Elite: Dangerous

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  1. WreckWren
    Sep 12, 2023
    0
    Utter garbage, literally the worst game on Steam. The devs promised so much, charged so much for lifetime expansions. Barely 1/10th of what was promised was delivered, and what was delivered is broken. If you complain at all on any forum related to the game you are instantly banned because the game has lost nearly all its players and the mods are in full damage control.

    It's rare I    Utter garbage, literally the worst game on Steam. The devs promised so much, charged so much for lifetime expansions. Barely 1/10th of what was promised was delivered, and what was delivered is broken. If you complain at all on any forum related to the game you are instantly banned because the game has lost nearly all its players and the mods are in full damage control.

    It's rare I think a game deserves a full-on ZERO but this is one.    … Expand
  2. SliceofLife1
    Sep 11, 2023
    8
    I love it. It is beautiful and deep and I have sunk way too many hours of my life into it. Not a 10 as it’s too grindy and the graphics could be better but fantastic anyway and I keep coming back.
  3. PaulGR
    Aug 23, 2023
    0
    Abandoned Game Filled with Microtransactions and a Toxic Dev Team

    The game has been left stale for years. I and many others said nothing, but the latest toxic behaviour from their moderators was the last drop for me. Someone asked which E:D DLC to buy/how DLCs work and I suggested they grab Starfield when it releases because it will most probably blow away all sci-fi    Abandoned Game Filled with Microtransactions and a Toxic Dev Team

    The game has been left stale for years. I and many others said nothing, but the latest toxic behaviour from their moderators was the last drop for me.

    Someone asked which E:D DLC to buy/how DLCs work and I suggested they grab Starfield when it releases because it will most probably blow away all sci-fi spaceship-gameplay competition.

    My post was "Buy Starfield. ED is over." Literally 5 words.

    Surprise surprise the hateful E:D moderators issued a ban for this, with the excuse being "Spamming" and nothing more. I suggest you steer clear from toxic teams like that of E:D. The game is abandoned anyway. They only release paid cosmetics.    … Expand
  4. TURJAN
    Aug 17, 2023
    3
    Second job simulator: The Game. There are 5 things you can do in this game.
    >You can be a space truck driver. Buy cheap in one station and sell it in another. Economy is very detailed but it becomes boring very quickly because every star system, space station and planet looks exactly the same.
    >You can be a space taxi driver. The same as above but people in place of copper. It becomes    Second job simulator: The Game. There are 5 things you can do in this game.
    >You can be a space truck driver. Buy cheap in one station and sell it in another. Economy is very detailed but it becomes boring very quickly because every star system, space station and planet looks exactly the same.
    >You can be a space taxi driver. The same as above but people in place of copper. It becomes boring very quickly because every star system, space station and planet looks exactly the same.
    >You can be a miner. Instead of buying minerals in stations just mine it yourself and sell it! It becomes boring very quickly because every star system, space station and planet looks exactly the same.
    >You can go exploring the space! Yeah, well... look above.
    >You can shoot some pirates, hunt aliens and bounty hunt. That one is actually pretty fun with a couple of friends, but its not profitable so you have to do one of the things from the list above to earn money. Also you need to upgrade your ship and that is whole another universe of grind.
    There are some story events but they are all aimed at end-game players so i never actually seen any of that.    … Expand
  5. iLi87
    Jul 19, 2023
    10
    one of he best space games out there period
    there are many reasons to play elite but the main that keeps getting me back is that I always find something new to do in it
    not to mention that you actually get your head around a harsh truth, the immense size of the outer world (space as we know it) the genius behind the game is the fact that the loading screen is actually you travelling to    one of he best space games out there period
    there are many reasons to play elite but the main that keeps getting me back is that I always find something new to do in it
    not to mention that you actually get your head around a harsh truth, the immense size of the outer world (space as we know it)
    the genius behind the game is the fact that the loading screen is actually you travelling to another star, just brilliant, makes the game feel continuous and gives your head a sense of spacetime    … Expand
  6. lonewolf3264
    Jul 2, 2023
    10
    I play both Elite Dangerous and Star Citizen. It really Irks me when people argue over which is better (will explain why a little further along). I personally prefer Elite Dangerous and find it so much more immersive, easy to play and enjoy. I don't even care if there is repetition of tasks, especially down the line. It just runs so well, so damn smooth and the sound effects are out ofI play both Elite Dangerous and Star Citizen. It really Irks me when people argue over which is better (will explain why a little further along). I personally prefer Elite Dangerous and find it so much more immersive, easy to play and enjoy. I don't even care if there is repetition of tasks, especially down the line. It just runs so well, so damn smooth and the sound effects are out of this world. Even just starting up my ship is a euphoric experience for me in Elite Dangerous and I never get tired of it. The ships are overly complicated in Star Citizen and the set up is intimidating. Playing it feels more like hard work. That's not to say I don't enjoy Star Citizen, it's the second best space sim in my opinion and there are aspects of it that are better than elite dangerous ( I love my persona and character development in Star Citizen as well as walking around my ship). What I usually do is play Star Citizen for a few hours and when exhaustion sets in and I get tired of the bugs I switch to Elite Dangerous which feels more polished and way more chilled to play. But we really are spoiled brats when we get to play such amazing games and we fight over which is better. Play your favourite or play both and just be grateful you are born in a time that we can have such amazing experiences in video games. When I was a kid I used to fantasize about exploring space and having amazing adventures there. 10 year old me would have pissed his pants with excitement if he could have played either of these two games back then.… Expand
  7. RPG_Fanatic
    Jun 20, 2023
    5
    playing on my PC now,because the devs stopped the support on consoles,so they deserve only a 5,plus the expansion has too many bugs.
    Fun,but...........
  8. shuwar
    Apr 7, 2023
    10
    I’ve played more than 230 hours and still I want more. Still I am finding something new in the game. Lazy traveling, trading, scanning… this is what I need to slow down in my crazy live. I count than developers will still giving us new features.
  9. Xanuviz
    Mar 23, 2023
    3
    I originally started playing this game just when it came out on steam, and I kind of fell in love with it initially, the potential of this game was amazing and I love space games and MMOs so this was a must buy for me. The developers never really achieved anything with the game over the years that it has been out, only adding few new things each major DLC which you have to buy to getI originally started playing this game just when it came out on steam, and I kind of fell in love with it initially, the potential of this game was amazing and I love space games and MMOs so this was a must buy for me. The developers never really achieved anything with the game over the years that it has been out, only adding few new things each major DLC which you have to buy to get access to them. The problem with this game is that it is too grindy, you would have to spend thousands of hours to get some of the better ships and grind out your ranks within this game to actually get anywhere. And the grind isn't even fun, it is extremely repetitive and becomes boring very quickly. Any new content that is released just adds a massive amount of grind into the game instead of some compelling and fun gameplay. And with the fiasco release of the Odyssey DLC the developers just completely cancelled any future console development for this game as well as cancelling that DLC for consoles. The game had a lot of potential but it was completely and entirely wasted by the developers and the game is just a dying waste of time right now.… Expand
  10. Xinshadow
    Mar 14, 2023
    9
    It certainly isn't perfect, but with Odyssey and after a very rocky launch it's the most feature complete and rich space sim experience you can have on PC. It looks and runs great (Admittedly this is on a 5900x with a 4070ti and 64GB of RAM) and has an absolute ton of different kinds of content to do and places to explore. The king of the space sims at the moment!
  11. luanrnunes
    Dec 24, 2022
    10
    I didn't had a Metacritic account, but i've created mine today just to review Elite Dangerous here, after seeing so much cowardice in some reviews.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

    Read what i wrote carefully, compare with the other superficial reviews, and try to conclude if this is or not for you. o7.    … Expand
  12. rockodagamer
    Nov 17, 2022
    6
    This is a really good game, the graphics are good, the gameplay is good, even the vr is sh*t! Ok but no joke the game play is really good and i personally think the flight controls are really good, the only problem i have with the controls is that your not in control. The only problem i have with the game play is that it doesnt feel like it has a story. The graphics are amazing it looksThis is a really good game, the graphics are good, the gameplay is good, even the vr is sh*t! Ok but no joke the game play is really good and i personally think the flight controls are really good, the only problem i have with the controls is that your not in control. The only problem i have with the game play is that it doesnt feel like it has a story. The graphics are amazing it looks beautifull, the planets are generated extremely well and look hand made, the optimization is also amazing and i can run this on ultra settings on 4K with an rtx 3070.

    The VR is terrible, i dont even know why they added it because it is totally useless. You gotta use your keyboard to do everything, the controllers arent used for anything, you cant sit while your in the game because then youll just clip inside of your body, you dont really get motion sick TOO fast but its still pritty bad. This feature needs to be removed because it serves no purpose besides make you sick while you play. I personally think a 6 for this game is still high but i only gave it that because the world generation and optimization is good.    … Expand
  13. EptaEpt
    Sep 13, 2022
    1
    Sorry, but positive feedback is not available in your region. At least until your leadership changes the two-faced policy in their actions and statements.
  14. jeffkren
    Aug 26, 2022
    0
    Shouldn't be called multiplayer most encounters with other players result in the game disconnecting, that's if your even lucky enough to run into anyone that isn't just blowing you up on sight... flight mechanics are almost as bad as the driving mechanics. Don't waste your money!

    Update: After not playing for a year almost all bugs still exist, gameplay is still horrible and multiplayer    Shouldn't be called multiplayer most encounters with other players result in the game disconnecting, that's if your even lucky enough to run into anyone that isn't just blowing you up on sight... flight mechanics are almost as bad as the driving mechanics. Don't waste your money!

    Update: After not playing for a year almost all bugs still exist, gameplay is still horrible and multiplayer is even worse with constant disconnects. You can be in the same system with 20 people and see 3 people, jump out then in 3 more new people.. P2P is trash, and this multiplayer is very very limited. Fleet Carriers are a complete joke, im sure the only guy that put more than 2 hours into them was the model designer that could have been done when this game was released as easy as now. They are the only "end game" content, credits are pointless and you cant even share them without a huge hassle of dumping cargo or using a fleet carrier to set prices. Yeah the galaxy is big, but after you've seen the a handful of the models and find out theres nothing actually special to find...

    New update: Now it sucks even harder with the stupid space legs DLC breaking compatibility with Horizons so now even fewer people can play together. The next update will separate everyone running original, horizons and space legs no one will be able to play with each other without matching versions. Nothing has improved still and its plagued by all the worst UI and connection bugs I've ever dealt with. These people hate you    … Expand
  15. JenikMax
    Aug 21, 2022
    0
    Во время обработки вашего запроса произошла ошибка:
    Данный товар недоступен в вашем регионе
    Идите фронтиры туда же куда вы шлете русский корабль
  16. sirveaux
    Apr 27, 2022
    0
    The game just gets worse. On VR, I get flashes that support can't seem to fix. Odyssey is unplayable. I was recently banned from the Steam discussions for criticizing moderation on my first offense.

