Horizons buyers, be aware of a few facts, before you decide to pay $50.00 for an expansion.

    1. Premium Alpha and Beta backers are discarded, not listened to and continually been ignored, since 2014.
    I paid $75.00 for Premium Beta, and according to Frontier, I do not qualify to own Horizons. There are thousands of us, some paid over $140.00 and left in the ditch by Frontier Developments. They are fraudulent and money grabbers with a half baked product of something they call a game, and obviously they are not implementing any meaningful changes to the game, beside adding more places to do nothing (Horizons) for a full price of a new game.
    2. Anyone bought Elite: Dangerous previously and paid for the full product $49.99, must pay another $49.99 to own Horizons. So, they have to buy twice the price, just to land on planets.
    3. Those who only buy Horizons, only have to pay $49.99 and essentially own both Elite:Dangerous and Horizons.
    Let alone the fact, that the base game "Elite:Dangerous" continues to remain just a shell of a game, an empty void with barely any game play, beside auto-generated -spawned AI ships and completely non-functioning economy. Despite the raving reviews a year ago, the game has not evolved, beside a few additional gameplay elements, which has not changed much the game.
    You can kill thousands of ships, it will not make any meaningful (nobody is getting weaker or stronger) changes in the game world.
    You can trade thousands of items all across the systems, nobody is getting richer or poorer, beside you, and your reward is, that you can buy a bigger ship and do the same mindless/meaningless truck driver job or arcade shooter.

    The "Horizons" addon, let's you land on planets with no atmosphere, but not even all.

    Please, tell me if this is a fair business practice.
    Even the most criticized EA Incorp. with its endless addons and expansions to their core games don't do this.
    If you buy - for example - Battlefield 4 (core), for $49.99, your expansion of your pick will not cost another $49.99, and they aren't only adding another rifle to shoot with.
    Following Frontier Developments' money grabber practices of the past- my predictions:
    - You will be able to land on planets with atmospheres (sometime in 2016) for additional $20.00 for Horizon owners. Elite:Dangerous owners (if they still havent deserted this empty shell of nothing) must pay another $70.00 to own Horizons with "Elite: Atmosphere" upgrade.
    -You will be able to land on gas giants for addititional ($20.00) for Horizon owners, or you can get a Gold-Platinum-Game of The Year (no doubt the reviewers will hype it again, with a whole-total of 5 mins of gameplay) full package of Elite:Dangerous Horizons Atmospheric Gas Giant Edition for as little as $95.00.

    Previous Elite:Dangerous owners with no Horizons upgrade must pay an addtional $120.00 to enjoy Horizons+Atmospheric Landing+Gas Giants super package.
    -    … Expand
  32. arnman713
    Dec 14, 2015
    10
    Certainement mon jeu préféré actuellement, une galaxie énorme qui vous donnera certainement le vertige, plusieurs façon de jouer, je ne peut m’empêcher de le comparer a X3 Albion Prelude que j'aimait particulièrement a l’époque, la différence majeur entre ces deux soft est que X3 est très difficile a prendre en main et n'est absolument pas intuitif alors que Elite Dangerous luis estCertainement mon jeu préféré actuellement, une galaxie énorme qui vous donnera certainement le vertige, plusieurs façon de jouer, je ne peut m’empêcher de le comparer a X3 Albion Prelude que j'aimait particulièrement a l’époque, la différence majeur entre ces deux soft est que X3 est très difficile a prendre en main et n'est absolument pas intuitif alors que Elite Dangerous luis est beaucoup plus intuitif quoi que toujours un peut difficile a prendre en main sans une manette ou un pad Xbox.
    Conclusion: c'est un très bon jeu qui risque de vous occuper un bon moment si vous appréciez les jeux du genre.    … Expand
  33. TDO
    Dec 13, 2015
    0
    I was excited for this game and so when I finally had a proper gaming desktop again I bought it, 20 hours and nothing to show for it. Pirates will attack you at every system and if you have anything of value it's guaranteed to be pirate that kills you before you can run. I want my time and money. Difficult controls, complex systems, learning the hard way. I expected those things and wasI was excited for this game and so when I finally had a proper gaming desktop again I bought it, 20 hours and nothing to show for it. Pirates will attack you at every system and if you have anything of value it's guaranteed to be pirate that kills you before you can run. I want my time and money. Difficult controls, complex systems, learning the hard way. I expected those things and was willing to put the time in to overcome them as an entrance barrier. I system that kills you far to frequently with no recourse to the player, I'm out. I wasted time and money and I hope you don't make the same mistake.… Expand
  34. tdasp3re
    Dec 9, 2015
    8
    this game is great; i guess thought just for personal tastes, i havent had much fun the last times ive played.

    i was hoping a bit like to play this game locally on your hard drive, an also hoping to get like real-time travelling, like Frontier elite 2 had. Instead it takes minutes to get to another solar system, or to reach out a planet ... its understandable to have this mechanism for    this game is great; i guess thought just for personal tastes, i havent had much fun the last times ive played.

    i was hoping a bit like to play this game locally on your hard drive, an also hoping to get like real-time travelling, like Frontier elite 2 had. Instead it takes minutes to get to another solar system, or to reach out a planet ... its understandable to have this mechanism for the multiplayer, but i had hoped that for a single player mode, it would be the same as the previous game - thus making the universe looks a bit more realistic.

    anyways , a great game overally. i was expecting a bit more , to have vast possibilities of generated contents - stations, civilian ships, space occupations, unique planets we can all visits - etc . but devs already works on all these    … Expand
  35. Dorana
    Dec 8, 2015
    9
    This game is one of those that splits the crowd.

    For me this is an endless space simulator, it takes time to learn it, and even more time to master. but on to the review. Graphics in this game are awesome, not just in resolution but in their attention to detail. But you can watch any ingamme video on youtube to see that. It seems the game is more suited to those who have    This game is one of those that splits the crowd.

    For me this is an endless space simulator, it takes time to learn it, and even more time to master.

    but on to the review.

    Graphics in this game are awesome, not just in resolution but in their attention to detail.
    But you can watch any ingamme video on youtube to see that.

    It seems the game is more suited to those who have played the older games and those with patience, the reason for this is that iot all takes a very long time, but the longer it takes, the more rewarding it feels, so it's not one of those instant gratification games where you go in and you feel powerful right from the get go, you start of in a small ship with no indication of where to go or what to do, you're a free licenced pilot, what you do is your choice.

    I see int he comments that a lot of people complain on the grinding, but few pick up on the depth of the reputation grinding.
    The game has a built in politics system, basically, the more missions taken on by players for a specific faction the stronger that faction gets and the more it expands, so doing quests for all factions just to gain rep might not always be for the best, this is where groups come in.
    As groups expand and concentrate their efforts on various regions of space, specific minor factions will grow in power and economy, thus changing who controls each station and what missions and goods that will be available, this also changes prices of such goods.

    With the later updates in the game players can create their own groups and groups can turn to factions thus allowing somewhat control of set stations. The game is so large and deep it's hard to put it all in text.

    The game has an automated economy system but it can be influenced by players, and the larger a game with these mechanics gets the more influence goes to the player community.

