Elite: Dangerous

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  1. Xariez
    Jan 12, 2015
    9
    So, I recently picked up this game only to figure out that this game is completely amazing! I'm not sure what people mean when they say that you can extinguish all content in a day, because I have been playing it for about half a week, and I still have alot to do.
    Yes. I am going to agree on the fact that it might be light on content now, but looking at the news and the possibilities this    So, I recently picked up this game only to figure out that this game is completely amazing! I'm not sure what people mean when they say that you can extinguish all content in a day, because I have been playing it for about half a week, and I still have alot to do.
    Yes. I am going to agree on the fact that it might be light on content now, but looking at the news and the possibilities this can be a dream coming true very soon (as it alredy is, really). You can choose from bounty hunting and having GREAT fun killing those other ships, to trading between stations and making a nice profit for each run. What people also must get is the fact that it is a simulator, it is NOT eve online, it is a simulator. If you dislike the times it take to travel to point A to B, or the FSD drive itself, or anything of that, I'd say this game is not for you, but if you like a great space sim with great features and even better potential, I'd definetely pick it up.
    And for those out there that wonder, Yes, it is COMPLETELY playable with keyboard and mouse, in fact, I have amost only used that as of yet and I am in love with the controls aswell.    … Expand
  2. realdealelite
    Dec 26, 2014
    9
    I originally gave Elite a 3 due to initial impression of a game with no history that looked quite boring.

    Now I had to raise to 9 because once I discovered the sandbox nature of the game I have started making my own story with friends, bounty hunting here, trading there, or destabilizing Lugh yonderthere!

    I now get up early in the mornings just to perform that last mission!
  3. SpectralShade
    Dec 16, 2014
    0
    Basicly a tech demo and nothing but promises of for the future (with the reminder for the wary that the developers already gone back on big design decisions).

    Game was wouted originally as an offline/online game. 1 motnh prior to release (after 2 years of development), they let slip that they cancelled offline. People wanted a refund because the game wasn't anymore what they were sold    Basicly a tech demo and nothing but promises of for the future (with the reminder for the wary that the developers already gone back on big design decisions).

    Game was wouted originally as an offline/online game. 1 motnh prior to release (after 2 years of development), they let slip that they cancelled offline. People wanted a refund because the game wasn't anymore what they were sold and Frontier Development Started a dragged out tug-of war with their own customers to delay payments. Game itself is a shell of what it should have been. The old frontier game has more meat on it, which shows where the money to develop this game went (graphics and tying people online). The online requirement is bogus. Most of the time it feels like a singleplayer game anyway and the it has to go down as the most lonesome "MMO" ever.
    Given Frontier Developments finances, chances are that they required servers for the game to be played won't be sustainable for any decent amount of times, so add this to the rushed release of what is essentially a tech demo for the game, my advice is to stay well clear of this game as well as this developer.    … Expand
  4. waterislife
    Jan 11, 2015
    10
    I was on the fence about this game and finally gave in after watching the Youtube channels of some of the best explorers in Elite, like Erimus One and Titus Balls. Being able to find all of the charted and catalogued celestial objects in the galaxy while pew pewing is just amazing. The latest exoplanets found by NASA´s kepler telescope have just been uploaded into the game and can beI was on the fence about this game and finally gave in after watching the Youtube channels of some of the best explorers in Elite, like Erimus One and Titus Balls. Being able to find all of the charted and catalogued celestial objects in the galaxy while pew pewing is just amazing. The latest exoplanets found by NASA´s kepler telescope have just been uploaded into the game and can be already visited...… Expand
  5. Rottcodd
    Dec 16, 2014
    10
    Even when in it was in Beta and and still far from its fully potential - it still made me completly forget that I have other games on my computer. Haven´t used a joystick for more than a decade, but then Elite came.
  6. Krisfallion
    Dec 16, 2014
    10
    I have fond memories of playing the original Elite on my Commodore 64 back in 1985. I played Elite 2 for the PC 10 years later and also the less-than-polished Elite: First Contact. This fourth release in the franchise is the game I have been waiting 30 years for. If you want a skill based hard core space flight simulation that takes place in the most realistic simulation of the MilkyI have fond memories of playing the original Elite on my Commodore 64 back in 1985. I played Elite 2 for the PC 10 years later and also the less-than-polished Elite: First Contact. This fourth release in the franchise is the game I have been waiting 30 years for. If you want a skill based hard core space flight simulation that takes place in the most realistic simulation of the Milky Way galaxy then this is the game for you. This Kickstarted game is no "Space Base DF9" or "Star Forge". It is a labor of love that delivers on its promises and will keep delivering.… Expand
  7. Nardypants
    Dec 17, 2014
    10
    For all those who loved Elite and Frontier, this will be an amazing game. The open galaxy to explore in a beautiful visual rendition of the classic game. Of course, being a true sandbox, many people might not like this, but others will also find that it both caters to hardcore online players and casual solo gamers.
  8. Arbanax
    Dec 19, 2014
    9
    The ultimate sandbox free form space sim that started it all, is back in glorious 21st (or even 33rd) century goodness. The game where you can go anywhere within the known and unknown galaxy, trade, pirate, bounty hunt or carry out humanitarian missions is only just begun. The game isn't so much about getting the biggest ships, the most money, but enjoying the journey. And its only justThe ultimate sandbox free form space sim that started it all, is back in glorious 21st (or even 33rd) century goodness. The game where you can go anywhere within the known and unknown galaxy, trade, pirate, bounty hunt or carry out humanitarian missions is only just begun. The game isn't so much about getting the biggest ships, the most money, but enjoying the journey. And its only just begun, with more and more content to be injected in together with an ever changing system of missions and developments depending on player governed actions, this game is going to be your go to game for years, not just 40 hours straight play.