    Everything about this game gets worse, less communication, more bugs, terrible moderation.
  17. satinlight
    Nov 11, 2021
    4
    In 2021 Elite Dangerous is for you if:

    1) you have no job, no hobby and no life, willing to travel to almost every mission above 10 real-time min; 2) you like to grind, grind and more grind; 3) you can ignore annoying bugs, annoying rules, repetitive and boring gameplay; 4) you are ready to spend more time googling things than actually playing, because this game is THE MOST    In 2021 Elite Dangerous is for you if:

    1) you have no job, no hobby and no life, willing to travel to almost every mission above 10 real-time min;
    2) you like to grind, grind and more grind;
    3) you can ignore annoying bugs, annoying rules, repetitive and boring gameplay;
    4) you are ready to spend more time googling things than actually playing, because this game is THE MOST unintuitive and unnecessarily complicated one I've ever played with no useful tutorial whatsoever;
    5) you are ok with no goal in the game;
    6) you like meditative games;
    7) you like realistic cosmos and starships.

    Advice: just go play No Man's Sky instead.    … Expand
  18. g014n
    Aug 20, 2021
    9
    It's absolutely a game most people should try, it's a fantastic space sim, a mediocre MMO and a wonderful addition to the sci-fi gaming scene.

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

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

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

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

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

    It's also why I confidently tell you to ignore the reviews and the negativity, dive into a sci-fi experience that is unamtched.    … Expand
  19. Vanzer0902
    Jun 4, 2021
    1
    Предзаказал odyssey
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    Полетел с другом в корабле в другую систему в роли пассажира @ При гиперпрыжке друган пропал из кресла пилота, бесконечная загрузка @ Перезашёл @ Я вишу в скафандре посреди космопорта! @ Меня сбили другим кораблём, чел который это сделал был уничтожен станцией @ Разрабы выпустили багофикс (в их понимании багофикс - это добавить новые баги не убрав старые)    Предзаказал odyssey
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    Полетел с другом в корабле в другую систему в роли пассажира
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    При гиперпрыжке друган пропал из кресла пилота, бесконечная загрузка
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    Перезашёл
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    Я вишу в скафандре посреди космопорта!
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    Меня сбили другим кораблём, чел который это сделал был уничтожен станцией
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    Разрабы выпустили багофикс (в их понимании багофикс - это добавить новые баги не убрав старые)
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    Лечу в другую систему сдавать груз
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    В прицеле вместо станции выбирается "след крыла другого чела"
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    Пока переключал в цель станцию пролетел её
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    Залетаю на станцию, чтобы сдать груз квестодателю
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    Ехидная игра говорит, что груза нет (хотя я точно его купил)
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    В грузовом отсеке пусто
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    Лечу обратно, не могу ничего купить, так как трюм полон
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    Призывая Бога императора жму "4", грузовой отсек полон
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    Но есть плюсы, мне не нужна дозаправка, чтобы долететь до квестодателя
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    Обновление получает 146 багов из 10

    P.S.
    Я ПОКУПАЛ ПРЕДЗАКАЗ, А НЕ ОТКРЫТУЮ АЛЬФУ!    … Expand
  20. jormungaund
    Jun 2, 2021
    5
    Fun for a while. But they you gain a few levels, and the AI enemies start cheating. Pulling off maneuvers that are literally impossible for a player to execute in the same ship. Nothing ruins a game worse than obviously cheating AI enemies.
  21. SecretIdentity_
    May 23, 2021
    8
    If you like space and is willing to climb the somewhat steep learning curve, you're going to enjoy the game very much. The most impressive aspect of the game is the 1 to 1 scale recreation of our own galaxy, 400 billion stars, all for you to explore! To this day, many years after its release, less than 1% of the galaxy has been explored by players, insane!

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

    The downsides though are some bugs took quite a while for the devs to fix and the occasional repetitive game loop. But overall, great time sink and I totally recommend it to space and sci-fi enthusiasts.    … Expand
  22. tomrollauer
    Apr 29, 2021
    10
    ED is a game you either love or hate. I love her. There is no better spcesim than ED. This game takes hundreds of hours to make a difference in the galaxy.
  23. sneakyc4
    Mar 13, 2021
    5
    Having now spent over 500 hours and I can say Elite is not a game, it's a boring space / loading screen simulator.

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

    Graphics: 9/10

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

    Space travel is soooo slow and long, this game will require a lot of patience, a lot of time just looking at a loading screen.    … Expand
  24. ukuli
    Mar 8, 2021
    10
    A modern version of Elite, a true classic reborn. If you liked the original you will love this one.
  25. Budget_Security
    Dec 25, 2020
    2
    My first takeoff at the starting station went like this: The autopilot (you can't turn it off first time) stopped working before station exit, resulting in timeout and getting blown up by station defences, and then getting blamed despite having no control over ship. This was also happening to other players in the station. EPIC FAIL.

    Huge potential, ruined by interface and balancing    My first takeoff at the starting station went like this: The autopilot (you can't turn it off first time) stopped working before station exit, resulting in timeout and getting blown up by station defences, and then getting blamed despite having no control over ship. This was also happening to other players in the station. EPIC FAIL.

    Huge potential, ruined by interface and balancing flaws.
    Very bad interface and control schemes. The simplest of actions are made convoluted. Bad tutorials, so you have to spend hours looking at youtube community tutorials instead. This game seems to be optimised for HOTAS and VR, without enough consideration for mouse and keyboard. PvE NPC difficulty balancing is awful, and they cheat. PvP is also broken (engineering etc). I also ran into many serious bugs (my PC runs other games fine). Such a pity, as this game has great potential.    … Expand
  26. Marker89
    Dec 16, 2020
    10
    This is the best space game i ever played on pc. Everyone have to try it if love space and science.
  27. d-luX80
    Dec 15, 2020
    1
    Ich spiele das Spiel hauptsächlich im Singleplayer und als Erkunder.
    Allerdings wurde es als Erkunder schnell langweilig weil man immer das Selbe macht und ewig warten muss (Loading Simulator) bis man mal springen kann.
    Also einen Kopfgeldjäger-Auftrag angenommen wo eine Staffel erforderlich ist. Leider steht nirgends dass eine Staffel NICHT im Singleplayer funktioniert und ich somit    Ich spiele das Spiel hauptsächlich im Singleplayer und als Erkunder.
    Allerdings wurde es als Erkunder schnell langweilig weil man immer das Selbe macht und ewig warten muss (Loading Simulator) bis man mal springen kann.
    Also einen Kopfgeldjäger-Auftrag angenommen wo eine Staffel erforderlich ist.
    Leider steht nirgends dass eine Staffel NICHT im Singleplayer funktioniert und ich somit 10.000.000 Credits in den Wind geblasen habe. Tolle Entscheidung. Vom Speichern will ich gar nicht erst reden.
    Grafik ist ziemlich schick.    … Expand
  28. InterestingName
    Dec 13, 2020
    9
    Gets pretty grindy at times, but exploring space is really fun. All the mechanics are well thought out, and graphically, it is beautiful.
  29. oneplayer
    Dec 3, 2020
    5
    The game is divided into 3 main activities.
    Exploration: Fly around scanning planets with this tool called the FSS. You can also fly closer to a planet and throw probes at it for even more money. This is fine for the first several hours but after that it is extremely repetitive and shows little to no depth in the gameplay. You use tools like "Road to Riches" to find valuable planets to    The game is divided into 3 main activities.
    Exploration: Fly around scanning planets with this tool called the FSS. You can also fly closer to a planet and throw probes at it for even more money. This is fine for the first several hours but after that it is extremely repetitive and shows little to no depth in the gameplay. You use tools like "Road to Riches" to find valuable planets to probe netting you 800-900k credits per scanned planet + 25% bonus if you hit efficiency in probing.

    Mining: Another type of activity to make money. Surface mining involves using lasers just on the surface and using limpets to grab the materials that are refined on the ship. Then you sell using tools like eddb to find the highest price. Core mining involves using a scanner to see which ones light up (as well as turn dark, and being the right shape). A lot of good tutorials on core mining and is easy if you have the credits to outfit a ship. You lay charges on fissures, blow them up, surface abrasion the surface deposit while limpets again grab minerals you then refine on the ship. Simple. But after doing this for several days, I cant see the point of grinding such monotonous gameplay.

    Combat: Played PVP in the Arena. Was OK, you unlock ships really quick and are given a variety of weapons and outfits to choose your play style. Once you have the credits from mining/exploration, you can outfit a ship for PVE. Using the many tools such as Coriolis to see all the options. Did missions hunting pirates. Fought in resource extraction sites. Decided to stop and ask myself what else by looking on Youtube. I saw nothing that called on me to continue playing. Hunting thargoids maybe?

    Engineering: Simple gather materials to "engineer" your ship components; simply means you can choose to upgrade specific things at the cost of some negative consequences. Overall your ship will be a lot stronger, faster, and can travel further. Getting this early especially a component that allows further travel (FSD) is key and simple. I used YouTube to farm a bunch of tier 5 materials easily.

    Side note: I used EDMC, EDEngineering, EDDB, INARA, several road to riches tools that all work the same, and YouTube. This game just lacks depth and fun gameplay. The new expansion Odyssey might add something worth spending money on.    … Expand
  30. Asteroth
    Nov 28, 2020
    1
    ... игра з кучей багов... От регистрации до подтверждения покупоки через Epic Games, до вылетов игры в процессе самой игры. Баланс вообще ... Квесты не сбалансированные! Коллективное прохождение тупое и не сбалансированное и не интересное. На прохождение квеста крыла (группы) рассчитано на 20 человек??? Есть квесты крыла или баланс для прохождения крыла (групы) из 2 чел? Нет тогда нафига... игра з кучей багов... От регистрации до подтверждения покупоки через Epic Games, до вылетов игры в процессе самой игры. Баланс вообще ... Квесты не сбалансированные! Коллективное прохождение тупое и не сбалансированное и не интересное. На прохождение квеста крыла (группы) рассчитано на 20 человек??? Есть квесты крыла или баланс для прохождения крыла (групы) из 2 чел? Нет тогда нафига такая игра? Какой интерес играть в эту игру в двоим? Ответ НИКАКОЙ!

