x4 is not a space game. SC will never release.
Do we still see ED as being THE space game in 12 months?
It's not the space game for me, never was. Just a space game. It's a very subjective thing.
Come on, ya cant throw something like that with out deeper explanation.
I agree, why would they release it? Its a money making cow atm as long as they can "promise" anything lol
I wish people would stop mucking about with this idea of 'THE space game'. Apart from SC, there are tons of promising games on the horizons, and cool games already released. ED is one of them. ED does some things spectacularly well, miles beyond anything any competitor offers. Other space games do completely different things.
You enjoy flying spaceships and tinkering with them? You like planetary landings? VR? HOTAS? A huge galaxy, free to roam? Multiplayer? ED is your game! You like walking around on strange alien planets, observing all kinds of alien flora and fauna? NMS got you covered! Want to manage a large space conglomerate, managing fleets and factories? Take a look at X4!
None of the games offer 'everything', none intend to, none ever will. Only one game 'pretends' to do so, and it has been a hilarious clusterfarce likely to go down the history books as the worst development in modern gaming history. So lets stop with that nonsense, and accept that 'space game' is a super broad concept, with tons of space (sorry) for many diverse games. Buy one, buy some, buy them all: above all have fun.
Space plays a relatively small role in it, its more 'backdrop' to a large management game than a 'space game'. I'd still call it a space game myself, just a completely different kind than ED. Or NMS. Or Space Engineers. Or KSP.
Jenner
I wish I was English like my hero Tj.
In this *one* case.... you can blame BrettC.
No, actually you can blame forum dwellers for making up nonsensical polls and then using them as a crowbar to try and blackmail Frontier into introducing nonsensical features.
so homeworld is not a 'space game'?
what do you even mean by 'category'?
indeed elite is THE game in the category of games that are just like elite. an useful description if i ever saw one!
Mu77ley
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Obviously the view from someone that hasn't played it..
Haven't found any trees in space.
A tree-puncher game is one where you gather resources, either by punching trees, or making tools to punch trees better, or shoot rocks to make things. That's pretty much Space Engineers to a T.
The clue is in the title..
Space trees!
I think we should re-title ED 'Space Credits'..
SC won't even be in contention for that title for at least three years
NMS? That's a better possibility but a lot depends on what happens in the next 12 months as well. Odds are likely that ED will still be THE space game, but that the gap between it and its competitors will have narrowed.
Not necessarily a bad thing
Well, to return to the original question - watching the livestream that's currently on, yeah, I know what I'll be doing for a next year or so.
..so yes. It will be THE space game for me.
..so yes. It will be THE space game for me.
I watched the stream and can only assume exploration was put aside for 'Cartography'..
Yes, The Space Game.
Now there are others that are more Hard Sci-fi but most are allot less, more like space opera.
I don't play much Elite but I will get a stint in now with the new Exploration mechanics since I never started any expedtitions.
I find ED hard to get sunked into when it comes to 'world building' but the 'space' part blows me away.
Also, I don't play as much but there are other games, just got Kingdom Come deliverance; and the upcomming Rebel Galaxy might get some of my time, if I find any. I got other things to do on my spare time, but when I can't find any enthusiasm for those things I might very well be playing Elite and enjoying it.
And I am an old timer in the X space world so X4 will be nice, but I'll get it in 8-12months after release
Now there are others that are more Hard Sci-fi but most are allot less, more like space opera.
I don't play much Elite but I will get a stint in now with the new Exploration mechanics since I never started any expedtitions.
I find ED hard to get sunked into when it comes to 'world building' but the 'space' part blows me away.
Also, I don't play as much but there are other games, just got Kingdom Come deliverance; and the upcomming Rebel Galaxy might get some of my time, if I find any. I got other things to do on my spare time, but when I can't find any enthusiasm for those things I might very well be playing Elite and enjoying it.
And I am an old timer in the X space world so X4 will be nice, but I'll get it in 8-12months after release
Yup, today's stream made me lose quite a bit of interest in Q4. FD is doing pretty much exactly what I want in a space game. Which is flying ships in space. To each his own though.
[rolleyes]
Like I stated previously, I also play Elite mainly because of the flying. And I don't expect I will be doing LESS flying in Q4 update. I will just have more things to do while I'm supercruising from planet to planet, which was the most boring part of the game.
I don't see how any of what was shown today would subtract from the flying experience.
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I just don't get after all those disappointments and half-baked/failed efforts, people still compare Elite to promised experiences, the 'next big thing'.
This is a difficult genre to get right, and Elite has 'lightyears' of advantage in terms of refinement, content and quality. Even if X4 (which to me looks like an indie game compared to ED) managed to somewhat live up to expectations, and manages to offer new experience to seasoned Elite players... well, even then, any new player getting into space sim genre, Elite will remain the king.
This is a difficult genre to get right, and Elite has 'lightyears' of advantage in terms of refinement, content and quality. Even if X4 (which to me looks like an indie game compared to ED) managed to somewhat live up to expectations, and manages to offer new experience to seasoned Elite players... well, even then, any new player getting into space sim genre, Elite will remain the king.
