Elite: Dangerous

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  1. 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
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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
  5. 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.
  6. 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
  7. Cloudbank
    Mar 24, 2019
    8
    Elite is a wonderful game but it needs much frequent updates (especially big updates)
  8. 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.
  9. 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
  10. 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.
  11. Marker89
    Dec 16, 2020
    10
    This is the best space game i ever played on pc. Everyone have to try it if love space and science.
  12. 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!
  13. foddsnbimml
    May 13, 2015
    1
    Klasse Stimmung, nette Grafik, super-Sound - leider den Content und die QS vergessen - so würde ich das Spiel im aktuellen Zustand beschreiben (V 1.2.07). Es fehlt hier absolut an Tiefgang, ein Riesen-Gegrinde, um an größere Schiffe zu kommen, mit denen man nichts, aber auch gar nichts anfangen kann (kleinere Mopeds tuns genauso), der "MMO"-Part des Spiels beschränkt sich auf "Gegrieft undKlasse Stimmung, nette Grafik, super-Sound - leider den Content und die QS vergessen - so würde ich das Spiel im aktuellen Zustand beschreiben (V 1.2.07). Es fehlt hier absolut an Tiefgang, ein Riesen-Gegrinde, um an größere Schiffe zu kommen, mit denen man nichts, aber auch gar nichts anfangen kann (kleinere Mopeds tuns genauso), der "MMO"-Part des Spiels beschränkt sich auf "Gegrieft und Gegankt"-werden (mit zahlreicher Unterstützung der extrem schlecht geführten englischen und deutschen Community). Leider keine Kaufempfehlung, auch wenn es nach fast 30 Jahren sehr in den Fingern gejuckt hat - spart´s Euch das Geld, und macht nicht den gleichen Fehler wie ich - schaut in einem Jahr noch einmal herein, sofern dann noch am Spiel weiterentwickelt wird.… Expand
  14. cryon1cang3l
    Jun 11, 2015
    4
    Its a grind heavy game, even after patch 1.3.02 where PowerPlay was introduced.
    The multiplayer is limited, the game has a pesky peer2peer system (so the server will provide only background information to the client and all interaction happens between clients and it IS bad for an MMO).
    The game has a hard limit of 32 player per instance, but after 10-12 people its almost impossible to    Its a grind heavy game, even after patch 1.3.02 where PowerPlay was introduced.
    The multiplayer is limited, the game has a pesky peer2peer system (so the server will provide only background information to the client and all interaction happens between clients and it IS bad for an MMO).
    The game has a hard limit of 32 player per instance, but after 10-12 people its almost impossible to play in the instance.
    PvP is very limited and most people play this game solo.
    Balancing is poor. PvP works based on how many shield cells you can fit in your ship, not on how good you can fly.
    This game looks nice and will entertain you in the first hours, but the "lategame" is boring, there is nothing that you can do outside of grinding for even more credits and reputation/power.    … Expand
  15. Skarwind
    Jul 5, 2015
    8
    Elite:Dangerous is a fun and exciting game to play. It looks good, feels good and will give you amazing stories to tell your buddies about. Sadly it does lack a lot of meat at the moment but hopefully with time the developers will put more things to do besides trekking around the same star systems delivering drinks and drugs to the different markets and blowing up the occasional player youElite:Dangerous is a fun and exciting game to play. It looks good, feels good and will give you amazing stories to tell your buddies about. Sadly it does lack a lot of meat at the moment but hopefully with time the developers will put more things to do besides trekking around the same star systems delivering drinks and drugs to the different markets and blowing up the occasional player you may find.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

    Elite:Dangerous is a fun game but it could be even better. Frontier Developments have a lot of decision making to do and hopefully they make the right choices but in the meantime players should just keep their fingers crossed and hope for the best. If E:D doesn't end up taking your fancy there is always the wait for Star Citizen or the plethora of other space sim games in development.    … Expand
  16. Borreh
    Nov 13, 2015
    6
    In two years, this might be a great game.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

    "When Coyote learned he was the only one of his kind on the new planet, his howl echoed through the rifts and off the distant hills."    … Expand
  17. 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.
  18. AlienSpaceBats
    Apr 28, 2015
    6
    I feel bad disliking this game so much because it was a gift, but after numerous sessions I often felt frustrated and annoyed to the point where I just had quit out of the game, especially during my first ten hours.