    Пираты крутиться вокруг станций и сканируют всех и сразу ловят. ... а патрули полиции? А жалобу на пирата не придумано? Я ... ловят сразу перед станицею! Если вас какой-то ... будет убивать толпы других людей перед домом... вы наверно как минимум в полицию позвоните? Как была игра гавном не оправданным цене таким и остался. Управление ебанутое... аква физика в космосе...??? У нас щас беспилотники круче на автопилоте летают чем корабли будущего!!..... Расчёт скорости для приближения к станции вообще песец какойто... 10 раз пролетишь мимо чем сможешь розчитать скорость подлета... А система которая должна вас предупредить "заранее".. предупреждает вас тогда... когда вы уже полюбом пролетели мимо и вы ничего не можете сделать что бы исправить ситуацию...    … Expand
  31. lucaslucas27
    Nov 27, 2020
    0
    Muito ruim, o jogo ja estressa a pessoa no launcher mal feito.. preferi nem perder meu tempo
  32. spainfalcon
    Nov 26, 2020
    10
    Sencillamente magnífico, es la mejor experiencia VR espacial que uno puede jugar. La cantidad de detalles y realismo es abrumadora. Si bien es cierto que tal vez el motor gráfico en 2020 ya se le note un poco los años, pero todavía es una juego de sobresaliente, sobre todo si lo haces con un visor de realidad virtual. Cualquier cosa que intente explicar sobre lo que uno siente estando ahíSencillamente magnífico, es la mejor experiencia VR espacial que uno puede jugar. La cantidad de detalles y realismo es abrumadora. Si bien es cierto que tal vez el motor gráfico en 2020 ya se le note un poco los años, pero todavía es una juego de sobresaliente, sobre todo si lo haces con un visor de realidad virtual. Cualquier cosa que intente explicar sobre lo que uno siente estando ahí dentro se queda corta. Misiones, minería, exploración, combates... Si te gusta el espacio y series como The Expanse o Star Trek, este es tu juego, no busques más.
    Feliz vuelo comandante.    … Expand
  33. Nessly1991
    Nov 21, 2020
    0
    My god who designed controls for this game?After playing it for 30 min i was feeling so dizzy!Just spinning whole time!It is so hard to control ship.I was so glad when i finally returned to hangar and i didn't want to start another mission how bad controls are.Who ever made controls for this game should just check game Freelancer.That game managed to do controls right 17 yeras ago.HowMy god who designed controls for this game?After playing it for 30 min i was feeling so dizzy!Just spinning whole time!It is so hard to control ship.I was so glad when i finally returned to hangar and i didn't want to start another mission how bad controls are.Who ever made controls for this game should just check game Freelancer.That game managed to do controls right 17 yeras ago.How hard can it be today?… Expand
  34. hornedfiend
    Nov 21, 2020
    0
    It's basically a screen saver with some gameplay mechanics. Boring as hell and a tedious grind to get anything done.
  35. Stranik6452
    Nov 20, 2020
    0
    Такого приздеца я не видел в своей жизни такое чувство будто разработки продают доступ от ядерного арсенала анти человеческая система регистрации надо иметь ученую степень чтобы это сделать абсолютное пренебрежение новыми игроками разработчики за 6 лет не смогли нормально сделать систему им положена по праву премия ДарвинаТакого приздеца я не видел в своей жизни такое чувство будто разработки продают доступ от ядерного арсенала анти человеческая система регистрации надо иметь ученую степень чтобы это сделать абсолютное пренебрежение новыми игроками разработчики за 6 лет не смогли нормально сделать систему им положена по праву премия Дарвина
  36. Xiphiqix
    Oct 20, 2020
    3
    Frontier Developments have not delivered what they promised. After years of stringing their community along, ultimately they created a litter box instead of a sandbox. Game breaking, poorly thought out, implemented systems and mechanic's have been introduced but never fixed. The company lacks development discipline and focus. We have heard the game has so much potential but it mostlyFrontier Developments have not delivered what they promised. After years of stringing their community along, ultimately they created a litter box instead of a sandbox. Game breaking, poorly thought out, implemented systems and mechanic's have been introduced but never fixed. The company lacks development discipline and focus. We have heard the game has so much potential but it mostly has grind with a complete lack of direction.… Expand
  37. opor
    Oct 3, 2020
    0
    Convoluted and unplayable.
    The first hour the launcher denied the code it sent me on Email.
    The second hour I played the tutorial.
    And in the thrid hour I was stuck in my first mission because the pirate NPCS didnt spawn in (a known bug since 2 years).
    Verdict:
    Complete Trash
  38. KsandrMorr
    Sep 16, 2020
    8
    Весьма достойный онлайн космосим, который спустя годы после выхода продолжает развиваться а не деградировать (Ив) или просто сосать деньги еще даже не выйдя.
  39. sofoxee
    Sep 5, 2020
    0
    beatifull grind simulator, devs cant do dynamic economy so they are nerfing evrything what you can use to make fast money, and this is problem because ships are realy expensive
  40. Fallos
    Sep 4, 2020
    0
    Complete piece of ****
    I can't even describe how much thing there are wrong
  41. Kekkone
    Aug 23, 2020
    9
    The best space game out there. Looks great and sounds even better. Although many people claim Elite is a grind fest, IT REALLY IS NOT, unless of course you have the grind mentality and can't enjoy the game without the absolutely best ship with maximum engineering. The fact is, that you can do practically anything with not so expensive ships as well, if you're a good player and know how toThe best space game out there. Looks great and sounds even better. Although many people claim Elite is a grind fest, IT REALLY IS NOT, unless of course you have the grind mentality and can't enjoy the game without the absolutely best ship with maximum engineering. The fact is, that you can do practically anything with not so expensive ships as well, if you're a good player and know how to fight.

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

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

    The best thing is, that this game keeps evolving. The development has been very slow, but it does happen.    … Expand
  42. Anarkroft
    Aug 15, 2020
    9
    Temps de jeu : + de 100h, en VR (jeu jouable en VR ou en normal)
    Un jeu excellent. Toutefois, un avertissement avant de s'y plonger est de rigueur : le jeu est beaucoup plus simu que arcade, ce qui implique du pilotage, et 50 boutons à gérer (j'exagère, mais pas tellement).
    Pour ceux qui jouent en VR, sans manette ou joystick, vous pouvez oublier : appuyer sur T, ou sur G, ou sur ù quand    Temps de jeu : + de 100h, en VR (jeu jouable en VR ou en normal)
    Un jeu excellent. Toutefois, un avertissement avant de s'y plonger est de rigueur : le jeu est beaucoup plus simu que arcade, ce qui implique du pilotage, et 50 boutons à gérer (j'exagère, mais pas tellement).
    Pour ceux qui jouent en VR, sans manette ou joystick, vous pouvez oublier : appuyer sur T, ou sur G, ou sur ù quand vous avez le casque sur la tête relève de l'exploit ! J'ai essayé quelques heures avec une manette, c'est jouable mais ça manquerait de boutons. Et on ne va pas se le cacher, c'est complètement le jeu qui se joue au joystick (au HOTAS, c'est encore mieux).
    Si vous êtes donc : joueur VR + HOTAS, ce jeu est parfait. Bah déjà, simu spatial en VR avec du pilotage, ça ne se bouscule pas au portillon. Mais au delà de ça, le jeu est très beau, agréable à piloter, tout en FR (voix et menus), des musiques qui font très "espace", des activités infinies (trading, PVE, PVP, exploration), que du bonheur. Ha oui, il est possible d'aller se poser sur une planète, et de se balader en "véhicule lunaire", le tout en VR : LA CLAQUE !
    Autre détail, bien qu'étant full online, le jeu n'a pas vraiment de scénar et est un bac à sable géant dans un univers colossal, qui peut se parcourir seul ou avec d'autres pilotes. Par contre, ce n'est pas un jeu pour joueur occassionnel qui voudra jouer deux ou trois heures dessus, ça demande plusieurs dizaines d'heures d'investissement pour maitriser les bases du jeu, et quelques autres dizaines pour découvrir le reste. Idéalement, il vaut mieux se faire expliquer le jeu par un ancien joueur, ou aimer creuser et se casser les dents pour découvrir. Je cite un ancien joueur "j'en suis à plus de mille heures, et j'apprends tous les jours un nouveau truc".
    Pour les connaisseurs, ça ressemble beaucoup à EVE Online (très complet, complexe, multitude de choses à faire et à découvrir), mais en vue subjective dans le vaisseau, et avec le pilotage.
    Un incontournable pour celui qui voudra passer de belles heures dans l'espace. Et en plus le jeu plein tarif n'est pas cher, et est régulièrement en promo !    … Expand
  43. OUTC45T
    Aug 7, 2020
    10
    I can't wait for the release of Elite Dangerous: Odyssey. That's all I have to say.
  44. blaze787
    Jul 28, 2020
    7
    Elite: Dangerous is a space sim that allows you to trade, explore, or engage in combat as you see fit and make progress (I won't exactly say "meaningful" progress) in any or all of the three. There are about 38 ships to choose from that vary by cost, and in some cases, other unlock requirements and allow a lot of customizability. Some ships are more suited to exploration, some to trading,Elite: Dangerous is a space sim that allows you to trade, explore, or engage in combat as you see fit and make progress (I won't exactly say "meaningful" progress) in any or all of the three. There are about 38 ships to choose from that vary by cost, and in some cases, other unlock requirements and allow a lot of customizability. Some ships are more suited to exploration, some to trading, and others to combat, while still others are great (but not the best) at all three. Due to the variety of tasks that you can perform, the game can get quite addictive as you spend "just one more hour" to try something else.

    While the game has a lot of breadth, it doesn't have a whole lot of depth. There isn't much of a story to speak of (you'll have to dig for the lore in the form of text or audio logs) and definitely no campaign mode. The game is a sandbox where the galaxy is your playground and you make of it what you will. This in itself isn't necessarily a bad thing. However, the learning curve is steep. Very little is explained in-game and you'll find yourself heading to Google or YouTube quite often in an attempt to figure things out.

    You can either play in Open with other players or Solo, and herein lies the biggest drawback. Once you leave the starter areas, you'll have players in fully decked out ships that are bent on your destruction just for the fun of it. There is no Open PVE server. If you wanna play with others, be prepared to get ganked by experienced players. If you play Solo, you won't have to deal with that annoyance, but you'll be alone. The alternative is to join a Private Group where only you and other like-minded players can have fun, but then the game doesn't feel like a true MMO. If you like the idea of open PVP with ganking, the game may work for you, but these days, you'll still need a fully "engineered" ship. To put it simply, Engineering is the process of upgrading various aspects of your ship to make it a lot more powerful than it is by default. This process is a tremendous grind and not fun at all. It is tedious and will take you a long time. Die-hard fans will attempt to shoot me down for this, but that's no concern of mine. It is what it is, and as a potential new player considering purchasing this game, you deserve to know the facts.

