ANNOUNCEMENT Elite Dangerous: Odyssey Announcement

[MatYNWA]

And the sky is blue........

Hopefully

 

[Lightspeed]

We have yet to see what they do with lo-G and hi-G worlds .... this looks like a medium gravity planet with some atmosphere. Maybe a landable HMC terraformable? Hype continues ......

 

[Northpin]

Not really keen about Legs in a Space-Ship-Game

Hopefully New Era is not only about legs :/

 

[Hydrino]

Also did you guys just confirm atmospheric landings here?:
See the galaxy like never before. Touch down on breathtaking planets powered by stunning new tech, soak in suns rising over unforgettable vistas, discover outposts and settlements, and explore with unrestricted freedom.

No mention of atmospheres in that at all. Those will be the paid expansion after this most likely. Tons more development work.

 

[EdzUp]

This will improve the game no end and definitely something I will get when its released

 

[Slange Lands]

The sound and the music..... OMG .... can't wait to hear it.

 

[zzehirbazz]

There's no blue skies - or any other colour - in game currently like the trailer, or the impressive banner in the steam page. There's mist in low levels, but no light scattering in an atmosphere.

So I would say ... yes. Probably a limited number of types, but still.

Lets just wait for the official response.
This is quite big.

 

[BHARD99]

Yeah. Finally you make the step into the real space adventure happen!

 

[Petcook]

Seriously looks polished and will enhance a hell of a lot of Gameplay! Only thing I hope for is a third person mode! I get motion sickness in first person!

 

[Skirvk]

But we can see stars in daytime so there isn't much of an atmosphere on that planet.

It can be a stars from a nearby system, or maybe they are planets/moons. But the atmosphere really looks to be thin.

 

[CMDR Yates]

There's no blue skies - or any other colour - in game currently like the trailer, or the impressive banner in the steam page. There's mist in low levels, but no light scattering in an atmosphere.

So I would say ... yes. Probably a limited number of types, but still.

Interesting, as well, that they didn't just say atmospheres but "breathtaking planets powered by stunning new tech". Which might well imply that some existing planets will be getting an overhaul as well.

Ice planet update?

 

[Inscydeus]

I bought a space fighter, not a First Person Shooter. I don't buy First Person Shooters (at least not multiplayer ones, I like Narrative ones like Bioshock and Half-Life). I never wanted this, but I fear they try to force it like they did with Engineering and that's game end for me, I won't do it.

You won't be forced to play the FPS gameplay anymore than you're forced to enter a haz res if you don't like spaceship combat, or any other part of the game for that matter.

 

[Alshain]

Then don't land on planets or walk around.
If done as past updates you will benefit from a lot of improvements even if you don't walk about.
Win-win.

You don't read well, do you?

 

[Semris]

Just let me throw my money at you. Wallet is ready.

 

[amigacooke]

This will improve the game no end and definitely something I will get when its released

I will also get it (I hope, LEPer and all that).

 

[Orvidius]

HYPErdrive engaged!

 

[CMDR M Kozak]

Will it support VR ?

 

[Teh Smoo]

What bothers me is that they keep stitching in features without fully integrating. "You can't use this in this fire mode" for instance. SRV that's useless in multicrew, I couldn't even give someone a close look at volcanism, back when they were super hard to find.

Limpets, just in general.

Combat lack of balance, in general.

Now, new tech and new planets, that's really neat. Potentially. But if it's a DLC like Horizons, and people insist on not buying it, the game is going to be even more of a zombie nest of features that don't work together.

 

[Stelar 7]

Take my money!

 

[Orvidius]

Biggest question for me: How will this work with VR? Free roam versus the alternates out there (teleport, remote control, etc). Free shooting with VR hand controls, versus mapping with your HOTAS? Option to automatically switch to 2D instead of VR when on foot, for those who have motion sickness problems?