    Its as involving as you want it to be, and whilst they squash some bugs, sort out the system and get everyone in comfortably, then more content is coming. As an alpha tester, this isn't a game you master overnight, so be prepared for a learning curve and for it not to function like a typical mmo but something altogether more sophisticated and you are one of many in for a great ride. The best is back and only due to get better.    … Expand
  9. pillowmellow
    Dec 20, 2014
    10
    Sleek space sim, with best dk2 rift support. Amazingly bug free at launch and with tons of options and paths to choose from. Since I downloaded it I havent stopped. Dogfight and pirating among asteroid rings is just the best.
  10. KnightEnvy
    Feb 13, 2015
    4
    If you get this game you will be WOW'd right off the bat. Combat is fun and works great with a joystick. Graphics are amazing.

    And that's about it. Most of the universe is without story or at least irrelevant to it. Only 1/2 the ships are available, and if I come across more than one or two players per hour you are in luck. Disappointed I paid $60 for this. Until the price    If you get this game you will be WOW'd right off the bat. Combat is fun and works great with a joystick. Graphics are amazing.

    And that's about it. Most of the universe is without story or at least irrelevant to it. Only 1/2 the ships are available, and if I come across more than one or two players per hour you are in luck.

    Disappointed I paid $60 for this. Until the price drops to about $20-$30 I would wait for Star Citizen.    … Expand
  11. Coals
    Jan 11, 2015
    9
    I have been absolutely loving this game. Great graphics and sound along with good flight controls and fun combat make for a title I can see myself playing for countless hours. Takes a bit of trial and error and research to get things figured out but well worth it.
  12. Kalunha
    Apr 11, 2015
    10
    ce jeux est juste un chef d oeuvre ! décalé du temps, mais tellement immersif, des ajouts qui viennent agrémentés vos aventures a travers l univers. Nous ne sommes qu une poussière dans l univers, on se développe, on grossit.. mais on peut aussi vite redevenir poussière... un bon joystick ( x52pro ) est obligatoire. mais toute une vie ne sera pas suffisant pour tout découvrir... énorme !ce jeux est juste un chef d oeuvre ! décalé du temps, mais tellement immersif, des ajouts qui viennent agrémentés vos aventures a travers l univers. Nous ne sommes qu une poussière dans l univers, on se développe, on grossit.. mais on peut aussi vite redevenir poussière... un bon joystick ( x52pro ) est obligatoire. mais toute une vie ne sera pas suffisant pour tout découvrir... énorme !
    rien a voir avec les productions re édité sans cesse ! pas arcade ! mais un vicieux plaisir qui vous fera frissonner dès que votre coucou prendra des coups !
    GG HF !    … Expand
  13. Wordcrosser
    Dec 19, 2014
    9
    It is just amazing what this game has delivered in 2 years. The best alpha, beta, gamma I ve ever seen. Frontier Developments are a serious company who delivers. The launch has been one of the smoothest in history and all this points to a game that will be developing for a long time with added expansions in first person and free flight in planets and landings.