    In my opinion, an Open PVE server will solve this problem and make the game a lot more playable, perhaps even increasing the game's fanbase as more people get to cooperate and socialize with others. Until then, the game is going to remain very restricted. A lot of players did return to try out Fleet Carriers, which are the newest addition. But there's no guarantee that most of them will actually stay once the novelty wears off. So in the end, is the game worth it? It definitely has potential. But Engineering is mind-numbing and Open PVP is a substantial deterrent for many. Those are good reasons not to waste your money.    … Expand
  45. Bumblepumpkin
    Jul 16, 2020
    0
    There is an expansion for this game called Horizons which is essentially mandatory at this point. It's not just that you don't get the "full" experience without it, but much of the game is fundamentally broken or imbalanced without it. I don't know if I can recommend the full game, either, but the "base game" by itself is so completely nonviable that it doesn't even warrant discussion ofThere is an expansion for this game called Horizons which is essentially mandatory at this point. It's not just that you don't get the "full" experience without it, but much of the game is fundamentally broken or imbalanced without it. I don't know if I can recommend the full game, either, but the "base game" by itself is so completely nonviable that it doesn't even warrant discussion of its merits or flaws. It ought to be pulled from the marketplace and replaced with an all-in-one package bundling itself with Horizons. Until that day, the best we can do it give a negative review.

    AVOID at all costs unless you also have the Horizons expansion.    … Expand
  46. Tanikaze
    Jul 6, 2020
    0
    Completely unplayable if you're not a real NASA expert, 90% of the game is looking in UI trying to understand WHAT is happening. As always, big project with 0 accessibility.
    Refounded.
  47. AKDT21
    Jun 21, 2020
    10
    the game is beautiful and the sounds are the sight that unfolds before us and raises a dozen possibilities waiting for us
  48. Nixxx2000
    May 1, 2020
    10
    After playing 5 years in EVE I've started to playing Elite 2 weeks ago and I love it. I have encouraged my friend to get it either and after 3 days he bought a HOTAS :) It's a really good, atmospheric space simulator with missions and own economics and what's the most important legendary ships
  49. Xzenor
    Mar 4, 2020
    6
    It's beautiful, gorgeous even. They thought of everything. But it's unplayable. the controls are simply terrible. Simple flight is no issue. Docking is peanuts. But I have not survived one single fight outside of the tutorial. That's just insane! The ship handles like turd that's trying to turn around in thick honey.

    It's my go-to game if I want to rage-quit.. it's so beautiful that I    It's beautiful, gorgeous even. They thought of everything. But it's unplayable. the controls are simply terrible. Simple flight is no issue. Docking is peanuts. But I have not survived one single fight outside of the tutorial. That's just insane! The ship handles like turd that's trying to turn around in thick honey.

    It's my go-to game if I want to rage-quit.. it's so beautiful that I want to play it but it's an unplayable game.    … Expand
  50. BernardTheBeast
    Feb 2, 2020
    4
    Don't look at Elite Dangerous as a game. It isn't. Elite Dangerous is a piece of software that wants to be Flight Simulator, Trains Simulator, a space combat simulator, and an MMO, all in one. Does it succeed? In my opinion, no.

    Here's the good stuff you can look forward to: ► A space game where you can choose to play Solo, with a Private Group (friends only), or Open (open online    Don't look at Elite Dangerous as a game. It isn't. Elite Dangerous is a piece of software that wants to be Flight Simulator, Trains Simulator, a space combat simulator, and an MMO, all in one. Does it succeed? In my opinion, no.

    Here's the good stuff you can look forward to:

    ► A space game where you can choose to play Solo, with a Private Group (friends only), or Open (open online multiplayer with instanced maps holding a set number of players at a time). Options!
    ► A space game where you can choose between the space-game trifecta of Combatant/Trader/Explorer or incorporate all three into your play style. Options!
    ► A space game where you can customize the loadout of your spaceship with equipment ranging from a dozen different types of weapons, armors, internal components for offense, defense, bounty hunting, passenger carrying, cargo hauling, planet exploring, etcetera. Options!
    ► A space game where you can fly across a huge, seemingly limitless galaxy, where every dot on your Galaxy Map (and there's millions of them) represents a sector of space you can travel to and explore, possibly for the very first time that anyone has ever gone there...! Options!
    ► A space game with fairly solid graphics, a cool premise, a good simulato-yet-action-focused-yet-exploration-capable feel to it. Especially if you have a good flight control system/joystick, TrackIR, or VR, you'll probably want to buy this just to take advantage of your hardware.

    Here's the bad stuff you can look forward to:

    • Grinding. If you want ranks, money, or to simply explore, prepare to spend months grinding. To get satisfaction from traveling and doing what you want to do, it's going to require money and ranks, so you'll have to grind. This is where MMO syndrome comes in: the infamous "Engineers" system requires you to find components found RNG about the universe, which can take a long time. These Engineering goals are essential in making your ship perform with lower risk of dying due to unfair AI or players who have an Engineered ship and want you dead for some reason.

    • AI with no personality that mostly sends text messages to you (very little voice dialogue/radio chatter) and cheats in combat, their level of cheating determined by their difficulty (AI are immune to certain weapons, techniques and strategies, have accuracy/damage that is disconnected to their ship's actual loadout). The lowest ranked AI will fly stupidly in box patterns without fighting back, while the highest ranked AI will pull J-turns, flank you, shoot you perfectly with 360 degree turreted weapons, and take out your subsystems with flawless accuracy. Cheap.

    • No purpose or overall objective other than what you make for yourself. While there are more interesting missions other than "Kill/Trade/Explore", you might never experience them because you're too busy grinding to get a ship actually capable of doing those complex missions.

    Limited depth & bugs:
    • You can't land on planets unless you buy Horizons DLC; however, they're all slight variations of either a crater-marked orange moon, or a large, rugged and mountainous orange moon anyway

    • Using Multi-Crew, you can jump into the passenger seat of another player's spaceship! But you'll experience lag issues, sudden disconnects, game-crashing errors, and a whole bunch of other bugs. You also can't walk around the ship, or wave to your friend, or anything other than giving the pilot player an extra pip to their power distribution and maybe taking over one of their fighters or turrets.

    • You can land on space stations! But there's only about 6 different looking interiors in the game you'll see most often on average

    • You can buy any ship you want, but customizing the ship's appearance is real-money microtransaction based: $10 from the third-party Frontier store, and only applies to that specific class of ship. This game's out-of-game store is horrendously expensive, and feels like it's one step short of introducing lootboxes and XP boosters due to the excessive grind.

    I honestly like this game. But I literally don't have the time to play this game enough to gain enough money/ranks to do anything fun. I can't do combat/explore/trade for fear of my ship being destroyed and having to spend another 10 hours grinding for money. I can't participate in events because I haven't spent the 1,000 hours grinding to get an Engineered ship capable of not being destroyed. Everything I want to do relies upon grinding to get there, and the grinding itself gets very boring, very quickly.

    The satisfaction from playing with my X52 Joystick, TrackIR, or VR, is worth only an hour or two at most, because afterwards the game goes from 'game' to 'chore' to 'second job'.

    Do I recommend this game? Well, after doing the math, I have to say: "No, unless there's an incredible sale". This game is worth $30 at most, and that's counting cosmetic microtransactions.    … Expand
  51. TommyLee
    Feb 1, 2020
    9
    One of the best Space sims out there. The recreation of the Milky Way galaxy and the fact that you can travel to all 400 billion stars is one of the most awe-inspiring aspects of this game.
  52. nere
    Dec 7, 2019
    10
    Что не так с оценками? Не канон, они уже не подходят к Сегодняшней игре, это не фильмы, которые просто есть и никак не меняются, сколько бы времени не прошло, с играми такое не работает. оценки 15 года уфф...

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

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

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

    А ещё, я не понимаю людей которые при первом заходе в игру, жалуются что им не понятно что делать после обучения, надо просто найти свой жизненный путь в игровой вселенной, и время в реале, т.к. игра его требует слишком много    … Expand
  53. ujinroth
    Nov 12, 2019
    2
    There's is no immediate satisfaction in Elite Dangerous, the satisfaction comes after 36 months intensive 25h/day without eating, sleeping, washing yourself. If you're near to death, sitting in your own dangerous fluids, congrats you are part of the Elite!!!
  54. hookandsling
    Jul 2, 2019
    10
    As per the reviews you either love or hate Elite.

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

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

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

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

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

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

    I've been playing on and off since Beta. I give it a 10 because there's nothing else remotely like it, and because if Elite IS for you that's the score you'll give it too.    … Expand
  55. Cloudbank
    Mar 24, 2019
    8
    Elite is a wonderful game but it needs much frequent updates (especially big updates)
  56. XHyuugaNejiX
    Mar 21, 2019
    0
    0/10. Worst. game. Spent an hour trying to figure out how to launch the ship because there is no tutorial. You just have to Guess, and there are 5 billion buttons that all do different things, and none of them seem to be the "select" button. So you can highlight the launch button, but you cant select it. Oh but then I happen to accidentally press some random key to try and now I dont know0/10. Worst. game. Spent an hour trying to figure out how to launch the ship because there is no tutorial. You just have to Guess, and there are 5 billion buttons that all do different things, and none of them seem to be the "select" button. So you can highlight the launch button, but you cant select it. Oh but then I happen to accidentally press some random key to try and now I dont know what that key is, but it brought up a launch sequence. Why was there no tutorial to tell a brand new person hey, you have to do this first. Then maybe I wouldnt have wasted money or my life working on this terrible game. Then It says that your tutorial in in the form of an incomming message, but as far as i can tell, there is no way to actually open the message. Couldnt get that far. For the safety of my computer, I had to quit because I'm an adult, I dont have **** time to figure out which of the billion buttons that are pressable will open my mail so maybe I can learn how to open my mail. **** you elite dangerous. 0/10, would not recomend. Will shoot anybody who decides to do it anyway.… Expand
  57. Analyst77
    Feb 23, 2019
    5
    I am playing now for about 4 weeks, and I like the game. But there are drawbacks...
    tl,dr: Positive aspects are sadly countered by real bad design decisions...
    The positive points: + Game is complicated, but there are many external (player made) sites and documents and lots of YT tutorial videos. Frontier also packs several tutorials and videos - but with this alone you will not go far.    I am playing now for about 4 weeks, and I like the game. But there are drawbacks...
    tl,dr: Positive aspects are sadly countered by real bad design decisions...
    The positive points:
    + Game is complicated, but there are many external (player made) sites and documents and lots of YT tutorial videos. Frontier also packs several tutorials and videos - but with this alone you will not go far. But after mastering the basics it is a wonderful game, if you love complex games.
    + Graphics and sounds (with decent HW) are very good and immersive. (I use a monitor, so no VR, and a 5.1 Sound System)
    + Death will - if you do it right - always cost only 5% of the ships price you died with, and will bring you back in this ship at the next station. You can have more ships, so try to get killed in the cheapest ship :)
    + There are several things one can do, it is your choice: Exploration (and selling the data), Mining (and selling the ores), Trading and Fighting (Bounty Hunting, Pirating,...). There are missions of many types. This all seems quite repetitive and some players may not like it. I find it relaxing, if you select the right missions or things to do. I do mainly exploring, and have earned 100 millions in the short time I play, and own now 3 ships. But one should try to do different things in different places, this keeps it interesting. There are many things I did not yet try - but see below...
    + Community is rather nice (mostly) and very helpful, answers questions and is willing to help.