    The game has it's charm playing solo and grinding towards that next ship, but the true potential of this game only comes to light when you start grouping with friends, and it shines brighter the larger your group gets.    … Expand
  36. blackbird1
    Dec 6, 2015
    0
    so much singleplayer features are missing because of only online crap like third person and other things, also compared to games like x3 AP TC (not rebirth crap) this game feels very arcade in terms of ships and weapons. its fun but i hate the missign features because of online crap
  37. Potitoman
    Dec 4, 2015
    9
    It appears this game had some issues at launch, but oh boy is it a good game now!
    Once you get over the intimidation of the steep learning curve, you'll discover a rich and immersive game that will eat away your hours. There's no plot as such other than taking on missions to increase your status, but it's the gameplay that sucks you in.
    Don't be scared by the complexity, it's not as hard    It appears this game had some issues at launch, but oh boy is it a good game now!
    Once you get over the intimidation of the steep learning curve, you'll discover a rich and immersive game that will eat away your hours. There's no plot as such other than taking on missions to increase your status, but it's the gameplay that sucks you in.
    Don't be scared by the complexity, it's not as hard as it looks. Once you understand the mechanics of the game, you'll be hooked!    … Expand
  38. Hylus
    Dec 3, 2015
    7
    Specing a ship is fun and the graphics are great but the game is 100,000 light years wide and an inch deep. It might keep most people's attention for 10-20 hours, I suppose. Possibly less. Get's real dull, real quick. I do very much hope that future expansions improve enough upon the base game.
  39. Ayreos
    Dec 2, 2015
    3
    A game in which the sounds and the atmosphere of a space science fiction fantasy are lovingly crafted. Unfortunately, that's about the only positive thing i can say about the game. Annoying mechanics, strange design choices, a complete dearth of content(made, if possible, worse by the first "expansion" currently in beta, which simply broadened an already shallow, repetitive experience withA game in which the sounds and the atmosphere of a space science fiction fantasy are lovingly crafted. Unfortunately, that's about the only positive thing i can say about the game. Annoying mechanics, strange design choices, a complete dearth of content(made, if possible, worse by the first "expansion" currently in beta, which simply broadened an already shallow, repetitive experience with yet more shallow content. There are the makings of a fun experience below all the frustration, but it was impossible for me to get at it, and not for the lack of trying. Worst of all: don't hope to be able to play multiplayer comfortably with your friends! Just don't!… Expand
  40. Shunduild
    Nov 19, 2015
    5
    *Not ready for prime time: 'Multi-player' lack of features feels beta. I feel a little ripped off.
    *Learning curve: Playing an ice hockey game naked on dull skates and have to score goals to collect protective gear. There is a button for everything from skate speed to the temperature of the popcorn popper in concessions. Half the opposing players are NPCs and the others are adolescent    *Not ready for prime time: 'Multi-player' lack of features feels beta. I feel a little ripped off.
    *Learning curve: Playing an ice hockey game naked on dull skates and have to score goals to collect protective gear. There is a button for everything from skate speed to the temperature of the popcorn popper in concessions. Half the opposing players are NPCs and the others are adolescent serial murderers.
    Lastly, your team mates do not know how to skate and the goal is invisible.    … Expand
  41. Borreh
    Nov 13, 2015
    6
    In two years, this might be a great game.

    As of now, never before did I regret buying a game as much as after a few weeks with Elite. But mind you, I didn't play Fallout 4 yet. Let's get this clear: I love big, huge, demanding, open-ended games that are demanding towards the player and might even seem tiresome at times. I'm a Dark Souls fan for crying out loud. But Elite is just    In two years, this might be a great game.

    As of now, never before did I regret buying a game as much as after a few weeks with Elite. But mind you, I didn't play Fallout 4 yet.

    Let's get this clear: I love big, huge, demanding, open-ended games that are demanding towards the player and might even seem tiresome at times. I'm a Dark Souls fan for crying out loud.

    But Elite is just unfinished. It masquerades as a huge, online space-sim while severly lacking in content and variety. Sure, you can do multiple different things, but all of them are shallow and monotone. Don't expect other players adding a new dynamic into the game - The only time I interacted with other people was when chatted about nonsense while waiting in a huge line to a ridiculiously small space station. Whatever you do, feels tedious, boring, detached. The only goal in this game is to grind money in order to get a better ship in which you will be able to grind money faster.

    Sure, the flight model is spectacular, the sound and music are awe inspiring (Try not to cry when supercruising for the first time). But for what? It's a shame that such amazing audio-video went to waste for a spooky skeleton of a game.

    The first time I saw the galactic map, manly tears were shed. But my amazement changed into frustration once I learned all of those systems were alike: Dull, empty and devoid of life.

    I will finish this review with a (quite good actually) quote from another disapointing game, Civilization: Beyond Earth. Why? Because I feel like it. Also, it expresses what I felt before quitting Elite perfectly.

    "When Coyote learned he was the only one of his kind on the new planet, his howl echoed through the rifts and off the distant hills."    … Expand
  42. 2fast4u34521
    Nov 13, 2015
    3
    Elite:Boring.

    After 2 weeks of playing it leaves me only bored. You cant earn money as fast as you should and everything looks the same. Its so sleepy...X3 is a much better game, even though it is old. Just think about the traveling in elite: this flying and flying and there is nothing to do. In X3 you can do many thinks just while traveling. Here its only waiting. OMFG I **** hate this    Elite:Boring.

    After 2 weeks of playing it leaves me only bored. You cant earn money as fast as you should and everything looks the same. Its so sleepy...X3 is a much better game, even though it is old. Just think about the traveling in elite: this flying and flying and there is nothing to do. In X3 you can do many thinks just while traveling. Here its only waiting. OMFG I **** hate this **** And I played it 2 weeks.    … Expand
  43. Luke0086
    Nov 12, 2015
    0
    Whilst the game makes a seemingly good attempt at bringing the old frontier back to life, I feel that the main parts of the original game are the parts that are missing in the new game - the attention to detail and imagination.

    The hyper jump effects are pretty immense, but the game suffers from bugs and design flaws. The trailer on Youtube also might as well have "not actual game    Whilst the game makes a seemingly good attempt at bringing the old frontier back to life, I feel that the main parts of the original game are the parts that are missing in the new game - the attention to detail and imagination.

    The hyper jump effects are pretty immense, but the game suffers from bugs and design flaws. The trailer on Youtube also might as well have "not actual game footage" displayed throughout the entire video, which shows just how bad it is that the game can't even be represented truthfully in an advert.

    The main thing that I didn't like about the game though, is the awful moderators on the forums - which less face it, are a large part of modern games now where people can discuss the game with others. I've had simple comments of mine deleted, and threads locked, for absolutely no reason.

    In the end I took Frontier Developments to court and got a full refund because they refused to give me my money back (which is something that a lot of people have asked for, being that one forum thread dedicated to getting refunds was the largest thread in the entire forum!)

    Being that my love for the Elite games has now been destroyed by Frontier Developments, I just can't bring myself to recommend this unfinished, bug infested game to anyone.    … Expand
  44. Bennrama
    Nov 9, 2015
    3
    Why anyone with any intelligence plays this game instead of say.... X3 is beyond me. The only possible reason would be for the multiplayer, but let's face it, elite: tedious has God awful multiplayer. It is reasonably engaging for the first 20 hours perhaps, which would be fine for a single player game that packed a lot of content into 20 hours and left you feeling like you've accomplishedWhy anyone with any intelligence plays this game instead of say.... X3 is beyond me. The only possible reason would be for the multiplayer, but let's face it, elite: tedious has God awful multiplayer. It is reasonably engaging for the first 20 hours perhaps, which would be fine for a single player game that packed a lot of content into 20 hours and left you feeling like you've accomplished something in that time (like the completion of a decent storyline, for example). Elite left me feeling like I'd wasted a bunch of hours learning the controls and quirks of a game that is in NO WAY ENJOYABLE..... The only way to conceivably enjoy this monster grind of pretty-looking repetition simulator, would be to play with friends. But Elite seems determined to make that as frustrating as possible.… Expand
  45. Voyageurceleste
    Nov 8, 2015
    9
    I have take some time to write a review about E:D. (I am Alpha tester and follower of Elite since 84)
    Why ? Because i played it a lot to be sure to write something objective.
    So here it is : Elite Dangerous is different then the original Elite but after more then 200 hours playing the game i can give my personal view of it. ED is a space simulator so that mean you NEED a controller to    I have take some time to write a review about E:D. (I am Alpha tester and follower of Elite since 84)
    Why ? Because i played it a lot to be sure to write something objective.
    So here it is :
    Elite Dangerous is different then the original Elite but after more then 200 hours playing the game i can give my personal view of it.
    ED is a space simulator so that mean you NEED a controller to play the game. Gamepad or joystick but you will NEED it. (i use a full set of warthog+trackIR5+rudder for max immersion)
    no rules until the way you want to learn. That can be boring for players who are used to be game oriented by scripts or somelike. But it's Elite and the base is the same concept as the one in 1984.
    So as player, you can become a trader, an explorer, a Bounty hunter or a pirate, you can get your own choice with no faction or choose a faction in the game with the politics conséquences of this choice.

    ED is very complex to learn i agree but very rewarding when you understand how deep is this game.
    Many people have just seen the dogfight / trade and exploration part of the game, but there is much more then that in it if you look a bit deeped, Galnet news are one of the way to understand that.

    Technicaly the graphics are really impressives. But its a start. The game will improve again and again with months.

    The future :
    Horizon is comming with landing, new stations, new missions, new fight, new vehicules and spaceshifts. This will take the game to another level. But more is comming ! David Braben (the creator and lead of ED) has promise more surprises and i think they will come and give a boost to this fabulous game that is Elite:Dangerous.