    In the mean time we can    It is just amazing what this game has delivered in 2 years. The best alpha, beta, gamma I ve ever seen. Frontier Developments are a serious company who delivers. The launch has been one of the smoothest in history and all this points to a game that will be developing for a long time with added expansions in first person and free flight in planets and landings.

    In the mean time we can enjoy one of the most addictive and engaging space combat systems and a huge galaxy with a powerful struggle between Empire and Federation!    … Expand
  14. mikemahonay
    Dec 20, 2014
    10
    A few of my friends and I got this game in Beta and we can see how it has evolved to be what it is today. Probably the BDSSE. And what is yet to come is awesome.

    Flying together and bounty hunting together is an exhilarating feeling, especially when one of your friends is carrying an Anaconda! :)
  15. yiblik
    Dec 22, 2014
    10
    all i wanted and more. Been in since early beta and it was great then, its even better now. Still a few little issues but i'm having so much fun it doesn't matter. Those complaining about a lack of game play have no idea how to play this type of game...
  16. jclaiborne2007
    Dec 20, 2015
    0
    Woohoo! Not buying in on this game is a real win for me. Frontier loves to screw its backers. Please give us your money for an empty game and if we ever do make anything worth playing we will be sure that the backers pay 10x as much as a new player. Paying $100 dollars to fly around in an empty game, gee now that is a great deal!
  17. bedtimeornot
    Jan 10, 2015
    10
    Best graphics in a space sim for many years. 4K, Oculus rift. Best sound. Best slick interface and UI menus. Ships can be all customized to your hearts content and PVP in conflict zones in awesome.
  18. BigBangerB
    Jun 19, 2015
    0
    The game looks good, ships fly good. Yup that's about it for the positives. The rest of the game is designed purely for people with 0 lives and all the time in the world to throw at it. I don't get why people do it though because you certainly are not rewarded with anything. It's like if you want to go out for a nice jog, and instead you wound up on your grandpa's nordic track in theThe game looks good, ships fly good. Yup that's about it for the positives. The rest of the game is designed purely for people with 0 lives and all the time in the world to throw at it. I don't get why people do it though because you certainly are not rewarded with anything. It's like if you want to go out for a nice jog, and instead you wound up on your grandpa's nordic track in the basement staring at the cement walls. That's the difference between "space sims" and "elite dangerous."

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

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

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

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

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

    Why should they care when I can just keep slamming my head against a wall, grinding away for the chance to unlock another reason to grind away.    … Expand
  19. Hawkcircle
    Jan 13, 2015
    2
    I love space games. I was extremely disappointed to discover I don't like this one. While pretty, the learning curve is just too high. You also can lose everything in just a moment, whether Solo or in group mode. Bottom line, it's just not "fun" as a whole.
  20. slickestofemall
    Jan 10, 2015
    10
    I pre order the game based on the hype and it has not disappointed! Best launch of a game ever. Smooth, devs seem to be very responsive with issues. Game is slick as anything and will amaze you at every corner. A few of my friends and I have been running missions for a system faction that was on the rise in an Empire sector and we have seen it starts civil war and apawn conflict zones.I pre order the game based on the hype and it has not disappointed! Best launch of a game ever. Smooth, devs seem to be very responsive with issues. Game is slick as anything and will amaze you at every corner. A few of my friends and I have been running missions for a system faction that was on the rise in an Empire sector and we have seen it starts civil war and apawn conflict zones. Players can control territory via proxy of AI factions. It works.… Expand
  21. Hackworth
    Jan 21, 2015
    1
    If you want a good picture of what this game is like: Imagine EVE online without content and without other players. Everything that remains is repetitive grinding for bigger, better stuff.
    This game is for you if:
    - you are a kid or teenager and don't care about school and just can waste endless hours for nothing. - you are unemployed and/or divorced and can waste endless hours on    If you want a good picture of what this game is like: Imagine EVE online without content and without other players. Everything that remains is repetitive grinding for bigger, better stuff.
    This game is for you if:
    - you are a kid or teenager and don't care about school and just can waste endless hours for nothing.
    - you are unemployed and/or divorced and can waste endless hours on nothing.
    - you are old and retired and don't have anything to live for anymore.

