Gamescom 2015 - What will FD Unveil?
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I've not cooked one no, I have tried one and let's just say it'll be the last time I ever try it
But back on topic, Frontier are going to make my day tomorrow by announcing Planetary Landing as a coming expansion (£40) also the addition of Generation Ships, Space Dredgers, Rock Hermits, MB4 mining machines and new ships including the Krait and Constrictor. ..oh and Ian Bell is on board as Project overseer. (Hey, I can dream)
So true...all of that was on a puny 1mg Amiga. The good old days...
I am truly excited to see what the big news will be.
Why?
Well, the fact that we are glued to our seat, ie cannot move a muscle, except of course our head to look around, sort of puts a dampener on any activities.
Kudos!
And it was awesome! Elite II started it all for me.
Thanks god DB thinks the same. Planetary Flight and Landings on Planet are a must in a Elite Game, 2 of the 3 prev. Elite games had these.
No Landing on Planets, No complete Elite (for me!)
Yes, its possible that there is nothing to do then just fly over the surface and land @ startports. But even this simple tasks are much more interesting for me then grinding my brain away.
At the moment Planets are just balls with textures. In the moment i can interact with them (lan, fly over them) they become real words.
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I don't understand why this has suddenly become a thing games shouldn't do? Is this why Microsoft stopped making flight simulators? Have gamers become so shallow they can't accept simulation unless it extends to everything possible? What does getting out have to do with getting a ship closer to airless planets? Why accept we can land on stations but not get out?
Why put a lander on Mars NASA? Can't walk around. No point!
No mission structure. Gear is wimpy. No weapons, nothing to kill. Costs money, doesn't make it. Meh.
Seriously, reading this forum has convinced me that there is no such state as "boredom" it's just a shorthand for "boring people."
Can somebody link to the reddit sock post?
EDIT: Got it
https://www.reddit.com/r/EliteDangerous/comments/3f4nn3/why_planetary_landings_wont_be_announced_at/
If Planetary Landings does happen, I'll eat a sock, I'll do it man, save this bloody post and I'll record myself consuming a sock, I still thing that it's most likely that PL won't be announced, but if it does, I'll be too happy to be giving a from the disgust of eating a sock. So try me .
EDIT: Got it
https://www.reddit.com/r/EliteDangerous/comments/3f4nn3/why_planetary_landings_wont_be_announced_at/
If Planetary Landings does happen, I'll eat a sock, I'll do it man, save this bloody post and I'll record myself consuming a sock, I still thing that it's most likely that PL won't be announced, but if it does, I'll be too happy to be giving a from the disgust of eating a sock. So try me .
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If NASA put a rover on Mars but could then only drive around looking at stuff while saying 'just IMAGINE the science we could be doing!' people might question the point. As it happens, they bothered to pack the rovers with scientific equipment to conduct experiments and gather data following a detailed and thorough mission structure... Nothing to do with boredom, everything to do with making a good game. But, simplistic sniping ftw.
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You mean like the Clint Eastwood movie Firefox, with the micro-judder blamed on only rendering every fifth frame? ;-)
I think if it is Planetary landings to be announced, and yet no first person walking, it will probably be just landing at outposts on the surface, with similar menus to now in space stations, just like in this picture.
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...says the creator of the Fuel Rats, who've spent hours/flown thousands of Ly just to perform a refuelling. Different strokes for different folks..
It needs shredding. I believe that there are a lot of sock recipes on Reddit.
The hunting of big game is perhaps not the ideal time with the story of Cecil the lion
Don't do that. There are all sorts of nasty things in socks, notably elastic as well as poly thread, which can strangulate an intestine. Lots of pets die every year from eating stuff like that.
Unless you make it into a souffle, that is.
However, you could walk around with it in your mouth for a few hours.
Edit: what was I thinking? Put sriracha sauce on it. Eat sock. It'll go right down. Sriracha sauce goes on all foods.
Hey, if they have planetary landings... look what I found:
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Surely with all this hype it's going to at least be something quite fundamental... I'd be happy with more celestial events or a truck load of new exploration content, but of course i'd **** my pants if it was landings (and that's promise!) OR cry for a week if it's PowerPlay2
btw... are we there yet?
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yes please!!!!
btw... are we there yet?
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yes please!!!!
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Yes...
I'll just copy&paste something...
From the top of my head...
These only apply to potential game play on planets/moons without an atmosphere...later stages of planetary landings (gas giants, earth-like worlds with wild life and cities) not included. These would of course add even more possibilities.
- Take photos of locations (spy missions, or prepping missions for colonization)
- Do bombing raids on factories/pirate bases.
- Launch probes into the ground for detailed scans and samples.
- Deploy mining devices.
- Scoop rare organic compounds from geysers on ice worlds with and underground ocean.
- Potentially find rare ruins or other artifacts from long lost civilizations.
- Maybe be able to deploy a remote controlled vehicle of some sort for more detailed interactions.
And yes, do normal "station stuff" on planets side bases/settlements of course.
Also, taking in the sights. Maybe not "gameplay", but getting the sense of scale of the gameworld and more varied environments would greatly enhance the experience.
All things that can happen on a world without atmosphere and still from within the cockpit.
Can probably come up with even more examples...but I have a nebula to explore at the moment!
The bombing missions of military bases, spy photographs of scientific research center, MB4 mining machine, etc ... as in FE2
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