Lovely review, really felt for the guy
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I've been a fan of Mac's reviews for quite some time now. He's funny, and pulls no punches.
True, he certainly pulls no punches with the x-rebirth review.
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=LxUx96-6-dw
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=LxUx96-6-dw
haha wow, this review is hilarious.
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Utter fan service. Was his voice so muffled because of where his head was?
I skipped ahead to the end. Actually, I find it hilarious how he claims to 'know' DB and DB's character really well although he admittedly never met him. Is this review meant to be parody?
A positive review, the haters won't be pleased. How dare someone like the game :O
Why even care about haters? They are as obsessively biased as fanboys and both don't contribute to make the game better.
Back to topic. From a neutral POV the review has major flaws though such as that the reviewer doesn't even recognize the genre of the game.
Simcade is a silly meaningless term imo. Not a term I can take seriously. Its like calling grey, Blite or Whack.
In the dictionary sense of the word, ED is indeed a simulation. It simulates space travel / combat / trading etc. The biggest belief-suspension you need in Elite is the faster-than-light travelling.
I wouldn't even call the original Elite arcade.
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/simulation (points 1,2,3 and 5 - check)
Defenda...now that's arcade. But I cannot put Elite and Space Invaders in the same category.
I don't, I just find them amusing.
Who cares how someone "labels" a game though? Surely it's more important if they actually like the thing?
I've always called these types of games space sims for years a bit like people calling deus ex or dishonoured an fps.. its a broad brush, so what. Has no bearing on whether it's any good.
If a reviewer fails to recognize the genre of the game, it renders the review pretty pointless. I don't mind if some people consider ED a dating simulator or some other random thing, but I expect proper research and conciseness from a reviewer.
Nice to see someone who truly seems to love ED (as do I) makes a nice change from all the moaning.
So unless someone calls it a "simcade" or whatever term you coined you wont pay attention to it?
Pretty sure most mainstream sites call it a simulator too but whatever, each to their own, good luck finding one.
'Simcade' is a common term used by people familiar with flight or race simulators for arcade games in the realm of racing/flying which have some simulator elements.
So if he just would have used that description, he would have shown that he understands the premise of the game.
The premise of Elite Dangerous has nothing to do with flight simulators or racing games.
Flying comprises atmospheric AND space flight. So flying is certainly at the center of ED: you literally fly a ship through space. Furthermore, ED will offer even atmospheric flight in the future when the planetside feature is added via DLC.
Or he could be making a review for those of us who aren't Spocky obsessives with arbitrarily strict definitions of what counts as a simulation based upon our own clique. Your reaction reminds me of the kind of subgenre nitpicking attributed to metalheads - "That's not deathgrind, it's goregrind!"
Considering the reactions, I guess there aren't many simmers here ;-)
A detailed explanation is given why we care here:
[video=youtube;Du_IfGVJ5w0]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Du_IfGVJ5w0[/video]
Philux are you privvy to information on how spaceships are gonna be flown in 3300 or something?
It's "simulator" enough for the vast majority of buyers, whether that be the flight model or the galaxy itself. For as long as I can remember these games have been called "sims" - long before actual simulators like in that video existed.
It's "simulator" enough for the vast majority of buyers, whether that be the flight model or the galaxy itself. For as long as I can remember these games have been called "sims" - long before actual simulators like in that video existed.