    What can you do in Elite Dangerous?
    First of all, there are 400 billion star systems that can all be explored. As a new player, you are tempted to just blaze off and see everything. Bad idea. First of all: you're always limited by your choice of ship modules, i.e. to get far, you need to buy better equipment, your starter ship won't get you very far. Interestingly enough, the best modules in ED almost always cost more than the ship itself. So before you can start to explore this vast world, you need some things: better FSD (jump drive), Fuel scoop (to refuel on the way), better Scanners (Advanced and Surface, they're north of 500k CR). So to get started, a few million credits will help you.

    How do you get the credits? You can either trade, but to effectively trade, you need more cargo space. Most of the time you can make about a 1000 cr per ton (cargo space unit). So with the starter ship, you can make about 4000 cr per run, IF you find a trade route that gives you that much. Most of them just give between 300-900 cr/ton. So you can grind your way up slowly, until you get into the millions.

    Bounty hunting: effectively the same grinding, less profit, more fun. Hunt NPCs at Nav Beacons or Resource extraction sites, be careful not to fire on npc police (they tend to fly through your line of fire, like any excellently programmed AI does of course ;). But for better equipment and thus better bounty, you should do some trading before.

    Missions: Good for beginners, but the rewards stay low, no matter how much you progress and the missions are just iterations of the same things all over again. Boring but a good income for beginners for the first few hours in game. After that, missions are completely obsolete except for the occasional system permit offer or progressing in the ranks of your chosen faction.

    Mining: as others already stated: About as funny and lucrative as watching paint dry.

    USS: unidentified signal sources. These pop up occasionally when flying through systems in FSD. There you can find either npc traders, npc pirates, mission targets or floating cargo, which you can scoop and sell. But beware: all the cargo you find is always marked stolen, so you have to find a station with a black market, and you have to smuggle it in (fly in silent mode) to avoid detection when scanned. If scanned, the fine you get almost always outweighs the profit.

    That's about it. Multiplayer? forget it. Tried it, took about 2 hours until my friend and I finally landed on the same server.
    The waypoint plotting for exploration is nothing but a joke. In your galaxy map, you can plot a course only to the nearest systems, unless you wait a few minutes. Apparently, the game developers made a minigame or better a waiting game of the galaxy map. It's even animated: from your current location, lines are drawn to every possible reachable location around you. slowly these lines extend and after a few seconds, you can select a system that is 30 LY away as destination, after a few seconsd more you can select a system that is 40 LY away, then about 60 LY and so on. If you want to plot a course for 100 LY distance, you have to wait about a minute. Yes, that's no joke. The course plotting in Elite Dangerous is nothing short of an absolute travesty. If you want to fly across the galaxy, you have to spent several hours in the galaxy map plotting courses.
    Exploration itself is nothing short of tedious than plotting courses. First, you scan an unexplored system. To find everything that is present in that system, you need to equip the best scanner possible (1,5 million cr). To make money of your scans, you need the detailed surface scanner (500k cr). Afer the first scan, every orbital body in the system is reveiled, then you have to fly manually to each orbital body. Depending on it's size you have to fly as close as 15 LS before the scan starts, and it takes somewhere between 10-30 seconds for your scan to finish. The rewards are between 400 and 85000 per system (my frame of reference, best system I found was one with 2 habitable water worlds), depending on how thoroughly your system exploration is and what you find (rare star types, rare planet types). The furthest I explored was about 1200 light years, about 12 hours of gameplay, netted about 1,8 million credits.
    It can be rewarding if you discover nice planets and stars, but after a few hours, it becomes repetitive, and the graphics are not that good that they compensate for the endless repetitio    … Expand
  22. happyxmasday
    Dec 24, 2014
    10
    Excellent co op dogfight gameplay that will be even better after the squadron mechanics and missions are introduced early in new year. Hunting down bounties among asteroids and jumping in and out together of energy FSD wakes is exhilarating. Especially if you use the game own voice comm system which is very immersive.
  23. spacesimfan
    Dec 25, 2014
    10
    I have been playing all space sim or related games since... well, long time ago, lets say. Long standing player in EVE... I have been finally taken away by Elite! I have spent all my PC gaming hours in Elite since I joined in Beta. Nough said.
    I am also a backer of Star Citizen but I am abandoning all hopes for that game. Fully pay to win even in pre Alpha which does not bode well at all    I have been playing all space sim or related games since... well, long time ago, lets say. Long standing player in EVE... I have been finally taken away by Elite! I have spent all my PC gaming hours in Elite since I joined in Beta. Nough said.
    I am also a backer of Star Citizen but I am abandoning all hopes for that game. Fully pay to win even in pre Alpha which does not bode well at all for the actual game whenever it launches, heavy marketingized with so many promises that it is just unavoidable it ll fail.
    Elite development, in the other hand, has been much more professional in its approach, always underpromising and overdelivering, keeping their deadlines intact and listening to the community wher eit makes sense. You can feel Elite will be around for a very long time.    … Expand
  24. desertsafari
    Dec 25, 2014
    10
    Mily Way galaxy scale of 1:1, approaching and flying by those stars, rings, volcanic planets, ice planets, sulphuric surface planets etc etc..is just mind numbing.

