In this case, A is so rubbish as a "fully released game" that B is far superior in every way and it's not even out yet. If A can't even put out proper content that's not even half-baked while B is putting out systems and content that puts A to ultimate shame, then that says a lot. I almost can't wait to hear all the distant wails and teeth gnashing when all the naysares watch as it actually comes out despite their desperate wishes for it to fail somehow.
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You do know that spaceships have more than being stuck in the same goddamn seat for 5+ years right?
You know this, right? You want spaceships only go back to Eve..wait that game is dying I forgot.
Every good religion has a "End of Days" tale. How else do you convince people they need to buy tickets into paradise? Mole is serving his purpose too, just as his master Derek did before him.
It's true. SC is so complete they actually have to remove stuff from the pipeline to make it accessible to simple human minds.
Both shall have a seat at the table of redemption and enjoy the morsels of relief first when SC is released. Deep down I know that Derek is a believer, too.Every good religion has a "End of Days" tale. How else do you convince people they need to buy tickets into paradise? Mole is serving his purpose too, just as his master Derek did before him.
Your flawed-subjective & heavily-biasedopinion aside, Brianna's "value" of said purchase is very much dependant on whether any of the following gameplay/features/content are important to them:
While you are certainly welcome to that opinion, its most certainly not an opinion I hold. At least i can be critical of ED, something that i'm not allowed to do regarding SC without someone saying "Its alpha!" in defense, yet when its not being criticised its the best game ever, more content than any AAAA game out there.
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Wait, you actually said that? Oh my....
How much are you in for commando?
Wait until a free-fly event, during which you can play without expense.
In the meantime you can check out Twitch (Bognogus and SaltEMike are my recommendations), and for hilarity watch Major Tom's entertaining YT series - for example:
"I don't know what planet to delivery my box to"
"There are two planets"
I probably found this more amusing than I should have.
Ehemmm, ED does what it needs to do in order to be a logical and good 'current gen' update to 'Elite' and 'Frontier Elite', it is both competently designed and made to be as good as it should be with room for improvement or additions as it goes through it's normal life cycle as a playable entertainment product, it is open to both player and professional critique and does not advertise itself as possesing elements that it does not have. It is a space game, about space, set in the vastness of space where people do business things in space ships. It does exactly what it says on the tin. It also has a solid, reliable and fun flight model.
SC and S42 rely heavily, almost exclusively, on people using their imaginations to fill in the many large blanks, neither have been designed or built competently or even been released for proffesional review due to their 'unfinished' states, no one really even knows how 'complete' either SC or S42 are, people can only guess and make rough calculations and estimates. To all intents and purposes, currently neither product is fit for consumption by public nor proffesional use. You do know that there are far more space games around than just SC/S42 and have been for the last 8+ years right? Many (in fact all) do far more than either of GI`g's current offerings as they are playable and complete, of which SC and S42 are not. Space legs, lol, a lot of space games have them, they almost always detract from the core of what a space game should be.
Now, when CI`g actually manage to put a single product out on the market that isn't a "package to one day maybe play a game that maybe one day might release", then I'll look at SC/S42 as 'games' and not just lofty dreams of picture perfect imaginary games.
(As an aside, you do know how long EvE has been going for right? (Still has more concurrant users online than SC's PU lol)There is even space legs (I rioted at Jita lmao) and a couple spin off games, one has VR lol)
Ah, the classic "game is dying" fanatical hyperbole. Whereas checking the annual player stats:
- Star Citizen = 1,300 hourly-concurrent average players (source)
- EVE Online = 29,000 hourly-concurrent average players (source)
- Elite Dangerous = 4,313 hourly-concurrent average Steam-only players (source)
- No Man's Sky = 5,109 hourly-concurrent average Steam-only players (source)
- Space Engineers = 5,489 hourly-concurrent average Steam-only players (source)
Interesting. You realize that this is wrong right? If you buy ED right now, you will get the base game plus Horizons. You have no idea what the pay DLC will possess. So spending $60 on either game is a crapshoot. As they are both being actively worked on, difference is 1 is doing quarterly updates, 1 is doing biennial updates.
Very informative. I can say lately I’ve been adding to the space engineers hours
I own NMS and ED, but, have not played them for a long time.
I’m tempted to reset my ED account and start over... but, it would be billions lost, on top of materials collected...
Elite Dangerous CMDR Deluxe (includes Horizons) is $17.99 right now (source), and is scheduled to receive 3+ updates this year (January, Fleet Carriers, New Era, possibly other updates between those three).
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The thing is, ED base game plus Horizons is a known product, it stands up just fine by itself, who cares what the dlc is going to be, if it's good then buy it if it's not then don't. With SC/S42 no one knows exactly what even the base game (equivilent) is going to be like in both quality and quantity, in effect no one knows what the base game is going to possess even before any additions such as dlc. It's just not right nor correct to compare a known quantity to an unknown quantity regarding quality.
No worries & glad you found it informativeVery informative. I can say lately I’ve been adding to the space engineers hours
I own NMS and ED, but, have not played them for a long time.
I’m tempted to reset my ED account and start over... but, it would be billions lost, on top of materials collected...
I regularly see a lot of "space game XYZ is dead/dying, play Star Citizen instead" from the more zealous backers, but they really don't like the actual stats being shown to them. That's normally when goalposts begin moving
No worries & glad you found it informative
I regularly see a lot of "space game XYZ is dead/dying, play Star Citizen instead" from the more zealous backers, but they really don't like the actual stats being shown to them. That's normally when goalposts begin moving
I hear you. I love the genre and want to see more games succeed in this area.
ED is cheap enough when it is on sale to just by a 2nd account vs wiping your original.
You do know that space have more than being stuck in the same goddamn system for 6+ years right?
You know this, right? You want single system only go back to...wait does any space game do single system anymore?
I coudn't resist.
I don’t know man!!! We’ve been stuck in 1 system for a few Billion Years now.
.I couldn’t resist
WTH, I just looked at KSP 2. It was delayed, up to 1 year???? Crap... I really wanted that game.... (just venting)
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