Elite boring after 30-60 hours? Get real.

McDosy

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RealNC said:
I am a gamer.

You are not.

That is the difference.
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What. The. Balls.

That is the worst thing I've ever seen written on here. You seemed a reasonable chap up until then, but that is UTTERLY beyond the pail. Awful.

Setting is not the story. EXPERIENCE IS THE STORY. The thing happening, NOT THE IMPACT IT HAS.

It's individual. It means a different thing to each person. Who on earth do you think you are? Seriously? Go to hell. If you're a "gamer", you can be my new bannerman for everything that is foul and rotten in that term. All the ignorance. All the pretension. All the entitlement.

Don't reply. You're on ignore.
 

R0K3R

R0K3R
I'm not gonna count the hours but I'm 21 days 13 hrs and 21 mins since I added Elite to AMD gaming Evolved, 60 hrs lol someone is extracting the urine.
 

TykensRift

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RealNC said:
The difference is that Evolve is fun to play because there's something to do in it.

In Elite there is nothing to do. At least nothing to do *that matters*. That is the problem. The only thing I can do in Elite is influence some random numbers for fake factions that I don't care about in the least.

PvP would be another option, but there's so much damn downtime involved, and most of the time someone runs away and you can't get a kill, that I don't bother anymore.
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This^

Also, this is the same reason the MOBA genre is insanely popular.
 

LasherX5

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With as much potential that a true space MMO would have, i am shocked we dont see more options.

I am not happy with Elite Dangerous (lacking content and multiplayer features) but theres absolutely nothing else to play in this Genre until Star Citizen comes out so...me...my flight stick and my voice attack profile are stuck here...trolling forums and whining.
 

Starnr

Starnr
I bought the game last October and enjoyed it, I played again in Beta and enjoyed it, I will play again tonight and enjoy it, and I will play again tomorow and enjoy it, I will continue to look forward to all of the new changes comming down the the line, and all you Fedies and Empies better be ready when the Alliance comes a calling. Happy hunting and great profits to ALL CMDR.:)
 

mossfoot

mossfoot
RealNC said:
Your stories are trivial. They involve nothing beyond experiencing the setting of the game. There's almost nothing at stake and you do not affect the game's world in any meaningful way.
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Well, for one thing I traditionally play Eite in Ironman, dead is dead. So any action or risk carries more risk as time goes on because I might very well have to start from scratch if I screw things up. So when I play like that what's at stake is literally everything I own. In ED I'm trying something a bit different, having created an Ejection Seat table (since you always eject in game) to determine based on circumstances the odds of surviving.

Now, does any of that affect the greater world? Not really, but since when is the only gauge of a story's worth in how it shapes the universe?

The setting is *not* the story. For me, the setting of a game is just the container to draw my own path in, affecting the world in a non-trivial way by organized play. The huger the organization, the more the world can be affected. One player cannot affect anything. 1000 players can.
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The key words there are "for me". Look, I'm not saying I wouldn't appreciate more content and organization. Anything that makes the world a bigger place is a good thing. But your idea of what makes a story is pretty limited.

I am a gamer.

You are not.

That is the difference.
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You're adoreable.
 

BaalMoloch

BaalMoloch
IMHO this game is great and it can only get better. If you find it boring now, try later, if you still find it boring, don't come back.
People seem to forget that different people have different tastes.
I find it great, others may not.
I don't expect many people to like games like Eagle Dynamics' Digital Combat Simulator.
But I have put countless hours to master the Black Shark combat helicopter.
I don't know anybody outside Eagle Dynamics' forum that likes that game.
There are mainstream games, like Call of Duty, that I don't like at all.
And yet, they are very popular. I don't think they are wrong, but we have different tastes.
 

zaccheus44

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Toumal said:
So, we all know Elite has a very solid base but needs a bit more meat, and the 1.1 patch is really just a (small) first step on what hopefully is a longer series of upgrades and additions to the game. So what if you've seen pretty much all there's to be seen, and get solid at the various things to do in the game in about 30-60 hours (give or take).

That means learning to fly, learning to dock and getting proficient at it, doing some exporing, doing some trading, doing some mining, doing some missions, buying a new ship or two, and perhaps even getting friendly with some of the factions. You'll find that yes, there's not much depth to it, but there's a variety of activities you can engage in. I'm not even talking about going hardcore eurotrucker in space or roleplaying there. Anything between 30-60 hours seems reasonable to me if you are willing to explore the various gameplay elements (instead of saying, "nah, I'm not even bothering with missions and such")

Elite is a mile wide and an inch deep, they say, 7/10 and such.

Really?

You have seen everything there is to see in Evolve in 1 hour, tops. You have a very small number of maps (and a ton of paid DLC) fueling a fun but ultimately very very short-lived multiplayer mode. The SP mode might as well not exist because it's really just a botmatch.

Evolve gets 8/10 on Gamespot.