    I give it a 9 well merited the 10, will come when i will see the Thargoids invading the milky way !    … Expand
  46. Generalgameman
    Nov 6, 2015
    0
    Empty, shallow and dead boring!
    You will only grind cash to get better things.
    If you say about it the fanboys of this game will tell you that it's not about cash, it's all about using your imagination. lol.
    The game is dead, 3 days I traded, across a 6 jump journey and didn't see anyone or thing once! No one attacked me in 3 days!!!
    They say space is lonely... it is here!
    Save your money!
  47. locsphere
    Oct 28, 2015
    10
    The game is a solid game for the persons who did this in their spare time. The attention to detail is amazing and they even updated the game to reflect what pluto looks like. While there is no actual story and the game continues to be a work in progress the smuggling missions are by far the most hair raising at times as I shut everything down hoping to sneak into a port while flying almostThe game is a solid game for the persons who did this in their spare time. The attention to detail is amazing and they even updated the game to reflect what pluto looks like. While there is no actual story and the game continues to be a work in progress the smuggling missions are by far the most hair raising at times as I shut everything down hoping to sneak into a port while flying almost blind. The game does need some work and I am still awaiting the ability to enter an atmosphere of a planet and then land with no loading screen.

    Can't wait to see what they come out with next for this game.    … Expand
  48. Thunderflexx
    Oct 25, 2015
    3
    This game is not at all what I expected from the previews. I was after a game with cool space battles, where finding your enemy is relatively painless, tracking the enemy and getting a gun lock would make sense, then having the ability to actually kill an enemy youve spent all the time tracking, locking, and firing at. I get that this is a simulation, but like...youre in a **** spaceThis game is not at all what I expected from the previews. I was after a game with cool space battles, where finding your enemy is relatively painless, tracking the enemy and getting a gun lock would make sense, then having the ability to actually kill an enemy youve spent all the time tracking, locking, and firing at. I get that this is a simulation, but like...youre in a **** space ship that has hyper drive...and you have lasers that can only shoot straight, can only hit things 3 feet in front of your fricken face, and overheat after a very short amount of shots. Its lame as **** **** this game! If only I could get money back on a ****ty software puchase.… Expand
  49. Tuco_Ramires
    Oct 15, 2015
    1
    At first when I started playing this game it was enjoyable and would have given it a 10 / 10.Fantastic Ideas ,solo play to avoid toxic players and many other good ideas.
    But since release ,the developers have slowly changed the game to a point where it is litteraly unplayable for Pvers and solo play,they nerfed ships and buffed Npcs,interdictions and turned a relaxed gaming experience    At first when I started playing this game it was enjoyable and would have given it a 10 / 10.Fantastic Ideas ,solo play to avoid toxic players and many other good ideas.
    But since release ,the developers have slowly changed the game to a point where it is litteraly unplayable for Pvers and solo play,they nerfed ships and buffed Npcs,interdictions and turned a relaxed gaming experience into a chore.They ruined in a few months what was once a masterpiece    … Expand
  50. jseph1234
    Oct 14, 2015
    2
    This game is a boring, repetitive incomplete game. Its not worth $60 that is currently being charged. More like $25 and it has too much grind in it. The developers are constantly changing their story on coming features and the next expansion is $45.
  51. exoduss
    Oct 14, 2015
    9
    Its a great game looks nice easy to pick up and play one draw back it gets kinda lonely in space. Some of the missions are a drag i mean some not all. PVP is fun also open world with a lot to do yeah great game
  52. danunn
    Oct 13, 2015
    1
    I tried REAL hard to make this game work. Took advice to only do delivery missions until you can make some money, but even the delivery missions are hard. You grab something that looks simple, but ends up being 20 star system away and may not even have a route to it, and oh yeah, you only have 30 Earth minutes to get there, and you will run out of gas every three to four star systems. IfI tried REAL hard to make this game work. Took advice to only do delivery missions until you can make some money, but even the delivery missions are hard. You grab something that looks simple, but ends up being 20 star system away and may not even have a route to it, and oh yeah, you only have 30 Earth minutes to get there, and you will run out of gas every three to four star systems. If there's no gas station when you are out of gas, point yourself to the nearest station and leave you xbox on and traveling in that direction FOR THE REST OF YOUR REAL LIFE, I'm not joking! F@#k this so called game.… Expand
  53. Jolt51
    Oct 11, 2015
    1
    So, I bought the game, a Joystick, and a new keyboard to play this game. Not being new to MMO's I expected to be able to get out of the beginning area once I got familiar with the game. Not so. Once I figured out from trial and error how to manually maneuver the ship (Not intuitive at all), I started to explore and almost imediately got blown up by a ship much more advanced than me. SecondSo, I bought the game, a Joystick, and a new keyboard to play this game. Not being new to MMO's I expected to be able to get out of the beginning area once I got familiar with the game. Not so. Once I figured out from trial and error how to manually maneuver the ship (Not intuitive at all), I started to explore and almost imediately got blown up by a ship much more advanced than me. Second try the same thing happened. Griefers are part of any MMO but this was really pathetic. Almost as bad as EVE Online. But in Eve there are consequences for it. After spending 2 days at this I have given up. Not fun at all if you ask me.… Expand
  54. Arlet
    Oct 6, 2015
    2
    In the state it is in I can not recommend it, neither can I recommend it for the future due to the planned dlc they have in store. This game costs $60 and feels like it has $30 worth of content. I bought the game thinking they would provide free updates in the future but that doesn't seem to be the case. The only thing I can say positive about this game is that it really knows how to getIn the state it is in I can not recommend it, neither can I recommend it for the future due to the planned dlc they have in store. This game costs $60 and feels like it has $30 worth of content. I bought the game thinking they would provide free updates in the future but that doesn't seem to be the case. The only thing I can say positive about this game is that it really knows how to get the atmosphere of outer space right; Empty, both in setting and content.… Expand
  55. Landy77
    Oct 2, 2015
    0
    This is a space sim with plane physics. There are lots of locations to travel to, but nothing is there once you arrive. Lots of nothingness. You can't have an unlimited galaxy with a limited player base. You end up being solo playing a multiplayer game.
  56. Squareski
    Oct 2, 2015
    4
    I've given it 18 hours of my life. It's hard to describe. On one hand, it is quite addictive, in that, you're trying to build the funds for all those upgrades and bigger and better ships, and graphically it is very beautiful. On the other, however, the fun, just like the game, is mostly lost in a vast void of space. It has brief moments of excitement, glimpses of game play out of theI've given it 18 hours of my life. It's hard to describe. On one hand, it is quite addictive, in that, you're trying to build the funds for all those upgrades and bigger and better ships, and graphically it is very beautiful. On the other, however, the fun, just like the game, is mostly lost in a vast void of space. It has brief moments of excitement, glimpses of game play out of the corner of your eye...but sadly, it's mostly hours of doing nothing, despite trying not to. This is only part of the story...if you factor in the bizarre game mechanic of real time quest timers in solo mode, that expire while you're out of the game entirely, it just makes matters worse. Ensure you don't have kids, or work, or have a social life as you'll have to sink hours of uninterrupted time into the void that is Elite Dangerous.… Expand
  57. NSerzh
    Sep 26, 2015
    10
    most realistic space simulation today, it is important for developers to develop the project and not a brake on progress to develop space to please the players tasty updates
  58. psicotix
    Sep 25, 2015
    9
    Some of the best moments I've experienced in Elite: Dangerous haven't involved other players, shooting things or making vast sums of credits. Yesterday, was jumping from system to system in a window at work and had parked beside a star while I got on with real work. I was distracted from what I was working on by the sight of a solar flare erupting from the surface of the star. I watched itSome of the best moments I've experienced in Elite: Dangerous haven't involved other players, shooting things or making vast sums of credits. Yesterday, was jumping from system to system in a window at work and had parked beside a star while I got on with real work. I was distracted from what I was working on by the sight of a solar flare erupting from the surface of the star. I watched it as it slowly calmed and a minute or two later had completely subsided.