    So why only 5 points?
    The negative points:
    + There are two things in this game, where you can 'customize' your ship, i.i. make it stronger, faster, and so on. The first thing is the Guardian Story Line, where you can earn several modules which make your ship more powerful. The second thing are the 'Engineers', who also are able to modify your ship. But for some reason Frontier decided to hide these things behind massive, boring and repetitive grind!
    + Guardians: Modules have to be 'unlocked' (I came to hate this word) by visiting 'Guradian Sites' on planets, and playing sort of a mini game shooting at pillars, fighting robot sentries, and if successful earning diverse parts and a blueprint. With this 'Blueprint' you can - not build anything. No - you have to visit a 'Technology Broker', and there you learn that you also need 'Materials', in this case essentially things you can find by 'farming' the Guardian Sites. And I mean farming! There are very good instructions and videos how to do this. Including logging off mid game and log on immediately to do repeat the process. I call this an exploit, but Frontier does not care.
    +But at least every player needs to do this only once! After having 'unlocked' the modules you can simply buy them as often you want.
    + The Engineers are much worse. There are lots of them, some of them are easy to reach, others are harder. To 'unlock' (I did mention I hate this word?) an Engineer you need to bring her/him something. This is not so bad, mostly you can buy these things somewhere. After this you can start to modify, every Engineer has specialties and will modify certain modules (drives, armor, weapons,...). BUT: this requires materials, and to find those materials you have hours of boring, repetitive and senseless play before you. Also every module you modify starts at Level1, and goes through to a maximum at level 5. And every module has to start at Level 1. And every steps needs several tries. And every try needs the same materials. You cannot buy these materials - you have to 'find' them. There are lots of instructions and video how to find them. It is just boring grind. Needless to say that several players have no problem with this grind. But a player like me, who wants to PLAY, soon decides to do a MINIMUM of this, if even that. And as a consequence cannot compete against heavily modified ships. (Now even NPC ships seem to become 'engineered' and are hard to beat).
    + I have no idea why Frontier does not change this. The Guardian Sites may have been funny when they came out and players had to figure out what to do. The Engineers and materials may have been fun in the beginning. But now it is IMHO a game destroying grind. I have nothing against making it hard to earn these things. But I want to PLAY to earn them, not to grind with every engine abuse possible to find the materials...
    + There are a lot of small bugs in the game, which are barely recognized and (up to today) not fixed br Frontier. They were introduced by the 'Horizons' and 'Beyond' expansions. And nobody knows what comes next. Frontier is silent and fixes only exploits and very few bugs.
    Summary: I will continue to play, but I can see a point in the (near) future where all the grind destroys my motivation to try new things. Engineers are one main reason for this. If one could simply BUY the materials (expensive, hard to get, yes) the one could actually PLAY instead grind to get them.
    Read up a lot before buying!    … Expand
  58. Raeat
    Feb 12, 2019
    1
    The game might have been tolerable, in a bland to the extremes,in a relentless grind sort of way before Beyond, but the drop of Beyond has been a nightmarish fiasco. Almost nothing works properly now, and there seems to be no effort on Frontier's part to do anything about the monstrous number of bugs Beyond introduced.

    Don't listen to the paid-off pros. They are only telling you what    The game might have been tolerable, in a bland to the extremes,in a relentless grind sort of way before Beyond, but the drop of Beyond has been a nightmarish fiasco. Almost nothing works properly now, and there seems to be no effort on Frontier's part to do anything about the monstrous number of bugs Beyond introduced.

    Don't listen to the paid-off pros. They are only telling you what they are paid to tell you.    … Expand
  59. GuntherUltrabol
    Feb 4, 2019
    2
    How much pain are you willing to go through to enjoy this game?

    The core of this game is hidden behind a frustrating control system that is supported by an even more frustrating tutorial. I think 6 years in, the people who wanted this kind of torment are already bored with it. At this stage, you're probably coming here after No Man's Sky or because you are tired of waiting for Star    How much pain are you willing to go through to enjoy this game?

    The core of this game is hidden behind a frustrating control system that is supported by an even more frustrating tutorial.

    I think 6 years in, the people who wanted this kind of torment are already bored with it. At this stage, you're probably coming here after No Man's Sky or because you are tired of waiting for Star Citizen.

    If you do not have patience in SPADES, you'll be pulling your hair out within 15 minutes.

    Absolutely, the most un-intuitive 5 hours I have ever spent in gaming.    … Expand
  60. Kavii90
    Jan 1, 2019
    5
    Played this game for two years since launch. Enjoyment was very high at first but fell slowly as game evolved into grindy mechanics, unbalanced gameplay, constant nerfs, full opposition policy against player-driven plots and broken game mechanics that never worked (like multi-crew). For a single player, there is little to do with BGS as everything is designed for large player numbers, butPlayed this game for two years since launch. Enjoyment was very high at first but fell slowly as game evolved into grindy mechanics, unbalanced gameplay, constant nerfs, full opposition policy against player-driven plots and broken game mechanics that never worked (like multi-crew). For a single player, there is little to do with BGS as everything is designed for large player numbers, but then for a big squadron there aren't proper mechanics and efficient net code to support complex operations. Still there's some fun on it, but not like the old times where people went open motivated to do things rather than fearful of losing their ship...… Expand
  61. Riva
    Dec 30, 2018
    1
    This game is bad. It is simultaneously FRUSTRATINGly difficult, punishing and BORING for a new player, GRINDY, and has NO STORY.

    For first 100 hours do not even think about combat ! (And the game doesn't hint you at that. You have to die in 3 seconds, lose a ship, pay all your savings for new one for 3 times to figure that out) For first 100 hours you will be (trying) to be a space    This game is bad. It is simultaneously FRUSTRATINGly difficult, punishing and BORING for a new player, GRINDY, and has NO STORY.

    For first 100 hours do not even think about combat ! (And the game doesn't hint you at that. You have to die in 3 seconds, lose a ship, pay all your savings for new one for 3 times to figure that out)
    For first 100 hours you will be (trying) to be a space truck driver (wchich is super boring in this game) to hopefuly not die too much to OP pirates, to make money for some semi-decent semi-fighter ship !

    This is basicaly the Flight simulator in space in future.
    Minus any real tutorial. (The 4 short tutorials will tell you nothing you really need to know)
    But with a lot of added classic boring horrible MMO grind, zero explanation of 500 mechanics it has, rogue-like super punishing difficulty and learn yourself with trial-error.

    In one world: FRUSTRATION. In three: FRUSTRATION and NO FUN.

    The game has no story missions. All missions are generated, repetitive, grindy and boring.
    That makes the grind even more obvious and pointess at the same time.

    I was looking for at least some wonderful sites to see. Didn't find any.

    Yes, I knew what game I was buying.
    Still imho it is simply bad, unfinished game and as such I can't recommend it.

    PS. The DLC system is both a theft and a joke.
    For another 25 Eur, to an empty boring space sim, you can add landing on completely empty barrent boring planets !! :D
    What will be next ? Empty boring planets undergrounds ? :D

    PPS This is the first game ever, that I just rage uninstalled and will never play again.    … Expand
  62. gdog
    Dec 11, 2018
    4
    The game looks and sounds great, but after visiting a few systems and doing a few generic missions you realize you've seen it all before. What's the point of simulating an entire galaxy if it is effectively empty of stuff to do. Like a cheerleader this is beautiful but shallow.
  63. TheWaffle
    Nov 26, 2018
    0
    I paid $60 for this game, and played it a bit at first. Now, why the hell do I need to create a "Frontier" account just to play the game now?
  64. Heydan
    Nov 4, 2018
    3
    The game has a strongly bigoted community paired with a staunchly Christian only narrative; but I do believe that there are a couple of open-minded people at the developer's studio. If you do not have an issue being prostylized to by Christans, banned for being a Jew, or can find the hand-full of people at the developer's studio that understand a galaxy might be diverse then its not thatThe game has a strongly bigoted community paired with a staunchly Christian only narrative; but I do believe that there are a couple of open-minded people at the developer's studio. If you do not have an issue being prostylized to by Christans, banned for being a Jew, or can find the hand-full of people at the developer's studio that understand a galaxy might be diverse then its not that bad of a game.

    On the technical side of things the game is quickly becoming dated despite the most recent patch. The developer has failed to meet it's targets or fulfill its backer promises. Although they are constantly overhauling the game to expand on things like mining and exploration they have not provided basic features which other games in the same genre were able to complete over a year ago such as the ability to walk around and landing on more than just non-atmospheric planets.

    All that said it does have some fleeting redeeming qualities and can be fun in short burst if you have friends to play with.    … Expand
  65. BayJay
    Oct 30, 2018
    6
    It is necessary to develop the game and add more content, but not the coloring of ships, "lasers" and "engines". While little is added (my opinion). But I play it
  66. Broyax
    Jul 4, 2018
    0
    Décidément c'est pas demain la veille qu'on aura un nouveau Darkening surtout que le Sieur Roberts est plus occupé à mettre au point les micro-transactions et l'hôtel des ventes de son Star Citizen qu'à finir son jeu un jour... tout en étouffant le fric des neuneus et autres ravis de la crêche bien entendu.

    Cela dit, contrairement à Star machin, Elite Dangerous est sorti, lui. On a donc    Décidément c'est pas demain la veille qu'on aura un nouveau Darkening surtout que le Sieur Roberts est plus occupé à mettre au point les micro-transactions et l'hôtel des ventes de son Star Citizen qu'à finir son jeu un jour... tout en étouffant le fric des neuneus et autres ravis de la crêche bien entendu.