Seriously? I don't think Elite is perfect. I am not entirely happy with it as it is right now, and I do hope 1.2 will seriously spruce up the missions and coop functionality. But even as it is now, Elite has so much more content and replayability than Evolve, it's dizzying. Elite may be a mile wide and an inch deep, but Evolve is an inch wide and an inch deep, with several millimeter-deep additional holes that were announced before the main game even, which unlock if you put in some extra coins.

If evolve is an 8/10, then Elite is a 9/10, it's as simple of that. And anyone complaining about the lack of depth I better not see playing Evolve, ever.


So do push FD to add more content and variety to the game, please. But stop the "mile wide inch deep" thing. Get real.
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Never played evolve so I can't really comment on the comparison but mainstream game reviews are trash...ya it got a 7/10, but that's not on a 1-10 scale, mainstream game press it's more like a 4-10 scale. Elite very much is a mile wide and an inch deep, comparing it to other content free cash grab games and saying, look at least it's not as big a piece of trash as this piece of trash is not going to help move the game in any positive direction. True friends are honest and will point t out your failings
 

SutekhXeper

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BaalMoloch said:
IMHO this game is great and it can only get better. If you find it boring now, try later, if you still find it boring, don't come back.
People seem to forget that different people have different tastes.
I find it great, others may not.
I don't expect many people to like games like Eagle Dynamics' Digital Combat Simulator.
But I have put countless hours to master the Black Shark combat helicopter.
I don't know anybody outside Eagle Dynamics' forum that likes that game.
There are mainstream games, like Call of Duty, that I don't like at all.
And yet, they are very popular. I don't think they are wrong, but we have different tastes.
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I agree. This is a fun game and can only get better with more content/depth.
I also played black shark 1.0 (before DCS World) and then years later started playing A10 (after having owned it a year or two on Steam.) I transformed all the DCS World single player campaigns into co-op so I could fly along with my brother and friends in whatever we chose to fly (or drive after Combined Arms!)
Wings should hopefully provide the same platform for improving these fun co-operative experiences.
 

psykokow

psykokow
30 - 60 hours??? That only makes me giggle at how many other games are completed in less than that??

Thats pretty good... and frankly the wonderful thing about this game is how quickly you can change the way you play, to refresh your love.

Anyway Im sold on the game, and yet there is still so much I want to see in it, and so much that I sorely miss at this point.
Yet, I still get excited to jump in.
 

Phier

Phier
psykokow said:
30 - 60 hours??? That only makes me giggle at how many other games are completed in less than that??
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I got my moneys worth too, though I would be sorely disappointed if they don't add a LOT more to this game and yea I got my wallet open if they do.
 

smiths121

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Well I did 30-60 hours in Alpha.

I have easily done more than this is post release, and cannot agree it is boring after 30-60 hours.
I play games for escapism - not meaning, I have real life for that. 2015 not so good one parent only 5 time a week radiotherapy, the other in Hospital. Not sure I could deal with a game for my rather limited spare time that had meaning.

Simon
 

Mesolithic

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Toumal said:
You pay money for both games. Both games get a score by game magazines. Both games have a certain personal lifespan during which you play them. Both are essentially computer games that have to motivate you to play them, and give you some reason to keep playing them.

I'm very much against the "you can't compare them" shield that's being brought up all too often. They're both computer games and yes I can compare, for example, the average total play time you get out of a game for a certain amount of money.

And I wanna see you play Evolve a year from now (Not Evolve 2 which you will have to purchase at full price again, mind you). I bet you won't be.
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Yeah, because that's how I consume my music as well: By dispassionate analysis of reviews and how much per song I have had to pay, with no mind as to whether I might actually like it or not due to taste.

Games are like music and films etc. You either like them as they are presented to you or you don't. I like Cluedo, but hate Monopoly.

Meso
 

Phaaded

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Starocotes said:
The point is that most you speak in favor of Elite on here know exactly what you are looking for. And they tell you and others like you that you will not find it in Elite. Elite is a game unlike most games that currently exist. It is an open playground without a single purpose. It was never meant to be something like what Star Citizen will become.

To come on these forums again and again and ask something of this game that it was never meant for is stupid at best.
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Yeah, ideas for making the game better for literally everyone is "stupid at best".

I don't get people like you. You enjoy pointless grinding and forcing others to play the way you want them to even when you can opt out (meaning it has literally no negative impact on you).

Don't want player factions? Don't join one. Don't want to be "negatively affected by player owned stations?" Don't fly to one.

Sounds like a control freak to me.
 
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Tas Devil

Tas Devil
I seem to have stumbled in the white knight resistance thread...

Still very little content to ED. Still a huge pretty ocean that's about 3 inches deep.

But now we can grind together in 'community' grind missions...

yippee !!!

And now it's official the mission overhaul will not come any time soon™ ;(
 
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