    Combat and dogfight is second to none, the sim aspect of the game is unrivalled and its balance pretty much perfect for ship type, weapons and maneuverability. Finally a space sim where piloting is a skilled you can develop,    Mily Way galaxy scale of 1:1, approaching and flying by those stars, rings, volcanic planets, ice planets, sulphuric surface planets etc etc..is just mind numbing.

    Combat and dogfight is second to none, the sim aspect of the game is unrivalled and its balance pretty much perfect for ship type, weapons and maneuverability. Finally a space sim where piloting is a skilled you can develop, unlike other games where turreting in space is rampant (such as Star Citizen).

    Grpahics and sound are the best around and 4K and DK2 support cement this game as one of the best and classic space sims of all times.    … Expand
  25. cantamananas
    Dec 26, 2014
    10
    When a friend recently gifted me this game I thought this was just going to be one of those you put down in a couple of days.... big mistake. I have just put down Star Citizen instead... completely uninstalled from my hard drive. None of that pay to win nonsense any more please.

    Elite is a breeze of fresh air, everything from the fully open and really immersive realistic universe to the    When a friend recently gifted me this game I thought this was just going to be one of those you put down in a couple of days.... big mistake. I have just put down Star Citizen instead... completely uninstalled from my hard drive. None of that pay to win nonsense any more please.

    Elite is a breeze of fresh air, everything from the fully open and really immersive realistic universe to the different details of the gameplay for combat, trading, mining you name it. It all distils quality.    … Expand
  26. krakenmannow
    Jan 5, 2015
    9
    Best graphics, best sound, prepared for 4K and probably the best game out there to use Oculus Rift DK2. Full 1:1 scale galaxy with actual milky way celestial bodies in. Combat is just perfect and the balance between ships, weapons and flight model is second to none. Immersion and freedom in this sandbox galaxy is complete.
  27. fiveallblondes
    Jan 12, 2015
    9
    Good:
    Full 1:1 milky way including all the latest discoveries
    Sim level of detail and well balanced flight model and dogfight system Open options to play, any role you want Graphics and sound (best game to play in Oculus Rift DK2) Bad: Many content missing from release to be launched in coming months Multiplayer is very basic All in all this game has taken most of my gaming time    Good:
    Full 1:1 milky way including all the latest discoveries
    Sim level of detail and well balanced flight model and dogfight system
    Open options to play, any role you want
    Graphics and sound (best game to play in Oculus Rift DK2)
    Bad:
    Many content missing from release to be launched in coming months
    Multiplayer is very basic

    All in all this game has taken most of my gaming time in the last few months.    … Expand
  28. Rapantengage
    Dec 16, 2014
    10
    Well, hundreds of possibilities to play or act in this game, much more than I have ever seen in any other games (except GTA). Its complicated and it will last for ages until you see a progress but overall theres nothing comparible out in the games sector at the moment.
  29. grims_tv
    Dec 19, 2014
    10
    Elite is a harsh sandbox space game.

    If you like space dogfighting, you should probably play Elite. If you like sandbox games, you should probably play Elite. If you like both of those things, you should absolutely play Elite. If you like opt-in PvP, all PvP in Elite is opt-in by game mode. If you only like games with a clear storyline of missions, do not get Elite. If you don't like    Elite is a harsh sandbox space game.

    If you like space dogfighting, you should probably play Elite. If you like sandbox games, you should probably play Elite. If you like both of those things, you should absolutely play Elite. If you like opt-in PvP, all PvP in Elite is opt-in by game mode.

