Is Elite Dangerous a Dad's Game Played mainly by "non-gamers"?
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Because there has been an evolution in games - not all into the direction of making them more complex, I agree. But you can't argue that ED is anywhere close to certain call of duties in this world, or that anyone here is actually asking for that.
A lot of change hasn't been made to purposefully make games worse, which seems to be your impression. I think you just got left behind for whatever reason, which I think is really sad, as technology allows for whole new worlds of gameplay, which is actually why Braben made this. If you don't want any change, I think it would be best for you to play the original games then?
Yes, there is Call of Duty now; but there is also Dark Souls, or ArmA.
And I seriously doubt that any defender of mainstream and monetization game elements with "instant gratification" has made his way to these forum.
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First MMORPG was back in 1980 and it was called Essex MUD.
Nope. I was born in 84 and have always liked games like this where I get to use my imagination a bit.
Doesn't stop me playing and enjoying Dark Souls, Assasins creed etc too though, or regular MMOs (UO, then Guild Wars, then Archeage) either.
My 9 year old son loves minecraft for exactly the same reason. He also wants to play ED (as an explorer) for that reason, but isn't very good at the flying yet.
His twin brother just wants to play games like Pokemon, and has no interest in games that require imagination. Age has very little to do with it.
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Exactly.
Some kids prefer toy soldiers, others prefer legos. Creativity and imagination is not a matter of age.
Favourite games of the past: Command & Conquer series, Total War, KOTOR, Civ, Master of Orion, Lords of Magic, Medal of Honor, Skyrim; more recently The Witcher 3, Dragon Age Inquisition, X-COM, Fallout 4...
Forthcoming games I'm looking forward to: X-COM 2, No Man Sky, Far Cry Primal...
I'm female, born in the late '80s, no children.
I don't think Elite is a "dadgame".
Forthcoming games I'm looking forward to: X-COM 2, No Man Sky, Far Cry Primal...
I'm female, born in the late '80s, no children.
I don't think Elite is a "dadgame".
^ Who else has a sneaking suspicion that the above type of posts are probably from NPCs/troll-bots?
Or from those too poor to afford a Daddy gaming rig
Careful, Asp Explorer.
It's apparently OK to make ageist posts, but there may be an outcry against wealthist posts.
Most likely from the "I am l33t gamer and therefore the games I like and the way I play are best. Anyone who wants different is lame and not a real gamer" sense of entitlement crew. You find them on every game forum.
Or from those too poor to afford a Daddy gaming rig
this made me giggle, I wonder how many players have dadrigs and how many builtorboughtbydadrigs? lol
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Or from those too poor to afford a Daddy gaming rig
lol
Of course the real category would "Old enough to be a daddy but isn't a daddy gaming rig....."
Someone had to say it.
I googled XCOM - I looked it up on youtube - I never knew - nnaAARRRM!!
All that time, I could have been playing that instead of wasting my LIFE . . . playing LEGO Rock Raiders.
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Originally Posted by Midian27
Yup, that's probably why npcs are still such a joke. If they start introducing real challenges into the game the "dad gamers" won't be able to keep up.
^ Who else has a sneaking suspicion that the above type of posts are probably from NPCs/troll-bots?
He's wrong too [The guy Theta Sigma is commenting on]. IMO the challenge comes from PVP. If he's still hunting NPCs he's not up to it.
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