    The game is a work in progress however, and has a long way to go. This is my second or third revision of this review, and I went from outright frustration and hate, to    I feel bad disliking this game so much because it was a gift, but after numerous sessions I often felt frustrated and annoyed to the point where I just had quit out of the game, especially during my first ten hours.

    The game is a work in progress however, and has a long way to go. This is my second or third revision of this review, and I went from outright frustration and hate, to something approaching liking it.

    Elite: Dangerous makes a terrible first impression, it does a terrible job at explaining itself and has a huge learning curve. To make things more difficult than they already are, there are some vague tutorial missions that explain some basics, and some obnoxious, barebones YouTube tutorial videos that attempt to explain *what* to do, but never *how* (familiarity with the genre helps). I found these are as useful as a wooden compass. I soon learned that I was expected to hit alt+tab to find out everything I needed to know, or check keybinds; something I had to do constantly. There is no manual; to compare, my physical copies of X2 (The Threat) and X3 (Rebirth) came with instructions the thickness of a novella, and a huge fold-out sheet listing key functions. I suppose I was lucky in a sense though, as I know people in person who play the game who I could query on the massive list of questions and issues I had with the game. One could argue that this would form a 'social' part of the game, but I like space sims, so I'm anything but social.

    A lot of effort has clearly been put into the game, it looks and sounds amazing and has the potential to be truly immersive. The universe is truly huge and the possibilities might be endless - I don't know though, because it's never explained outside of exploration, delivery jobs and combat sorties what exactly I'm able to do. There are peculiar design decisions in place that just serve to make the game more confusing and annoying, polyhedron space stations with one (hidden) letterbox docking entrance (approach vectors would be nice!), fines for every minor infraction from hovering too close to a landing pad that isn't yours (leave me alone, I'm learning to fly!), fines for spending too long exiting a station, timed docking procedures, confusing docking manoeuvres (don't you dare park the wrong way around!) to an unintuitive UI and hidden, dogpiled menus that hide crucial information from the beginner.

    Currently, I think the main problem is that the game feels like an F2P MMO as opposed to the free-roam sandbox it's supposed to be, as a participant in this game, I feel as though I've no presence or identity, just a faceless blob delivering tea to the outer reaches of space or destroying/being destroyed by the occasional pirate that attempts to interdict me.

    The experience improves over time, but from the perspective of a beginner, 20 hours may be too much an investment to simply learn the ropes.    … Expand
  19. Branko
    Apr 23, 2015
    5
    It's basically a modern remake of Elite. The multiplayer component is one of the most contrived ways of having multiplayer I have seen so far. It is essentially a single player game, and while graphics are good and flying in space is rather fun, the game is rather shallow and after some time amounts to a grindfest for the next ship.

    The crux of the matter is that there is no really    It's basically a modern remake of Elite. The multiplayer component is one of the most contrived ways of having multiplayer I have seen so far. It is essentially a single player game, and while graphics are good and flying in space is rather fun, the game is rather shallow and after some time amounts to a grindfest for the next ship.

    The crux of the matter is that there is no really meaningful multiplayer experience, and Elite is rather boring concept for a 2015 game - grind (trading being the most profitable but mind numbingly boring, combat being repetitive farming of easy to kill NPCs) to progress from ship A to ship B. This more or less summarizes the concept of the game. Once you get your ship as long as you have a bit of credits you cannot lose it. It's like Elite:Mostly Harmless And Rather Dull.