    For me, this represents the scale of Elite - it's huge, and the content in it is easily missed. Getting from one side of the galaxy to the other will take some time. Getting to Elite status in any of the three categories will take some time. Buying the biggest ship and fitting it with all the best gear will take some time. The idea that you have to do any of those things is not really what this game is about - it's more that you can jump into a space craft, fly around, shoot things, buy and sell things, change the political landscape and immerse yourself.    … Expand
  59. Rantul
    Sep 23, 2015
    0
    Such a waste, this game is so unfinished, incomplete, not a sandbox, limited ships, lame missions. Nothing good about it. Many combat aspects don't even work, a rework of weapons is needed or rework of how ship damage is taken, major pet peeve of mine was how elaborate it could be and yet it wasn't finished when they released the next DLC, For me, it is insulting when developers give usSuch a waste, this game is so unfinished, incomplete, not a sandbox, limited ships, lame missions. Nothing good about it. Many combat aspects don't even work, a rework of weapons is needed or rework of how ship damage is taken, major pet peeve of mine was how elaborate it could be and yet it wasn't finished when they released the next DLC, For me, it is insulting when developers give us garbage, then release more garbage without cleaning up the mess. I hate this game, its shameful to have it in the space sim genre.… Expand
  60. FrancisCharmer
    Sep 23, 2015
    10
    Brilliantly conceived game that will only get better. Fantastic graphics and immersive gameplay for the sci-fi dreamers among us.

    I see lots of comments about difficulty getting into it. Make an investment - it will pay off. I also see lots of comments about lack of depth/boredom - i don't get it - doesn't every game reduce down to a few core experiences? This game is very open-ended,    Brilliantly conceived game that will only get better. Fantastic graphics and immersive gameplay for the sci-fi dreamers among us.

    I see lots of comments about difficulty getting into it. Make an investment - it will pay off.
    I also see lots of comments about lack of depth/boredom - i don't get it - doesn't every game reduce down to a few core experiences? This game is very open-ended, you have to decide what you want to do...but it also has plenty of targets (rankings, wealths, rankings etc). If the game is not your cup of tea at all...why give it a bad score?    … Expand
  61. devildead
    Sep 21, 2015
    2
    When I bought this game over a year ago - it was a developing project, with big future, and I really made all my friend to buy it. Today I am sorry about this desision - game became crappier with every new piece of "content", if you really can name this thing "content". Now developers looks like greedy fu...s - they sold this game to me over 4000 rubbles, month after it came to steam forWhen I bought this game over a year ago - it was a developing project, with big future, and I really made all my friend to buy it. Today I am sorry about this desision - game became crappier with every new piece of "content", if you really can name this thing "content". Now developers looks like greedy fu...s - they sold this game to me over 4000 rubbles, month after it came to steam for 3000 rubbles and now they want me to pay MORE 4k for some base game content. They just think it was not enough money for them, so the will became the new EA and sell game multiple time. No, thanks, I am sorry I payed for this project and I hardly recomend not to buy this "game" now - it still lacks a LOT of content but now you need to pay for it. Buy X-series or something like this if you want starship simulator, not this piece of unfinished garbage.… Expand
  62. Nthy
    Sep 18, 2015
    0
    I give this a zero because it alludes nicely to the emptiness of the Elite Dangerous universe. I was waiting patiently for them to add some actual content to the game. Something interesting and non-grindy would be nice. Then to my surprise they launched it! Kicked it out the door in an unfinished state, still with nothing interesting to do and core gameplay that is needlessy grindy inI give this a zero because it alludes nicely to the emptiness of the Elite Dangerous universe. I was waiting patiently for them to add some actual content to the game. Something interesting and non-grindy would be nice. Then to my surprise they launched it! Kicked it out the door in an unfinished state, still with nothing interesting to do and core gameplay that is needlessy grindy in every way imaginable.

    For a while after, I harbored the delusion that they would add something fun to do in a future patch. The day they released news their upcoming paid expansion featuring planetary landing I knew that the dream was dead. There is nothing non-grindy to do in Elite Dangerous, and there never will be; because the developer thinks the game is complete. Complete enough that they've started selling expansions! What a farce. But don't worry... because for only sixty US dollars you can land on planets and be as bored on the surface of a planet as you were in space!    … Expand
  63. sclark13
    Sep 13, 2015
    4
    Played off and on since December 2014. The game added a few ships but is still incredibly unfocused at making any particular activity work as intended. There is no reason to play with people, and no reason to think one's (or a very large group's) actions make any kind of impact on the world. Ships have very little thought put into their design, with several ships just being shunned due toPlayed off and on since December 2014. The game added a few ships but is still incredibly unfocused at making any particular activity work as intended. There is no reason to play with people, and no reason to think one's (or a very large group's) actions make any kind of impact on the world. Ships have very little thought put into their design, with several ships just being shunned due to their lack of role.

    Co-op with wingmen is terrible and penalizes players. Exploring is really boring, especially when there are simulators like space engine that let you visit different planets and stellar phenomena without the **** tedium of managing ship resources. Exploration would be cool, but there is no high reward for it, no satisfaction from seeing one gas giant vs. another, etc.    … Expand
  64. Whasuff
    Sep 11, 2015
    0
    This game is the single most boring space sim out there. You will fly. You will fly some more. You will occassionally get lucky and find a signal source. You'll miss it. You'll never ever have the opportunity to find that signal source again. I cannot believe how boring this game is. Not only is it boring, it is all manual. So not only are you having the time of your life flying throughThis game is the single most boring space sim out there. You will fly. You will fly some more. You will occassionally get lucky and find a signal source. You'll miss it. You'll never ever have the opportunity to find that signal source again. I cannot believe how boring this game is. Not only is it boring, it is all manual. So not only are you having the time of your life flying through yet another system to find yet another point, you have carpal tunnel by the end of it. And don't even get me started on the whole "new content" . E:D is not nearly fleshed out enough to justify the price, even now, and they want me to pay for more? The devs talked such a big game up front (like ALL kickstarter funded projects), then they slopped this steaming pile of monotony & disappointment on us and want us to pay for more. All I can say is, I will no longer be playing games made by or supporting this EA clone.… Expand
  65. Dan_
    Sep 7, 2015
    3
    Olvidaros de las promesas por cumplir y los DLC a un precio accesible. La política de Frontier es simplemente una bofetada a los jugadores que han apostado desde los comienzos por el juego y esperaban verlo crecer y desarrollarse. Además si eres hispanohablante suma un puntapié en la entrepierna, no se han molestado en traducirlo a nuestro idioma, han pasado la pelota a la coumunidad deOlvidaros de las promesas por cumplir y los DLC a un precio accesible. La política de Frontier es simplemente una bofetada a los jugadores que han apostado desde los comienzos por el juego y esperaban verlo crecer y desarrollarse. Además si eres hispanohablante suma un puntapié en la entrepierna, no se han molestado en traducirlo a nuestro idioma, han pasado la pelota a la coumunidad de hispanoparlantes (que era enviadiable... no sé si con la política de Frontier podrá mantenerla)… Expand
  66. CiaphasHRO
    Sep 6, 2015
    10
    played 250h+, great immersive space game. Do bounty hunting, exploring, mining, missions, trading and life as a god forsaken pirate in a unbelievebale huge recreation of our galaxy.

    The game is hard to learn. The story is your personal imagination -》 example: in a near star system is the break out of a civil war. Go there as a hired gun to help the monarchistic party win the war. Or be    played 250h+, great immersive space game. Do bounty hunting, exploring, mining, missions, trading and life as a god forsaken pirate in a unbelievebale huge recreation of our galaxy.

    The game is hard to learn. The story is your personal imagination -》 example: in a near star system is the break out of a civil war. Go there as a hired gun to help the monarchistic party win the war. Or be a trader helping the democrats with delivering guns and medical supply.

    You are one under billions of humans in a vast dangerous universe. you start with little money and a bad ship to find your way. Earn money for better ships and equipment. Choose a side in the galactic politics or stay neutral.

    I love it...

    ps. great community (mostly)

    pps. planetary landing comes this year with first expansion (i think the price is fair...some people dont think so and downvote the game for the price and not for the game...sad world we life in)

    pps. sorry for bad english    … Expand
  67. suntox
    Aug 30, 2015
    0
    Be careful with this game. The people who preordered this game have still not received an actual game with content. All you got by now is a framework of 400 billion star systems which are just generic and empty (automatically created). Generic missions that are extremely boring with over 90% travel time (hours), everywhere the same. The same 3 station models in every system. Only a fewBe careful with this game. The people who preordered this game have still not received an actual game with content. All you got by now is a framework of 400 billion star systems which are just generic and empty (automatically created). Generic missions that are extremely boring with over 90% travel time (hours), everywhere the same. The same 3 station models in every system. Only a few available ships and little equipment. There is close to no content next to this. So at the moment only dreamers and roleplayers actually find what they want.