    Cela dit, contrairement à Star machin, Elite Dangerous est sorti, lui. On a donc quelque chose de tangible à jouer. Mais un brouillon pas fini. Aucune campagne par exemple, non, juste des missions balancées comme ça sous forme de texte. Pour 40 livres sterlings, what did you expect ? vous répond d'un ton narquois, Frontier Developments. Puis-je jouer en solo non connecté à ce putain d'internet ?... "eat **** vous répond Frontier Developments : même en solo il faut être connecté à leurs serveurs. Alors qu'ils avaient promis un mode hors ligne...

    Le jeu en lui-même n'est pas vilain et a un certain style. Le pilotage est exigeant et plutôt intéressant bien que tout aussi gérable au clavier et souris qu'à la manette 360. Son interface reste hélas peu amène et très perfectible (d'ailleurs même la couleur n'est pas réglable à moins de trifouiller des fichiers de config) et si les premiers amarrages sont amusants, au bout d'une trentaine, on commence à se faire chier : pas moyen de les passer ou de les accélérer. Pas de planètes où se poser non plus et on déplore un gros copié-collé des stations.

    En outre, la difficulté est très mal gérée avec non seulement cette courbe d'apprentissage quasi-inexpugnable sans aucun didacticiel digne de ce nom (ou le minimum syndical avec quelques pauvres missions d'entraînement) mais aussi eu égard au niveau des ennemis très rapidement bien costauds...

    En vérité, le jeu n'est qu'un gros MMO foireux sans abonnement : il faut farmer comme un Chinois 24/7, à faire toujours les mêmes choses et ça prend énormément de temps, car le jeu est très lent... le rafiot s'arrime, j'ai le temps de couler un bronze. Surtout que sans programme tiers pour le commerce, il faut tout noter sur un calepin si on veut gagner le moindre sou...

    Voilà donc un jeu de l'espace bien vide et répétitif, un Privateer connecté de pacotille. Une sorte de beta-test de luxe et une arnaque à 40 livres (52 euros) !    … Expand
  67. Lim4
    Jun 28, 2018
    10
    Ok, I already have passed my 2000th hours playing.

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

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

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

    As Manley says, Fly safe.
    o7    … Expand
  68. Costs1129
    May 22, 2018
    10
    New to the game and loving it! I don't know what the game was like in the past, but so far I have been very very impressed. Massive world, excellent immersion, fine mix of complexity, and finally a game I could enjoy solo but feel like I am in an MMO.
  69. dustyribbons
    May 22, 2018
    0
    This is a game that sucks you in and then goes nowhere. The grind is worse than an f2p game and the loadings screens everytime you jump to another system are PTSD inducing. The Elite Dangerous community is filled with insecure fanboys who enjoy filling their days with menial chores.
  70. Alvazia
    May 12, 2018
    10
    The ED is sci fi space game that really have high potential for space games, lately other space games failed to accomplish but ED is different than other spaces games because it have a really good developer who keeps adding stuff in the game not to mention when they release an major update it really fix the game bugs and adding more stuff etc etc etc
  71. Techmaster
    Apr 19, 2018
    9
    This game IS about missions: transport, combat, mining. Unless you don't like the original game or dont like space sims, DONT BUY IT. I love the original game and i 'm loving this one. For all who complies about grinding: Elite was ALWAYS about it, explore and grind. Exploraton is what makes the game so cool and you can make it with your friends.
  72. itsz
    Mar 20, 2018
    9
    Fantastic game, and it's only going to get better. If you're even remotely interested in space games, this is definitely worth checking out. It's fairly slow-paced, but there's plenty of action if that's what you're looking for.

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

    Frontier's recreation of our entire galaxy is simply stunning, with more improvements being added as they're developed (we can only land on around 60% of the planets, currently rocky/icy ones without a full atmosphere).    … Expand
  73. Toastclaimer
    Feb 17, 2018
    8
    While it can get tedious at times and a little slow the various options and ways to play make Elite an enjoyable experience that is truly enhanced by VR. Controls a fluent and responsive and do make you feel in control of a spaceship and the community is friendly and enjoyable. However the biggest point against this game is the horrible microtransactions; everything from paint to smallWhile it can get tedious at times and a little slow the various options and ways to play make Elite an enjoyable experience that is truly enhanced by VR. Controls a fluent and responsive and do make you feel in control of a spaceship and the community is friendly and enjoyable. However the biggest point against this game is the horrible microtransactions; everything from paint to small wings costs real money for EACH individual ship and these are not cheap either. An utterly shameful practice that hurts an otherwise good game… Expand
  74. fitteslim
    Oct 28, 2017
    0
    Give it five-six more years, and David Braben might have put in something like 10% of the content he promised. Which should be enough to play this game for more than 10 hours.

    Right now it's the most boring grind game you can imagine.
  75. DarkWolf009
    Oct 8, 2017
    10
    One of the best things about this game is the amount of choice available. Trading not your thing? No problem, you can explore. Not a fan of exploration either? You can be a pirate/bounty hunter. These options are only scratching the surface. There is a complex political system that becomes really interesting if you join a player faction, however none of this is needed if you don't likeOne of the best things about this game is the amount of choice available. Trading not your thing? No problem, you can explore. Not a fan of exploration either? You can be a pirate/bounty hunter. These options are only scratching the surface. There is a complex political system that becomes really interesting if you join a player faction, however none of this is needed if you don't like that.

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

    A lot of the negative reviews here depict the state of the game in 2014/15, in its infancy. As someone who has been invested in this series for years, I'd like to stress how much the game has developed since then. If nothing else, it's worth giving the free demo (big + to the devs as very few games do this in modern gaming) a shot to see if you like it.    … Expand
  76. Sharpie321
    Jun 5, 2017
    2
    My opinions: a mile wide, an inch deep, spend way too much time interacting with ui, broken background simulation (factions etc.), broken powerplay, no weapon balancing or interesting combat. Every patch has actually been a step back for the game, starting with Engineers relying heavily on random number generation to increase ships abilities, to multicrew being almost void of anythingMy opinions: a mile wide, an inch deep, spend way too much time interacting with ui, broken background simulation (factions etc.), broken powerplay, no weapon balancing or interesting combat. Every patch has actually been a step back for the game, starting with Engineers relying heavily on random number generation to increase ships abilities, to multicrew being almost void of anything they advertised.

    For combat, it's not very deep. You set 4 pips to systems, 2 pips to weapons, and use the latest overpowered weapons that FDev have failed to balance. Multiplayer is an afterthought, since the peer to peer multiplayer system has so many issues putting players together. You will spend about five times more time trying to find enemies because of "Instancing" than actually fighting.

    For trading, there is no economy system. Prices can vary a small amount up or down on items, but that's it. So, you buy low and sell high. Trading gets very stale after about 20 hours.

    Mining is peaceful but dull.

    Exploration is a waste of time, for what? Screenshots? Exploration is 95% this: you fly around the star, scan while scooping fuel for about 10 seconds, engage engines, jump for 40 seconds (loading screen). So, you spend 80% of your time looking at loading screens - what they call "Witch Space". The only thing you can do ingame while in Witch Space (loading screen) is chat, but all other systems are locked, so most people end up watching hours and hours of shows/movies WHILE playing the game. So, you think 80% of your time wasted is not bad? Some of these places you need to go explore are 500-1000 jumps away, which can add up to well over 1000 minutes or 20 hours. So, that's 16 hours of staring at a loading screen but every minute, so you can't leave.

    Finally, the game is full of bugs. It's best to consider this game a beta if you want to play it without getting frustrated with all the bugs.    … Expand
  77. rocco0425
    May 18, 2017
    8
    Ok so I bought this game during a steam sale back in Dec 2015, and played it for about 45 minutes and failed miserably and never touched it again until I got bored last week. After watching about 2 hours worth of tutorial videos on youtube, I decided to give it another try. While I was not a fan of the business model the company took with the expansion, after about 20 hours flying aroundOk so I bought this game during a steam sale back in Dec 2015, and played it for about 45 minutes and failed miserably and never touched it again until I got bored last week. After watching about 2 hours worth of tutorial videos on youtube, I decided to give it another try. While I was not a fan of the business model the company took with the expansion, after about 20 hours flying around the universe, making money and upgrading to better ships I think this game really shows promise. I think it needs a little more interaction with npc's and a better tutorial but what I've played so far is great and I question what kind of drugs the people are on that gave this game anything under a 6 because no mans sky is a 6 imo and this game destroys no mans sky.… Expand
  78. Laethageal
    May 7, 2017
    0
    If you love getting into a game, having a first feeling that is will be one of the deepest experience you had in-game, spend time building up what you own in game, only to realize how shallow the game is in reality, then it's the game for you.
  79. Blackcompany
    May 7, 2017
    3
    Amazing sound. Quality graphical presentation. A large universe. These are the pros of Elite: Dangerous. And they are the only ones.

    On the other hand, flying is amazing difficult. Too many minute facets of fine control to balance at once. Docking is a horrendous pain, as its all in real time with tiny station entrances and a game that makes no effort to help you find your assigned    Amazing sound. Quality graphical presentation. A large universe. These are the pros of Elite: Dangerous. And they are the only ones.

    On the other hand, flying is amazing difficult. Too many minute facets of fine control to balance at once. Docking is a horrendous pain, as its all in real time with tiny station entrances and a game that makes no effort to help you find your assigned dock.

    Activities are the same tired ones that appear in every space sim: trading, pirating, delivery jobs and bounty hunting.

    It must have been easy to refine and polish the existing space sim genre when making Elite. I say this because, judging by the design direction, the first thing they decided against in the beginning was any semblance of actual innovation at all.

    Not recommended.    … Expand
  80. Soopyyy
    Apr 22, 2017
    1
    I have way more hours in this game than I should. But that's not indicative of compelling gameplay. It literally takes hundreds of hours to get ANYTHING. The game does not respect the time of the player at all.
    The gameplay loop its self (the things you do to get anywhere) are shallow and repetitive. Frontier lacks direction and the design team simply don't seem to have the capacity to    I have way more hours in this game than I should. But that's not indicative of compelling gameplay. It literally takes hundreds of hours to get ANYTHING. The game does not respect the time of the player at all.
    The gameplay loop its self (the things you do to get anywhere) are shallow and repetitive. Frontier lacks direction and the design team simply don't seem to have the capacity to put together a game that is fun.
    As of the time of writing, the latest 2.3 patch has added nothing of value despite being 6 months late. There has been no noticeable change or improvement to the game since release in early 2015. It's entirely likely that there won't be.
    If you want a "Space Engine" game with slightly more interactivity than Space Engine, but massively less scientific accuracy, maybe pick up this title if it's $5-10.    … Expand
  81. Scorcher24
    Apr 14, 2017
    3
    The flying model is good, however, that is it. After you have done all the basic missions and activities, it is just the same things over and over until you lose interest. There is a story, however, that is only in form of blog entries and those can be read without actually owning the game. There is not a single non-repeatable mission in this game. Those missions do also not offer any sortThe flying model is good, however, that is it. After you have done all the basic missions and activities, it is just the same things over and over until you lose interest. There is a story, however, that is only in form of blog entries and those can be read without actually owning the game. There is not a single non-repeatable mission in this game. Those missions do also not offer any sort of meaning to the game world. Not even if you do faction wars. The borders move a bit, that is it. But nothing actually happens. The player cannot own anything but a ship. There is also no production, so mining is useless as a money maker since Bounty Hunting is the best earner in the game. The only purpose is when you have Engineers, which require you to mine thousands of tons of ore to unlock them. The sad part is, without Engineers (which are behind an extra 25€ paywall), you are going to have a bad time fighting, since the whole world is balanced towards the Season Pass.

