What does Power Play as a game feature have to do with the work on bringing Elite: Dangerous to consoles?
Is Power Play a mechanic that works particularly well with consoles compared to PCs? What am I missing?
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A writer's thoughts on 'PowerPlay' - Drew Wagar
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What does Power Play as a game feature have to do with the work on bringing Elite: Dangerous to consoles?
Is Power Play a mechanic that works particularly well with consoles compared to PCs? What am I missing?
Paranoia.
Lol. Try and explain this to the solo only players...
You're not missing anything.
While I agree with most of what Drew said I can't agree with him there. Powerplay is, if anything, even worse for consoles than it is for PC gamers. The board-game type electronic games don't migrate well to consoles at all, and with Elite about to go to console it is even more important they get back to the drawing board and immediately start revising what powerplay is and what it's meant to be.
I don't think he was referring to Powerplay, rather Elite in general is, or rather was being prepped for consoles.
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So much this.I can't believe they are ignoring they own official books.I was convinced all major book characters would have appeared in-game with time..
Lost opportunity right there.
My comment on 'being prepped for consoles' was mostly concerned with how the GUI for PP was developing. It looks 'console' to my eyes.
Cheers,
Drew.
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No news is... er... no news.
Cheers,
Drew.
Cheers,
Drew.
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No news is... er... no news.
Cheers,
Drew.
I've just got back from reading something about power play. It was interesting. Here it is, go read it and come back. Don't just pretend, because I'm going to be asking questions later.
But reading that, then reading this, then reading this, then reading this made me realize what has been missing from the game, and what I was hoping powerplay would bring to it. One word:
Culture.
Such a wasted opportunity to bring that to the cold and barren universe. 10 societies, all different, all supposedly with a different ethos and organizational structure, but I can't feel it because;
a) it's set up poorly (merits fast-tracking, merit decay, no real "family" unity or feeling that you're part of something)
b) there is barely any story, rule, or invented "tradition" to each power.
But reading that, then reading this, then reading this, then reading this made me realize what has been missing from the game, and what I was hoping powerplay would bring to it. One word:
Culture.
Such a wasted opportunity to bring that to the cold and barren universe. 10 societies, all different, all supposedly with a different ethos and organizational structure, but I can't feel it because;
a) it's set up poorly (merits fast-tracking, merit decay, no real "family" unity or feeling that you're part of something)
b) there is barely any story, rule, or invented "tradition" to each power.
I've also noticed, from what articles do and don't get accepted by Galnet, that they tend to favour "facts, figures and events" over any "colour/culture" articles. I imagine that is partly because making sure everything was lore-friendly, added to canon and wikied would be a time-consuming nightmare.
There is interesting stuff out there... like the siblicide at the founding of the Empire and its extermination of a sentient species... but like school history, the challenge is to make it interesting.
There is interesting stuff out there... like the siblicide at the founding of the Empire and its extermination of a sentient species... but like school history, the challenge is to make it interesting.
Generally the trick to making history more interesting is to avoid the numbers and look at the people/cultural effects. Hmm.
The Battle of Hasting in 1066 is a good example of that. William of Normandy with 7000 men invaded England. He was faced on the battlefield at Hastings by Harold Godwinson with 5000 men (I'm using lowest estimated strengths). The battle lasted for most of the day on the 14th of October. Harold was killed with an arrow through the eye.
Or you can look at the social political context of what really happened. How Harold finally managed to unify England as the lest remnant of the Danelaw under the last army (led by his brother) were wiped out never to bother England again, ending three hundred years of viking shenanigans. How Harold marched to London and learning of the depradations of William and refusing to let his people suffer and unwilling to let William break out of his beachhead marched south before he was ready, not waiting for the army he'd summoned.
A hero, a tragedy and the last anglosaxon king. Evidence points to him being a 'good' man or at the very least a King who cared for his subjects.
PS. Not English, I have no patriotism tied up in this tale at all.