    And instead of adding the missing content, they offer you the next big update for the price of a full game!!!

    Plus the forum moderators are very agressive if you talk about that on either steam or frontier forum. They ban you on steam forum for fake reasons if you don't shut up when they tell you to, and remove your valid comments. This is pure fascism.

    The name David Braben now seems to stand for exploitation and fraud. Very saddening.    … Expand
  68. SarudeDankstorm
    Aug 18, 2015
    9
    Excellent space sim, especially with friends! Controls are iffy initially and I highly recommend you change the thruster controls, but once you get the hang of the controls and the game world it is a very time consuming (and an enjoyable) experience.
  69. ggeorgo
    Aug 14, 2015
    9
    I am old enough to have played Elite back in 1986 in a small Sinclair Spectrum microcomputer.
    The game is back and the same old feeling of space exploration is still unique and challenging!

    I have a total 150 hours on Steam on this game ... and I do not think I will stop soon ! ...
  70. noobmsu93
    Aug 13, 2015
    7
    Second review for this...all of my previous criticisms still stand with the game. Though I did forget to mention reputation decay...yeah that breaks down over time now too post 1.3!
    But...recently I have gotten into exploration (headed to Sag A via the Perseus arm of the galaxy) and despite the enormous time sinks (the absolute worst for me is the detailed scan 15+ seconds to complete!    Second review for this...all of my previous criticisms still stand with the game. Though I did forget to mention reputation decay...yeah that breaks down over time now too post 1.3!
    But...recently I have gotten into exploration (headed to Sag A via the Perseus arm of the galaxy) and despite the enormous time sinks (the absolute worst for me is the detailed scan 15+ seconds to complete! All the time watching that silly "disco ball"...very tedious FD - please, please, give us a progression bar or time to completion or percent complete, for the surface scanner!) I'm absolutely loving exploring. I do love astronomy and "space" science in general. Definite prerequisite if you want to explore.    … Expand
  71. BubbleMapGaming
    Aug 10, 2015
    9
    An Overall amazing game. There is a verity of Things to do from Exploring to Pirating. The PowerPlay Update (1.3) has slightly de-valued some of the games event (e.g Factions expanding into systems) but this is counterbalanced by the rest of the amazing updates 1.1 (Community Goals) and 1.2 (Wings)
  72. halfik
    Aug 8, 2015
    5
    There is a space for a good game. But only a space. Game is empty, and after couple weeks boring as hell. Braben don't give player any end game. World is totally random. Economic system is random. Battles are random. everything is random. There is no option for player based clans/factions or anythings.

    Only good things in game at the moment is how it looks, battle mechanics and things    There is a space for a good game. But only a space. Game is empty, and after couple weeks boring as hell. Braben don't give player any end game. World is totally random. Economic system is random. Battles are random. everything is random. There is no option for player based clans/factions or anythings.

    Only good things in game at the moment is how it looks, battle mechanics and things you can do for first 2-3 weeks of game-play.    … Expand
  73. Yomomoto
    Aug 8, 2015
    0
    £130.00 < Too boring
    £130.00 < Empty game
    £130.00 < No hi-end content
    £130.00 < Hopeless multiplayer
    £130.00 < Forget about open world
    £130.00 < Nothing changed in the past 30 years
    £130.00 < Bugs and crashes and server problems
    £130.00 < Unjustified price and greed of developers
    £130.00 < And i want my £40 back!
  74. Phallex
    Aug 7, 2015
    4
    I'd love to love this game. Unfortunately, once you've gotten used to cruising around and looking at stars, docking, dogfights etc it just becomes really boring. There's not really anything to drive you in game. Finding your teammates is very hard to do properly, and even if you do manage to meet up within the hour, you're stuck with the same problem...what shall we do? Shoot some moreI'd love to love this game. Unfortunately, once you've gotten used to cruising around and looking at stars, docking, dogfights etc it just becomes really boring. There's not really anything to drive you in game. Finding your teammates is very hard to do properly, and even if you do manage to meet up within the hour, you're stuck with the same problem...what shall we do? Shoot some more AI...er....ok....??

    If you're looking for a new X-Wing vs. Tie Fighter type game, hold your breath for Valkyrie, just maybe they'll pull it off.. Elite is just a beautiful simulation showing how big space really is, even when you have a really fast ship.    … Expand
  75. Leth4lTiger
    Jul 31, 2015
    9
    Elite: Dangerous is a great game that just keeps getting better with every patch that Frontier releases. Patience is a virtue in Elite: Dangerous. It takes time and effort to get the things you want to have. Take the time to learn not only the controls, but the game itself and you will have a very rewarding experience. The game is not for everyone, but if you like a challenge and missElite: Dangerous is a great game that just keeps getting better with every patch that Frontier releases. Patience is a virtue in Elite: Dangerous. It takes time and effort to get the things you want to have. Take the time to learn not only the controls, but the game itself and you will have a very rewarding experience. The game is not for everyone, but if you like a challenge and miss games where things are not simply handed to you, Elite: Dangerous if for you. If you want instant gratification, this game is not for you. If you want to earn your ships and upgrades, you'll love Elite: Dangerous. Find a friend or two and start playing with them. Break out of your comfort zone from time to time and explore systems you haven't been to in order to find more lucrative missions/ resources.

    Also, as sort of a side-note, this game more or less requires a good joystick, preferably a HOTAS setup.    … Expand
  76. PeterCorless
    Jul 29, 2015
    0
    Terrible game play combined with confusing flight controls = wretched experience. I went through the tutorial combat and it was well over an hour of looping back and forth even attempting to see your opponent combined with a few seconds of fly-by-shooting. When I finally got into the game my mission was to collect space junk which it gave little indication for how you'd find it, never mindTerrible game play combined with confusing flight controls = wretched experience. I went through the tutorial combat and it was well over an hour of looping back and forth even attempting to see your opponent combined with a few seconds of fly-by-shooting. When I finally got into the game my mission was to collect space junk which it gave little indication for how you'd find it, never mind how to pick it up. I was so bored, so I tried to commit suicide by flying into a planet, but could never reach it.… Expand
  77. Scimajor
    Jul 19, 2015
    10
    If you're looking for an open world space game there is nothing better nor has there ever been anything better than Elite: Dangerous.

    Here's the thing. ED is NOT GTA in space, Skyrim in space, WoW in space or CoD in space. ED is a completely open world space sim. You probably will not like this game if you are excited about the idea of a pure space simulation game. What role you take    If you're looking for an open world space game there is nothing better nor has there ever been anything better than Elite: Dangerous.

    Here's the thing. ED is NOT GTA in space, Skyrim in space, WoW in space or CoD in space. ED is a completely open world space sim. You probably will not like this game if you are excited about the idea of a pure space simulation game.

    What role you take on is completely dependent on you. If you want to be a pirate then you have to act like one. You can literally do anything you want to just don't expect your hand to be held down the path of a linear game. ED is about as far from linear as one can get.

    Space sim enthusiasts will love this game. People who require hand holding and instant gratification will not like this game. It's pretty simple.    … Expand
  78. medwyn
    Jul 17, 2015
    3
    After 30 years this return of the classic title looks like a bunch of question marks for me.
    Its values in the extreme - beautiful and immersive graphics and sounds, great piloting features and ship management on one side and a chaotic mess on the other.
    Obviously this game fell into the same trap of the later years' games development trend: it was released very early without making it    After 30 years this return of the classic title looks like a bunch of question marks for me.
    Its values in the extreme - beautiful and immersive graphics and sounds, great piloting features and ship management on one side and a chaotic mess on the other.
    Obviously this game fell into the same trap of the later years' games development trend: it was released very early without making it satisfactory quality. This alienates me completely as I feel tricked for the price rather than satisfied.
    The more hours one puts into the ED universe flying around, the more glitches to be found. Depending on how the player is willing to counterbalance these problmes with "roleplaying" workarounds and other mind techniques, they are there embedded into the very texture of the game.
    After nearly 3 years of development it's still not clear for me what ED wants to be - it's more clear what it doesn't. The P2P system the whole engine is built on renders the possibilites of making a really consistent universe pretty limited (or I can say impossible). So the 400 billion stars represented as the full Milky Way galaxy becomes pretty 2-dimensional, it's like a repeated pattern of small bubbles reacing out to 30 light years distance.
    The release was rushed and it ended up in a seriously unfinished state where instead of game elements we got empty, buggy and non-functional placeholders. Persistency is non-existent, the economy background is static and insignificant, the NPCs are spawning and disappearing just for the player in the very instance, they are not going anywhere and can be farmed like chickens.

