The points on the thread are valid, yes. But is Elite broken beyond all hope? no, not at all, frankly it seems like a lot of players of late, of not just Elite, but many many games.
Either a game is great, or is sucks and is doomed.
Two states.
Personally I am well aware of Elite's flaws, but I believe they are going to be fixed, and add to the fact that I find myself returning to Elite as my go to game, all the time, when there aren't other games on the list, because those games usually are just a story and that's it, and you know what? I think it is perfectly fine to play more games, leave Elite behind for a little while then return, that doesn't mean Elite is unplayable, a persons interests changes over time, and the fact that Elite is the game I find myself always falling back to, tells me that for all its flaws, Elite is doing great.
But yeah then there's some threads, that bemoan some flaws, and yes, they are there, but there is also plenty that IS working, it isn't like you can't play the game and have fun....
Maybe just maybe, people need to realize that it isn't just good or bad, not just a two points, of great or bad, but a scale, and it is perfectly fine for a game not to be at the top, it can have issues and still be great.
Add that a lot of people forget what the games they refer to, Eve online for example but also many other mmo's, where like in the early years, and I can only chuckle, for all those supposed perfect games, why aren't people there playing them?
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