    On the upside graphics are lovely, and the feeling of space and flight are well done.    … Expand
  20. Bi1iruben
    May 9, 2015
    1
    Learning curve to high. Initial tutorials fail to explain what to do - software so hopeless in its instructions as to need youtube to explain needs its developers fired. Ships too sluggish to turn to be other than target practice, and for the short limited times I can use this, I am never going to improve to get past initial tutorial introduction. That online-only makes prospect of joiningLearning curve to high. Initial tutorials fail to explain what to do - software so hopeless in its instructions as to need youtube to explain needs its developers fired. Ships too sluggish to turn to be other than target practice, and for the short limited times I can use this, I am never going to improve to get past initial tutorial introduction. That online-only makes prospect of joining real game suck. Screen display designed for those with better than 20/20 vision, or monitors larger than 21" - otherwise forget about being able to read ultra-small size text.
    A lot of hype, and little consideration for the casual player.    … Expand
  21. Sirus
    May 9, 2015
    2
    Do you want to fly through the galaxy, become any role you desire, board plants and space stations and walk around your ship as well as being informed on what's what?

    THIS IS NOT THAT GAME. I have played this game, and the developers refuse to fix bugs until the entire community kicks their butts about it and THEY RELEASED AND UNFINISHED GAME. You CANNOT explore the stations, your    Do you want to fly through the galaxy, become any role you desire, board plants and space stations and walk around your ship as well as being informed on what's what?

    THIS IS NOT THAT GAME.

    I have played this game, and the developers refuse to fix bugs until the entire community kicks their butts about it and THEY RELEASED AND UNFINISHED GAME. You CANNOT explore the stations, your ship, nor any planets. There is no real exploring and combat is a joke, you both fly in a circle of eachother and the entire faction galaxy system is not dynamic at all. You will run out of interesting things to do like I have, all the while we were promised a dynamic galaxy, exploration of your ship, planets and stations, but non of that has arrived, nor will it until another space sim game comes out called Star Citizen, which is much more dynamic than this sad excuse of a space sim.

    Do yourself a favor, do not buy this game, wait until either they actually finish this half-made game or wait for a better space sim like Star Citizen, which comes out early 2016.    … Expand
  22. 2fast4u34521
    Nov 13, 2015
    3
    Elite:Boring.