    We are now 8 months after this very questionable release and the backbone of the game is still missing but Frontier has been very busy cashing in more money for this quarterly-baked game-skeleton by porting it over to Mac and lately X-Box. The so awaited 1.3 is a meaningless grindfest, the incoming CQC is another firm step towards an unorganic arcade shooter gameplay.

    The community forums are toxic when it comes to crisicism, those rare and lengthy discussions with constructivism are fading away soon without any feedback from the devs.

    I gave 3/10 as a modified review now, big disappointment. I would like to see a great game where there are much more dimensions than just flying from point A to point B and increase a bank balance to buy another ship to do the same. Without proper and consequent interaction with each other and with the universe it's really flat no matter how beautiful it is. ED is an exhibition of stars but not a game.    … Expand
  79. bob_slump
    Jul 16, 2015
    6
    I got this when it was at beta. I saw snippets of people playing earlier games and it looked pretty cool. I also wanted it to play with the Rift. For that the resolution is too low with DK2 but it looked promising. Overall the game itself has some nice graphics but gameplay is as dull as anything. Travelling around is very tedious and combat mostly consists of chasing a tiny enemy ship around.
  80. Shempler
    Jul 14, 2015
    10
    Hardcore simulation that punshies all mistakes, but very fun once you get into it's beautiful and vast universe. As an older gamer who loved the original, my score may be a bit biased, but I don't give a damn. This is Braben's Elite and it's a masterpiece with bright future.
  81. meme1337
    Jul 14, 2015
    0
    This game is empty.
    It is one of the most boring grind I ever endured in a game.
    AI it's really bad, community is toxic (especially on the official forums), there is no way to meet and befriend people, unless relying on external tools like websites or communities on reddit. The game mechanics are broken and flawed due to the fact that developers tried to run with the hare and hunt with    This game is empty.
    It is one of the most boring grind I ever endured in a game.
    AI it's really bad, community is toxic (especially on the official forums), there is no way to meet and befriend people, unless relying on external tools like websites or communities on reddit.
    The game mechanics are broken and flawed due to the fact that developers tried to run with the hare and hunt with the hounds: they want pseudo-offline capabilities but they are intertwined with the multiplayer mechanics, leading to a mess.
    Last update was a joke and the next one, which is instanced CQC, will be even more silly.
    Hugely disappointed.    … Expand
  82. Atlars
    Jul 13, 2015
    0
    The game is close to impossible to play with mouse and keyboard. I requested a refund after spending 1 hour trying to complete the first couple of training missions.
    Might be good with a pad or stick - though I am not whilling to test it.
  83. Fr33Th1nk3r
    Jul 10, 2015
    10
    It's a great game, you can play with keyboard, joystick, or a gamepad. At its core it's a space trader game something you can do and listen to music and sink some time making money. There are websites to help direct you where to go to make lots of money.
    Other side features in this space sim include bounty hunting, gentlemanly pirating, assassinations, mining, and on the open play side    It's a great game, you can play with keyboard, joystick, or a gamepad. At its core it's a space trader game something you can do and listen to music and sink some time making money. There are websites to help direct you where to go to make lots of money.
    Other side features in this space sim include bounty hunting, gentlemanly pirating, assassinations, mining, and on the open play side you can do all of the above or play it your way. There are groups of people that go out and refuel or rescue stranded pilots. Other people join wings and escort miners and traders to get easy bounties. It's all around a great game. People that neg vote the game really just got into the wrong genre and probably expected only a FPS combat simulator. (which there is a lot of combat if you know where to look.)

    TL:DR the game is gorgeous. Watch youtube videos and twitches. The game is worth it.    … Expand
  84. Zenfulmind
    Jul 9, 2015
    0
    The developers are nothing more than criminals at work. They've abused the support of the community by providing a lot of nothing we want and withholding all of the features that are most desirable. Additionally, space travel is tediously boring! How do you get something like that wrong!? How!? I'll tell you how! You get it wrong by deliberately creating a system that will fail so that theThe developers are nothing more than criminals at work. They've abused the support of the community by providing a lot of nothing we want and withholding all of the features that are most desirable. Additionally, space travel is tediously boring! How do you get something like that wrong!? How!? I'll tell you how! You get it wrong by deliberately creating a system that will fail so that the game's popularity is minimal which will allow you, the developer, to take the money from early backers and run with it.

    They are nothing more than scam artist.    … Expand
  85. BrownBoxer
    Jul 9, 2015
    5
    Great looking game with superior sound design.

    Not an actual MMO. Max 4 player groups with no content worth grouping for. Servers struggle hard with max players in area (32) rubberbanding and disappearing ships. Extremely bland repetitive missions. Decent flight model, nothing special (not like in trailer keep that in mind). Limited weapon loadout. Somewhat of a cheating    Great looking game with superior sound design.

    Not an actual MMO. Max 4 player groups with no content worth grouping for.

    Servers struggle hard with max players in area (32) rubberbanding and disappearing ships.

    Extremely bland repetitive missions.

    Decent flight model, nothing special (not like in trailer keep that in mind).

    Limited weapon loadout.

    Somewhat of a cheating problem but rarely effects you unless you PVP.

    PvP is a joke, most players will either log out before their ship nears destruction or boost away from you and warp out.

    ED has potential, I got my $60 out of it. I hope it evolves into something great without asking for more money.    … Expand
  86. leopoldfrank
    Jul 9, 2015
    3
    This is possibly the most annoyed I've ever been with a game I've paid money for - the unrealised potential, the fact it feels like an early access game but was sold as a finished product, the annoying fanboys who patronisingly tell you "you don't get it".

    The ship mechanics are excellent and have the basis for a lot of fun however, the game really offers very little. You can do 4    This is possibly the most annoyed I've ever been with a game I've paid money for - the unrealised potential, the fact it feels like an early access game but was sold as a finished product, the annoying fanboys who patronisingly tell you "you don't get it".

    The ship mechanics are excellent and have the basis for a lot of fun however, the game really offers very little. You can do 4 things, all of which are heavily underdeveloped - mine (blast some space rock for a pitiful amount of coin), trade (fly unusable items from point A to point B), explore (fly around millions of identical looking systems) or fight stuff (grind procedural mobs or do bounty mission to kill some noob npc in nearby system). That pretty much raps up Elite's gameplay. All 4 things get tedious very quickly. Interaction with other players is minimal and connection with the gameworld is very thin.

    The game feels like an early access game but Frontier evidently think it's a finished game which makes me feel a little angry and like I've been ripped off. Something that annoys me even more than this is the game's fanboy community of people happy with the game how it is who constantly say annoying things like "the game doesn't hold you hand", "make your own story", "use your imagination". These all too easily pleased people who could happily while away the hours playing with their Star Wars figures, using their *imagination* are probably largely responsible for Frontier saying "that'll do" rather than giving us a more complete game with more depth.

    I've been generous and given it a 3 purely for the large potential and superb shell the game has. Just a pity it has no content, depth, interaction with other players or a connection to the gameworld.    … Expand
  87. 8bitg33k
    Jul 8, 2015
    2
    I really wanted to like this game. Logged 41 hrs and it became increasingly boring. Combat is excruciatingly slow and missions are hit or miss with no apparent way to make them more interesting. Missions are hollow and repetitive. What a waste of time. Uninstalled.
  88. Snai2k
    Jul 8, 2015
    0
    Really dissapointment unfinished buggy game with a dull gameplay. I've backed the Kickstarter campaign and played it back in 80s and what worked back then should not be in in 21st century, if you think the space era will look anything like that then humanity is doomed. Check videos if you even consider to buy it.
  89. Skarwind
    Jul 5, 2015
    8
    Elite:Dangerous is a fun and exciting game to play. It looks good, feels good and will give you amazing stories to tell your buddies about. Sadly it does lack a lot of meat at the moment but hopefully with time the developers will put more things to do besides trekking around the same star systems delivering drinks and drugs to the different markets and blowing up the occasional player youElite:Dangerous is a fun and exciting game to play. It looks good, feels good and will give you amazing stories to tell your buddies about. Sadly it does lack a lot of meat at the moment but hopefully with time the developers will put more things to do besides trekking around the same star systems delivering drinks and drugs to the different markets and blowing up the occasional player you may find.