    All in all, it is fun for a few hours and then it becomes rather stale. I'd rather play Eve or X3.    … Expand
  82. Almostpilot
    Apr 7, 2017
    0
    The biggest disappointment I had with such a long awaited game. In addition to the developer lies during the campaign. The game was released on bare bones and still remains so today. Neither the Horizons expansion with the landing on completely empty planets. Also they still can not deliver the content of all season 2, this is completely late. The multicrew will be born dead, because theThe biggest disappointment I had with such a long awaited game. In addition to the developer lies during the campaign. The game was released on bare bones and still remains so today. Neither the Horizons expansion with the landing on completely empty planets. Also they still can not deliver the content of all season 2, this is completely late. The multicrew will be born dead, because the gameplay presented during the beta is ridiculous. Other than that, they added and lost time with unnecessary developments like CQC, PP, Arena, Engineers and the gaming mechanics that needed to be deepened such as exploration, trade, mining still relegated to the background. 400 billion systems with the same planets repeated in all of them plus points of interest completely repeated in each of them.… Expand
  83. kalimah
    Feb 13, 2017
    8
    Great game for VR users. Yes, the game lacks "stuff" to do but they will be adding more stuff into the game as time goes by. Give the Devs some time to work on it. P.S. Using a dual joystick/VR setup is the only way to go.
  84. schoeffner
    Feb 3, 2017
    10
    Bought the game recently and the development has come to a point where it is a good time to jump in as a new player. Two years after its original launch there has been an expansion that isn't necessary to purchase until it goes on sale. The main Title is polished and very fun. Would Recommend ! 10/10
  85. Exigeous
    Jan 14, 2017
    9
    While Elite isn't perfect if it's your type of game then it's perfect for you. It is amazingly wide and very deep with nearly limitless things to do and explore. While there can be a great deal of grinding you just have to remember you make your role in Elite what it is. Don't want to grind, then don't, I almost never do. To enjoy Elite you have to provide the story and imagination -While Elite isn't perfect if it's your type of game then it's perfect for you. It is amazingly wide and very deep with nearly limitless things to do and explore. While there can be a great deal of grinding you just have to remember you make your role in Elite what it is. Don't want to grind, then don't, I almost never do. To enjoy Elite you have to provide the story and imagination - you can do everything from trading, mining, exploring, bounty hunting, piracy, combat, etc. Elite is set in a 1:1 replica of the Milky Way so to say it's scope is huge is an understatement. I have just under 700 hours of gameplay and my enjoyment hasn't slowed down one bit, if anything it keeps getting more exciting.

    It's an absolutely beautiful game, when was the last time you sat and just stared at a game for more than a few seconds? You'll find yourself doing this several times an hour as the galaxy is an amazingly beautiful place. With some of the best HOTAS/controller support I've ever seen you can build out as extensive a setup as you can dream up. When I get in the SRV/rover I take my hands of my HOTAS, slide forward and grab my racing wheel and pedals to drive. Then back in my ship and I slide back to my HOTAS for flying. It is by far the most immersive game I've ever seen and if you're a VR player you MUST give Elite a try. It has an extremely steep learning curve, my advice is to watch Youtube videos and find one of the many Discord servers dedicated to the game. Virtually everyone you meet there will be more than willing to help as we've all been there and know how hard the learning is. While there are gankers/griefers their impact is really very minor and the community is one of the best I've ever had the pleasure of interacting with. As you can see I can't recommend Elite more - if you think it's your kinda game well then it is.    … Expand
  86. Jaehaerys61
    Dec 31, 2016
    9
    Très bon jeux d'explorations je penses quand maitrise son vaisseau ^^ ce qui n'est pas encore mon cas. Mais avec tout ce que j'ai vus comme let's play par exemple ceux de Jay's Gaming, je me dits que çà va énorme surtout le temps de jeux.

    Seul pt bémol, les graphismes par moments qui sont pas géniales sur les planètes.
  87. Cclrx
    Nov 22, 2016
    10
    There is no other space sim that comes even close to what Elite Dangerous achieves. And it's development keeps going and going, making it even a better experience.

    Can't wait to see how Frontier approaches big tasks like walking around and atmospheric planets.
  88. Gulskjegg
    Oct 26, 2016
    0
    Horrible game, and will go down in history as such. Would not be worth playing even if it was free. The profound lack of content renders Elite Dangerous more of a tech demo than a playable game. Imagine Dagoth Moor Zoological Gardens, but actually having to pay $60 to download it. You can do all that can be done in about an hour. Everything beyond that is an endless, mind-numbing grind forHorrible game, and will go down in history as such. Would not be worth playing even if it was free. The profound lack of content renders Elite Dangerous more of a tech demo than a playable game. Imagine Dagoth Moor Zoological Gardens, but actually having to pay $60 to download it. You can do all that can be done in about an hour. Everything beyond that is an endless, mind-numbing grind for kills, rank, or credits. The flight engine is contrived to the point of being morally offensive. What is the point of creating a "realistic" 1:1 galaxy, then adding flight characteristics that are intentionally and willfully designed to both frustrate the player and ignore the laws of physics. Powerful lasers with a range of 2 kilometers? Check! Add weight and gravity effects in space? Check! Allow the AI enemy to completelty ignore all limitations placed on human players? Check! The high marks given to this putrid pile of garbage by "professional" reviewers is a perfect example of why gamers do not trust games journalism, which has devolved into shilling and SJW pearl-clutching. Run, do not walk away from this game, or you be in for some serious buyers remorse.… Expand
  89. CareTaker
    Oct 9, 2016
    10
    I play it almost for 2 years now, I still find things that I have never noticed before. I enjoy the vast universe. Some times I just fly from planet to planet and enjoy the views.
  90. whave
    Oct 9, 2016
    10
    300 hours in, and still coming back for more. A boring work simulator to some? Possibly. I still can get immersed and feeling like I'm really driving my big ol' space truck whenever I play. They also keep coming out with new features, patches, content, mechanics. The game is constantly developing. I bough this to my 55yo dad (a simulator fan) and he lets me know every single week this is300 hours in, and still coming back for more. A boring work simulator to some? Possibly. I still can get immersed and feeling like I'm really driving my big ol' space truck whenever I play. They also keep coming out with new features, patches, content, mechanics. The game is constantly developing. I bough this to my 55yo dad (a simulator fan) and he lets me know every single week this is the best present he ever got.… Expand
  91. Sn0r
    Oct 5, 2016
    0
    It might be realistic, but realistic space travel is just boring. 90% of the time you will just sit in front of your PC doing literaly nothing but staring into the emptyness of space. It's like a screensaver where you have to press your keyboard so it keeps moving.
  92. MartangTheFirst
    Sep 3, 2016
    1
    Nothing meaningful to do in game yet. Lots of pointless grinding, pointless grinding for credits to get better ships (which on the whole are less fun to fly). A broken PVP system. And 12 months later Vive display issues still aren't fixed.

    Come back in a few expansions and hopefully you'll find a great game...
  93. Psyanide
    Aug 24, 2016
    4
    Despite having 400 billion systems Elite falls flat on it's face before even leaving the first. What might at first appear to be a fun space sim, with lush graphics and great sound effects Elite's gameplay soon plummets into a repetitive grind fest with little depth and plenty of built in time sinks designed by he developer to hold back your progress as much as possible.

    Despite what    Despite having 400 billion systems Elite falls flat on it's face before even leaving the first. What might at first appear to be a fun space sim, with lush graphics and great sound effects Elite's gameplay soon plummets into a repetitive grind fest with little depth and plenty of built in time sinks designed by he developer to hold back your progress as much as possible.

    Despite what some people will try to tell you, Elite's flight model is not Newtonian, all ships fly like Jets with a faster pitch than yaw even with flight assist off, a capped speed limit (instead of acceleration limited by mass) and a flawed ''flight assist off'' mode that despite adding a more Newtonian feel still seems to want to add friction where there shouldn't be.... at all in fact.

    Missions are repetitive even after the overhaul that was supposed to add more variation but in fact all it did was allow several of these repetitive missions to be chained together resulting in forcing you to play the repetitiveness out for longer than before.
    Exploration is just as repetitive and boring as trading with even less of a payout, which seems like an insult considering it takes longer than trading.
    Smuggling is a rinse and repeat process every time just involving rushing the docking bay while in silent running mode, there is no variation to these missions not the smuggling mechanic what so ever.

    Trade is about what you would expect, take X from A to B and then preferably Y from B to C or back to A. The markets don't change much and it's not like you can manufacture anything yourself to influence the market either, you're literally just stuck going from A to B.

    ''Populated'' space does not seem very populated at all, you cannot interact with NPC ships aside from shooting them, you cannot trade with other players, you cannot form corporations with other players in fact the whole social aspect of this online game is incredibly lacking.

    Now onto the overall development of Elite since it's early release from Beta back in 2014. First off when Elite was released you couldn't form a group (or a Wing in this case) until 2 MONTHS after release with the Wings update (imagine Wow, the Battlefield series or any other online online game that did that, it's shoddy development), then despite people being annoyed about the lack of depth in the game and the over abundance of repetitive gameplay Frontier released the Powerplay update that adds a PURE grindfest to fill a progress bar for your preferred political party to show your support only for that progress to be removed every week, so keeping your progression is impossible and it actively punishes you for taking a break.
    then, with the Horizons update Frontier gave us barren, lifeless planets to land on, with no variation of things to find. See that planet over there with lush greenery, a bountiful ocean and city lights visible from space? Well you can't land on those kind of planets, no you're only allowed on the barren boring ones because Frontiers team are too lazy to give you anything else other than barren planets.
    Then there is the 2.1 update, the most recent update as of writing this, which (now remember enough people have quite due to the amount of grinding in the game already) added a super grindy random number generation (or RNG for short) crafting system, meaning that you spend 5+ hours grinding resources to upgrade a module or weapon on your ship only to waste all that time because the game decided to give you a rubbish crafting outcome so now you have to go back and grind all those resources again just to try your luck yet again, and this can be something that you repeat 10 times before you even get a favourable crafting outcome let alone the outcome you were aiming for.