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

    After 2 weeks of playing it leaves me only bored. You cant earn money as fast as you should and everything looks the same. Its so sleepy...X3 is a much better game, even though it is old. Just think about the traveling in elite: this flying and flying and there is nothing to do. In X3 you can do many thinks just while traveling. Here its only waiting. OMFG I **** hate this **** And I played it 2 weeks.    … Expand
  23. Shunduild
    Nov 19, 2015
    5
    *Not ready for prime time: 'Multi-player' lack of features feels beta. I feel a little ripped off.
    *Learning curve: Playing an ice hockey game naked on dull skates and have to score goals to collect protective gear. There is a button for everything from skate speed to the temperature of the popcorn popper in concessions. Half the opposing players are NPCs and the others are adolescent    *Not ready for prime time: 'Multi-player' lack of features feels beta. I feel a little ripped off.
    *Learning curve: Playing an ice hockey game naked on dull skates and have to score goals to collect protective gear. There is a button for everything from skate speed to the temperature of the popcorn popper in concessions. Half the opposing players are NPCs and the others are adolescent serial murderers.
    Lastly, your team mates do not know how to skate and the goal is invisible.    … Expand
  24. 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
  25. FilthyHeathen
    Jun 7, 2015
    2
    Awful awful awful. Any decent game is a combination of a number of factors most of which ED does not have. For a start, it is incredibly user un-friendly. There is absolutely NO in-game guidance on what to do. To get any idea of what to do requires watching lengthy Youtube clips!! Really?? With the amount of time and money spent on developing this game, they couldn't have includedAwful awful awful. Any decent game is a combination of a number of factors most of which ED does not have. For a start, it is incredibly user un-friendly. There is absolutely NO in-game guidance on what to do. To get any idea of what to do requires watching lengthy Youtube clips!! Really?? With the amount of time and money spent on developing this game, they couldn't have included some in-game help?? It seems like a game geared towards those 'hardcore' gamers who like to be dropped into a jungle with just a spoon and their wits and expected to make it back to camp. This will appeal to a small percentage of the gaming community. Not all of us are Rambos or familiar with (or even like) the 'learn as you go' approach. Once word gets out this will affect sales with 1000s either avoiding the game or wanting their money back. This is where I have to address the discrepancy between how the game is advertised and what it actually is. It's marketed as a space sim that's exciting and full of amazing space battles etc. Rubbish. For a start, your ship's maneuverability is pathetic. The 'yaw' is painfully slow. It's like flying a Space-wheelchair! What dog-fights I did have were completely uninspiring and unsatisfying. If you manage to keep your sights aimed on an enemy ship, and manage to track it around, it'll take about five minutes to kill. Nothing like the amazing movement you're shown in the ads. If human beings have the technology to fly between the stars and populate galaxies, why does it take so long to turn your ship 360 degrees on the yaw axis?? It's maddening! You'd think they'd have automatic docking procedures as an option as well, but no. If I'd wanted to play a flight sim I'd have bought a flight sim. And unless you like being continually blown to pieces, space battles are to be avoided for a loooooong time, until you've managed to deck out your ship with decent spec. In order to do this requires trading between star systems. Once the novelty of this has worn off, it's simply BORING! Getting to the next place to dock takes far too long. Even the 'jump' gets boring - same old 'warp-effect' every time - it's fairly unimaginative in this sense. Some of the graphics in this game are impressive, but the UI isn't very imaginative. Lists of options that requires trawling through to get any idea of what is going on and what you're supposed to do. Again, when it's so complex, you'd think a little in-game help would have been provided?! Then, just when you're getting the hang of it, someone in a more advanced ship, blows you up and steals your cargo - cargo you've spent hours trying to acquire. Such things do not inspire one to continue playing.
    But continue I did, because the new update 'Powerplay' arrived this week. Great, I thought, some greater meaning and purpose to the game beyond simply trading goods for cash to up-spec your ship. But again, huge disappointment. You can't pledge yourself to any faction until you've ranked up to a certain level! So once again, I find myself scraping my way through the galaxy trying to rank up and facing the same frustrations as before. Boring boring boring.
    I can understand how this game would appeal to people, but they do not comprise the majority of the gaming community. If this was their plan, then fine - just don't advertise it as something other than what it is.    … Expand
  26. Plixin
    Jun 14, 2015
    2
    Looks great, sounds great, barely any bugs that I have found. BUT>>>>Repetitive, extreme grind, no variety in environments, same few models of stations and docks across 22 thousand + systems. Only 20 ships which relegates you to extremely few choices as you acquire more money and about 10 of those 20 ships are already obsolete to the others. Very little to do and a surprising lack ofLooks great, sounds great, barely any bugs that I have found. BUT>>>>Repetitive, extreme grind, no variety in environments, same few models of stations and docks across 22 thousand + systems. Only 20 ships which relegates you to extremely few choices as you acquire more money and about 10 of those 20 ships are already obsolete to the others. Very little to do and a surprising lack of standard features also make Elite Dangerous simply boring and repetitive and no crafting, omg, no crafting. THIS IS NOT A SANDBOX, at least not for intelligent adults.… Expand
  27. 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.
  28. 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
  29. 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.
  30. Darkarrow
    Apr 28, 2016
    10
    I have spent so many hours in Elite 2 and Elite Dangerous is all I've ever dreamed back then. Vast galaxy, excellent realistic procedures and graphics with absolute freedom, certainly not boring, but rather rewarding. I feel like I am in a realistic living, although artificially created, world with endless possibilities where you can forge your own fate. I also love all theI have spent so many hours in Elite 2 and Elite Dangerous is all I've ever dreamed back then. Vast galaxy, excellent realistic procedures and graphics with absolute freedom, certainly not boring, but rather rewarding. I feel like I am in a realistic living, although artificially created, world with endless possibilities where you can forge your own fate. I also love all the holographic/voice human machine interfaces (HMI), which are beautifully crafted and absolutely intuitive. I think they might become a prototype for future HMIs which will be implemented in cars/aircraft/spaceships in the future.… Expand
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#65 Best PC Game of 2014
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#5 Most Discussed PC Game of 2014
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#2 Most Shared PC Game of 2014

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80

Generally favorable reviews - based on 54 Critic Reviews

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