    Everything about the game is great (what little there is to do) and definitely worth the price if you can find the game on sale. Anything less than $59.99 would make this a great buy.

    Multiplayer utilizes P2P style ala Dark Souls/BloodBorne so if you're okay with that then it is an enjoyable experience. You can wing up with your friends in private groups or you can go into open play with them and complete missions or just fly together while trading to feel slightly more secure. There is a solo mode but you still need to be online which is explained by the fact that you still affect the game's server while not having to really interact with it.

    Combat is frustrating but very rewarding. Learning to fly in this game isn't easy and many will downvote this game simply because of that, but if you can take the time to master it then you will have a very enjoyable experience. Do yourself a favor and spend a good two to three hours doing the combat tutorials to get the hang of flying while under fire. It will do you a lot of good.

    The music in this game is immersive and fun to listen to in and outside of the game. It blends all of the genres of sci-fi very well and if you have a good sound system/headset you will have a blast hearing it.

    Bugs: As all games post 2012 are apt to have... There are plenty. They are being fixed regularly but until they are all found and patched it is something we'll just have to deal with.

    Cheaters online: As of now they exist as with many other online games. If it can be hacked then it will be. The Developers have been pretty lax about this which is very disappointing but they have made the claim that it is being worked on but until anything concrete has been done everyone should take the statement with a grain of salt.

    For the competitive players... The game does have PvP. There is powerplay for those who want to join factions and make a difference. There isn't a leader board or tournaments (as far as I know) but if you want to pull your cock out and say you're better than someone then you absolutely can. It is very satisfying to destroy a much larger ship than you are flying or showing off who has the better flying/targeting skills but you won't get much beyond some in game currency and maybe a nifty screenshot, assuming you can snap it fast enough before flying into someone or being shot.

    Elite:Dangerous is a fun game but it could be even better. Frontier Developments have a lot of decision making to do and hopefully they make the right choices but in the meantime players should just keep their fingers crossed and hope for the best. If E:D doesn't end up taking your fancy there is always the wait for Star Citizen or the plethora of other space sim games in development.    … Expand
  90. King_Hrothgar
    Jul 4, 2015
    2
    I initially gave this a 6/10 when it was released as I thought it had a lot of potential despite shallow initial game play. I no longer believe it has any potential. The reason for this is the series of updates made to it over the last 7 months. The updates themselves aren't spectacularly bad, they just don't fix the core problem of shallow game play. The developers don't seem to realizeI initially gave this a 6/10 when it was released as I thought it had a lot of potential despite shallow initial game play. I no longer believe it has any potential. The reason for this is the series of updates made to it over the last 7 months. The updates themselves aren't spectacularly bad, they just don't fix the core problem of shallow game play. The developers don't seem to realize this is a problem. Going into specifics, here's the break down:

    Combat: The ships are slow and not very nimble. This makes combat fairly slow paced compared to other flying games. Whether you look at something arcade-ish such as War Thunder or the hardest of the hardcore, such as DCS or IL2, the game is just slow and overly easy. Most weapons are turreted, thus removing aiming and when combined with low speed and little maneuvering, there just isn't much to it. It isn't tactical or strategic either, so there really isn't anything going for it.

    Trading is equally simplified. The items a player can trade do not serve any in game purpose other than being trade goods. Trading useful items such as ships, modules and ammo is not possible except at a loss. Additionally, items cannot be traded between players.

    Exploration is basically just a timer when all is said and done. To to exploration, jump to a system that's "unexplored" and fire your scanner. 5 seconds later, point your ship at each object in the system one at a time for 10-30 seconds to get a detailed scan. That's it, the end.

    The various other professions aren't any deeper. The end result is a pretty game that could have been amazing if the developers hadn't been living under a rock for the last 30 years. But they were, and so it's ultimately just a cross between Asteroids and Pac Man. And to make it worse they decided the players are too dumb for that so they simplified it.    … Expand
  91. GarethK
    Jul 4, 2015
    8
    An awesome and immersing space experience. The graphics are nice and clean though sometimes uninspiring the ship designs tend to be pretty interesting with some originality. Sound is used beautifully and not only provides a believable experience but also some feedback, such as a proximity warning.

    Controlling with a keyboard can be a bit of a handful but lets face it, this game was made    An awesome and immersing space experience. The graphics are nice and clean though sometimes uninspiring the ship designs tend to be pretty interesting with some originality. Sound is used beautifully and not only provides a believable experience but also some feedback, such as a proximity warning.

    Controlling with a keyboard can be a bit of a handful but lets face it, this game was made for a joystick, a pad works pretty well to and with one of the preset configs you'll rarely have to touch the keyboard.

    Missions can be a little repetitive and not being able to decide which faction to start with is a little frustrating however you do feel a sense of danger when doing dodgy missions like smuggling slaves or assassinations.

    All in all I really enjoy this game although I am curious as to how this will stack up against Star Citizen!    … Expand
  92. Deadlock-989
    Jul 3, 2015
    2
    This is one of the shallowest games in this price bracket I have ever played. It has about 20-30 hours of gameplay - enough to get you to what is technically barely midgame - before you are locked into an endless cycle of grind. The only saving graces are the high quality graphics and sound. In terms of game, it's a sandbox that's very very low on sand. Avoid at all costs.
  93. Cidcaldensfey
    Jul 1, 2015
    2
    I played Elite Dangerous when it first came out for about two or three months. I just came back to it and this is the skinny.

    PROS Graphics are fantastic. Absolutely lovely visuals. Audio is great, one of the best in a game in a while. Flight controls feel awesome. I use an X55 Rhino and it works perfectly. Oculus Rift DKII makes this game -absolutely amazing- CONS Graphics    I played Elite Dangerous when it first came out for about two or three months. I just came back to it and this is the skinny.

    PROS
    Graphics are fantastic. Absolutely lovely visuals.
    Audio is great, one of the best in a game in a while.
    Flight controls feel awesome. I use an X55 Rhino and it works perfectly.
    Oculus Rift DKII makes this game -absolutely amazing-

    CONS
    Graphics are getting hammered into the ground with each new patch. FD has said this was due to bugs, but for some reason I think it coincides with the XBox release.

    The game itself is -extremely- boring and very convoluted. Missions are timed, which isn't an issue, but to complete these missions is more of a chance of luck. Random spawn areas in space called 'unidentified signal source' are random spawns, so you are entirely at mercy of a random number generator when it comes to trying to complete missions. Not only this, but the missions are not explained very well. Example, you need to kill three pirates in system X. Okay, so you go to system X but you have no idea what the pirates, who they are, where they are, etc. Everyone says 'the game doesn't spoonfeed you' which is true, but at the same time the game doesn't explain ANYTHING at all to you. It's not fun, just bad/lazy design.

    The game offers the illusion of freedom but in truth Frontier Development controls everything. You are less of a player and more of an NPC. You cannot customize your ships outside of loadouts and pre-defined paint job designed by FD. You cannot form guilds/outfits. You cannot trade credits/items with other players (there is no trade interface for player-to-player trading). You have to follow ingame laws imposed by FD, for instance there are actual SPEEDING LAWS (Yes, the same things as IRL) where you will get fined for speeding while in the process of docking, only if you hit anyone. But still, the game has SPEEDING LAWS.

    Want to play with a friend? The game now allows you to form a three-man wing with two other people. However, the game's instancing issues prevent players from being able to be in the same instance together. So...it kind of defeats itself.

    The game's AI is terrible. And I'm not talking about the aspect of combat, I'm talking about just overall. For instance, if you accidentally bump or hit a system authority vessel (police) you will become wanted and instantly blown up. No chance for forgiveness, no sorry, no 'oh it was an accident'. You can lose hundreds of billions of credits in a split second because an AI cop flew infront of you/bumped into you.

    The community is very bad. The majority of players are masochists and will tell you to git gud or go play something else for complaining about the game in any way. They prefer the game to remain as its 1984 iteration and don't care for anything which may have happened since then in the gaming world/game design and development.

    Powerplay is a new thing they put into the game to get people to play it. While it looks cool, it actually is nothing more than a boardgame played over a course of a week. A lot of players have actually said that the amount of time needed to get anything out of it makes it out to be a second job. If you are a casual gamer, you will not be able to attain the benefits/rewards involved with it.