    If you only like games with a clear storyline of missions, do not get Elite. If you don't like games that require you to think ahead, do not get Elite. If you only want to play to gank people, Elite doesn't force online play, so you can't do much of that.

    There's more fleshing out to come around the sandbox that is in so far, but the basic elements are good, the interactions interesting, and the space flight/fight gameplay is amazing. Also, probably the best sound design in a video game, ever.

    If you can be happy as described, grab it and you'll love it. If you want a little more second/third tier sandbox content, maybe wait a couple of months. Just don't get it expecting a typical "go here; do X" MMO because Elite doesn't provide that experience and doesn't want to.    … Expand
  30. Pecisk
    Dec 16, 2014
    9
    Disclaimer: I am long term supporter of project, so take my opinion with pinch of salt.

    It is Elite, and it is back. For me, it's been a game I have been waiting for very long time. Since Elite 3 aka Frontier: First Encounters I have been dreaming about modern, up to date take on Elite universe. When Kickstarter was announced, I was both skeptical and inspired. We pulled trough, despite    Disclaimer: I am long term supporter of project, so take my opinion with pinch of salt.

    It is Elite, and it is back. For me, it's been a game I have been waiting for very long time. Since Elite 3 aka Frontier: First Encounters I have been dreaming about modern, up to date take on Elite universe. When Kickstarter was announced, I was both skeptical and inspired. We pulled trough, despite nay sayers, and long period development started. I didn't know what to expect, as FD has shown lot of concepts and even working code, but still it was very early. But FD continued to press on and soon we got lot of concept art, ideas about how ships will work, how stations will look like, how background simulation will affect our lives. And then year ago Alpha landed - which was very nice surprise, as it soon supported TrackIR and Oculus Rift.

    During testing period there's have been high and lows. Despite all this FD kept communicate to us and collecting feedback and with each release they showed us that they care and they listen. Saying that this, despite lack of coverage, is co-project with community is understatement.

    Now,. we have Elite: Dangerous 1.0. First is to understand that this game will follow classic evolution of MMO - FD has already features lined up for post release. But how 1.0 holds up to scrutiny of the long term fan as me?

    I will start with issues, as most likely if you read this whole, you are interested in those. Game is slow and long - it's hard to gain any short term investment without getting your feet wet with all mechanics. They are quite complex (although there are more hardcore games in space sim genre out there), and lot of design decisions take some time to get hold on and understand why they are important. So while you can certainly jump into game and trash opponent's ships in few minutes, it takes some time to get to that point, as combat is exciting, yet again takes time to master.

    Co-op is possible, but also takes time to understand concepts around them. Improved way to do co-op is planned as first update post release early next year. Comms are very good in my opinion - text and voice comms are working with friends no matter of location, with rest of people they are local for system. There are ideas of station chat to be implemented in future.

    When co-op works, it is beauty to behold. Taking down pirate lords together is new past time for many gamma testers.

    Game's professions are mostly fleshed out for introductory gameplay - trading is managed by background simulation, so milk runs are limited to certain extent, rare goods are something you can take far, far away and find someone to pay for it - it's price will go up further you go. Trading goods aren't actually something random, it is weaved heavily in background sim and can have lot of different effects (like having famine and civil war in Sol system). Mining can be seen as boring, but I enjoyed every minute of it - you just can't press button and be done with, you have to actively scan and catch pieces of rock when they are blown off by mining laser. Bounty hunting and piracy requires lot of actual skill, and there are actual military missions too. Assasination, courer...you can do a lot of things in Elite universe - as always.

    Missions is very important element in ED too - this is sometimes only way how to gain first capital to invest into new weapons or repay your insurance debt, sometimes they are very funny ones, and sometimes they are very important for your break - faction reputation is very big part of background sim AND your development of character.

    It is hard to grasp everything what's been said as game is still in constant development, especially with it's background sim parts. There's overarching story line which will launch today, t.i. 16th December, so be sure check it out. Game is visual wise and sound vise a masterpiece so it is worth to check it out if you just like beautiful games.

    Check out endless stream of Youtube videos to be sure, but one thing I can say - if you will let ED to sink in, you will enjoy it for endless hours.    … Expand
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Awards & Rankings

65
#65 Best PC Game of 2014
5
#5 Most Discussed PC Game of 2014
2
#2 Most Shared PC Game of 2014

Critic Reviews

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Metascore
80

Generally favorable reviews - based on 54 Critic Reviews

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