    With the 2016 Gamescom over we have been given details of the next 2.2 update which will add deplorable [that was actually a typo, I meant deployable, but I'm sure like most gameplay features in Elite they will be deplorable too) combat drones, hire able NPC crew (who, unlike you, will die perminently if your ship is destroyed wasting all the time and effort you put into levelling and training them up), passenger transporting (exactly the same as transporting cargo, nothing new here, although it will give a use to the Dolphin ship which has been in the game for a year without any use).

    All in all Elite is a rather mediocre space sim, both gameplay wise and development wise, who's only true claim to fame is that it has the biggest play area and the most fanatical fanboy community that can't accept any criticism.    … Expand
  94. Twodecadesgamer
    Aug 21, 2016
    9
    Old guy, old school- a fan of SWG's JTL and the XWA series. This is an amazing space sim. It is also unforgiving and has a steep learning curve. Once you get the basics down it is well worth it, and very addictive. The better pilot you are the better the game will go for you, make mistakes and be ready to spend serious time trying to get to space stations, fly like a boss and makeOld guy, old school- a fan of SWG's JTL and the XWA series. This is an amazing space sim. It is also unforgiving and has a steep learning curve. Once you get the basics down it is well worth it, and very addictive. The better pilot you are the better the game will go for you, make mistakes and be ready to spend serious time trying to get to space stations, fly like a boss and make money hand over fist. I strongly recommend an X52 type setup. A fantastic game that is just a little annoyingly complicated sometimes (SRV scanner wtf?-yes, I figured it out. Why do that to us?) I do highly recommend this game, and I recommend giving yourself time to practice and come up with a control setup that works for you. It is well worth it.… Expand
  95. loaked
    Aug 16, 2016
    0
    Don't waste your time or money on this one. Its comical in the amount of pointless and mind numbing grinding it takes to get anywhere in the game. When you do finally get some traction going and get a mission that might actually pay you some descent money, enemy ships get sent after you that you can even come close to trying to take down. The ending result is your drained of the last 2Don't waste your time or money on this one. Its comical in the amount of pointless and mind numbing grinding it takes to get anywhere in the game. When you do finally get some traction going and get a mission that might actually pay you some descent money, enemy ships get sent after you that you can even come close to trying to take down. The ending result is your drained of the last 2 hours of money you grinded to get. I found myself in this loop of gaining money and fame, then once I was ahead enemy ships where sent against me that I was no match for. How so many people still play this game I will never understand, but take advice from me and the thousands of other people(look at the reviews on steam) and skip this game!… Expand
  96. Jezior
    Jul 30, 2016
    3
    Elite sounds much better on paper then it is in real life. Massive up to the scale galaxy is empty and lacks any kind of activity, it is really hard to find a player, combat is unbelievably boring. There is only a grind to bigger shop over and over again. Only reason why it receives such a good scores is because there no competition for it at the time in space simulator genre. If you thinkElite sounds much better on paper then it is in real life. Massive up to the scale galaxy is empty and lacks any kind of activity, it is really hard to find a player, combat is unbelievably boring. There is only a grind to bigger shop over and over again. Only reason why it receives such a good scores is because there no competition for it at the time in space simulator genre. If you think about purchase wait for No Man Sky instead. It can be only better.
    What a waste of a fantastic concept. This game has nice moments but the fade really quickly in abyss of boredom.    … Expand
  97. Nerwan
    Jul 3, 2016
    10
    This is the only game I've ever played for this long. I've played 1000+ of Elite Dangerous and the only other games that I've ever played into the 100s of hours have been Skyrim and the Witcher 3. It's clear from the other reviews that this game isn't for everyone but for me it continues to be fantastic. I'm realistic and there are criticisms I could make of the game but I'm giving it aThis is the only game I've ever played for this long. I've played 1000+ of Elite Dangerous and the only other games that I've ever played into the 100s of hours have been Skyrim and the Witcher 3. It's clear from the other reviews that this game isn't for everyone but for me it continues to be fantastic. I'm realistic and there are criticisms I could make of the game but I'm giving it a 10 simply because of the immensely good time I've had which is, like I say, unparalleled for me.… Expand
  98. CaptainHooch
    Jun 29, 2016
    9
    Elite Dangerous is a brilliant game that at its core experience gives you the most immersive experience of holy **** I'm flying a warp capable star ship that is currently out there on the market.

    So lets look at its Good Bad and Ugly Good: Elite Dangerous is incredibly immersive set in a beautiful 1 to 1 scale recreation of the milky way galaxy with over 400 billion star systems and    Elite Dangerous is a brilliant game that at its core experience gives you the most immersive experience of holy **** I'm flying a warp capable star ship that is currently out there on the market.

    So lets look at its Good Bad and Ugly

    Good: Elite Dangerous is incredibly immersive set in a beautiful 1 to 1 scale recreation of the milky way galaxy with over 400 billion star systems and aside from the handful that are permit locked you can visit every damn one of them. It's flight model while not 100% realistic is still very approachable easy to learn and hard to master. It sucks you in with the incredible scale of the galaxy around you and the feeling of being your favourite sci-fi hero flying through space that no other game out there can properly recreate.

    Bad: Any game of this scale will have bugs and sometimes these bugs have been Bethesda game on release day level crazy but those generally get patched rather quick, the real problems with Elite are that it suffers the same problem that Skyrim did of being a mile wide and an inch deep. The game doesn't really offer any depth to the player. In an odd way you're not going to feel like you've gone too deep into the game, but more like the game has gone too deep into you. On a personal level this works for me, but for many players they mind this area to be lacking. Some other issues are that while you can do whatever you please some of the areas of the game feel like they could have been done better and there is a huge payout disparity between many activities as well as a lot of grinding if you want to progress rank with a power or superpower.

    Ugly: The game is finished but not finished. It's finished in the traditional sense that it has reached v1.0 and is no longer in Beta. It's unfinished in the sense that the developer still has a lot of stuff they want to do with it and were seeing 4 to 5 major content patches to the game each year. The Elite I'm playing today is not the same Elite I was playing in December 2014 when I bought it, and come December 2016 I doubt it will be the same game I'm playing now. While this is overall a good thing some of these updates have been met with controversy which is what has lead to many of the negative reviews you will read.

    TL;DR : It's absolutely worth a buy if you want a game that doesn't hold your hand and sometimes feel like its actively trying to kill you while sucking you into an immersive galaxy that will grab hold of your soul and choke the life out of it until you love the game so bloody much that you wind up spitting hate and fire at it because the dev updated something and you disagreed.    … Expand
  99. Trade60
    Jun 22, 2016
    10
    Elite: Dangerous is a very fun game, the size and feel of the universe is spectacular. I would recommend this game, if your looking to get your moneys worth from a game, this is it, just about every review on steam has 100+ hours of game time negative and positive, and the negative reviews are about patches that ppl disliked. The Devs lesion to the community and are working to make Elite:Elite: Dangerous is a very fun game, the size and feel of the universe is spectacular. I would recommend this game, if your looking to get your moneys worth from a game, this is it, just about every review on steam has 100+ hours of game time negative and positive, and the negative reviews are about patches that ppl disliked. The Devs lesion to the community and are working to make Elite: Dangerous even better!

    The learning curve is not to bad, it might feel overwhelming at first but its very easy to pick up. If your not very good with a keyboard and mouse id say get the xbox version, but iv only played PC and couldn't ever play with a game pad.    … Expand
  100. Germane_Riposte
    May 31, 2016
    2
    Do be extremely careful before you decide to hand money over for this one. There are several charges you can level against this game at of this time:

    First it is very grind based: you will have to grind intensely for basically everything wherever it be credits, rank or faction standing, even introducing tiers in the grind, where you can grind up to get the opportunity to spend more time    Do be extremely careful before you decide to hand money over for this one. There are several charges you can level against this game at of this time:

    First it is very grind based: you will have to grind intensely for basically everything wherever it be credits, rank or faction standing, even introducing tiers in the grind, where you can grind up to get the opportunity to spend more time grinding. A continuous series of updates made it clear that this is the direction the developers wish to take the game, with every major update liable to introduce significant grind (Power Play update and Engineer update come to mind). You may be looking at a time investment of 500+ hrs to get to the top tier ships.

    QA doesn't seem to be top priority with Frontier either, you may end up looking at a fair number of bugs you'll have to deal with and/or work around. Ranging from the ships UI locking up and text segments being corrupted to missions ending up as unfinishable. The latter especially compounds badly with the above mentioned grind.

    Content is very, very generic, you'll be looking at the same two station interiors a lot. You'll be looking at the same station exteriors a lot too, but there is a tad bit more variation there, all factions use the same templates, so this one suffers from the EVE syndrome in that regard: Everywhere in the universe everything looks the same; well, not quite, they may use different heraldic devices on their station, and slightly different shade of grey for their paint jobs.
    Planet surfaces may hold your attention for at least a while (if you opt in for horizons), there's more randomness there, though not necessarily more to do.
    Do not look for engaging story- or questlines here, at the time of this writing, they do not exist, and I wouldn't expect any being added for the lifetime of the product.

    Be also aware that Frontier may opt to make very drastic changes to the way combat and gameplay elements work. We are talking about sailing serenely through space one day and getting one-shotted in the same space post update. Considering a total ship loss may set you back a couple of hours grinding you may not be too fond of that.

    There are no things like an ingame auction house/player market, there is no banking or storage space on stations you can use whatsoever. To trade with another player you'd need to exchange the goods in space by jettisoning them and scooping them up, and no, you can't even transfer ingame funds to anyone else, such is life in the fictional universe of the future.

    There are no structures you can place or build, neither in space nor planet side.

    There is a crafting of sorts which you can conduct at a handful of stations distributed around space with the help of the local engineer. Of course you'll first have to grind faction with said engineer. After that you can let him/her have you build upgrades for your ship, as long as you can supply the rare loot and tools for the job, finding those is depending on your luck with the RNG. You'll have a tough time trading any you find with other players (see above). Also you'll have to carry them with you at all times, since you can't store them anywhere but on your ship (see also above).
    Having the engineer actually build you your upgrade, well, that's the next round of RNG for you. I think you can see where this is going.

    I'd strongly advise against buying into Elite Dangerous.

    On a positive note, I found the CS is fairly responsive, at least as far as tickets you file are concerned.    … Expand
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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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