    All in all, Elite Dangerous is a fantastic piece of technology and audio engingeering, but as a game

    IT
    IS
    NOT
    FUN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    My recommendation is to not play. FD has gone silent with players and a lot of people are becoming disenfranchised with the game. I don't recommend this game at all.    … Expand
  94. sherbz
    Jun 28, 2015
    8
    This is a space sim. Dont be fooled by thinking its an MMO or an RPG or a pick up and play action game. Its none of those. But, given a little patience, this is actually a good game. It is a labour of love. IMHO there inst enough to do in the galaxy. But there is something about travelling all the way to Sagittarius A and making it back home that other games simply dont offer. AndThis is a space sim. Dont be fooled by thinking its an MMO or an RPG or a pick up and play action game. Its none of those. But, given a little patience, this is actually a good game. It is a labour of love. IMHO there inst enough to do in the galaxy. But there is something about travelling all the way to Sagittarius A and making it back home that other games simply dont offer. And the galaxy is Huge, as in REALLY HUGE. Its a remarkable thing to even get something that works when its this scale. I just kind of leave feeling that it would be uber epic if at some point they introduce an alien invasion from one of the outer systems. That would push the score to 10. And the game is about the most beautiful i have ever played. If you have at least 200 hours to invest, then this is the game for you. But to be quite honest you need a lot more than that. It is a 100% grind fest, which isnt exactly to my taste, but i can appreciate it for what it is.… Expand
  95. Pendra
    Jun 26, 2015
    1
    This "game" can be considered a scam and David Braben acts like a conman. During the kickstarter campaign, he promised Earth and Heaven for the money. Nice videos and images were created. The game looked really good.

    Then the no single player incident happened. DB first refused to give the money back for those who pledged for a DRM free single player game. The case almost went to court.    This "game" can be considered a scam and David Braben acts like a conman. During the kickstarter campaign, he promised Earth and Heaven for the money. Nice videos and images were created. The game looked really good.

    Then the no single player incident happened. DB first refused to give the money back for those who pledged for a DRM free single player game. The case almost went to court.
    Then the "Release" happened. The game was released in a pre-alpha state to secure the kickstarter funds.
    When people pointed out that the game is hollow, the official reaction was: "Use your imaginations!"
    This reaction after you shelled out the 60+ USD, is just ********.
    The so called "Background simulation" (The reason they added DRM) is completely and utterly broken.
    There is no economy.
    The galaxy is static and boring. All you can find are differently colored balls in space. There is no meaningful exploration.
    You can't "build" anything in this so called "sandbox". The ship updates are cookie cutter.
    The missions are meaningless fetch and kill quests. There is no themepark ride.

    I put 100+ hours into it to make sure I didn't miss anything. Stay away from it. The company is amateurish and dishonest. All you get is lip service and tease/hype. The "game" is all flash, no substance.

    If you want a good space game, play X3TC, Kerbal space program or Space engine    … Expand
  96. Equalize
    Jun 25, 2015
    10
    The idea of a game of this magnitude is to explore beyond of what you thought existed in a game. Since this is a game review, I'm not going to target the people who play a game. Just like any kind of MMORPG, there is always a grind to it, no matter how you look at it. This game is built on exploration as well as the unknown. Grind is to earn, gain is to conquer.
  97. BigBangerB
    Jun 19, 2015
    0
    The game looks good, ships fly good. Yup that's about it for the positives. The rest of the game is designed purely for people with 0 lives and all the time in the world to throw at it. I don't get why people do it though because you certainly are not rewarded with anything. It's like if you want to go out for a nice jog, and instead you wound up on your grandpa's nordic track in theThe game looks good, ships fly good. Yup that's about it for the positives. The rest of the game is designed purely for people with 0 lives and all the time in the world to throw at it. I don't get why people do it though because you certainly are not rewarded with anything. It's like if you want to go out for a nice jog, and instead you wound up on your grandpa's nordic track in the basement staring at the cement walls. That's the difference between "space sims" and "elite dangerous."

    Elite just isn't that fun unless you have limitless hours to play. There is no variety, and the devs ONLY PROGRESS since the "launch" has been adding more ways to make the game a grind. To boot, they just recently jacked up repair costs for no reason.

    Flight in this game would be good if there was a reason to fly anywhere other than station to station. PVP is so buggy it's pointless. Even if there were no bugs, no abysmal P2P network system that is constantly getting hacked, there's no reason to PVP because it's a battle of shield cells. Once they are down, people can instantly target your ships Power Plant, rendering 100% of your armor 100% useless. There's literally no point to PVP. What about NPC you ask? What about them I say. They are awful. They can't fly straight. They are suicidal. The NPC pilots of the worst ships in the game will constantly harass you by the dozens, and each one will only last for about 5 seconds of firing before you've killed them and collected your pennies.

    What's that? You want DANGER? The most dangerous thing in Elite dangerous is the start menu. Why? Because you have to go in and out of the start menu 1 or 2 dozen times before you get placed in an instance with DECENT ships spawning, instead of just garbage.

    I'm not even going to get in to the fact that literally every one of FD's trailers has been an absolute lie in terms of actual content and gameplay. They make me sick to watch. It's like a completely different game.

    I really REALLY want to say something good about elite, like it is fun to explore or what not, but what GOOD there is in Elite:D is DESTROYED by all the bugs. Exploring was the bees knees, but since the 1.3 patch it's been broken. Every couple of system jumps you will crash out of the game and lose your last 2/3rds of exploration data. FD doesn't even care. Fun fact, it took me TWO WEEKS to return from a trip I spent only 3 days going outbound on. That's how bad the servers are. I contacted support about millions of lost credits and the constant crashes and they basically said they know about the issue but don't care.

    Why should they care when I can just keep slamming my head against a wall, grinding away for the chance to unlock another reason to grind away.    … Expand
  98. TarStone
    Jun 18, 2015
    2
    A shallow, buggy, poorly designed space shooter with limited multiplayer and awesome graphics and sound. Does not resemble the kickstarter pitch, development diaries or the trade show talks. Not in the same league as the previous Elite games. Currently being consolised. YMMV.
  99. rpokeefe
    Jun 15, 2015
    2
    Elite:Dangerous is a game for those that enjoy interacting with game forums but try to avoid direct PvP confrontations in game.

    Frontier has decided that player organizations in MMO's are disruptive and unfair to players that like to play MMO"s alone. To this end, Frontier has offered no means for player's to organize in a meaningful way in game. They reluctantly released the Wings    Elite:Dangerous is a game for those that enjoy interacting with game forums but try to avoid direct PvP confrontations in game.

    Frontier has decided that player organizations in MMO's are disruptive and unfair to players that like to play MMO"s alone. To this end, Frontier has offered no means for player's to organize in a meaningful way in game. They reluctantly released the Wings patch simply so that players could form transient groups of four. But that is as far as they are planning to go. All other player organization is done through metagaming and has no presence inside the game.

    Elite:dangerous is also not a sandbox. Regardless of how many fans of the game say it is. There is no user created content other than role-playing and fan fiction. Would you like to capture and control a system? Forget about it. Frontier designed their game in such a way that maintaining any significant control of a system is extremely difficult (if not impossible) and offer no rewards for doing so.

    Elite also is suffering from a lack of meaningful content. Given that player driven drama has been removed from the game, Frontier forgot to add compelling content of their own for players to enjoy. The GalNet feed reads like the script from a bad movie and the in game activities associated are almost entirely a PvE grind. Frontier formalized the Galnet grind into the powerplay release. This release is essentially PvP via PvE grind.

    So if you were looking for a Space sandbox where you could be involved in players truly shaping the galaxy with their own player factions and player conflict. This is not the game for you. In Elite:Dangerous you will be called a griefer if you attack a player without getting permission first. And any attempt to control any system is regarded as mean.    … Expand
  100. Plixin
    Jun 14, 2015
    2
    Looks great, sounds great, barely any bugs that I have found. BUT>>>>Repetitive, extreme grind, no variety in environments, same few models of stations and docks across 22 thousand + systems. Only 20 ships which relegates you to extremely few choices as you acquire more money and about 10 of those 20 ships are already obsolete to the others. Very little to do and a surprising lack ofLooks great, sounds great, barely any bugs that I have found. BUT>>>>Repetitive, extreme grind, no variety in environments, same few models of stations and docks across 22 thousand + systems. Only 20 ships which relegates you to extremely few choices as you acquire more money and about 10 of those 20 ships are already obsolete to the others. Very little to do and a surprising lack of standard features also make Elite Dangerous simply boring and repetitive and no crafting, omg, no crafting. THIS IS NOT A SANDBOX, at least not for intelligent adults.… 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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